Screen is wonky - APIM or USB?
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Screen is wonky - APIM or USB?
My entertainment/nav screen is blank when I start the car, when I reverse it gets locked on the rear camera.
A soft reset fixes the issue until the next startup.
I have discovered that my phone is the culprit. When I go phone-free for days, I have no problems. If I plug in my phone tomorrow morning, the screen may not work. If the screen does work tomorrow morning, the screen will not work on the next startup, even if I don’t plug in my phone on that next startup.
The Screen is classic APIM issues. Do you think it’s a USB problem too? Or an isolated USB problem?
A soft reset fixes the issue until the next startup.
I have discovered that my phone is the culprit. When I go phone-free for days, I have no problems. If I plug in my phone tomorrow morning, the screen may not work. If the screen does work tomorrow morning, the screen will not work on the next startup, even if I don’t plug in my phone on that next startup.
The Screen is classic APIM issues. Do you think it’s a USB problem too? Or an isolated USB problem?
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I'm starting to wonder if Ford's updates sometimes don't happen completely or just like any computer, a fix for a bug the update creates is quietly sent out. Android, windows IOS, happens to them all.
Exhibit 1: A recent update, doing something, killed off wireless CarPlay. Created slow boot up on a start or two, etc.
Then all of a sudden, it's back to normal.
Exhibit 1: A recent update, doing something, killed off wireless CarPlay. Created slow boot up on a start or two, etc.
Then all of a sudden, it's back to normal.