I recently began having issues with my unit connecting to CarPlay. The unit would prompt, "To use Smartphone Connectivity..., pairing is required, etc". If I paired the unit, CarPlay would work until I powered off the unit.
I thought this was an Apple Problem, but I realized this thing was NOT saving any of my bluetooth devices at all. Every time I powered it off, it requests to re-pair again. I went ahead and did a factory reset on the device, and now it's stuck in a boot loop. I've pulled all power, still stuck.
I cracked the unit open and there is NO SD card for me to attempt