How To Remove Phone Holder BMW X5 E70

[@JCKlinger]

Thank you man your video helped me get that useless thing removed once and for all

[@GeesDrive]

Awesome! Glad it helped 🙂

[@wellhookedWA]

Great tips and very helpful. But this can be made much easier by simply unscrewing the phone holder and cutting the wires. One is only a small co-axial, so just put a bit of tape over the end. The other is small five core. Just peel back the outer sheath and keep each wire separate and again tape up. You could put a blob of silicone on of you wanted to seal it fully. I didn't. Then just tuck the wire back in to the recess before covering. I made a simple card cover with folds in the right places. Then covered it with sticky back plastic (you could use vinyl wrap). Cheap and easy. Looks ok.

[@Mr.Rogers.]

i thought about cutting the wires. did it throw any error codes after you cut it?

[@wellhookedWA]

@@Mr.Rogers. No error codes and no issues since I carried this out.

[@Sunsetime2]

I cut the wires today...and radio was looking for signal for 1min ...and my AUX is grayed out ... And SOS error appear... I believe I blew a fuse ... didn't investigate it yet ... :(

[@wellhookedWA]

@@Sunsetime2 Maybe a wire touching somewhere or earthing. If you think about it logically, terminating each wire and isolating is no different to terminating each wire in a junction box. Just not as tidy. Obvious question but was all power off before you cut? Makes a difference.

[@thomasgrube1384]

Fantastic! Great video. It's so easy to uninstall. Up until now I'd only found posts that said "cut the cable" - but this way it's done in 20 minutes.👍👍👍

[@Jennynguyen-c6q]

I just wanted to ask if removing this would disconnect the Bluetooth or disable the usb or aux connection

[@GeesDrive]

Both my bluetooth and Aux connections work the same as before no problem 🙂

[@filipskalaszendrei7872]

Me same, did you solve the problem

[@jamieelrick994]

That link for the 3d print doesn't seem to work, is it still available?

[@GeesDrive]

I've just updated the link so it should now work, if not just search the original part number 51169115083 and it'll likely show up 👍

[@jonathanaguirre2157]

Hello, Have you had any error codes or anything wrong happen since?

[@GeesDrive]

No errors for me 👍

[@henriqueruther2089]

Did you have any sound issues (i.e. no sound) after removing the phone cradle?

[@GeesDrive]

Not for me, all worked fine. Not sure if certain optioned cars have different setups though.

[@TheBOYO74]

Where did you get the blanking plate please

[@cliverobinson9617]

I found that if you unscrew a 2mm allen bolt from the centre of the spindle, you can separate the "arm" from the "mounting plate" and re-attach the mounting plate to cover the hole - not as pretty as a blanking plate, but does the job...

[@GeesDrive]

I have another video on the blanking plate and it looks like the 3D printed version is no longer available. Genuine BMW Part Number is 51169115083 but it aint cheap!

[@ashemmett1442]

Done this now im getting sos system failure and my Bluetooth as gone down what could i of done wrong

[@GeesDrive]

Not heard of that issue before. Lots of guides on the BM forums and never heard that. Perhaps a snagged wire or issue if battery was disconnected? Hope you get it sorted.

[@filipskalaszendrei7872]

I have the same, did you solve it?

[@Sunsetime2]

Same SOS and aux is grayed out ....

[@denisovanhybrid9610]

@@Sunsetime2it’s a blown fuse

[@eduardojimenez2044]

The squeaks!!

[@GeesDrive]

😂 Yeah the squeaks were so annoying.