Question for you mechanically savvy types..

[Dryfly24]

Is it normal for the backup camera to not work after replacing a battery? Everything else seems to be working fine but my backup camera won’t come on as usual?

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[ShadowsPapa]

Is it normal for the backup camera to not work after replacing a battery? Everything else seems to be working fine but my backup camera won’t come on as usual?

I'd give it 24 hours - you can also try the closing doors, locking, let it sit, unlocking, rinse, repeat a couple of times to force things to shut down, restart and talk with each other.

Otherwise, could be coincidence as more than one of us have had that connection at the rear of the bed floor cause problems. Disconnecting, cleaning, reconnecting has fixed it for some.
Otherwise, you've done a reset of things and the radio may well need to get clues from the other modules as far as who it is and what it's doing.

 

[Dryfly24]

Thanks I knew I could count o you as o have an answer… ???

 

[Mr._Bill]

Is it normal for the backup camera to not work after replacing a battery? Everything else seems to be working fine but my backup camera won’t come on as usual?

After a reboot (power loss) it can take the head unit up to 24 hours to return to normal operation.

 

[Dryfly24]

After a reboot (power loss) it can take the head unit up to 24 hours to return to normal operation.

I’m aware but according to the mechanic I asked about this at the dealer it shouldn’t affect the backup camera. I suspect he’s wrong and am giving it a day or so to see.

As for that other ESS delete thread running currently, I’m also giving that 24 hours or so. I followed the steps precisely and still get a warning light. As per his video you’re not supposed to, so I don’t know what’s going on there.

Right now I wish I’d just left things alone and replaced both batteries. I’m the cautious type that would prefer things left as designed but this seemed a harmless enough mod and easy to set back as it was originally, so I figured I’d try it. We’ll see how things shake out tomorrow.

 

[Mr._Bill]

It doesn't affect the backup camera, directly, but it does require the head unit to be functioning correctly to display the image from the camera. Some of them recover faster, and doing the sleep and wakeup cycles can speed it along.

 

[Dryfly24]

Went back out this evening and everything was back to normal. Just had to give the head unit time to catch up I guess as was said.

I do still get the ESS warning light though.

 

[Hootbro]

I do still get the ESS warning light though.

Need a scan tool that will read pending but not posting codes. Sometimes when you have misfire codes that are pending, it will disable the ESS. You need to scan/read it in the same ignition cycle as when you get the ESS disable message as sometimes it will clear the pending misfire codes on next ignition cycle.

My 2020 Gladiator was pretty good for doing this.

 

[Dryfly24]

Need a scan tool that will read pending but not posting codes. Sometimes when you have misfire codes that are pending, it will disable the ESS. You need to scan/read it in the same ignition cycle as when you get the ESS disable message as sometimes it will clear the pending misfire codes on next ignition cycle.

My 2020 Gladiator was pretty good for doing this.

Meh. . . As long as ESS is gone and the aux battery is isolated where it can’t affect my main battery, I can live with a warning light. . .

 

[Max-t]

If the head unit is taking hours or multiple minutes to fix itself, just hold down the power and select? Mode? The two big buttons. It resets it rather than letting it fart around for days.

But reverse camera doesn’t seem to be a head unit “function”. Pretty sure mine worked with the head unit resetting.

 

[Dryfly24]

If the head unit is taking hours or multiple minutes to fix itself, just hold down the power and select? Mode? The two big buttons. It resets it rather than letting it fart around for days.

But reverse camera doesn’t seem to be a head unit “function”. Pretty sure mine worked with the head unit resetting.

Every time I’ve disconnected the battery on my truck I‘ve had to wait a while for all the features/apps to show back up again. Pretty sure that’s normal across the board. Which ones come back immediately and which ones don’t seem to be random though. I don’t think its always the same ones at the same time.

 

[Max-t]

Every time I’ve disconnected the battery on my truck I‘ve had to wait a while for all the features/apps to show back up again. Pretty sure that’s normal across the board.

If you restart it it just loads all the packages and starts.
If you don’t reset it it doesn’t always seem to act right, but it probably saves your preferences
It shows you what it’s doing in the bottom right I think it is. Downloading… installing etc.
far as I know the only way to get it done immediately (5-10 minutes) is to reset it.
Or you’re waiting days. But it erases your preferences. If I remember right.

I looked all over for a force reset. Found it somewhere other than here I think.

 

[Dryfly24]

If you restart it it just loads all the packages and starts.
If you don’t reset it it doesn’t always seem to act right, but it probably saves your preferences
It shows you what it’s doing in the bottom right I think it is. Downloading… installing etc.
far as I know the only way to get it done immediately (5-10 minutes) is to reset it.
Or you’re waiting days. But it erases your preferences. If I remember right.

I looked all over for a force reset. Found it somewhere other than here I think.

It’s never taken days for me, just a few hours at the longest. I did have to reset the dash display preference this time around. It defaulted to #4 which is what it was set to when I bought the truck. I usually keep it on 12, so I know it didn’t save that.

 

[Max-t]

Yea. Like I said. Hit reset with buttons… pretty much instant

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