When something doesn't just work

I can't see the car's WiFi network

• Wait a few seconds after the ignition — it has to boot before the network appears.
• Check it has power. The ignition is its power switch.
• Move closer. Range from the back row or the boot is limited.
• Toggle WiFi off and back on on the phone or tablet and scan again.

I joined the WiFi, but the game screen never openedBy design: captive portal

The lobby should open by itself, the way hotel WiFi shows a login page. That handoff varies by device:

1. Wait a few seconds for the prompt.
2. If nothing appears, open a browser and load any address.
3. If the browser errors instead of redirecting, try a different browser.

iOS, Android, and desktop browsers all detect captive portals a little differently, and cross-platform behavior for this hasn't been fully tested yet — if you hit a case that doesn't work, that's genuinely useful to know about, not a sign you did something wrong.

A game won't load or freezes mid-round

• Reload the page. Games run entirely off the device, so no signal is needed.
• If that fails, rejoin the WiFi network.
• Still stuck? Power-cycle it, below.

The device seems unresponsive

The system is built around a read-only filesystem specifically so it can tolerate being cut off mid-write — the ignition is the power switch, and that's treated as a normal event, not an edge case.

1. Ignition off, wait a few seconds, on again. That is the intended reset.
2. Give it a full 30–60 seconds after power-on before expecting the WiFi network to reappear; boot takes some time.
3. Still unresponsive after two or three tries points at the card or hardware.

Lost or corrupted memory cardDesigned, not yet a shipped feature

Recovery is designed in layers so a bad card never means a dead device. This is the plan, not yet a shipped feature:

1. Recovery partition on the card, triggered by a button — covers most failures with nothing to ship.
2. Spare card in the box, for when the card itself has failed.
3. Downloadable installer for out-of-warranty recovery, tied to that one device.

There is no retail box yet. This is the intended design, not a current feature.