iPhone 12 Pro and Carplay

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Gadgetman
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Anyone using the new iPhone 12 successfully with CarPlay?

Using and official Apple USB A to Lightning cable and it neither charges or connects. My previous iPhone XS worked fine.

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I've not got the iPhone 12. I understand the cable it comes with uses a USB-C connector to allow fast charging. Although it should work with a USB-A cable, someone in the Apple community discussions forum said they were able to fix the same issue you're having, by using the cable that came with the new phone and an adapter to go from USB C to USB A. Another user stated that Apple support said the iPhone 12 is not currently compatible with CarPlay.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/25 ... 3819233022

Not sure how correct either of these statements are. You may need to do some Googling and/or contact Apple support.
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Thanks JT. After a frustrating afternoon I had a good think about what I’d done with the phone after setting it up and it occurred to me I’d only charged it wirelessly so connecting it in the car was the first time it had been connected to anything with a cable. I then tried charging from various power sources with the supplied cable (USB C) and older USB A cables and it wouldn’t respond. Wouldn’t connect to my iMac either.

Fearing that I’d received a handset wit a dead lightning connection I thought what would be the first thing Apple would ask me to do with it - turn it off and on again. Guess what - now works with everything. I’d not re-started it since set up and IOS update. Hey ho....every day’s a school day!
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