Just updated to Sync 3.4 on my Ranger 2019

[quangdog]

Just downloaded the update for my truck. The update .zip file is only 882.9 MB in size (seems too small to me). When I unzip it (on my mac) I get a structure that looks broken:

Note that I don't have an actual SyncMyRide directory, but rather several files that are named with SyncMyRide\ as the first part of their file name. This looks like a borked update file to me.... Do I dare try to fix the file/folder names manually and plug this into my truck?

By day I'm a software engineer, and this update file is setting off all kinds of alarm bells in my developer lizard brain.

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[UofMEngineer]

Just downloaded the update for my truck. The update .zip file is only 882.9 MB in size (seems too small to me). When I unzip it (on my mac) I get a structure that looks broken:

Note that I don't have an actual SyncMyRide directory, but rather several files that are named with SyncMyRide\ as the first part of their file name. This looks like a borked update file to me.... Do I dare try to fix the file/folder names manually and plug this into my truck?

By day I'm a software engineer, and this update file is setting off all kinds of alarm bells in my developer lizard brain.

Missing the voice file. They had better not actually look like this...

 

[quangdog]

Missing the voice file. They had better not actually look like this...

I tried the download 3 different times, keep getting exactly the same file. I won't Install this as-is... and am happy to send you whatever other info you may need.

Incidentally if I unzip it on a Windows computer, I do get the correct directory structure, but it still seems to be missing a bunch of stuff.

 

[UofMEngineer]

I tried the download 3 different times, keep getting exactly the same file. I won't Install this as-is... and am happy to send you whatever other info you may need.

Incidentally if I unzip it on a Windows computer, I do get the correct directory structure, but it still seems to be missing a bunch of stuff.

Arg. I'll pull some sample VINs from the net and grab the updaters to check. Other than the missing voice pack, this looks OK though. Does it list the 14G391 file in the autoinstall.lst?

 

[Gizmokid2005]

Just downloaded the update for my truck. The update .zip file is only 882.9 MB in size (seems too small to me). When I unzip it (on my mac) I get a structure that looks broken:

Note that I don't have an actual SyncMyRide directory, but rather several files that are named with SyncMyRide\ as the first part of their file name. This looks like a borked update file to me.... Do I dare try to fix the file/folder names manually and plug this into my truck?

By day I'm a software engineer, and this update file is setting off all kinds of alarm bells in my developer lizard brain.

This may be your mac acting weird because they're compressed archives. The backslash is a folder indicator in the filesystem, and I've seen macs act weird when displaying compressed archives only in a folder.

 

[quangdog]

Arg. I'll pull some sample VINs from the net and grab the updaters to check. Other than the missing voice pack, this looks OK though. Does it list the 14G391 file in the autoinstall.lst?

 

[demothus]

I am now missing my climate controls as well after updating to 3.4. I have not updated with anything outside the official Ford releases, in fact I haven't even updated the system since I purchased the truck. I've tried master reset, key cycle, etc. I'm re-downloading the update and using a different flash drive, else Ford phone support told me to bring it to a dealer...

Also, here are the MD5's for the files:

1e47df41f70b3adcc409afa5e00124b5 *autoinstall.lst
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e *DONTINDX.MSA
aa845bc753565f9397b7181ac0d0c9c1 *SyncMyRide\5U5T-14G381-ED.tar.gz
798779317f7533da0f754b3a3e08daf2 *SyncMyRide\5U5T-14G391-BL.tar.gz
1d8a92f839324c96c7a9ad95a2afc39e *SyncMyRide\GB5T-14G386-AC.tar.gz
579f44a05176bb57ea39296a2b129b57 *SyncMyRide\HB5T-14G386-VAB.tar.gz
18bfe667379907a53667c4182e254ef0 *SyncMyRide\HB5T-14G386-VEB.tar.gz

 

[quangdog]

This may be your mac acting weird because they're compressed archives. The backslash is a folder indicator in the filesystem, and I've seen macs act weird when displaying compressed archives only in a folder.

It's much more likely that the .zip file was not compressed correctly in the first place. "\" is the path separator, yes, but I've *never* had the built-in zip library in Finder unzip something and not respect the folder paths. Something hinky going on.

 

[UofMEngineer]

Can you PM me your VIN if you're cool with that. I just want to pull a non-nav download to check and all the used 19' Rangers I'm finding are nav equipped.

 

[TylerV76]

I tried the download 3 different times, keep getting exactly the same file. I won't Install this as-is... and am happy to send you whatever other info you may need.

Incidentally if I unzip it on a Windows computer, I do get the correct directory structure, but it still seems to be missing a bunch of stuff.

Dont use the built in mac unarchiver to unzip it. You need to use a 3rd party app. Also, dont let mac auto-unzip after download.

 

[Gizmokid2005]

Can you PM me your VIN if you're cool with that. I just want to pull a non-nav download to check and all the used 19' Rangers I'm finding are nav equipped.

Here's my non-nav:

 

[UofMEngineer]

Here's my non-nav:

OK, that is what I was looking for. The 14G391-BL is the NA Non-Nav voice pack. For Nav it'll be -CL. If it's not listed and the file is missing, there's something strange going on.

 

[quangdog]

Dont use the built in mac unarchiver to unzip it. You need to use a 3rd party app.

If the built-in unarchiver does not unzip it correctly, there is a problem with the original .zip file. This isn't my first rodeo... OS X should not have any problem unzipping this archive if it is well-formatted.

 

[quangdog]

Can you PM me your VIN if you're cool with that. I just want to pull a non-nav download to check and all the used 19' Rangers I'm finding are nav equipped.

PM Sent. Thanks!

 

[TylerV76]

If the built-in unarchiver does not unzip it correctly, there is a problem with the original .zip file. This isn't my first rodeo... OS X should not have any problem unzipping this archive if it is well-formatted.

It is very common that the built in unarchiver has issues with zip files. Theres a reason the 3rd party apps are as popular as they are. The built in screws up the structure consistently. You should see what it does to my sql zips. Thats also why the exact same file unzips properly on windows, as you know.

If you use “the unarchiver” it will unzip properly.

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