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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Chevrolet

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The 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray fried my iPhone

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  • quadricyclequadricycle Member Posts: 827
    Right, so you don't want to put up with the inconvenience of Bluetooth, but you've got the time to have your phone freeze, let it die, reset it, and reinstall everything?
  • fordson1fordson1 Unconfirmed Posts: 1,512
    Yeah I use SD cards and USB sticks...but this should work correctly. BT audio...still not quite there, sound-quality-wise. Once you pay the extra for the higher-end car sound system, using BT audio is a waste of the resource. And BT audio doesn't allow much control of the player. A USB connection doesn't work right using a mainstream smartphone with this car? Something's not right.
  • yellowbalyellowbal Member Posts: 234
    It sounds like a phone problem.
  • goaterguygoaterguy Member Posts: 64
    Has anyone else with an iPhone reported this problem? Simply stating that the Corvette fried your iPhone may be a catchy title but also somewhat ignorant as iPhones are known to have problems too. I know the apple store has replaced mine twice.
  • allthingshondaallthingshonda Member Posts: 878
    Sounds like the iPhone not the Vette was the problem. Carmakers' device interface leans heavily on Apple's side. Most of them only work with iPhones and won't work at all with Android devices. BTW if you hold the sleep/wake button and the home button together for about 5 seconds it will force the phone to turn off. Just like pressing and holding the power button on your PC.
  • stovt001_stovt001_ Member Posts: 799
    I've had an ipod touch have a power regulation failure that led to overheating. I doubt the car is at fault, especially if it is only your phone.
  • desmoliciousdesmolicious Member Posts: 671
    Can you briefly try the bluetooth just to see how the sound quality matches up? In my Jeep the Bt sound is awful (ucomnect) but plugged in it is great.
    Thanks
  • nukedetroitnukedetroit Member Posts: 108
    Obviously a GM problem.
  • sharpendsharpend Member Posts: 177
    Sheesh, iPhones are for girls who don't know any better.
  • greenponygreenpony Member Posts: 531
    desmolicious, Bluetooth vs USB is the same in my Focus. Sound quality with Bluetooth is noticeably poor, but sound quality plugged into USB is acceptable.
  • jrisedenjriseden Member Posts: 4
    FYI - You can hold down both the home button and the power button on an iPhone to perform a hardware reset on the device. It will take anywhere from 20-60 seconds, but it should reboot.
  • stuntman_mikestuntman_mike Member Posts: 57
    Why do you think they call it a Lightning connector? (Insert Rimshot)
  • nukedetroitnukedetroit Member Posts: 108
    Let's consider the track records of the companies involved here:

    Apple - innovative, products adored by billions, never needed a government bailout
    GM - died in 2008 due to lagging demand for substandard goods, salvaged by federal largesse, hasn't been innovative in 40 years, continued poor quality, relies on the likes of Daewoo to design cars.

    Yeah, right... this is an Apple problem, sure.
  • socal_ericsocal_eric Member Posts: 189
    Great title for the blog post. Surely the device connected couldn't possibly have had a glitch and it much have been the car's infotainment system at fault. While I like my Apple products, they're pretty easy to use and relatively bug free compared to other phones and music players, they're not perfect.
  • vettebuzvettebuz Member Posts: 1
    My 2016 Corvette does the same thing. When I plug in my iPhone 6 using a genuine Apple cable, the phone gets unreasonably hot inside the center console. I hesitate to plug it in anymore, but it's the only way Apple CarPlay works. I will test it outside the console, but I suspect I will get the same result. Given that iPhones have been sold and are charging by the 100s of millions without overheating, I have no reason to think it is an iPhone issue.
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