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[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
We removed it for now, it's not stable enough for the general public. Will be there in version 1.8 of the app.

We needed to push an new app version with support for OTA updating second batch devices ASAP, so we decided to push an intermediate version. This was all planned two weeks ago, but yeah... That went a bit sideways.

There will be an Indiegogo update soon with more information.
[Android Auto General] hanwinting:
my AAWireless was working until today. The unit get stuck at solid green light. i have reset the units many times and when it reboot it still stuck at solid green light. there is no Bluetooth amd wifi broadcasting from the unit. i have followed all troubleshooting steps and still can't figure it out
[Android Auto General] ShadowJP88:
Hi there!

I'm can't wait to receive mine in the next few days!

Is there someone who manage to make AA connect automatically so we don't have to interact with the phone to make the wireless connexion?
[Android Auto General] DevAuto:
AA automatic connection depends a lot on the car head unit. Some cars do this already, others do not. My car already connects automatically and I don't have to do anything. If your car doesn't already do this, there is an option in the AAWireless settings, "Auto video focus" that might help.
[Android Auto General] siposg:
Thanks a lot, I haven't noticed that.
[Android Auto General] xxBrun0xx:
I've got a 2017 Chevy Camaro SS and the AAWireless unit I received (on v1.1.0) works great! My only issue is that it stays powered after I get out of the car (which is a known issue the development team is working on). Other than that, smooth sailing. Thanks for all the great folks sharing their experiences in this thread and thanks to the devs of this awesome project. Been waiting for this since October, it was worth the wait!
[Android Auto General] Marshy33:
For every one with VW mib2s and either the rebooting issue and / or Spotify going out of sync, could you confirm your device part number and firmware version?

I'm guessing we all have technisat mib2std headunits, as the issue seems to be with them, but would be good to confirm this.

I'm testing out different firmwares for the headunit to see if it either fixes the issue or at least makes it stable for longer. Being able to rule out any which you guys can confirm have issues will make this easier.

I'm not holding my breath this will solve the issue, but just tying what I can.

So far I have tested fw242 and 253. Which i can easily make a reproducible reboot or issue with Spotify. I'm now on 475 since this morning and I havnt been able to reproduce the issues, but I need to test for longer.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
This morning mine rebooted but it definitely didn't reboot the headunit, it was to do with the AAW only. I will change the cable and see what happens.

I don't think either of my VW cars have fully rebooted the headunit, just the AAW and there is the skips in the music
[Android Auto General] snaske65:
Morning all, i have now flashed the unit as stated.

The problem is that it is now worse then before. Music keeps dropping out,and i thought we were supposed to be able to ota from the original firmware but im still stuck on the original.

s20 plus

camry 2020

tried 3 different cables and one wont even connect.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Marshy33:
The reboot I mean is a full headunit reboot, so you will see the splash screen when it boots back up.

What part number is your headunit and what firmware? Be good to know which ones are working without the issue I'm talking about too.
[Android Auto General] speedyg0nz:
This happens to me too. I can't get AAW running for anything more than a minute with my Galaxy Note 9. It constantly disconnects and restarts App Connect on the VW head unit. On the AAW device, I also see that it's constantly going through the full reboot with the LED cycling from solid blue to red, green, then blue. Changing the settings (for USB, audio, etc) does not seem to help so far. Tried with an original Samsung cable and it's the same. Might try with other cables to confirm but it's been rather frustrating so far.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
I have a Technisat ZR unit and on FW 469 it rebooted so i flashed 479 and it has the same behavior.
[Android Auto General] -Loom-:
How do you guys know exactly, what headunit model is installed?

When I'm looking at the version information, on the display it reads something like :

"5NA9xxxxx

1030

ECE 2018/2019

Shield 2016-44 (build 309)

Do any of those information do reveal the manufacturer and firmware version?
[Android Auto General] Marshy33:
Hold down menu for 3-5 seconds which should open a service menu, you should be able to see the last firmware install on there and also info about the headunit
[Android Auto General] -Loom-:
Thanks! Didn't know about that!
[Android Auto General] snaske65:
Does any one know how to use the Ota as im on original and it keeps saying no updates.

