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For the past few weeks i have noticed that the syncing of my iPhone has stopped working. I have basically been ignoring it. When iTunes has got to the sync of the calendar information, it just continues for ever and never stops. On one occasion i left it for around 5 hours.
I decided to try and sort it out.
Searching the web for inspiration has found many people with the same problem but no solution.
In iTunes in Edit -> Preferences
There is a ‘Reset Sync History’ Button
itunes hanging calendar sync
Performing a ‘sync reset’, seems to clear the problem, all other attempts like removal of calendars and adding of the calendar again failed.
Out of the blue it looks like the 2.2 firmware release for the iPhone as resolved the Bluetooth connectivity problems with cars in general.
I haven’t seen any mention of this on release notes or anything, but a number of people who were struggling with the partial compatibility with their vehicles now seem to have no problem.
If you have been trying to get your phone working with your car you want to try again, delete the current pairing if you have one, and start again afresh.
So last night as i got out of the car I re-paired my phone to the car.
This morning, whilst driving to work. A miracle happened.
My full telephone list was available on the car – for the first time since I switched to the iPhone.
The car was at the garage because when the key was inserted, the car intermittently locked everything down. I was presented with an orange steering wheel with a padlock on it. Taking the key in and out a few times eventually allowed me to start the car.
So – The garage “reset” the car.
I do not know what specifically this entails, but the radio did loose all its pairings.
So, 2005 330d M Sport with Bus Prof Radio is working, i do have the 2000 dummy entries as suggested by scoopz. Further reading http://blog.scoopz.com/2008/10/11/fix-for-iphone-and-bmw-idrive-address-book-not-synchronising
Fingers crossed it will stay this way. I’ll let you know how it goes after the weekend.
After visiting my local BMW dealer (for another reason – the car was faulty) I decided to enquire on the current situation regarding the iPhone and my car – 2005 330d M sport.
Interestingly, I received a 2008 325d M Sport as a temporary car, it had SatNav+iDrive so I paired my phone.
The address book worked first time.
When picking up my car and enquiring I was told that cars after 2007 should work fine but prior to that there was no guarantee. The iPhone is not on the BMW Bluetooth supported phones list.
I enquired about a Bluetooth upgrade, it was going to cost over £200 and there was no guarantee that it would work. There was also the possibility of other components of the car not working correctly and needing resolving on top of this, which would then potentially increase the costs almost exponentially.
So looks like I’m stuck until I replace my car.
Interesting that 2.2 is out later this week, although given the above, and past reading on the web – I suspect it will not make much difference. Fingers crossed.
Further reading http://blog.scoopz.com/2008/10/11/fix-for-iphone-and-bmw-idrive-address-book-not-synchronising
Scoopz has finally had some success, although not for everybody.
In a new blog entry Scoopz has documented what needs to be done: http://blog.scoopz.com/2008/10/11/fix-for-iphone-and-bmw-idrive-address-book-not-synchronising. It seems to work for many people but not all, it hasn’t worked for me.
In summary, he creates 2000 contacts and add them to the iPhone, this then allows the BMW to synchronise the contacts list.
Hopefully, BMW/Apple will come up with a correct solution soon, my iPhone stability seems to have got worse with the 2.1 firmware release. Although it hasn’t really been useful since purchase.
After a little more digging, i found this interesting comment by John Gordon, the suggestion in simple terms is to reset the iPhone and restore immediately, followed by a re-sync.
Full instructions can be found on Johns blog here: http://tech.kateva.org/2008/09/iphone-21-does-not-fix-unknown.html .
This is done using the latest version 8 iTunes and iPhone firmware.
So far, so good, all data is back, unfortunately all the icons have been repositioned, its a shame apple can’t retain the position of the icons. Data and passwords seem to have been retained.
Everything seems updated, so this is probably the best solution at the moment, i’ll give some more feedback after a few applications have been updated. The true test.
[UPDATE 20th Oct 2008]
Looks like this has worked, i upgraded 5 applications over the weekend, everything is still working correctly.
[UPDATE 28th Oct 2008]
All still working fine, more updates have been aplied – looks like this does resolve the issue.
This might be something to do with the 0xe800002e error, although it is not giving an error code.
After a recent update was requested for Air Sharing (which is a fantastic application – get it now) within minutes of the iPhone been turned on, the iPhone prompts for the AppStore password. Presumably so that the application can be updated.
constant password request by iPhone
This wouldn’t be a problem, accept it then fails:
update failed message
Let’s hit dismiss a couple of times and everything is normal, but its not long before the same message is repeated, canceling the update does not achieve anything either.
Connecting back to the PC, also does not resolve.
Yep, another fault with the AppStore.
This is what I then did to resolve the problem:-
Next step, lets remove AirSharing icons from the the front screen and select the delete option and the other applications that are failing to update with the 0xe800002e error, then do a cold reboot of the iPhone – just for good measure.
