About a week ago, my iPhone will no longer play music through my car's stereo when connected via USB. It has worked flawlessly for over 2 years, then all of a sudden, it stops working. Last night, we used another iPhone (not mine) and it worked perfectly. So, my question is, did the latest update do something to screw up my connection? She didn't perform the 11.3 update yet. I've rebooted, removed and re-inserted the SIM card, reset all settings >>>>nothing works and it's pretty frustrating!
Has anyone else had a similar problem and gotten it to work?
You should swap iPhones with your wife for now, if you can.
I have this exact same issue, USB connection will not work at all, (although it will charge the phone), when it worked great for 18 months. I have the Pioneer AVH-280BT. Pioneer has made a statement, if your unit has bluetooth they say to use that, however, the bluetooth connection does not have all the functions/features you get with USB connection, no cover art, I was unable to access my library, and I can't advance within the track forward or backward.
Personally, I think Apple needs to be allowing us to go back to an iOS that works when we have issues, it's whatever Apple has changed with iOS that is causing the problems, even if the problem is that the Pioneer unit does not comply with some USB standard or something, (IDK, just a guess), we should still be able to go back.
I've looked on Pioneer's car audio site and, it would seem most head units have updatable firmware, however, the ones that don't are the ones having this issue, some of which are current models, (which doesn't make sense).
Here's Pioneer's statement:
"IMPORTANT NOTICE: INCOMPATIBILITY IN CERTAIN PIONEER MULTIMEDIA RECEIVERS OF “IPOD” SOURCE VIA USB WITH IOS11.3X
April 27, 2018
Dear Valued Pioneer Customer:
Pioneer has become aware of an incompatibility of the “iPod” source function in certain Pioneer multimedia receivers when connected to an iPhone® or iPod touch® device running iOS 11.3x via USB cable. If you connect by USB cable an iPhone or iPod touch device that has been updated to iOS 11.3x, an error message will display on the iPod source screen and you will not be able to play content from the connected device. Connection of an iPhone or iPod touch by Bluetooth or of an Android OS device by Bluetooth or USB is not affected.
If you use an iPhone or iPod touch with an AVH-270BT, AVH-271BT, AVH-280BT, AVH-290BT, AVH-291BT, or MVH-AV290BT receiver, please connect the iPhone or iPod touch device via Bluetooth. For AVH-170DVD, AVH-171DVD, AVH-180DVD, or AVH-190DVD receivers, to maintain compatibility with iPod source, please continue using iOS 11.2x or older with your iPhone or iPod touch.
Pioneer is working to resolve the issue and will update this notice. Please check back here for updates. If you have any questions, please contact Pioneer Customer Service toll free at 1-800-421-1404, Monday through Friday, 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), excluding holidays, or online through http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/AboutPioneer/Contact Us.
Sincerely,
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.
"
source: iOS_11_3x | Pioneer Electronics USA (I found this on pioneer's site, page for AVH-290BT, on my way to find support.)
Anyone with any of the above car head units, if you have not updated to iOS 11.3.x, WAIT, do not update. Contact Pioneer and Apple Support, (updated or not). If you have a different Pioneer unit, you may need to update the firmware. (As far as I know the units Pioneer mentions here do not have updatable firmware.)
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About a week ago, my iPhone will no longer play music through my car's stereo when connected via USB. It has worked flawlessly for over 2 years, then all of a sudden, it stops working. Last night, we used another iPhone (not mine) and it worked perfectly. So, my question is, did the latest update do something to screw up my connection? She didn't perform the 11.3 update yet. I've rebooted, removed and re-inserted the SIM card, reset all settings >>>>nothing works and it's pretty frustrating!
Has anyone else had a similar problem and gotten it to work?
I meant to ask you if this is a Pioneer head unit...it's
jvmesd760 that said his was a Pioneer.
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It’s not certain that your iPhone is the problem. Perhaps the software on the car unit needs to be updated.
Anyone having issues should check to see if a firmware update is available first, unfortunately not every car head unit is updatable.
It's unclear if this is an iOS bug, or a change that affects USB connections that do not conform to some USB standard or something.
