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hi
i have tried searching this problem on this forum and others ,i have 54 plate x5 built in sat nav with the bluetooth i can get phone to pair i can dial and receive calls but no contacts transfer tried copy all contacts to sim ,tried sending one at a time but it wont accept them. i just want to know if anyone with the same phone has managed to do it with this age car ....

yes i know i phones can do and others so theres no need to tell me i got the wrong phone.

thanks in advance

It may be down to the Bluetooth version that VMW chose to use and that used by the phone. The latest bluetooth contact variant is not compatible. I know the iphone4 works, but it's possible yours doesn't. Do you know which variant of the standard the phone uses? It can also depend upon how old the TCU is in your car.

Bluetooth was supposed to be a common standard way of doing things, but that's not how it turned out and even back in 2005, BMW were out if step with what was then actually being used. Phones pair OK, but that's it in some cases. I think that the address book/contact list had to be compatible with Bluetooth standard 1.1. Different manufacturers have enabled this in different ways going forward as part of the pairing process.

Looking on the web, it seems that you're not alone with this on BMWs of a similar age to yours. It appears to be the version of address book/contact standard in the latest Android OS is not compatible with that used in the earlier BMWs pre iDrive. The last version that seemed to have worked flawlessly was 'Froyo', whatever that was. Sorry, not an Android user so not familiar with all the OS Version names.

Some users seem to have got round it using summat called 'Cyanogen 2.3.7' and some trickery, so it may be possible. Does this help at all.....

http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-ev ... ems-3.html

Thanks x5sport
That person seems to have sorted it but after reading how to root your phone its not for me ,quite scary and im not that brave . I did read on another forum that someones phone had worked i private message him no reply yet , maybe he knows another way..i will update when he does

just had another go after reading the link you gave x5sport . The top post in the link said to root phone but the next poster said about downloading bluetooth file transfer , but the others said it didnt work so i thought i would give that a go .

worked a treat very happy now

thank you

You're welcome. Glad it worked. It looked like a possible choice so it's nice when something works out..

Bluetooth was such a pain due to the number of differing ways in which a supposed 'universal' standard was being implemented that when I was ordering my E53 in 2004, I opted to have the built in phone instead. At that time two networks were tslking of offering tein SIM systems, oe in the phone and one in the car. As usual both bottled it and although it was a pain swapping sim cards in and out at least I knew that regardless of phone type, the contacts would always work.

And now we know it works, anyone else with the same issue has a possible solution.

yep, as already mentioned.
cars circa 2005 have their bluetooth software compatible with phones from that era also. my old sony k800i from that era still works perfectly with my car.
but my up to date android phone is just too far advanced for the old beamers circuitry.
hence iphones work so well still, as their operating system is so old!!!