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CarPlay CarPlay adapter to convert to wireless CarPlay?

BUXjr said:
Well, again, I'll be a blue-nosed gopher. This actually worked! I have a resurrected CPlay2Air unit now!

I did exactly as Denali outlined. After plugging into the lightning cable, I clicked "Update", it slowly worked its way from 0% to 100%, then gave me a spinning ring with the message "Upgrading, please be patient, this could take a while". It then reported, "Upgrade Complete". So I unplugged everything, took it back out to the truck and BAM, it came back to life! Head-unit saw it, and I was able to join it with my phone. All good!

Now here is the weird thing: After joining the adapter's WiFi manually in the truck, I navigated to 192.168.50.2 and it reported the firmware as 7.17 (which is what was on the adapter when I bricked it)! So I disconnected, and reconnected via Bluetooth (which then handed off to WiFi) and re-navigated to 192.168.50.2 and it is now offering to "Discover a new version..." to 2020.08.04.xxxx. I was too scaredy-cat to try another OTA update, so I shut down and have brought everything in the house to do a manual USB update to 2020.08.04 and see if that works.

So, to sum up, I am not totally sure exactly HOW this works, but it certainly does. I had a totally unresponsive, completely dead / bricked, CPlay2Air adapter, that would show absolutely ZERO lights, in the truck or when plugged into a power adapter, that now is working again. And while I'll be the first to admit that I was very skeptical about this technique, given my years of experience with networking and routing, I am extremely happy to report that it works! Or at least it did for my bricked unit. YMMV.

@2018 Denali, I don't know what kinda cereal you eat for breakfast, but it must be the "breakfast of champions", because once again, you my friend, "are da freakin' man"!
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As you probably saw, I did an OTA update this morning and it went smooth as it should and as it did when all my units were new and freshly installed. I actually think there are more variables doing a manual update.
 
LarryJoe33 said:
As you probably saw, I did an OTA update this morning and it went smooth as it should and as it did when all my units were new and freshly installed. I actually think there are more variables doing a manual update.
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Hey Larry, I understand. I have only had the one bricking-event during an OTA update, so I am a little gun-shy. But while we are on the topic, can I ask you exactly what your process is to perform OTA updates? Do you allow your phone to connect, as usual, as if you were going to simply USE the adapter? I've seen conflicting reports, that you don't want to be fully connected (Bluetooth hand-off to Wi-Fi), and that you want to manually connect to the adapter, by turning off Bluetooth and manually connecting to the adapter's Wi-Fi. Which also helps to NOT be within range of your home's Wi-Fi, because as soon as your phone sees that it cant reach the internet via the adapter's Wi-Fi, it will switch back to your home Wi-Fi, to satisfy that need.

Would you mind doing an outline of the exact steps you take to safely perform OTA updates? Thanks, in advance.
 
Another oddity...I cannot for the life of me get 2020.08.04 to USB manually flash. It's really weird. I was able to get my (recently resurrected) CPlay2Air adapter to USB update to 2020.07.29 without issue, but when that 2020.08.04 firmware is on the USB thumb drive, it won't update. I'm wondering if there is some different about 8.4 that prevents manual updating. Can anybody confirm or deny this? Has anyone manually updated (via USB) their adapters to 2020.08.04?

Maybe I have a bad copy of 8.4. Perhaps I'll download it and try again...
 
BUXjr said:
Hey Larry, I understand. I have only had the one bricking-event during an OTA update, so I am a little gun-shy. But while we are on the topic, can I ask you exactly what your process is to perform OTA updates? Do you allow your phone to connect, as usual, as if you were going to simply USE the adapter? I've seen conflicting reports, that you don't want to be fully connected (Bluetooth hand-off to Wi-Fi), and that you want to manually connect to the adapter, by turning off Bluetooth and manually connecting to the adapter's Wi-Fi. Which also helps to NOT be within range of your home's Wi-Fi, because as soon as your phone sees that it cant reach the internet via the adapter's Wi-Fi, it will switch back to your home Wi-Fi, to satisfy that need.

Would you mind doing an outline of the exact steps you take to safely perform OTA updates? Thanks, in advance.
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No problem, it is pretty simple:

- Start Car
- Let Device Connect and Fully Boot to Apple CarPlay Screen (my last song started playing)
- On iPhone 11 Pro Max - go to the 192.xxx.... upgrade site
- Tells me upgrade available
- Click Upgrade
- Downloads the file in about 10 seconds
- Device Disconnects
- Install Begins and take about 60 seconds
- Device Reboots and Connects
- Apple Carplay launched, music starts playing

I did this in my work parking lot. My device may or may not have been connected to my work wifi. It probably wasn't as I was parked too far away.
 
