CarPlay Upgrade Success!

jaykojc · 08-25-2021, 09:59 AM

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this, but I recently had kubax86 (@kubax86) upgrade my 2016 M4's CarPlay from V4 to V6. Everything works as if it were OEM; it took about an hour. If you, as I was, are curious as to whether it "works" or not, I'll vouch that the guys at https://bimmer-remote.com/ knocked it out of the park.

kubax86 · 08-27-2021, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jaykojc

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this, but I recently had kubax86 (@kubax86) upgrade my 2016 M4's CarPlay from V4 to V6. Everything works as if it were OEM; it took about an hour. If you, as I was, are curious as to whether it "works" or not, I'll vouch that the guys at https://bimmer-remote.com/ knocked it out of the park.

Appreciate your feedback on this. Enjoy iDrive 6 and CarPlay Fullscreen

ihg90 · 08-27-2021, 06:45 PM

just wanted to double-check that this is not possible with a 2015 M4? Thanks!

kubax86 · 08-29-2021, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ihg90

just wanted to double-check that this is not possible with a 2015 M4? Thanks!

Unfortunately not. Headunit is too old.

ihg90 · 08-29-2021, 07:43 AM

Thanks! Entire car is too old

Jockey · 09-01-2021, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ihg90

Thanks! Entire car is too old

So there is this for us lowly 2015 owners:

https://retrofitmybimmer.com/

You do lose iDrive navigation though

ihg90 · 09-01-2021, 02:31 PM

Thanks for that - need to decide if it's worth it to replace the entire unit - I guess I need to figure out how much long I'm gonna keep the car....

Mintsopoulos · 09-01-2021, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jockey

So there is this for us lowly 2015 owners:

https://retrofitmybimmer.com/

You do lose iDrive navigation though

Couldnt you just get an MMI box instead of replacing the entire unit?

Jockey · 09-01-2021, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mintsopoulos

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Originally Posted by Jockey

So there is this for us lowly 2015 owners:

https://retrofitmybimmer.com/

You do lose iDrive navigation though

Couldnt you just get an MMI box instead of replacing the entire unit?

Not that I've heard unfortunately

Mintsopoulos · 09-02-2021, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Jockey

Not that I've heard unfortunately

Well damn. I was just getting into investigating this as id like to upgrade mine as well. Cant do anything to this car without dropping $1500 haha.

kubax86 · 09-02-2021, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Mintsopoulos

Well damn. I was just getting into investigating this as id like to upgrade mine as well. Cant do anything to this car without dropping $1500 haha.

You can get MMI to get CarPlay on current unit

Mintsopoulos · 09-02-2021, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by kubax86

You can get MMI to get CarPlay on current unit

That would be a hell of a lot cheaper than getting a new head unit!

Jockey · 09-02-2021, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kubax86

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Originally Posted by Mintsopoulos

Well damn. I was just getting into investigating this as id like to upgrade mine as well. Cant do anything to this car without dropping $1500 haha.

You can get MMI to get CarPlay on current unit

You can?!

Tell me more..

edit: Found it, yeah, not a fan. Seems to overall degrade the system.

ihg90 · 09-05-2021, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Jockey

edit: Found it, yeah, not a fan. Seems to overall degrade the system.

can you post a link with that info? Thanks!

goto35 · 09-05-2021, 02:08 PM

got the andream carplay mmi for $260 and couldnt be happier. really better than the oem setup (comes with youtube which is a game changer) and allows me to control carplay from the steering wheel (which you cant do with oem). blown away. took 2 hours to install. if i had a 2016 i would do the coading no brainer. but with 15 mmi ALL THE WAY

mike082802 · 09-05-2021, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by goto35

got the andream carplay mmi for $260 and couldnt be happier. really better than the oem setup (comes with youtube which is a game changer) and allows me to control carplay from the steering wheel (which you cant do with oem). blown away. took 2 hours to install. if i had a 2016 i would do the coading no brainer. but with 15 mmi ALL THE WAY

can you post a link to where you got the unit? also how bad was the install? is the screen a touch screen and is it included?

goto35 · 09-05-2021, 09:12 PM

Just do a quick google search.

Here is the video I used to install.

All the info you'll ever need

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1675929

goto35 · 09-05-2021, 09:15 PM

I would keep the oem screen. It's better than any Chinese screen

kubax86 · 09-23-2021, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by goto35

I would keep the oem screen. It's better than any Chinese screen

Definitely yes. OEM is OEM

Zomboss · 09-23-2021, 11:13 AM

For folks who have successfully upgraded to ID6, have you noticed any problems? I read in another thread about the OEM navigation crashing with route guidance. While I would love to have full screen CarPlay, I'd rather not have to deal with other issues.

Also, for the flash process, what do folks use to maintain power? I believe a battery tender/charger will not be able to provide the needed voltage for the flash.

jaykojc · 09-30-2021, 02:05 PM

I can only speak for myself, but my install turned out absolutely perfect. You'd never know it wasn't OEM. WRT navigation, I only used the factory NAV once because I generally use Waze via Carplay. But that worked fine the one time I used it.

I just connected a trickle charger to the battery and that worked fine for my install.

Zomboss · 09-30-2021, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jaykojc

I can only speak for myself, but my install turned out absolutely perfect. You'd never know it wasn't OEM. WRT navigation, I only used the factory NAV once because I generally use Waze via Carplay. But that worked fine the one time I used it.

I just connected a trickle charger to the battery and that worked fine for my install.

Thanks for the additional feedback. Glad to hear that you haven’t experienced any issues.

For the power supply, I did a bit of research and will most likely pick up a CTEK Multi US 25000 that can supply 12V/25A. Just want to be safe and avoid battery drain during the flash. I recently had Kubax86 do the GTS flash, but that was only 15-20 mins. The ID6/CarPlay flash looks like it will take up to an hour.

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goto35 Lieutenant 165 Rep 564 Posts Drives: 12 m3 cars in 14 years :) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: los angeles, ca iTrader: (0)	got the andream carplay mmi for $260 and couldnt be happier. really better than the oem setup (comes with youtube which is a game changer) and allows me to control carplay from the steering wheel (which you cant do with oem). blown away. took 2 hours to install. if i had a 2016 i would do the coading no brainer. but with 15 mmi ALL THE WAY Attached Images __________________ F83 M4 - SIX SPEED Build thread: 2015 F83 Mineral Grey 6-Speed Manual https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1856042
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goto35 Lieutenant 165 Rep 564 Posts Drives: 12 m3 cars in 14 years :) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: los angeles, ca iTrader: (0)	Just do a quick google search. Here is the video I used to install. All the info you'll ever need https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1675929 __________________ F83 M4 - SIX SPEED Build thread: 2015 F83 Mineral Grey 6-Speed Manual https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1856042
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jaykojc New Member 11 Rep 12 Posts Drives: BMW M4, Jeep Grand Cherokee Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Philadelphia, PA iTrader: (0)	I can only speak for myself, but my install turned out absolutely perfect. You'd never know it wasn't OEM. WRT navigation, I only used the factory NAV once because I generally use Waze via Carplay. But that worked fine the one time I used it. I just connected a trickle charger to the battery and that worked fine for my install.
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