Ekhangel

I can't get the phonebook to sync properly with my MMI 2G High and iPhone 6 running iOS 12. The phonebook menu is greyed out, and that's it. Incoming/received calls ARE available. iPhone is set to sync all contacts. I think I tried all possible settings in MMI already, repairing, resetting, etc.

Can anyone confirm their (recent) phones support phonebook in this system?

Ekhangel

Seriously nobody uses the thing with the most popular phone ever?

JamesAudiA6007

I have exactly the same problem - I highly suspect that it might take an upgrade to the MMI software to hopefully get it working. I've shied away from upgrading mine in case something goes wrong!

BradleyJames

Ekhangel

That's good news. I'll try going from 5150 to the newest soft then. Was hoping I could avoid it, having read somewhere the process can take up to 3 hours (?).

sswari

the 5150 version if or non USA cars only. I should probably look to see where you are, but.....

If you are not at the 4610 level, here is a link to that software.

MMI 4610 update

Ekhangel

I'm from Poland. Thanks for the link, sswari. The car's scheduled for a retrofit next Thursday, I guess I'll tell the guys to do the update as a side job.

sswari

Keep us updated.

dzywicki

I recently purchased a 2008. I have previously had a 2005, 2007 and another 2005. All taken out by deer. On all of my previous A6's I had been able to synch the car phonebook, calls etc. with my phone. I had not been able to figure this out on my 2008. Today, I finally tried something new and it worked to get everything synched. I went into the phone setup and did the reset to factory option. Then, when I reconnected to bluetooth, I was asked on the phone if I wanted to allow synching of my phone to the bluetooth connection. I picked yes and then all of my phonebook and call history were there on my car. I don't know if it makes a difference, but somewhere in there, I also went to the setting about memory (I think). It has an option for SIM (phone) and something else. I seem to recall picking the SIM one.
I have to go back out and will double check. I was just trying things and was so happy when it worked. Been fighting with this for a few months now. For what it's worth, the MMI is at 4410. Looks like I'm due for an update there. I've done that before. Hope this helps somebody here.

dzywicki

I took some pics of the menus I used to get everything working.