02-08-2020, 11:18 AM | #1 |
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Coding fix for North American cars with Auto Camera switch issue
LexxM3 - Finally had time to look at this.
Issue is that North American G05 (others?) on later i-step are by design configured to keep the car camera facing the rear even when switching from Reverse to Drive. Code fix is: ICAMx[8081]\C_XV3D_COUNTRYVARIANT_NEXTMODE change from 'USA' to 'allgmein' My UK car has always worked, but I managed to break it by changing the code to USA. Unfortunately, recoding the car back to allgemein did not fix the issue immediately. Manually switching the camera to automatic did not work, it went straight back to Rear camera on car restart. I did the following steps to get the car working with the correct coding again: - Reset camera to Automatic and then powered off the car. - Let the car sleep for a few minutes (locked). - Started the car and the camera was working correctly again. I only did a single test, so the process might need refining. |
02-08-2020, 11:39 AM | #2 |
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Thanks @ifr!
I and a couple of others can confirm that this does, "eventually", fix the specific P-R-D camera view sequence bug on at least 11/2019.xx software (and likely 07/2019.xx as well) US and Canadian G05 X5s. The nuance is the delay for the fix to take effect after coding per above. While @ifr's test above just needed the usual 10-15 minutes for the car to fully power cycle down, several of us needed somewhere in the ballpark of a week and we don't know why. Just a caution to those doing this fix.
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02-08-2020, 11:47 AM | #3 |
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Regarding "others", I believe we saw in the activation conditions that Korea and India cars are affected as well, but in slightly different ways (not dependent on I-STEP versions in the same way as USA and Canada cars). I am not clear whether Mexico is included in this form of "North America" as the setting in Canada was set to USA form of operation, so might also be the case for Mexico or, frankly, any other country that BMW randomly chose to call "USA" for this purpose.
Regardless, the allgemein setting should fix them all.
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02-08-2020, 11:55 AM | #4 | |
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It only worked when I specifically selected Auto then powered the car off and sleep. |
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So that FDL parameter then really just enables the camera mode to be remembered, doesn't it? That can be useful otherwise as well, for people who do want it to be always reverse. I hate software. More precisely, I hate how software is almost never actually designed and is just cobbled together into an eventual mess. 99.9% of all software is like that.
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I was surprised it didn't reset immediately after reverting the coding. It moved into a broken state immediately after coding but correcting it took the outlined steps. It would allow permanent Reverse camera yes, though I'm struggling for a scenario where that would be preferable? |
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In term of use case, I obviously agree that anything other than follow-the-gear-selector Auto mode is not the correct default in this situation. But considering how many fanbois said "always reverse is how it's supposed to be" in the earlier threads where I bitched about this (and other "how it should be" camera bugs that BMW has now fixed in 11/2019.xx), there are people out there for every permutation.
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02-08-2020, 01:44 PM | #8 |
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To qualify that, I meant it would remember reverse if left in USA code mode. It seems to follow auto with allgemein
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So with USA code its stuck on reverse camera of course. Seems to remember the last set camera and does not 'force' to Auto, but will give it a long sleep to confirm. |
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02-08-2020, 04:38 PM | #11 |
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In "allgemein" mode, when camera view was left in right corner view before powering down, it did NOT remember that view and started up in the (correct) Auto mode. Will also test leaving in pure reverse view.
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I did the coding to change the FDL from 'USA' to 'allgmein and it did not resolve the issue immediately.
Everyday i would manually set the Auto mode while parking at office (i park v close to front wall) and then shut down the car and go to work. In the evening when i come back, it would forget the auto mode. It was always on my mind that it started to work after few days for "LexxM3" so i was hoping for the magic. I was literally tracking it every day and then exactly on the 7th day, when i came to parking lot after work, i see [A] was auto selected and I figured the coding did resolve the issue finally I am on iDrive version 07/2019.70
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ICAM3 ECU — definitely only ESys right now.
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i am on my 7th day after coding and it still doesnt go to auto after i put in D or restart...always go to R mode.
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@ifr, I don't think we have the root cause of what it takes for allgemein setting to actually take after coding. I tried leaving in all modes, and there is no memory as you proposed in allgemein — once the coding takes, it always starts in view auto mode. And we have here another example of unknown trigger condition for the coding change to take effect. Any other ideas? It still feels like the ECU in question (and/or related ECUs?) are not being reset and thus not taking the setting — is that a viable direction? Don't think we want to recommend pulling all battery cables to test ...
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Got in the car, made sure it still not working as it SHOULD, left it on Auto, turned off the car and disconnected both batteries, front and rear. Car went dead! Waited 10 min and connected both batteries back. The clock was reset but the camera issue still there. Followed your code 100% right so no idea what's going on. |
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I very much doubt it's related to ECU reset. |
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Some other non coding factor then kicks in and it starts working. In my case it has always worked but I was able to break it, then eventually fix. |
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Maybe that can be found using someone's CAF that is working properly. |
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