How To Make Messages Download Faster In Mazda Cx 5
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MZD All In One tweaks Installer
Installer for many different system tweaks for Mazda MZD Infotainment System
Mazda 2 (DJ), Mazda 3 (BM), Mazda 6 (GJ), Mazda CX-3 (DK), Mazda CX-5 (KE), Mazda MX-5 Roadster (ND) and Mazda CX-9 (TC)
WHICH FW VERSIONS ARE SUPPORTED?:
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ALL FW V55, V56, V58, AND V59 ARE SUPPORTED
- v59.00.502+ has taken away the ability to install tweaks. For more information Visit This Tread
Information on Android Auto Headunit
Information on CASDK
IMPORTANT: All changes happen at your own risk!
Please understand that you can damage or brick your infotainment system running these tweaks!
Anyone who is unsure should leave it alone, ask someone with experience to help or ask in the forum.
I am not responsible for damages that may incur from the use.
Only use with Firmware >= v55. DO NOT USE with V30/31/33 OR THE SYSTEM WILL BOOTLOOP AT MAZDA BOOT LOGO!!!!!
App Size ~ 280MB
AIO Rebuilt with Electron & AngularJS
Included Translator & Photo-Joiner (for background rotator tweak)
Special thanks to all the developers out there that made this possible!
And of course, Thanks to @Siutsch for AIO 1.x
Touchscreen
Allows the use of the touchscreen while driving.
Fix Cluster Compass: Some things will be disabled while driving but the touchscreen itself and the cluster compass will work
No More Disclaimer
Completely remove the disclaimer.
Reverse Camera Safety Warning
No warning across the bottom of the screen in reverse.
Semi-Transparent Parking Sensor Graphics.
Semitransparent parking sensor graphics for proximity sensors. When activating the rear camera, the car is displayed at the top right corner. The graphics now appear semitransparent by installing tweak.
Main Menu Loop.
Loop for the main menu.
You can jump from left to far right, and vice versa.
Improved List Loop.
Loop for all lists and submenu (music, contacts, etc.).
You can now jump from the top position of a list to the bottom and vice versa.
Shorter Delay Mod.
Reduces the waiting time for switching between pages with the multi commander from 1.5 to 0.3 seconds.
No More Beeps
Disable all ‘Beeps’ made by the system that are not silenced by the ‘Settings > Sound > Beep’ option. This also includes the beeps that cannot be silenced by the settings option.
Change Order of the Audio Source List.
Customize The order of the audio sources list.
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Pause On Mute.
When pressing mute (pressing the volume button) played media are also paused. Only works in the music player screen.
Remove Message Replies
Removes the text ‘Sent from my Mazda Quick Text System’ if answering messages.
1 Sec Diag Menu
Allows you to open the diagnostic menu by touching the clock at the top right of the display settings menu for one second.
Boot Animation
Customize the boot animation.
Date In Status Bar Mod.
Permanently visible date + icons above the clock, even if system messages are displayed. Choose between 3 date formats.
USB Audio Mod. By: Enlsen
(NOT Compatible with FW v59.00.502+)
** Patches The USB Audio App With These Mods:
- Long press (click hold) folders/all songs to play
- Adds new icon for USB root menu on the UMP control
- Removes “More like this” button from UMP control
- Adds folders button to UMP control
- Set folders and song list icons correctly (were switched) on UMP control
- Removes trailing “/” character from folder names for list control and title of now playing
- Adds folder and song icons to the list control
- Adds folder and playlist icons to now playing
- At the begining or each track shows Artist - Title in a status-bar notification.
Bigger Album Art
You get a bigger album art graphic.Extra Options:
- Full Width Titles: Song/Album/Artist will span across the entire screen.
- Hide Album Art: Hides all album art.
