ipod touch 3.0 software and car interface

Upgrading to 3.0 broke my Lexus OEM car adapter. The menus are borked, and when I select a track it plays a completely different track.

How do I roll back to an earlier version of the OS?

cepage wrote:
How do I roll back to an earlier version of the OS?

See this post, and my follow up clarifications:

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9668313#9668313

There are 'Apple Certified Products'. I have no idea if the auto products in question ever underwent Apple Certification.

I just looked in a 'big box store' at some of the playback devices claiming iPod capabilities. Only one item actually specified touch 2G compatibility. None mention 'Apple Certification'. Caveat emptor.

..ahhh I agree with others on this thread - my Touch worked perfectly on my 09 infiniti - playlists on the touch screen nav unit etc - and immediately after installing 3.0 it stopped working at all. Nada!

On the Touch (Music area) it shows that it is attached (Accessory screen) but it is not recognized by the car.

I doubt that Nissan failed to read the SDK. This is Apple's fault and Apple's problem. We need everyone to reply to this thread to get enough momentum to get apple to fix this problem.

PS - Apple won't take my Touch back to 2.2 - They actually suggested I use third party "tricks" to get it back to 2.2

i had the same problem with my 32gig ipod touch 2g, but if i kept it to like 500 songs it worked fine. i rolled back to 2.2.1 and it works fine again, but thats hardly a solution. I heard there was a 3.1 beta, is that iphone only? if not has anyone tried it to see if it fixes the problem?

The 3.1 release will very likely be for the Touch, too. Whether or not it fixes this (or other issues) is anybody's guess. I'm hoping that a 3.1 beta tester will comment on this and other performance issues seen with 3.0.

Here's a description of the problem as I witness it and what I sent to the iPod Touch feedback peeps...

iPod Touch 1G, OS 3.0 and BMW's iPod interface

My 1G Touch at software version 2.2.1 worked fine with BMW's iPod interface. After the upgrade to 3.0 it only mostly works. The interface presents six views of the iPod. "MP3 1" for example lists all playlists, "MP3 2" lists songs by artist. "MP3 3" should, and did with 2.2.1, list songs by music album. Following the upgrade to 3.0, loading the "MP3 3" view takes a very long time and eventually results in a list of albums (good) mixed in with podcasts and audiobooks (bad). Are you anticipating a fix in OS 3.1?

For what it's worth, I had some car interface issues that seem to have gotten resolved by restoring the Touch. (Restoring can be a pain, but worth it if it corrects the problem.)

I have a 1G iPod Touch, OS 3.0 and a 2005 MINI iPod interface (I believe this is the first version of the BMW iPod interface.) When I first got the Touch I had some issues with each release, then things really smoothed out with 2.2.1.

After upgrading to OS 3.0, I went a couple of weeks with no problems at all using the 1G Touch in the MINI. Then for the last couple of days, after connecting the Touch to the MINI car adapter, the Touch screen showed the battery charging and when I switched the stereo to iPod mode, the Touch screen displayed the 'play' arrow. The MINI stereo displayed the "Checking CD" message, but never played. (This is a normal message but it used to display for 3-5 secs, then start playing.) My husband has a 2G Touch with OS 3.0, it played fine in the MINI. We also have an old 3rd Gen iPod classic, it played fine in the MINI. My 1G Touch played fine using our other GM car and its interface. All 3 iPods played fine in our Bose SoundDock. All 3 iPods connected to our PC and iTunes as well.

The only combination that didn't play - was the 1G Touch in the MINI. I figured that there must have been a problem with its dock connector / and or the adapter cable. I planend to bring the 1G Touch to the Genius bar for evaluation. Having been to the Genius bar before, I knew they would ask me what troubleshooting steps I performed and if I attempted a restore. So, I restored and the problem went away. Now when I connect the 1G Touch to the MINI adapter, the "Checking CD" messages displays for approx 10 - 15 secs (which is a little longer than before), but then everything plays fine.

The only thing about the 1G Touch that changed between its working and non-working states were the adds and deletes of Apps that I perform almost daily. I can't imagine how any App that didn't exhibit any bugs could cause this problem, but it is really the only explanation I can come up with.

I doubt that these symptoms will be the same as anyone else might be experiencing, but the bottom line is that sometimes Restore is the way to go. Hope it helps.

Add me to the Nissan list with my '09 Murano LE AWD. Worked fine up until the 3.0 release. When I visited the Apple store in Lenox Mall in Buckhead over the weekend...They didn't believe me that there's an issue and no one wanted to spend any time with me on the issue.

As for a Bluetooth...why not release the full capability of Bluetooth as I also have a Bluetooth GPS Receiver. Only stereo is allowed at this time. Would be nice to use as my golf gps, but maybe I'm asking too much?

Oh wait...I'm not, because it was working in my car before this release.

Another for what it's worth: I have a Scion TC with built in ipod interface. My IPod Touch (32gb) worked fine until the day I upgraded to the 3.0 software. Since then I get an "Ipod Comm. Error" every time I connect it. The Ipod charges though. Out of curiosity, I had a friend connect an Iphone with 3.0 software. It was recognized and connected immediately. Then, as an added insult, my local YMCA has Matrix treadmills with an Ipod connector. The treadmill keeps trying to authenticate the Ipod touch. It connected immediately prior to the 3.0 upgrade.

Conclusion: there is a problem with the way the firmware upgrade is implemented on the Ipod Touch.
Solution: ??? ... is there any option besides downgrading?

Just as a W.A.G. you might try eliminating smart playlists on the Touch, particularly those that depend on the contents of other playlists. My Honda Fit was having fits with the 3.0 release (my 2G Touch was fine with 2.2.1). In my attempts to resolve the 3.0 problem I noticed that my Touch actually worked in my car when I had only about 100 songs and no playlists. Once I filled it up and added all my playlists it would no longer function correctly. I can't imagine this was a capacity issue, but more of a CPU or memory issue with the smart playlists.

That's my story, and it may be unique to Honda. I really need playlists on my Touch, so I have since gone back to 2.2.1 and have no problems.

We were able to get our 32G iPod Touch 3.0 firmware to work with the Infiniti '09 system. Once we deleted all playlists the unit is now working with the Infiniti system. It ***** to have to loose all the playlists, but at least we now have music again.

We tried rolling back the firmware to 2.2.1, but were unable to do so.

I have the EXACT same problem. This with a Nissan Murano 09. It worked perfectly before the 3.0 update, and still works great with the ipod I didn't update to 3.0. I'm very disappointed that apples update would break an interface that is considered a "genuine accessory." Has anyone gotten this fixed?

FWIW, I have the same problems as others, with my iPod Touch 2G, since upgrading to firmware 3.0. That is in my BMW E91 ipod car accessory. Prior to firmware 3.0 I had charging problems, but bought a Griffin adapter to overcome that.
But now, the car kit doesn't recognise the ipod, or says error or insert mag.

However, last night, I tried as suggested above, deleting all the playlists and I have had some success in getting the ipod recognised now, but it still fails when I select artists or albums (after some delay).

I'd really like a proper fix to this, I'm not keen on rolling back the firmware to 2.2, or living without playlists if that worked.

Add me to the Nissan Murano '09 list too. I was using the 2nd Gen Touch with the Scosche Passport adapter with no problems. Upgraded to 3.0 and it's no longer recognized. The Touch shows it's connected but the car says it's not there.

I have tried the reset to factory trick and that didn't work. I haven't tried deleting all my playlists and don't really want to. I shouldn't have to.