05-26-2019, 07:00 PM | #1 |
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CarPlay issues
Has anybody have issues connecting their iPhones to use CarPlay? My phone finds my 330i but I don’t know what else to do to get my apps to show on the screen. Any help will be appreciated.
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05-26-2019, 09:02 PM | #2 |
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Delete device from car. Forget from phone. Re pair. Accept CarPlay on phone and car. Also under Mobile devices make sure WiFi is on
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05-27-2019, 02:08 AM | #3 |
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I also have 'bluetooth' switched on my phone but not sure if required but worth a try
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05-27-2019, 02:15 AM | #4 |
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So, waiting for my 330i to pop out, I have been given with a fully equipped (M sport, executive package, HK, all the driving assistants, etc.) 320D xDrive for a weekend and had a chance to give it a 450 kilometers test drive. I found it superb and a great improvement over F30 (which I will replace with g20 330i within next month). One thing however which seemed not to work that flawlessly was the Bluetooth iPhone integration. The connection (iDrive as well as CarPlay modes) was dropped several times. I had to reboot the phone in order to reconnect, play with Bt, Wifi settings, delete the phone and reconnect it a couple of times. So I guess its not that rare issue.
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05-27-2019, 05:31 AM | #5 |
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I wonder, what version of iOS do you use? I read somewhere that updating from 12.2 to 12.3 solves some issues. Did it and had no drop outs this morning. 1hr drive.
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05-27-2019, 08:35 AM | #6 |
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05-27-2019, 11:44 AM | #7 |
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I just updated my phone with the latest and greatest version. CarPlay is nowhere to be found in my settings 🤷🏽*♂️
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05-27-2019, 08:41 PM | #10 | |
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I’m getting my car in a few weeks having CarPlay was one of the major decisions to get this car. Maybe I should just bail out on my order. |
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05-30-2019, 12:18 PM | #12 |
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I've had CarPlay in rental cars (mostly Chevys) for a couple of years now. Has worked flawlessly there.
I have a 330i on order - odd that the only car manufacturer that charges for CarPlay would have so many issues.
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05-30-2019, 02:05 PM | #14 |
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I recently purchased the new 3 Series g20. Wonderful car.
However I am having a problem with the app waze in apple car play. As far as I know apple car play uses wifi to connect withe the vehicle. The problem is the waze app turns the map randomly and losses the route selected starting again from the point/strett where the map turns itself. Other symptom is the map turns upside down and sometimes is like the car is moving backwards in the map. Has anybody experienced this? Solutions? Update for the firmware? Connecting with usb seems not to be possible, only wifi for using apple car play. By the way, when I disconnect the iphone from the car the app works perfectly with no bugs. Thanks for your help |
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06-10-2019, 08:02 AM | #15 |
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I recently got the new G20. The first day I played with the bluetooth and tried to connect carplay it worked for couple hours and disconnected afterwards. Now I tried to reconnect over the com->mobile device and the idrive system will freeze after I tried to add a device or delete the current device. In another words, the bluetooth is not responsive at all.
Any one knows a possible solution to reset the bluetooth system of idrive? Or how to reboot the idrive system? I believe mine is in version 7.0. I tried to turn off the car, locked, turn on and it still gives me the same bluetooth issue. There seems to be a bug of it. Thank you for your help. |
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06-12-2019, 06:47 PM | #16 |
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So one of the BMWNA reps called me to check in about the car (which is a nice touch that I didn't think they would do). I told them about the only real issue I've had being the apple CarPlay. They acknowledged the issues, and said that I should try deleting my phone from the car and delete my car from apple CarPlay in my phone. After doing that, try re-pairing. They said that may need to be done whenever iOS updates. I tried it.
It didn't work. Oh well. Will wait til iDrive updates, and then try again. Bluetooth for me until then, which is sort of a bummer. |
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06-13-2019, 07:18 AM | #17 |
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Yesterday I traveled with a friend in a Jeep Compass with APC. None of the bugs described here appeared on this car. How can BMW be have so many problems with APC? Are the other makers genius in IT or the IT guys from BMW are simply narrowminded? Cannot believe a luxury?? car has so many issues
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- Via the iDrive "Apps" - You will see a grey screen with the choice to either select Installed Apps or the BMW Store. Select neither option. - Press the OPTION button near your iDrive controller. - Select "Update Installed Apps and Services." - After the update is complete, select "Close." - Activate a sleep cycle in your vehicle by pressing and holding the mute (VOL) button for 30-45 seconds with the car on but parked. |
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06-15-2019, 09:45 AM | #19 |
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Mine connects about half the time. It seems it’s beca my phone is still connected to my homes wifi when I start the car. If I manually connect to the cars wifi and disconnect/ re- connect the phone in idrive CarPlay works.
Seems like an obvious problem that bmw should have known about. |
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06-15-2019, 12:22 PM | #20 |
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Mine connects all of the time without issue but then the car / phone lose connection. It tries to reconnect but usually fails. On the next start up it's connected again.
I'm using a iPhone X with the everything up to date. |
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Clearly BMW has OS and/or Bluetooth driver issues they need to resolve. That said, Bluetooth is a pretty crap technology to begin with and it's rarely trouble free. Even previous generations of iDrive has their fair share of issues. Probably not as bad as iDrive 7 is dealing with now, but they've had them.
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