No Background Behind Buttons
Remove the background behind the buttons and other semi-transparent overlay backgrounds. Overlays that can be removed: Now Playing, List View, In Call, Text Message View, and Behind Buttons
Change Blank Album Art Frame
The empty album cover frame is removed, which is displayed when there is no entry in the Gracenote database for the artist. Then the image of your choice (or transparent image) is displayed, if there is no cover in the MP3 tag too. Supported image formats are: jpg, jpeg, and png (any size). Note: The image chosen will be resized to 146px x 146px BUT NOT CROPPED and converted to .png format
Swapfile
The Swapfile will provide your system with an additionasl 1 GB of RAM running from the USB drive for playing videos. The installation of the swap file must be done on a USB drive with music and/or movies, that remains in the car. The installation files are automatically deleted, the drive may no longer be removed during operation, because the system will use it also as memory. Only remove the USB drive if the MZD system is off.
Fuel Consumption Tweak.
Additional display of KM / L (or MPG).
Videoplayer
Speedometer
Speedometer App with many options and features.
Castscreen receiver.
After installation you can mirror the smartphone screen at the infotainment display (mirroring).
- You have to install the castscreen app on your Android Phone (castscreen-1.0.apk) The app can be found in the ‘config’ folder of your USB drive
- activate the debug mode on your smartphone
- connect the smartphone with USB cable to the infotainment system
- start the app settings: H264, 800x480 @ 160, 1 mbps, then input 127.0.0.1 and press input receiver, then tap Start on right-up corner.
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Android Auto Headunit App.
- Install the Android app from google play store
- Connect the phone to USB and pair the phone bluetooth with the CMU
- Android Auto will then start. If it does not try to open from the ‘Applications’ menu
- 3 ways to stop AA
- Press Home Button on the Mazda’s Commander
- Disconnect the USB cable
- Use the onscreen menu ‘Return to Mazda Connect’ on last screen with speedo icon.
AIO Tweaks App.
AIO Tweaks App is an experimental app by Trezdog44 made to test the capabilities, functionalities, and limitations of apps in the MZD Infotainment System.
This app has some useful and fun functions although it is not guaranteed that everything works. There may be non-functioning or experimental features.
CHANGELOG
NEW FEATURES
v2.8.x
- Android Auto Wifi Suport
- VideoPlayer v3.5
- Speedometer v5.7
- AIO Tweaks App v0.7
v2.7.x
- Android Auto Headunit 1.07 + AA Info & Updates
- VideoPlayer v3.1 w/ Options/Info Panel
- AIO Tweaks App v0.4
- Speedometer v4.8
v2.6.x
- Autorun scripts for testing and recovery
- ID7_Recovery Pack for recovering access to the CMU
- AIO Tweaks App
- Speedometer upgrades
- Extended compatibility to all v55, v56, v58 and v59 FW versions
- USB Audio Mod
- Full width titles
- Hide Album Art
- Hide Background Overlays
v2.5.x
- Video Player v2.9 w/ localStorage Saving
- Custom Boot Animations
- New ScreenCast App for Android 7.0
- Improved ScreenCasting Functionality
- Force Update SSH option
- Zip backup option (takes a long time)
- Choice of Android Auto Version to install (v0.99 or v1.02)
- Video Player v2.8 rollback version in downloads menu for those with Unicode character issues.
v2.4.x
- Video Player v2.8 w/ Multicontroller functionality
- New themes
- Smooth Azure
- Smooth Violet
- Update SSH Bringback
v2.3.x
- Video Player v2.7
- Android Auto v1.02
- Remove List Beep
- Skip Confirmation Option
- 6 New Themes
- Custom Theme Support
v2.2.x
- User Interface Style Tweaks (UI Style)
- Set Music Song Title Color
- Set Music Artist Color
- Set Other Text Colors
- Text Shadows
- Date2Statusbar v3.3
- Main Menu Tweaks
- Layouts
- 3d Main Menu label
- Small Coins
- Remove Ellipse
- Touchscreen Tweak Compass Fix
- Options For Background Rotator Tweak
- Set how many images to rotate through.
- Set amount of time for each image to show.
