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#1 ·
In looking through the owner's manual, and reviewing the In Control app, it appears as though adding a sim card will allow upgrade to In Control Pro which seems to have more functionality. Can someone confirm that by adding a sim card, that is true. If so, does someone have a picture as to where the sim card slot is (the owner's manual is less than precise) and finally owner's manual says 3G card. Can a 4G card be installed?

Thank you
 
#2 ·
The SIM card is located in the center console, next to the HDMI and charging port. Your car should come with 3 months of free data, then you have to sign up for a plan with ATT, which is $20/month for unlimited. This gets you live traffic updates and some other stuff. I know some people have set up a 4G hotspot with their car, which I might do once my 3 months is up, but I don't know how to do that right now.
 
#3 ·
How did they setup a 4G hotspot? I was wondering if I could just get my car to use my cell phones data plan by connecting to it, but I do not know if the traffic/nav functions will use the data from that.
 
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#11 ·
The car does not have to use the SIM card, it can use a wifi hotspot instead. If you guys aren't OK with the 3G SIM or AT&T, or any other part of it, you can just get a Verizon 4G Mi-Fi or something, stick it in the car, and configure the system to use the Wifi hostpot. It will work perfectly fine.
 
#12 ·
I'd rather do that. How do you configure the car to run off the mi-fi instead of the SIM card? Can you plug it into the power port in the center console and keep it powered that way? Also, do you have to manually connect the car to the mi-fi each time you start it or will it automatically connect with no hitches? Thanks for the help.
 
#33 ·
Seems like the hotspot doesn't want to connect all the time, so I'm going to try the SIM card method, but I'm still having the issue where it says SIM card removed when I try to connect to data. The instruction manual says that the SIM card goes all the way into the slot and to remove it, you have to press on it and it will pop up. Mine doesn't go all the way in, so I'm thinking that's the issue. Has anyone seen this before?
 
#34 ·
So far so good on mine... It has been connecting every time I get in the car without me doing anything. My sim card goes all of the way in, so I would venture to bet that is the problem with that sim warning.
 
#38 ·
Has anyone in Canada been able to get the factory installed SIM card to work on a 2017? With the SIM in, the car just doesn't seem to find any network to connect to so it just keeps searching for a signal. The dealer has let me know that hey have come across this issue on a full size 2017 as well.

The car will connect to my home network when in the driveway, and I know that I can use my phone as a hotspot (and I have connected it that way), but I am yet to find a way to get the car to automatically connect to my phone as a hotspot when I enter the car -- I always have to go into the settings and do the setup which isn't something I want to do (and the car won't connect to any networks when it is moving, so if I forget to do it before driving off my driveway, I am unless at a long stoplight!).

I really just want to be able to use live traffic and need the internet connection for that. 3G speed is fine if only the SIM card would work. I guess I could take a SIM card from another device and see if it will find a network, but thought that I would also check in here.
 
#40 ·
Initially I tried to just use my phone as a hot spot, but had the same connectivity issue. I installed a Verizon MiFi in it and it works great.. The MiFi is already attached to my account. Best part is the car is always connected to it, because I have a battery powerbank attached to it. If the Rogers account is 4G, then the sim card wont work in the car, FYI.