Info Screen is Dim

Thelostrican · Oct 17, 2019

Yes it works perfect, now instead of brightness at night, you get brightness. And it works perfectly...
Searching bmw dim variant will get you guys more info, using bimmercode is very easy, with the instructions in here. I also did the start/stop memory function, and video in motion....

RRF985 · Oct 17, 2019

Trojan1992 said:
This is from another person and I want him to get full credit for solving this ( Kevin )

Here is how to correct the brightness issue of the iDrive screen during the day. 1- Purchase OBDii Adapter (i used OBDLink MX+) 2- Purchase FULL version of bimmercode app 3- start bimmercode app and connect and select BMW for car 4- select BMW Z4 (G29) 5- select Headunit 6- select Expert Mode at top 7- select 3005 DISPLAY_PIP_CONFIG 8- scroll WAY down and select DIM_VARIANT 9- change setting from NEW to OLD 10- click OK. 11- Then backup on screens to the HEADUnit ECU screen. 12- select CODE at top right. Accept risk and let it do its thing. It will wipe out the 8 hot keys so you will need to remember what you set them to. This will enable the Brightness control to be used during Daytime. It will now say Brightness versus Brightness during Nighttime. If the dealer ever does a ECU flash you will have to redo this

I received my OBDLink today and just came in from coding the car. This works perfectly! Thank you for passing this along.

Thelostrican said:
Yes it works perfect, now instead of brightness at night, you get brightness. And it works perfectly...
Searching bmw dim variant will get you guys more info, using bimmercode is very easy, with the instructions in here. I also did the start/stop memory function, and video in motion....

I never thought to do VIM. Is there a step by step somewhere to enable this? I’m not one to much mess around with code unless I have instructions.

Thelostrican · Oct 17, 2019

Just select the z4 and go to your head unit on bimmer code and enable it, no expert mode.

RRF985 · Oct 18, 2019

Thelostrican said:
Just select the z4 and go to your head unit on bimmer code and enable it, no expert mode.

Excellent. Thanks!

F1nest11 · Oct 18, 2019

Trojan1992 said:
This is from another person and I want him to get full credit for solving this ( Kevin )

Here is how to correct the brightness issue of the iDrive screen during the day. 1- Purchase OBDii Adapter (i used OBDLink MX+) 2- Purchase FULL version of bimmercode app 3- start bimmercode app and connect and select BMW for car 4- select BMW Z4 (G29) 5- select Headunit 6- select Expert Mode at top 7- select 3005 DISPLAY_PIP_CONFIG 8- scroll WAY down and select DIM_VARIANT 9- change setting from NEW to OLD 10- click OK. 11- Then backup on screens to the HEADUnit ECU screen. 12- select CODE at top right. Accept risk and let it do its thing. It will wipe out the 8 hot keys so you will need to remember what you set them to. This will enable the Brightness control to be used during Daytime. It will now say Brightness versus Brightness during Nighttime. If the dealer ever does a ECU flash you will have to redo this

Anyway the Mods can sticky this? Extremely useful information

Supriast · Oct 20, 2019

Mille grazie, vielen Dank, thanks a lot, merci beaucoup.

Bimmercode setting works on a German Supra MKV as well like a charm.

Posted the "trick" on a German form https://www.toyota-supra.de with indication of the source. They will be happy as well.

Again arigato goseimas.

Mehster · Oct 26, 2019

Did anyone hear from their dealer on an official fix? I'm really loathe to mess with my warranty using bimmercode on something that should be pretty easy to fix in software. I'm having the same issue. In full daylight my infotainment screen and gauge cluster are really dim. It's not unusable but I can tell something is not quite right.

CJ- · Oct 27, 2019

RRF985 said:
This is great to hear! I’ve just bought the OBD plug and I should have it in a couple days. I can’t wait to fix this and disable start/stop. Thanks for passing the info along!

How’d it go for you?

The FULL version of BimmerCode was mentioned. I only found BimmerCode (free) and BimmerLink (31.99). Does the free one work?

RRF985 · Oct 27, 2019

CJ- said:
How’d it go for you?

The FULL version of BimmerCode was mentioned. I only found BimmerCode (free) and BimmerLink (31.99). Does the free one work?

it was extremely simple. Just followed the instructions above. Hardest part for me was figuring out how to get the car in key on engine off mode. Lol. I downloaded the BimmerCode app then purchased the $32 whatever inside of it. Not sure if the free version works for it as I didn’t try.

tadda · Dec 16, 2019

I just used Bimmercode to reprogram and fix the iDrive screen brightness problem (dim daytime screen) and also removed the annoying startup warning message....Way better screen visibility during daytime now...

89 and 95 · Dec 16, 2019

I just did the same and it's so much better! One by one, getting rid of every fault and quirk I've found.

XPOTTEDPLANTX · Dec 17, 2019

LOL i was wondering about this but havent had time too look into it . and now im here. haha well crap! its not that dim but could be brighter

30MilesOffshore · Feb 6, 2020

If you code for this, do you lose auto-dim feature of the screen?

chylld · Feb 13, 2020

Just did the same. Initially BimmerCode was giving me a connection error, but I just had to run the OBDLink app and update my MX's firmware, then it worked perfectly.

I was hoping it would also make the instrument cluster brighter, but it seems DIM_VARIANT only affects the main display. Is there another setting for the instrument cluster?

Axix23 · Feb 14, 2020

Do they plan to do a factory update on this?

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