Right Alan, if I have this in the wrong place please feel free to move it thanks.
So yesterday I took my wife’s MG4 SeSr to the bodyshop to get the damage to the door repaired at an authorised MG bodyshop, so I parked the car went into the office there to hand in the Keys and the guy said it was the first MG4 they had had in the bodyshop, so I said we’ll do you know how to start the car he said it’s just like others isn’t it with a stop/ start button no I said it’s not so I took him out side to the car to show him, I had park the car 10 minutes previously so I open the car got in screen in front of the steering wheel came to life but the other did not, now I had had this 1/2 times on my MG5 mk1 so I knew about pressing and holding the home button, I also had read about it many times on here in these forums but this was the first time on the MG4 for me, anyhow finger on home button for 1/2 minutes nothing is happening small screen is still ok and saying ready but with foot on brake I’m unable to select any drive mode.
So got out the car locked it with the button on the handle reopened it again via the handle got in nothing has change on the home button again still nothing got back out of the car again this time I locked the car with the key fob waited a couple of minutes and reopened it with the key fob open the door and got back in and again the small screen came on but not the other so finger back on the home button for around 30 seconds and it came alive and I could select a drive mode and all was well again, I try it again a couple of times no problems just decide to post this in case anyone else might experience a similar issue I know there are several post that manage to get the system to work but this was a little bit different.
Les