Intermediate iDrive Bluetooth issue

[335inyeg]

Hey everyone, i recently picked up a 2013 F30 335i and love it, however sometimes the bluetooth audio glitches and does not function regardless if i restart the car, lock/unlock the doors or restart my iphone 12.


What happens is..
-It connects to my iphone 12
-iDrive is showing its playing a song but i'm unable to go forward or backwards.
-When i change a song on my Iphone it changes and says its playing on the BMW but its not..
-When this issue happens, upon first connection for a split second you can hear the music from the iPhone before its just silence.


As potential solutions, I've:
-Unpaired the iPhone 12 and f30, repaired.
-Press & hold the volume button down to hard reset iDrive.


I'm thinking maybe the bluebooth module is bad?

[328 Power 04]

I don't think you have anything that is bad.

You may need to update the bluetooth compatibility of your car. This can be done using the instructions from here.
https://www.bmw.com/en/footer/software-updates.html

note this is not a full software update for the car, it's just Bluetooth and phone support.