Yesterday between around 6-7PM EST RemoteLink apps were unable to connect and we're getting a message that the app was unable to authenticate with the server.
Since it came back, I have notice that refreshing charging status is much faster. It used to take around 1.5 minutes. Now it is right around 35 seconds. I've refreshed about 5 times and have had nearly identical results.
I am still using version 1.9. Anyone else notice this as well?
The refresh has always taken about 30-45 seconds for me with windows phone 8.1. I have been very happy with remote link app. Remote starts, remote lock/unlock updates have all worked well for me.
My windows phone also works much better with the My Link system than iphone does. I don't want to imply that my superior windows phone technology is better than the big boys (apple and google). I am just pointing out that it works great with the Volt (and my Equinox too).
In the past, once you do one inquiry with the car, the car seems to "wake up" and respond to subsequent inquiries a bit quicker. So if your 5 refreshes were done within a few minutes of each other, it is probably not representative. Most times, I think the long pole in the tent is the Volt. It doesn't poll the cell towers as often to see if it has a request to service, to save the 12V battery. This is also why it stops responding entirely after 2 days of being parked without running.
That being said, I did just try and it took about 30 seconds. Not too bad. It may still be coincidence though.
In the past, once you do one inquiry with the car, the car seems to "wake up" and respond to subsequent inquiries a bit quicker. So if your 5 refreshes were done within a few minutes of each other, it is probably not representative.
No I did them several hours apart. It seems a little slower this afternoon, getting close to 1 minute but still faster than it was before whatever they did yesterday evening.
Just did it a few mins ago, 25s!
MASSIVE improvement. Glad to see they could actually improve that, and it wasn't just a hardware/cell limitation after all.
Tried again, this time on my LG G2 using wifi. Took more than 3 minutes. Tried with my iPad, same result. But hey, at least both attempts worked!
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