Audi Connect SIM card choices.

Itguy said:
I suspect their biggest worry is the car wifi / tethering potential use. The car using the data I can't see being a problem.

I think I'm going to order a sim anyway and try it in a few of my devices to see how it operates, will give me a feel before my car arrives.
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Hi, what Sim is the best deal and is Audi Connect worth it?
Phil
 
Three 321 PAYG sim (only 1p/mb of data) and yes it's worth it.

Very decent online traffic (far superior to TMC)
Google map view a bit gimmicky IMHO
Find local petrol stations with live prices very useful
Online search function for maps - genius, probably it's best feature. It's just like using google maps on the web when you just search in natural language, then it will direct you there. Just say 'McDonald's' or 'the grand hotel' etc and it just finds them near to you, or add a location on and it searches there.
 
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Many thanks for your reply. Have decided to add it to my Spec via "Spec Amend"
I am currently with Vodafone and they have a deal where you can split your data allowance.. A bit on the expensive side at 13 pounds additional a month, but I currently have 6 gig on the phone which I do not use, so will keep monitoring the forum re how much people use a month and decide what to do in July August when the car arrives.
Thanks again
Phil
 
Itguy said:
OK

Spent a few hours playing with my new car today when I went over to sign the paperwork.

I can confirm that a Three PAYG sim works perfectly (as we knew) and also gives 4G. Where the garage was in Derby gave a 4/5 signal on 4G and google maps were like lightning - as was street view, petrol prices etc etc. Just for interest, my iPhone 5S gave 32mb speedtest on Three in their carpark.

I can also confirm that the Ovivo Sim DOES NOT work - it will connect to a data profile (ie you get a 3G signal on the bottom right hand corner) but it won't process data. No error message or anything, just it won't work. I can only assume this is because it doesn't flow data until you've viewed a HTML page with adverts on (as it does when you have a tablet). Pity, could have been a perfect solution.

Pic of 4G!

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I have just got a 321 pay as you go sim from Three, how do I actually top it up to get the data plan? I do not have a compatible phone to put the sim in so I can't activate that way...any ideas?
I need to activate and top up before it will work in the car
 
I've read this complete thread and it is extremely useful. I have just one question about the 321 PAYG scheme which seems to be favoured by most of you. Can it be used for tethering so that the Wi-Fi hotspot feature in Audi Connect can be used?
 
Can't remember if it has already been mentioned already on this thread but I am using a T-Mobile sim which for £20 gives 1gb a month for 6 months.... Can be used for tethering too... And at the end of 6 months you get a reminder which tells you to top up the £20 and activate the package again.... I've had good signal so far... Can't complain at all!
 
I had a t-mobile sim in mine when I first got the car. Coverage was ****** awful. Three has been great, no problems since!
 
glospete said:
I've read this complete thread and it is extremely useful. I have just one question about the 321 PAYG scheme which seems to be favoured by most of you. Can it be used for tethering so that the Wi-Fi hotspot feature in Audi Connect can be used?
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Extremely unlikely for 321 PAYG.

it was possible on contract with the One plan though

John.
 
glospete said:
I've read this complete thread and it is extremely useful. I have just one question about the 321 PAYG scheme which seems to be favoured by most of you. Can it be used for tethering so that the Wi-Fi hotspot feature in Audi Connect can be used?
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Yes it can, I did this just the other day when I needed to use the iPad to look something up, whilst doing 100mph using ACC and lane assist to keep things "safe". :jump:

That last bit was a joke by the way. Yes you can tether.
 
I'm in Nottinghamshire so not far away, and yes I know about them being EE now... I work in the mobile industry :) Didn't help, Three was still better!
 
Hi,
Did you sort this?
I am having exactly the same issue.
Phil

Toadoftoadhall said:
Directly related to the issue of the SIM cards plugged in to our cars.

Pg 61 of the brochure and pages within the MMI Nav System Plus car handbook both describe various features available from the SIM in the car.

Firstly that this SIM can also be used for phone calls and texts. I have a phone/txt/data sim in my car as I dont always want to pair my main phone bluetooth. But so far I have not been able to make any calls or texts from my "car sim". I cannit seem to find any settings on the system that I have missed. I have left my main phone out f the car so it doesnt connect to try and force it to use the car sim but nothing.
Q1. Has anyone actually used their plug in sim for phone calls and texts?

Secondly - when paired with my main phone - I can receive texts in the car and they can be read out, but the text message dictation is not working to enable me to reply. The licence is activated but it keeps saying service is not available. My mobile (5S) has the required message access profile.

