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Wifi Hotspot Preperation - 6WD
Collected my MY17 last week which was optioned with the enhanced Bluetooth. This option comes with Wifi Hotspot Preperation 6WD FoC.
I can't find much info on this option online and there is nothing on how to use it in the manual. So I thought I'd pay it forward and provide a mini review on it. Firstly you have to enable it. Go into the iDrive Settings and then onto Mange Devices. At the bottom will be a ballon to enable it. So far so good. Bring up your wifi settings on you device and you can see the car wifi but what's the password? Turns out that once you've ticked the ballon to enable wifi you need to press the Options button... this is the step that's not documented anywhere.... and from there you can change the wifi name and set a password Now it's just a case of connecting to car and open a web browser. It's captive portal so in the UK at least you presented with the need to register. It's £11 a month with the first month free for 1Gb a month. Not the most data and easily burn though this with a Spotify playlist. .50p per Gb there after. Last edited by CommitConfirm; 12-05-2016 at 11:09 AM.. Reason: Autocorrect spelling errors |
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[edit: apologies; I misread this as 'rename the wifi network'.] |
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Some people prefer their Bluetooth list to say "so-and-so's BMW" rather than "BMW iDrive 8456" or something stupid.
I personally rename all of my Bluetooth stuff with my initials-devicename... I even rename my iphone and ipad (which thankfully you can still do, unlike Android which has now made it impossible to set the hostname without rooting, so every Android device shows up on a network as "android-32159087ylaskjhasdfljh" )
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Ish it stays on for as long as the ignition is on and for a short period there after until you lock the car.
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What you want is for the cam to be configured for your home wifi, so it uploads whenever you get home... doesn't help you much if the car is stolen, but the other connecteddrive stuff should help track it down at least.
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