Tia
[Android Auto General] MariS9Maz:
I have a 2017 Mazda CX-3 and a Galaxy S9. I flashed the fix yesterday but did not notice much difference. The unit starts Android Auto fine (I have it set to retry/Passthrough), but the connection lasts only a minute or so. If I use any controls such as changing the volume from the steering wheel, the connection fails. I am using the cable that came with the unit. The update status is 1.1.

I've also noticed that either Android Auto or AAWireless Config is draining the phone battery quite a bit. Could that be from all the AAWireless restarts?

The connectiion failures so far have been a bit frustrating, but I've been enjoying the whole experience overall. I'm looking forward to trying the 1.22 OTA.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Version 1.2.3 will be released this evening and will fix WiFi related issues.
[Android Auto General] hbk_seanmichael:
I get what you're trying to say but this is an awful analogy lol. One is a tangible product the other is not.
[Android Auto General] hbk_seanmichael:
I'm not trying to get at anything... I am just questioning if it one is better than the other. Is the software/hardware better in this one compared to the CarlinKit 5.0?? Because if it is, I will return my Carlinkit and get this.
[Android Auto General] mrmidnight:
It was awful on purpose lol, I'm an HBK fan myself.

Anyway, I have the carlinkit 3, I think the AA wireless is easier to use and is more feature packed. I like it
[Android Auto General] hbk_seanmichael:
My name is actually Sean Michael so I've been getting the HBK references my entire life lol.

I ordered one and it's coming tomorrow so I'll see how it goes.
[Android Auto General] Rainoffire:
May I also request for the audio-stutter-fix.

I would experience stutter in both 5ghz and 2.4ghz mode.

Device ID: AAWb11381c8

Device Version: 2.2.0

App Version: 3.23

Head Unit: Pioneer WC6600NEX

Phone: Xperia 1ii (A10)

USB: MTP with force start

Passthrough: Disabled

Dongle Mode: Enabled

Wifi: 5ghz 165

Start Stop: Disabled

VAG/GM fix: Disabled

DPI: 165

Remove Tap Restriction: Disabled

Media Sink: Disabled

TTS Sink: Disabled

Auto Video Focus: Enabled

Developer Mode: Disabled
[Android Auto General] etere1964:
Last beta (10.3.1333303 or 4) solve the issue of no Connection for wireless dongles(AAWIRELESS , Carlinkit, Carsifi, Ottocast, etc)
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
I started using 5g and the high channel 161 tells me the mobile bandwidth is 22MHz so I use 159 with 80MHz. But as a result, I have blackouts in the same places in the city, and on the highway the connection was interrupted by a control toll gate. That wouldn't matter, but the reverse connection is a problem. I use start/stop and I have a clearwiew case on my phone and it locks the phone even though I have it set to unlocked in the car. So when I open the case the connection is back. Wouldn't it be possible to put settings like AA's in the app? So it works even when the mobile phone is locked.
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
It's already a native setting in Android auto.
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
I wrote that AA has this. But the AAwirelles app doesn't.

It is interesting that this problem is not noticeable when you get into the car, but the blackout while driving is already a problem. And that's the mess with START/STOP.

Without it, it works even without the app.
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
My mistake for overlooking that part of the post. I don't know as an additional setting within the app is going to help do anything different. Are you start stop also and don't have an issue when the phone is locked. Maybe use the Android Smart Lock feature to unlock your phone when connected to the head unit Bluetooth?
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
Does not matter. This is exactly what I have everything set up in my mobile, watch, BT in the car, and the location when my Note20 should be unlocked. But the case somehow overpowers this and the phone locks, you can't even pay Gpay. After opening the case, however, the mobile phone is immediately unlocked, outside of these conditions it is also locked after opening.

