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      11-20-2019, 12:15 PM   #32
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mid-year+ 2016's, while able to get CarPlay activated, were not authorized by BMW for CP, correct? I have one and got it done by a 3rd party. I too had re-boot issues, notably within the first month or so of the update. I'd say I had between 14-18 re-boots, almost all within the first month. When it re-booted, it often would re-boot again almost immediately, sometimes 3x in a row. Luckily, that has stopped in my car, think I've had 1 x in the past 2-3 months now. And I use CP daily.

My new issues, think after iOS13 install...is that sometimes it doesn't activate CP on my phone. I've noticed that if my kid or wife's phone is activated first, it doesn't work. And going into menu on my phone and trying to start CP doesn't work either...unless I turn off BT and WiFi just prior to attempting this.

I'd say 80% of the time, it finds my phone and CP just fine...but this is a minor new annoyance with it.

Again, I think this stems from a 3rd party install on a car that was really not designed out of the gate for CP use by BMW. So I'm not surprised some of the 2016's have issues. If I had the constant issue that Moopai has had, I would simply delete the install and move on with life.

But I do use CP, primarily for WAZE (full screen) and I love it.
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