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      03-23-2020, 01:53 PM   #859
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Anyone having issues with this? When I hold the back button to go back to the factory BMW screen... just shows a blank black screen. Even after restarting the car.
Strange, maybe a connection got loose?
I usually get the black screen for the car play itself, still able to go back to idrive screen and resets upon reboot.

While it’s black, are you able to play any music, get notifications and or use Siri?
Music and all is fine. Car starts up with I drive perfectly fine but just switching over is a pain lol
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Anyone having issues with this? When I hold the back button to go back to the factory BMW screen... just shows a blank black screen. Even after restarting the car.
Strange, maybe a connection got loose?
I usually get the black screen for the car play itself, still able to go back to idrive screen and resets upon reboot.

While it's black, are you able to play any music, get notifications and or use Siri?
Music and all is fine. Car starts up with I drive perfectly fine but just switching over is a pain lol
You might have some features turned on in your CarPlay box without having the manufacturer option.

Check that you have Turned off TV/DVR/DVD from setup.

Hope this helps
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As much as I like my joyeauto unit the oem mic is tempting. How do you think they compare?
From what I gather from the F30 guys, the various mfg'rs have the CarPlay side figured out. It's the Android Auto side that needs improvement. Still kind of bug ridden, AA software wise. Depends what camp you're in, I guess. Still I'd be curious to try it out.
OK after having tried both units for a while now I can say that the andream unit is a LOT better than the joyeauto one. The andream:

– uses oem mic
– no phone call echo
– steering wheel Siri button works
– faster switch to/from idrive
– reverse cam stays on after switching to drive

I'd say the only thing I like more about joyeauto is that you can always change the song by moving the idrive knob left/right.
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As much as I like my joyeauto unit the oem mic is tempting. How do you think they compare?
From what I gather from the F30 guys, the various mfg'rs have the CarPlay side figured out. It's the Android Auto side that needs improvement. Still kind of bug ridden, AA software wise. Depends what camp you're in, I guess. Still I'd be curious to try it out.
OK after having tried both units for a while now I can say that the andream unit is a LOT better than the joyeauto one. The andream:

– uses oem mic
– no phone call echo
– steering wheel Siri button works
– faster switch to/from idrive
– reverse cam stays on after switching to drive

I'd say the only thing I like more about joyeauto is that you can always change the song by moving the idrive knob left/right.
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Anyone having issues with this? When I hold the back button to go back to the factory BMW screen... just shows a blank black screen. Even after restarting the car.
Strange, maybe a connection got loose?
I usually get the black screen for the car play itself, still able to go back to idrive screen and resets upon reboot.

While it's black, are you able to play any music, get notifications and or use Siri?
Music and all is fine. Car starts up with I drive perfectly fine but just switching over is a pain lol
You might have some features turned on in your CarPlay box without having the manufacturer option.

Check that you have Turned off TV/DVR/DVD from setup.

Hope this helps
It was working fine but started to do this recently. Maybe software issue?
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Anyone having issues with this? When I hold the back button to go back to the factory BMW screen... just shows a blank black screen. Even after restarting the car.
Strange, maybe a connection got loose?
I usually get the black screen for the car play itself, still able to go back to idrive screen and resets upon reboot.

While it's black, are you able to play any music, get notifications and or use Siri?
Music and all is fine. Car starts up with I drive perfectly fine but just switching over is a pain lol
You might have some features turned on in your CarPlay box without having the manufacturer option.

Check that you have Turned off TV/DVR/DVD from setup.

Hope this helps
It was working fine but started to do this recently. Maybe software issue?
Or simply setting. Check the settings I told you. Are they all off ?
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Anyone having issues with this? When I hold the back button to go back to the factory BMW screen... just shows a blank black screen. Even after restarting the car.
https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=25226756
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Anyone having issues with this? When I hold the back button to go back to the factory BMW screen... just shows a blank black screen. Even after restarting the car.
Strange, maybe a connection got loose?
I usually get the black screen for the car play itself, still able to go back to idrive screen and resets upon reboot.

While it's black, are you able to play any music, get notifications and or use Siri?
Music and all is fine. Car starts up with I drive perfectly fine but just switching over is a pain lol
You might have some features turned on in your CarPlay box without having the manufacturer option.

Check that you have Turned off TV/DVR/DVD from setup.

Hope this helps
It was working fine but started to do this recently. Maybe software issue?
Or simply setting. Check the settings I told you. Are they all off ?
They are all correct. I think it is lagging... if I double tap to go back to Idrive vs holding down, it works. Never used to do that but now it does 🤷🏽*♂️🤷🏽*♂️🤷🏽*♂️
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      04-14-2020, 12:22 PM   #867
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Does anyone know if there is a software update? I don't know who the original seller is since it was a group buy!
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      04-16-2020, 12:24 PM   #868
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Ordered Carlinkit Tuesday afternoon from China, and right now, 48 hours later, it's with a DHL courier for delivery here in Toronto. Delivery speed is crazy fast sometimes.
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I updated to new software and works now.
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      04-20-2020, 08:58 AM   #870
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I updated to new software and works now.
Can you share the version you re in?

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Ordered Carlinkit Tuesday afternoon from China, and right now, 48 hours later, it's with a DHL courier for delivery here in Toronto. Delivery speed is crazy fast sometimes.
did you order from amazon?
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did you order from amazon?
Got my unit from wakaa.us, I thought it was Andream unit, but it appears I received a Carlinkit unit. $269, installed yesterday, totally worth it!!
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Maybe a dumb question, but anyone here with an android phone that uses this carplay and can say it works like a charm?
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Carplay works with iPhone. What you want is Android Auto.
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Got my unit from wakaa.us, I thought it was Andream unit, but it appears I received a Carlinkit unit. $269, installed yesterday, totally worth it!!
Pardon my french, but I'm confused a little since carlinkit seems to work only on android head units and the sellers on AliExpress answer to BMW questions usually "no". Could you please provide the link to the unit you have purchased and confirm if this really work with F15 X5 without the touchscreen etc? Thanks in advance!
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Pardon my french, but I'm confused a little since carlinkit seems to work only on android head units and the sellers on AliExpress answer to BMW questions usually "no". Could you please provide the link to the unit you have purchased and confirm if this really work with F15 X5 without the touchscreen etc? Thanks in advance!
https://wakaa.us/collections/wireles...32001423966253

NBT ID4 I'm assuming is what you need? Whats your model year?
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https://wakaa.us/collections/wireles...32001423966253

NBT ID4 I'm assuming is what you need? Whats your model year?
Car is 2014, produced in June. I'm too new to the car to confirm the ID4 yet, will check that, thank you for the link (wakaa is down at the moment)
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Car is 2014, produced in June. I'm too new to the car to confirm the ID4 yet, will check that, thank you for the link (wakaa is down at the moment)
2014 would have NBT, so yes the link I posted is the correct unit for your system. Good luck!
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I bought the entire Android screen and it is a bit buggy. Might do just a wireless CarPlay device. Is the Andream unit the current favorite?
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