That's why I'm asking if the APP authorization couldn't be the same as in AA, or maybe the background permanently? I don't know.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
On disconnection, the start/stop service will try to restart the AA connection. Sounds like the phone is preventing this if it only starts when opening the case / unlocking the phone. Is battery optimization for the AAW app turned off? Also please check if the "display over other apps" permission is enabled for the AAW app (although I think we do check for this permission and show a notification if it's not enabled). Unfortunately because AAW is not a system app, and Android has quite some background restrictions, we are limited in what we can do with start / stop. It will always be a band aid solution, until Google themselves provides a proper solution. With dongle mode they implemented the "start" part, but the stop part isn't there unfortunately. Results may vary depending on phone.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
For all "can you enable firmware x" messages, please contact support@aawireless.io, they will gladly enable the firmware.
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
thank you for answer

I had the battery settings on the AAW app Optimized and then on the AAW battery settings it never sleeps. When I set Not optimized, nothing else can be set. Permission Via applications is set.

All the permissions the app wants are allowed.

I've actually been using 2.4GHz since the beginning of last year.

That was my solution to blackouts, basically none while driving.

But it had one problem when the ignition is turned off the car waits for the door to be opened and the radio is on and there is also AA power but at this moment there is some live communication on USB or WIFI and the AA on the radio is stuttering and most of the time the connection is lost. Then, when reconnecting, I have to unclick on the new connection radio. It doesn't do that with 5GHz.

I understand that this is one of the reasons why you do not recommend 2.4

While driving, I'm also trying to de-click it after a blackout because I hear annotations on the mobile phone in my pocket and it tries to connect the Radio New connection and enable AA, it starts and crashes. Then for a while you can see on the radio that nothing is connected and then I see several failed attempts to connect and sometimes it starts and sometimes it doesn't. The unlocked mobile is then back on its own within 30 seconds.

At first I thought I had to click on the annotation and restart the connection, I tried to get the notification on my watch and it doesn't work.

Maybe some routine for Tasker?

And we tried to connect the iPhone, we followed the instructions and it didn't connect. Little time to try.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
If you feel the notifications in your pocket, I should be able to see in the app logs why it won't start AA. My guess it tries to start up the AA activity, but the phone won't let it. This is also why we need the "display over other apps" permission. It's kind of a hack to make it possible to start activities from background (or actually foreground) services. What's the name of your device?
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
AAWd9474072
[Android Auto General] Daedra9:
Hey, is 3.0 available for my device? Device ID is FS3fVsQW. I'd like to try to help troubleshoot AA over CP to get the device working with my 2022 WRX GT and utilizing the full screen. Every other device I've tried has horrible stretching.
[Android Auto General] hbk_seanmichael:
My car usb stays on for 15 minutes after I turn the car off. It's annoying when I am getting home because I have to manually disconnect my phone from AA and then connect it to my home wifi. Would enabling the start stop feature help with this?
[Android Auto General] bjevers:
Yes
[Android Auto General] fmotta61:
@Snirpo

Since the problem seems resolved with latest AA could you please add me again to 3.x.x firmware.

My device is 573e7e31

And big thanks to your support team for cooperation
[Android Auto General] CAT1210:
I have seen this only a few times in searching and reading about other users. I have a Samsung Z Fold 3. When I change the AAWireless app battery setting to unrestricted, AAWireless works flawlessly in my vehicle. However, after a few days, the battery setting will automatically change to optimized. I have turned off optimization as much as I can by reading and advice, but it still does it. This has been happening since I got AAWireless more than a year ago. I worked with Chris quite a long while back and it was mentioned that AAWireless should still work fine, even if optimized, but it doesn't. When my phone does this, I have to unlock the screen to get AA to show in my car until I change it back to unrestricted. Chris developed a "special" AAWireless firmware for me which did work until it fell way behind updates and I ended up abandoning AAWireless for the past several months. I decided to hook it up again a few days ago, hoping for a setting to assist with this, but found nothing and still same behavior with my phone automatically setting the AAWireless app to optimized. This is the only app that I can tell that has this problem. Does anybody else have this happen? Is there any solution at all? Is the real answer to get rid of the Z Fold 3 and get the Pixel Fold?
[Android Auto General] hbk_seanmichael:
Might be a dumb question but why do people keep asking to added to 3.x.x firmware??
[Android Auto General] hbk_seanmichael:
Got the AAW yesterday and wow... It makes the carlinkit 5 look like a Kyocera phone compared to a Samsung Galaxy. Connects MUCH faster. Actually has features you can mess around with compared to literally nothing from the carlinkit. Within 2 minutes I got my phone to go full screen and use my entire 10.5" screen and without losing any quality. Still crystal clear.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I guess you're talking about me. Is this with start/stop enabled?
[Android Auto General] CAT1210:
I think it was you!!! Hahahaha!! And, also, on another forum. I do have start/stop enabled. Is this the key? I used to "need" to have it enabled (firing smart home routines when phone connects to WiFi but never would because USB stays on for a few minutes after shutoff) but no longer need it.
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
@Snirpo Hello. How about the protocol?
[Android Auto General] Faromme:
Thanks
[Android Auto General] stokbaek:
Is it possible to get beta access to version 3.x.x? My device ID is CS317-e1w3.

