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@c1pher : How does your unit react in my step away far enough to lose carplay connection but get back into car within that 10 minute window when the console port is still powered?
I am not sure. However, as soon as I open the car door, my phone starts CarPlay before I am even in the driver seat.
Well I have something I can contribute to this thread. I went ahead and decided to give the CarlinKit 5.0 a try. So far, I give it a 6.5 out of 10 in terms of how it compares to wired CarPlay. I even went in and updated the internal firmware immediately. For Waze, it appears to work fine although I can easily detect the lag. It’s just a bit glitchy on Pandora & SiriusXM which is what I use a lot. Seems to have trouble smoothly & seamlessly connecting. Could be that I’m using a brand new iPhone 16 Pro and perhaps there are some bugs to be worked out. For the price of <$60, I’m not terribly disappointed and willing to hang onto it a bit to see if the bugs/glitches find a way of working themselves out or I simply get used to them and it won’t bother me as much. Time will tell.
As for power, I am custom rigging a mount made from an old Rennline magnetic phone mount. I am sticking a MagSafe charger onto the round disc that previously held the magnets. I never liked that magnet mount anyway, as I found the magnets to simply be too weak to hold the phone. Hopefully when my MagSafe charger arrives and I get this set up I will be happy with that.
I only used the mag charge part as the rennline was already mounted …so I just popped off the rennline round disc and put this one on instead.
i have an iPhone 15 and the magnets in the one above hold through all my spirited driving include launch control (stage 3+ TTS) It is solid, Way better hold than the rennline. I can even feel it align the phone when it gets close.
Last edited by Rumble-Bee; 09-21-2024 at 09:25 PM.
Does anyone know how long this CarlinKit 5.0 stays on for after the car is turned off? It seems like it stays on a while. I left the armrest open so I can see it through the window and it was still on after a few minutes of being out of the car.
I’m just here to update after a couple weeks with the CarlinKit 5.0. I have to say it’s really hard to like this thing but I’m trying. Very glitchy. Inconsistent. Sometime it works fine with no issues. Sometimes the sound just turns very staticky for no reason. The getting in and out of the car to pump gas thing where it doesn’t reconnect right is a little annoying. I’ve found myself a handful of times already having to disconnect the unit. I’m frequently contemplating just going back to the old way of just plugging it in. I don’t feel like its worth replacing with another.
That’s exactly the one I have too. You can even see when I purchased it. Judging by the average star rating, seems that these things are far from flawless/perfect for all users.
09-14-2024, 10:26 PM
