Disappointed With Entune! How About Your Input On This Please?

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I think he means just have the radio screen work as a monitor to display Android or IOS. In other words there would be no computer in the radio, it would just do its radio functions and work as a display for the Phone.

 

I don't know if there is one, but perhaps someone could start an online bug database (e.g. Bugzilla or something like that) which folks could enter bugs and feature requests into. At least that's something we could point Toyota to.

 

Prius does provide Nav and phone capability

Buy a dedicated GPS that includes Traffic services but I think you need a subscription there also.

 

It displays on the NAV screen. However, there is also an Entune App for iPhone & Android that will also display the same info on your smartphone if you are away from your car.

 

I followed the directions I found here:
HOW TO FIX: Toyota Entune 2.0.1 Update breaks Internet Tethering over Bluetooth - Scott Hanselman

 

That's a great explanation of the DUNS/PAN connection setup.

 

Extremely helpful! Thank you!

 

We aims to please!

 

I've never been able to get entune to link, but the bluetooth works great. Even talk to siri after i hold down the button on the phone. (iPhone 5) - I guess they (AT&T) want me to pay the $50 dollar a month rate to have a hotspot for the phone and a lot of data I'll never use. Can't find anything in the toyota literature about needing a hot spot?? Left a message with toyota and they sent back a nice "oh well" !!

 

You can plug the phone into the USB port, and Entune will work via the USB connection and the Entune iPhone App running on the iPhone. Sadly, it seems the only way to get Entune to work wirelessly on the iPhone is to turn on the hotspot feature on the iPhone. For some reason, Android phones have no problem connecting wireless, hotspot or not hotspot.

 

Very specific reason. Apple is protecting ATT and Verizon's hotspot business.

Having gotten the Hotspot, it has turned out to have a lot of other uses, watching my NFL ticket football games anywhere is one of them. Saving $200 on my iPad is another. Working broadband when power goes out is another. Broadband where ever I go is a plus. The "Free Wifi's" tend to be slow in comparison and many are restricted and there is always the privacy and security issues.

 

Will the 2013 Prius at least have a good entune update or will it just be the same thing?

 

I know Sprint and Verizon block wifi hotspot on Android phones. You have to root your Android phone to open up access to it.

 

I sounded off in an earlier thread about Entune, but here's my two cents anyway. I've found it works best when I don't use it at all, and when it has been uninstalled from my Android phone.

 

Same with iPhones, you can break the software and get the hotspot tethering for free.

 

GPS updates are $150 and done via a DVD I believe.

Who would pay $150 for an update to a crappy car nav system? If it was so out of date, I'd spend that money on a nice Garmin and get great GPS and traffice.