Getting Emails, SMS, & Apps on Aussie BMW's

[watrob]

Ok, I now can get emails & messages on my X5's iDrive, they popup when they arrive on my iPhone and appear in iDrive automatically, I can read them etc or push play to have the iDrive read them out (this is not BMW Apps). This is controlled by the iPhone and only works with a 4S and you must have IOS 6 (no cradle is required), this IOS will be availaible in the Spring here to the general public.

Also have orderred the special cradle for the BMW Apps, has to come from overseas as its not standard spare part here in Australia.

If your current model BMW (build date after March 2011) has 6NF & 6FL & 6VC (combo Box) which most vehicles comming to Aust now have (you can tell by if you have Office & Internet in iDrive), The other way is by checking the VIN number which lists what hardware you have.

To activate 'BMW Apps" you need the option code 6NR downloaded into your vehicle plus the special cradle. BMW sells 6NR for $570.00 but won't allow it into Australia (95% of the world gets it but not us) plus $200 for the cradle, plus they would charge you to upload it if they were allowed to, so it would cost over $1,000.

A lot on members here are doing a little coding to the vehicles, turning features on or off, this cannot be done this way. To obtain 6NR code a new FSC code which uses your VIN number has to be generated, this is applied and the 6NR code sent thru, hence BMW controls that which requires specialised equipment and won't sell this udate to us here.

The requirment of a FSC has happenned since the main firware revision in your BMW after March 2011 has past v2.43.0, current version is v2.46.5, so a FSC code is needed.

So you need tech with BMW knowledge with the right equipment who has European connections that code BMW's on a daily bases and know what they are doing. Well I found one in Brisbane and together have organised the above via the European company. The proper 6NR code with FSC plus cradle for around the $700 (which includes the cradle), this may even come down further.

If you search BMW Apps you will see its a great program to have on your iDrive, it virtually turns the iDrive into the front screen of your iPhone. BMW Live, BMW Connected, BMW Remote, if you search these items you will see what the US, UK, Canada & Europe have that we don't.

I am not a vendor and have been on this forum for many years and I receive no benefit from the above. I only wanted to have Apps and simply done all the research, I am just passing on the info should you require Apps in your BMW, this applies to a large cross sections of BMW vehicles, not just for the X5.

PM me, if your interested, this applies to Brisbane, Gold & Sunshine coast's. I suppose if enough owners wanted this from interstate a trip to the Melb & Syd could be arrange, but need to comfirm that.