Pg 22 of the MMI Nav Plus handbook lists requirements as either an onboard SIM with messaging/data option (which I have) or a bluetooth phone with message access profile which I have. Yet this is not working. Dealer has initially suggested its the iphone 5S issue but the messages should be working anyway through the onboard sim !

Q2 Has anyone used text message dictation via their onboard sim card? or used dicataton with an iphone 5?
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I can only answer one of the questions. The text feature is not fully implemented by Apple so no go with iPhones. You can have your texts read out but you cannot reply to them from an iPhone.
 
Bluetooth will not connect to Text with my iPhone 5 S. It will connect to Handsfree, but not to Text.
Is this standard??

glospete said:
I can only answer one of the questions. The text feature is not fully implemented by Apple so no go with iPhones. You can have your texts read out but you cannot reply to them from an iPhone.
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You should be able to read the texts at least, but the MAP protocol (bit of RAS syndrome there) in iPhones is incomplete so you wouldn't get all the features like text message dictation (or even replying at all).
 
phil1824 said:
Bluetooth will not connect to Text with my iPhone 5 S. It will connect to Handsfree, but not to Text.
Is this standard??
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It will.

It's a bit faffy, you have to go further into one of the iPhone menus to enable notifications over Bluetooth.

If you do a search on this forum, there are instructions somewhere.


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here:
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/new-a3...one-5s-videos-text-messaging.html#post2103843



you might want to go into that thread and leave a post there to help anyone else with an iPhone 5/s/c who also can't figure it out.
 
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Leegaryhall said:
I have just got a 321 pay as you go sim from Three, how do I actually top it up to get the data plan? I do not have a compatible phone to put the sim in so I can't activate that way...any ideas?
I need to activate and top up before it will work in the car
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I'm in the same position. Picking up in a few days. Does it just work if you throw the card in the car? The oldest phone I can find (and successfully charge...) only accepts smaller sim cards.
 
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Hi,
I have the Tech Pack plus connect. I got the 321 package sim from THREE and could not register it on the Three site without it being in a phone. In the end, I went into a THREE store and they kindly put it in one of theirs and I was able to register the SIM and top up.
When I picked up the car on Thursday, I put the SIM in and was delighted when it immediately worked. I have not done the experiment you are thinking of doing, but I would be very surprised if you have the option to register it in the car.


balsaq said:
I'm in the same position. Picking up in a few days. Does it just work if you throw the card in the car? The oldest phone I can find (and successfully charge...) only accepts smaller sim cards.
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Thanks for that phil. :icon_thumright: I've got to pop out soon anyway, so will probably do the same as you then. I'd rather play it safe and have it working for when I get it than be disappointed.
 
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Agreed!
You have made the correct choice going for connect! I love it. Data usage so far has been much lower than I expected.
Make sure that "Online traffic data" is set to "on". Scroll down and select "Online traffic data licence".
Have you got your VIN and entered it into MyAudi and set all that up? Do you have your myAudiPIN?
Do you have an iPhone? Have you downloaded MMI connect? There may be an Android equivalent? Have you set up Picture Destinations?
I had a bit of a Faff about setting up Facebook and Twitter as Web MyAudi and MMI side of things both expected the other to start the process!
In the end, once I had the car linked to the myAudi system, then the option to activate FB and Twitter appeared in the Web Version.
Other things which have been a bit confusing was setting up Music Streaming from the Phone.
I realised after a while that I had not turned Audio Player ON in Telephone, settings Bluetooth Device management menu.
Once I did that, the Phone appeared as a Source in the Media area.
All in all it has been reasonably intuitive and the assistance from this Forum is AMAZING. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask and the amount of assistance is staggeringly good...
I have just realised that the ability to use the in Car SIM for telephony is not available any more, certainly in my Vehicle. It is not an issue as I would not have used it anyway, but have been spending hours trying all the menus to see if I could get it to work...


balsaq said:
Thanks for that phil. :icon_thumright: I've got to pop out soon anyway, so will probably do the same as you then. I'd rather play it safe and have it working for when I get it than to be disappointed.
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Wrong, it's the mini SIM. Standard SIM is credit card sized, you won't get that in the MMI!
 
Although in the real world a standard sim is credit card sized I think 3 call a mini-sim a standard sim. I asked 3 for a mini sim and they gave me a micro-sim.
 
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cemerson said:
Wrong, it's the mini SIM. Standard SIM is credit card sized, you won't get that in the MMI!
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What a nice attitude you have !

