I have a 2011 G37 and iPhone 5. I upgraded to iOS 8 and no longer can control the phone via. hands free / steering wheel controls. Music plays, but I must use the iPhone screen. Bluetooth functions as well.

Has anyone else been experiencing this or a similar problem?

 

Yep. I'm using the Iphone 6 with iOS8 and I can flip through songs with the steering wheel controls, but I'm not able to actually start playing music unless I select "play" on the phone itself.

 

I have an iphone 5s with ios8 and I havent had any problems. Just used it last night, steering wheel controls and all.

 

I have the same problem but I have an iPhone 5S with OS 7.1.1 so I don't think its a software issue.

 

I have an iPhone 5S w/ iOS 8 and experience the same problem intermittently. Usually once I unplug and reconnect the phone, the problem goes away. It seems as though every time Apple updates the OS, it fixes one issue and causes another.

 

I also have the iPhone 5, and just updated to iOS 8. I've lost the control through my G. I can cycle through playlists on the console, but not the steering wheel. Nothing plays unless I start it on the iPhone. When I had iOS 7, I never had a problem. Hopefully a fix is coming...

 

I have iPhone 5 on iOS 8 with my 2008 G37s. The only car related issue I had was my bluetooth was intermittently connecting and disconnecting. I broke the pairing and then re-paired the phone with the car. I've been fine ever since. If course... I don't have BT streaming like some of you do, so I can't speak to any streaming issues that may be present.

I've never been able to import my phone's contact list to the car in the past, and I didn't try doing this again following the update either.

 

GFN, just tried using the play button from the steering wheel controls like you mentioned and it would not play unless play is initiated from the phone. FWIW, I'm using an iPhone 5 with iOS 7.0.4.

Not sure on that because I've never tried to import contacts.

I don't mean to throw salt in the wounds you guys are experiencing...just offering my philosophy on software upgrades-- if it ain't broke, don't fix it. With new software releases, always let early adopters over the cliff provide the soft landing [cushion] for the rest of us that follow off of said cliff eventually. The iOS 8.0.1 update was a cluster-- so bad that they pulled it from distribution.

With that being said, I generally wait 3 months or so on full upgrades (iOS 7 --> iOS 8) and a month before I pull the trigger on point releases. That philosophy has served me well over the years. I used to be an early adopter myself but was bitten one too many times, ergo the aforementioned upgrade philosophy.

I thought I remember Infiniti issuing TSB's for software updates for the NAV system related to bluetooth and the iPhone 5 at some point. Perhaps they'll issue another for this issue. I don't see Infiniti doing that with any quickness though.

It seems like an intermittent issue with some running iOS 8, some running iOS 7 with it working fine, and others where it doesn't.

 

Having the same issue. Can't control the songs through the steering wheel or the track up down button on my steering wheel.

I am having issues with ios8 as it is. Should not have done the upgrade in the first place!

 

Have y'all deleted/re-paired your phones?

 

to all people with issues with iOS 8: did you update over the air or by connecting it to itunes via the computer?

 

I'll do that this evening. Don't know if it would fix the music control issues though as i don't have BT streaming.

Over Wifi. Why do you ask? Maybe I'll restore my phone through my itunes.

 

usually when i update to a new ios altogether i tend to remove the phone from the car altogether and re-pair it.

also for music...did you try this?

https://www.myg37.com/forums/audio-v...lay-music.html

 

IOS 8.0.2 was just released

Telcoman

 

has anyone tested out with 8.0.2 to test if the problem has been resolved? I can only play music via USB (no bluetooth) and had the same problem.