[kentuck1163]

Hi,
I am new to this forum and a proud owner of a 2014 Forester which I purchased in October 2013. The Bluetooth Radio/Nav system worked fine for two months and then stopped. The dealer ordered a new radio in January and they just installed it yesterday. My phone paired, connected and received calls with no problem. However, I really really need text messages to pop-up along with the list of response options as it did before. I have the same phone, (Droid Razr Maxx HD), as I did before and it is HFP and MAP compatible.
The owners manual says to Hit Messages to Retrieve Messages and once I am in there I can adjust the Settings to allow the Pop-up texting. However, when I Hit Messages, I get "Messages not Retrieved" and hence I cannot get into the next screen to adjust the Settings. I don't particularly care to even receive the old messages but mostly want to advance to the next screen to access the Settings.
Any ideas?

On mine the pop-up messaging works periodically and - when it does - its more annoying than not. I've noticed it seems to work well with certain Verizon locations and not at all with others. When I travelled to Kentucky it was working very well, but in Mississippi it seemed to depend on what tower I was being serviced by. Anyway, once they started popping up - it would list every message no matter how long ago I got it and whether I had already viewed it or not. In the end, I turned it off. For the record I use a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3. The bluetooth calling functionally always has worked spot on - just not the texting.

Overall, I really have come to like the Nav system (I know others do not) - but the pop-up texting is annoying.

 

[kentuck1163]

If you find out more on this, please come back and update us all. The main thing that annoys me is that the Aha Radio app - which I love - only works every other time I start the car. If the Aha Radio button doesn't light up when I start that car - NOTHING can get it to unless I turn car off and restart. I've tried unpairing/repairing, deleting the app data and cache on the phone, etc. Nothing works except turning car off, waiting a second, and turning it back on.

 

[kentuck1163]

The latest NAV firmware came on the car (purchased in late November). I love the Aha Radio and when it works it works great. The sound quality is fantastic and I love the channel selection. But, if I get to my destination, turn the car off, then get back in and restart, the Aha won't work until the next time I start the car.

On the text pop-ups you may want to try pairing someone else's phone (I heard the Motorola phones and the Nexus' work best) to see if the problem is related to your specific phone/carrier.

 

[kentuck1163]

My text pop-ups worked but not consistently. I didn't see the pop-up when I receivde the message but when I switch from one cell tower to another and then only with certain towers. There are a couple of points along my regular route when I know that the pop-ups will appear, and then I'll get 15 or 20 at once to the point of annoyance. I ended up disabling it.

Thats EXACTLY my experience with it.