This one works for me, but it’s just a matter of whether or not it takes 4-5 plug ins to get carplay working.
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CarPlay iPhone 15 Not Working With Wired Carplay
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I don't think it's the cable...
I am unfortunately experiencing carplay issues as well. I upgraded on Friday to the 15 pro from the 12 mini, which had zero issues prior to the change. I have noticed a lot of responses regarding the cable, so to possibly clear the air on that.. I am using a brand new official Apple lightning cable with the brand new official Apple USB C to lightning adapter. Apple doesn't make a USB C to A cable and opted for this adapter instead (annoying all on its own with such a leap from a cable that has been standard for as long as it has, but they gotta sell those USB C charging bricks somehow, right?!).
It worked pretty well on Saturday and Sunday, with one or two disconnects that I didn't think much of and a simple unplug and plug back in got it back. Then Monday, for whatever reason, that started occurring more frequently. Today, I plug it in, it pops up and within 10-15 seconds the carplay screen freezes, disconnects, and you can then watch the phone enter a loop where it connects "charging", disconnects, connects "charging" disconnects etc, which will go on as long as you will let it before you just unplug it.
So, it's not the cable... If it is, then no cable is reliable being that I am using Apples own official products. Send help...
I am unfortunately experiencing carplay issues as well. I upgraded on Friday to the 15 pro from the 12 mini, which had zero issues prior to the change. I have noticed a lot of responses regarding the cable, so to possibly clear the air on that.. I am using a brand new official Apple lightning cable with the brand new official Apple USB C to lightning adapter. Apple doesn't make a USB C to A cable and opted for this adapter instead (annoying all on its own with such a leap from a cable that has been standard for as long as it has, but they gotta sell those USB C charging bricks somehow, right?!).
It worked pretty well on Saturday and Sunday, with one or two disconnects that I didn't think much of and a simple unplug and plug back in got it back. Then Monday, for whatever reason, that started occurring more frequently. Today, I plug it in, it pops up and within 10-15 seconds the carplay screen freezes, disconnects, and you can then watch the phone enter a loop where it connects "charging", disconnects, connects "charging" disconnects etc, which will go on as long as you will let it before you just unplug it.
So, it's not the cable... If it is, then no cable is reliable being that I am using Apples own official products. Send help...
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Tried that as well, it worked and then it doesn’t. And then needs 4-5 plug in and out actions before my car sees the phone and enables carplay.
I can confirm that they work with wired carplay for my 15 Pro.
My issue with apple carplay has been the sound.. i have a 2019 RR sport & it works perfectly fine on Bluetooth, but when i switch over to Apple Carplay the sound crackles & scratches... What could be causing this? My buddy has a Ram & has the same issues.
Are you using a new cable or an older one? When this happens to me, I replace the cable and it usually fixes the issue. Remember it gets really hot/cold in the car and I think it damages the cables, especially the cheap ones.
For any issue that shouldn’t even be a question.
Type in applefeedback:// in the url bar in Safari and you’ll go right to the Feedback app
In my case, CarPlay was working fine with the provided USB-C cable from Apple to my Ford Maverick. After a couple of days, it stopped working. It would show this error on the car display: “This USB device is not supported. Please remove.”
I did the following to get it back to working:
1. From Car settings - removed the device
2. Restarted iPhone and then plugged in and it connected
Didn’t have to swap out cables
I did the following to get it back to working:
1. From Car settings - removed the device
2. Restarted iPhone and then plugged in and it connected
Didn’t have to swap out cables
I tried several cables that I had on hand, with varying degrees of success. Out of the two USB-A to USB-C cables I had, one worked correctly, while the other would connect for a few seconds and then disconnect. I also tried three USB-C to USB-C cables (with a USB-A adapter)... two of these worked fine, while one of them did nothing (not even a charging indication on the phone).
Just chiming in to say that since upgrading to 15PM and 15Pro for the wife, wired Carplay not working on our 2017 Chevy. I don‘t have an adapter and am using generic A to C type cable which may not support data transfer. We had IOS 17 on her iPhone 11 and my 13PM and both worked fine (albeit with USBA to Lightning).
this one works for me:
except on one day, but after a restart of the iphone it is working again perfectly fine since then. i suspect the iphone is accountable for any discrepancies.
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except on one day, but after a restart of the iphone it is working again perfectly fine since then. i suspect the iphone is accountable for any discrepancies.
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An update almost a year later. Now wired CarPlay works reliably with my car. My 15Pro charge AND sends data just like my 11 mini did.
Recently upgraded to an iPhone 16 PM and can confirm this issue still exists. Wired carplay will not connect to an aftermarket Pioneer radio. Old 11 PM worked fine.
I've had this issue recently. A 2020 Mazda 3 worked without issue connecting to an iPhone X via a generic (Amazon Basics?) USB-A to Lightning cable. At the start of the year I got an iPhone 15 and started using an old Anker braided USB-A to USB-C cable. It worked fine until around September (perhaps an iOS 18 issue): most of the time I have no issues, but occasionally the connection will come and go (the charge icon comes on for 1-2 seconds and then goes off in a loop on the phone screen). Unplugging and replugging the cable does nothing, but inverting the USB-C end of the cable always does work... No idea what is going on with this - I don't think it's a loose connection in the cable because I can wobble the cable around and the connection is solid and there is no lint build-up in the port as far as I can see.
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R for USB-C iPhones, try inverting the USB-C plug.
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R for USB-C iPhones, try inverting the USB-C plug.
I don't know if I posted this before but the problem is not with the cable. the issue is with the name of the car. go ice iPhone settings and delete you car from CarPlay, then rename your phone. then going you car settings delete your phone. then rename your car. then just to make sure reset factory setting on you car infotainment system. also while doing this process make sure nothing is plugged in the usb ports. after the factory reset turn off your car completely wait 5 minutes. plug you phone into the usb port and turn on your car completely. then follow prompts to hook up CarPlay. note for my situation it worked on the third attempt(I changed the names each time).