C7.5 2016 RS7 Apple CarPlay actived!

[wuplur]

Did this activation also turn on the reminder setting for “your cellphone is still in the vehicle”?

[allenzhang215]

Did this activation also turn on the reminder setting for “your cellphone is still in the vehicle”?

I actually don't know the car has this option.

[ReiKai]

Please keep us updated. I am jelly af with my wife's B9 that offer so many options in their MMI. I too have an 2016 A7 and would love to have this unlocked. I went to Audi Honolulu and tried to convince them to unlock it. The service manager told me "If you really want this feature, you might as well buy the RS5 Sport Back in our showroom." So they will hold out on you for more services.

[allenzhang215]

Please keep us updated. I am jelly af with my wife's B9 that offer so many options in their MMI. I too have an 2016 A7 and would love to have this unlocked. I went to Audi Honolulu and tried to convince them to unlock it. The service manager told me "If you really want this feature, you might as well buy the RS5 Sport Back in our showroom." So they will hold out on you for more services.

I doubt Audi dealer will do it. I went there couple times, said no software update for my car.

Before I went this route, I was waiting for the NJ guy's hardware.
Then I found this, so no need for extra hardware installation.

[DetRebel]

I live in Michigan and I have a pre-facelift C7 A6. Would you be willing to see if they can activate CarPlay in the older MMI?


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[gta7]

I live in Michigan and I have a pre-facelift C7 A6. Would you be willing to see if they can activate CarPlay in the older MMI?


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Totally different system. The point it the 2016 system could have supported it but they left it out.

[DetRebel]

Totally different system. The point it the 2016 system could have supported it but they left it out.

Okay, I’ll probably wait it out for the android tablet with wireless CarPlay


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[mjfloyd1]

Just got my Carplay activated on my 2016 RS7!!

If anyone wants to do this, I would sell you my 32 GB SD card which has the needed Mega file already on it and my D-Link (and CD ROM for the d link) for $20 plus shipping.

All you would need is Teamviewer 14 on your PC and to make contact with the seller on taobao.

https://www.sgshop.com.my/taobao/tao...4230%3Bcarlife

Mark

[dee5330]

Dibs!!


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[mpressive6]

I'll take it as well if for some reason things fall through. Would it be helpful if we mentioned where people are located? Maybe we could get a few in a couple of states/locations, have a group build or something.

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[whatsamattau447]

Interested as well.. In IL

[mjfloyd1]

You guys do know this is for the C7.5 refresh correct ? I see dee5330 has a 2013 and it won’t work unless you have a different C7.5 refresh car.

I don’t think a group build would work. This is one guy in China and we are 12 hour apart (based on EST). It would have to be passed along as I am doing and each person contact him for the firmware upgrade and CarPlay activation.

Mark

[Wkraus]

I have a 2016 and as you can see from my other posts this is extremely important to me. I would love to be added in this chain of buyers and would happily pay more then $20!!

[PaulRS7]

Gday,
Does the guy in China speak English and what is the D-link required for?

[dee5330]

I have a 16 RS7.


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[mjfloyd1]

P.C. -> Ethernet cord-> D Link -> USB inside armrest.

You move the SD card back and forth between the PC and the SD1 slot in the radio.

He uses teamviewer 14 to remotely control your computer and download a few things and open files. I used a new computer that had no banking or other apps that I would be worried about.

I communicated by messaging from inside taobao. He knows enough English that we were able to get it done. I sent a lot of pics using the taobao messaging system. He sent a lot of pics showing me what buttons to push and how long to push them. It was actually easier than I feared that it might be. Keep in mind that I’m 54 and not very computer savvy.

I did however have a student from China get me registered in taobao and she put the product into my shopping cart so that I could just go back and click the shopping cart. Then I clicked on the product inside the shopping cart and then clicked on the second figure on the bottom left which takes you to the messaging app. You can also use telegraph if you know how to do that.

As far as paying him goes, he sent me a PayPal request in USD. I got lucky and exchange rates are favorable so it was $148.

I’ll figure out postage for dee... I didn’t want to sell you something that would not work - I’m glad that it will work.

Mark

[janthony6]

I’ll do it!

[mjfloyd1]

Best contact is via telegram app

[allenzhang215]

P.C. -> Ethernet cord-> D Link -> USB inside armrest.

You move the SD card back and forth between the PC and the SD1 slot in the radio.

He uses teamviewer 14 to remotely control your computer and download a few things and open files. I used a new computer that had no banking or other apps that I would be worried about.

I communicated by messaging from inside taobao. He knows enough English that we were able to get it done. I sent a lot of pics using the taobao messaging system. He sent a lot of pics showing me what buttons to push and how long to push them. It was actually easier than I feared that it might be. Keep in mind that I’m 54 and not very computer savvy.

I did however have a student from China get me registered in taobao and she put the product into my shopping cart so that I could just go back and click the shopping cart. Then I clicked on the product inside the shopping cart and then clicked on the second figure on the bottom left which takes you to the messaging app. You can also use telegraph if you know how to do that.

