BringGo Master Thread
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Maps are now appearing for me inside the app - attempting to download now - it's not really moving.
It also still appears to lock me to the guest account but we'll see what happens when the maps download.
http://chattypics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_r9iflh8ul3.jpg
Edit: Once maps download for a region (I picked Eastern US) it brings to main screen. You can now create accounts, apparently.
I was able to create, verify and login to my account.
It also still appears to lock me to the guest account but we'll see what happens when the maps download.
http://chattypics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_r9iflh8ul3.jpg
Edit: Once maps download for a region (I picked Eastern US) it brings to main screen. You can now create accounts, apparently.
I was able to create, verify and login to my account.
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Thanks for the heads-up. I'm downloading maps now.
BringGo Problems and Troubleshooting
Now that BringGo has been released and is functional maybe we should have a thread discussing issues we've discovered.
Things I've noticed:
Crash:
On iOS 6.1.2 if I try to set a home or work location the app crashes.
Nav:
I used navigation (just on the phone, haven't updated MyLink yet) last night and liked the multiple options for choosing the route: fastest, shortest and eco. One thing I noticed though was that if I went off route the navigation did not recalc to the "most optimum" route like I am used to. I wonder if that is because I initially chose the "eco" route and therefore all recalcs after the fact for that route will be "eco" recalcs. I hope this is the case - the recalcs were rather bad and did not give me hope for navigating in unfamiliar areas. One recalc missed the I-95 onramp and tried navigating me through a main street. Another recalc had me getting off at an exit and then getting right back on the freeway. Very strange.
Now that BringGo has been released and is functional maybe we should have a thread discussing issues we've discovered.
Things I've noticed:
Crash:
On iOS 6.1.2 if I try to set a home or work location the app crashes.
Nav:
I used navigation (just on the phone, haven't updated MyLink yet) last night and liked the multiple options for choosing the route: fastest, shortest and eco. One thing I noticed though was that if I went off route the navigation did not recalc to the "most optimum" route like I am used to. I wonder if that is because I initially chose the "eco" route and therefore all recalcs after the fact for that route will be "eco" recalcs. I hope this is the case - the recalcs were rather bad and did not give me hope for navigating in unfamiliar areas. One recalc missed the I-95 onramp and tried navigating me through a main street. Another recalc had me getting off at an exit and then getting right back on the freeway. Very strange.
rodslinger
Member
Can't download it
Can any of you smarter Android users post up the APK to download. Seems it will not show up in the Google Store for me.
Can any of you smarter Android users post up the APK to download. Seems it will not show up in the Google Store for me.
I would like the same thing but its a paid app so prob not gonna happen
rodslinger
Member
I don't mind paying and do not need the full unlocked app. I just need the base APK that comes out of the Google Play store. I will setup my own account. They seem to be not allowing the download on HTC devices right now.
joshalamew
Member
Got an account and downloaded the maps finally. Everything is up and running for me (iOS).
rodslinger
Member
Loophole for download....
For Android users that aren't on the approved list of devices.
Go to the market, download and install "Device Spoofer". Need to be rooted of course. Open the app and change your model profile to any of the Bringgo approved devices and reboot. Easiest to just pick the Nexus S. The Bringgo app should then be visible in the market to download and install.
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Wife got home and got the app installed on her HTC EVO using the device spoof method above. Works pretty good. She likes it and may buy it if I don't see any issues in the trial period. I like the fact that I don't have to turn on the app on the phone. As long as the bluetooth is connected it works in the car.
For Android users that aren't on the approved list of devices.
Go to the market, download and install "Device Spoofer". Need to be rooted of course. Open the app and change your model profile to any of the Bringgo approved devices and reboot. Easiest to just pick the Nexus S. The Bringgo app should then be visible in the market to download and install.
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Wife got home and got the app installed on her HTC EVO using the device spoof method above. Works pretty good. She likes it and may buy it if I don't see any issues in the trial period. I like the fact that I don't have to turn on the app on the phone. As long as the bluetooth is connected it works in the car.
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Any info on whether there are verbal turn by turn directions, or is this just visual on the screen, no verbal? Big disappointment if it's just a visual system. Will probably just continue using Google Navigation.
