Car stereo issues

Does anyone know how to fix the problem of running there iphone thru their car stereo system. ever since i loaded the new os4 into the iphone i cant seem to get it to work the stereo ipod cable. tried everything. reboot this, reboot that and nothing. my old iphone works and still has the 3.1 software on it.

Hi.. I have a Sony Mex-bt3800u and had the same problem. Bought it when I was running os4.0.1 and after a hard reset everything worked great. Last weekend I updated to os4.1 and the stereo would no longer connect via usb.. But it wud thru Bluetooth. It drove me mad n nothing was able to cure the problem. I spoke with Sony n they said apple needed to fix. I wasn't happy n almost took the stereo back.. B4 I finalised this decision tho I visited halfords with my lead n phone n realised it wudnt work with any of the stereos which meant it was an iPhone problem. So I kept the stereo as it has the best of everything n least it still had the blutooth streaming option. Anyway.. I ordered an iPhone 4 last nyt which should come 2moro so decided I wud set my 3G up for my gf/t mobile. Now os4.1 doesn't have an unlock so I decided to downgrade back to os4. This ended up being pointless because it didn't downgrade the basement also. So I upgraded str8 afterwards again n am now waiting for 4.2. Anyway to cut a long story short.. My phone didn't connect b4 doing this.. I backed up from a much earlier backup n synced only the music at first and then afterwards a few of my apps too as it'll b set up as a new phone once the 4 comes thru the door. This was done yesterday. I came out to my car this evening and much to my amazement the phone now works with the stereo perfectly again. And I'm not even 100% sure why. Everything is the same as it was. Except I guess I skipped os 4.0.1 as now I went from 4.0-4.1. Other than this I only synced music.. Then apps. And I haven't added my Cydia tweaks cos theres no point yet. I did do the complete upgrade within it tho as before and the iPhone n stereo connectivity Is fully back for anything iPhone related on youtube.. Follow dinozabinos or what it is he calls himself. I never have any issues following his advice. This myt not solve your problem but it certainly has mine. I used the same oringinal version of 4.1 as I already had previously so that ain't updated!!. So I don't yet see what's different. But I can defiantly assure you this worked. If ya can't tell.. I'm made up. I may trobleshoot further if the new 4 has any issues. Good luck. I'm assuming this post won't b banned by mentioning the word Cydia because it's helpful and I found a big named store t'other day selling iPhones 4 which all had this on them. This told me 1 thing. They were jailbroken. Say no more.

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I've seen some similar issues reported, but they were for specific cars/stereos, and the symptoms were different, so I'm posting about mine:
Phone: Samsung Galaxy SIII, Android 4.3.
Car Stereo: Pioneer AVH-X2500BT
This is a stereo I bought and installed myself. All of its features worked fine, and I was enjoying making calls using voice dialing via the stereo. Then, I installed the 4.3 update to the Galaxy SIII. Ever since (literally, I made a call that day before installing it, and tried shortly after), I cannot use the voice dialing feature. Any attempt to use voice dialing or voice commands via the car stereo will fail. Here's what happens:
I do a long press on the car stereo's Home button to initiate voice dialing. On my phone, S-Voice starts up, and a Toast (little message) pops up briefly that says "Check in-car audio". When I talk, the little animation on the microphone button in S-Voice does not happen, meaning it's not hearing anything. The car stereo shortly cancels out of voice dialing mode, as though it timed out, or something.
I've tried switching to Google voice, but the same thing happens. I've tried all kinds of configuration on both devices. I've unpaired and re-paired. Nothing.
Also, turn-by turn directions from Google Maps appears to not work. The app thinks it's giving them, and when I turn the car off, the voice suddenly works from the phone, but it just won't come out the stereo.
All other features work fine, including Pandora, and streaming Bluetooth audio. I can even make phone calls, by accessing the contacts and recent call list from the car stereo. The calls work and come through the stereo fine. Literally voice dialing and Google Maps are all that doesn't work.
Does anyone know how to fix this?

There could be any number of factors that may be affecting this, byounie. It may be that the firmware on your car stereo headunit may need to be updated. My direct recommendation to check first would be to access your bluetooth submenu, and next to paired info for the Pioneer AVH-X2500BT, you should see a little cog wheel/settings icon. Please select this, and start unselecting everything available there. Work your way up, and enable and test these different settings one by one, to see if there is a conflict between Google Maps and Voice dialing services. Let us know what happens, byounie.
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Updated to iOS 4.0.1 yesterday. Since the update when i plug my phone into my car via 30 pin connector and USB, my interface on my car loads as normally, however after a few minutes or so, or if i go to change songs, static cuts though and eventually will cut out the music sometimes remaining as ear shattering static or switch to static. At this point the car's UI will be stuck on that song and time elapsed on the song, i can switch to a different source and come back and the static or silence will remain.
On the iPhone 4, the play symbol will still be displayed as well as the album art of the song playing. Nothing has changed since the last time i used the setup except for updating to iOS 4.0.1.
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Similar problem here. My iPhone 3Gs worked sometimes in my 2010 Suburban when connected by USB cable. Then I updated the iPhone to version 4 and it stopped working completely. When I used the new "Multifunction" app to close all open apps it began to work. However, a week later it has stopped working at all. The "IPod/Aux" does not appear on the radio screen and there is no music menu. The iPhone appears to be charging, but songs play from the iPhone speaker, not the car stereo. Does anyone know of a solution or if GM is working on an update to the firmware in their radio?
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I just got an iPhone a few weeks ago, and generally it's great, but I have frequent issues when connecting it to my new Pioneer DEH-P3100UB car stereo. I think it may be kind of new in that it doesn't have a "special cable" for connecting to the iPhone, it just uses the typical USB sync cable.
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Hey jrbapple,
Keeping your iPhone updated is a good idea. If you iPhone isn't already updated to iPhone software 2.2.1, try updating it now.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/
Does the car stereo have the "Works With iPhone" logo?
You can find more information about the logo and Apple certified accessories here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1665
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My Iphone 4 will not connect with my new JVC car stereo I have spoken to JVC customer support and they say its an Apple issue that they need to fix (changed something with the bluetooth connection scripts in the latest update update, as they have done before).
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As I write this I am trying to restore to the previous OS.. I have a DUAL and a pioneer that I used to use using A2DP with NO problem and now it doesn't pair with either of them!!
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I had this same problem after updating my 3Gs to iOS 4, my iPhone 4 doesn't work either. It has to be an issue with iOS 4, because everything worked fine before.
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