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      11-24-2020, 08:02 AM   #23
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good luck with carlinkit... He sent my package around the world and took 2 months wit ha dispute to give my money back. And just sold a defective unit to another user.
There are (strangely) various Carlinkit sellers on aliexpress. I went for the "Official Carlinkit Store", you bought yours from "Carlinkit Direct Store". I do hope these are two different sellers.

Let's wait and see what happens this time.
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      11-24-2020, 11:28 AM   #24
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you are right good luck

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floc , mine was shipped from Dubai yesterday, let's see how long it takes to get here.
mine not yet shipped
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      11-24-2020, 10:03 PM   #25
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How about this one? Looks to tick the right boxes on paper which is no guarantee of course:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001570261285.html

Which is the real official store though?
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      11-25-2020, 05:49 AM   #26
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no one knows

by the way, for the previous models (CIB, NBT) the hardware was exactly the same, no guarantee about EVO hardware though
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      11-25-2020, 10:58 AM   #27
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My Bimmertech one is here:





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      11-25-2020, 12:01 PM   #28
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I'm ready to buy the bimmertech unit for peace of mind. But do guys know anything about the AUX input coding they say is required? (For my car, at least) ... I don't have an AUX input, so I get that it needs to be coded in.

Can this be done using the bimmercode app and bluetooth dongle?

It's already a pricey unit so it'd be nice to save that extra $100 USD
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      11-25-2020, 12:21 PM   #29
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My Bimmertech one is here:

great mine has been dispatched today from dubai as well

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I'm ready to buy the bimmertech unit for peace of mind. But do guys know anything about the AUX input coding they say is required? (For my car, at least) ... I don't have an AUX input, so I get that it needs to be coded in.

Can this be done using the bimmercode app and bluetooth dongle?

It's already a pricey unit so it'd be nice to save that extra $100 USD
you have to ask them, they can check your vin. If you don't have aux you have to code it via usb or (probably) via enet+remote session depending on your car. Afaik not via bimmercode unfortunately
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      11-25-2020, 12:26 PM   #30
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The issue is that ID6 doesn't have a front aux input enabled (not a 3.5 aux, it's an aux input on the big connector at the back of the unit). Normally these units use that input to transfer the sound to the headunit. As I mentioned, in our HUs this is not configured on and I guess bimmertech enable it on the unit directly. I had a cable already so skipped that option but did get the coding one just in case. I will ask them if it's possible to do it using bimmercode because my garage doesn't have cell or WiFi coverage for them to do it remotely. I think they are away at the moment due to Thanksgiving so we'll see how it goes.

One thing I forgot to ask them before I made the purchase (too excited) was if the touchscreen functionality is retained at least on the iDrive side, if not on AA as well. I'm really hoping for the latter, will settle for the former but it will be a dealbreaker if neither apply.
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      11-25-2020, 03:56 PM   #31
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no touch on aa/carplay, oem works as before (touch or non touch dependin on oem screen)

I already have aux enabled, even my current antroid headunit works without any coding. Don't you have "aux" setting in idrive at all?
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      11-25-2020, 04:01 PM   #32
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Good to know that the idrive touch still works, I am not losing any functionality then.

I don't have any Aux setting in the menu, no. Do you have an aux port in the armrest? Or just the "front" aux which basically means at the back of the headunit directly?
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      11-25-2020, 06:17 PM   #33
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Why are the Bimmertech ones shipping from/through Dubai? Are they drop shipping from China?
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      11-26-2020, 05:41 AM   #34
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Good to know that the idrive touch still works, I am not losing any functionality then.

I don't have any Aux setting in the menu, no. Do you have an aux port in the armrest? Or just the "front" aux which basically means at the back of the headunit directly?
I have auxport in armrest

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Why are the Bimmertech ones shipping from/through Dubai? Are they drop shipping from China?
It could be. Hardware is manufactured in china or asia for sure like 99% of other devices. Then the hardware could be the same (or sort of) of andream or not, but it differs for software and support.
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      11-26-2020, 08:06 AM   #35
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I have auxport in armrest
Ah ok, I wonder if it's mutually exclusive with certain options. For example I have the wireless charging/wifi option, do you have that too?

Incidentally, I took a look at Bimmercode's expert mode settings under Headunit and it looks like there are two places where aux is present:
3000 HMI (4 parameters)
3001 EXBOX (4 parameters)

I'll read the config from my car later on to see how it's configured.
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Ah ok, I wonder if it's mutually exclusive with certain options. For example I have the wireless charging/wifi option, do you have that too?

Incidentally, I took a look at Bimmercode's expert mode settings under Headunit and it looks like there are two places where aux is present:
3000 HMI (4 parameters)
3001 EXBOX (4 parameters)

I'll read the config from my car later on to see how it's configured.
That would be huge if you could figure out how to code the aux with bimmercode. I was looking myself and saw those parameters. Haven't had the chance to try it yet. Looking forward to your findings.
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This whole thing is getting so complicated that I'm considering buying an iPhone mini to live in the wireless changer in my console so I can just use Carplay. The downside is that I want to add a front camera and would need an MMI.
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      11-26-2020, 03:23 PM   #38
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I had similar thoughts but I prefer Android Auto to Carplay so decided to persevere as much as possible.


Perhaps we should rename the thread to Bimmertech MMI?

Anyway, I was too anxious to get it installed so as soon as I finished work I popped down to the car. I spent almost three hours taking the interior apart (most of that was because I had to drop the glovebox) to remove the crappy interface I had previously, put everything together and...it doesn't work.

The iDrive side (passthrough) works fine but the interface side just shows a blank screen, pictures below for reference.

Dip switches were pre-set, connections are all good so I am not sure what's wrong. I've sent a message to Bimmertech to see what's what, hopefully they can troubleshoot it. I am hoping it's not a duff module.

I was so pissed off that I forgot to check the Aux configuration, sorry gents. I'll take a look tomorrow.
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      11-27-2020, 01:14 PM   #39
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Just finished coding AUX in anticipation of installing andream unit.

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1778381
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Just finished coding AUX in anticipation of installing andream unit.

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1778381
Did you just set those 3 codes that are mentioned in the link you posted and that was it? You had an aux input?
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Just finished coding AUX in anticipation of installing andream unit.

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1778381
Did you just set those 3 codes that are mentioned in the link you posted and that was it? You had an aux input?
I only had to activate the simple 1 option. The other 2 were already active. Aux now appears on idrive. No input in armrest.
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Awesome, thanks for that. I'm going to try my car tomorrow.
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Did this today too, just the simple 1 parameter. ID6 with WiFi.
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The iDrive side (passthrough) works fine but the interface side just shows a blank screen, pictures below for reference.
sorry about that. Im going to install mine now

for reference, from manual of my unit:



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The MMI Prime for EVO or so called iDrive 6 is not compatible with vehicles with a 10.25” screen.
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