After 7 days testing before the official iPhone 3.0 software update, I’m happy to report that iPhone 3.0 software works perfectly with BMW bluetooth and iDrive.

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Here’s a summary on the steps to add 2000 fake contacts to your iPhone in order to get the contacts to sync with your BMW bluetooth and iDrive.

Filed under: Apple, Fixes, iPhone, Motoring, Windows, 2.1, 2000, address book, BMW, contacts, fake, fix, iDrive, iPhone, iphone 2.1, outlook, synchronise, synchronize | 217 Comments

[Also check the other post covering this with several hundred comments - iPhone 2.0 update breaks BMW iDrive contact/address book syncing!] UPDATE – Sorry guys and girls, it looks like a was a little premature on this one. My contacts DID all show up on the iDrive screen and I scrolled through, jumped from A-N-W-etc and [...]

Filed under: Apple, iPhone, Motoring, Technology, BMW, Chrysler, iDrive, iPhone, iPhone 2.02, uConnect | 31 Comments

bad news for all iPhone owners (original and 3G version) if you drive a BMW that has an iDrive; in summary the iPhone 2.0 software stops your BMW iDrive from seeing your iPhone’s contacts list.

Filed under: Apple, iPhone, Motoring, Technology, BMW, contacts, fault, iDrive, iPhone, iPhone 2.0, iPhone 3G, sync | 405 Comments