Johnny Blaze
Member
Hello all for those of you still trying to update Uconnect software unsuccessfully after many many failed attempts I finally was able to install my software this morning I've been spinning my wheels for months trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and why I was having so many issues on my 17 Bighorn I really did not want to bring my truck to the dealer for what seemed to be an easy install.
For those still having issues installing this Software I wanted to share my experience and how i was finally able to install this software after many months of trying
I used a 16 GB zip drive a sandisk one i think you can use any with the very least 4GB I went through so many different ones thinking it was the drive itself which was giving me issues it turned out that was not the case
1) the drive must be formatted to FAT32 with nothing on it I could have not had it formatted properly in the past but I still ran into problems with it being formatted in FAT32 what next?
2) after downloading the software onto my computer I may have not done this in the past but the last few times I did you need to extract the files from the zipped folder and load the unzipped file onto your zip drive.
I followed step one and two and I was still having issues what gives
3) this wound up being the final solution which I kind of just threw it against the wall hoping this worked and this happened to be the solution
after downloading the file to my drive i pulled it back out and loaded it back onto my desktop erased the file from my drive then opened that folder where the software was downloaded and moved each file (5) of them over individually onto the drive rather than the whole file.
Bingo this worked I finally got my software loaded without having to go to the dealer!
most of you probably know the proper procedure along with the required steps but those of you who donot i just wanted to share with you.
1) fresh zip drive I suggest 8GB or higher formatted to fat32
2) download software from uconnect to computer
3) unzip/extract files from download
4) open folder and move each individual file over to the zip drive
5) put in the usb slot for your truck and you are good to go
I hope this helps some of you who are still struggling with this update and spinning your wheels like I was for awhile
For those still having issues installing this Software I wanted to share my experience and how i was finally able to install this software after many months of trying
I used a 16 GB zip drive a sandisk one i think you can use any with the very least 4GB I went through so many different ones thinking it was the drive itself which was giving me issues it turned out that was not the case
1) the drive must be formatted to FAT32 with nothing on it I could have not had it formatted properly in the past but I still ran into problems with it being formatted in FAT32 what next?
2) after downloading the software onto my computer I may have not done this in the past but the last few times I did you need to extract the files from the zipped folder and load the unzipped file onto your zip drive.
I followed step one and two and I was still having issues what gives
3) this wound up being the final solution which I kind of just threw it against the wall hoping this worked and this happened to be the solution
after downloading the file to my drive i pulled it back out and loaded it back onto my desktop erased the file from my drive then opened that folder where the software was downloaded and moved each file (5) of them over individually onto the drive rather than the whole file.
Bingo this worked I finally got my software loaded without having to go to the dealer!
most of you probably know the proper procedure along with the required steps but those of you who donot i just wanted to share with you.
1) fresh zip drive I suggest 8GB or higher formatted to fat32
2) download software from uconnect to computer
3) unzip/extract files from download
4) open folder and move each individual file over to the zip drive
5) put in the usb slot for your truck and you are good to go
I hope this helps some of you who are still struggling with this update and spinning your wheels like I was for awhile