There was a time when regular oil changes and a new set of tires once in a while was all the routine maintenance a vehicle needed. But to keep a modern, iDrive-toting BMW at its best, there's a little more to it. Whether or uploading the latest maps to the factory navigation system, keeping your BMW's iDrive up-to-date should be a regular task, just like maintaining any other part of your vehicle. In fact, BMW recommend updating your navigation system's maps twice a year, or annually at the very least. To check the map version in your BMW, go to your iDrive navigation view, open the settings menu and scroll down to Navigation system version. You will see the region, map version and year of your current map.

If it's more than a year old, it's time to update. Why update your navigation maps for 2019?

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Check the following steps: Step 1: Download the software to your computer. Step 2: Remove the SIM card from the device. Step 3: Insert it to the SIM Card Clone Device and connect it to the computer. Step 4: Run the SIM Clone tool from the main toolbar. Step 5: Click on the Read SIM button to read the content of the original SIM card. Sim Cloning Software. SIM card data retrieval application rescues all accidently deleted SMS and phone number from your mobile phone. Software recover all lost text message which was in inbox, draft, sent items, outbox and display SPN with 20 digit identification number. SIM Cloning Tool. You can clone original SIM card of the phone being investigated even without knowing the PIN or create new SIM cards with any ICCID or just format your SIM card to renew for the next use. You are also able to connect multiple SIM card readers at the same time. Clone and copy SIM Modify SIM (ICCID, IMSI) Create custom SIM (ICCID. Cloning of sim software. The SIM cloning tool comes with a dedicated software and a USB adapter. You can attack your SIM card to the adapter and connect it to your system. Later, you can use its SIM card clone app to copy it. • The SIM duplicator supports multiple cards. • It can be used to backup the contents of a SIM card as well.

Part of the reason is the fact that roads are always changing. New roads are being built, old roads are being closed or rerouted, two-way streets are being turned into one-way streets. In some areas, up to 40% of the road network can change from one year to the next. The last thing you want your navigation system to do is send you down a street that hasn't existed for five years, or let you spend an hour weaving through an unfamiliar town when there's a shiny new bypass that could cut your journey time in half. BMW adds 142,000 miles of new roads to its maps every year, so updating your maps means your navigation system is going to work a lot better. But BMW is also working hard to improve its map data.

Earlier versions can include mistakes (even Google Maps has a few streets that exist in principle, but in reality are just empty fields), and each subsequent map version is going to iron out more of these issues. What's more, BMW adds 300,000 points of interest to its maps each year, including restaurants, gas stations and attractions. If you're in an unfamiliar area and want to stop off for a bite to eat, having the latest maps on your iDrive will make it easier to use the interactive map to find out what options you have around you. What is the BMW interactive map? Points of interest make it easy to navigate using the BMW interactive map.

Instead of entering the exact address of your destination, the interactive map lets you point to an area and quickly find nearby points of interest. It's ideal if you don't remember quite where that restaurant is, or want to find somewhere to stop off in an area you don't know well. With the navigation screen open, use the crosshairs icon on the menu to enter interactive mode. Then use the iDrive controller to move the on-screen target to the desired area.

Pressing the iDrive controller will give you the option of seeing a list of nearby points of interest, and setting any of them as your destination. With so many new points of interest being added with each map version, updating to the latest available map is going to make it more likely you'll find the places you're looking for. How to update your BMW maps?

Older iDrive versions stored map data on a DVD that could be switched out for a update. The latest BMWs, however, store the map data on an internal hard drive, which can be updated either by uploading the latest map direct to the iDrive or (in some vehicles) automatically updated over-the-air by BMW. In vehicles that require manually updating your navigation's map data, the process is simple. The map data is loaded to a USB stick which can be plugged in to the USB port in your BMW's glove compartment. The system will automatically detect that there is a new map available to install on the iDrive. You may be prompted to enter a BMW-issued FSC activation code with your iDrive controller to begin installation.