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That said, Australian builds might be different. US builds don't have the "Extended Connectivity + Internet" option you mention, for example.
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However, Apps will work through USB. If you want to test that, download BMW Connected and/or Pandora to your iPhone, connect your phone to your car via USB, and launch either app. When you do that, inside iDrive under ConnectedDrive you should see BMW Apps pop up. If Pandora is open, you'll see it there (as well as in the Radio section of iDrive) and if BMW Connected is open, you'll see stuff like Facebook, Twitter, and Internet Radio. BMW Connected also has a few features in the app itself that are mildly useful -- just annoying the app has to be actually launched to update any of it, but that's Apple's fault.
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Thanks for your help mate. There doesn't appear to be an App in the Australian App store for 'Connected Drive' so perhaps we don't support it yet? I know with internet it said its not supported in my region but then the browser booted up fine.
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Any car with the Combox -regardless of production date- can retrofit 6NR. |
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Is there a software upgrade available to have the ability to run the BMW app in a 2011.5 M3? I hate it when I buy a car and a few months later some cool new option comes out.
EDIT: Nevermind, I found the info. http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...light=BMW+apps
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Patrys and any other vendor here and at any other forum run a business. The minimum fees in this forum alone to become a vendor equal the monthly payment of the average Toyota Yaris. So if you think that any vendor will just give out technical or business information for free just because this is an "Internetz forum" then you are the interesting one. |
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And second of all, people here DO give out technical and business information for free. There are DIYs posted here that mechanics would charge a fair amount to perform, general information that again a professional would probably charge to sit down and teach you, and some members -- including myself -- are even offering services like coding for free simply because it's not very difficult and we enjoy doing it. As I said in that thread, that doesn't mean that people don't have a right to charge for things, but don't suggest that nothing on the Internet or especially on these boards is free because there's an overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary. And again, sharing information does not equal lost business. The fact that I might know how something is done doesn't mean I'll want to do it myself, but it would definitely mean I'd be more comfortable with having it done by somebody else.
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Furthermore, I created the only harness for a PnP swap of a TCU for a Combox. Not even BMW has that right now. The idea that somehow a vendor will be doing some patch work in the electronics of a BMW is -like Tyson said years ago- ludicrous. Quote:
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Yes, Patrys did indeed offer some technical details afterward, but never answered the original question of whether a custom dock-to-USB cable or adapter was required that remapped pins, for example. That wouldn't violate the whole "100% OEM" claim because BMW doesn't make that part, but it would mean getting a replacement of that cable/adapter would be rather difficult. He also never answered whether he was keeping the phone properly grounded. The fact that he answered other questions but not those, even after other members chimed in wanting to know the same thing, would be cause for concern if I were a potential buyer. The cable question is very simple, and the electrical grounding question is arguably very important.
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Indeed.
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Video in Motion is not at ALL the same as PlugIn/video playback. The former is just a restriction of when video from any source (including DVDs on CIC systems) can be played. The latter requires a tap to the video out pin on an iPhone dock. Since Apple's normal USB cable doesn't tap that pin (read a pinout of the dock connector and compare it to the pins in the dock connector, or even easier just read the pinout for a USB connector), I can't really see how this is accomplished without some sort of adapter or modification to the cabling. But in any case, 6NR is far more than ViM.
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Just to update... As Pandora works just fine using the USB cable, I sent the cradle back for a refund. All these problems are not worth the $250 for the cradle. Until more apps and features come out, I'm perfectly happy using just the USB cable with Pandora.
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Yeah, I ordered the cradle before my car arrived intending to use it for iPod Out, and then didn't because iDrive's interface is actually very good. Now it basically just lets my wife and I charge both of our phones at the same time since she can use USB. In retrospect I wouldn't have gotten it either, but I was hoping you were going to pursue this to find out what the fix was since I'm in a similar boat and I'm not entirely convinced my camera is to blame. Oh well, thanks for the update anyway! And fyi, any new apps that do come out will almost certainly work over USB as well. The ONLY thing the cradle adds is video output from your phone to iDrive.
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And the video output isn't any good. You can still watch DVDs through the DVD drive but it isn't full screen, it's 1/4 screen, really tiny, and only when the car is parked. For video in the car, my soon-to-be-wife uses the laptop with the audio plugged into the aux-in. That works just fine and movies inside the car with premium audio sounds awesome!
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Is it possible to code it so the video out can be played thru the USB cable?
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Also, how did this guy do it or is it only possible with android/F30? http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=816955
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