My phone is having trouble transferring my contacts from the address book to the cars Nav system. Oddly enough, it worked once and never again. For some reason, it is only able to transfer 2 random contacts off of my phone, and stops there. For reference, it worked perfectly with my Blackberry and other non-Android phones.
Here is some information: Phone: HTC Evo 4g Software version: 1.32.651.6 Car: 2010 BMW 650i (comes with iDrive)
I have tried un-pairing and re-pairing the phone and it hasn't behaved any differently. I noticed the phone recognizes the car as a Bluetooth Headset, which I suspect may be causing a problem. I have also tried changing the phones Bluetooth name.
When I look at my Blackberry, it says the BMW supports the following services: Handsfree, Object Push, AVRCP. The Blackberry recognizes the car to be different from a normal headset.
Hi, I have a similar problem, using a Nexus One with Froyo, and an 2007 X5
My address book does sync, but not all the phonenumbers
I think this has to do with the limited space available in the BMW. How can I set the priorities of which contacts/phonenumbers to sync and which ones not?
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NO WAY THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BMW. Before I switched to the Evo 4G, my iPhone 3GS connected and synced perfectly each and every time. I have to admit my disappointment, that such a mundane thing (Blackberry does this perfectly as well) as Bluetooth integration is several generations behind even the simple Blackberry. Are we kidding? Ugh. My phone almost always connects, but the contacts download is a joke, leaving off names and importing the phone book with the names backwards. Very frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated, but I have a feeling we're stuck until HTC/Sprint decides to give us a modern Bluetooth stack.
Could this be due to the lack of a Handsfree profile showing up???
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It may be a conflict between the Evo and the head unit in the BMW, mine syncs perfectly with my Kenwood DNX6140 which is running the latest bluetooth update.
On edit: Since the Froyo update my bluetooth is useless!
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Last edited by SamuraiBigEd; August 17th, 2010 at 11:15 PM.
Got some problems too with my htc wildfire running android 2.1. When synchronizing my contacts with my car (Toyota) contacts disappeared and names got weird. After trying almost everything i found out that it has to do with the contact pictures. After removing them from my contacts everything synchronized correctly.
Is there a way to solve this? or has this to do with my car's system?
I use the following:
HTC Desire HD, Android 2.2 (very similar to the EVO 4G)
Similarly I'm trying to connect to a BMW (although a bit older) 2005 E46 320I.
Similarly again my iPhone 3G (please excuse my language) worked just fine.
And again the Desire HD worked fine once but not again. I've tried the same pairing, unpairing, putting contacts on and off the phone.
(The very first time it only synced all my "Other Contacts" from Google/Gmail - very weird).
Anyway I note the thread is old but this is the most similar case to mine I've seen yet.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Do you have Facebook linked to your contacts? What about things written in the "Notes" section? I believe these 2 things can cause the address book to not sync properly with the car. I've given up with it...
I use the following:
HTC Desire HD, Android 2.2 (very similar to the EVO 4G)
Similarly I'm trying to connect to a BMW (although a bit older) 2005 E46 320I.
Similarly again my iPhone 3G (please excuse my language) worked just fine.
And again the Desire HD worked fine once but not again. I've tried the same pairing, unpairing, putting contacts on and off the phone.
(The very first time it only synced all my "Other Contacts" from Google/Gmail - very weird).
Anyway I note the thread is old but this is the most similar case to mine I've seen yet.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Have you guys deleted the pairing from the vehicle? or just the phone?
also, while connected... menu.settings.wireless and networks.bluetooth settings , make sure discoverable is selected also click on the individual item (car headunit) and make sure the evo is connected to phone and audio
that is all i can think of to try right now
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Last edited by Mr. Ed; November 9th, 2010 at 12:37 AM.
I tried a couple of things and what worked was the "Bluetooth File Transfer" application. (When in the app just click menu>more>Send contacts).
It actually worked out for the best as through all the faffing around I found out I can just call the names out in my car which I didn't know I could do before
(There is other advice regarding waiting for an option to come up on the phone regarding sending the contacts, but this didn't work for me).
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i have just bought a 2005 BMW 730D and tried to pair my wifes HTC Desire HD with no problems at all, but the tried to do the same with my HTC Desire and can make and receive calls, but address book just says reading sim card and does nothing. Checked all our settings and all apear to be the same. Tried repairing both, mine and hers and hers always works. Not long ago i was forced into doing a factory reset on mine. Does this have something to do with it?
Anyone know whats going wrong?
thanks for any sergertions
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