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USB still working normally today. It seems silly but I am so happy about this finally working. I have been dealing with it for months and it was so frustrating wanting to use carplay and not have it work most of the time. I went ahead and updated to 3.4.21098. Update went much faster than before, most likely due to properly functioning usb ports. Hopefully it will fix the bug with siriusxm although now that carplay works properly I won't be listening to that as much. Still have to update the maps as I was hesitant to mess with it anymore than I had to due to the issues I was having. I have a short usb extension coming so I can put the cplay2air out of sight.
 

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By not driving the truck lately, I just noticed a completely different screen today. It appears it auto updated to 3.4 on 4/26.
I use android auto. I had to fiddle with the phone a bit to connect, and set a new wallpaper background (like the trail one), but no big problems.
Seems like this was a big plus although I was satisfied with 3.3. No issues.
 

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Mine will just sit there and spin on checking for automatic updates... I had the truck on for 45 minutes that way...
 


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Mine will just sit there and spin on checking for automatic updates... I had the truck on for 45 minutes that way...
I have a detached garage and weak signal in my drive way. OTA never worked for me, it would find the update and sit at zero download bar. I gave up and used syncupdate.
 

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Mine will just sit there and spin on checking for automatic updates... I had the truck on for 45 minutes that way...
that's where mine is. do note that you don't need to actually have the truck running.
 

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So what did the 3.4 update add? I noticed my voice control doesn't require confirmation anymore.
 

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Got it to work via USB thumb drive... now have 3.4 installed!
 

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Same here...all my Navigation Favorites were wiped out ?

Mine automatically updated overnight. Lost the navigation favorite locations and Sirius/XM song/artist alerts in the process. A bit upset about that as just the day before I was finally able to save a favorite group. Oh well, at least it kept the saved Sirius/XM stations. It also appears to have retained the preset climate temperatures, though I haven't actually checked the number. I haven't gotten used to the new look as it appears too light colored for me, but I'll get used to it.
 

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A small update with 3.4. I have connectivity turned on in Sync however I have bluetooth turned off on my phone as I generally have little need to connect while driving and prefer it not be on in public. With the previous version I had to manually tap OK to remove the "connect a phone prompt" now it goes away on its own after a few seconds. This is a welcome change for me.
 

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A small update with 3.4. I have connectivity turned on in Sync however I have bluetooth turned off on my phone as I generally have little need to connect while driving and prefer it not be on in public. With the previous version I had to manually tap OK to remove the "connect a phone prompt" now it goes away on its own after a few seconds. This is a welcome change for me.
wow this alone is motivating me to upgrade to 3.4

Amazing that in this day of age Ford had this much trouble with an update.
 

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People need to include what version of SYNC 3.4 they are running when discussing issues. There are at least about 4 different versions in the wild right now. I personally have run at least three of them. This last version 21020 was the first one that updated for me OTA. I beleave there is a new one showing up, that hasn't hit my VIN yet. Each had its own set of issues and changes so a version level is needed if someone needs help with a specific problem. Some fixes may be simply getting the latest version.
 

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So what did the 3.4 update add? I noticed my voice control doesn't require confirmation anymore.
Depends what build you're coming from. If you were on v3.3, then quite a bit like the new visuals, updated nav UI for searching, iOS applink apps like Pandora over Bluetooth, etc. My own piece of that pie has changed quite a bit since v.3.3. If you're coming from a prior v3.4 build, then it's going to be less and less as you get closer to this last release and the next.
 

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the other day, Ford updated my sync, it is now 3.4 and my map is updated. So I did not have to do anything. It just updated
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