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      11-08-2018, 04:15 PM   #1
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iOS 12 / No more texts in iDrive

Has anyone else encountered this? In my iOS Settings > Bluetooth > BMW XXXX, Notifications are on. It was working in iOS 11 on my old device; since getting 12 they no longer show in my notifications.

BMW's software update site shows an update for my VIN, I have tried twice now on two different flash drives and iDrive reports that the software is not compatible.

Anyone else missing text notifications? It was pretty useful!
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Has anyone else encountered this? In my iOS Settings > Bluetooth > BMW XXXX, Notifications are on. It was working in iOS 11 on my old device; since getting 12 they no longer show in my notifications.

BMW's software update site shows an update for my VIN, I have tried twice now on two different flash drives and iDrive reports that the software is not compatible.

Anyone else missing text notifications? It was pretty useful!
That BMW site is a legacy site. It's not relevant for current versions of iDrive.
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      11-10-2018, 05:57 AM   #3
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Mine works with ISO 12 iPhoneXR. Best bet is to unpair your phone and pair again.
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Mine works with ISO 12 iPhoneXR. Best bet is to unpair your phone and pair again.
Not a bad idea, but it is a brand new phone (granted, I restored from a backup of my old phone, so maybe it's got some BT gremlins).
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Mine works with ISO 12 iPhoneXR. Best bet is to unpair your phone and pair again.
Not a bad idea, but it is a brand new phone (granted, I restored from a backup of my old phone, so maybe it's got some BT gremlins).
Let me know how it goes.
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      11-11-2018, 02:19 PM   #6
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I have the same problem in my G11, if I'm using CarPlay then notifications pop up no problem but if I'm using bmw nav or listening to the radio I got not notifications. This was working with IOS 11 and I've tried 2 different phones to confirm it's not my phone

I took my car to bmw and they updated the software and confirmed that iPhones with ios12 didn't pop up notifications but prior to that they do. ( they used multiple phones from people at the dealership )

So I assume it's a feature of IOS 12
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      11-19-2018, 12:27 PM   #7
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Finally deleted/paired my phone again. Will see how it goes.
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Update; still no notifications.
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      11-28-2018, 03:42 PM   #9
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Doesn't bother me. I never turned it on. I don't want confidential messages showing up on my display.
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      11-29-2018, 02:03 PM   #10
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Mine works with ISO 12 iPhoneXR. Best bet is to unpair your phone and pair again.
I can't work out how to get a tone alert when I get a notification with Car Play active.
They seem to pop up OK, but do so silently, so if I'm not looking at the iDrive screen, I often miss it.
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Hi Guys
Slightly different issue, I used to be able to ask via the voice control to text a person in my phone book, but now it keeps saying the Bluetooth device does not support this function ?? any ideas what I may have done to stop this functionality .. or is this an upgrade issue like the one they're having with Spotify ?

Any help would be appreciated
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Mine works with ISO 12 iPhoneXR. Best bet is to unpair your phone and pair again.
Curious, what year is your 5er? Wondering if there is an iStep / PIL software update.
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I concur. Since 'upgrading' to iOS 12 on my iPhone se , no notifications are displayed for incoming text messages.
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I just did an update on the IOS (12.1.3) and text messages are showing up in notifications. Read-out-loud works too. Does anyone know how to respond via speech through iDrive or do I always have to be activate Siri?
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I just did an update on the IOS (12.1.3) and text messages are showing up in notifications. Read-out-loud works too. Does anyone know how to respond via speech through iDrive or do I always have to be activate Siri?
You can't use both systems at the same time. You have to go into the mobile settings and change it from CarPlay to iDrive or vice versa. Note that it does not require you to re-pair your phone.
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Ok, thanks. I'll mess with it when I get home. BTW, I don't have CarPlay.
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Will need to try but just found that under Bluetooth settings, notifications was set to off. Hopefully this fixes the lack of notifications for incoming sms messages
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That's what i had to do... turn notifications on under Bluetooth for the text messages to show up in iDrive.
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