This was on the SYNC Owner to Owner Forum
126 Nov-15 From: NEED2ESCAPELTD To: All
I can not get my text messages either even though the system recognizes the iPhone has the capability now. I was ok before the update because I could at least hear when I got a text message, however now, I cant hear the message notification if my phone is connected to any Bluetooth device. While I would like the text messaging to work with Sync, the fact that the update broke something that was working is what irritates me the most.
I sent an email to Apple CEO Tim Cooks office and actually got a call back from the his office who has put me in touch with an internal technician. I am in IT , and a software developer. Looking at this from a developer view the issue is totally Apple's, especially considering that everything worked perfectly in iOS 6 Beta 2, it was only after it was made release that everything stopped working. I have done a lot of testing on this issue and it points to security being added to the MAP by Apple. This is why Sync will now acknowledge that the phone has the capabilities, but cant download messages or send message. In short its trying to access it but the phone is not letting it.
After a long discussion with the tech, in which he first denied that he had heard anything about this issue, even though it is all over the internet and not just with Ford vehicles, he eventually agreed that it would appear to be the security issue and agreed to escalate it to engineering, but didn't think it would go anywhere. Mr. Cooks assistant checked up on the progress last night and I explained that although I figured it would go nowhere it was sad that the supposed premier smart phone did not have the capability that lesser phones had, even though it did during beta. She advised that she was going to take it herself to engineering as a priority.
Hopefully something will get done, otherwise I am left with the only option of changing phones because I bought my car to be able to fully utilize sync. Until then I am left with making decisions on if I want to use my hands free calling or be able to hear my text messages come in.