On restart – AirSharing is Back !
Let’s Re-sync…
NOW – AirSharing is on the iPhone, BUT not in iTunes, its not selected to be installed !!!!!
airsharing de-selected
BUT – it is on the iPhone!!!!!!
airsharing on iphone
So to try and get everything correct again, I will add the AirSharing application back into the iphone and re-sync.
I now have one AirSharing application installed, and syncronising is working again, and so far – no password requests.
APPLE – Sort the AppStore out !!!! Please…
I have now had the 2.1 firmware for around a week.
I have been keeping a close look at reception issues, as I had issues before, and according to apple, one of the main fixes was to improve the 3G reception.
On the whole, I think the 3G reception is marginally better, although its hard to say as I don’t get a 3G signal in my main locations.
The other noticeable difference has been the 2G signal. Before 2.1 it was near impossible for me to get a signal at home, now – since 2.1 – I can get the occasional signal in various parts of the house. It is still not usable at home, but I can get the odd text message through the phone now – assuming I leave it in one of the magic locations.
Talking to o2 about this in August, they will be building a new transmitter in about 9 months time, so hopefully then I will have a decent signal. I need to either wait or switch back to the T-Mobile or Orange which do supply a usable signal. And a point to note, I’m not in the back of beyond. Just terrain issues seem to be the problem. But if T-Mobile and Orange can provide suitable signals its a shame o2 can not, especially in the year 2008.
Did the 2.1 improve my life, not really, still waiting on too many key components of functionality.
Battery life is better tho, so at least I can use the iPhone as an iTouch.
Roll on April 2009, hopefully by then we will have a new transmitter, and maybe even a new firmware update that allows the phones bluetooth to work correctly with my car again.
I’ve now been struggling/living with an update problem with iTunes for a number of weeks. Infact, pretty much since I got my iPhone.
In summary, when the AppStore indicates that their are updates for applications, they are downloaded, and then the iPhone is synchronised. This is where the problem starts, Error 0xE800002E is then given for one or more applications, and the relevant update not applied.
iTunes iPhone sync error message 0xE800002E
The recently released 2.1 firmware doesn’t make any difference, BUT, a quick fix of
Delete the Application from the iPhone
reApply the Application to the iPhone
Will get around the problem, * BUT * this is only until the next update.
The main annoyance of this, is that the local data, like user ids, passwords etc is lost when the application is removed, so has to be re-entered each time. High scores etc, are lost with no method of getting them back without playing a game again.
Come on Apple, give this some sort of priority.
I’m not the only one, there are lots of information on the web about it:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=541871
http://forums.macnn.com/103/ipod-iphone-and-apple-tv/376631/cant-update-any-iphone-apps/
http://www.macworld.com.au/forums/index.php?showtopic=1788&mode=linear
and generally on Google…
BUT, until it is fixed, this is just another thorn in the side of what should be a good product.
[although I hear the first Android handset is out next week (at least in some countries)...maybe....]
Some further links:
http://www.macfixitforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/450071/0xE800002E_Error
http://rupertgee.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/error-0xe800002e/
http://www.macfixitforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/450071/0xE800002E_Error
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smenzel/2810760668/
http://www.touchfs.com/node/99
http://tech.kateva.org/2008/09/iphone-21-does-not-fix-unknown.html
http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/unknown-error-occurred-0xe800002e/
Come on Apple, get it sorted
iPhone can take a long time to wake up after cell signal loss
December 12, 2008 in Comment, iphone | Tags: bluetooth, cell tower, iphone, signal loss, wakeup | 2 comments
When the iphone is out of cell signal for a period of time (overnight), the iphone appears to poll to check for a new signal from the cell at longer and longer intervals. This is good in general, as constantly polling the cell tower would very quickly deplete the battery.
However, when moving back into an area with cell coverage (which in my case just means moving outside), the amount of time before the phone re-connects can be very long. The exception to this is that if the main button is pressed to wake the phone up, the phone immediately performs a cell tower check and reconnects.
If you get into a car however without pressing the button, you can be driving around with no phone signal for quite awhile. This is even the case if you have the phone paired to the car via bluetooth.
In this instance, the pairing is completed, and the phone continues to not check the cell tower for quite sometime – Unless the button is pressed as you approach the car (which does resolve the problem, however most inconvenient).
So until Apple make the cell search start when the bluetooth pairs (which would probably be the easiest fix) dont forget to wake up the iphone before setting off.
This happens everyday to me
, i must try and remember to press that button.
[Update 22nd September 2009]
So, 10 months on, Version 3 of the O.S. and guess what, still the same problem, i love the iPhone, but need the connectivity reliability of a main stream brand. After all, this is supposed to be a mobile telephone first and foremost