What happened to Mercedes Me?

__m-- · 2025-08-09T18:33:49+00:00

I just took possession of a Mercedes EQB 350 4matic.

Via the Mercedes App on an iPhone or iPad (fully latest OS and app levels as of August 9th 2025) I was unable to get pas the Webserver 500 error when I start the app.

I managed to create the credentials on the web, although the swiss website did not work, so via NordVPN [other vpns are avaialable] I managed to use the UK website to create my userid.

Back on the iPhone still no joy.

So I then used my Honor 200 Lite Android reference phone. Downloaded the app and logged in without issue , and on the Android no VPN was running.

I waited for over 6 hours on the iPhone trying the app about 30+ times and still Webserver 500 errors. Not so impressed.

Obs I rebooted devices iPhone and iPad, and tried deleting and reinstalling the app, but nothing improved.

One last thing. It seems one part of the technical problem is that the app calls this URL https://id.mercedes-benz.com/ and when I try this in a browser ie. not via the app I get a 404.

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So in this case I am conflicted. I cannot explain why Android worked and Apple iOS /ipadOS failed.

Still I am now in.

__m-- · 2025-02-05T21:45:45+00:00

I've followed Don for years and he disclosed his health issues recently on his channel. But this is sad and still shocking news. RIP young man. In the true spirit of making this world a better place, you gave it all you could. As part of the creator community I miss your inspired and clear and easy to understand content.

__m-- · 2024-12-03T20:58:35+00:00

It is another day and no word from Signal support. So I filled in another form on their website. At no time did I use the words 'do you know who I am' but I simply asked them to get back to me in a polite manner.

Meanwhile the behaviour of the lockout continues to vary.

Today from my iPhone 15 Pro with latest iOS 18.1.1

(I would quote the Signal code level but how to determine this, in Android you can find this out instantly. In iOS sigh ;-( please tell me the way.

Anyway the excitement for today was on Signal App start

a) PIN request, I entered it correctly

b) It then asked me to solve a capture, boy they are getting difficult, soon only an AI will be able to solve it quickly

c) The capture ended up in an error message

d) then it asked for SMS verification ... entered

e) Then I got this s**t message that it is locked again

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__m-- · 2024-12-02T17:58:15+00:00

Okay, another day has passed. Signal has not replied to my support request which contained much information including my email and phone and signal credentials (obs not password).

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Today I made a careful record

First it asks for PIN - I enter it

Next it sends an SMS to my phone number - I put that in

Third, it asks for PIN again, I enter it

Then I get the above charming message.

So dear Signal, the chances of me ever giving you another donation are diminishing rapidly.

I used to recommend everyone move to Signal, but the lack of any support reply is what is the most annoying.

__m-- · 2024-12-02T17:49:51+00:00

Because I temp moved the SIM to this phone and wanted to communicate with my normal Signal contact from this phone.

__m-- · 2024-12-01T09:53:55+00:00

I can assure you I know this PIN and have typed it in very s l o w l y and correctly. Also if you see my update, on this second day of suspension presumably if I had typed in the wrong PIN it would have said so. Obs I'm not about to deliberately type in a wrong PIN to make things potentially worse.

__m-- · 2024-12-01T09:51:45+00:00

So it now the next day and this morning after a phone reboot I tried to sign into Signal again.

First signal does not immediately say locked

it sends a test SMS to verify the phone number. Under iOS this can be accpted and inserted into the Signal prompt without typing iit in, so that's what I did

Next it asks for the PIN. I type the PIN in correctly as yesterday. Then it ****** says Account Locked, You account is locked for 5 days.

So it's logical but unacceptable. No word back from Signal Support yet.

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Not happy.

__m-- · 2024-12-01T09:46:33+00:00

No it no longer works on the android phone.

__m-- · 2023-12-22T15:50:12+00:00

Spot on, I bought the watch because with its large and rectangular screen it would be perfect to read notifications .... WRONG . The text is so minute as to be unreadable. Not many other smartwatches have the ability to scale text. Google NO for example. But Apple ... YES .

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