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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bethencsoft:
Work only the first time

Hi, Thanks for this app. Is a good idea and when will be stable will be very cool to forget the cable.

I don't know what I am doing wrong, but works only on first time. I follow the pair process and works fine, but when all disconect, never works again till reboot all. I have a Galaxy S6 as Master and Galaxy S3 as slave.

I have seen that AAGateway closes on Master when AAuto closes and disconnect from car, no crash, only closes, and have to be started manually the next time. Is this the right behavior?

Is neccesary configure static IP if no using reverse tethering? I am using the "basic" Master tethering. I have tested with opened wifi too, but no works.

Thanks!!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ranrinc:
Quick question... Have the latest pioneer that support wireless AA. However somehow for other brand like OnePlus this feature is unavailable and its been a year without any luck. Is there away to have AAGateway working and connect to Pioneer wifi? Anyone try it? Would like to know..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Gunde:
Seems crazy to me that two devices so close together can have a poor connection...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] alexo95:
With 2.4ghz the biggest enemy is interference with people on the same channel aswell as latency
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] odl:
hardware limitation. cheap hardware - inferior wifi module and cpu - slower processing of the network data. and also there is lot of noise on 2,4GHz (e.g. bluetooth). just test it yourself and you'll see how often there is packet lost when running constant ping from master to slave or opposite.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Gunde:
Doesn't make it sound any less crazy to me. We are not talking streaming of 4K movies here :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sibesaver:
Well today was a new day apparently and no luck with getting AA on my head unit.

Slave notification said connected to master and car connection established. Master notification said connection to AA server established. Head unit still wanted TaC to be accepted. Went into AA and two accepted cars show up. One I had previously from not using AA Gateway called Kenwood. The other after being successful yesterday says Google. No rejected cars listed.

Any help would be appreciated. I think the connection setup is fine since the head unit wants me to accept AA TaC. Just no where to do that on either device.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] hockeyfreak:
I am just starting to look into trying to get AA into my 2012 Odyssey and came across this thread in my "wireless" search. I haven't read all 116 pages but searched for this product to see if it was discussed. I probably don't have a good grasp on what is necessary for wireless AA to work, but would this product be able to be used to get it to the screen? Forgive me for being a novice, just looking for ways to do this.

BEHEART Miracast Dongle, 5G Wireless Display Adapter, Support Miracast Airplay DLNA for iOS/Android, https://amzn.to/2GuCQ1z

Edit: Well, after reading I guess I'm in the wrong thread, I'll look for right one. I guess this isn't an option.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bethencsoft:
This is the same for me. Head unit wants me to accept but nothing occurs in master (says "waiting for slave"). In slave says "connected to car". I have tried with no key wifi and static IP
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sibesaver:
Finally figured out a good connection routine with Tasker and autoinput. Seems the order of connection is what was giving me the TaC prompt i couldn't acknowledge.

New problem. AA runs on the head unit for a maximum of 20 seconds with Waze or music streaming and then locks up. All processes still seem active but the head unit touchscreen is non responsive. Turn off the head unit and back on and i get another 20 seconds of AA. AA works fine on the head unit using direct USB.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] alexo95:
I have the same experience where it locks up within a minute
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] DrStickles:
Does anyone have this currently running on a MK809 IV/V tv stick? I gave up a few months ago when the process stopped working. TIA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pppeterrr:
Yes, got it sort off working on

https://www.tomtop.com/p-v2491uk.html?utm_source=tradetracker&utm_campaign=nl

But not good enough for normal use, at the moment i see it as some sort

of proof of concept. I get a lot of strange bugs/errors.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] DrStickles:
Thanks, that looks like the one I've got. Rooted I assume. Which automation scripts are you using currently to get it sort of working?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bethencsoft:
Hi. I have news. A little step, but not working yet. Now, head unit screen gets black (sometimes appears bottom buttons), but nothing else. Maybe hardware? Somebody knows if Galaxy S3 would be not enougth (1gb ram)?

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SLAB_8002:
Yes. I followed Emil's instructions in the OP and connected it to my phone's mobile hotspot and it has worked fairly consistently. There are still issues, but I've used it on 4-5 hour drives with success. I've also connected both master and slave to my truck's WiFi hotspot with some success, but the connection is far less stable than using the phone's hotspot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JayBomb999:
Hello,

I've searched this thread a few times and it still isn't clear to me if this project could work with a raspberry pi 3 running as SLAVE. (The rPi would be running Android of course.)

Is it possible or are the hardware limitations just too severe? What makes these Chinese TV sticks a better option?

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pppeterrr:
Yes the tv stick is rooted, and i think you point out the biggest problem i

have right now. It seems that the connection order is important.

