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TJay74 Senior Enthusiast

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As said and to re-iterate, the 2014 and 2015 trucks will not be able to get this from GM. 2014 for sure cant handle it, when the 2015 trucks came out the hardware and software were completely different than the 2014 truck, same goes for the 2016 trucks. Nothing on our system is backwards compatible at all. That is the whole reason GM never fixed the radio issues on the 2014 trucks by putting the 2016 system into them, it would have required a full on redo of wiring, hardware and software in order to get the 2016 system into a 2014/15 truck.

 

Good to see the update is out, I will be picking up the new truck on Tuesday so I while they are swapping my exhaust and wheels over I am going to have them do this update as well.

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obfirefighter22 Enthusiast

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Ok can the 14-15 models have I05 or I06 radio also?

 

I keep seeing it needs to be a vehicle with those radios but I have a 15 model that has the I06 radio. I ordered it like right as the 16 were coming out.

obfirefighter22 Enthusiast

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The reason it's confusing is because if the I05/I06 has different hardware(which I'm not debating they do) then they should have given it a different RPO code in my opinion which would make it easier ordering/dealing with if there's issues. They've always done upgrade/new systems with new codes. Just like how I read there was an I03/I04 radio that was out before but they somehow changed it up and made it faster etc, so then they updated the RPO codes to match the newer radio

 

 

That would be like apple coming out with the iPhone 6s, but calling it the 6. Imagine the headache for the customer service people or someone trying to find help for it. They look the same, but not... Interesting.

 

GM may have done that, but that would be very sad even on GMs level.

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Technology is great, but sometimes it just plain sucks!

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Just got done getting the update, took them about an hour and a half to install. Everything works very well and it literally doesnt let you use your phone while the android auto is running. As soon as you hit the homescreen on your phone to exit out it will disconnect the android auto function until you start it back up again. But it also give a great view of driving directions versus the "on star turn by turn", which I didnt like. You have to have a legit phone cord in order for it to work as well, at first I tried to connect with a general usb cord from a bluetooth speaker, and it wouldnt let me connect until i grabbed my phone cord from the house. But so far everything works great with it, very easy to use. Have to hit the mic button on the screen in order to use the voice commands for directions, you cant use the speak button on the steering wheel or else it will try to make a phone call. But overall a great update for the 2016's, sorry 14 and 15 guys.

Ridersfan Enthusiast

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Also important for 40/20/40 seats... use the usb in your glovebox, NOT a usb in the armrest

m3n00b Enthusiast

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Just got done getting the update, took them about an hour and a half to install. Everything works very well and it literally doesnt let you use your phone while the android auto is running. As soon as you hit the homescreen on your phone to exit out it will disconnect the android auto function until you start it back up again. But it also give a great view of driving directions versus the "on star turn by turn", which I didnt like. You have to have a legit phone cord in order for it to work as well, at first I tried to connect with a general usb cord from a bluetooth speaker, and it wouldnt let me connect until i grabbed my phone cord from the house. But so far everything works great with it, very easy to use. Have to hit the mic button on the screen in order to use the voice commands for directions, you cant use the speak button on the steering wheel or else it will try to make a phone call. But overall a great update for the 2016's, sorry 14 and 15 guys.

Thanks for the review. I can wait a little while for this.

 

-tapa

15slvrDbl Enthusiast

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That pdf says vin#'s from June 1, 2015 so shouldn't sime late 15's work with the update my vin is from 9-15 I'd be willing to be a guinea pig if some one had the software.

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That pdf says vin#'s from June 1, 2015 so shouldn't sime late 15's work with the update my vin is from 9-15 I'd be willing to be a guinea pig if some one had the software.

Says model year 2016, yours is a 2015, don't see it happening.

AaronIROCZ Enthusiast

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To everyone who wants this in a 2014 or a 2015 you need new modules. See this thread for the details http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/184124-vendor-mvi-apple-carplay-android-auto-updates/

 

Here is Anthony's website member on here as MVI Inc http://gm-navigation.com/gm/chevrolet-navs/2014-chevrolet-silverado-factory-navigation-system-114.html

obfirefighter22 Enthusiast

obfirefighter22

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That pdf says vin#'s from June 1, 2015 so shouldn't sime late 15's work with the update my vin is from 9-15 I'd be willing to be a guinea pig if some one had the software.

Despite what some say I'm interested in checking more. From my experience with GM(this my 5th Silverado) wiring different speaker systems up in all of them, the factory works with what they got. So when getting under the dash in the past things don't match up to what guides say should be there.

 

I'm in the same boat as you, I actually ordered my truck right when the 2016s was rolling out. It might be a stretch but worth looking more into. They might just refuse to:/ trying to keep it for 2016 models.

 

If you look at my post above in this thread I brought what I felt like was good points. Why is the newer model radio I06 when my truck has the I06....but they tend to change the RPO code when there's no models come out. It's creates ordering parts a nightmare if that's true that there's an old I06 model radio and a new I06 radio. And it further doesn't make sense cause they had older radios that look and operate just like ours that had RPO codes of I03 and I04, and they made a faster model with bugs fixed that is the I05 and I06. So clearly they create new RPO codes for newer models.

 

It's like thinking apple would release the iPhone 6s under the name iPhone 6. They both look the same, but run different and have different features. If every company operated like that then it would be impossible to keep up with.

 

I think the majority of people just get on here and and read 2016 and go with that set in stone. I didn't even notice the vin# date you did. That further points towards it being possible. It help my argument that the newer models were in the plant when the last of the 2015s were rolling off the like, and for whatever reason they used them. Maybe because they had to hold off on the 2016s longer than expected, continued to roll out 2015s longer than expected instead of stopping production for the hold up on the 2016s, then ran out of the older model radios, instead of making an order of the old radios not knowing how many exactly they would need in the gap of time, so they used the newer model they already had on hand.

 

I may be silly but it makes perfect sense to me

So for the long reply above, but it's my thoughts so far

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