As far as paying him goes, he sent me a PayPal request in USD. I got lucky and exchange rates are favorable so it was $148.

I’ll figure out postage for dee... I didn’t want to sell you something that would not work - I’m glad that it will work.

Mark

Great to hear that it works for you.

I probably need to request some refund from him since you paid like 40 bucks less than I did, lol

[mjfloyd1]

I still have the Mega file on my computer and could transfer to SD card(s) if people want to avoid the hassle and would pay for shipping.

Mark

[mpressive6]

I still have the Mega file on my computer and could transfer to SD card(s) if people want to avoid the hassle and would pay for shipping.

Mark

Mark,

I have a 2016 A7 so that's why I suggested a group build. I would be interested in purchasing the SD card so to clarify what would remain to get this up and running, the software, Ethernet, and contact the China resource correct??

If I still need to purchase the service from the China resource what advantage do I gain again purchasing the SD card from you? Thank you for your support in this thread.

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[allenzhang215]

Mark,

I have a 2016 A7 so that's why I suggested a group build. I would be interested in purchasing the SD card so to clarify what would remain to get this up and running, the software, Ethernet, and contact the China resource correct??

If I still need to purchase the service from the China resource what advantage do I gain again purchasing the SD card from you? Thank you for your support in this thread.

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Basically, you can buy SD card from your local store, and download the software from the link provided by the China resource. The download process gonna take coupe hours. Buying from him, you could skip the downloading step.

[mjfloyd1]

guy in China sent me a Mega file that I downloaded onto SD card. Used teamviewer for him to control my computer remotely. Used taobao app to message him and he sent me pics showing what buttons to push. I sent him pics of what was showing on my MMI screen.

You have to move SD card back and forth between PC and SD1 slot on radio. Also have to plug in Dlink to the usb under armrest in center console. (USB for phone is towards driver’s side (USA) and USB for PC is towards passenger side (USA)

Allen is right. The Mega file takes hours to download.

Next is just getting a d link and Ethernet cord for PC to d link

Next is firmware update - that takes a couple hours.

Then activate CarPlay. That was quick for Allen but at least an hour for me because I had some illegal values and I had to plug in SD card back and forth and also plug and unplug Dlink.

When it is working he sends you a PayPal request for USD.

[magn2o]

If anyone saved the various payloads copied to the SDcard during the multiple stages, I'd love to pull them apart and dig into the scripts..

[mjfloyd1]

SD card with mega file and D-Link and CD ROM mailed to dee5330.

[flimay2k]

Just texted the guy on Telegram, he was pretty responsive, told me to buy the D-link and that it would cost around $ 178.00, I'd do it if I could get Android Auto as well, but looks like this is not an option, I'm not changing my phone to an iPhone.

[wuplur]

I thought this was activating the factory “smartphone interface”? If that’s the case then it should add android auto.

[flimay2k]

I thought this was activating the factory “smartphone interface”? If that’s the case then it should add android auto.

I'm not sure about that, I think it's an asian version of the software that supports carplay and baidu carlife, which looks a lot like android auto but I don't think can be used in the US.

mjfloyd1 - can you confirm if Android Auto is available?

[mjfloyd1]

I have an iPhone. I did not care about Android honestly. There is carlife but he said it was “China only”. You would have to ask him on telegram.

[golffather]

Firmware MHI2_US_AU57x_PO536 can be patched to activate carplay (US Version)
Firmware MHI2_ER_AU57x_K2519_2 cannot (UK/European version)

[greatgretsch]

How do you check firmware version?

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[golffather]

[whatsamattau447]

I just had my car activated tonight... I had an extra Android phone and hooked it up... sure enough it works!

Very happy.

[greatgretsch]

thanks!

[greatgretsch]

Wow. It can be done reliably by non-Audi....so certainly AUDI could do it if they were so inclined.

[doogie]

From what I can see - the gizmo referred to as "D-Link" in the thread looks like a USB to Ethernet NIC? For real - that's intense. Do any of you have a model number?

Sounds like my shopping list is -

• TBD D-Link product - from one of the taobao images it looks like they used an older rev of the DUB-E100, USB2 to 10/100. See here for example.
• SD card - 32GB sufficient?

If somebody can get the "mega file" to me I can host it, to try and save time. I can imagine trying to get these files from China would be pretty tough.

I'm curious too - for those that got CarPlay activated - what does your firmware version say now?

[mjfloyd1]

He said 8-32 GB sufficient

[mjfloyd1]

He directed me to DUB-E100 D-LINK

[mjfloyd1]

Firmware revision is MHI2_US_AU57x_K3324_1

[whatsamattau447]

The only thing I suggest is getting a brand name sd card.. the longest pet was flashing the mmi with the new firmware.. I had a 90Mb read/write (I don’t know how fast the sd card reader in mmi is) but that took 23 min from start to finish.

The firmware is 1.6 gig in size he hosts on mega and it took me 2 min to download..

If need be I can send the file to someone but he adds some special sauce to it to get it working..