I tried "automate" to start the hotspot when bluetooth is connected with the car.

The "flow" works. But it doesnt connect properly, resulting in a android auto error.

The only way to get it working is to reboot the phone, and start manually.

Also, for my car, a captur with a Rlink head unit. I get better results with the Alpha

version of AAgateway. (with a phone). I didnt get the alpha to work (select default)

with the tv stick. So i am not sure if it would function better on the stick with the alpha.

[MENTION=3006046]sibesaver[/MENTION]

Could you tell a little more about what you are doing with tasker.

Do you mean, selecting AAgateway as the defealt for usb.

Or the startup routine itself, hotspot, bluetooth etc. Thanks!!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sibesaver:
On the master (non-rooted) I use AutoInput to start the AA head unit server upon connection to Bluetooth of the head unit. I then after a delay of 20 seconds (to assure AA HUS is started and allow AutoInput to complete) I then start the hotspot (I'm using PDANET+ since Verizon restricts hotspot usage) again using AutoInput. AA Gateway seems to auto start on Bluetooth connection without Tasker. I guess that's okay as long as its running prior to the slave connection to the master.

On the slave which is rooted and always connected via USB and AAGateway always running, I check for USB Power and wait 1 minute for the master to do its thing and then reassociate Wifi to the saved hotspot. The only issue is sometimes the AA gateway app on the slave crashes and requires a manual restart or for some reason, the head unit server on the master gets locked up which throws the whole process in disarray.

The connection seems about 80% reliable but the fact AA freezes on my HU after 30 seconds to a minute of operation I've decided to just wait for Emil to release the next update to use Wifi Direct and I can ditch PDANET which I suspect might be the lockup issue.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pppeterrr:
[MENTION=3006046]sibesaver[/MENTION]

Thanks a lot for your answer. I will try to follow your connection setup.

And see if it improves stability. And ofcourse i will try any upcoming AAgateway versions.

This app deserves to be a succes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spozzz:
I'm trying to troubleshoot my set up. S8plus as master and HTC 820 dual Sim as slave (both unrooted) plugged into a Hyundai i30.

Unfortunately no matter which order I connect the devices both master and slave just say "waiting". (The alpha did work but stalled frequently)

Can I ask, if I just try and connect master and slave without plugging the slave into the car, should they at least say "connected"?

If so, I can start with trying to get that far first as sitting in the car with it turned on and plugging devices in and out is quite time consuming.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYZack:
One helpful thing that (I think) I've discovered: I used to have frequent problems with the app not working because AAGateway would say that the headunit server wasn't running, even though it was running. I seem to have solved this by making it so that Android Auto on the master is not battery-optimized (under system settings).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Zece-88:
Anyone else have issues with delayed navigation?.

Example: When you navigate and get directions, sometimes speak and map directions are like 15 sec behind?. It's not funny to miss turns.

To test it futher I connected my master phone (pixel 2 xl rooted) directly to headunit, and here there are no delay
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] donky kong 017:
I experiance that too. It's not perfekt yeah. But have not made any logs yet
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Hi guys.

I'm back working on this till the end of the month then I will be away again for a while.

I will try to read trough the last few pages of mentioned issues and try to answer some, the crack on with development.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] martymcbro:
I'm having this issue too: "Headunit server not running or stuck. Please restart it from Android Auto developer mode". I don't get AAGateway working at all. I tried too exclude it from battery optimization on slave and master, with no success. Master is a Oneplus 6 with Android 9. Slave successfully connects to the master. As slaves I tried a Xperia Z1 Compact with Android 7 and a Samsung S3 Mini with Android 4. The car says: "Check settings on mobile device". What else can I do?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYZack:
Did you exclude Android Auto, or AAGateway, from battery optimization? I had to exclude Android Auto.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tdiman:
Awesome. The biggest issue left for me, 2017 CRV which is the same as the Civic someone mentioned earlier, is the lockup when the Google assistant is triggered. I'm happy to troubleshoot this one

The only other lingering issue is it would be nice to have a cleaner shutdown so my phone doesn't still think it's connected when I walk away. Like, there must be some signal sent to shut it off when wired?

Thanks again!!!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] martymcbro:
I did only exclude AAGateway in the first place. However after excluding Android Auto and trying it again this morning it still doesn't work. Same error again.

Also this settings should only have an effect when my screen goes off, right? But I'm already having the problem with both screens on.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] LLStarks:
Last I remember, the Google Assistant issue has not been released in a public build but it has been fixed.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rpgreentree:
I had this problem. Just close Headunit server in aa on the master and restart it. Then close aa. It should work after that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NHNXDA:
Just some feedback, I have. OnePlus 6t, stock 9.0.12 OOS.

