Most newbies are confused and slightly scared about updating the Sync3 firmware… FAQ should help them identify whether their car model has Navigation (and whether they could use full maps or cut-down version).
Syn3Updater already does a wonderful job of preparing USB drive required for the upgrade but the first time users need to relax and let the upgrade run its course - ignore some prompts to remove the USB stick in between.
Perhaps something people don’t know is this isn’t a large company, CyanLabs is me and the help of moderators on the forum. all the backend coding is done by me (and occasionally my good friend @jiminald), all the UI is done by me, all the intergration of everything, Syn3 Updater and more is done by me
Basically, 99% of it is done by me!
@F150Chief manages most of the AsBuilt DB’s and ofcourse @SaNdMaN and others moderate the forum.
I am learning as i go and welcome any suggestions, but people telling me things like
“you should reply to your email more often”
“i want this… but i don’t want to do it”
“i demand to speak to an american”
etc are just making me less interesting in helping the community unfortunately
If there are some actual “stumbling points” then let me know so i can fix them
I think what would be useful is a sticky post at the top of the guide section that lists the available guides and opens the guide when clicked on. This would give users a quick way to see if there is a guide available for their issue.
I would first like to thank you guys for all the work you put in. I have found myself looking for the Donate option which I think should be easily and readily accessible. Might be a small community but we know this takes a lot of time and knowledge. On that note maybe a step-by-step tutorial on how to add Nav on a Non Nav vehicle.
Donate option is pretty easy to spot on the website but not so much on the forum,
Basically, change a couple asbuilt values in the SYNC 3 APIM via ForScan and then install cutdown maps to ensure it fits on the smaller storage APIM, a guide could be written but personally i’d rather not due to the issues that can occur should people put too much data on the APIM etc.
When I got interested in learning about the APIMs I wanted to build the benchtop using Bluepill. I got all the help I needed right here. Then I had a ton of questions about APIMs, calibration files, app files, etc… F150Chief essentially walked me step by step. I looked for the Donate option but was only able to sub for the year. I also wanted to do a one-time donation and put in my own amount, aside from my subscription. I think the work you do here is amazing and would hate to see you lose interest.