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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.
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
Well, 2.1 firmware has now been released.
So, upgraded and moved to my car.
Re-paired the phone with the car, and it still does not work.
So still continuously drops connection to the car, and does not populate the address book.
Disappointed? Yep
Apple have released a plethora of product changes, all in pretty colours (see apple.com). But probably the most important announcement is that of the 2.1 software for the iPhone.
They state that it improves issues like:
dropped calls, battery improvement, fast backups (again)
The big question, will it resolve the CarKit Interface issues? Will i finally be able to use the phone in my car again.
Lets hope (fingers crossed) – its released this Friday, lets wish the week away.
iPhone 0xE800002E – yet another attempt to fix – looking promising
October 10, 2008 in Comment, iphone | Tags: 0xE800002E, 2.1, 3g, AppStore, iphone, itunes 8, sync, syncronisation | 1 comment
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.