RDXguy

If you have switched from an older iPhone to a new iPhone since you have owned your RDX, have you found the new phone to prevent CarPlay from disconnecting?

I am considering switching from an iPhone 6S+ to an iPhone 11.

Thanks in advance.

mathnerd88

If you can hold out another 11 months you should. The next gen iPhone will be a brand new redesign with 5G capabilities, which will be a massive upgrade over the current gen. It is also believed that Apple will get rid of that giant notch on the phone.

EDventure

My iPhone 8+ running iOS 13.2 is slow to connect to infotainment system and when it does the connection normally drops. It's very unreliable and dangerous when you are relying on it for directions.

I've tried turning of Wifi but that didn't help. I'll try the Bluetooth this morning and see if that helps.

Any other ideas are appreciated.

Thanks,

EDventure

EFR

RDXguy, I too have a 6S+ with no shortage of issues relative to car play. Yesterday, my free trial of Apples music worked fine, but my free trial of Amazon would not connect nor my Pandora.. I tried the three button reset with nothing. I then powered down my phone and powered back on and it all worked again. My daughter is visiting from Vegas next month and she has the newest, latest, greatest Apple and I am anxious to hook it up and give it a run. As mathnerd88 says, waiting for that next Apple in 11 moths or so should pay a lot of dividends in a ot of different ways. You have to believe Acura will have all these bugs worked by then...right?....right????

TopShelf

I have the iPhone XR with a 2020 RDX Aspec and have zero issues with Carplay.

RDXguy

Do some people with 2020 RDXs have CarPlay disconnecting problems or is it only the 2019s?

RDXguy

How long do you think it will be before Verizon and the other carriers do their part to allow you to utilize the 5G capability that the new phones will have in 11 months?

mathnerd88

Verizon has already 5G enabled in some major cities and is including it as a free upgrade in their Unlimited data plans.

g1huang

when you guys are talking about the iphone disconnecting, are you talking about the beep then the phone disconnects? maybe if the 2019 can get their head unit replaced with 2020 hardware maybe itll stop disconnecting?

RDXguy

The screen on the car just reverts back the home screen with the CarPlay icon greyed out, as though you unplugged the cable from the car, but you did not.

jonarogers

I have a brand new iPhone 11 Pro. Still having the same disconnect problems. The problem is NOT with the phone. It is Acura’s hardware. Changing the phone, the cord, etc will not solve the skipping, cutting out, disconnecting problems.

Madd Dog

I have had relatively few problems, mostly associated with trying to do too much. I have a USB extension (as suggested by Acura) that is about 6” and a high quality short lightning cable, also 6”. My problems come if I start switching music or navigation sources.

Wander

I have a 2019 Advance and an iPhone 7 and I have never had a "disconnect" as described. But I get lots of "dropouts" in audio playback through CarPlay, especially if I try to use navigation apps at the same time. And some other weirdness now and then.

5G rollout is going slowly, apparently because the range for a given transmitter is less than anticipated in dense urban environments, which is exactly where they need to get it to work in order to make it cost effective. Verizon wants to bury DSL for stationary broadband.

But along with the 5G capability, next year's iPhones may have more capable modems for all networks. There's lots of history about Intel vs Qualcomm modems, of which I am mostly ignorant, but I'm told the sands are in motion. Apple bought out Intel's modem business.

So as always, if you need a new phone, buy a new phone, but I wouldn't upgrade in the offhand chance it will work better with CarPlay in the RDX. Or more precisely, in YOUR RDX. I'm not ruling out hardware quality control issues, even if I think the software is crap. They aren't mutually exclusive. ( Could be both ).

dugums

I have a an iPhone X and and iPhone 7. I have more issues with the X in general, including with CarPlay in the RDX. While the networking is faster on the X, I have issues with brief disconnects and transitions between WiFi and cellular. Neither one causes enough issues to be a headache, but I think the X is a little less reliable.

tntrac

Waiting another 24 months, will get you a phone that can become a vibrator . I am kidding about the vibrator, but serious might as well wait for iPhone 13.

Wander

Do you really need 13? I think 7 is plenty...

EDventure

From my understanding and experience, this is an infotainment issue. I rented a F150 for a week and CarPlay (Waze) worked fine with no disconnects.

iPhone 8+ / iOS 13.2

Rmsanger

I’m very skeptical on the whole 5G thing until it’s actually out. AT&T as well as Verizon have been advertising their 5G services for some time but it’s not real 5G as it doesn’t get better performance than LTE. My expectation is that there will be a few variants of the hardware/software behind real 5G and whatever Apple is selling next year will not be “it” and people will feel suckered for being early adopters.

Madd Dog

I’m with you. 4G took quite a few years to get here effectively, and it sounds like 5G, with it many more transmission spots, might take even longer.