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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ronie38:
Hi I like
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] alexo95:
There may be a setting in android for wifi always on
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dogotcat:
Hi guys,

Is this project still continuing ? seems to be in beta for a while now. Fantastic idea but somewhat limited to lack of development.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rpgreentree:
Emil, the developer of this APP is only able to work on this in his spare time, which he has very little of. He is sifting through recent replies and bug reports before he does any more work on it. Then he'll be away again. And yes., once the app is stable, it will be awesome.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bethencsoft:
Sound lost after call ends

When I finish a call, the sound past to phone and don't work in the head unit anymore. Only the sound is disconected. The rest of functions (touch screen, notifications...), works fine
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JRFabbi:
Hello all!

I'm trying to do a setup using:

- S8+ as Master

- S3 (I9300) with Android 4.4.4 as Slave

- Civic G10

Until now without success, I can connect, it connect master on slave, Google Play Services say "Android auto connected to car" but nothing happens and it's impossible to open Android Auto on car.

I tested with my fathers phone (as slave) with success, it is a J5 "Metal" (SM-J510MN/DS) with Android 7.1.1

Does any one get this problem?

Thanks - JRFabbi
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] epsonix:
it is in advanced settings of WiFI, though it does not work well neither on my previous slave phone (Samsung Galaxy A3 2016) nor on current slave (LG Q6).

the only good approach to get slave WiFi (without automate, which i haven't tried yet, and woudl need to go up to speed with this first), is that I enable Hot-spot on my master before getting to car, then when I open it, USB gets powered on my car, and this triggers WiFi on slave for a sec.

Other issue I spotted on my car was when I tried to use my former master phone as slave. I uninstalled Android Auto, cleared AAGateWay cache/data, selected it to be slave, setup new master (LG G7) but it slave was only for blink of an eye showing AA notification, and disconnected and in loop every say 2 seconds it happened. I spend 2h doing various tries, debug settings, restarted phone, reinstalled AAGateway etc, no help. At the end, I reset my phone back to factory settings, started with clear phone, installed only AAGateway, and since then it works as slave OK.

On new master (LG G7 Fit Android 8.1), start tethering with BT does not work as previously on LG Q6.

i think there is a lot of automate like stuff needed to be embedded into AAGateway to make it working with all types of phones/android/cars on its own, without need of (in my case) of manually turning on hot-spot on master (and often run AAGateway itself as sometimes its notifications makes it annoying and so I turn it off), then sometimes if slave wiFi won't wake up (turned to late Hotspot, or maybe slave WiFi not always goes up on getting USB power), unlocking slave screen so WiFI comes up, without need of restarting Android AUto server (which sometimes crashes or jsut things do not work), and without need of sometimes changing USB connection type to transfer pictures (which anwyay in seconds goes back to charging), which is one of solutions to re-kick attempt of connecting slave with my car.

Right now every a few car rides I need to start executing various tricks so either spend time on parking before driving off, or at traffic lights take 2 smartphones and start messing with the workarounds. I'm still in hope there will be soon AAGateway which would just work flawlessly and willing to pay for such more than just $0.99
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miro279:
After updating to andoid 9 (lineageOS) I cannot start the headunit server anymore via

startservice -W com.google.android.projection.gearhead/com.google.android.projection.gearhead.companion.D eveloperHeadUnitNetworkService

I get failure calling service activity failed transaction in the shell, tasker does not execute the command also. Is there any workaround in pie?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] estapagu:
May be cause there is a space between "D" and "eloper" on the string after the last dot. Try:

startservice -W com.google.android.projection.gearhead/com.google.android.projection.gearhead.companion.DeveloperHeadUnitNetworkService
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miro279:
Hi, no I found out the service needs to be startend in foregroud in Pie:

am start-foreground-service -W instead of am startservice -W does the trick.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] estapagu:
I'm on Pie and "startservice" works for me
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] miro279:
Mh, it didn't for me in lineageOS 16. Trying to Start it via ADB shell I got a proper error message that lead me in the right direction. Anyway, if anyone exoeriencea similar you nicht try foreground.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] StykerB:
Update your sync 3 version to 3.0. That fixed it for me it changes the sync behavior from "failed to initialize Android auto" to "trying to initialize Android auto." So it keeps trying rather than giving up.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Slick_Nick_90:
The developer email me today and said he was working on the bug reports today
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] schlotboeller:
Hello,

for me i have solved my problems with beta rc3.

problem: aagateway crashed on master after 1 minute.

hardware:

car honda civic 10G

master samsung s7, android 8

slave sony xperia z3 compact, android 6

i downgrade the slave to android 4.4, and it works stable (slave and master are non-rooted)

background:

aagateway alpha works very well on a slave LG610 with android 4.4. beta rc3 works with awful audio stuttering (i think the slow hardware performance of the LG).

aagateway alpha on Sony Xperia z3 with android 6 works, but after 30 minutes i got a wlan disconnect. i downgrade to android 5.1.1 and aagateway works stable.

beta rc3 crashed after 1 minute or earlier on master. so i downgrade to 4.4 and now every thing works fine.

automation:

i use Macodroid on both phones.

