The invention discloses an upgrading method and device for a vehicle-mounted remote monitoring system, and relates to the field of vehicle-mounted software maintenance. The method comprises the following steps: S1, after receiving an OTA upgrading instruction, a T-BOX requests an issued upgrading data packet from a background server, and the step S2 is executed; s2, judging whether an upgrade data packet issued by the background server is received within the waiting duration, if so, storing the upgrade data packet, and turning to S3, otherwise, enabling the T-BOX to enter a dormant state, automatically awakening after the awakening duration, requesting to issue the upgrade data packet to the background server, and executing S2 again; s3, after all the upgrade packages are downloaded, the T-BOX enters a dormant state, and the step S4 is executed; and S4, when the vehicle is in an OFF state, the T-BOX starts an automatic upgrading program. In the T-BOX process, when the upgrade patch issued by the background server is not received for a long time, automatic dormancy is carried out, and the upgrade patch is periodically applied to the background server, so that the upgrade success rate is improved.