On the Three site it's standard, micro and nano so it felt right to tell the guy which sim to order as Three don't name any of the sims "mini" - that just would have been wrong and added confusion.

http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI...,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=CaseDoc,Case=obj(6367)

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Oh good god. I haven't seen a full-sized SIM in years (decades) !!!!

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Cellnet used to be BT

one2one used to be Mercury, then Cable & Wireless, who have been bought out by Vodafone !
 

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phil1824 said:
Agreed!
You have made the correct choice going for connect! I love it. Data usage so far has been much lower than I expected.
Make sure that "Online traffic data" is set to "on". Scroll down and select "Online traffic data licence".
Have you got your VIN and entered it into MyAudi and set all that up? Do you have your myAudiPIN?
Do you have an iPhone? Have you downloaded MMI connect? There may be an Android equivalent? Have you set up Picture Destinations?
I had a bit of a Faff about setting up Facebook and Twitter as Web MyAudi and MMI side of things both expected the other to start the process!
In the end, once I had the car linked to the myAudi system, then the option to activate FB and Twitter appeared in the Web Version.
Other things which have been a bit confusing was setting up Music Streaming from the Phone.
I realised after a while that I had not turned Audio Player ON in Telephone, settings Bluetooth Device management menu.
Once I did that, the Phone appeared as a Source in the Media area.
All in all it has been reasonably intuitive and the assistance from this Forum is AMAZING. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask and the amount of assistance is staggeringly good...
I have just realised that the ability to use the in Car SIM for telephony is not available any more, certainly in my Vehicle. It is not an issue as I would not have used it anyway, but have been spending hours trying all the menus to see if I could get it to work...
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I like my tech, I couldn't say no to be honest! I have indeed set up myaudi as best I can without my car, I'll grab the iphone app asap. I doubt I'll be using music streaming from phone as I'm looking at just having a HD hooked up with all my music, but thanks for the info regardless. No doubt there will be a time when I decide to use it!

Sounds like I could be sitting in my drive for a fair while playing with it all. Think the other half will be wondering where I've gone!
 
The Challinor said:
What a nice attitude you have !

On the Three site it's standard, micro and nano so it felt right to tell the guy which sim to order as Three don't name any of the sims "mini" - that just would have been wrong and added confusion.

What's the difference between a standard SIM, micro-SIM and nano-SIM? - Support - Three

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Three have it wrong then, that's not what the specification calls it. Mini is the correct size. Apologies if you thought I had 'attitude', but I wanted to point out an error before anyone did anything based on it (unlikely I know). The fact that Three mislabel their SIM cards puts them in the wrong, not me.
 
If the car is built you can get the VIN number
N. QUOTE=balsaq;2193536]I like my tech, I couldn't say no to be honest! I have indeed set up myaudi as best I can without my car, I'll grab the iphone app asap. I doubt I'll be using music streaming from phone as I'm looking at just having a HD hooked up with all my music, but thanks for the info regardless. No doubt there will be a time when I decide to use it!

Sounds like I could be sitting in my drive for a fair while playing with it all. Think the other half will be wondering where I've gone![/QUOTE]
 
cemerson said:
Three have it wrong then, that's not what the specification calls it. Mini is the correct size. Apologies if you thought I had 'attitude', but I wanted to point out an error before anyone did anything based on it (unlikely I know). The fact that Three mislabel their SIM cards puts them in the wrong, not me.
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No it's ok now, just assume they are called standard as the original super sized standard is pretty old now so I do see your point.
 
Just to let anyone know who's thinking of a Three 321 SIM..

I had one of these since March this year and it's been working perfectly. It had just got to the point where my initial £10 was running low, so topped up by £10.

I then noticed that data wasn't working in the car, or wifi based access either. Testing on my phone via a browser gave a message saying that the SIM can only be used in a phone. It's right, in a phone it works great, but back in the car it just doesn't work anymore

So seems Three have got a bit more clever, there are a few reports on this but no workaround it seems, strange that it took them 4months before blocking it too!
 
phil1824 said:
If the car is built you can get the VIN number
N. QUOTE=balsaq;2193536]I like my tech, I couldn't say no to be honest! I have indeed set up myaudi as best I can without my car, I'll grab the iphone app asap. I doubt I'll be using music streaming from phone as I'm looking at just having a HD hooked up with all my music, but thanks for the info regardless. No doubt there will be a time when I decide to use it!

Sounds like I could be sitting in my drive for a fair while playing with it all. Think the other half will be wondering where I've gone!
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Phil I thought you were using the 3 SIM 321 so have you experienced the problems above. Have 3 cottoned on to the fact that you're using it in your car?
 
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