Master:

On

Trigger:	bluetooth connection to Honda

Action:	start hotspot

Off

Trigger:	bluetooth connection disconnect

Action:	hotspot off

Action:	end car modus (under device settings)

Slave:

On

Trigger:	power charge on

Action:	wifi on

Action:	wifi connect to master

Off

Trigger	power charge off

Action:	wifi off
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jimsey:
Anyone got any suggestions.

Had beta working ok for a few weeks then it stopped and I got the message below on my cars screen, I've tried:

-Uninstalling and reinstalling aagateway on both slave(moto g3) and master (was s9, now s10)

-Only using aagateway on slave

-Complete factory reset of slave(runs lineage 14.1)

-Different USB cables

Aagateway says master is connected and slave is connected to car?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] alexo95:
Try uninstall AA itself, clear cache etc.

Hoepfully the next update solves a good chuck of issues.

Thankyou for all the work Emil!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] AragornElessar86:
I'm getting a task killed I think. I have aa gateway and AA removed from battery optimization, but it still stops working after a few minutes. Nexus 5 slave, Pixel 2 master.

Thoughts on where I need to go to find what's being auto-killed?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JRFabbi:
Hello, I'm trying to do this setup but my slave is S3 (with 4.4.4) without success.

If I enable root and disable Google Services I got an "com.android.systemui" error when I plug slave on car, if I disable root it works but on master say "Google Play Services Connected to Car" for 5 seconds but nothing happen on car (still disable android auto) after 5 seconds everything on master is closed without any errors.

I will try alpha on slave without root to test, I was thinking about Android 4.4 but if you get a stable connection the problem may be on my rom or AAGateway version.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] schlotboeller:
Hi,

on my master and slave i don't have to enable root or disable google play services. try to connect without any automation. most of my earliest problems, even to get a connection, were timing problems ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JRFabbi:
I've tryied without success, on slave it says "Running..." and on master appears "Google Play Services Android Auto Connected to car" but nothing happens, there is no Android Auto on CM. If I connect master directly it works.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JRFabbi:
I've just updated S3 (Slave) to Android 5.0.1 and now everything is working, probably the problem was on that ROM (was Android 4.4.4 stock rooted, now Cyanogem 5.01).

I was getting some random disconnect but I use Automate on slave to put hardware on "full power" when USB charging and normal power without USB charging, until now it's working, using Beta RC3.

I've only one problem with voice commands, when I clic on microphone it crashes something, locks everything and I've to start everything again, I was thinking that this version has solved voice commands problem, may be I missed something.

Thanks for your tips.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] schlotboeller:
Hi,

tested it with my environment, same issue. voice commands ended in crashes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JRFabbi:
Just tested again and I think that the problem is with audio routing (from microphone), have you been able to speak using your phone using this, have you tried? I will try it today.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] schlotboeller:
I tested only from the HU in the car.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JRFabbi:
Tested and is working phone calls, the problem is only with voice commands.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] LLStarks:
The voice recognition fix was never released outside of test builds.

And as a general tip, set your master's Google app to allow "voice recognition on bluetooth devices". Helps immensely with AA as a whole.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Thofkes:
Hey Emil,

When you get a chance- just wondering when you might have an update for us? Either on your progress since the last time we heard from you or possibly a new app update? I check the forum every day and it has been a little sad not seeing anything from you lately (although I do understand that you have a life outside of this).

Things have been working well on the latest release when the connection between master and slave holds up, but lately I am having consistent issues with a loss of connection halfway through a drive. Anyone else dealing with this? I've noticed there are various reasons the connection is lost. Most commonly, the app on the master force closes or crashes. I've also seen where my slave device gets in a constant loop of connecting and disconnecting from the master wifi hotspot. It won't hold a connection again until I unplug the slave from the HU, give it 10 seconds to connect back to the master, plug back in and try to open AA on my HU again. Sometimes this fixes it and sometimes it doesn't. All of these scenarios force me to have to either pull over to try to fix the connection or do without maps and music until I reach my destination and it has been a little frustrating. Please let us know where you are at with this when you get an opportunity! Thanks Emil!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JRFabbi:
Hello, have you tried to keep only music on home screen (or some other static screen)?

Because for me the problem is bandwidth (of the hotspot), if I open Waze or any other app that change a lot of pixels on screen this kill the connection (my s8 creates only a 2.4ghz network and in my case S3 on slave is connecting at 54mpbs) and that is not enough to use GPS screen.

