Phone book via bluetooth

I have just had delivered a new audi A4 with the bloothtooth MMI thingy.

I'm having the same trouble with the addressbook. I can pair and use the phone but no phonebook. I have searched the net for answers and there seems to be conflicting reports here.

Some say it works and others say it doesnt.

For those that say it works, can you confirm what version you are on as I now wonder if the new version has something to do with this problem ?

Thanks

I also have a 2009 a4. Mine does not work correctly. I can only see recent calls. I have no access to phone book or missed calls. I've seen in other places that it may have been the iphone 2.1 software update the caused it to stop working. Anyone figured it out yet?

See my post above on how to reset the MMI Bluetooth. I had to do this when the MMI lost track of the Bluetooth signal from the iPhone and this reset worked for me. Also, the Phonebook transferred without problem.

I have a 2009 Audi A4 and I had similar issues. I unpair and paired the phone with the car but no phonebook.

Then I read about deleting your call history on your iPhone and pairing it after and that solved my issues. Phonebook now appears in the MMI interface.

Not true! I own an '08 Acura MDX and "09 Acura TL and I did bluetooth transfer of all my numbers on my iPhone. On the new TL I can even see missed calls, recent calls, everything.
My only complaint is that on the '09 TL there is a new bluetooth feature that allows you to play the iPhone music wirelessly. The iPhone doesn't allow it.

Iphone only can be used as a headset or handsfree and does not support what you are trying to do.

Clark that is wrong info. The iPhone mates with my Garmin and allows dialing, answering, and phone book access thru the garmin.

I'll second Icebike. My Garmin has access to the Phonebook through BT.

2009 A4, nice car =)

just got my 3g iphone today and conected to my 2006 m5 bmw and cant get my phone book,no probs at all with my 2g iphone anyone any ideas before i take the **** thing back

just got my 3g iphone today and conected to my 2006 m5 bmw and cant get my phone book,no probs at all with my 2g iphone anyone any ideas before i take the ** thing back

anyone any ideas before i take the ** thing back

Take the car back, its defective. 😉

Seems all (or most) the German cars tend to have bluetooth issues.

The Bluetooth works with lots of cars and lots of Personal Navigation Devices (Garmin/TomTom), but there are many reports of problems with BMW, Audi, and some
VW models.


Read about the fix for late model Audi's above.

Phone book works for my Garmin just fine.

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cant see it been the car, not when all my other phones including the earlier iphone have all worked fine,also just noticed the ipod dock in the car doesnt charge my 3g phone as do none of the 3 bose docking stations i bought only 8mnts ago, apple realy do know how to mess things up i though the saying was if it aint broke dont fixit, apples must be it works well brake it,i cant belive ive been foolish enough to upgrade all the family to these 3g phones 4 in total i must be mad the wifes going to kill me if she cant get her phonebook in her car and all the sims change to 3g over the weekend,HELP!

Nope, you can't blame this on Apple. BMW had two years notice that charge by firewire was going to be dropped. They put their head in the sand and ignored the problem.

Information I picked up:

It seems there are several Bluetooth services that the iPhone could use, but Apple has not enabled them. When I added my iPhone to the devices in the BT Control Panel, it said that the following Device Services were there: Handsfree Gateway, Phonebook, Headset Gateway, and IrMC Sync. But when I tried to configure the devices, it said that No services were available. I guess Apple could enable these in the future through a software update. The profiles supported are "Headset" and "Handsfree." The headset profile supports answer/hang up, redial, and swap call as well as the audio. Handsfree also supports dial, phone book transfer, signal level, battery level, carrier status, and a couple of similar things. This is used with car speakerphone kits and other such devices. The iPhone tells the car all that info and sends the phonebook into the car every time it connects.

You can't lay this one on Apple. Manufacturers of your other devices have known for quite awhile about firewire going away and they haven't updated their devices so you'll have to buy newer versions of their products.