Head unit is an audi a3 erisin android 8.

Kept getting FC's, turns out as I hadn't set default sim to use, it was setup to ask each time I made a call, this caused issues with AA, not the headunit app, once default sim set, fc's went & worked fine.

Only issue now is slowness, which maybe handset needs factory default.

Reason I say this is, Emil has OP6T & has no slowness issues & my stock fresh pixel is very quick & works great.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] DutchDogg54:
This is exciting news, Emil. I feel like you're on the cusp of greatness here. Best of luck.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] martymcbro:
What does this mean exactly? I already pressed exit in the notification on the master and then pressed the "Manual start" button in AAGateway again. Doesn't help. Is this supposed to restart the "Headunit Server"? Car is Skoda Kodiaq.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] swasha123:
[MENTION=224120]Emil[/MENTION], currently wireless Android Auto working on Pixel and Nexus phone only.. and Android 9.

Do we need this even in your method? Is it not possible by your method that Android Auto works with any phone?

Keep on working.. take your time..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dhughes72:
Chrome OS

Chrome OS boots wicked fast, right? I don't know much about it (as far as compatibility with Android) but would something like this be feasible?

https://www.amazon.com/CHROMEBIT-Stick-Desktop-RockChip-3288-C-LPDDR3L/dp/B0181JTPCU
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] peekeesh:
I think he is using a samsung phone on his video. So i would assume it will work with other phones too.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] IGNITEDX:
Might be a noob question: since this is a paid app, will I need to be signed into my Google account on the proxy device? (I never used paid apps from XDA before, only what's available on the Google Play store.)

My concern is leaving a phone in the car 24/7 connected to my Google account. What if someone breaks in? :(

Either way, I am really looking forward to this. Thanks Emil for your hard work. Keep it up! :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Sorry for being radio silent for so long.

Now to make this app usable for everybody I had to overcome one apparently small problem but it costed me 2 hard days... If we are to use a small tv stick, we won't have any screen when we set it up in the car, and here is the problem. At the first connection to the car you will need to make a selection which app (or if you want to allow XYZ app) to be the default for the given action.

While triggering a prompt like this is super simple for let's say your launcher, with USB it gets more complicated.

I did spent one day chasing my own tail till I haven't looked into the source code of Android USB Service tonight, and realised that actually it's doable, however it does require root.

Now just to clarify, the app does NOT require root at all, but if you don't have a portable hdmi screen, to do the initial setup in the car, it's a bit unpleasant. Of course if you are using a phone, this is not an issue at all because you can simply select it on the phone screen when it pops up.

The good part is that most of this TV sticks runs on Rockchip rk3066 or rk3188 which is really super easy to root, if not rooted by seller already (mine test one was). I have also worked out a way on how to get by this without root, but again,probably a bit more unpleasant.

Now that I'm past this hurdle, I should be able to finis the beta app quite soon, honestly I did not expected that such a small thing can cause so much pain....

Sadly I'm working tomorrow but I will do my best to finish the beta app after work, and then put together some documentation, FAQ.

P.S. I have to warn you my graphic design skills are really low so the app will look super rudimentary...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Not really you can sign in after that, however XDA Labs probably is more convenient way, again instructions will be in FAQ.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Haven't worked with Chrome OS, but AFAIK you can run / port Android apps to it. Good question how it will work with Android Open Accessory.... and then $84 IMHO it's a bit too much for a Wifi receiver...

My idea is that this should be done on the budget, with a maximum spend of £20 (about $25) this will depend of course on what's available on the local market. In UK I'm sure that's achievable, and I strongly hope that other places are more or less the same.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
That's the idea with my way you can use any phone even one with Android 5.0
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] suspenders715:
Will this require Android Auto head unit server running? Or will this just connect to the head unit with the device acting as a bridge between the head unit and phone. If this does not require the server then this could be an advantage over the WiFi features in your HUR app(which is working wonderfully btw)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] swasha123:
[MENTION=224120]Emil[/MENTION], great updates and thanks man.. we will wait.. no patience at all.. but.. ah... Keep on working..

1. Since u said, we may need to root roku3188.. I just google through.. some methods available on XDA to root it. We are not noob so we can do it

2. Your app graphic - We will not have problem. (since it will be on Android stick , we are not going to see it :)... Am I correct?)

Thanks.. keep it up..

Just one question - Android stick has HDMI end.. how to connect with Car USB. Since my Suzuki car has OEM android auto head unit and no option for HDMI.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] lukesan:
You won't have to connect it to HDMI. It transmits all data via the USB port like on a regular Android Auto situation.