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Krinkles:
Hi. I wonder if anyone would be able to advise on an issue I'm having with aawireless.

I successfully set it up and all seems to be OK. However, after this initial set-up when I subsequently return to the car my phone doesn't connect and the aawireless unit has a blinking green light. The app then takes me through the step of clearing the android auto storage. This then allows the phone to connect again but on subsequent attempts I'm back to failing to connect and green blinking light. Clearing the cache allows the phone to connect again and so on...

Car: Honda Jazz Crosstar 2021

Phone: Google Pixel 6a

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
This is a common problem lately. We have no explanation for it yet. There is no real pattern to why this happens. It's not so much an AAWireless issue but something in Android Auto itself failing. Are you willing to help us debug this issue? Can you try to turn "dongle mode" off in the AAWireless companion app and re-pair your device (remove bluetooth pairing and re-pair)? Can you share the device name of your device?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Most likely. You can turn it off.

Will get back to you next week.
[Android Auto General] Krinkles:
Thanks for your reply.

I've now tried it with dongle mode off and have the same behaviour (which I think you were expecting)

My device name is AAWaef7112b
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Thanks. Can you possibly create a phone side bug report, so I can see what AA is doing when it's not starting up? (https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/bug-report). Please create a bug report shortly after a few failed connection attempts (blinking green for a minute or so). You should be able to send it via e-mail after generating. I sent you my email address via PM.

Also please make sure, after changing to non-dongle mode, to delete the bluetooth pairing to AAWireless and re-pair either through the companion app or manually through bluetooth settings. Possibly also cache and data of AA needs to be cleared. The Bluetooth name of the device should change from AndroidAuto-AAWxxxx to AAWireless-xxxx. This is what changes the logic in AA itself to the "dongle" logic.
[Android Auto General] Krinkles:
I cleared the bluetooth connection and then paired again manually through bluetooth settings to AAWireless-xxxx. AndroidAuto worked and then I turned off. I then returned to the car and my phone connected successfully and AA started. So it seems to be working with non-dongle mode (although I'll try again later to confirm).

What are the differences/disadvantages of non-dongle mode?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Good to hear. I kind of expected that.

Dongle mode is the native way of how Google thinks dongles should work. In dongle mode the phone will wait for the handsfree of the car to be connected before starting up Android Auto. That's why AAWireless stays blinking green. It's actually trying to start up AA, but the phone won't let it start. So in your case, for some reason (and this happens for more people) the phone (AA) does not realize the handsfree of the car is connected. I'd very much like to find out why this happens. So a phone side log with dongle mode enabled would be extremely helpful, because I'm not able to reproduce this issue myself. Do you maybe also have a smartwatch? It's possible that AA somehow binds the dongle to the handsfree profile of the smartwatch. Or maybe the hands free of the car is actually not connecting to the phone?

