No options to remotely defrost?

Strange thing is, if you leave the window demisters (and HVAC) active when you power down the car, if you activate HVAC via that app they don't come back on, though when you power up the car they do come back on ??‍♂️
 
richlove said:
Strange thing is, if you leave the window demisters (and HVAC) active when you power down the car, if you activate HVAC via that app they don't come back on, though when you power up the car they do come back on ??‍♂️
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That isn't strange. The app directly activates a single device/service. The car on the other hand links to a setting in the software that combines two devices/services.
It would mean that in that case the app should also have the option to disconnect the combined services in case you do not need to use both. This complicates the app. There is a reason why a mobile app is not a replica of the entire car system.
 
So they made the app even worse than a year ago?? Last winter the defrost button used to be always on when toggled remotely by the iSmart app. Now as it's getting colder every day (close to 0 degrees celsius), I noticed it never sets defrost on, only A/C. Also it seems to blow air into the cabin, not towards the windows!

Please tell me the defrost is dependent on outside temperature and it will toggle on when it gets below zero....
 
hharzel said:
So they made the app even worse than a year ago?? Last winter the defrost button used to be always on when toggled remotely by the iSmart app. Now as it's getting colder every day (close to 0 degrees celsius), I noticed it never sets defrost on, only A/C. Also it seems to blow air into the cabin, not towards the windows!

Please tell me the defrost is dependent on outside temperature and it will toggle on when it gets below zero....
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… change your settings either in the aircon on the central display or switch off the central cabin vents? Or just switch on the window booster manually for about a minute
 
Tig170 said:
… change your settings either in the aircon on the central display or switch off the central cabin vents? Or just switch on the window booster manually for about a minute
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But will the defrost switch on when it gets really cold? I need to be prepared if it no longer works. Last winter at least 10 minutes of defrost was required to melt the rock-hard ice. I'm not going back to scraping windows and will start looking for alternatives if they made the app winter unfriendly.
 
Last year I had ice on the inside of the window. First thing I did was buying four Pingis to take the moisture out of cabin After that, each morning I set the A/C to 25 degrees with fan speed at 6 (I always leave the vents open to the window only). No issue at all.
 
It's particularly annoying, as there used to be a setting on the ISmart app to defrost the windows and it worked perfectly, but for some reason they removed it on the first update of the app 😢
 
Defrost is indeed gone, it's been very cold lately and it never switches on through iSmart. The defrost option was definitely more efficient. Why on earth was it removed?

Luckily I can now set the temperature to maximum, which will defrost the frozen windshield in 10 minutes, but I think it was much better a year ago.
 

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