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so how did you fix it? i am having the same problem.
finally relented and updated to 4.01 so that my ical would stay synced and now phone does not sync w/bluetooth in my car (bmw).
@whatsinitforme: I am have the exact same problem. Could you pls describe your solution?
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I'm now having trouble keeping my iPhone 4 (v4.2.8) paired with my 2008 BMW 328xi wagon. It was rock-solid for 3 months, and was even fine for the drive back from the airport after a 2-week vacation in the long-term parking lot.
Yesterday, however, the phone would not stay paired. I turned the car off, tried to delete my "old" phone (which is the same phone I'm trying to keep paired), didn't have any success until I left the car off overnight. When I started the car up again, the "old" phone was gone, and I could pair my "new" phone just fine, and all was well...until it cut out again this afternoon.
I've turned off bluetooth on the phone, turned it back on, turned off the car (see above)...sometimes the phone sees the BMW, sometimes it keeps searching. Please note that the pairing worked fine with this version of the iOS up until yesterday.
Ideas?
I too am having problems with my Verizon iPhone-4 and my 2008 BMW 535xi. I got my car in April 2011 (CPO). The phone worked fine with the car until about June. Since then I've had issues. The Bluetooth will drop the connection with the phone. Then the system will lock up. Meaning, I can't delete my iPhone from the settings or turn off blue tooth in settings. Select either and nothing happens. Sometimes the Bluetooth will drop and reconnect, repeatedly in the middle of a call. It is very annoying. Then, in a few days, it will fix it self and work fine for a while. Ugh!!!
Did you ever get this resolved? I'm having the same exact problem with my 2008 535xi and my Verizon iPhone-4.
I am having the same issue and this is the 2nd iPhone I've had but difference is the software for my iPhone4 was just updated. My car can not find the phone but the phone finds my car just fine. I need my Bluetooth to work ASAP. Help please anyone. Getting desperate here.
I had the same problem, but I rang Apple customer service. Apple's advice: reset network setting on iPhone 4S.
So I did what I was told, went back to 2009 BMW 3 series car, turned pairing...entered passkey (0000), then pulled knob down to go to "confirm passkey," on the screen, pressed knob just to be sure, then iphone prompted me for passkey...entered 0000, and bingo, they are paired!
THANK YOU!!!! I had tried everything else including turning Siri off, location services off, changing the default incoming call setting to headset etc etc. Until I read your post (Oliver2088), I did not realize that you had to enter the code in the car in order for the passcode screen to appear on the phone. I was about to give up and then saw this. Once I followed your directions, I had no problem pairing my 4S. And when my husband gets home, I am going to try the same thing with his 5. Once again, thanks!!
Re: I-Phone 4 Bluetooth pairing with BMW
Aug 21, 2010 11:58 PM (in response to whatsinitforme)
I had the same problem of pairing with BMW. After a few tries, I had figured out how to solve this pairing issue. I think it might be helpful for you.
The pairing problem is not because of my iphone4. It's actually BMW iDrive stupid design. very awkward with that big fat dial. Once you turn on both Iphone4 and BMW to bluetooth mode, the iDrive will first ask you to key in passcode. Although on iDrive it can take any length, but you better enter 4 digits(in my case I enter 0000). Here is the thing you need to do is to push iDrive round dial to confirm the passcode you just enter. Because of iDrive bad design it took me 1 hour to figure out I need to move the focus to "confirm the passcode" to confirm it. After that iphone would display a panel for you to enter the passcode you just entered on the iDrive to iphone(in my case 0000). Then the rest process will be done automatically by itself.
I-Phone 4 Bluetooth pairing with BMW
