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Forgot password? New to Zipcar? Android Zipsters can now find and book a Zipcar faster than ever before with our new and updated app. Search for available Zipcars nearby, book a car or extend a reservation. Of course, you can also honk the horn, and lock or unlock the doors — all from your Android phone. Download it now and the open road awaits.
This only applies to cars that can be unlocked by that remote button on your key ring. Should you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are home, and you don’t have “OnStar,” here’s your answer to the problem!If someone has access to the spare remote at your home, call them on your cell phone (or borrow one from someone if the cell phone is locked in the car too!)
Hold your (or anyone’s) cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the phone.
Your car will unlock. and it works. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other “remote” for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk, or have the “horn” signal go off, or whatever!)
But what if you accidentally lock your remote entry device in your car along with your keys? (A plausible scenario, as many people carry them together on the same keyring.) If you own a car equipped with a system such as OnStar you can contact an operator and have OnStar unlock your vehicle remotely through a signal sent via a cellular network, but otherwise you have to call a locksmith or get a friend or relative to bring an extra set of keys out to you.
Enter the idea of the poor man’s OnStar. No need to pay for a fancy car-unlocking service: just use a cell phone to call someone who has access
to your spare RKE device and tell him to point it at the phone and press the “UNLOCK” button. You simultaneously point the cell phone at your car door, and voila — you’re in! A nifty solution … at least it would be if it weren’t implausible for most standard remote entry systems.
Relaying remote entry system signals via telephone might work if the signals were sound-based, but they’re not. An RKE system transmits an encrypted data stream to a receiver inside the automobile via an RF (radio frequency) signal, a signal that can’t be effectively relayed via cell phone. (In any event, RKE systems and cell phones typically operate on completely different frequencies; the former in the 300 MHz range and the latter in the 800 MHz range.)
(More than a few people have inadvertently fooled themselves into believing the cell phone method of unlocking car doors actually works because they tried it and achieved the desired results — not realizing their cars were still within range of their keyless remote devices, and the signals that unlocked the doors were transmitted the usual way [i.e., through the air], not via cellular phone connections.)
It’s possible this method might work with cars that use something different than standard RKE systems, but it doesn’t work with the vast majority of models.
As an owner of a vehicle equipped with an RKE system, I’ve found that it has reduced the likelihood of my locking my keys in the car in an unexpected way: Since I quickly became accustomed to always locking and unlocking the car with the RKE device, and I carry the RKE device on the same ring as my keys, I have to be standing outside the vehicle with my keys in my hand in order to lock it. Now if I only had something to keep me from losing my cell phone . . .
Additional information:
Remote Keyless Entry Systems Overview |
How Remote Entry Works |
Partlow, Joshua. “Keyless Remotes to Cars in Waldorf Suddenly Useless.” The Washington Post. 5 July 2004 (p. B1). Associated Press. “Mysterous Force Knocks Out Keyless Entry Systems.” TheWBALChannel.com. 6 July 2004 (p. B1). Consumer Reports. “Myth Busters.” September 2013 (p. 9).
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Zipcar is a carsharing service that operates like a membership-driven car rental program for folks who need to use a car but don't need to own one. It's arguably cheaper to use compared to pay-per-ride services like Lyft, Uber, and taxis — especially if you're planning on taking multiple trips throughout the city or out of town.
But to rent a Zipcar, you have to use the company's app to make reservations, unlock the car without a keycard, and make any changes to your rental time. This is a problem if the app won't work in the first place.
Here are some steps you can take to get Zipcar working again.
1. Force close the app
First, if you're stuck in the app, force close it to get out. This means you'll have to shut it down completely instead of just backing out and letting it run in the background.
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- Open up the 'recent applications' menu by hitting the leftmost button at the very bottom of the screen. A slideshow of all your currently running apps will pop up. Scroll left to right until you find Zipcar and close it by swiping the app up. If you'd like to close all your apps at once, just tap the 'close all' button.
iPhone:
- If you have an iPhone X or more recent model, you can reach the 'recent applications' menu by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, and then pausing when you reach the middle. If you have an iPhone 8 or earlier model, you just have to double-tap the home button.
- Scroll side to side to find the Zipcar app, then swipe it up to shut it down.
2. Check for outages
Now that you're out of the app, check online for any service outages or maintenance. You can do this by checking Zipcar's official Twitter account, the company's Facebook page, or sites such as Is It Down Right Now.
If the servers are down, then there's not much you can do about the app until it's fixed by Zipcar.
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3. Look for updates
Sometimes apps won't work until they've been updated, but updates won't download and install until a certain time of the day.
Look for Zipcar in the App Store or Google Play and check for an update. If one of the buttons on the store page says 'update,' then that means there's one pending that hasn't been installed yet. Click 'update' to go ahead and get it done instead of waiting for the auto-update.
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4. Clear the data cache
The app's data cache is a storage of user information that allows Zipcar to quickly load your settings and preferences. But if that data somehow becomes corrupted by a bad save or an error, it can mess up and freeze your app. Clearing the cache can set that straight by giving the phone and the app a blank slate to work with.
Android:
- Tap on the 'Apps' menu listed in your settings. Find and select the Zipcar app, then select 'storage'. When you're in the storage, hit 'clear cache' to delete the data on your phone. This won't delete the app or your account, just the saved data.
iPhone:
- Try to access the settings in your Zipcar app for an option to reset your cache. If your app keeps freezing, or the option doesn't exist, then you'll need to skip this step and head straight to uninstalling.
5. Delete and reinstall
Deleting the app will fix any problems that might've happened during the initial install or any updates. Look for the Zipcar icon on your phone. Tap and hold it until an 'uninstall' or 'delete' option comes up, then go ahead and uninstall it.
Head back into the App Store or Google Play to reinstall it and, hopefully, fix any issues with crashing. If you're still having problems, you might want to contact Zipcar for additional solutions.