Michael David

That is really interesting. I had the exact same speed issue with my wife's iPhone 6 with Waze and Google Maps and assumed it was the phone because I did not have the issue with my Samsung S7 Edge. Perhaps it was Sync 3 all along. I still need to do the update and will try the next time we take out the RV with its Sync 3 system. I don't want to worry about keeping the system running when it is in storage. Thanks for your post.

I had the memory stick in the port for a good part of our drive back from our campsite to home - at least 30 minutes - and nothing happened. Also no message when I unplugged it. I found the old flash memory that I used for the initial update from 2.2 to 3.0 some months ago and copied the new update to it and will try again on our next trip (which is scheduled for next week). Thanks for the information.

Well, in any case, my Sync 3 system would not accept the usb drive with the update. It acted as though nothing had been inserted into the port and never ran the update. I will try with a different usb stick later when I can get to it and have some time. For safety's sake I tried to do the update while driving as I did not want the auto shutoff to brick my system.

I will try to install it tomorrow and report back what I find. The instructions say to let the engine run during the install but the Sync 3 system is in a Ford Transit with a diesel engine and the Ford manual tells you to not run the engine at idle for "extended periods" (whatever that means) so I will do it while on a trip. Hopefully it will not brick the system.

Can anyone tell me what new functionality is in the latest Sync 3 update? The Ford webpage contains a link that says something about describing the new functionality but the page it takes you to does not contain any information about that. As it is my current Ford Sync 3 system does not recognize my usb-c Android phone (it does recognize my old micro-usb Android phone) and I was hoping that this update might contain a fix for that issue.

Sygic does look nicer, and that is why I pursued this for so long. And it actually is free if you don't want to sign up for Premium. You still get the maps and the navigation, just not the traffic and speed signs. As for myself, I assumed that a $19 cost for lifetime Premium was worth it, but I could have just continued using the free stuff. Of course if Sygic worked under AA it would all be so much easier, but I would have to complain to Google about that and they don't care.

Part of the problem is the restrictions that Google imposes when using Android Auto. Sync 3 supports AA and if Google would loosen their restrictions there would be a lot more compatible apps. Other than that it is largely up to the app manufacturers to create apps that are compatible with Sync 3. All Ford can do is publish the specs and try to get app manufacturers to build the appropriate apps. So I have Sygic Car Navigation working on Sync 3 but Sygic does not want to change their GPS Navigation app to work with Sync 3, and neither of their apps work under Android Auto because Google will not allow them to use it. The problem is not all Ford and Sync 3.

Can't be sure that turning off BT was needed, but I got tired of the constant interference in the opening dialogs and just shut it off on both devices. Still, a success is quite a relief since I have been trying to get this to work for at least 2 weeks. Probably more. Technology is supposed to make life easier, but that is not how it sometimes seems ...

Well, much to my surprise it all worked for me. The steps that @Gadgetjq linked to did not contain all of the information I needed, but I played around and found the proper combination of settings. 1) I removed AA from my Android phone because it kept trying to launch, 2) I disabled AA on the Sync 3 system. Step (1) may not have been necessary if I just disabled it on the vehicle first, 3) I turned BT completely off on my phone so as to prevent the Sync 3 system from trying to connect, 4) Since my phone does not have a active SIM card I had my hotspot running and the wifi connection on the phone connected to it. Once all of that was done I did not have a problem connecting with my Samsung S7 Edge using the micro-usb cable. I still can not connect with my S10+ and the usb-c cable but I suspect that may be a hardware issue with the USB port on the vehicle. One of the interesting things is that the UI looks very different than when run under AA. It matches the description from Sygic but I do not see how to use the notification functionality. Does not seem to be any way to upload accident/road closure/other issue information. I guess I still have to play with it for a while but I was able to get it to work. Thanks again for the link.

Thanks. I read the article but I wonder if it actually works. I guess I should wander on over to the storage area and test it out.

Perhaps it is the fact that they are Samsung phones and Samsung has done something to the OS. I should try something a bit more pure Android but I don't have any other Android phone. Perhaps I will look at some used Pixel or LG phones. Please let me know if you get a response and, if so, what it is. I have only been able to get the apps to work using CarPlay and my wife's iPhone but I would much rather use my Android. More space for storing maps and less guilt for using her phone.

Thanks for the update. One question. Did I understand you correctly? That is, can you get Car Nav to work on the Sync 3 system with your Android phone connected only via Bluetooth and no AA? That is something I have never tried but if it works for you I will give it a try when I get back to the Transit. As far as Maps is concerned, I think you are right about being able to download your route before you leave, but my wife and I are both retired and when we travel we tend to go where ever we think looks interesting at the moment. We have been on numerous trips where we started out thinking that were going to place A but ended up going to place B instead. Makes trip planning an interesting experience, and so we would probably need to be able to download more than just our planned route.

I guess there are 3 different configuration it is possible to use - bluetooth with no usb cable, usb cable without AA and usb cable with AA. I was not aware that the first (bluetooth without cable) was a possibility and I have not tried that. I guess I need to see if that works for me. Unfortunately I use this in a vehicle that I do not have at my house so I will have to wait until Monday to give it a try. It would be nice if that worked. As I mentioned above, my experience has been that I have not been able to get Sygic Car Nav to work properly over a usb cable and, of course, neither works under AA, so I had decided to just use my wife's old iPhone. That works properly but I really don't want to have to drag around another phone and it is old enough that the home button feels like it does not have much life left. I would much prefer to use my new Android phone - the maps are cheaper as are the Premium services if I choose to buy them (the Premium package for Android is $19 and the one for the iPhone is $50. Go figure ...) but I had given up until I saw your posting. Thanks. I have tried both the GPS and the Car Nav software and I actually prefer the Car Nav. The display is easier to see, the information seems more helpful and I think that the GPS really is for driving in and around town. I use this in a small RV and so I am out in the middle of nowhere when using it. Both Waze and Google Maps do work properly for me on my old Android when I run AA but I find I don't much care for the Waze display. Don't really know why, but it does not seem to give me much information. I probably need to make a trip using Google Maps as my nav software and see how that works.

I have been adding Favorites to Sygic GPS and realized that I made made a name error. I tried to find a way to edit the name of the Favorite but could not find any way to do that. I can remove it, but can not find a link to modify the name. I looked in the manual, but found no help there. Is there some way to edit the name of a Favorite? If so, how can I do that?

Are you using an iPhone or an Android phone, and if Android, which one? I ask because I have found a lot of functional differences with the Android stuff when using different Android phones. Just a couple of comments. 1) Both Sygic GPS and Sygic Car work for me properly using an iPhone and CarPlay, 2) Sygic GPS is not supposed to work natively with Sync 3 and I do not see it when I connect an Android phone, 3) I do see Sygic Car on my Sync 3 system when I connect my Samsung S7 Edge but when I try to start the app by pressing on the Sync 3 icon I get a "Waiting for device" message that never goes away, 4) I do not see Sygic GPS on my Sync 3 system when I connect my Samsung S10 Plus, All of this requires a usb cable. There is so much variation in how the apps work or don't work that I have given up on the Android stuff. I have been trying to figure out what is going on with my Android phones and all that I can see is that perhaps it has something to do with the usb cable connection. My S7 Edge, which does work, uses a micro usb cable. My S10 Plus, which does not work, uses a usb-c cable and perhaps my Sync 3 system (on a 2018 Ford Transit) just does not work properly with the newer usb-c cable. Don't know but I have given up on Android and will use an old iPhone 6 and CarPlay. Everything works with that.