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Originally Posted by TurtleBoy
It could have originally been paired incorrectly. Remove the phone from iDrive and forget the connection on your phone and restart it. Then go through the pairing process again using bluetooth and allowing the CarPlay connection.
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I did that a few times with the same result.
BUT - I figured it out (I think someone else pointed that out as well). I changed my iPhone’s name to say “Michael’s iPhone”. It appears BMW does not like that as it looks for just generic “iPhone” to connect to (and yes, I deleted all previously installed devices from the iDrive). After I changed iPHone’s name back to “iPhone”, all is well. I get CarPlay to come up as soon as I enter the car (wirelessly) and I am able to connect to the internet. The cellular indicator on infotainment’s screen in CarPlay mode now says “5G” whereas before it would display a WIFI icon. FWIW, I am on iOS 14.2