11-30-2018, 10:36 PM | #1 |
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Full Screen Carplay
It looks like someone has figured out how to code full screen Carplay - see link below.
I already have Carplay but would love it to be full screen. Does anyone have any more info on how this might be activated? https://www.babybmw.net/forum/viewto...tTBh8Tbr_6Rb3M Edit: I had this activated on my car and friends of mine recorded a video. See below. Last edited by Dec540; 01-09-2019 at 04:16 PM.. |
12-03-2018, 09:32 AM | #3 |
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I heard that latest iDrive (P.....) brings fullscreen carplay out of the box.
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12-15-2018, 01:37 PM | #6 |
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I just talked with the BMW Genius on the phone. Apparently I was the second person he'd heard from this week regarding an update which would allow full screen CarPlay on iDrive 6. He said that the newer version of iDrive 7 on the X5, 8, Z4 and upcoming new 3 would have full screen, but there are no plans to make it available to previous iDrive versions. He'd read about the place in the U.K. that would hack your iDrive to allow it, hadn't heard of anyone that had done it (that he'd say) and obviously didn't recommend doing it as it "could void your warranty".
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12-20-2018, 06:17 PM | #7 |
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I can confirm that at least the latest 2018-11 istep has the option for carplay_fullscreen, but I haven't gotten it to work right. Carplay does go fullscreen, but the UI itself is still exactly the same size. Where there was a black box that said carplay is now just a grey box with nothing, so I know that changing the option did something. Will need to poke it at further.
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01-07-2019, 11:49 PM | #8 |
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any updates?
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01-08-2019, 05:25 AM | #9 |
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I had it activated in my car about 4 weeks ago. I've since done over 4,000kms (2,500 miles) and it's working flawlessly. I primarily use Waze and Spotify. Waze is so much more useful with full screen carplay.
The only real disadvantage is that you are unable to swap between split and full screen. To be honest I've never once felt the need, but I know some people like using the split screen to show something from iDrive. Friends of mine recorded a quick video on full screen CarPlay. I will post it up once it's live. For now here's a quick frame grab showing it in action. |
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01-08-2019, 01:24 PM | #11 |
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Yeah how can we get this done? Is it official from BMW?
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01-08-2019, 05:11 PM | #12 |
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The process is definitely not official from BMW (yet). It looks to be a config file change to the headunit itself. I know what the change is and where to apply it, but I'm not sure how to SSH/telnet into the headunit to make the changes, since I can't create the update bins that people are currently selling.
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01-08-2019, 06:40 PM | #13 |
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I purchased it off https://www.facebook.com/Bmwtechservices/
He sends through a file which you copy onto a blank USB. Insert the USB into the car for 40 seconds, remove, restart iDrive, wait a couple of minutes and you're done. I was advised the full screen CarPlay only works with certain firmware versions - the company you're purchasing off should get you to confirm prior, and also provide your VIN. After I installed CarPlay the first time, I took my car in for a service and they updated the software. It removed CarPlay and I had to reinstall it. I now request that no iDrive updates are installed when it goes in for a service. Realistically I think BMW would have a hard time voiding the warranty for something like this. Probably worst case is your iDrive screws up and you need to install the latest software to revert everything to defaults and you lose CarPlay. It's a risk you have to be comfortable taking I suppose. |
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If anyone has the fullscreen carplay done and are willing to participate in some research... could you send me your update.bin? I'd love to tear the .bin apart and see how it works. |
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Sounds like you have to use a process similar to jailbreaking a phone to get it to work, which is less than ideal because unless / until the folks that are hacking the settings find another exploit to use, you can't really apply any updates. Not to mention that you are running a system with an unpatched exploit. Not that there is a huge risk there ... Is there any mechanism by which enough owners can complain loud enough they might put this into a new version? With the CarPlay support extended to more map applications which really beg for full screen, would be really nice if they would do this. Seems pretty trivial. |
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I can't really see why BMW would feel obliged to invest time and money into updating this, when they can use it as a way to differentiate the latest generation of iDrive. |
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Let me know if you need help looking into this. I can probably dig up how to push the files up, but not sure where you found the source for carplay.ini to begin with
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Is it still necessary to buy the activation code? 300 bucks is much money, but for coding you need an FSC from BMW, heard about the possibility to generate them.
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