- Backup Options
v2.1.x:
- Statusbar Tweaks
- Set App Name Color
- Set Clock Color
- Set Navigation Notifications Color
- Remove Statusbar Image
- Set Statusbar Opacity (0 - 1: 0 - Transparent / 1 - Black)
- Off Screen Background
- Set a background image for “Turn Display Off and Show Clock” in the Settings Menu.
- Will also display on system shutdown.
New Features in 2.0:
- Completely Rebuilt Desktop App GUI.
- Ability to install and uninstall tweaks in the same installation (Be careful this is a Beta feature).
- Tweak files for ‘Color Scheme’ (105MB)
and ‘Speedcam Patch’ (207MB)are downloadable extras to keep the app size small. - Choose an image to replace your infotainment background, automatically resized to 480x800px to fit the screen.
- Replace blank album art with any image, automatically resized to 146x146px.
- Image-Joiner for joining multiple images for the ‘Background Rotator’ tweak. Each Image is resized to 480x800px.
- Also, a choice to upload an image that will not get resized for background rotator.
- Separated the ‘Improved List Loop’ and ‘Shorter Delay Mod’ into individual tweaks.
- Choice for ‘Enable Wifi’ and ‘CID to SD’ tweaks (enabled by default).
- Choice to use color scheme background or not.
- More information and backups are collected during tweak installation (For planned ‘Save Backups to PC’ and ‘System Analysis’ tweaks).
- Copy Files to USB Drive (works for a single plugged in drive or choose 1 out of a list of all available external drives)
- Save/Load tweak options.
- All 40+ tweaks from AIO 1.x with variations.
- Automatic Updates.
- Updated to most current version of Android Auto.
- More to come!
- Image formats supported: .png .jpg .jpeg .bmp .tiff
- Images are converted to .png format
- Built in Translator
What is ‘MZD-AIO-TI’?
My good friend Siutsch copied files from many different tweaks for his infotainment system and thought, it would be helpful if you could choose what tweaks you wanted to install or uninstall. He went on to develop a CMD based program to accomplish this and it worked well but lacked that modern app feel and faced other limitations. As a developer, I felt like I should upgrade AIO into a full fledged desktop app but with the same underlying tweaks that we all know from AIO v1.5.x. It was around that time I came across Electron and I went on to develop MZD-AIO-TI.
This Project has 2 particular aspects, user interface and the custom built installer script: tweaks.sh and associated files. @Siutsch and I continue to work together on that aspect to this project to optimize the tweaks.sh script for safety, efficiency, and in the future analysis.
How to install:
Download and open the setup file and it will install and start up.
- Select Desired Tweaks and Press the “Start Compilation” Button.
- Insert a blank FAT32 USB flash drive to copy files directly to the drive
- Or copy the contents of “copy to usb” (created on your desktop) to the root of a blank USB flash drive.
Before Car Installation:
- Start with the vehicle off
- Unplug any other USB drives from the car except this flash drive.
For installation of speedcam patch (see below), the NAVI SD card must remain in the car, because speedcam.txt file will be copied directly to SD card.- For installation of speedometer, the NAVI SD card must remain in the car too, without NAVI SD card a special patch will be installed, otherwise the compass is rotated 180 degrees.
- In general, the SD card can remain in the car during the tweak installations.
Installation Into MZD Infotainment System:
- Plugin USB drive, turn on car and wait for the “ MZD-AIO-TI ” window to appear (This may take 2 - 20 minutes so be patient).
- At that point you will be given the option to continue or abort the installation.
- Associated messages with pop up during installation (No further user interaction is needed).
- The system will be restarted automatically.
- Remove the USB drive after restart.
- Tweaks will be applied upon reboot.
Compatibility will be generally checked at the beginning of an installation, if your FW is not compatible the installation will abort at this point. This is for the safety of incompatible systems.
