CarPlay Black Screen with ios 16 update

Hi - since upgrading an iphone 12 max to ios 16 I have been getting a black screen when plugging in and selecting carplay. The carplay icon appears on the infotainment unit but when it is selected it goes black and there's nothing thru the system. I downgraded to ios15 again and it worked for a while but then randomly got the black screen again - upgraded to 16.0.2 and same.

I've deleted all the profiles in carplay, checked siri, checked usb connection is active but nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Posted on Oct 11, 2022 7:57 AM

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laweena

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Posted on Nov 17, 2022 2:34 AM

Since I updated my phone, I discovered that car play does NOT connect when I’m connected to a VPN server. this worked for me and I think it should work for more people:

1.) unplug my phone from the car

2.) disconnect VPN

3.) connect phone to car (i.e. USB/C-cable)

4.) VOILA

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Apr 17, 2023 11:43 AM in response to ecuadorianeyezz

The 16.4 update is when mine started doing that…

May 25, 2023 6:29 AM in response to LSommerfield

16.5 gave me black screens, had never ever had this issue before with older ios firmware versions

erakat1

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Jul 27, 2023 4:29 PM in response to genseric

Thank you genseric, this worked immediately! I'm on IOS 16.5.1 and everything is back to normal after having a blank screen when CarPlay was connected.

May 9, 2024 2:09 PM in response to genseric

Genseric, you are my star!!!!

Jul 9, 2023 5:43 AM in response to blueuk808

Me too. I was even about to make an appointment to take my vehicle to the dealership to get this stuff fixed since nothing would show up but a blank black screen whenever I selected CarPlay. And then I got the idea to completely power off my phone and completely restart it. And now CarPlay works great! All the other methods online did not work for me except this. So try it! Hope it works for you

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