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I just got my 530 today! So far the car has been great. But I do have one question. How do I transfer my phonebook to the car's iDrive? I can make and recieve calls, but the phonebook does not transfer. By the way I am using a Sony Ericsson T637 so I am aware that the phone works with this car. Thank you in advance.
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Hey, congrats on getting the new car and welcome!
It depends on whether your phone is fully Bluetooth campatible with the car. The fully compatible ones will download all your phonebook data, etc. Hormazd and others have analyzed this stuff extensively.
My apologies if you are know that your phone is fully compatible, I just know that many Motorolas are very compliant with full BT, and other company's phone are not always.
You might search other threads here too.
It depends on whether your phone is fully Bluetooth campatible with the car. The fully compatible ones will download all your phonebook data, etc. Hormazd and others have analyzed this stuff extensively.
My apologies if you are know that your phone is fully compatible, I just know that many Motorolas are very compliant with full BT, and other company's phone are not always.
You might search other threads here too.
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My Ride: 2011 F10 535i, Graphite on Oyster, ///Msport, Executive Package, XDrive
Originally Posted by Delta' date='Feb 19 2005, 05:10 PM
I just got my 530 today! So far the car has been great.? But I do have one question.? How do I transfer my phonebook to the car's iDrive?? I can make and recieve calls, but the phonebook does not transfer.? By the way I am using a Sony Ericsson T637 so I am aware that the phone works with this car.? Thank you in advance.
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The other thing that you must do is copy the phonebook on your phone to your phone's SIM card. Mine would not copy to my car until it was copied onto the SIM Card. Now updates and changes take a few minutes.
Good luck and let us know how you are enjoying the car.
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My Ride: 04 545i Titanium Silver/Black, Sport, Premium, L7, Cold
Originally Posted by ademitt' date='Feb 19 2005, 06:46 PM
[quote name='Delta' date='Feb 19 2005, 05:10 PM']I just got my 530 today! So far the car has been great.? But I do have one question.? How do I transfer my phonebook to the car's iDrive?? I can make and recieve calls, but the phonebook does not transfer.? By the way I am using a Sony Ericsson T637 so I am aware that the phone works with this car.? Thank you in advance.
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[/quote]I have a Motorola Razr V3 and did not have to copy the phonebook to SIM card to get the phonebook to transfer.
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Originally Posted by kt8509' date='Feb 19 2005, 05:49 PM
[quote name='ademitt' date='Feb 19 2005, 06:46 PM'][quote name='Delta' date='Feb 19 2005, 05:10 PM']I just got my 530 today! So far the car has been great.? But I do have one question.? How do I transfer my phonebook to the car's iDrive?? I can make and recieve calls, but the phonebook does not transfer.? By the way I am using a Sony Ericsson T637 so I am aware that the phone works with this car.? Thank you in advance.
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[/quote]I have a Motorola Razr V3 and did not have to copy the phonebook to SIM card to get the phonebook to transfer.
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[/quote]I think it depends on the phone
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Originally Posted by Delta' date='Feb 19 2005, 07:10 PM
I just got my 530 today! So far the car has been great.? But I do have one question.? How do I transfer my phonebook to the car's iDrive?? I can make and recieve calls, but the phonebook does not transfer.? By the way I am using a Sony Ericsson T637 so I am aware that the phone works with this car.? Thank you in advance.
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I have a motorola v551 and just picked up my 2005 530i yesterday 2/19/05. Able to transfer phonebook to iDrive. Takes several minutes, so listen to some sat radio
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Originally Posted by Delta' date='Feb 19 2005, 06:10 PM
I just got my 530 today! So far the car has been great.? But I do have one question.? How do I transfer my phonebook to the car's iDrive?? I can make and recieve calls, but the phonebook does not transfer.? By the way I am using a Sony Ericsson T637 so I am aware that the phone works with this car.? Thank you in advance.
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Have fun!
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Okay I got it working. I did not have to transfer the contacts to the SIM. All I had to do was drive for a while and it transfered. When I was testing it before, the key was only is position 1 or 2, but the engine was not on.
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Originally Posted by Delta' date='Feb 21 2005, 03:30 PM
Okay I got it working.? I did not have to transfer the contacts to the SIM.? All I had to do was drive for a while and it transfered.? When I was testing it before, the key was only is position 1 or 2, but the engine was not on.
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The iDrive arranges the name exactly how I see it in my cellphone. But then, I don't use last names on my contacts, just their first names And to answer your other question, it does not differentiate between home numbers and works numbers. It just lists all of them, but on the side it shows their phone number. That is the only way to tell the difference.