The following tweaks are checked individually during installation of tweaks.sh, because there are different (config)-files to consider:
- No More Disclaimer
- Order of Audio Source List
- List Loop
Date To Statusbar Mod
- Apps check for v58+ to apply app list patch
For More information visit the FAQ Page
TOOLS:
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Tweaks Master Bundle (v55)
by miket0429
- Reduce disclaimer time (actually no longer necessary, because it can be completely disabled by “No_More_Disclaimer” tweak)
- Enable the touchscreen while moving
- Turn on WIFI (not necessary with EU versions)
- Change the background image: replace background.png inside config folder with own 800x480 .png
- Remove the safety warning label from the reverse camera (10 different countries)
- Remove the blank album art frame
- now with additional picture of a radio, if there is no entry in the gracenote database or no album art is found in mp3 tag.
Speedometer_v4.4
by_Diginix
Based on mod by Trookam (which is based on mod by anderml1955 I think), first version of speedometer by serezhka, mph changes first done by windwalker
- For changelog look at speedometer_changelog.txt
- And look at speedometer_readme.txt
Video player v2
by Waisky2 with mods by vic_bam85
Use H264 video codec and MPEG-4 AAC audio codec
You have to place your videos in a folder “Movies”!
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- It uses page up/down button to navigate video list (previous version scroll bar too heavy and slow)
- It uses websocket to handle all functions request so the response is instant (no more using nc command)
- Functions remain Load Video List / Start Stop Playback / Next Track / Repeat 1 (looping the same video)
- Integrated as native app in menu (thanks to Diginix)
Changes by vic_bam85:
Multicontroller support by Trezdog44
- v2.0 Initial Version
- v2.1 Included more video types (previous release)
- v2.2 Enabled the fullscreen Option (not released)
- v2.3 Included the status bar and adjusts to play in a window (not full screen) (not released)
- v2.4 Included a shuffle option
- fixed the problem of pressing the next button rapidly
- The list updates automatically at start
- Option to stop the video when you go backwards (doesn’t work well), but it stops the video, so it doesn’t stays playing on the video in the background
- v2.5
- It can now logs the steps (have to enable it on the videoplayer-v2.js & videoplayer.sh files)
- closes the app if is not the current (first attempt)
- fixes the issue of pressing mutiple times the search video button
- fixes the application not showing the controls again when a video play fails
- fixes playing the same video when shuffle is active
- starts using a swap file on start of the app if not running (still have to create the swap with the AIO)
- v2.6 Change gst-launch for gplay, incorporate pause, resume, rw, ff
- Direct send of commands to sh (Better control)
- Close of WebSocket as it should be (saves memory)
- Change of port 55555 to 9998 in order to avoid problems with some cmu processes
- Bugfix for files with more than one consecutive white space
- Most of the times it stops the video when you put reverse with no problems
- v2.7 Include pause when touching the video in the center, rewind when touching the left side and Fast Forward when touching the right side. (15% of the screen each)
- Correct problem when stopping a paused video (the icon shows an incorrect image at the beginning of the next video)
- v2.8 Multicontroller support - Tilt up/down = Scroll video list
- Press command knob - Play/pause
- Tilt Right - Next
- Tilt left - Stop
- Rotate command knob CCW/CW - RW/FF
- Lowered RW/FF time from 30s => 10s for better control with command knob rotation
Date_to_statusbar_mod
by Diginix
v1.0, v2.1 and v2.2 by Diginix, base by ForeverYoung (icons and date smaller just above the clock)
v3.3 MODED for v59 by Trezdog44
Changes done by Diginix:
- numeric date
- increase icon size (Wifi, Bluetooth…)
- a little more distance from the right and the top border
- disabled red border of system messages
- smaller font size for all statusbar texts
Custom infotainment colors
(blue, green, orange, pink, purple, silver, yellow) by mrnerdbanger
- Info: a color matching background image will be replaced too and the speedometer graphics also, if you install speedometer.
Pause on mute
by jimmyfergus, USB script by ForeverYoung
Semi-transparent_parking_sensors_mod
by Diginix
(folders “HorizontalSensors” and “VerticalSensors” used)
Original patch by vic_bam85 not working on V 56.00.230A german version, because only folder “HorizontalSensors” used
Improved list loop
by yuikjh
With additional shorter delay mod by yuikjh (generates frequent beeps!)
