I didn't notice this for over a week, so it isn't that important but more of a puzzle I'd like to solve. When I finally looked into using the navigation it said it was offline and all the proper buttons are checked for it to be connected to the free mobile data with ATT. I went into the connectivity section and it says 'reading SimCard' transiently and shows ATT under Mobile Settings, but then shows the icon for no service and goes back to reading simcard. ATT points fingers at the dealer, and the dealer while trying doesn't seem to be getting anywhere. They're sending me a new simcard. Any thoughts? I was going to buy some random independent simcard to see if it's just an issue with Jaguar/ATT, if that doesn't work I'm not even sure it's worth having them work on a broken simcard reader.

 

mine does same thing (just got car the other day) - att says dealer needs to replace sim card. once car is finished getting XPel in next few weeks ill take it in.
Interested to know if that ends up working for you.

 

At what point did sim cards become a part of the equation. No such thing (I don't believe, anyway) on the MY16.

 

I suspect you just missed out Lance, I think they came out on the MY17.
And as far as I know they are used only for the SatNav.

 

Why did Jag choose to use a SimCard in favor of a GPS receiver for the 2017+ models?

 

I believe the car still has a GPS receiver, the Navigation seems to work. It all started because I noticed an icon in the screen's upper right corner when I investigated it was a 'no service' icon with the mobile data. When I go into Navigation it says I'm offline, but it still works. That's what led me to find out the simcard doesn't seem to be working. I think the SimCard can update your navigation/traffic info and/or create a mobile WiFi spot.

 

The MY 2018s have both.
I called the Jaguar customer service center a couple weeks after I took delivery and they walked me through registering and activating the AT&T connectivity feature. Haven't used it for much yet but did give the satellite GPS feature a try this week and it's kind of cool, although I can't think of why I would use it regularly.

 

With InControl Touch Pro on the XE, it gets traffic info off the Internet via a 4G connection - thus, the sim card. I imagine it's the same on the F-type. Not sure what I'll do when my free 3 months of data expires - will probably find something cheaper than ATT, as I don't expect to ever use the 4G hotspot in the XE.

I'm unclear how map updates will work with ICTP.

 

@DJS.
If you use the WiFi in the XE and link it to your phone, acting as a hotspot, you can still get traffic info without an extra simcard. You do need to leave the
simcard in, otherwise you can't activate the WiFi I suspect...

 

 

 

I am really curious for his dat use..

 

 

I don't do FacePlant, can you post a brief summary? Remember, if you aren't paying, then YOU are the product!

 

Its no more then what you do on 'google maps' on your PC. You choose map-view or sat-view. But the last one eats tonnes of data. Beter warn him to set the MAX DATA USE in the connections menu,
to avoid nasty [costly] surprises at the end ot the month..

 

 

 

English cars have character, they're different , not logical.. Did the Brits invent 'fuzzy logic' ???

 

 

SIM card is required for the vehicle to communicate using cellular network telematics module that is ATT specific. You can't just pop another SIM in there and in fact the SIM needs to be programmed to the VIN of your vehicle through JLR. Yes, defective SIMS have occurred and the vehicle will not be able to communicate without one. If you don't subscribe to the InControl features after your trial period the vehicle will still use the SIM and telematics module for emergency communications and other vehicle specific functions including SOTA updates coming on the new I-Pace and rolling out to other models over time.

More information can be found here: https://www.jaguarusa.com/owners/incontrol/index.html

Mike