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      06-02-2020, 06:16 AM   #1
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When I arrived at my office this morning, I was more than surprised when I saw that an OTA was downloading. The fast download was 936 MB and will give me 11/2019/70. Maybe now I can get DR.

I was going to call my dealer’s manager and complain about no firmware updates so I guess BMW NA decided to intervene! Well, I did actually give poor reviews in the last survey since the service manager failed to address several issues as he left me on 7/2019.55

In any event, I am surely not the only one with such dated firmware so here we go ...
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When I arrived at my office this morning, I was more than surprised when I saw that an OTA was downloading. The fast download was 936 MB and will give me 11/2019/70. Maybe now I can get DR.

I was going to call my dealer's manager and complain about no firmware updates so I guess BMW NA decided to intervene! Well, I did actually give poor reviews in the last survey since the service manager failed to address several issues as he left me on 7/2019.55

In any event, I am surely not the only one with such dated firmware so here we go ...
Wow! I'm now heading to my vehicle, please BMW! Please report back if you can get DR after the upgrade.

Edit: Still no RSU/OTA for me ☹️
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Wow! I'm now heading to my vehicle, please BMW! Please report back if you can get DR after the upgrade.

Edit: Still no RSU/OTA for me ☹️
What is your current FW? Another thread argued that the FW had to be very old to be elgibile for an OTA ug. And notice, I still am not getting the very latest FW.

My installation will not be complete until my commute back home today so I will check then about DR.

BTW, my weather widget is also not working but that is likely not tied to FW.
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Wow! I'm now heading to my vehicle, please BMW! Please report back if you can get DR after the upgrade.

Edit: Still no RSU/OTA for me ☹️
What is your current FW? Another thread argued that the FW had to be very old to be elgibile for an OTA ug. And notice, I still am not getting the very latest FW.

My installation will not be complete until my commute back home today so I will check then about DR.

BTW, my weather widget is also not working but that is likely not tied to FW.
I think we have the same 07/2019.55 release so I'm quite puzzled. Hopefully BMW roll this out to more beta testers.

I saw several posts that only "release - 1" is pushed to OTA, which may be the right thing to do given at least 2-3 months of data in the field.
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In my complaint to the BBB, BMW confirmed they would only offer RSU's at the previous stable release minus one.

I.e if the current version is 07/2020 then the RSU is offering 11/2019
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In my complaint to the BBB, BMW confirmed they would only offer RSU's at the previous stable release minus one.

I.e if the current version is 07/2020 then the RSU is offering 11/2019
Do you know if it is likely my update came because my FW is so old?
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In my complaint to the BBB, BMW confirmed they would only offer RSU's at the previous stable release minus one.

I.e if the current version is 07/2020 then the RSU is offering 11/2019
Do you know if it is likely my update came because my FW is so old?
You mentioned your current software is 07/2019.55, which is the same as mine, and you got your car late in 2018, mine in May 2019. One difference is you have 50i and I have 40i. It is unknown what BMW is thinking re:RSU but I'm still hopeful the rest of us will see it.
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My vehicle was finally offered a software upgrade.
Mine is a 2019 50i and had been running on 11/2018.55 since I bought it new in March of 2019.
The updated software is 11/2019.70.
The data recorder is now available and I enrolled for a free 30 day trial. I took it for a quick spin around the block and it recorded 40 seconds.
Does anyone know if this also added the cornering lights? I was unable to tell today.
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My vehicle was finally offered a software upgrade.
Mine is a 2019 50i and had been running on 11/2018.55 since I bought it new in March of 2019.
The updated software is 11/2019.70.
The data recorder is now available and I enrolled for a free 30 day trial. I took it for a quick spin around the block and it recorded 40 seconds.
Does anyone know if this also added the cornering lights? I was unable to tell today.
eagle_bmw will want to know about DR.

Did you follow instructions in the BMW YouTube video to the letter? In other words, did you have to connect to the car's Internet? I think I disabled that feature for reasons not presently in my memory.
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In my complaint to the BBB, BMW confirmed they would only offer RSU's at the previous stable release minus one.

I.e if the current version is 07/2020 then the RSU is offering 11/2019
Correction (and "confirmed" anecdotally several times by those that have received an OTA update recently): it is -1, but if current is 07/2020.xx, then you'll receive the latest .yy released in the 03/2020.yy series. If current is 03/2020.yy (as it is now at the time of this post), you'll receive 11/2019.zz with latest .zz (which is .70 for G05).
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My vehicle was finally offered a software upgrade.
Mine is a 2019 50i and had been running on 11/2018.55 since I bought it new in March of 2019.
The updated software is 11/2019.70.
The data recorder is now available and I enrolled for a free 30 day trial. I took it for a quick spin around the block and it recorded 40 seconds.
Does anyone know if this also added the cornering lights? I was unable to tell today.
eagle_bmw will want to know about DR.