Main menu loop
by ForeverYoung
No_more_disclaimer
by bob12x
Media order patch and FLAC Support
by diorcety
Change order of the audio source list
Order the list of audio sources
Speedcam patch
Castscreen receiver
Version 2016- 03- 08 (mirroring of Android Smartphone) by daguschi, USB script by trookam
- Install the CastScreen App on your Android phone (castscreen- 1.0.apk) and enable debug mode on your device
- you will find the app in config folder of your USB drive
- Connect your Android device with USB cable to infotainment system
- Launch CastScreen App, change setting to H264, 800x480@160, 1 Mbps, then input 127.0.0.1 and press input receiver, then tap Start on right- up corner
Changelog:
- Use ‘adb reverse’ instead of ‘adb forward’. (I also reverse ssh port to 2222 after device connect to infotainment system.)
- Fix unexpected close during mirroring
- Support mirroring via both USB and WiFi (You can input the WiFi IP address of your car instead of 127.0.0.1 in the following steps)
SSH_bringback
for 56.00.511A/512A/513B- EU by mzd3-k
Expanded compatibility to all FW v56-59
Open JCI test console
Diagnostic menu by 1 sec. clock pressing in display settings, no more pressing music + favorites + power/mute
Swapfile
by Waisky2
Disable/Enable the boot animation
Custom boot animations by HRangel to red button menu by Siutsch
Get CID of any SD card
by Modfreakz
New scheme ‘carOS’
by epadillac
Bigger album art tweak
by epadillac
No buttons background graphics tweak
by epadillac
Fuel Consumption Tweak
by edyvsr from mazdateammexico.com - add fuel efficiency unit KM/L
Background Rotator
by Trezdog44
- This was my first tweak I wrote with pure CSS animation
- Image Joiner is now included in 2.0
Text Color Tweaks
by Trezdog44
- Change the colors of all the UI text.
- Song Title
- List Items (disabled and enabled)
- Body text (Album, Artists, Messages etc.)
- Radio Station Title
Main Menu Layout
by Trezdog44
- Tweak you main menu Layout
- Star Points (A & B)
- Inverted
- Mini Coins
- 3D Label
USB Audio Mod
By Enslen
- Patches The USB Audio App With These Mods:
- Long press (click hold) folders/all songs to play
- Adds new icon for USB root menu on the UMP control</li> <li>Removes “More like this” button from UMP control
- Adds folders button to UMP control
- Set folders and song list icons correctly (were switched) on UMP control
- Removes trailing “/” character from folder names for list control and title of now playing
- Adds folder and song icons to the list control
- Adds folder and playlist icons to now playing
Android Auto Headunit App
Contributors: spadival, agartner, lmagder, mishaaq & Trezdog44
Changelog Since v1 & More Headunit Info
Latest AA W/ Beta Features (if there is one)
- Headunit Repository
- mazda3revolution thread.
- Install Android Auto app on your phone: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.projection.gearhead or here: http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-auto/android-auto-1-5-100945-2462389-release-release/android-auto-1-5-100945-2462389-release-android-apk-download/
- Pair the phone Bluetooth with the CMU
- Connect the phone to USB
- Android Auto will then start. If it does not, pull out the USB and start over again
- Press ‘Home’ button to return to MZD GUI
Click on Android Auto under Applications Menu on the CMU to reopen Android Auto
Version 0.93A Change log
- Working again with newer google play services
Version 0.92A/B Change log
- When using fav key to switch to radio, track keys allow you to change between presets
- When exiting AA, audio automatically switches back to radio
- Added oppo to the vendor list
Version 0.91b Change log
- Backup cam is no longer broken
- Media keys work and voice button works
- Press favorite key to toggle between AA audio and radio audio
- Press home key to quickly kill AA
- Some startup issues fixed
TODO:
- fix phone
- use track keys to switch radio stations when in radio mode
- fix audio level issues (try skipping a song, then pause and press play again)
Version 0.83 Change log
- Performance improvements via sequential operation and removal of mutex locks - provided by @agartner
- Changed Video sink to mfw_isink - supposed to be faster and also now opera status (volume) bar can be overlayed if required - need some javascript expertise to make it a floating bar.
