Seat Connect

[Happy Ant]

I have a Seat Leon FR 2023 (I think its a MK4) and I have the seat connect app on my Readmi note 9s phone.
But although it is connected via Bluetooth, when I try to use the sat nav on my phone and connect to the car sat nav I get a message on my phone stating:
This online service is deactivated in your vehicle, please activate this service in your vehicle'
But I do not know what to do as it is already connected
Any help please?

 

[oldgitdave]

The Leon's and Formentor's are very similar in this. They have an eSIM buried in the infotainment / telephone system that connect to the Internet. A new car will come with just 1 year free connection (well, here in the UK they do). Look for the world globe top right of the infotainment screen. If not connected it will be greyed out. If you are still within the first year then it could be the system hasn't got a good mobile connection to the servers. Many people have had problems like this. If it's over 1 year old you can pay for more data on your cars eSIM but it is ridiculously expensive.

The best thing to do is create a mobile hotspot in your phone and connect your car to it. So your mobile phone will be connected to your car via Bluetooth and WiFi. Your car will then connect to the Internet via your mobile. It will of course use your data but it shouldn't use a lot.

I'm not familiar with your mobile phone so I can't help you there, but I have mine set up so it automatically connects the WiFi hotspot to the car as soon as I start it up. I use a routine like this:


It works every time without any problems. Take a look at this thread too:

cubic telecom

I paid for a 5GB data plan to try it out, noticed I lost 500MB on the first day, which was down to a car update. Bit annoying that I wasn't warned, advised or had a choice. I called cubic who said this is normal, otherwise a dealer trip is needed to update, I said this simply isnt true as the...

www.seatcupra.net

I hope this helps.

 

[BoomerBoom]

The Leon's and Formentor's are very similar in this. They have an eSIM buried in the infotainment / telephone system that connect to the Internet. A new car will come with just 1 year free connection (well, here in the UK they do). Look for the world globe top right of the infotainment screen. If not connected it will be greyed out. If you are still within the first year then it could be the system hasn't got a good mobile connection to the servers. Many people have had problems like this. If it's over 1 year old you can pay for more data on your cars eSIM but it is ridiculously expensive.

The best thing to do is create a mobile hotspot in your phone and connect your car to it. So your mobile phone will be connected to your car via Bluetooth and WiFi. Your car will then connect to the Internet via your mobile. It will of course use your data but it shouldn't use a lot.

I'm not familiar with your mobile phone so I can't help you there, but I have mine set up so it automatically connects the WiFi hotspot to the car as soon as I start it up. I use a routine like this:
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It works every time without any problems. Take a look at this thread too:

cubic telecom

I paid for a 5GB data plan to try it out, noticed I lost 500MB on the first day, which was down to a car update. Bit annoying that I wasn't warned, advised or had a choice. I called cubic who said this is normal, otherwise a dealer trip is needed to update, I said this simply isnt true as the...

www.seatcupra.net

I hope this helps.

He's created a double post and is actually on about the Seat phone app, which won't work without buying a package for the car.

 

[oldgitdave]

He's created a double post and is actually on about the Seat phone app, which won't work without buying a package for the car.

Really? So you can use your phone as a WiFi hotspot in Cupras but not in Seats?

 

[BoomerBoom]

Really? So you can use your phone as a WiFi hotspot in Cupras but not in Seats?

Again, it's nothing to do with how the car gets data but if you've paid for the Seat app to work at all. The OP says the car is deactivated so the app won't work.

 

[oldgitdave]

Again, it's nothing to do with how the car gets data but if you've paid for the Seat app to work at all. The OP says the car is deactivated so the app won't work.

Ah OK, looks like I got the wrong end of the stick there.

I thought the app was activated within the app itself not within the car? ""please activate this service in your vehicle"". I renewed my Cupra Connect service from the app, not the car.

Also reading the posts in the OP's duplicate thread, I do agree that the app is most useful for Hybrid users like myself. Outside of charging I only use it to set up destinations for the onboard Satnav. Looks like this is what the OP wants to do.

 

[Alex667]

It does have a couple of other benefits (up to date maps automatically downloaded etc) as well. As mentioned though, if you use CarPlay or Android Auto it’s mostly a moot point.

 

[istoyanov]

up to date maps automatically downloaded etc

Hotspot from connected device should also do the job, shouldn't it?