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Old 12-05-17, 04:45 PM
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I was going to get a Grom Vline for my LS460 in the UK but after reading this it seems that the product is absolutely awful....and not even close to being finished.

I'm looking for a reliable addition to my LS460....the search goes on !
Old 12-05-17, 04:49 PM
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ABSOLUTELY... The firmware bricked my system
To be specific it was v13 of the firmware for the 2010-2012 v6 that bricked it. I just flashed it back to v12 and it booted up. Hopefully it stays stable.
Old 12-05-17, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kjer
ABSOLUTELY... The firmware bricked my system
Yup, im bricked as well. Cannot get passed the vline screen. It was working 3 days ago, until i opened up gmusic and there was no home button. So i reached my destination turned off my car.....and well vline hasnt worked since then.
Old 12-05-17, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by 10lexus350
Yup, im bricked as well. Cannot get passed the vline screen. It was working 3 days ago, until i opened up gmusic and there was no home button. So i reached my destination turned off my car.....and well vline hasnt worked since then.
That is not bricked. Bricked is nothing lol
Old 12-05-17, 05:22 PM
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How do I put on an older firmware or version? My vline doesn't seem to be working at all I just get the stock Lexus screens.
Old 12-05-17, 06:24 PM
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We are investigating issues with Lexus 2010-2012 V13 update and reverted OTA back to V12 for now. Please do not update VBase firmware until we find the root cause for those vehicles.
All other firmwares are safe to update. We had some people complain about audio quality issues, looks like some cars are affected. Will be fixed by end of the week.
Old 12-06-17, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by gromaudio
We are investigating issues with Lexus 2010-2012 V13 update and reverted OTA back to V12 for now. Please do not update VBase firmware until we find the root cause for those vehicles.
All other firmwares are safe to update. We had some people complain about audio quality issues, looks like some cars are affected. Will be fixed by end of the week.
I have a 08 ls460 and it is doing the same as others have mentioned. After the update 2 days ago sometimes the unit would not power on at all. I have to shut down the engine restart for it to power on. Sometimes having to restart the car multiple times. And i too have also noticed that the sound quality degraded. I used the ota update directly on the unit for both software and firmware. Tomorrow I will downgrade back to the firmware before this update and pray it works.
Old 12-06-17, 03:32 AM
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When is the VL-2 coming out in the UK?
Old 12-06-17, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by banserki
How do I put on an older firmware or version? My vline doesn't seem to be working at all I just get the stock Lexus screens.
Look here https://gromaudio.com/software-vl1.html

The file to Firmware V12 is here, just make sure you pick the right year of your car under the drop down box. Then all you do is put it on a blank USB Fat32 flash drive and plug it in the USB2 port and power the system up. Wait for the drive lights to flash a few times and you should be done. If that don't work I would contact GROM

I reverted back to V12 and and I am working again
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Originally Posted by k311in
I have a 08 ls460 and it is doing the same as others have mentioned. After the update 2 days ago sometimes the unit would not power on at all. I have to shut down the engine restart for it to power on. Sometimes having to restart the car multiple times. And i too have also noticed that the sound quality degraded. I used the ota update directly on the unit for both software and firmware. Tomorrow I will downgrade back to the firmware before this update and pray it works.
Can you elaborate more on "would not power on at all" ? What were the symptoms ? Did you have MP3 changer mode available ?
Old 12-06-17, 04:44 PM
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We were able to replicate and fix the issue with startup recognition. The update will go live along with audio fixes on Friday after we test everything on all configurations.
In the mean time do the following to make sure the unit is always detected:
1. Turn the vehicle on
2. Wait for 10-15 seconds
3. Start the engine
Our apologies for inconvenience.

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How can I upgrade the firmware if I can't see the screen? I've tried putting in the usb disk and waiting a minute but it hasn't fixed the issue.
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Originally Posted by gromaudio
Can you elaborate more on "would not power on at all" ? What were the symptoms ? Did you have MP3 changer mode available ?
The car's system would not recognized the vline at all. When I start the car and if it's not already on cd(vline) mode than I just hit cd and it's switches over to vline. But at times I jump in hit that cd button it just goes to cd and won't load up vline. I would have to restart the car, sometimes numerous times for it to load up vline.
Old 12-07-17, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by banserki
How can I upgrade the firmware if I can't see the screen? I've tried putting in the usb disk and waiting a minute but it hasn't fixed the issue.
Reach out to support for help before you make things worse.
Old 12-08-17, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by rehr0001
well, 11.2 is out and it isn’t fixed.
New OTA is out with IOS11 fixes


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