Checking for updates with FDRS

[PJnc284]

That’s unfortunate. So now everyone who invested in a mongoose or similar device is SOL unless they want to roll the dice and pay the $50 for a license and hope they have updates to install. That’s pretty shitty of Ford to do. What’s the harm in sharing information with people?

The FDRS license is $120 now for two days. You can get a 72 hour license for pts for $26.34 though modules with pending updates and quite a bit of other nerdy stuff. - FordServiceInfo.Com edit: see it was already mentioned but here's the link.

And I just wait until @Mike G mentions he's seeing updates for his.

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[Maineiac12]

The FDRS license is $120 now for two days. You can get a 72 hour license for pts for $26.34 though modules with pending updates and quite a bit of other nerdy stuff. - FordServiceInfo.Com edit: see it was already mentioned but here's the link.

And I just wait until @Mike G mentions he's seeing updates for his.

$120? Jesus! Anyone want to buy a mongoose?

 

[Aminorjourney]

The question I want answered is how quickly you can actually do updates with mongoose and FDRS. Having a Mongoose might be a good investment - but if you can only do two updates in a weekend... :/

 

[B177y]

The question I want answered is how quickly you can actually do updates with mongoose and FDRS. Having a Mongoose might be a good investment - but if you can only do two updates in a weekend... :/

The longest module updates take about 3 hours. Most take anywhere from a couple of minutes to maybe 10 minutes in my limited experience. It's quite easy to finish a long list of updates in a single day, or a portion of a day. I treat the second day of the 2-day subscription as a "backup" for any issues that come up on the first day.

 

[Mike G]

A full set of powertrain updates takes 25-30 minutes on a Lightning (PCM, ABS, BECM, SOBDM, SOBDMB, SOBDMC, GFM2). The IPMA takes the longest and can be 2.5 to 3 hrs. The CMR can take about an hour. The USB-updateable GWM, APIM, and TCU take about 40 to 45 minutes to step through the whole process, including the 10 minute 'timeout' period after the upload, and sometimes a little longer if you use a slow USB drive. Most of the rest of the updates would take just a few minutes to do.

Once you've done some updates and gotten the rhythm of it down you can easily knock out a list as long as your arm in a morning. This is just not that hard.

 

[RickLightning]

The question I want answered is how quickly you can actually do updates with mongoose and FDRS. Having a Mongoose might be a good investment - but if you can only do two updates in a weekend... :/

Depends on how many are needed.

Bought our 2022 in May 2023. Updates took 12 hours of elapsed time, including them improperly hooking up thempower supply and updates failing (this was noticed in a picture the salesman sent me). List of applied updates was so long that system had a data overflow on the completed update list.

Some modules can have multiple updates, i.e. update version 1 then a few other modules get updated, which then triggers version 2 for the first module....

 

[PJnc284]

If you can suffer through the IPC update, you should be good. Took me about 6 hours the first time to do 23 updates on mine. That includes two 6GB APIM updates which took about half of that time. Probably would've been 8-9 but the dealer had just completed the front sensor csp so didn't have to deal with the IPMA.

 

[DNap4]

Anyone able to check my VIN to see if it needs module updates? Or does anyone in around central Virginia have a Mongoose cable I can borrow for a few days with a deposit? I would like to see if my Lightning was fully updated when I purchased it a 6 weeks ago at the dealer

 

[Zprime29]

Anyone able to check my VIN to see if it needs module updates? Or does anyone in around central Virginia have a Mongoose cable I can borrow for a few days with a deposit? I would like to see if my Lightning was fully updated when I purchased it a 6 weeks ago at the dealer

Ford has cyber security measures now that punish folk who look up trucks that aren't theirs, or nearby, or something along those lines. I recall someone saying you can get a 3 day license for PTS that shows updates (can't remember if it shows recently updated only or also shows pending). You don't need a mongoose to see the updates, only for applying them.

 

[DNap4]

Ford has cyber security measures now that punish folk who look up trucks that aren't theirs, or nearby, or something along those lines. I recall someone saying you can get a 3 day license for PTS that shows updates (can't remember if it shows recently updated only or also shows pending). You don't need a mongoose to see the updates, only for applying them.

Thanks for the response! Will look into the 3 day license

 

[mr.Magoo]

Ford has cyber security measures now that punish folk who look up trucks that aren't theirs, or nearby, or something along those lines. I recall someone saying you can get a 3 day license for PTS that shows updates (can't remember if it shows recently updated only or also shows pending). You don't need a mongoose to see the updates, only for applying them.

Not sure how accurate it is though, this is my view and I updated all of them two weeks ago, except APIM that didn't show, despite having newer than 23187 Sync, but maybe my truck haven't phoned home since then (thought it did when using FDRS).

 

[rugedraw]

Anyone able to check my VIN to see if it needs module updates? Or does anyone in around central Virginia have a Mongoose cable I can borrow for a few days with a deposit? I would like to see if my Lightning was fully updated when I purchased it a 6 weeks ago at the dealer

You can borrow one of mine. Let me know if you want me to add you to the list. Details are below:

https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/thr...mming-vehicle-interface-lending-thread.13145/

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