F60 CarPlay Terrible?
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Joined: Jan 2018
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From: SF Bay Area
-Bob
I can't figure out how to get emails list to display in CarPlay (or also OEM Mini mode)... I'm thinking that this is just not allowed in the USA vehicles. Also playing iTunes music is a problem, at least for what I have figured out... I cannot get the complete play lists on the phone to display on the OEM Mini screen, so selecting what I actually want to listen to is a pain in the butt.
Playlists: this is one of the weirder things I’ve run into. If my car is connected to my phone via Bluetooth, only songs which have been downloaded to the phone already appear in playlists, and anything not already downloaded is skipped. (It’s as though the phone were an offline iPod!) If I connect via the USB port instead, I get full playlists with all songs listed, and anything that isn’t already on my phone just comes down via Apple Music.
So, grab your USB lightning cable and try connecting to the car that way. Both your MINI Connected email and playlist throubles should be resolved that way.
good luck!
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Joined: Jan 2018
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From: SF Bay Area
Emails: you are unlikely ever to be able to access emails through CarPlay. Apple design is opinionated, and one of those opinions is that email is too attention intensive to be safe to do while driving. So, no email. (For the OEM “Office” functions you need to run the MINI Connected app on your iPhone, and connect to the USB port in the car.)
Playlists: this is one of the weirder things I’ve run into. If my car is connected to my phone via Bluetooth, only songs which have been downloaded to the phone already appear in playlists, and anything not already downloaded is skipped. (It’s as though the phone were an offline iPod!) If I connect via the USB port instead, I get full playlists with all songs listed, and anything that isn’t already on my phone just comes down via Apple Music.
So, grab your USB lightning cable and try connecting to the car that way. Both your MINI Connected email and playlist throubles should be resolved that way.
good luck!
Interestingly, it appears to me that even though I am connected by cable to the USB port in the car, the connection is still being made over WiFi/Bluetooth. I tested this after I connecting to USB port by turning off the WiFi and Bluetooth in the iPhone. You would think that CarPlay would continue to work through the Lightning cable. But it doesn't. I think MINI has only enabled wireless access for CarPlay and the USB port is used only to charge an iPhone (BTW, this wireless access ability is touted elsewhere online as something special and not available on all automobile makes). Need to test more.
My iPhone is a 6 Plus model, which is about 4 years old. I'm also wondering whether my issues are related to the age of the phone. It's possible that even though I am running the latest OS in the phone, there may be something in the "older" 6 Plus hardware that is creating these problems. Need to test more.
Playlists.... I have all my music downloaded into the iPhone.... so that wasn't the problem. However, in further experimentation with Playlists, I found that I could see all my Playlists in the MINI CarPlay interface when I was not driving. Need to test more (sound familiar?) to verify if being at a standstill is required.
Thanks again for your thoughts.
-Bob
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Joined: Oct 2018
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Hi Guys,
I'm from Athens, Greece got a countryman All4, 2017. I got no carplay and I'm reading through this thread.
https://bimmer-unlock.com/collection...11082753474617
Is this gizzer up to date or the code will never come to me if I decide to buy? :D
I got no WIFI antenna, no touchscreen, is youtube or generally video playing after this update runs in the car? Anyone had massive hard stops to install and is bimmer unlock communicative?
Sorry for all the questions just being reluctant I'm sure I'll get over it :P
I'm from Athens, Greece got a countryman All4, 2017. I got no carplay and I'm reading through this thread.
https://bimmer-unlock.com/collection...11082753474617
Is this gizzer up to date or the code will never come to me if I decide to buy? :D
I got no WIFI antenna, no touchscreen, is youtube or generally video playing after this update runs in the car? Anyone had massive hard stops to install and is bimmer unlock communicative?
Sorry for all the questions just being reluctant I'm sure I'll get over it :P
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Joined: Sep 2017
Posts: 115
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From: NJ
Hi Guys,
I'm from Athens, Greece got a countryman All4, 2017. I got no carplay and I'm reading through this thread.
https://bimmer-unlock.com/collection...11082753474617
Is this gizzer up to date or the code will never come to me if I decide to buy? :D
I got no WIFI antenna, no touchscreen, is youtube or generally video playing after this update runs in the car? Anyone had massive hard stops to install and is bimmer unlock communicative?
I'm from Athens, Greece got a countryman All4, 2017. I got no carplay and I'm reading through this thread.
https://bimmer-unlock.com/collection...11082753474617
Is this gizzer up to date or the code will never come to me if I decide to buy? :D
I got no WIFI antenna, no touchscreen, is youtube or generally video playing after this update runs in the car? Anyone had massive hard stops to install and is bimmer unlock communicative?