GROM VL2 installed
Driver
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 128
Likes: 34
From: MA
My apple maps NEVER switches to night mode , regardless of whether it is set to auto, or night mode. And i have tried my phone a 6S+ running 13. latest, my wives phone and a coworkers phone, a 11 pro. Who else has this issue? I have a '15 GS350 FSport with ML.
They should be able to get this to work, they have a CAN interface from the car to the VL2, that's how they get everything else from the car.....
They should be able to get this to work, they have a CAN interface from the car to the VL2, that's how they get everything else from the car.....
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 1,059
Likes: 275
From: California
Instead of apple maps matching the rest of the gui
It happens regardless of whether your phone is in dark mode or not. My phone is always set to dark mode, and mt carplay is always set to dark mode too. What year car do you have?
It happens regardless of whether your phone is in dark mode or not. My phone is always set to dark mode, and mt carplay is always set to dark mode too. What year car do you have?
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Driver
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 128
Likes: 34
From: MA
My car that was at 10pm
The NX with OEM CarPlay
Pole Position
Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 282
Likes: 77
From: BC
You folks need to write to GROM support about this. Carplay switches to night mode based on reported information from the head unit. You can read how people with Ford's would have to turn on head lights (apparently reported to Carplay) to get night mode to turn on until they received firmware updates.
I don't know if the GROM unit can read Lexus's car information, but it should at least be able to "fake it" and perhaps provide a button or time based method to force night mode.
I don't know if the GROM unit can read Lexus's car information, but it should at least be able to "fake it" and perhaps provide a button or time based method to force night mode.
Driver
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 128
Likes: 34
From: MA
You folks need to write to GROM support about this. Carplay switches to night mode based on reported information from the head unit. You can read how people with Ford's would have to turn on head lights (apparently reported to Carplay) to get night mode to turn on until they received firmware updates.
I don't know if the GROM unit can read Lexus's car information, but it should at least be able to "fake it" and perhaps provide a button or time based method to force night mode.
I don't know if the GROM unit can read Lexus's car information, but it should at least be able to "fake it" and perhaps provide a button or time based method to force night mode.
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 1,059
Likes: 275
From: California
They said the same thing when I filed a ticket after i got tired of searing my eyeballs at night.... I have teh same issue and I have tested with both a 6splus and a 11 pro. And teh previuso poster saying apple changes the map based on the head unit info is right. I think GROM is going to have to fix the apk, or develop their own carplay APK to fix this.
Pit Crew
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 225
Likes: 37
From: Tennessee
Now if I can just figure out why I can't install the latest update. lol Meh, sure I'm not missing much. I use the Grom interface and not Carplay or AndroidAuto. Good news for the rest of you though!