iPhone 4 snap in adapter

[Jkukura]

I ordered the car and it was delivered 12/10. I have the smartphone intergation option. Shouldnt the cradle at least charge the phone. I am not expecting the BMW Connect to work. I missed it by that much.

I wish i had this on my 2003 M5. It is way more seamless then the Intravee that i am using which was great until i saw this.

[BigAl]

I've been holding off on getting an iPhone 4 (I have a 3gs) solely because I didn't want to wait for, then pay for, the BMW iPhone 4 adapter since I have a 3g adapter.

Here's my proposed fix: an extension cable for the iPhone with the existing iPhone 3g adapter (Link to Amazon).

I've had this in my X5d for a week, and it charges, the iPod works through the iDrive, and the antenna-through-the-shark-fin works, too. (Only tried on my 3GS phone, but it's the same cable for both versions....).

Next is to try it with an iPhone 4, though I have no doubt it'll work.

Additional benefits:

• the phone can be outside the console, so I don't leave it in the car. Which I do.
• the phone is available for button pushing outside the console (mute, dialing, etc).
• theoretically, others in the car could text, use the phone, etc, while still charging and using the shark fin antenna. I'd never text and drive.

I'd be interested in others' comments.

[brian5]

Originally Posted by BigAl

I've been holding off on getting an iPhone 4 (I have a 3gs) solely because I didn't want to wait for, then pay for, the BMW iPhone 4 adapter since I have a 3g adapter.
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Well, you could go that route or you could do what I previously described. I "dremmeled" (ground down) my 3G adapter so it fit my iPhone 4. It works perfectly with the iPhone 4. I hardly use the adapter/cradle for the iPhone 4 though -- AT&T service has got so much better that I don't need it as much as first got it 3.5 years ago.

[alistairg]

Can't you just plug an Apple Dock to USB connector into the USB port in the centre console? (unless you're using it for a second iPod)

My understanding is that there is no antenna connector in the iPhone dock cable, but an inductive antenna in the actual snap-in dock - which means that your iPhone can only use the shark fin if it's physically laying on top of the snap in connector.

[Raunen]

bmwparts has the ip4 adapter:


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[GPSnV1]

Originally Posted by Raunen

bmwparts has the ip4 adapter:


getBMWparts.com powered by Tischer BMW - Your #1 Source for all OEM BMW Parts/Accessories!

Great price, thanks for the link!

I was very interested in this until I saw V1's ESP and Escort "LIVE". I would consider getting my iPad in the mix if we could just get text to voice for our email (and maybe Twitter) using the BMW apps.

I saw a video about doing text-to-voice email by BT with a BMW but it was with the Blackberry not the iPhone 4/4S.