Had this pop up in a FB group. Seems very helpful so I asked the OP permission to post here.
"Just did the update. Took me almost 2 hours to get it to work. I'm an IT guy and if it takes me that long, I can't imagine what others are going to go through. Many issues including:
- Screen kept turning off and I had to keep tapping the screen for it to continue downloading the update.
- Wifi did not reliably connect and I have very fast wifi/internet in my garage. Kept disconnecting and I had to forget the network altogether and add it back.
- Once I finally got the update downloaded, it suggested the update needed more battery voltage to install, which suggested I needed to start the machine. I did so and started the update. It never moved off of 0% for about 5 minutes. It didn't work...Not to mention Ski doo suggests you should not leave your ski doo idling, however you need to in order to install the update. [emoji869]
Here's what I had to do to make it work. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A FREERIDE WITH SHOT START AND 10.5" INCH SCREEN (May be different with electric start and work better in theory):
1. Start the machine and let it idle for 5 or so minutes to charge the battery.
2. Turn off the machine, and with the kill switch down, click the shot start. This should turn on the screen.
3. Make sure to connect to wifi network with strong signal
4. Go to preferences and click software update and click download update
5. Wait for update to download (10-15 minutes it took me). IMPORTANT: Keep tapping the screen once every 30 seconds or so or the screen will shut off and you'll have to start all over again.
6. Once download is finished, it will ask you to install but require you to start the machine in order to install.
7. Start your machine and click install update
8. Update should take less than 2-3 minutes to install and will reboot your screen when completed."