About the images for the sticks. The freaktab website was my place to be a couple of years ago. I guess that hasn't changed.

I was thinking maybe a remote connection to a pc via logmein or teamviewer might also work for giving permissions?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] swasha123:
Just ordered MK809 III

RK3188

2GB/32GB

KitKat 4.4

Delivery on 18th July..

Preparing myself for upcoming big event.. Wireless Android Auto..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dhughes72:
It's my understanding the HDMI isn't needed; the android stick will simply act as a wifi receiver (no need for video) that your phone will transmit to; that data from your phone will go to the android stick. the needed data will flow into the android stick VIA wifi then form the android stick to the display via the USB connection.

Emil did say in the post(s) just above that the HDMI is needed to set up the stick to use his app by default; however, you can either root the stick to avoid this or have a portable HDMI screen to make the selection one time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zsamson:
Fortunately for me I just checked the MK809 IV I ordered and it is already rooted.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
Can you share with us where you purchased it?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zsamson:
Ebay, the specific seller I bought it from is out of stock but there are other listings.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
I'm courous to know the boot time on a TV stick. Any benchmarks on that? Advantage to a phone is that if the USB port in the car shuts off the battery should be enough of a buffer to keep it on all the time. Probably could automate it that the phone goes into a deep sleep when on battery and once it is charging or senses it is plugged in go back to normal.

I have a slightly used pixel XL I was thinking about using. Have been testing battery life the past couple days.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zsamson:
The one I got boots up and shows wifi is connected in under 30 seconds. It's actually pretty quick.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
Nice thanks for the feedback.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zsamson:
No problem
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rpgreentree:
On your master, open AA press the "menu" button top left corner, select "about", press "..." top right, press "stop head unit server" then do the same again to "start head unit server" then close AA. It should not need to be done again.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] martymcbro:
OK, thank you I wasn't aware of this. I will try it. However I had to do a further step to get the "start headunit server" menu entry displayed in the Android Auto app:

Phone app: Menu > About > 3 dot menu > Should be there

If not there, enable developer settings by going to about and tapping "About Android Auto" text a bunch of times quickly to get the prompt to activate developer settings and go to the same spot at the first directions.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hckymstr19:
So before the the beta version I had a perfect system in place, I would have head unit server turned on the master (s9), wifi hotspot activated, wait for connection to slave and once the connection is made, I plug the slave into the USB of my car and I get AA working flawlessly.

Now I downloaded the beta on both phones and I can't connect really at all. The best I can do is when I plug the slave (Droid turbo rooted) into the car it makes an initial connection to the master, the AA pops up for a second and then immediately disappears. My master always says waiting for slave and it also seems after it disconnects my master flashes my BT audio level on my phone as if it's reconnecting my BT to my car which is odd. I have tried all different aa gateway settings in terms of boxes checked but still always the same, connects for a second then disconnects. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] anthdedo:
Hey guys! First post to this forum. Everything from beta is working for me quite seamlessly aside from minor stuttering of audio. I managed to get it all working without having to download aagateway on my master phone. S9+ for master, s8+ for slave (neither rooted).

My only issue is the continual popup to select aagateway as default app. I leave the slave plugged in all the time, so I have to click that everytime on the slave... I have removed Google play services and still, no dice. Any idea how to solidify aagateway as the selection so I don't have to press everytime. If I can get this working, you have made the perfect app!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Slick_Nick_90:
The beta gets stuck at initalizing AA with Ford sync 3 on a moto turbo 2. The alpha works periodically. Is there anything I can try?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kevincheungkr@gmail.com:
Sony ax5000 headunit partner with Nokia 7plus Android 9 and rooted TV stick 809iv not working. Stuck waiting for slave even connected to my hotspot
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] malfoy0922@gmail.com:
Did you got this to work
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Slick_Nick_90:
I'm emailing him a bug report. Can you do the same?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hckymstr19:
So I have it set up with bggolds automate to disable and enable usb until wifi connected and it's working great. But for some reason for my slave (rooted Droid turbo) to first initially connect to WiFi I need to hit the power button to turn the screen on then it connects. Is there any way someone could make me a simple automate flow to turn the screen on once the phone detects power/charging?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
You can add to my flow by adding a keep device awake (CPU and screen) and check turn on screen and keyboard. Put in a 5 sec delay then another keep device awake ( allow sleep) no illumination.

Put there right after the detect charging block. Im not using the wireless at this time and don't have the original flows handy.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hckymstr19:
That sounds like exactly what I need, unfortunately I'm not very well versed with automate and how to modify and set that up unfortunately. It's promising to know it's possible tho, anybody willing to modify that flow for me?