LarryJoe33 said:
No problem, it is pretty simple:

- Start Car
- Let Device Connect and Fully Boot to Apple CarPlay Screen (my last song started playing)
- On iPhone 11 Pro Max - go to the 192.xxx.... upgrade site
- Tells me upgrade available
- Click Upgrade
- Downloads the file in about 10 seconds
- Device Disconnects
- Install Begins and take about 60 seconds
- Device Reboots and Connects
- Apple Carplay launched, music starts playing

I did this in my work parking lot. My device may or may not have been connected to my work wifi. It probably wasn't as I was parked too far away.
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OK, makes sense. I'll pull away from the house and try this. Thanks for the step-by-step, Larry!
 
BUXjr said:
Another oddity...I cannot for the life of me get 2020.08.04 to USB manually flash. It's really weird. I was able to get my (recently resurrected) CPlay2Air adapter to USB update to 2020.07.29 without issue, but when that 2020.08.04 firmware is on the USB thumb drive, it won't update. I'm wondering if there is some different about 8.4 that prevents manual updating. Can anybody confirm or deny this? Has anyone manually updated (via USB) their adapters to 2020.08.04?

Maybe I have a bad copy of 8.4. Perhaps I'll download it and try again...
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Throw it in your car and do OTA! The fact that you are having issues manually tells me you should stop there. OTA works fine.
 
LarryJoe33 said:
Throw it in your car and do OTA! The fact that you are having issues manually tells me you should stop there. OTA works fine.
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Ha! I hear ya, Larry. I'm not "having issues"; just with my copy of 8.4 seems suspect. But yes, rest assured, I will be trying the OTA update, at lunch today! Thanks, mate.
 
BUXjr said:
Ha! I hear ya, Larry. I'm not "having issues"; just with my copy of 8.4 seems suspect. But yes, rest assured, I will be trying the OTA update, at lunch today! Thanks, mate.
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God I hope it goes smoothly or I will be sending you $130 bucks for leading you down the dark road;-)
 
Hi all!, I recently purchased a Carlinkit’s USB-C unit and so far it’s working fine. I tried to update to the 08-04 version via OTA but the safari web page offered me a 01-07 update that I assume it is the U2W patch in Carlinkit’s website that solves an issue that prevents the unit to be upgraded via OTA.
When I try to install it the system reboots but the progress bar showing the update process gets stuck at 90%. The unit still works fine but I’m unable to update it via OTA, and I have no way to know the current software version of the dongle.
I’ll try to update it with the USB stick method but my doubt is if I first must try the 01-07 patch or if I can directly install the 04-08 version. Thanks.
 
BUXjr said:
Well, again, I'll be a blue-nosed gopher. This actually worked! I have a resurrected CPlay2Air unit now!

I did exactly as Denali outlined. After plugging into the lightning cable, I clicked "Update", it slowly worked its way from 0% to 100%, then gave me a spinning ring with the message "Upgrading, please be patient, this could take a while". It then reported, "Upgrade Complete". So I unplugged everything, took it back out to the truck and BAM, it came back to life! Head-unit saw it, and I was able to join it with my phone. All good!

Now here is the weird thing: After joining the adapter's WiFi manually in the truck, I navigated to 192.168.50.2 and it reported the firmware as 7.17 (which is what was on the adapter when I bricked it)! So I disconnected, and reconnected via Bluetooth (which then handed off to WiFi) and re-navigated to 192.168.50.2 and it is now offering to "Discover a new version..." to 2020.08.04.xxxx. I was too scaredy-cat to try another OTA update, so I shut down and have brought everything in the house to do a manual USB update to 2020.08.04 and see if that works.

So, to sum up, I am not totally sure exactly HOW this works, but it certainly does. I had a totally unresponsive, completely dead / bricked, CPlay2Air adapter, that would show absolutely ZERO lights, in the truck or when plugged into a power adapter, that now is working again. And while I'll be the first to admit that I was very skeptical about this technique, given my years of experience with networking and routing, I am extremely happy to report that it works! Or at least it did for my bricked unit. YMMV.

@2018 Denali, I don't know what kinda cereal you eat for breakfast, but it must be the "breakfast of champions", because once again, you my friend, "are da freakin' man"!
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I’m glad it worked for you! 👍
 
Hello friends,

I just received my Carlinkit Plus (usb C) and ave a music issue that cuts out after 30 seconds and the device restarts ... even with the last update 04/08.

my car is a Mercedes class A W176 from 201.

someone has the same problem and who can help me?

thank you so much
 
zeyon said:
Hello friends,

I just received my Carlinkit Plus (usb C) and ave a music issue that cuts out after 30 seconds and the device restarts ... even with the last update 04/08.

my car is a Mercedes class A W176 from 201.

someone has the same problem and who can help me?

thank you so much
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Hi,
i own a Mercedes W176 from 2015 and I have the same problem. I try to fix it since a few weeks. Tried everything, no chance. There are a few users who report this problem. Seems, that carlinkit/carplay2air seems to have a Mercedes-problem...
 
