CarPlay Stopped Working

[Stuart Wilson]

I think this happened after I upgraded to iOS 18.3 (Now 18.3.1). CarPlay used to work although it always was (with my MG4 and now Cyberster) a bit glitchy - Waze working perfectly but playing a podcast downloaded onto the phone via PocketCasts or BBC Sounds usually just don't work.

Anyway earlier this week (As I say I think it coincides with going to iOS18.3) I stopped seeing CarPlay when I plugged it in. I removed CarPlay for the Cyberster from the phone, rebooted phone, bought an Apple lead (it did work a few days with that lead). Now when I plug in the phone flashes up a CarPlay message but it doesn't stay - sometimes it lets me allow CarPlay when locked but either way it still doesn't appear on the car infotainment screen.

Any other ideas I could try? Is there a way to re-boot the head unit?

 

[moth71]

I think this happened after I upgraded to iOS 18.3 (Now 18.3.1). CarPlay used to work although it always was (with my MG4 and now Cyberster) a bit glitchy - Waze working perfectly but playing a podcast downloaded onto the phone via PocketCasts or BBC Sounds usually just don't work.

Anyway earlier this week (As I say I think it coincides with going to iOS18.3) I stopped seeing CarPlay when I plugged it in. I removed CarPlay for the Cyberster from the phone, rebooted phone, bought an Apple lead (it did work a few days with that lead). Now when I plug in the phone flashes up a CarPlay message but it doesn't stay - sometimes it lets me allow CarPlay when locked but either way it still doesn't appear on the car infotainment screen.

Any other ideas I could try? Is there a way to re-boot the head unit?

Take a look on the mg5 pages lots of people have had problems & using wireless adapters now

 

[onkeldunkel]

Try cleaning the lightning port on your iPhone. I assume it's a Lightning port? I had a similar issue on my VW GTE/Carplay and cleaning the lightning port helped.

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[Jane]

I think this happened after I upgraded to iOS 18.3 (Now 18.3.1). CarPlay used to work although it always was (with my MG4 and now Cyberster) a bit glitchy - Waze working perfectly but playing a podcast downloaded onto the phone via PocketCasts or BBC Sounds usually just don't work.

Anyway earlier this week (As I say I think it coincides with going to iOS18.3) I stopped seeing CarPlay when I plugged it in. I removed CarPlay for the Cyberster from the phone, rebooted phone, bought an Apple lead (it did work a few days with that lead). Now when I plug in the phone flashes up a CarPlay message but it doesn't stay - sometimes it lets me allow CarPlay when locked but either way it still doesn't appear on the car infotainment screen.

Any other ideas I could try? Is there a way to re-boot the head unit?

You can try a wired connection to check if there is any problem.

 

[Stuart Wilson]

You can try a wired connection to check if there is any problem.

Per my post I had tried a wired connection.

I solved this eventually by using a wireless dongle. It generally works but like a lot of the MG4/Cyberster software/firmware is rather temperamental.

 

[Funtasto]

Any luck with iOS 26?

 

[DBedford]

Any luck with iOS 26?

Been touch and go with iOS26 for me, in fact slightly worst than it was when i had iOS18 installed.