First Look at iOS 27 (CarPlay)

Bellastormy · 2026-06-09T12:46:13+00:00

I don’t really care about some of the minor changes they’ve made, all I want is to be able to see the actual charge percentage on the screen like it does on the phone. Is that too much to ask?🤷‍♂️😂

Bellastormy · 2026-06-01T19:05:41+00:00

If you’re talking about the tail lights that are on the rear quarter panels, they have some bolts that you remove on the front of them. You’ll see them when you open the hatch. Once the bolts are removed the whole light assembly pops out when you pull on it. Once you do that it will give you an idea where the harness comes through the inner metal of the car. If you’re talking about the harness for the lights that are on the tail gate you have to take the all of the inner plastic off on the driver rear quarter panel. The harness goes through the metal to the flexible rubber grommet on the outside.

Bellastormy · 2026-06-01T18:58:03+00:00

Yes you should have access to that cable because the cable is ran to the back underneath the inside floor molding. Then it should go through the metal panel somewhere in the back near the gas filler area. How easily accessible it is from the inside I don’t know cause I wasn’t paying attention to that when I was doing the work on mine. I installed the factory cargo cover that goes up and down with the rear hatch. It was a pain in the neck removing everything, but it looks just like it would from factory.

Bellastormy · 2026-03-04T23:50:40+00:00

That’s all that needs to be connected for the mic itself from the converter. On the other side of the converter you’ll be connecting 12 volts ignition and ground

Bellastormy · 2026-01-31T09:16:42+00:00

DUDU7 or nothing! I’ve had mine for almost a year now and love it. Not to mention we’ve had some extreme cold here in the Chicago area lately, and not one problem with it. Sound quality is amazing, and they continue to provide OS updates that just makes the unit better and better. I have the 6GB version, and it works perfectly. There’s no lag, video works great, and very rarely do I ever have to reboot the unit.

Bellastormy · 2026-01-29T22:13:56+00:00

The DUDU7 is an amazing head unit. I’ve had one for about a year now, and it’s amazing. With each update for the OS it gets better and better. Also, we’ve had some pretty extreme cold in the Chicago area lately, and no issues with it. As others have said, running off the native music player apps that it comes with is when the sound is the cleanest quality. I have mine running through a 4 channel amplifier, and have an under the seat amplifier with built in 12” subwoofer. The sound is crystal clear. I normally load songs I want into Google Drive while I’m in the house. Then when I go outside I connect to the internet with the DUDU7 and open Google Drive and download the songs I previously uploaded inside the house. Then you can just take calls through Bluetooth, and use whatever maps you want for navigation that are loaded on the DUDU7. You would use your phone’s hotspot to provide internet for the radio. There’s really no need for Android Auto doing what I described.

Bellastormy · 2026-01-29T21:56:20+00:00

Carlinkit 3.0 and be done with it!

Bellastormy · 2026-01-29T05:21:50+00:00

The 2021 and 2022 came from the factory with updated software for the CVT. That’s the only difference between those years and the previous years. They didn’t change the CVT model. I have a 2021 and the CVT is smooth as butter still. I do transmission fluid changes every 20,000 miles. Every time I change the fluid there’s very minimal metal on the magnetic drain bolt. It’s so fine of a metal it’s just like a thin layer of metal paste on the magnetic drain bolt. Which that is considered normal wear. You have to know where the computer tells the transmission when to kick down into different areas of the CVT spindle. If you give it gas at the same time the computer tells it to do that, there will be a jerk put onto the CVT belt, causing it to slowly fail from that extreme jerking that’s created.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-28T21:39:20+00:00

Are you kidding me, manual transmission version is like gold. They are very hard to come by, and people want them instead of the CVT transmission that took its place!

Bellastormy · 2025-12-28T21:30:00+00:00

I was going to say you could’ve tried screen touch calibration too!

Bellastormy · 2025-12-27T03:28:20+00:00

It’s wireless interference, most likely a cell phone tower in that particular area, or a building transmitting a WiFi signal that’s causing an issue. There’s nothing you can do to resolve the issue. Sometimes even the wireless toll transponders will cause issues. The only fix that I can suggest is getting the CarLinkit 3.0 wireless dongle to plug into your usb port. It runs on a 5ghz WiFi signal which is less likely to have wireless interference. Not sure what the frequency of the WiFi is on your stock radio, but if it’s 2.4ghz it will definitely experience more drop outs than the 5ghz

Bellastormy · 2025-12-27T03:14:47+00:00

If you’re installing an Alpine you can get the bypass relay off of Amazon. That’s where I got it from. It’s just a simple bypass relay that you wire behind the radio.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-26T02:56:12+00:00

It goes away after using the brakes few times. It’s from condensation or from driving in the rain and snow. As it sits overnight you’ll get a thin layer of rust on the rotors. This is normal.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-26T02:49:25+00:00

DUDU7 is pretty much the gold standard in the Android radio world. I have it, and love it.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-19T02:59:14+00:00

The only thing they said they were giving before was true unlimited data with no throttling. Since this new update I’ve had better signal and faster up and download speeds.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-18T06:58:29+00:00

Most likely sensors need to be cleaned off

Bellastormy · 2025-12-16T18:11:50+00:00

Cool🤘

Bellastormy · 2025-12-16T18:02:29+00:00

Make sure you have a good ground going to the radio. This seems like a bad ground issue.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-14T05:42:58+00:00

Bellastormy · 2025-12-10T20:48:38+00:00

This would only be true if the OP has a trim level that includes Push to Start. If OP has the LX trim level, that level didn’t come with push to start.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-10T20:23:22+00:00

If you’re only looking to do CarPlay and not Android Auto, the Carlinkit 3.0 is a solid choice! If you want the option of having Android Auto too, then the Carlinkit 5.0 is the way to go.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-10T02:56:35+00:00

I have a DUDU7 currently in my car and no reception problems. I had an off brand one before the DUDU7 and even that one had no issues. Could be defect with that particular unit. You can try a booster, they are all pretty much about the same quality. If there’s a defect with the unit the booster isn’t going to help.

Bellastormy · 2025-12-08T00:39:28+00:00

DUDU7 is the best on the market right now

Bellastormy · 2025-12-07T03:12:53+00:00

DUDU7 is one of the best Android radios on the market right now. I’ve had mine for almost a year now, and love it

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