My last test will be a hidden open network with locked devices (so only slave can join this network) to see if it can help.

You can also try to leave for sometime on a static screen and see if your problem is bandwidth too.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] schlotboeller:
Tested it with Google Maps (forground) AND Music (background) with no problems, 2 short gaps per 30min. only negativ issue is the voice control. i tested it with Google app to allow "voice recognition on bluetooth devices", with no luck.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheCondorITA:
Tried today with

-master OnePlus 5 (pie)

-slave Huawei p10 lite (pie)

-headunit Fiat Uconnect

Seems to works today but with a lot of start/stop AAgateway etc. I'll try Better tomorrow but could be the Huawei that has a very customized rom (the Huawei official one...)

Aniway the reversed wifi (slave host the hotspot) doesn't works, AAgateway doesn't find each other.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jeromeo01:
No luck here.

No worries with master S9+

But slave doesn’t work

If I grant root => infinite loop warning about enabling google services

If root not granted. => no connection with car. Asking to make sure phone is unlocked message.

And eventually crashes.

Uninstalled AAgateway and couldn’t use AA normally. I had to clear cache and data from AA to work again.

Master S9+

Slave Xperia 5 compact

vag car.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ysfk7:
can i use un-rooted Galaxy Note 2 (Android 4.4.2, no Android Auto installed) as Slave device?

Edit: unable to get it to work with beta ver. With alpha version, works for a little bit, then i stop the car, and turn back on, it stop working. Need to figure out why
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheCondorITA:
Tested today with success:

Master: OnePlus 5 latest stable official rom

Slave: Samsung S5 with fresh Lineage 15.1, reverse hotspot (this slave create the hotspot and must real mobile connect to this)

I cannot try 5ghz hotspot cause seems it's disabled by samsung.

Seems no lag to me, S5 it's powerfull with its 4 core CPU and 2 GB ram.

First problem Is to control USB Power because my car keep charging the slave also when car Is off so i think It could drain the battery of the car.

An idea Is to make a custom cable that catch the Power from a +12v under Key (with cheap 5volts adapter) instead from the standard USB.

With this Is possibile to automate hotspot, wifi, bluetooth etc on Power On/Off.

[MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION] could be an idea to build a specific image for a specific hardware?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dogotcat:
I feel a project such as this with such high interest from the community should be spun out as an open source project via github for a larger crowd of developers to contribute to. As much as the developer should be congratulated for the great work he has contributed, the lack of input or updates has left this lagging. Food for thought :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djmulder:
Hi I'm not 100% sure ofc about the inner workings. But seeing the slave can be root.. Does it open up for screen mirroring as well?

Just got a new phone and trying to avoid falling in the habit of already routing it xD

Added question, what kind of slave unit would you suggest? I'm kinda looking at some tv stick or something for a nice price, even considering using a rpi3+with Android
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] martin.armstrong:
MK808 as slave

Has anyone tried an mk808 as slave? (not mk808B) I can't get it to connect at all with motorola one with android 9 as master. Got no further than question on head unit (audi A4 mmi plus) asking me if I want to connect the device to android auto and then always connect, then nothing further.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheCondorITA:
stop working with yesterday android auto update, now i downgraded to 20 february version, i'll be back with some news about that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheCondorITA:
Nope.. stopped working also with feb and jen android auto release. Also tried to remove both and reinstall, clear chache etc but nothing. Connection Is enstabilished between master and slave but on the car apper a message to configure the phone...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] martin.armstrong:
MK809 IV as slave

I have bought what is labelled as a MK809IV to use as a slave. However In the Device info HW app which I have installed the device is not called a mk809IV but an Android hx322x_box with a Rockchip rk3229 cpu on a rk30board platform. The stick seems to have a strange version of android 7 which boots up with an MBOX logo and has only restricted menus with no access to any menu for usb connection settings and no access to development settings and when I install programs like Automate they do not have the same functionality as on my mk808 and on my master phone.

I have installed AAGateway but have had no success in connecting to my car for android auto. It is also not detected when connected to my windows 10 PC unlike my mk808 which produces a ping sound in windows and is detected as an adb device. Should I try and replace the software with a more normal type of android or should AAGateway still work with it as it is and be able to activate the correct usb connection? Or is it a stick which is totally unsuitable as a slave and should be sent back to the seller?

The mk808 that I have was supposed to be a mk808B plus when I ordered it on the Amazon website and I have got my money back for it subsequently but I still have it because the seller did not seem to want it back! This device is at least recognised by my car (Audi A4 B9 with mmi plus) as a potential Android Auto device and appears in the list of devices in the smartphone interface but that is as far as it goes! I am not having much luck at the moment!

