[FarmerFran]

Go to work and car said update ready, will take 11 minutes etc...


Put the car in 1. Put on ebrake. Turned off car. Hit update.

When I got out the stereo was still playing and the screan went back to the normal icons. The car was definetely off. So I got back in started up the car pulled forwards then backed back in to my spot. Turned off the car and all appeared normal but the update did not run. So i went into setting and it said up to date.


Weird

[Hotwheeltat]

Completely normal when an update is needed. Radio will shut off in a couple minutes on its own if update is not completed. Once update completes radio will go back to normal operation and shut off when you open the door. Has happened to me 3 time in 9 months. Usually takes my car 3/4 times before it will finish the update.

[lt4camaro]

Originally Posted by Hotwheeltat

Completely normal when an update is needed. Radio will shut off in a couple minutes on its own if update is not completed. Once update completes radio will go back to normal operation and shut off when you open the door. Has happened to me 3 time in 9 months. Usually takes my car 3/4 times before it will finish the update.

Does onstar need to be activated to get updates? I never activated my onstar on my 2021 LT1

[COKen]

Originally Posted by lt4camaro

Does onstar need to be activated to get updates? I never activated my onstar on my 2021 LT1

I never activated OnStar either and I have seen the update message a time or two.

[FarmerFran]

Originally Posted by Hotwheeltat

Completely normal when an update is needed. Radio will shut off in a couple minutes on its own if update is not completed. Once update completes radio will go back to normal operation and shut off when you open the door. Has happened to me 3 time in 9 months. Usually takes my car 3/4 times before it will finish the update.

I have done a few updates and the music never kept playing and it never went back to the normal home screen. It always goes to the Status screen. I stood outside the car for the better part of 10 minutes to make sure I was not missing something or to see if everything would turn off. I am glad I did what I did. I would have loved coming out to a dead battery

When I got home I tried again an it worked as usual, the music turned off and the status screen stayed up.

[lt4camaro]

Originally Posted by COKen

I never activated OnStar either and I have seen the update message a time or two.

Thank you for responding, good to know for sure. I have gotten no update messages at all, car is 5 months old and have driven 4500 miles. I quess this may be side benefit of a no option LT1 other than the 10 speed auto.

[cellsafemode]

onstar activation only matters for you personally using the onstar service. It's always connected to the cell network whether you pay for it or not and GM can push updates and/or get data from your car whenever it wants. Whether you have an active subscription or not.

Only way to stop that is taking the cell radio out of the onstar bcm.

[ember1205]

Originally Posted by lt4camaro

Thank you for responding, good to know for sure. I have gotten no update messages at all, car is 5 months old and have driven 4500 miles. I quess this may be side benefit of a no option LT1 other than the 10 speed auto.

As mentioned - OnStar is not at all linked to updates. The specific build date for your Infotainment system and what firmware it was flashed with will drive whether any of the current updates would apply. I had my car out of the garage in January of this year for a little bit - nothing showed up for updates being available and I had validated it by hand not that long before. When I pulled the car back out earlier this month, it threw a message that there was an update available and the radio was "acting weird" (when there's an update available, the radio will NOT turn off when you open the door).

To my knowledge, there has been only one update that would apply to my car that was released this year and it was installed recently (by me).

[lt4camaro]

Originally Posted by cellsafemode

onstar activation only matters for you personally using the onstar service. It's always connected to the cell network whether you pay for it or not and GM can push updates and/or get data from your car whenever it wants. Whether you have an active subscription or not.

Only way to stop that is taking the cell radio out of the onstar bcm.

Thanks for the info and I have no reason to stop updates. Glad they can come thru with out activating onstar.

[chevybill]

I have a 2017 2 ss car with the bose upgrade system and to my knowledge never have received an update.
Does this sound correct?

Thanks.

[ember1205]

Originally Posted by chevybill

I have a 2017 2 ss car with the bose upgrade system and to my knowledge never have received an update.
Does this sound correct?

Thanks.

Not sure when the OTA updates became available for these systems...

[FarmerFran]

Originally Posted by ember1205

Not sure when the OTA updates became available for these systems...

Someone will correct me but 19 or 20 with the radio3 update.

[ctrlz]

Originally Posted by chevybill

I have a 2017 2 ss car with the bose upgrade system and to my knowledge never have received an update.
Does this sound correct?

I received an app update a few years ago, but this did not change the actual audio system. There was a recent intriguing post where someone posted a screenshot showing a "surround" mode in the audio settings. So that got me messing around with my 2017.
I had to reconnect my car to the home wifi, though nothing has changed with that. It started "updating," and I ended up with a few more apps I will never use. Nothing in the system update area. I'll make sure it stays connected to wifi in case anything gets pushed. But I am out of town for 2 weeks.

[GroundhogSS]

I believe it was the 2019s, or whenever they released the upgraded Infotainment system with the higher rez screen, that the ability to update the software in the radio was available.