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My iPhone 4 is no longer recognized by my car.

My iPhone 4 is no longer recognized by my car stereo since upgrading to iOS 5. Is there a fix for this?

iPhone, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jan 9, 2012 7:47 PM

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Apr 16, 2014 4:38 PM in response to TideMaster

I had the very same problem. After I updated to ios 7.1 on my iPhone 5s, I was no longer able to play music on my Kenwood Excelon stereo in my car via Apple's USB/lightning cable. I HAVE A SOLUTION THAT WORKED FOR ME. When I first updated to ios 7.1, I did this on wifi. I talked to Apple customer service several times with no help, so I took it into my hands to try to figure this issue out. This is what I did to fix this issue: 1) Plug in your phone/device into your laptop and connect to iTunes 2) Back up your phone/device 3) Turn off Find My iPhone 4) Click on Restore iPhone 5) Continue and wait until the software is re-installed 6) At this point my laptop told me that there was something wrong with my phone, so I clicked to disconnect my iPhone and then Plugged it back into my laptop. Now the iPhone was recognized and asked me to restore to my backup from today 8) Restore the backup and wait. This took my iPhone about 45-60 minutes 9) Sync your music and apps back onto your iPhone and disconnect from laptop once completed 10) The final step is to go connect your iPhone to your car stereo and enjoy your music again!! I hope this works for everyone else. My guess is that there was a glitch when I downloaded ios 7.1 on wifi instead of using iTunes. Peace!!

My iPhone 4 is no longer recognized by my car.

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