Sgt Beavis
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Ok this may sound dumb but is there lint or something in your USB port? The only time I have issues with CarPlay & my iPhone is when there’s lint in my phones port. It’ll charge, but won’t connect and give over control.
Nothing dumb about this. A few weeks ago, I was having connection issues with my iPhone. I got a toothpick and dug out enough lint to knit half a sweater.
My problem is with CarPlay navigation. When I'm using my iPhone 7+, disconnected from Carplay, everything works perfectly. However, let say I open Apple Maps (everything working normally) and then connect the iPhone to the uConnect (7" model). My navigation will instantly change position. 100% of the time it will show my Jeep as being in the parking lot of a Target that is 5 miles from the house. I can be on the other side of the state and navigation will still show me as being in front of that Target. If I start driving, Apple Maps will correct itself in a few hundred feet and show my correct position.. If I disconnect the phone from uConnect, navigation will instantly fix itself..
It gets even weirder. If I leave my phone connected and turn on Waze or Google Maps (obviously displayed on the phone and not uConnect) those apps will ALSO show me as being in the front of the same Target. If I disconnect from uConnect, they will be instantly fixed.
I need to get a neighbor that has Carplay to let me try this on their system to see if it's the phone or the uConnect. IMO, somehow Location Services is getting screwed up with CarPlay is engaged. I just don't know if it's the uConnect that triggers it or if it's just the phone.
I've had this issue since iOS 11.3 and it continues with iOS12. It's kinda pissin' me off.