Entune App drains battery

On my android I find all the Entune notifications very annoying.

It's extra annoying because I find the app to be completely useless.

What are you guys using Entune for anyways? Maybe I am using it wrong...

 

I too am see the same battery drain.....
Plus the latest update has completely stop accessing the Internet

 

You don't need to run the Entune App on the phone. If you get the Hotspot option on your phone, you can get Bluetooth internet and the car logs onto Entunes directly, the Entune app does even have to be on your phone, much less running.

It was worth the $30 a month to get away from the USB cord, having to run the Entunes app on the phone, easy never leaves the pocket access to Traffic, Bing, Pandora

 

I'm with you on this. Uninstalled the app from my Android phone, and don't use Entune for anything. It keeps asking me if I want to install it on my iPod, saying it won't work without it. Got news for them; iPod plays fine plugged into the USB port, steering wheel controls work for it, artist display works, etc.

 

Don't think so. I use Entunes for Traffic, Gas stations/prices, Pandora and Bing. But it is NOT running on the iPhone. The car has the Entune ID/PWD (you can enter it by going to Devices/Edit) and uses the phone's Bluetooth provided internet connection to log on without the Entunes app being loaded or running on the phone,

 

Are you saying to do this on the phone or on entune on the car?

 

On the car. Don't need Entunes running on the phone or even on the phone at all as far as I can tell

 

I use this app all the time. I check/start my charge and start my a/c on a regular basis.

But I agree the app sucks! I have written other posts about this but I HATE that every time I want to check a status I have to log in and enter my pass code twice. So ridiculous! Plus of course there is the battery drain issue and the fact that it never actually shuts off.

I hope Toyota fixes it.

 

So where exactly can you enter the Entune ID/password in the car? I'm actually driving a Prius v (so its possibly in a slightly different location) but I haven't found anyplace to enter this info into. It would be nice not to have to use the app on my android phone, with battery drain and all the notifications...

Thanks

 

I have the Prius III/3 which has the "Display Audio 6.1".

If you go to Setup/Bluetooth/Devices and then Edit iPhone device, there is a menu item for DUN/NPS (or something like that) which includes a spot to put in the Entunes ID and Password. You can also put in your service carrier ID and PWD.

In my case I have ATT and I got the Hotspot option on the iPhone which is great as the phone works completely wirelessly. Never leaves my pocket.

 

How does this discussion apply to the HDD audio system on the Advanced? There, you only "needed" (absent Bluetooth Hotspot) the Entune app connected to the car for Internet applications like Pandora, since the traffic data, stock info, and such comes over XM data. But you still need the Entune app on the phone for Advanced applications such as charge management and car locating and remote A/C, since these are communicating with Internet servers which talk to the car using the built-in SafetyConnect cell phone, and have nothing to do with Bluetooth(or USB, for that matter).

Is the "Hotspot" functionality a Bluetooth feature available only on GSM phones with certain providers? I am familiar with smartphones having WiFi Hotspot functionality, but I didn't know about a Bluetooth equivalent.

 

All iPhones can be Hotspots.

Traffic can also come via internet via Entunes not XM. Stocks too I suppose since that is an available option on my display but I do not have XM data services though I can't figure out why Stock prices would be something necessary or useful to driving.

 

Or via Entunes if owner does not pay the $15 a month for XM Data Services.

 

why is it so complicated with the iphone?

My Galaxy SII connects via BT automatically and everything just works... Humm, maybe Samsung should get a patent on simplicity...

 

Entunes.

Once you get that sorted out, works as always, like the best device evah.

 

Im pretty sure your wrong. Im pretty sure that traffic, stock, and other information comes from the sos system. At least I think it does on my advanced pip. All of my data stuff didnt work until that was set up by the dealer.

I know this because the let me drive the car for 24 hours before I purchased it. I tried setting everything up before I actually went through with the purchase and I could not get those features and the entune app to work until they started my SOS account. I had already set up an entune account and that wasnt enough.

 

Doesn't sound you had the Entunes was completely setup and working.

Two services are available. You can use XM Data Services which is $15 a month and gives you traffic, weather, stocks.

Or you can use Entunes via your phone's internet connection and get Pandora, Bing, traffic weather stocks etc.

With the iPhone, it is a better buy to upgrade your iPhone to Tethering/Hotspot because it gives you Bluetooth internet access between the Prius and the iPhone. No need for the USB connection. You don't need to take the phone out of your pocket. You also have the phone as a permanent Wifi connection for all you other devices wherever you are. That's turned out to be very convenient.

Cheapest Data Plan for iPhone 300 MB $20
Plus XM Data $15
Total $35

Tethering/Hotspot 5GB $50

So for $15 more you get Bluetooth wireless internet in the car for Traffic, Pandora, Bing (the most useful features) plus you have a permanent WiFi connection in your pocket. Saved me $130 on my iPad since I didn't need the phone model plus it saved me on cost of separate cell account for the iPad, another $700 a year.