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[RESOLVED]IOS 13.2 or a CarPlay issue?

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Ever since updating to 13.2 both my wife's 11 Pro and my Pro Max have been having major problems connecting to CarPlay in our 2018 Nissan Murano. I have no idea if this is a 13.2 bug or we need to get some sort of CarPlay update from Nissan? When you plug in the phone it just constantly fails to start CarPlay on the device and tells you to check Apple's site for compatibility. Then randomly it will manage to finally connect up after anywhere from 5-15+ attempts. We've tried multiple cables to rule that out and still no go so it seems to be a software issue but I'm not sure on which end?
 

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Both my wife and I have the 11 Pro Max on 13.2 and neither are having issues. She has a 2019 CRV EXL with factory CarPlay and I’ve have a 2013 CRV EXL with Alpine aftermarket CarPlay unit.
 

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Hmmm, maybe we need to try a third cable just in case then. Hoping someone else with a recent model Nissan or Infiniti can chime in though.
 

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Whatever the cause they definitely changed something. I noticed this morning finally that a long standing bug I've had in my Jeep from the betas where it took multiple attempts to skip a music track is now gone on 13.2. Now that CarPlay issue is here though. My Jeep does not have CarPlay just a basic "iPod input" that lets you select playlists and stuff. So I'm definitely not leaning towards this being a cable issue
 

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My bet it's a Nissan thing ... Car play on iOS 13 is working better than ever in my KIA. Where I did have a couple of glitches on the previous release.
 

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Thanks. I'm gonna have to try a 3rd cable then. It's doing it on both phones and it's random. Sometimes it will connect instantly. Other times it tries and fails repeatedly for like 10+ minutes before I give up or it finally connects. Makes no sense.
 

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Well, I am sure you must have tried re-pairing it or restarting iPhone and your car system.
Here are a few things that I came to know about:
• Check the restriction settings on your iPhone. It is possible that you are having this issue due to the iPhone’s restriction setting that blocks any future-based or existing methods disable the USB data connection after some time.

• Go to settings and look for Touch ID & Passcode of Face ID & Passcode. Look for the section Allow Access When Locked. Select USB Accessories. If you find the option turned off, that means the Restricted mode is enabled. Toggle on the USB accessories to disable the restricted mode completely.

• Check your cable compatibility as well. It could be one of the issues for the CarPlay issues.

• Your last resort is to downgrade to iOS 12/iOS 13.1 if none of the methods above seem to work out for you. If your CarPlay refuses to work with the new update, it could be indicative of system issues. It is better if you go back to the previous iOS version. And it is important that you get the IPSW file for it.

Here’s how:
Go to https://ipsw.me/ and select “iPhone” from the tabs, select the iPhone model. Choose the iOS 12/13.1 version for downgrading and hit the “Download” option.
 

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I have a similar issue. IN many of the mapping programs ... Waze, Google Maps, etc, program controls show up on CARPLAY but no map display. Sometimes you get a map display but it is ZOOMED IN and everything is huge. If I reboot the phone and/or restart the radio, sometimes it will work. I updated to 13.3 beta (latest) thinking it would resolve the issue, but it did not.
 

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My wife took it in for service and there is apparently a recall of some sort for something with the radio stuff. They didn't have the stuff to fix it (don't remember if it's parts or just software) but the tech implied that might fix the problem. Guess we'll see. I'm still thinking some sort of iOS bug with Nissan and the new 11's or something though because I ran the 13.0 and 13.1 betas on my iPhone X with no issues. Of course we also ran our phones with no issues for 3 weeks in Ireland at the end of September and beginning of October in some VW offshoot brand over there called Skoda and it didn't have any carplay issues at all so maybe it really is a Nissan specific issue.
 

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Re: IOS 13.2 or a CarPlay issue?

My wife took it in for service and there is apparently a recall of some sort for something with the radio stuff. They didn't have the stuff to fix it (don't remember if it's parts or just software) but the tech implied that might fix the problem. Guess we'll see. I'm still thinking some sort of iOS bug with Nissan and the new 11's or something though because I ran the 13.0 and 13.1 betas on my iPhone X with no issues. Of course we also ran our phones with no issues for 3 weeks in Ireland at the end of September and beginning of October in some VW offshoot brand over there called Skoda and it didn't have any carplay issues at all so maybe it really is a Nissan specific issue.



Did you git this fixed? I just purchased an iPhone 11 and have a 2018 Murano and am having troubles as well.
 

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FYI I had to do a factory reset on my phone for another reason and my car play now works. Might be worth a try.

Hello and welcome to iMore! I'm sure that you will find the help you're looking for. When you get a chance, please take a minute to introduce yourself here!
 

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I'm curious to know if you got this fixed. I've been having problems again and Nissan even replaced my radio with no luck. Now they are basically saying "sorry can't fix it"
 

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Nope still happening, and the recall fix thing ended up just being for the backup camera. My wife found something online about turning off bluetooth for a minute while connecting to carplay and then re-enabling it seemed to fix it for some people (you have to do it each time though apparently). I haven't gotten around to trying that one yet.
 

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Nope still happening, and the recall fix thing ended up just being for the backup camera. My wife found something online about turning off bluetooth for a minute while connecting to carplay and then re-enabling it seemed to fix it for some people (you have to do it each time though apparently). I haven't gotten around to trying that one yet.

Just an update, tried the bluetooth toggle thing. Thought it worked once but was just coincidence. I guess here's to hoping 13.4 or 14.x fixes it or I might be getting a 2020 iPhone. Wasn't really planning to unless it was super awesome and this time we did the 24 month zero interest payments with Apple instead of the Upgrade Program so it would be a bit more complicated to upgrade. This is definitely something with iPhone 11 series though as my X on 13.x betas (.0 and .1) never had ANY issues. We upgraded to 11's a week before a 3 week overseas trip though and I guess didn't have time to notice the issue until October+ when we got back.
 

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Potentially some good news finally. Seems like it might be fixed in 13.4.1. I did a couple errands yesterday and Carplay connected up instantly the couple times I started the vehicle.
 

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Potentially some good news finally. Seems like it might be fixed in 13.4.1. I did a couple errands yesterday and Carplay connected up instantly the couple times I started the vehicle.

Thank you for the update and we’re glad the issue appears to be resolved for you.
 

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