Using Sync to read text. help please?

[johnson]

I have a new galaxy note ll. Does anybody know which settings I need to have to make this work? I am running the latest 3.6 version on MFT. Thank you.

[saintlaz1]

It doesn't work with my iPhone either

[RichardJensen]

Apparently, you need to configure your phone to send text messages over Bluetooth.

[akirby]

Apparently, you need to configure your phone to send text messages over Bluetooth.

 

Who knew?

 

In IOS 6 you go into the Sync connection under bluetooth and enable notifications. Not sure about IOS 7 because I refuse to download it right now.

[saintlaz1]

Sure, thats what Sync says but when you go to SYNC in your bluetooth setting there is no option for that. not in IO6 or 7

[SoonerLS]

Not sure about IOS 7 because I refuse to download it right now.

Wise choice. I think the solution to my iOS7 problems may be spelled N-O-K-I-A...

[akirby]

Sure, thats what Sync says but when you go to SYNC in your bluetooth setting there is no option for that. not in IO6 or 7

 

Are you on the latest MFT release (3.6)? And the latest IOS release? If so, un-pair and re-pair your phone and you should see the option.

 

If not do a MFT master reset, hard boot the phone and try again.

Edited September 27, 2013 by akirby

[saintlaz1]

so how are people with regular sync and not my ford touch using this feature ?

 

this is from Ford:Please wait for a SYNC Agent to respond.

Linda says:
Hello Laz. My name is Linda how can I help you?
Laz says:
Hi, I am having an issue receiving Text through the car, I have an iphone. the directions state that the notifications need to be turn on under bloothtooth>sync but there is no option for that
Linda says:
Which vehicle do you have and the year?
Laz says:
2013 Mustang
Linda says:
The text message feature work with the MyFordTouch system and IOS6 and higher.
Laz says:
so its does not work with regular sync?
Linda says:
That is correct. Wih the Iphone.
Laz says:
is there plans to rectify this?
Linda says:
This will be done with Apple.

[akirby]

Didn't realize it was sync without MFT. I keep meaning to try it on the Edge to see if it works with Sync only (2008 model). It's possible it doesn't, but that would be strange because I know Sync supports reading text messages. Our 2008 Edge did it with a Motorola Razr way back in 2009. I thought it was the same protocol/profile.

[SoonerLS]

Didn't realize it was sync without MFT. I keep meaning to try it on the Edge to see if it works with Sync only (2008 model). It's possible it doesn't, but that would be strange because I know Sync supports reading text messages.

I'm not sure if it's Sync or the phone that does it--when I get the "New message from <sender>. You can say..." message in my truck, I'm pretty sure that's Windows Phone giving the prompt. (FWIW, my personal phone is Windows Phone; my work phone is an iPhone.) When I ask Sync to read my last text message, it says my phone is unsupported.

[johnson]

Thanks for the ideas. I did get closer last night, but the system went back to my phone doesn't do bt messaging. I deleted the phone and un-paired. When I added the phone back in I got the prompt to allow MAP. When I finished I asked to read messages and sync said I had no new messages. This morning the system didn't retain the settings, so I'll have to keep looking for that elusive setting. I may try to unpair phone and see if there are more options?

[johnson]

I found out how to keep sync connected to this function, I'm a little slow with this stuff. When I started the car the phone had notifications for MAP and contacts. Before choosing allow, I checked the boxes that said "don't ask me again". This makes it automatically allow every time I start the car. Sync only allows me to send the pre-canned messages back, but that's okay.

 

I hope my fumbling around on this forum helps someone else get things working.

[RichardJensen]

Oh, maybe. As soon as most people get used to it, the most profitable tech customers will get bored with it, and will want something new and thus the cycle of frustration will renew itself, like the coming of spring after winter, and summer after spring............

[Edstock]

Wise choice. I think the solution to my iOS7 problems may be spelled N-O-K-I-A...

 

[stefsimmons]

good to know for when i finally receive my new car.

[Kev-Mo]

so how are people with regular sync and not my ford touch using this feature ?

 

this is from Ford:Please wait for a SYNC Agent to respond.

Linda says:

Hello Laz. My name is Linda how can I help you?

Laz says:

Hi, I am having an issue receiving Text through the car, I have an iphone. the directions state that the notifications need to be turn on under bloothtooth>sync but there is no option for that

Linda says:

Which vehicle do you have and the year?

Laz says:

2013 Mustang

Linda says:

The text message feature work with the MyFordTouch system and IOS6 and higher.

Laz says:

so its does not work with regular sync?

Linda says:

That is correct. Wih the Iphone.

Laz says:

is there plans to rectify this?

Linda says:

This will be done with Apple.

 

2008 Explorer with early Sync system:

Text message read worked great with my Motorola Admiral phone and Android op system. My employer established ipone as the company standard and I received one so I switched to Apple - Sync will not read text messages.

 

As I always say, if the iPhone is the future of awesome, I am glad there is skiing and mountain biking...

[Kev-Mo]

Didn't realize it was sync without MFT. I keep meaning to try it on the Edge to see if it works with Sync only (2008 model). It's possible it doesn't, but that would be strange because I know Sync supports reading text messages. Our 2008 Edge did it with a Motorola Razr way back in 2009. I thought it was the same protocol/profile.

I bet it will work with Motorola and Android as my previous post says. 2008 Sync will not read text with iPhone.

[akirby]

2008 Sync will not read text with iPhone.

 

No it does not. And I think it only worked on some Motorolas, not all.

[RangerM]

 

No it does not. And I think it only worked on some Motorolas, not all.

My understanding is it used to work with Motorola's, prior to the Jelly Bean update when Moto changed their bluetooth MAP. I can only confirm that I can't get my F-150 (Sync with MyFord, but not MFT) to read text messages from my Droid Razr.

[akirby]

My understanding is it used to work with Motorola's, prior to the Jelly Bean update when Moto changed their bluetooth MAP. I can only confirm that I can't get my F-150 (Sync with MyFord, but not MFT) to read text messages from my Droid Razr.

 

My wife's 2008 Edge read text messages from her original RAZR when we first got it back in 2008.

[saintlaz1]

I just dont understand why sync doesnt work with an Iphone it makes no f'ing sense.

[RichardJensen]

Why doesn't it make sense?

 

Both devices have to support the same protocol.

 

It's like saying, 'I don't understand why this genius German person can't understand English. He's smart. I'm smart. We should be able to understand each other perfectly.'

 

 

And I might also add that standards implementations in mobile computing are spotty, and the standards themselves are far from it.

 

We went from a happy world where protocols were incredibly robust (USB, SVGA, SATA, PCIe, TCP/IP, HTTP) and *generally* well implemented (with the exception of IE and Javascript and CSS), to this crazy world of mobile computing where interfacing between devices has basically returned us to late 70s/early 80s PC mode.

[akirby]

Think about it - what other Bluetooth accessories use that protocol to read texts? It's just not a priority feature for the cell companies.

[MTP'er]

I have a 2010 Flex Gen 1 sync and there hasn't been an update in years. Ford dropped the ball on sync and instead came out this this myford crap. The newer phone don't work with this old Gen 1 sync, thanks Ford for dropping the ball on this.

[akirby]

It does everything it did the day you bought it - just like our 2008 Edge.