And I say even MB, because the basically sucks when it comes to infotainment and user interfaces. Even Mercedes Benz have figured this out, and we are multiple users with independent accounts assigned to the car. And JLR's official recommendation is share? Give me a break.
Kids learns this in school at the age of 9 in Norway. This is one of the main and basic rules of information security. Period!! Not your wife, not your husband, not your lovers, not your kids, cats, dogs or whoever might come into thoughts. Seriously? You Never Share Your Username, Password, or PIN with anyone. "Just share the username and password you created with anyone else that should have access to the car" And upon receiving their answer, I almost started crying and considered putting on a helmet and a life jacket, and run into a frontal collision with a semi trailer to end the misery and get rid of the car. So after pulling my hear and teeth, I'm now rather bold, I sent an email to JLR Norway asking for guidance. I struggled for multiple days, I believe I was also able to somehow send an invite for my girlfriend to connect with her InControl account, but this just lead to a "catch22" as when she was told in the setup process to add the vehicle VIN, the system replied that she could not, because the vehicle was already in use with another account.
#INCONTROL JAGUAR ADMIN HOW TO#
But working with software technology and development on daily basis, had me to ask a few control questions, one of them being "can multiple users utilize the remote app, and how to connect? The answer was yes, and on how to I was told to add more users through my "admin" InControl account.
I picked up my car at the dealership in Norway at the 24th of April, and had a very good handover with a skilled sales rep.