I would very much like to get the AAGateway program working because I have no plans to buy another car just to get wireless Android Auto and it offers the ideal solution for when I want to make several short journeys in the car and use Android Auto each time. Constantly plugging in and unplugging my phone on each journey is not worthwhile.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sibesaver:
I too would love to see this progress to something usable. Right now it's just not worth the hassle of keeping it working. If it could get to a 95% reliability standpoint with limited battery drain on the master it would be very desirable, maybe using Wifi Direct technology similar to PDANET+ (I don't know if that would help but I used it to tether tablets and it's very reliable). Currently, at the rate the developer has time to work on it, I don't see this being achieved anytime soon unless it's open sourced to others. We are 10 months from the Alpha release with only a couple of updates since.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] martin.armstrong:
MK809IV as slave

Epsonix said: Mobile data must be turned on on master

I think it is not dependent on whether mobile data is switched on, it is whether there is a network connection. Most phones switch off the hotspot when there is no mobile network connection and that will cause the problem. This seems to be the case also with my motorola one with android 9 even though Emil Borconi said in a previous posting that he thought that as of android 9 there might be a an option to stop that happening.

Now as far as my problem is concerned:

Have discovered that the development settings can be switched on similar to a mobile phone, by clicking on the build number 7 times but not much further success in connecting to Audi A4. Must manually put tick in box for usb connection (have a small hdmi screen to see what is happening on my stick when in car) and then I get message on car screen asking if I want to activate android auto and then if I always want to, then the following message comes on car screen: 'follow the instructions on the phone', but there aren't any and then the car screen goes blank and then back to screen saying 'no smartphone connected' and quite often at that point the stick crashes. I have tried also the flows AAA, BB and C from Salkod in the automate app on the stick but that also brings no improverment. Also the development options seem to get switched off and when I have switched them back on manually again I cannot seem to switch on USB debugging. Maybe the flows are not compatible with Android 7 which is on the stick and are doing something different from what they should do.

Have bought a MK809V with android 5 which should arrive in a couple of days so maybe I will have better luck with that!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheCondorITA:
Slave phone must built the hotspot. In this way It would be much more reliable... Of You have a PIE master try in this way. Aniway i hope for further progress from [MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION] or a source code publishing for someone else prosecution.

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Slave phone must built the hotspot. In this way It would be much more reliable... Of You have a PIE master try in this way. Aniway i hope for further progress from [MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION] or a source code publishing for someone else prosecution.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYZack:
I've been using a version Emil sent me two months ago that has the audio fix for the OK Google problem some of us were having. The slave makes the hotspot, my master phone on Android P connects to it but stays connected to mobile data, and it has been working almost seamlessly, even when there's no mobile data available. I almost never have to change or reset anything. The slave phone stays in extreme battery saver mode except when power is on and has only once shut down from low power, even when I don't drive for two days.

My master phone stays in my pocket. On long trips, I connect it to the car just to charge it, but I haven't hard-wired the master directly to the car's Android Auto system for months.

Except for some minor stability improvements, I'd just like to be able to not have to run the headunit server on the master, which Emil said would ultimately be possible if the slave makes the hotspot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sibesaver:
What's your setup? I don't have anything running Pie, heck I'm lucky to have something running Nougut at this point. My slave an LG V3 rooted runs Android 4.4. Haven't even got close to 50% stability for me. My master is an LG V20 unrooted on Nougut.

Since you seem to have contact with Emil any word on updates? Seems like development is slowed to almost nothing but things may be happening behind the scenes. It would be nice to have a "Hey I'm working on it" at least.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] epsonix:
this is some other/newer version than beta oficially uploaded? can others receive it in some way? does it require root on slave?

what is OK Google problem?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheCondorITA:
I did another try and the problem Is on my master. When AAG and AA(headunit server) are running they both crash each other when join the slave device. AA alone Is working (pure USB link) so it's AAG that crash headless server.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYZack:
My setup is a rooted Nexus 6 slave running LineageOS Oreo and a stock Pixel 3 master; I actually denied root access to AAGateway on the Nexus 6, so I don't think it matters that it's rooted. No special scripts or anything, except a Tasker profile on the master to force it to connect to my car's Bluetooth when it connects to the slave's WiFi Hotspot (to handle situations like valet parking when I'm not in the car when it starts). My car is a Honda Clarity.

The OK Google problem some of us were having was that Android Auto would not respond to voice commands and would lock up when I said OK Google or activated the Google Assistant from the steering wheel. Emil's updated (unreleased) beta fixed that, and it runs very smoothly, as I mentioned above.

I'm uncomfortable about disseminating an unreleased version of Emil's app without his say-so; I think that's his call.