Also, a comment to Vanessa. It turns out that this is a dealer upgrade and takes an hour. So ridiculous and old school, that I have to make an appointment, drive 35 miles (70 round trip) to my dealer, and then wait for an hour --- most likely more than that, by the time they actually get to my car --- for a simple software upgrade that should be downloadable by owners to a flash drive and just installed in the car. You can bet if this was Mini or Fiat, this would be user downloadable and installable. But, hey, this is GM, the company that also brings us Buicks and Cadillacs. No big surprise that everyone on here seems to report that the dealers no NOTHING about this. Consumers shouldn't have to tell them about BRINGGO or a Mylink upgrade. They should know. And by the way, I've never gotten an email from my.chevrolet.com telling me to schedule an upgrade for this. Geez.
I was SO hopeful that this cool little car would mean that GM was now a cool car company. But you can only hope for so much, eh?
Also, a comment to Vanessa. It turns out that this is a dealer upgrade and takes an hour. So ridiculous and old school, that I have to make an appointment, drive 35 miles (70 round trip) to my dealer, and then wait for an hour --- most likely more than that, by the time they actually get to my car --- for a simple software upgrade that should be downloadable by owners to a flash drive and just installed in the car. You can bet if this was Mini or Fiat, this would be user downloadable and installable. But, hey, this is GM, the company that also brings us Buicks and Cadillacs. No big surprise that everyone on here seems to report that the dealers no NOTHING about this. Consumers shouldn't have to tell them about BRINGGO or a Mylink upgrade. They should know. And by the way, I've never gotten an email from my.chevrolet.com telling me to schedule an upgrade for this. Geez.
I was SO hopeful that this cool little car would mean that GM was now a cool car company. But you can only hope for so much, eh?
RS Turbo
New member
Service people dont read every update issued everyday! There too busy. But if they search for it it will come up. Its not GM, They release the information and its there, the dealer has to find it. Gm has over 5,000 Chevy dealers alone the cant call every service manager and tell them everything everyday. The Service manager would forget anyways to pass it on to all the Service dept employees anyways.
This happens with EVERY VEHICLE MANUFACTURE as Well!
bkmitchy600
New member
Yeah, I guess that would be like the MyFord Touch update on USB that went over so well....
The system is both visual and audible. It does TTS, so it actually pronounces (or at least tries to pronounce) street names.
This update was released a little over two weeks ago. At this point the shop guys don't know anything about it unless you reference the campaign number. GM may be planning on email customers, I don't know. But I'm not surprised in the slightest that they haven't done it yet. There will most likely be a limited release period where customers have to request the update. Congratulations to everyone who has the update now, you're beta testers. Once they get their people trained on the update and can process a volume of large volume of customers that's when they'd think about an announcement.
You don't email everybody the day after something is released and flood service departments with people without being able to handle them first.
As for it being user upgradable bkmitchy600 is right. Ford did a similar update and allowed end users to install it. It didn't go well. There's a lot of liability involved when you allow people to start a process than can basically brick their car.
laborsmith
New member
I suspect the requirement to go to the dealer is to limit the possibility of a virus being downloaded and to make it easier to find the source if one is.
But since I do not have a smartphone I do not see me standing in line to get this update.
Laborsmith
But since I do not have a smartphone I do not see me standing in line to get this update.
Laborsmith
Today I was passing by me dealer on the start of a trip out of the area. I stopped in to schedule an appointment for the Mylink upgrade at the end of the week on my way back. The first two service consultants didn't know what I was talking about, so they sent me to the 'Bluetooth and phone' guy. He did know there was an upgrade, but they hadn't done one yet. I asked about scheduling for Friday, and he said "Can you do it now? I have a bay free." I told him I needed to be back on the road in 45 minutes, 60 max to make an appointment. He said, "No problem. Roll it in, we'll write you up".
10 minutes later he came into the waiting room with a sheaf of papers in his hands. He'd printed out the instructions, and it had 19 steps! Chevy did not put any time-to-completion on it, so he didn't have any idea how long it would take, and because they hadn't done one, couldn't guarantee how long it would take. (It also involves removing and replacing fuses). He read me the list of what it does, and it sounded like it's more than just the Mylink upgrade.
We decided to postpone until Friday, when I didn't have a time constraint. He said these flash things are usually in and out in a half an hour or less, and he'd never seen one with this many steps.
10 minutes later he came into the waiting room with a sheaf of papers in his hands. He'd printed out the instructions, and it had 19 steps! Chevy did not put any time-to-completion on it, so he didn't have any idea how long it would take, and because they hadn't done one, couldn't guarantee how long it would take. (It also involves removing and replacing fuses). He read me the list of what it does, and it sounded like it's more than just the Mylink upgrade.
We decided to postpone until Friday, when I didn't have a time constraint. He said these flash things are usually in and out in a half an hour or less, and he'd never seen one with this many steps.
