Iphone 3g issue

blkmagik · Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 2

Hello,

I recently purchased the iphone 3g to replace my itouch. Well when i connected it to the ipod cable to the standard pioneer radio it came with and i noticed a major difference. When i used to connect my itouch i was able to play my music through the radio speakers, use the controls on my speakers and charge my itouch all at the same time.

Well with the iphone 3g is limited to only playing music over the radio and use the controls on my steering wheel. The iphone simply wont charge at all! I get a warning message telling me that the cable is not a compatible iphone accessory and that i have the option to go to airport mode. I tried that but it still wont let me charge the phone. Has anyone had this problem with the new iphone or even the old one at all? Is there a work around? Does toyota have a separate cable thats compatible for the iphone? If so how did you get it?

SanchezHacker · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 337

I don't think it has anything to do with the cable but rather the firmware. I've read that people with the iTouch and the 1st gen iphone can connect just fine but after upgrading to new firmware were unable to connect. Scion needs to release upgraded firmware for their stereos so that they can work with the new iphones their firmware. Also, you might want to try this and see if it helps: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7575043

nikhi19 · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 73 Location: Los Angeles, CA

I updated my iphone (1st gen) to the 2.0 and my phone works fine. Make sure the Ipod cable is completely connected. Wiggle it in and press really hard to make sure both sides of the connector are locked in.

When I picked up my rs1 on Saturday I plugged in my iphone and got the "go to airplane mode" message. Just hit NO and you will be able to control your Iphone and it will play through the car as usual. I noticed that when I first tried to connect it wasn't plugged in all the way and the radio screen said: incompatible. But after I unplugged and made sure it was plugged in all the way (I'm serious when I say you have to press pretty hard and wiggle it around a bit to get a solid connection) it worked perfectly.

I upgraded the firmware on Saturday night and have been playing my iphone through the IPOD connector on my scion with no issues.

Good luck!

ShaffNasty · Posted: 7/17/08 2:06PM Post subject:

word on the street is the new iphone wont charge with regular car cable... Something apple did to the new phones...

s2 · Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 450 Location: I Like Turtles.

ShaffNasty wrote: word on the street is the new iphone wont charge with regular car cable... Something apple did to the new phones...

Oh really? That sucks.

ChelsDS · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2364 Location: SoCal

:rofl:

Just like Apple to completely f|k up a good setup to keep people buying their specific accessories :? Don't get me wrong, Apple has some great products but their practices are just.. wrong.

csbeltram · Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 1

Ya, I just bought an iPhone 3G and it won't charge. Plays through my stereo just fine, but a message pops up on my iPhone screen that says "Charging is not supported by this device." I have the Alpine Nav / DVD system in my XB. My Touch (not upgraded to 2.0 yet) works just fine.

optional · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 2029 Location: Bellevue, WA

Apple swapped the charging chips from being Firewire/USB compatible to only USB compatible, each of those use different pins on the cable, and Firewire is +12V like a cars standard current, and USB is +5V, well, most car/accesory makers took the easy way out and figured Apple wouldn't follow through on their claim that they would swap out the circuitry in the coming years, and now tons of people are left with accesories that don't charge the new 3G iPhones because they were made using the Firewire charging method and not the USB one...

and this sucks hardcore, and it's totally not OK with me, and I've made my voice heard at Apple and at Toyota/Scion.

The only glimmer of hope for this is rumors about accesory makers working on some sort of adapter, which is actually pretty easy to do... move the pins to the correct location with a resistor between to limit the current to 5V instead of 12V, and voi-la, it'd work, at least, that's how I understand it... I'm about to look up the details and try something like this for myself..... I really need my phone to charge in the car..