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I’m also interested in this. Still a little surprised that Porsche doesn’t just roll out full screen CarPlay to all the cars that have the same hardware.
Innovativesoftnz looks like they reverse engineered the update but $650 feels a bit steep.
I’m also interested in this. Still a little surprised that Porsche doesn’t just roll out full screen CarPlay to all the cars that have the same hardware.
Innovativesoftnz looks like they reverse engineered the update but $650 feels a bit steep.
EDIT: This thread is dead -- the OP is long gone and not interested in helping anyone enable full screen "on their own"
There is a method to do it on your own with a bit of research using More Incredible Bash (MIB) but that is at your own risk.
Hi guys,
Andy Liu have provided MIB link in the previous thread, I use the link that he provided and able to update the PCM to enable the full screen Apple Play.
it is working and you can do it on your own.... the instruture is provide on MIB site.. not too bad.. give it a try...
(of course, at your own risk full disclaimer, : ) )
Hi guys,
Andy Liu have provided MIB link in the previous thread, I use the link that he provided and able to update the PCM to enable the full screen Apple Play.
it is working and you can do it on your own.... the instruture is provide on MIB site.. not too bad.. give it a try...
(of course, at your own risk full disclaimer, : ) )
Almost beat me to my edit! I just mentioned the MIB process. There are reasons why some people don't want to do it themselves -- personally, having someone who knows how to recover from an issue in the event something goes wrong is worth the money.
I am beyond excited that now I have full screen Apple CarPlay on my 971 Panamera with PCM 5.0!! Full screen Apply CarPlay is so much nicer than the awful ⅔ screen CarPlay my Pana came with. And I've done this without some random guy remote control into my laptop and "hack" into the PCM. I had this update done about 1 month ago and so far everything is working smoothly! The entire process took less than 10mins!
Here's how I did it...
Tools needed: a USB type A thumb driver (to be plugged into the USB port in the center console) Info needed: my VIN number
Here we go! So I have a friend of mine who figured out how to "unlock" the full screen feature of Porsche PCM and the process is quite simple. I gave him my VIN number and he send me a folder containing couple of files. Then I copied the files onto the USB thumb drive and plugged it into USB port in my Panorama's center console. See files he sent me below.
I turned on the ignition, then hold down the round map zoom **** and the "MEDIA" button in that order for 5 sec to access the PCM engineering mode. There's an option now for "Software Download" and on the next screen PCM would allow me to select USB. You can test this out on your own.
Following the promo, I clicked "Start update". Initially, an error message appeared saying the update has failed that I was told that was normal and I clicked "Cancel Update". Then PCM will reboot again but this time no more error message!
This time, PCM will actually update! It took about 3-5 minute for the software to complete its update and the PCM will reboot two times in the meanwhile.
When PCM reboot itself one last time after the update is completed, it will return to the normal user mode. And when I connected my phone to Apple CarPlay, the magic happened!
Couple of final thoughts...
1) I think my friend's file was able to update the PCM firmware to "unlock" the full screen feature of CarPlay but you Panamera needs to come with CarPlay from the factory.
2) It should work with PCM 5.0 and prior systems even on Cayenne, Macan, 718 and 911s.
3) Ever file is linked to the vehicle VIN number and can only be used on that VIN.
4) It will NOT enable wireless Apple CarPlay since the factor PCM doesn't come with the wireless hardware. Just get a wireless dongle on Amazon and you should be happy.
5) Best part is I did everything on my own (besides getting the file from my friend) and the entire process took me less than 10min after I copied the files onto my thumb drive.
If anyone is interested, maybe I can ask my friend to become a vendor on Rennlist and provide his service. Let me know in the comments below.
I did mine with MIB, and now it seems the version available allows full-fullscreen i.e. no bars on the side, which looks much better. Took me 10 mins following the instructions posted
I did mine with MIB, and now it seems the version available allows full-fullscreen i.e. no bars on the side, which looks much better. Took me 10 mins following the instructions posted
thanks for response .... What is MIB? ... do I have to put something on a USB drive
For those of you that made this upgrade using MIB, can you confirm your headunit/software version started with MHIG/MHI2/MHI2Q? I installed navigation in my 718 Spyder (MHI2) using this approach, but it doesn't seem like my 2020 Macan headunit (MH2p) is on the list of supported versions. But when I look at your Panamera headunits it looks essentially the same as my Macan. Just trying to avoid bricking my wife's headunit
Found the answer to my question on the MIB wiki. The MH2p is part of the MIB2 generation, just like MHI2.
Last edited by Ubermensch; 07-18-2024 at 12:50 PM.
For those of you that made this upgrade using MIB, can you confirm your headunit/software version started with MHIG/MHI2/MHI2Q? I installed navigation in my 718 Spyder (MHI2) using this approach, but it doesn't seem like my 2020 Macan headunit (MH2p) is on the list of supported versions. But when I look at your Panamera headunits it looks essentially the same as my Macan. Just trying to avoid bricking my wife's headunit
03-26-2024, 01:48 PM