- Hide the disclaimer/credits after 2- 3 seconds
- Now you can touch drag/swipe
- Added VID for Lenovo
Version 0.7 Change log
- USB Audio is enabled - to actually use this, you need a separate USB thumb drive in one of the slots, as this is the only way for you to be able to select USB audio in the CMU. Please do not try to use MTP option on your android phone, as it is not going to work
- Since there was a severe case of audio stuttering once for me, I have included an option to disable USB audio and switch back to AUX. You can do this by placing a file called hu_disable_audio_out in the SD CARD (which, of course, means you now need an SD card ). I haven’t actually tested this out as USB Audio worked fine at all times except that one instance.
- Nexus fix provided by @agartner
Version 0.6 Change log
- Voice control should not cause app to quit
- More VIDs added, including a possible fix for Nexus phones with VID 0x18D1
Version 0.5 Change log
- Voice control enabled
- More VIDs added, including a possible fix for Nexus phones with VID 0x18D1
- Graceful kill when reverse gear engaged - App will restart when reverse gear is disengaged. However, reverse camera is still dark (because same V4L device?) as app isn’t killed fast enough.
Version 0.4 Change log
- Performance improvement to the gstreamer pipeline - testing shows no issues with Nav now. However, need some feedback to check if it is the same for everyone.
- Removed auto switch to Bluetooth as it causes problems with the UI. Need to switch manually now.
- Added a bunch of other Vendor id to Android USB Device VID list
- Removed aaserver and switched to websocketd.
- New gstreamer plugin h264parse compiled and added.
- UI now has USB/Gstreamer debug message window
Version 0.3 Change log
- Night Mode - Simple logic for now - 6AM to 6PM is day . Night afterwards
- First attempt at making libssl/libusb calls thread safe (Voice control will crash otherwise ocassionally).
- Increased USB send timeouts for better screen refresh.
- Added LG’s Vendor id to Android USB Device VID list
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Version 0.2 Change log
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- Code sync with Mikereidis/Master
- aaserver - microhttpd server to launch and pass status back to UI - no more messy sh, watch and other hoops.
- UI integration using Herko ter Horst’s method.
Exit AA using on screen menu (last screen with speedo icon)
AUTO Connected Car News readers know there have been problems with Bluetooth connections and car owners since iOS 8. The good news is that there are some neat new features in iOS 11 such as “Do Not Disturb.” However, many drivers are becoming disturbed when their new iPhones or iOS 11 updates don’t work with their cars.
Bluetooth is supposed to be backward compatible and we may never know why so many Bluetooth problems exist between cars and iPhones. The iPhone 8 series uses Bluetooth 5, which is supposed to create more reliable and efficient connections. The good news is Bluetooth 5 offers longer range, faster speed, and larger broadcast message capacity, as well as improved interoperability and coexistence with other wireless technologies. However, most cars are still in Bluetooth 4 or earlier. If the Bluetooth problems from iPhone and cars is based on the glitches in the signature during upgrade, the new version of Bluetooth may or may not help with problems. Let’s look at the some good news for Bluetooth with iPhones and cars first such as new features and then we’ll do some trouble shooting. Show Parked Location Another new feature in iOS 11 which is somewhat Bluetooth related is “Do Not Disturb While Driving.” By default this setting is set to manual and must be activated before enabled. When the Do Not Disturb is enabled you don’t get messages while driving, text messages receive automatic notification that they’re busy and you can set it for call calls not to go through. How the iPhone knows you are driving is that it detects the Bluetooth connection. There is a way for messages to get through when “Don Not Disturb” is enabled by marking it “urgent” and it will go through. It may not be good idea to tell friends about the urgent feature, everyone has a different view of urgent. Sometimes they think urgent is to let you know that the pizza