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Wow, glad you got your CarPlay working! Very odd.
On the microphone issues, I recently confirmed how I got the oem mic working on 1 phone but not the other. When my phone is connected to Bluetooth on the bmw side as a phone, then I connect and use it on the android side, it uses OEM microphone only in a regular android call and CarPlay. If I disconnect Bluetooth from the bmw side, it then uses the android microphone! I’ll test around and see if I can get both our phones connected on bmw side so it works seemlessly on android side. But I’ll likely just also buy an external mic for android to install just in case. |
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07-06-2020, 05:04 PM | #113 |
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Update - Carplay connects sometimes 50/50. Highest success at the start of the day. After that the error persists for the rest of the day. Have sent videos and photos to the vendor who said they will have their engineer investigate. Let us see....
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07-06-2020, 11:22 PM | #114 |
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Are you saying the error occurs 50% of the time? Or it's just not connecting, stuck waiting?
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07-06-2020, 11:24 PM | #115 |
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When I connect after the night rest, so first time in the morning , it seems to connect the last 2 days. Thereafter when I come back to the car after an errand when the Bluetooth gets disconnected, the error reappears.
The vendor is asking me to press reset. Will try that tomorrow. |
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07-07-2020, 11:54 AM | #116 |
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Hi Guys - I get this normal notice " Do not connect Bluetooth while CarPlay is running". Do any of you get it?
So whenever that error occurs - on the main dash when I press home, the Bluetooth says connected. Phone is connected to Android unit. When CarPlay does connect the first time in the morning (no luck later on), the Bluetooth on the main dash says phone NOT connected. So phone is not connected to the android apps etc. I am wondering if the error is bec my Bluetooth connects with my android unit before it connects / activates the Zlink app. |
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I do have trouble reconnecting after I've disconnected. It requires a hard reboot of the monitor, waiting some time after engine off. Is there a way to hard reboot wo waiting?
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07-08-2020, 07:57 PM | #118 |
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My updates on CarPlay:
1. Connects fine on startup; I can select the CAR icon and return to the main menu, but then it shows BT disconnected. I can return to carplay if I use the window cascade icon in the upper left. If I click the app to return it shows 'waiting'. 2. When WIFI or HOTSPOT connects, I'm immediately disconnected from CarPlay. Every time. I am then not able to get back into carplay without powering down for a couple minutes. I'll keep testing and list notes here...
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07-13-2020, 03:58 PM | #119 |
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Hello - Carplay has been working the last few days.
One thing I did notice is when Carplay is "connected" - 1. I do not see the Bluetooth Icon as connected in my Android Screen. 2. Even more surprisingly my phone is now connected to wifi / hotspot from the Android Screen. I only noticed is as I lost my normal wifi connection and hence my surf / search speed slowed down as I only had 1 bar on the LTE. To connect back to the normal wifi I had to get rid of the android hotspot connection on my phone. And that kills the Carplay! Hope this helps. |
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I'm still working audio through the USB cable...some varying success, but not one final solution yet. I'm still testing DACs...I have two more options to test soon. The Aux Out from the Android Monitor is pretty good and definitely an upgrade over previous monitors.
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Hey guys two questions
1. I see people are having issues with wireless CarPlay does it work better if you connect the phone via dongle to the usb? 2. Can I leave the phone connected to the bmw BT and disconnect the aux sound so when I play Spotify or google maps from car play im the android it goes through the bmw BT? |
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1. Most of don't have the dongle b/c we paid a lot extra for wireless BT. I have a dongle with the older AVIN unit I'm selling, but it's packed away. 2. For wireless carplay to work properly, you have to disconnect oem BT.
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Thank you very much. This thread has been super helpful. I posted this in another one but maybe you can help?
Can you help me with how to route the harness to the screen? Is it behind the metal part in the pictures (circle on the left) or the plastic circle in the right? I tried behind the black plastic first but then the cables come out the front over the radio and it's too tight. When I try behind the metal part there doesn't seem to be space to go up as the cavity is a plastic bucket like piece for the radio that goes all the way to the top. It's unclear in the videos can someone help? Like the guy does it in this video at 15:10 where he goes just behind the first black plastic is this correct? Last edited by Konradical6; 07-23-2020 at 03:40 PM.. |
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Do these help?
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One pic shows the torch light shining into the center console after the USB Panel and Aux Panel is prayed open. Did not need to disconnect them. But you could to improve access. The other pic shows the wire hanger going thru the hole on the top left corner of the 1st side panel towards the light (click open the pic to see the wire hanger). Once you get the wire hanger to the light area you can go back to the center console and pull the Aux cable and later on USB cables out as well. Pls don't try to pull the wire hanger as that might be too stiff. I just used tape to loosely attach the top of the wire hanger to the top of the Aux cable. |
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Carplay - dunno what happened. But wireless CarPlay works perfectly now after 2 weeks. Fingers crossed. No more just working in the morning and once a day only.
In the first 2 weeks I did order the usb dongle out of frustration. But it needed another app and not android auto so it did not work straight out of the box. I just returned it feeling even more pissed. |
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Anyone factory reset their unit? My is from 4x4 shop and I'm waiting for their tech to respond but figured I'd ask here.
I still had issues with some freezing on the BT screen And couldn't figure it out so I did the factory reset on the android. The BT connects now but some of the apps disappeared and some are in Chinese. I used the apk installer app to install zlink back as it was missing but it says now it's not registered/activated and some of the writing is in Chinese, anyone experience this? |
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