Best Phone For Sync...

14SHOCAR · April 27, 2015, 06:49:58 PM

I currently have an iPhone 5s that I am very annoyed with. Ever since the IOS 8x upgrade my phone has shi*# breaking every release. the only reason why I got the iPhone was back in the day it integrated with the bimmer iDrive so well. What's the age with the sync? I'm due for a corporate upgrade... The sky is the limit........ And go!

FoMoCoSHO · April 27, 2015, 09:59:40 PM

My Windows Lumia Icon works great and now with Cortana I can reply to texts as well.

Frozen Taurus · April 27, 2015, 10:25:33 PM

I have had two Samsung's and both worked fine with Sync....the only I can't do is get texts

PokerMunkee · April 27, 2015, 11:13:42 PM

My Droid Maxx works fine. MFT reads my text messages. If I had to get a new phone now, I'd get the Droid Turbo.

How are you guys replying to texts??

IA 5HO · April 27, 2015, 11:17:26 PM

Quote from: PokerMunkee on April 27, 2015, 11:13:42 PM
My Droid Maxx works fine. MFT reads my text messages. If I had to get a new phone now, I'd get the Droid Turbo.

How are you guys replying to texts??

^^^ I was going to say the exact same thing. Beat me to it. Sames phones and everything.

wasinger3000 · April 28, 2015, 12:22:15 AM

My Note 4 works as expected with sync.

jtoddk98 · April 28, 2015, 09:16:00 AM

My iPhone 6 plus works great. No issues at all with sync

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vernonator · April 28, 2015, 09:55:35 AM

Not sure that its the phone as much as the OS. My Galaxy Note 3 did NOT work with Sync until I got the Android 5/lollipop upgrade now its great. Before that my Android 3.3 Droid X worked until it got upgraded to 4....

TSS · April 28, 2015, 09:57:36 AM

My Droid Bionic was flawless with the texts. When I got the Galaxy S4, no more texts.

14SHOCAR · April 28, 2015, 09:58:11 AM

"I cute story have" "bummer" <----- SEE! I hate Siri. > : (

Airbornemaikai · April 28, 2015, 05:14:38 PM

I had a Lumia and it worked great. Then I got an iPhone 5s and it sucked, like you said, couldn't respond to texts. Back to a windows phone (HTC ONE M8) and it works great again, responding to texts and all

markssho · April 28, 2015, 07:59:04 PM

There is another thread, but, many of the older phones running Android 2.3, that support the MAP Bluetooth profile, will be full function with sync on the 10-12 model year SHO's. I'm not sure about Apple devices, but, if you haven't updated the OS in 4 or 5 years, they should work.

I'm not sure about 13+ as they continue to get sync updates and might be compatible with the changes Google put in versions 4+ of Android.

More details for those of you interested... I went around and around with Motorola, Google Android developers and Ford, only to find that Google changed the 'handshake' and AT commands for the Bluetooth protocol regarding MAP. That protocol within the Bluetooth stack is what's used for the texting.

Ford says that sync worked on devices at that time, and they cannot change the connection protocol due to hardware constraints.

Google and Motorola say tough luck.

Hopefully, Google in all their infinite wisdom, doesn't make more changes to break other, currently working functions.