01-18-2019, 06:46 PM | #89 |
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Hi everyone. I would like to share how I fixed my WiFi hotspot and connection problems. I noticed BMW ConnectedDrive and AT&T had different IMEI number for the car’s telematic system on their systems, I suspected that was the reason the car can not communicate with AT&T servers. I found out my IMEI from BMW assist and asked AT&T to update it to match BMW’s, ask them to do a IMEI number swap. After about 6 hours, all connectivity issues were resolved and working again. Hopefully this will help out.
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01-18-2019, 06:55 PM | #90 |
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Thank you for the update.
That is the issue a lot of us are having. And BMW did not help with that at all. Vin number for the car is associated with the IMEI of the sim installed in the car cell modem. Genius national number had no clue how to find IMEI for my car BmW dealership has no clue So you are saying - call BMW assist from the car button? or is there a national phone number? |
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I think if you go through BMW/dealership, they will escalate this to someone that can contact ATT to do the change. |
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01-18-2019, 07:28 PM | #93 |
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Make sure the email address on both sides (BMW and ATT) match. I was told email, Vin, mobile phone number, IMEI number and sim ICCID need to match to work. ICCID usually won't change unless the communications box is replaced, BMW Assist have the ICCID number as well, starts with 89, usually 19 digits long.
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Awesome tip. Just tried calling to get mine and the person there said I'd have to talk to a Genuis. They're open tomorrow from 10AM to 7PM eastern.
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Genius only has your mobile number, they do not have access to SIM card information. Assist is the department, once connected choose option 7. Tell them you are having sim connectivity issues and needs to confirm the IMEI number for your account. It should start with 35. Try another rep if the first one couldn’t help you. Another way is to call roadside assistance and talk to a master technician, they have access to your IMEI as well.
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01-18-2019, 09:07 PM | #97 |
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BMW Genius has been great. Well, Josh who works there has been great. They worked with AT&T to get me going. They also fixed numerous other forum members with the same issue.
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Didn't get an IMEI number but some other 8 digit number. Could be a SIM ID? Apparently it was a code that went with the hotspot.
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Agree! There are some great people working there. I think ultimately at some point someone has to communicate with ATT to resolve this problem. I have a long trip coming up soon so I took it in my own hands and tried to solve it, it worked, at least for my car.
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Right. I kept asking him for the numbers with those prefixes and those lengths and he couldn't see them. Could be I keep getting people that don't understand what I need or the SIM was not documented with the car properly.
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From what I understand there is only when SIM card. Some of the assist functions like SOS use both sim and gps. Vehicle telemetry is transmitted through gps and voice uses sim. When my sim functions were down, I tested the SOS button, a rep called me back on my registered cell phone and told me they received the vehicle location but couldn’t hear anything from the car. Profile, traffic updates, weather, ConnectedDrive all require sim to operate on ATT network and are included for 4 years. Hotspot is something you have to pay for. Think a cellular plan that have unlimited data but no tethering function until user sign up for one.
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Yep it's in that 521 area code.
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Just opened a ticket with ATT. They still don't have a record of the phone number or the VIN there so we'll see where this goes.
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Then I believe it’s a stock number assigned from the factory, ATT will not find that number, what you need to do is tell genius about your hotspot issue, they should tell you current resolution is to have them submit your vin to a special department to manually change the mobile number. After couple days you will notice your mobile number will change. After that if you are one of the unlucky ones like me you will have to contact ATT to change IMEI.
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What are we all going to do on here once all these issues are fixed?
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