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By: Scoopz

Scoopz — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:02:19 +0000

@Everybody – I have just posted some more detailed instructions for Apple and Windows users on how to correctly add the 2000 contacts, screen shots, etc.

With 401 comments this post is now a little too long so I’m locking down the comments, please leave all comments on the new thread which you can find here:

Fix for iPhone and BMW iDrive address book not synchronising

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By: ATCO

ATCO — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:55:11 +0000

Scoopz,

It has worked with my car, I have a 2006(56) 330d msport touring with idrive. If the 2000 contacts have appeared on your contact list as well then I know I’ve managed to do it properly. Thanks to everyone who has come up with this fix, why couldn’t Apple and BMW be that switched on.

By: Scoopz

Scoopz — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:00:35 +0000

@ATCO – I’ve already typed up a detailed description on how to import 2000 contacts for both Windows and Apple users, it’s saved as a draft blog entry so far so not visible to the public, I’ve done all the step by step screen shots I just need to put them in the right place. Check back here tomorrow and it should be up, I’ll try and remember to drop you an email when it goes live. Don’t worry too much about it appearing in the same folder as your main contacts, that shouldn’t be a problem and in fact that’s how mine is currently.

@samps – sorry to hear it’s not worked for you, it doesn’t seem like it fixes it for non-iDrive users.

@JoaoFN – Previously you had no contact list BUT it showed the name of the incoming caller!!??? Very strange indeed. Try rebooting the idrive (hold down eject and both eject buttons, unpair your iphone from the iDrive and iPhone menu’s, connect your iPhone to iTunes and change your iPhone’s name (from Joao’s iPhone to Joao iPhone 2 for example) and then force reboot the iPhone (hold down power and home button for 10 seconds). Now go out to the car and try pairing again, when it’s starting to pair keep the iPhone awake by scrolling through the contacts on the iPhone. When the “please wait” disappears from the iDrive mine shows “no contacts available” for about 5 seconds before suddenly popping them all up.

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By: JoaoFN

JoaoFN — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:29:10 +0000

Hello everybody. I have a 3G Iphone and a BMW 520d Touring 11/2007. After buying the iPhone (my first) I also bought the snap-in cradle. Initially I had 608 contacts on the iPhone, and it worked very well in the car, except for no showing the contact list on the iDrive. However, when somebody from the Contac list called I could see the name on the iDrive. Following this thread I added 2000 zcontacts in the Outlook (1 at a time…), unpaired and repaired, and nothing! Even the caller id I had before was lost!! I will now delete the 2000 fake contacts and see if I can recover the contact list caller id. What else can I do? Thanks a lot!

By: ATCO

ATCO — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:25:22 +0000

Please help! I have tried the various methods for getting the 2000 contacts onto my iphone and have managed finally to get them on the phone. The problem is that the 2000 extra contacts have appeared on my contacts list and not in a separate folder. Could someone please explain, in a step by step manner how to do the whole process from the start for someone using Outlook. Helpful as all the posts are its really difficult to track what is the actual proven solution.

Cheers

By: samps

samps — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:37:29 +0000

I tried this (vants’ 2000 contacts) on my non-idrive 2007 E90 335i. Removed phone, repaired, and still nothing.

iPhone 3g, 2.1.