iPhone 4S not working with Subaru iPod connector.

I get the same thing in my 08 Subaru's head unit... the only way to get it to work is if I do a phone reset and it only works until you disconnect it...

you have to reset the phone each time you hook it up

I almost took the 4S back because I use it so much in my car

Oh, great to hear others are having the same issue. I'm seeing it connect & disconnect repeatedly. Has any thought of a way to fix this? Are there any forums on Subaru that can be posted to?

Temp fix is to reboot the phone before hooking it up... That will work until you disconnect it.

Must be something on the phone not disengaging or a process not shutting down.

I posted this in nasioc.com

I am also having this problem in my MazdaSpeed3 with an after market connector that worked with all previous iPhones. I went to the apple store and tried it in the only speaker dock they had; same issue. They replaced my phone. Replacement: same issue. The apple store dude insisted on replacing it again "just to be sure". The problem still persisted, so it appears there is an iPhone 4s / dock connector problem (when playing music) how does this get escalated to apple???

I have the same issue....attached/detattched flashing back and forth. The 3gs I had worked fine. Now the 4s doesn't??!!! Anyone please help!!!!!

Anyone????

I can't say when/if Apple will fix it, but it definately works if you restart the phone while connected to the head unit. This works per session... so if you turn the car off or disconnect the phone, you'll need to restart it again to reconnect...

Me too! I tried connecting it to the cable then restarting the phone and all I get is connected/disconnected flashing back and forth? At this point I'd love to only have to restart the phone! Driving me crazy not having my pandora and itunes available for the 2 hour drive to and from work everyday. The 4s so far blows add this issue to the fact that the battery drains like crazy and I'm ******!!!

Similar boat. I have an Alpine after market deck in my Mazda and my 4S was working fine last week. All of a sudden it'll charge but it won't connect for music/play music or it just keeps disconnecting. It works on some docks and on other the music only becomes audibal if I "bend" or force the iPhone a little bit backwards so that the pins make contact I'm assuming.

I'm extremely frustrated as I believe this is a hardware issue and I've been to the apple store 3 times today without them replacing my phone.

It doesn't make sense that it would work fine for a week and then suddenly (after no updates or anything). I also tried my old 3GS on the same docks and it continues to work fine.

I'm going back to the apple store again tomorrow, I'll let everyone know if anything get's solved.

This seems like a pretty big issue though, if this many people are already experiencing this problem.

Best of luck to everyone in resolving this issue.

I have a 2009 STI and I just installed the factory iPod kit. Tested it wil a 3GS, and iPod Touch 4G and they both work perfectly. iPhone 4S does not. "Attached-Detached-Attached-Detached" all day long. I tired resetting the phone, and that didn't make a difference. Need a solution please! Has anyone tried contacting Subaru? Probably doesn't make a difference, since Subaru doesn't make the kit. Maybe Kenwood? They make the HU.

Update: I just tried my bosses iPhone4 in my car. Works perfectly. I tried my iPhone 4S in his 2009 Acura TL. His car uses a usb port that you plug the standard ipod cable into. Works perfectly. So my next question is: Do they make a female ipod cable that can convert to female usb, so that I could try the standard ipod cable?

I'll try to post a video of it working in my STi with resetting the phone... although for whatever reason I needed to reboot it 3 times last night for it to work...

I've started to use the AUX input in the arm rest due to not wanting to reboot the thing... if they don't patch this in the next OS update I'm going to get a bluetooth kit

Will the bluetooth kit allow you to stream music to the factory HU? Will it display track and album info too? Will the steering wheel controls still work? Where would you get the kit from?

OK Guys... I figured out the procedure to get it to work... when you restart the phone make sure it's playing audio from the iPod app (maybe another app too, but I tested it with the iPod app)...

As soon as the apple logo appears, plug it in... and upon boot it'll resume playback.

I got this to work in my 08 STi

Here's a video I made

http://youtu.be/K-1wESA47bg