Snapdragon upgrade for P2

[spacey]

Hi everyone,

it seems Polestar 2 drivers will be able to upgrade to the Snapdragon platform for about 1000€. Official Volvo dealers in Netherlands posted upgrade kits.

Anyone familiar with those IHUs know whether they fit in a Volvo with stock AAOS?

Have a V90 MY22 with AAOS and would love a faster Infotaiment system.

[x119]

Probably, but i bet they won't sell you one for 995Euro..... 

I'm wondering what they are doing with the old hardware!

[jos]

Sell someone else to make more money

[spacey]

Probably, but i bet they won't sell you one for 995Euro..... 

I'm wondering what they are doing with the old hardware!

It's sold separately, see this Polestar forum post: https://www.polestar-forum.com/threads/s...ost-330736

Installation manual is also linked, at least for the Polestar it looks like plug and play. If you can do a IHU reload that is.

[spacey]

The guy that did the P2 replacement posted photos of the new and old IHU and I did a bit of digging on bildelsbasen.se. The same unit (Part and hardware numbers) was used in Volvos too (XC60, V60) and the connectors seem to be same across models and years.

One difference I found is the single white connector (to left double connector in the photo). It's present in the new and old units on the P2. But on bildelsbasen it's missing for some models, including P2s. Anyone what the connector is for?

[x119]

Probably, but i bet they won't sell you one for 995Euro..... 

I'm wondering what they are doing with the old hardware!

It's sold separately, see this Polestar forum post: https://www.polestar-forum.com/threads/s...ost-330736

Installation manual is also linked, at least for the Polestar it looks like plug and play. If you can do a IHU reload that is.

I mean if you try and buy a IHU outside of this specific upgrade program they won’t be selling you one for the same price. 

IHU upgrades have been done before, reload with required certificates etc will always be the challenge.

[spacey]

Probably, but i bet they won't sell you one for 995Euro..... 

I'm wondering what they are doing with the old hardware!

It's sold separately, see this Polestar forum post: https://www.polestar-forum.com/threads/s...ost-330736

Installation manual is also linked, at least for the Polestar it looks like plug and play. If you can do a IHU reload that is.

I mean if you try and buy a IHU outside of this specific upgrade program they won’t be selling you one for the same price. 

Do you mean they won't sell this IHU? Or whether you can get a dealer to do the software reload (if it fits in the first place)?

As I understand it you can order this as replacement part from the dealer website online, it's not a trade-in program. I'd be tempted to order it, ordering the matching Snapdragon IHU for my car is way less exciting since replacement IHUs are around 2-3k. That's why I'm curious whether it would fit technically and reloading the IHU config in VIDA is supported.

[x119]

Nobody but Volvo can answer this for you. 

Polestar aren’t going to sell you one of these for your Volvo. It’ll be a dealer only fit. The upgrade will be a subsidised price vs what a standalone IHU will be. 

Software reloads would require VIDA access. Your car might (will) be blocked if the hardware ID/part number doesn’t match. Therefore you won’t get the required software. 

If you want to know how complicated it used to be, before it got shut down as a way: https://www.drive2.ru/l/600252810612705764/

[spacey]

Nobody but Volvo can answer this for you. 

Polestar aren’t going to sell you one of these for your Volvo. It’ll be a dealer only fit. The upgrade will be a subsidised price vs what a standalone IHU will be. 

Software reloads would require VIDA access. Your car might (will) be blocked if the hardware ID/part number doesn’t match. Therefore you won’t get the required software. 

If you want to know how complicated it used to be, before it got shut down as a way: https://www.drive2.ru/l/600252810612705764/

The person in the Polestar forum ordered it online and received it at home. It was an DIY install but he had to go to the dealer of course for the VIDA IHU reload.

It seems most of the IHUs difficulties in this forum or drive.ru evolve around getting a used IHU installed. But in this case it's a virgin IHU that hasn't been paired to a car yet. It's also seems that VIDA accepts it as upgrade (32375181 -> 32375210) at least for P2s. Not saying this upgrade easy or even doable, just different can of worms from getting a used IHU to work with your car.

But as you say only a Volvo dealer will be able to say whether it works or not or someone who actually tried it. The Volvo dealers in my area are not great and certainly won't know about this though. For example, I had to go to four dealers to get a different steering wheel fitted to my car. Asking about a IHU reload is another level.

I also see dealers asking ~400€ for a IHU reload alone, not sure why it's that expensive.

[x119]

A brand new IHU needs all of the relevant OS / certificates loaded onto it to make it work. It's not just plug and play. 

If Volvo don't offer this upgrade - any change in hardware will get your car blocked. The PIE and TIE servers know exactly what should be in your car, software and hardware. 

I suspect, given people are posting on the internet, the ability to order these to a non-dealership setting will be shut down pretty quickly. It'll be dealer fit only - outside of the US, who has RTR legislation.