Lexus Enform updates
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No. eDestination is still used if you send map addresses from Lexusdrivers.com. You would retrieve the addresses as you would normally from Nav menu.
Saved Destination works only with Enform app on your phone. You can retrieve it from Enform suite app in your car but your Enform phone app must be running just like how it works for Pandora, Bing, etc...
It's good and bad. Good because now you don't need to subscribe to eDestination when the trials expires, you now have another way to retrieve addresses. Bad because it's kind of hassle to have to run Enform app on the phone.
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I hate to sound dumb, but I'm thoroughly confused. Is Enform an app I need to download to my iPhone, or is it something I subscribe to through Lexus? I don't know anything about it and don't want to go back to the dealer and ask if I don't have to. Thanks.
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Lexus enform will use the data plan from your phone. So make sure you have enough data allowance before start using pandora. Hope it helps.
You will need VIN#.
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How to check update?
I had the prompt come up to download the update in the car. It got to 41% and said it couldn't download anymore. This happened a few times after restarting my car.
Now it no longer comes up, and it doesn't ask me to download the update. Any way to check that the download did complete?
Now it no longer comes up, and it doesn't ask me to download the update. Any way to check that the download did complete?
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I had the prompt come up to download the update in the car. It got to 41% and said it couldn't download anymore. This happened a few times after restarting my car.
Now it no longer comes up, and it doesn't ask me to download the update. Any way to check that the download did complete?
Now it no longer comes up, and it doesn't ask me to download the update. Any way to check that the download did complete?
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I had to email Lexus support, I went to Windows Phone and sadly there's no Enform there. With the market share growing, I wonder if maybe they will develop it eventually.
That said, I don't totally miss it, but I do a little bit.
That said, I don't totally miss it, but I do a little bit.
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It looks like my weather widget is still not working. It just states downloading. I think I tried to access the weather through the menu and that seems to work just the widget doesn't seem to be working. Also I'm not getting the traffic info on the nav screen.
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That's because Lexus relies on HD Radio for both Nav and Weather. That is how they are able to give us free nav for life. On the 2IS you had to buy it through Sirius. So the issue is really with HD Radio. HD Radio is clearly not that reliable but it will come back on its own.
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I think you meant traffic conditions and weather. Nav is always going to work.
That's because Lexus relies on HD Radio for both Nav and Weather. That is how they are able to give us free nav for life. On the 2IS you had to buy it through Sirius. So the issue is really with HD Radio. HD Radio is clearly not that reliable but it will come back on its own.
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That's because Lexus relies on HD Radio for both Nav and Weather. That is how they are able to give us free nav for life. On the 2IS you had to buy it through Sirius. So the issue is really with HD Radio. HD Radio is clearly not that reliable but it will come back on its own.
Also I can pull up the weather if I go through the menu instead of using the widget on home screen. 
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Time to switch to Android/iPhone. I feel like Enform is the best feature on my car. I Clearly can't drive without listening to Pandora/iheartRadio. I haven't even tried if the CD slot works. Haven't owned any CD for years.
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That's because Lexus relies on HD Radio for both Nav and Weather. That is how they are able to give us free nav for life. On the 2IS you had to buy it through Sirius. So the issue is really with HD Radio. HD Radio is clearly not that reliable but it will come back on its own.