Paul9619 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Morning all I have bought a second hand Mk4 TX (2018(68)) focus. After advice on here I asked the dealer to ensure the sync 3 is up to date to the latest software. They are quoting £75 reduced from £125. After reading some posts is this not something I can do myself instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Log into ford website or if you have wifi where you park your car get the update OTA. I got sync3.4 from the website but got the map updates over the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul9619 Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 In the Uk right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Yeah uk. I’ve not heard of anyone paying for the download . Sync or maps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 If you have the wifi, turn on auto updates. Sync 3.4 isn’t very big compared to F9 maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul9619 Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Alex.S said: If you have the wifi, turn on auto updates. Sync 3.4 isn’t very big compared to F9 maps. Cheers. They are obviously trying to make a few quid. Dodgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Just now, Paul9619 said: Cheers. They are obviously trying to make a few quid. Dodgy Totally. Especially seeing as the cars only 2 years old too. They’d just plug in a USB stick , wait 20mins ..job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diastolic Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Download cyanlabs sync 3 update tool. Follow the instructions and pop it in your car. It will then update it automatically. £75 is a joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex.S Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 There’s owners on here that got the sync3.4 update without even realising it was downloading while parked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul9619 Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 Just to reinvigorate this thread. I now have sync 3.4 installed and F9 maps from the Ford website. I am now getting a third download for maps 8.7gb in size from the Ford site. I have installed it but no log was produced so I used the tool to produce one which worked and was accepted by Ford when uploaded. however, the same 8.7gb download not keeps coming up on the Ford site when I check my VIN? Anyone had this issue? From reading it seems that it is some kind of voice update. How can I check if I have the latest voice? Interestingly when using the WiFi to check for updates it says I am up to date 🤷🏻♂️ I don’t think Ford could make this procedure anymore annoying if they tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil3747 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I'm on version 3.0 and have just checked my VIN on the Ford website expecting it to say that it would need updating to 3.4 but it doesn't. Is 3.4 just for the Mk 4 and not Mk 3.5 or earlier ?? It does show that the maps need updating however (I'm assuming to F9 ??) and it is a 25.5GB download, but as I haven't used the maps for well over a year now and very rarely will when lockdown is finally over, just wonder if it's worth the hassle as I had a few issues when I last updated to F8 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 30 minutes ago, Phil3747 said: I'm on version 3.0 and have just checked my VIN on the Ford website expecting it to say that it would need updating to 3.4 but it doesn't. Is 3.4 just for the Mk 4 and not Mk 3.5 or earlier ?? It does show that the maps need updating however (I'm assuming to F9 ??) and it is a 25.5GB download, but as I haven't used the maps for well over a year now and very rarely will when lockdown is finally over, just wonder if it's worth the hassle as I had a few issues when I last updated to F8 ?? 3.4 will only be offered to cars already on 3.2 or 3.3 3.0 has a separate partitioning format and is receiving it's own updates separately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil3747 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Cheers Alex....I assume the F9 update just updates the maps then ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just now, Phil3747 said: Cheers Alex....I assume the F9 update just updates the maps then ?? Yep 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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