Much Cheaper option to Audi Connect
06-04-2015, 04:57 PM
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I just let my Audi Connect plan lapse -- I liked it, but I'd pay at most $10/month for this feature. It should have been done through tethering anyway...
I have another idea I will try next year -- using a SIM from a 3G iPad. I want to put the AT&T iPad micro-SIM into an adapter and see if that would work with the A7. Then I could swap it back and forth as needed.
Had anyone else tried this?
I have another idea I will try next year -- using a SIM from a 3G iPad. I want to put the AT&T iPad micro-SIM into an adapter and see if that would work with the A7. Then I could swap it back and forth as needed.
Had anyone else tried this?
I also read somewhere that Audi Connect will also work via bluetooth and use your phone plan IF the phone supports the remote SIM Access Profile for Bluetooth...that might be a more convenient option - don't need to pay/manage a dedicated SIM for the car.
06-04-2015, 07:28 PM
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This is an interesting option ! Did you try it ? Did it work ?
I also read somewhere that Audi Connect will also work via bluetooth and use your phone plan IF the phone supports the remote SIM Access Profile for Bluetooth...that might be a more convenient option - don't need to pay/manage a dedicated SIM for the car.
I also read somewhere that Audi Connect will also work via bluetooth and use your phone plan IF the phone supports the remote SIM Access Profile for Bluetooth...that might be a more convenient option - don't need to pay/manage a dedicated SIM for the car.
06-05-2015, 11:30 AM
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Thanks - yes, am in Northern California, so no rSAP for me.
I've never seen it work since I bought the 2014 A6 used so I wanted to check it out to see if it was worth it - I can find a friend who is a T-Mobile subscriber and plug in his SIM to see what the 30$/month gives you.
I think I will do that before I try the AT&T 3G IPAD SIM thing.
I've never seen it work since I bought the 2014 A6 used so I wanted to check it out to see if it was worth it - I can find a friend who is a T-Mobile subscriber and plug in his SIM to see what the 30$/month gives you.
I think I will do that before I try the AT&T 3G IPAD SIM thing.
06-05-2015, 07:58 PM
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For those with MY2014 or later there are reports of those using AT&T 3G sims from their existing plans. Keep in mind though, if you have a MY2012 or 2013, AT&T would only provide 2G speeds.
06-05-2015, 08:40 PM
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This might be a dumb question, but can't you get some sort of a Family planned with shared data and just pop one of the sim cards into your Audi MMI rather than a phone?
06-06-2015, 03:47 AM
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06-07-2015, 09:31 AM
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2015 a6 sim card
Hello, is there anyway of making this work with something other than t mobile? att or even better yet, can i get an att hot spot box, and use the same card in that and then transfer it when needed into the cars sim holder? please help, thank you
06-07-2015, 08:02 PM
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Did you read the whole thread?
06-08-2015, 04:38 AM
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Correct. I added my 2014 A7 to my AT&T family share plan for only $10/mo. I get full 3G service.