How to activate SmartLink+ on android phone without Mirrorlink

Hi all, new member with new Skoda. Just thought I'd post about how I eventually managed to get around this problem, as it caused me a few headaches and I wasn't able to find info elsewhere on this particular problem, so hopefully it can save somebody else a bunch of time and effort.

Background- SmartLink+ active on the infotainment system (can use Android Auto fine), but car doesn't have Skoda Connect services (ie there's no item in settings for "Skoda Connect Online Services"). 

Installed SW train version: MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0456T
Installed SW MU version: 0456
Part number: 5Q0035842C
Software version: H29.204.38 STD2Plus EU

The Problem- When adding car to MySkoda app, can't get SmartLink+ to activate and therefore the app wouldn't download any data or provide any info. Seems like this was due to my phone not having Mirrorlink, and MySkoda SmartLink+ activation not working with Android Auto (the help box in the app only mentions Mirrorlink).

Solution- The fix was to install MySkoda on my partner's iPhone, login, and connect the phone to the car. This instantly activated SmartLink+ on her phone, and then once activated it also showed as activated on my android and worked fine (I just needed to log out and back in again). The Vehicle Status so far has only provided data on iPhone, but the Health Report now seems to work fine. 

Unanswered- At this point I'm just not sure whether Health Reports in the MySkoda app on my android will update when I connect to the car, or whether it will only do that when the iphone gets connected. At the end of the day it probably doesn't matter too much as we will both be regularly connecting to the car so I'll still have an up to date Health Report in my MySkoda app. However the fact that I don't have data under Vehicle Status in android suggests I'm only getting data synced from the server rathan than the app pulling data directly from the car.

Anyway, Vehicle Status and Health Reports are no doubt pretty uninteresting compared with some of the other features available through Skoda Connect (and I'm guessing they don't tell me anything that the car display doesn't already), but hopefully this is useful to others who are similarly determined to at least get the damn thing working to see what it offers.