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Wireless CarPlay Dongle
- Thread starter Neurobit
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Neurobit
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^^^ This ^^^
Mine took about 9 days to arrive from China back in April. As usual, the post office is showing its 21-century logistics prowess by screwing up the most basic of services.
I ordered on 4/29/20 and received it 7/6/20. I should’ve paid for expedited shipping, but I didn’t realize it would be THAT deprioritized. Others ordering at nearly the same time received theirs (expedited) within a week or two.
gzgg99
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It's funny how these things work. I ordered a watch once, came from Japan and was here in 2 days. I think sometimes batches go right through customs and other times batches get held up and inspected. It's random and I'm guessing from the sound of it yours and mine are in a batch that randomly got selected.
securityguy
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I'm telling you...it is NOT in customs!
Yeah—if the tracking info was to be believed, mine spent about 1 month in customs (while @Neurobit's "expedited" order blew right through just before I placed my order).
Neurobit
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And I did not pay for expedited anything. LOL.
Chopperbobby
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I got it today and installed tonight at gas station. Took 3 min and working great so far. 15 min. Went into mini mart cam out started up connection is quick. Not even a min. It was up when radio came up.
Tried update. Could not figure out
I had CarPlay on radio
Went to phone put in IP address searched it came up saying it is an iPhone address but nothing to connect to.
Did not have time to play with it. Will look at it tomorrow.
Might not update unless I have problems
so far so good. Thanks all for helping on this thread.
Tried update. Could not figure out
I had CarPlay on radio
Went to phone put in IP address searched it came up saying it is an iPhone address but nothing to connect to.
Did not have time to play with it. Will look at it tomorrow.
Might not update unless I have problems
so far so good. Thanks all for helping on this thread.
Neurobit
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You must search for the update while connected to the CarPlay dongle. Once connected, input 192.168.50.2 on the address field in Safari, and you’ll see if there are any updates to install.
securityguy
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When your phone is connected to the CarPlay device, and the screen shows CarPlay, go into Safari and just type in 192.168.50.2 and it will automatically come up, check for an update and ask to install if one is available.
securityguy
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Looks like we were typing at exactly the same time
Neurobit
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I know...Looks like we were typing at exactly the same time
Neurobit
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And the exact same answer...I know...
Chopperbobby
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Thanks guys. As long as it works like it did tonight it is great. I added my own wireless charger. So no more plug in any thing. Can you re hook the phone to Uconnect or leave that off? I guess it would be useless to do it
securityguy
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Once you are connected to CarPlay, the Uconnect BT connection is dead. You should not have your Uconnect programmed with your phone in it and you should delete the Uconnect BT connection from your phone. All you want is a connection to the CarPlay dongle.
Neurobit
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^^^ This ^^^
Chopperbobby
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you guys are great. I will try the update tomorrow
Neurobit
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No prob man. Holler if you run into any snags.
