Thread: Software update
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      01-28-2012, 10:11 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by SMOKE EM IF U GOT EM!! View Post
I still don't know if they do or don't update when you ask them not to unless there is an extremely noticeable aftermath. It's kinda like a trust thing between you and them.
I have an 06 e90 also and I had to bring it in last year for some ac issue diagnosis and they wanted to know if I wanted to update the programming. I declined as I'm happy w the car the way it is. As opposed to when I first got it and everytime they had it something was different or didn't work like it did previously.
Shoulda done it your way...

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Originally Posted by jxnco View Post
Yep I lost my album covers too. They updated mine half a year ago without asking for my permission. I finally figured out why the album covers disappeared. The Transportation Dept forced them to do so because they treat the album covers as graphics (like TV) which is illegal when the vehicle is moving. Even if you instructed them not to update, they will as they are bound by the Transport Dept to do so.

It's just incredibly stupid.

I'm thinking of downloading the latest software from BMW.com and doing the upgrade myself to see if I can get back my album covers and have my phonebook in alphabetical order again.
Album covers I can live with but scrambling the telephone phone book is one of the stupidest things I've seen. There is NO justifiable reason why that is acceptable. In fact if anything it makes it operation more clumsy and as a result a hazard while driving defeating the principle of hands free functionality.

Going to give them an earful when the workshop opens on Monday.
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