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      12-16-2020, 08:05 AM   #1
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Santa came early with Car play for my X1(F48)

Another super happy customer of Jakub (kubax86).

I was looking for a way to enable car play in my 2017 X1 F48, as the dealer said it is not possible for my vehicle.
I searched everywhere and got some useful pointers (from the US to Malaysia to China). Solutions were genuine but costly, around 550 USD. To be honest, I was not ready to pay this much money to get car play activated.

Then I came to know about Jakub(kubax86) from this forum only. At first, I was skeptical about his solution, but after a good discussion with him over chat, I got convinced about his method and the solution.

I think this was the best decision I have made in the recent past. Jakob is very professional and knows how to provide world-class service. Technically, he is very strong and knows what he is doing and selling.
No bluffing or shit selling.

He is even a super generous person. In this world where people even charge for moving their muscle, he goes beyond what he is charging for and does some additional works (for example- pre-requisite for car play enablement) for free.
As in my case, my iDrive software was not UpToDate, so he flashed the latest software for free. Thrust me, this was a bigger job than car play enablement and one can easily charge a handsome amount for it, but not Jakub(kubax86) 😊

He is always a message away and promptly replies to any question/queries one might have, before or even after the installation. I would rate his service top-notch.

I am extremely happy with my decision and the outcome. Attaching some of the pictures from my newly installed Car play for your reference.

I would strongly recommend Jakub(kubax86); in case you are looking for Car play enablement.
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      12-16-2020, 11:26 AM   #2
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So what is required to enable carplay?
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      12-16-2020, 11:47 AM   #3
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So what is required to enable carplay?
Entrynav2 Headunit (WAY map) and WLAN port at the back of the headunit which can be confirmed by disassembling or checking by HWEL in E-Sys and sending it to me.
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So what is required to enable carplay?
Entrynav2 Headunit (WAY map) and WLAN port at the back of the headunit which can be confirmed by disassembling or checking by HWEL in E-Sys and sending it to me.
I am guessing 2017 models don't have entry nav 2 right?

Also if they don't we just need the new screen? Or do we need to buy more stuff?



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      02-20-2021, 06:36 AM   #5
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Entrynav2 Headunit (WAY map) and WLAN port at the back of the headunit which can be confirmed by disassembling or checking by HWEL in E-Sys and sending it to me.
Don't you need a FSC code from BMW as well and whats the drawback if you don't get one ?
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      02-20-2021, 06:47 AM   #6
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Don't you need a FSC code from BMW as well and whats the drawback if you don't get one ?
You don't. We do activations that does not require FSC codes.
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You don't. We do activations that does not require FSC codes.
You missed the second part of my question - doesn't that mean that CarPlay might get deactivated automatically after your next software update?
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You missed the second part of my question - doesn't that mean that CarPlay might get deactivated automatically after your next software update?
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      02-21-2021, 03:48 PM   #9
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I am guessing 2017 models don't have entry nav 2 right?

Also if they don't we just need the new screen? Or do we need to buy more stuff?



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F48 from approx 04/2017 onwards will have Entrynav 2 . If you go into nav section and look at software version if your map has “way” in the description then you have Entrynav 2 if your map has “route” in the title then you have Entrynav (and Carplay not possible).

You can see from pics that aks_179 is using basic 6.6” screen so no upgrade is necessary although 8.8” screen retrofit is Imho one of the best upgrades you can do to your X1.
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