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  1. M

    CarPlay Issue retrofitting CarPlay

    Carlinkit MMI, 2015 BMW 335i Hi all, I’m having an issue with an aftermarket MMI to add CarPlay to an older BMW. Everything works — audio, display, microphone — except I can’t switch between CarPlay and iDrive by holding ‘menu’ like I’m supposed to be able to. I’m hoping someone here has an...
  2. C

    Siri - "Cannot perform this function right now" when trying to create a text message

    My car: 2017 BMW 440i GC. No CarPlay. Phone: iPhone 8 with IOS 14.5.1. Something happened when the phone was upgraded to IOS 14.5. Before the upgrade, I could ... - Activate Siri via a long press voice button on the steering wheel - Tell Siri "New message to [name] " - Tell Siri the text...
    • cfm56d7b
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    • bmw siri text message error
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 14
  3. ingik

    CarPlay BMW Wants You to Pay an Annual Fee to Access Apple CarPlay

    So now BMW will charge extra $80 a year for the privilege of using such a premium feature as Carplay is. At the same time cheeper cars include it for free... https://jalopnik.com/bmw-wants-you-to-pay-an-annual-fee-to-access-apple-carp-1836647703
  4. bladerunner88

    CarPlay BMW E-46 Aftermarket Apple CarPlay Install?

    Hi, Was hoping to hear from anyone who has installed an aftermarket Carplay Unit into an E-46. I understand there are some "mechless" Units that will fit without having to preform surgery on the HVAC Tubing. i have an 04 330CI with Harmon Kardon and was told by one installer that any Unit am...
  5. Spiney13

    IOS 10.3 audio phone call not routed to bluetooth in BMW car

    With iOS 10.3 a bluetooth issue is present where the audio of phone calls is not routed to the bluetooth device. In my case this is a BMW. When setting up a call from the bluetooth device iPhone shows that audio is routed to the iPhone itself in stead of bluetooth device. Microphone and speaker...
    • Spiney13
    • Thread
    • bluetooth audio bmw ios10.3 bluetooth
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 10
  6. Y

    iPhone 7 Bluetooth broken for BMW car streaming?

    My iPhone 7+ with IOS 10.02 will not stream audio for more than a few seconds in a BMW 4 series with the latest multimedia software. I have researched the issue and others with BMWs and other makes seem to be experiencing the same-or similar streaming issues. Moreover, once the fault occurs...
    • yachtmac
    • Thread
    • bluetooth 4.0 bmw
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: iPhone
  7. P

    iPhone 7 - Bluetooth Audio Disconnect

    iPhone 7 in 2015 BMW 235i disconnects from Bluetooth after steaming audio for 10 seconds. Once disconnected, iOS no longer sees the vehicle's BT source. The only recourse is to forget the device in Settings and repair with the vehicle. I've isolated iOS as not the key issue (iPhone SE works...
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