blink9cd
Well-Known Member
At this point I get the strong impression this is beyond the phone, OS, or cable level. There's been enough reports on here spanning different phones from 6 to 13 (or even devices like Carlinkit), cables that are oem or not, oses, and every other random variable involving the consumer end. All of us have the exact same symptom with USB2 and but USB1 is perfect. Even my dealer told me USB2 was "just for charging" so when I asked how to use carplay so I think it's happening to a lot of people. A guy above got the media console replaced and in another thread they took apart the console and tightened all the connections and it still didn't work long term.I did some experiments today. I keep getting disconnects on my iPhone 13 Pro Max in the center console. As I mentioned earlier, I didn't have any problems with my iPhone XS Max for the last 6 months. Using the same cord, I plugged into the front panel and didn't have any issues. Went back to the center console using the same cable and the issues have persisted.
So I can't really blame this on Jeep or the UConnect (as it worked fine before updating my phone). It's either an iOS 15 or iPhone 13 issue. Others with iPhone 13s have been having similar issues and some were resolved turning off the equalizer on the phone, but that isn't an issue for me.
Wish I knew more hardware electronics. I thought cable length wouldn't be a huge issue since I thought lightning is is a pretty complicated system compared to others..but certainly the connection from usb2 could be different than usb1, maybe usb1 is special and connects somewhere different and more direct? EtcI’m thinking maybe it has something to do with the “length” of the wire going from the center console USB to the stereo unit in the dash. It can handle a slow charge but can’t handle all the “data” transferred that length.
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