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iOS 8 Causing Widespread Bluetooth Connectivity Issues in Cars
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I told people in the other thread to give up and wrap it and just call the whole thing Fangate.
Apart from Maps, what else did he screw up?
Shall we count what's gone wrong since he left?
So iOS 8 was rushed. It's not the first time nor the last. Let's just hope they're quick with the fix like 8.0.2.
I no longer feel bad for them .... I am just pissed. Seems they don't do any Quality Control anymore.
I hope they will increase their QA in the future and rather put out less features but better working features (As they did in the past - more is not always better)
Maybe instead of worrying about a watch, they should've spent more time testing their software.
That is just as likely to be an issue with your Bluetooth system in your car as with your phone.
Have Toyota Rav4 w/navi (Entune) and it works fine.
Also have aftermarket Clarion HU in my other SUV and it works there too.
not in a car but Anker MP140 Bluetooth speaker and Logitec UE both work too. As does Samsung Soundbar.
Also have aftermarket Clarion HU in my other SUV and it works there too.
not in a car but Anker MP140 Bluetooth speaker and Logitec UE both work too. As does Samsung Soundbar.
In reality a lot of changes have been made under the hood over the past 3 releases, in part to resolve some of the short sighted decisions that Forstall made and Jobs approved. For example, iOS is not resolution-independent like Android. Part of the reason Apple couldn't just release a "bigger iPhone" until this year is that they needed to build in some capabilities so that apps could be rewritten to work with screens of differing resolutions. It isn't full resolution independence but it does the job for now.
It's called 'complexity'. There are simply too many variables and possible configurations to verify every one of them in a timely manner before release. Letting the voluntary 'early adopter' program perform hundreds of thousands of tests in just a few days is probably the quickest way to find most of the problems. If you don't like it, drop out of the 'early adopter' program.
Us Mazda 5 owners get a double-whammy, because the car loses Bluetooth capability on a semi-regular basis and the only remedy is to unplug the car battery, get in the car and tap the brake pedal, and then re-connect the battery.
Better than the situation with my Samsung Galaxy Note tablet. Had similar connectivity issues with it (involving ChromeCast, not Bluetooth) and it took them 5 months to fix the issue (that thousands were reporting but that they never acknowledged prior to fixing it after 5 months). The issue impacted all Note products running Android 4.4. This issue actually even forced you to hard reboot the device to even use it after the error occurred.
Zero issues here. Works just as it did before. I'm really surprised at all of the issues with iOS 8 though.
Other than updating to IOS8 which I shouldn't of done, this is why I always wait on Apple stuff.
Current waiting list.
1 - Mac Pro (benchmarks were not good enough, new processors coming.)
2 - iPhone 6 plus - (do I need to say why?)
3 - Yosemite, when released. Will wait 6 months.
Current waiting list.
1 - Mac Pro (benchmarks were not good enough, new processors coming.)
2 - iPhone 6 plus - (do I need to say why?)
3 - Yosemite, when released. Will wait 6 months.