is needs pepperoni. The feature blocks incoming calls unless the caller is from your favorites list. You can also let the calls come through as long as it set to allow calls or you can set it only allow repeated calls. Another good news for iPhone 8 and iPhone X is the addition of wireless charging. Wireless Qi charging is available in many new model cars and some a few years old. AUTO Connected Car News has a whole list of cars that come with wireless charging the most popular brands include Toyota, Lexus, GM, Chevy, Honda and BMW. To turn on the feature Open Control Center, then tap There is also an “I’m Not Driving” setting to be used the iPhone while you sitting parked in the car. When Do Not Disturb While Driving is set to turn on automatically, it may become activated when you’re a passenger. Tap the Do Not Disturb notification on the Lock screen, then tap I’m Not Driving— or press the Home button, then tap I’m Not Driving. In iOS 11 and later, when you toggle the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth buttons in Control Center, your device will immediately disconnect from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth accessories but Apple features are still enabled. Open Control Center and tap . The icon will dim and your iPhone will disconnect from any accessory it’s connected to, except for Apple Watch, Instant Hotspot, Apple Pencil, and Continuity features, like Handoff. If Bluetooth is turned off, you won’t be able to connect your iOS device to your Bluetooth accessories until: This is a good feature for most people, unless you are driving a 4:00 am in the morning and you forgot to turn on Bluetooth. If you are having Bluetooth problems always check to see if you shut off Bluetooth accidentally. We were hoping that Bluetooth issues had stopped with iPhones and cars but it’s deja vu all over again. This time we are seeing problems with newer vehicles. Here are problems we are seeing reported. If you go to the Apple Forums and there is Bluetooth problem the support responses tell the car owner to connect to CarPlay via USB—HUGH? Drivers love Bluetooth because they don’t have to connect. So far we haven’t seen any problems with GM, Toyota, Scion, Mercedes-Benz, Buick, Chevy or Cadillac vehicles. We are wondering what our readers are experiencing. AUTO Connected Car News has been on the forefront of helping car owners with Bluetooth problems. We have hundreds of comments and fixes from our readers. Google search however lists Apple as the best source for solutions which isn’t working. Let’s review all the Bluetooth fixes for iOS. The Bluetooth signature may be lost during upgrading iOS. It may be easier to disconnect and remove all Bluetooth devices before you upgrade and start from scratch and save hours of trouble shooting. Also be sure to update via Wi-Fi or connected to iTunes then there are fewer changes of software uploading glitches. These fixes remove all the settings from the car and the iPhone to start from scratch. Some have gone as far as disconnected the car battery to clear all the settings in the car, too. 1. Reset All Settings – Go to iPhone Settings ▸ General ▸ Reset ▸ Reset all settings. 2. Unpair Phone and Car Infotainment System Rename Phone – Go to iPhone Settings ▸ General ▸ About ▸ Name. Change the name of the iPhone and pair with the car infotainment system again. 3. Reset/Restore Network Settings: Restore all network settings of iOS Go to Settings ▸ General ▸ Reset (at the bottom)▸ Reset Network settings. This method also deletes all Wi-Fi and other network settings! If you reset you must re-add all your network settings in iOS. 4. Delete and Start All Over: Delete all Bluetooth devices. See full instructions. 5. Pocket ot Purse Accidental Shut-off: Check to see if you shut off Bluetooth accidentally through an icon, or butt reset it by mistake.Good Bluetooth News
Bluetooth Remembers Where You Parked Your Car
Do Not Disturb or Distract Feature
Wireless Charging
How to Set Do Not Disturb/Bluetooth Settings
Hey iPhone I’m Not Driving
Easier Disconnect
Bad Bluetooth Issues with Cars: BMW, Honda, Kia, Ford, Acura, Hyundai, Nissan
Solutions for Bluetooth Problems in Cars with iOS 11, iPhone 6, 7, 8 X Plus & More
Upgraders Beware
The Nuke-it Fixes
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