Did you follow instructions in the BMW YouTube video to the letter? In other words, did you have to connect to the car's Internet? I think I disabled that feature for reasons not presently in my memory.
I followed the YouTube instructions. I downloaded the upgrade on my iPhone on my home's wifi network then got in the car and it automatically transferred the data as my vehicle and iPhone had WiFi and Bluetooth enabled same as to use CarPlay.
After the software was downloaded it did not automatically update. Instead, I got a message stating that the software was ready and that I would be notified when it was ready to install. I took it for a drive and still no installation until a few minutes later when I turned the vehicle off it prompted me to install the update.
Quick update... the cornering lights now work
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My vehicle was finally offered a software upgrade.
Mine is a 2019 50i and had been running on 11/2018.55 since I bought it new in March of 2019.
The updated software is 11/2019.70.
The data recorder is now available and I enrolled for a free 30 day trial. I took it for a quick spin around the block and it recorded 40 seconds.
Does anyone know if this also added the cornering lights? I was unable to tell today.
Thanks for the update. Your post gave me hope that I'm only lacking later updates to get DR.
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Thanks for the update. Your post gave me hope that I'm only lacking later updates to get DR.
I, too, now have DR.
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Thanks for the update. Your post gave me hope that I'm only lacking later updates to get DR.
I, too, now have DR.
Great! My dealer shouldn't have any reason not to upgrade my car. It is technically additional money to BMW.
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Great! My dealer shouldn't have any reason not to upgrade my car. It is technically additional money to BMW.
Others could weigh on this because I wonder if the OTA version differs in any way from the dealer file. Here is a screenshot of this version:
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Correction (and "confirmed" anecdotally several times by those that have received an OTA update recently): it is -1, but if current is 07/2020.xx, then you'll receive the latest .yy released in the 03/2020.yy series. If current is 03/2020.yy (as it is now at the time of this post), you'll receive 11/2019.zz with latest .zz (which is .70 for G05).
Yep, MY 2019 G05 with 11/2019.55 just got an OTA update to 11/2019.70. I had subscribed to DR yesterday for the 30 day free trial on CD and it showed up on apps today after I updated them and later tonite the OTA came through.

Continuing down this line, perhaps to get the as yet mythical 07/2020 Android Auto update over OTA we may have to wait till December unless we have a service appointment in between for dealer to update?
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Yep, MY 2019 G05 with 11/2019.55 just got an OTA update to 11/2019.70. I had subscribed to DR yesterday for the 30 day free trial on CD and it showed up on apps today after I updated them and later tonite the OTA came through.

Continuing down this line, perhaps to get the as yet mythical 07/2020 Android Auto update over OTA we may have to wait till December unless we have a service appointment in between for dealer to update?
Good to know...My MY2020 G06 is currently on 11/2019.55, but I haven't gotten the OTA update as yet. However, there's hope!
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Good to know...My MY2020 G06 is currently on 11/2019.55, but I haven't gotten the OTA update as yet. However, there's hope!
Try signing up for the 30 day free Drive Recorder trial on BMW connected web site. That may trigger the OTA.
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Try signing up for the 30 day free Drive Recorder trial on BMW connected web site. That may trigger the OTA.
Thanks for the suggestion smovva, but I already have Drive Recorder. (It was either Standard on the M50i or it was part of one of the packages I added...I think it's Standard and per the CD Store, I'm subscribed until 2040.)

But I get where you're coming from...subscribe to something in the store, which will trigger a download/sync/upgrade, which might also trigger the overall SW update.

I logged into CD Store and at the moment, there's nothing additional that I could possibly subscribe to.

I'll report back if I see something new/different!
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Thanks for the suggestion smovva, but I already have Drive Recorder. (It was either Standard on the M50i or it was part of one of the packages I added...I think it's Standard and per the CD Store, I'm subscribed until 2040.)

But I get where you're coming from...subscribe to something in the store, which will trigger a download/sync/upgrade, which might also trigger the overall SW update.

I logged into CD Store and at the moment, there's nothing additional that I could possibly subscribe to.

I'll report back if I see something new/different!
Other posts upthread suggest that our FW must be far removed from a later version that has been battle tested before getting an OTA.
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Thanks for the suggestion smovva, but I already have Drive Recorder. (It was either Standard on the M50i or it was part of one of the packages I added...I think it's Standard and per the CD Store, I'm subscribed until 2040.)

But I get where you're coming from...subscribe to something in the store, which will trigger a download/sync/upgrade, which might also trigger the overall SW update.

I logged into CD Store and at the moment, there's nothing additional that I could possibly subscribe to.

I'll report back if I see something new/different!
I was curious if the MY2020 had Drive Recorder as a package. It's relatively cheap, for BMW, but again...they go with all the nickel and diming. I refuse to believe they use the money to improve services and technology!
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