Has anyone who has any of the different dongles that have never worked, actually did an update, either OTA in a working car for example, or USB, and then worked in your car?

I’ve tried and tried, waited and waited, emailed, WhatsApp etc, and just been told wait for updates, which I have since Sep ‘19 with no result.

Just wondered if anyone ever had an update to where it makes it work.
 
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My USB-C unit upgraded OTA successfully today. Not noticed and difference but then I rarely play music through it.
 
BUXjr said:
Crazy as it is, I am too! Stoked! Thanks again.

It's nice to have TWO units, one you can protect and one to experiment with! Very handy!
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Good deal, glad you were able to sort that out. I am thinking of getting another dongle just for that reason. Are you planning on updating the dongle you brought up from the dead to a firmware that works in your vehicle, say the 8-4 since your already have the 7-29 to compare and contrast? Do you by any chance have the 07-29-2020 update? I kinda need that.
 
Fluke1 said:
Good deal, glad you were able to sort that out. I am thinking of getting another dongle just for that reason. Are you planning on updating the dongle you brought up from the dead to a firmware that works in your vehicle, say the 8-4 since your already have the 7-29 to compare and contrast? Do you by any chance have the 07-29-2020 update? I kinda need that.
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@Fluke1 the 8-4-20 OTA update has been working great on my GMC truck maybe even better the 7-29-20 firmware.
 
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I bought the 2.0 version from Amazon. Everything was working great, did some upgrades and got it to 7-29-20. Soon as I flashed to 8-4-20, the device no longer even shows up as a device in my car, nothing happens. No bluetooth connection, red light on the device. I can't seem to get it back now. Does anyone happen to have the FW file for 8-4 that I can try via USB?

Edit found at: http://112.74.112.110/download/2020-08-04/U2W_Update.img

Thread is pretty long but I feel like I have this correct: FAT32 formatted thumb drive with the firwmare in the root directory. Plug into wall wart, lights flash red/green, let sit for a few minutes then unplug it.

Double edit: Worked! Device brought back from the dead. Oddly I had to format the drive using a windows box. Format FAT32 drive from mac didn't seem to flash the firwmare correctly even after the green blinking light sequence.
 
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crumbtruck said:
I bought the 2.0 version from Amazon. Everything was working great, did some upgrades and got it to 7-29-20. Soon as I flashed to 8-4-20, the device no longer even shows up as a device in my car, nothing happens. No bluetooth connection, red light on the device. I can't seem to get it back now. Does anyone happen to have the FW file for 8-4 that I can try via USB?

Edit found at: http://112.74.112.110/download/2020-08-04/U2W_Update.img

Thread is pretty long but I feel like I have this correct: FAT32 formatted thumb drive with the firwmare in the root directory. Plug into wall wart, lights flash red/green, let sit for a few minutes then unplug it.

Double edit: Worked! Device brought back from the dead. Oddly I had to format the drive using a windows box. Format FAT32 drive from mac didn't seem to flash the firwmare correctly even after the green blinking light sequence.
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God deal, ya, the manual upgrade process is pretty dependent on all the stars aligning - correct size drive, correct FAT32 formatting, correct power supply.
 
hey all!
I’ve updated to iOS 14 and now I see this WiFi! logo instead of LTE. Have anyone else encountered this behavior? Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks in advance!
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LarryJoe33 said:
No problem, it is pretty simple:

- Start Car
- Let Device Connect and Fully Boot to Apple CarPlay Screen (my last song started playing)
- On iPhone 11 Pro Max - go to the 192.xxx.... upgrade site
- Tells me upgrade available
- Click Upgrade
- Downloads the file in about 10 seconds
- Device Disconnects
- Install Begins and take about 60 seconds
- Device Reboots and Connects
- Apple Carplay launched, music starts playing

I did this in my work parking lot. My device may or may not have been connected to my work wifi. It probably wasn't as I was parked too far away.
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OTA Updated BOTH of my adapters to 2020.08.04.1602, without a hitch! Both seem to work as expected. Can't say that the tracks switch any quicker than 2020.07.29, but I am also not on iOS14 yet, so I think that helps. No audio glitches, connecting without issues. Nice!

Thanks for the "encouragement", @LarryJoe33!
 
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