Hello all, I am new to the forum and new to pioneer. Thank you in advance for any advice you may have. I have spent sometime searching the forum for someone in my position but none of the app mode issues seems to match my issues. I have a new sph-da210 freshly installed. I have successfully entered app mode less then 10 times and never for longer then a few minutes. App mode continues to crash no matter what I do.

I have had the unit replaced with a new one, I have replaced the pioneer connector and hdmi cable, I have replaced the iPhone 5 lightning av adapter, I have replaced the iPhone 5 and restored fresh iOS 6.1.4. With no backup. I have tried an iPhone running iOS 7 beta 3. Nothing seems to work. When I emailed pioneer they responded with a generic "you need to pair your iPhone to the HU" I spoke to someone at pioneer on the phone early last week and they said to get the unit replaced by the dealer which I already had done. Does anyone got anything else I can try? I am sure its software because every other function works great.

This unit has not been out long enough with enough people owning it to give a good consensus yet? But your suspicions are likely the case. Just software issues that will need to be worked out over time. This is typical with new units. Good luck.

Thanks blue. Does anyone have a guess to what pioneers common release cycle is for firmware upgrades on new units? I'd hate to be locked into a half baked product if pioneer only releases updates once a year or something.

They have been pretty good with update to fix issues with the AR2 so I would expect updates for the AR3 as well. The only problem is they have to get numerous complaints about a particular issue before they even acknowledge there is a problem so it may be a while before you see the first update and it may not address the particular issue you are having. My guess is they are already working on some issues for the first update. They just aren't going to acknowledge it to anyone until the update is released.

Just got off the phone with pioneer. They are stating that they have a unit that is plugged into an iPhone 5 at their office and it works fine. They want me to convince the dealer that they have a bad batch of decks and that I need to get my deck "repaired". They said they have no timeline for firmware upgrades. I have contacted the dealer and they are trying to get me an advance shipped RMA.

Just a suggestion, but when my IP4S and AR2 seem to be out of sync with each other, a phone reboot usually fixes things. If you haven't tried that, then it's definitely worth a shot. Good luck with everything. 

I just installed my Appradio 3 and use an iPhone 5.  Everything seems to work except GPS apps.  I can't seem to figure out how to use GPS with the apple maps, just the maps on the appradio mode (shows location but not turn by turn).  

I have tried Waze and it shows that I need the parking brake up to use the app, also it doesn't allow me to use the screen to input anything, I have to use the phone.  I'm not sure what the point of turn by turn would be without being able to see it while driving.  ?

I have a bypass on the way but it got sent to the wrong address, hopefully that will at least let me view maps while driving, although I'm disappointed that you can't input anything using the HU.  Let me know if I'm missing something.  

Ya cant input anything because you don't have the bypass.

So the bypass does more than bypass the parking brake restrictions? Even with my parking brake up I can't use the head unit to interact with Waze, that would be great but seems strange that it would work like that.  Sorry about the double posts btw.