CarPlay and no 5G UW (Verizon)

[zackattack784]

So I’m not fully sure if this is an iOS 17 issue, iPhone 15 pro issue, CarPlay issue, or wireless CarPlay issue. I have 5G set to on and have a iPhone 15 pro max and wireless CarPlay. I was running iOS 17.1.2 now running iOS 17.2.

Most of my commute I see 5G UW in CarPlay but lately there’s times it will never switch over to UW. Twice now I’ve noticed it won’t switch to UW if I disconnect from CarPlay and re-connect within a few minutes. For example, getting gas, running in to pick up my kid from daycare, etc.

This morning I had UW until I got gas. Then no matter what I did it would not connect to UW. I tried playing YouTube tv and ran speed tests to no avail. Speed tests were in line with LTE speeds so it’s not just an icon issue. I parked at my work which is very close to a UW tower and ran some speed tests still connected to CarPlay. LTE speeds. I turned off my car and within seconds it connected to UW with speeds to match.

Anyone else seeing this issue?

Edit to add: if I toggle airplane mode while keeping Bluetooth connected UW connectivity comes back on CarPlay.

 

[zackattack784]

Played with this on my lunch break where I have a great UW signal. I was able to break UW pretty consistently just forcing LTE and going back to 5G On while connected to CarPlay. It didn’t break it every time but probably close to 75% of the time. No matter what I did, I could not get it to reconnect to UW once it was lost. The only way to fix was to either disconnect CarPlay or toggle airplane mode.