[BigNate]

hey guys i have an 08 335i, when connecting my iphone4 via the Y cable in my glovebox I sometimes have connection issues. It will play my music fine and I can access all my music however if I get an email or some kind of notification the music disconnects and no longer plays. Is this normal? I usually have to disconnect and re-connect the cable, its becoming annoying, any suggestions are appreciated
thanks

[BigNate]

I should also mention it is non i-drive

[BigNate]

[alexwhittemore]

I've noticed a lot of peculiarities with the way the Y cable and iPhone interact. I think the bottom line is that BMW's implementation of the iPod Accessory Protocol doesn't play very nice with the much, much newer iPhone.

One thing I've noticed is that any time the music player subsystem control changes hands (for example, from the built-in music app to Rdio or Pandora), bad things happen and the car gets confused. My rule of thumb is to plug in the cable once my app of choice has already taken control of playing music.

As for email incoming and whatnot, I haven't experienced problems yet. That definitely wouldn't be related to a defective cable, though.

[BigNate]

thanks for the response i just seen this, i am actually using my ipod now to see if that would make a difference but it has not, still getting connectivity issues, randomly cutting out. my iphone is an iphone4 so its not newer by any means, and i dont use any apps to play music just the built in music app that takes my music from itunes.
Perhaps i should go about getting a new cable

[BigNate]

still have these issues, any suggestions? new cable?

[BigNate]

going to grab a new cable this week, hopefully this addresses the issue

[sami.awwad]

Originally Posted by BigNate

going to grab a new cable this week, hopefully this addresses the issue

I'm having issues with my y-cable in my 2008 328i sedan after trying my iphone 5 lightning adapter on it. First off, this didn't work properly because all it did was play the music as if it was aux so I could not control the music with the cars controls. And it also does not charge my iPhone 5 at all. Now when I plug in my regular iPod it no longer recognizes it under the iPod selection in my car. I'm going to BMW tomorrow morning to see if a new y-cable will help fix this issue

[BigNate]

Originally Posted by sami.awwad

I'm having issues with my y-cable in my 2008 328i sedan after trying my iphone 5 lightning adapter on it. First off, this didn't work properly because all it did was play the music as if it was aux so I could not control the music with the cars controls. And it also does not charge my iPhone 5 at all. Now when I plug in my regular iPod it no longer recognizes it under the iPod selection in my car. I'm going to BMW tomorrow morning to see if a new y-cable will help fix this issue

let me know how that goes! thanks!

[alexwhittemore]

Originally Posted by sami.awwad

I'm having issues with my y-cable in my 2008 328i sedan after trying my iphone 5 lightning adapter on it. First off, this didn't work properly because all it did was play the music as if it was aux so I could not control the music with the cars controls. And it also does not charge my iPhone 5 at all. Now when I plug in my regular iPod it no longer recognizes it under the iPod selection in my car. I'm going to BMW tomorrow morning to see if a new y-cable will help fix this issue

It is charging the phone even when it says it's not, albeit VERY slowly (and depending on what you're doing, the power drain may be higher). http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...0&postcount=12

[sami.awwad]

Originally Posted by alexwhittemore

It is charging the phone even when it says it's not, albeit VERY slowly (and depending on what you're doing, the power drain may be higher). http://www.e90post.com/forums/showpo...0&postcount=12

Okay so I went to the dealership this morning and they told me that the cable that works with the iPhone 4 even with the lightning adapter will not work properly. I spoke to a representative at the parts department and he told me that in June or July they will be coming out with a new cable to support the iPhone 5. I'm hoping this comes sooner because now when I try to plug in my regular iPod I've lost all controls on my center console. It's been reduced to only charge my iPod and play through auxiliary rather than the iPod setting. I was going to purchase another cable but they sell them for about $90 And I feel that's kind of a waste of money especially since the lightning adapter that I purchased was about $40 and it wrecked all the controls on that y-cable. It doesn't look too good for us right now. Hope this helps

[BigNate]

i just upgraded to iphone 5 as well so i guess i will wait for the new cable, hopefully this will solve all my current issues

[alexwhittemore]

Originally Posted by sami.awwad

Okay so I went to the dealership this morning and they told me that the cable that works with the iPhone 4 even with the lightning adapter will not work properly. I spoke to a representative at the parts department and he told me that in June or July they will be coming out with a new cable to support the iPhone 5. I'm hoping this comes sooner because now when I try to plug in my regular iPod I've lost all controls on my center console. It's been reduced to only charge my iPod and play through auxiliary rather than the iPod setting. I was going to purchase another cable but they sell them for about $90 And I feel that's kind of a waste of money especially since the lightning adapter that I purchased was about $40 and it wrecked all the controls on that y-cable. It doesn't look too good for us right now. Hope this helps

The adapter can't possibly 'wreck' the original cable, something else weird is going on. I'd chance another $20 on an amazon y cable if I were you.

[aramos28]

May sound random but Im having the same problem. My cable worked with my 4s. Plugged the adapter and iPhone 5 to it and now the adapter doesn't work on the 4S nor the 5. I was thinking it was my cable but just weird that someone else is having the same issue.