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Car parked feature
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This would be a cool feature for me to use however my 2009 vehicle doesn't come with any sort of Bluetooth installed. I would have to install an aftermarket stereo with Bluetooth and honestly....that seems more of a hassle than it'd be worth. 
It would be nice if you could force this manually, if in your situation.This would be a cool feature for me to use however my 2009 vehicle doesn't come with any sort of Bluetooth installed. I would have to install an aftermarket stereo with Bluetooth and honestly....that seems more of a hassle than it'd be worth.
So I had been trying to get this to work for days after each beta release and never would. I drive a 2015 MINI Cooper with enhanced Bluetooth. Then one day I drove my roommates car, a 2013 Mercedes CLA, and BAM, it worked flawlessly! Got back in my MINI and nothing. Drive his car the next day to test, and again it worked perfectly. I think it has to do with the naming of the car Bluetooth. Mine just says mini and some numbers. His says MBmedia something. Maybe the phone senses his Bluetooth is a car connection but mine is not for some reason. For all having issues making this work, try someone elses car (a different brand than yours) and see if you have luck.
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This would be a cool feature for me to use however my 2009 vehicle doesn't come with any sort of Bluetooth installed. I would have to install an aftermarket stereo with Bluetooth and honestly....that seems more of a hassle than it'd be worth.
you can always just drop a pin within maps when you park
& this is where jailbreaking comes through =)
On the widget screen do any of your frequent places show? If they do have you pressed the "show more" to expand the widget?
But then you need to manually remove the car park marker
[doublepost=1474581197][/doublepost]Restore phone with clean iOS 10, still not working.
This feature has worked for me, with no intervention required.
But it can also be unintentionally funny, as the widget throws up useless responses because of the way it works and the data it has.
When you're not in proximity to the car that your phone is paired with, and find yourself in a different location, it seems to lack any smarts to figure that out. When I was out and about with another car, and left the paired car at home, it helpfully told me my car is parked 12 miles away.
Even when you are close, like at home, it can act amusingly. I watched the other night as it first told me the car was on the same street as my residence, then 1000 feet away, then 100 feet away, all within the span of 20 seconds as kept working on getting a fix.
Behind the scenes, all it simply appears to do is compare your phone's current location with the location where the phone last had a paired connection. No logic to analyze or provide a filtered response. I suppose the next time I hop on a plane, it will let me know that my car is parked hundreds, if not thousands of miles away.
This isn't a complaint. I just find it amusing. It's a nice feature, but the implementation still needs some work.
But it can also be unintentionally funny, as the widget throws up useless responses because of the way it works and the data it has.
When you're not in proximity to the car that your phone is paired with, and find yourself in a different location, it seems to lack any smarts to figure that out. When I was out and about with another car, and left the paired car at home, it helpfully told me my car is parked 12 miles away.
Even when you are close, like at home, it can act amusingly. I watched the other night as it first told me the car was on the same street as my residence, then 1000 feet away, then 100 feet away, all within the span of 20 seconds as kept working on getting a fix.
Behind the scenes, all it simply appears to do is compare your phone's current location with the location where the phone last had a paired connection. No logic to analyze or provide a filtered response. I suppose the next time I hop on a plane, it will let me know that my car is parked hundreds, if not thousands of miles away.
This isn't a complaint. I just find it amusing. It's a nice feature, but the implementation still needs some work.
It needs a lot of work - it's very hit and miss. Never worked for me despite always pairing to bluetooth in car, driving 20+ miles stopping and disconnecting, even after a clean install. It worked once for a friend and has then never worked again, very inconsistent.
Short of installing a sensor in your car, what do you suggest? It works for me. I'm biased that way, I suppose, and can understand the frustration of those for whom it is not working properly. I think Apple's goal here was a simple means of reminding you where you parked; nothing more. Your other issue with the fluctuating location of your car was just your phone getting a GPS/cell tower triangulation fix on its own location. It knows where your car is, it just doesn't always know where you are for several seconds after you invoke the feature. Until it knows for sure, it can't give you an accurate distance. This is especially true in areas with lots of tall buildings.
And I can tell you (from just checking my car's whereabouts) that it does NOT tell you that your car is parked hundreds of miles away when traveling.
I got a notification the first day I parked at work with my7. Haven't since but it shows as a widget. Kind of glad cause I'm not going to lose my car at work lol
Edit: I'm from a small town in the mountains so no big city parking for me but do people seriously need their phone to tell them where they parked?? Honest question. Never lost my car even on the occasions of parking in the big city's...
Edit: I'm from a small town in the mountains so no big city parking for me but do people seriously need their phone to tell them where they parked?? Honest question. Never lost my car even on the occasions of parking in the big city's...
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This is probably one of the most buggy features. I see it on the lock screen widget, but have to click "show more" in the top right of the map destinations widget.
It's handy when going to new places and just parking where you can, then setting off.
True. I will have to try it in two weeks when I travel to Baltimore to fly to Jamaica.
Any reason why this
http://www.belkin.com/uk/p/P-F4U037/
Would mean it doesn't work? I can't see why it would have to be bluetooth built into the car.
http://www.belkin.com/uk/p/P-F4U037/
Would mean it doesn't work? I can't see why it would have to be bluetooth built into the car.