Without dongle mode, AAWireless works in a "emulated native Wireless head unit" mode. To be able to to this, AAWireless must host a handsfree profile, because Android Auto expects a native Wireless AA head unit to have a hands free profile active. But we don't actually want the handsfree audio to be routed through AAWireless. So what we do in non-dongle mode (and all other dongles, except the MA1) is host a dummy handsfree profile, and disconnect it once AA has started. Then the phone will switch over to the car's hands free. It kind of a hack... On some (dumb) phones however this causes problems with hands free audio routing, because the phone might still try to connect to AAWireless for hands free audio.

So dongle mode is how it should work natively with dongles. And that's also why it's default for AAWireless. It makes the bootstrap process work exactly like the Motorola MA1.
[Android Auto General] darudedudedocta:
Hi all

Help needed for android auto initial connectivity issues.

Android HU - UIS8581 based Android system for BMW (8 gb ram 64 Gb Rom)

Phone - Samsung galaxy Fold 3.(I have turned off otimized battery on the phone)

I am currently facing an issue where I have am having Android Auto connectivity issues from my phone initially when I turn on the car.. everytime I turn the car on the bluetooth connects wirelessly but Android auto fails to start on its own.. after forgetting the bluetooth connection and re- pairing the phone Android Auto starts and stays stable.. but everytime I start the car I have to do this.. tried this with other android phones as well same issue persists.

Requesting for everyones feedback on this and a possible solution..

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Please read my answer above, you most likely have the same issue. Try to turn off dongle mode. Or aren't you using AAWireless?
[Android Auto General] darudedudedocta:
Hi ..Thanks for the reply.. I am using AAwireless.. I dont have dongle mode anywhere in my system settings as it has AA wireless inbuilt in the headuint and I dont have any separate dongle for that.. though i appreciate your reply above and your help in trying to resolve my issue
[Android Auto General] Krinkles:
Thanks @Snirpo

I'll switch back to dongle mode and grab the phone log tomorrow and send to the email address as per your previous dm.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I've been testing this out the whole afternoon. Trying to get AA to associate the dongle with another handsfree device, like my headphones. And it's possible, but AA will override it when the actual hands free of the car connects. This is with the exact AA version you have. So I have no clue how to reproduce this.

The only thing I can imagine is your car having two bluetooth handsfree pairings to the phone, with two different MAC addresses. One for normal hands free pairing without AA running, and one with AA running. Can you possibly check if this is true?
[Android Auto General] kv1dr:
I don't know if this is the same problem, but for me, AA doesn't connect, when waking up headunit from sleep (headunit fully shuts down half an hour after turning off the car). Force closing ZLink resolves the problem. But I think this is headunit/ZLink problem, and not AAWireless problem at all. I didn't check the light on AAWireless device.
[Android Auto General] brackenhill_mob:
In my Merc, the AAWireless remains powered up for 2 minutes after I lock the car. This means that none of my automation scripts to shut the garage etc work because my phone remains connected to the AAWireless wifi.

Am I understanding correctly that if I activate dongle mode, this should mean that AAWireless will drop the wifi connection when I lock the car?

If so, eureka! If not, I'll leave well alone as it is a minor inconvenience to be able to use such a great product.
[Android Auto General] Krinkles:
Here's an update from my latest testing:

With the unit still in non-dongle mode, AA didn't reconnect successfully.

I tried to see if there were multiple handsfree pairings on my phone but couldn't see any evidence of this.

As we're interested in dongle mode I switched it back on for the unit and paired it again.

Left the car for a while. Also, as you'd previously mentioned smartwatches I also switched off my Garmin Venu 2S to see if this had any impact.

Returned to the car and the unit wouldn't connect. However, whilst watching bluetooth on the phone I saw it connect to the unit and then disconnect, cycling through this connect/disconnect but not starting AA.

I also noticed that the Honda handsfree hadn't connect so I manually selected it to connect

Once this connected, AA then also launched.

Left the car again, returned later, everything worked first time with no intervention required.

Left the car again, started my smartwatch as well to see if that was the issue.

Returned to the car, everything worked again with no intervention required.

So it seems that I'm now working successfully in dongle mode - but will continue to monitor over the next few days.

I don't know if the problem was the Honda HFT initially not connecting automatically - I'm not sure why that would've happened.