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[Android Auto General] ktraub:
I got my AA Wireless, one of the 1st units, a couple of weeks ago and it was working great until I did the 1.2 update. After the update it had trouble connecting until I plugged my phone into USB directly. When I unplugged, AA Wireless was able to connect. That worked once,

Now the phone won't connect at all to AA Wireless. My phone still works fine with Android Auto directly connected to USB.

It there any way I can roll-back to the original firmware in the unit?
[Android Auto General] DevAuto:
I think @Emil Borconi said in the comments on Indiegogo that this is "technically" possible, but not through the app/OTA. Hopefully he will drop in with a better answer.
[Android Auto General] biglou29:
Just to update to my original post. Last few days AA wireless has been working flawlessly. Waze pops up onscreen within seconds of starting the car, spotify picks up where it left off (this can take anywhere between 5 to 30 seconds, and sometimes I do have to navigate into spotify and manually select play) and the steering wheel controls are working fine. Super happy with it. Hope I haven't jinxed it with this post.
[Android Auto General] Nudnik_de:
Did some more testing with the settings to improve the VW headunit reboot issue. This seems to be a common issue with MIB and Android Auto, not only AA Wireless. I changed USB connection to direct and this seems to minmize the effect. Had only 1 reboot of the headunit during the last 2 days.
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
So I'm really hoping that two phones and one device in the future software update we can get some way to pick which phone we want to connect to the device. I know it's supposed to connect to the last phones used but with my phone Pixel 2 XL and my wife's phone a Pixel 3a it always connects to her phone regardless. I suspect although I don't have proof that it tries to connect to my phone being the last one used but times out and just connects to her phone faster.

Minus an update is there a tasker task or some other way to speed up my phone's connection?
[Android Auto General] DevAuto:
@Emil Borconi said in the comments on Indiegogo (a while ago) that was a feature they were going to consider adding in a future OTA. I suspect there is enough interest that once all the bugs are addressed, it will be examined more closely.
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
Here are the LED codes. Added Yellow to the list

Solid Green, the device is booting, should complete in under 12 seconds. Both the Bluetooth and WiFi are not active until after the boot is completed.

Blinking Green, the device has activated Bluetooth and is waiting for a WiFi connection from your phone. You will only be able to pair while under blinking green.

Blinking Blue, the device has fully connected with your phone and is attempting to connect with your head unit via USB.

Solid Blue, the device is full connected with your phone and the head unit. The first time you connect you may need to set some Android Auto permissions and some head units may also produce prompts for you to answer.

Solid Yellow, the device is loading an OTA update into memory.

Red, an error has occurred, the device will attempt recovery after a timeout.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] NugentS:
How do I get the 1.2 update - the AAW works flawlessly BUT the phone keeps trying to connect when the car is turned off (the car keeps the USB live) which is bugging the hell out of me.

Clicking the OTA update just says "Getting Status"
[Android Auto General] David_14:
Hello

Galaxy s10e/ Peugeot Rifter

I got the same problem. (except I, most of the time, needed to use the "ok Google" workaround with the 1.0). Since the 1.2 update it worked 2 times. I tried different USB mode and on/off passthrough without success (surprisingly I got it working once without passthrough on, previous best setting was usb direct/passthrough on)

The light is solid blue but nothing on screen and the "ok Google" workaround doesn't work anymore.
[Android Auto General] Spindlewood:
Solid blue means you are connected to the HU, so you might look for any HU menu item which manually loads AA. The Audi MMI has one on the main menu. Reboots of the phone and HU have worked for me as well. Double check settings and Dev settings that any option to give focus to AA is checked. Last resort, clear data on AA in Apps setting on phone.
[Android Auto General] gockets:
mc01319, have you had any success with the newer firmware? Mine still isn't working in any combination of modes, unfortunately.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
This is head unit dependent unfortunately, you can try to set the "Start Android Auto automatically" to "Always" in Android Auto settings, but I'm afraid it won't help.
[Android Auto General] urmanio23:
Oh you're right, I do have AA setup to start when connected but it only makes it ready to show on the display, I still have to select it on the car screen.

Oh well, I just need Xiaomi to fix that annoying bug to have the perfect AA wireless experience, but something tells me it won't get fixed. :(
[Android Auto General] Xtragyne:
Hi @Snirpo

I have replaced my device hence it was an difficult process since im in Turkey and i had to send it back to US and replace with new one.

I had big hopes with new device however it is the same story..

Device disconnected after 1 hour or so then its keep disconnected constantly every couple of minutes.

My car is Opel Astra K 2015 with Navi 900 Intellink 2.5 head unit.

My phone is Samsung S22 Ultra / Snapdragon version

I really want to use this product would you please advice ?
[Android Auto General] derausgewanderte:
SOFO, mind sending that tasker script or tell me how you did this?

thank you
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Profile 1:

The variable CARBLUETOOTHCONNECTED is set to 1 as soon as my car is connected to my phone by Bluetooth. Exit task is to clear this variable.

Profile 2:

Connected to AAWireless Wifi.

Then I start the task in the screenshot as entry task. You don't need the Say and ringer volume commands. It is for my information so that I know that there is a connection error.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
If the device is already replaced then there's not much we can do unfortunately. Why it only disconnects after an hour is a mystery to me. Please contact our support at support@aawireless.io for a return and refund. I I guess you bought it from Amazon? I think we can create return labels from Turkey to NL. Not 100 percent sure, but our support guys will know.
[Android Auto General] alibaba00:
Kia Rio 4 Europe,please enable 2.2.0 for my AAW8q7cxKBO .Thanks.
[Android Auto General] mrnemesisman:
Stock update and availability?

Hi AAWireless team.

I like others here that were early backers who love your product. However, when I try to purchase more units via your Amazon page, it's constantly out of stock.

Can we get an ETA on when this might be available to purchase again?
[Android Auto General] italodance:
You should try to purchase it via Ebay.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Stock is on the way to Amazon from Europe
[Android Auto General] saclefr:
I have also too much disconnection currently.

I thought it was the cable : but using the cable connected directly to the phone it is working fine

I thought it was the car : I changed from Mazda to Hyundai, same issue

I thought it was the phone : my wife has same issue with her Google Pixel

I can have a travel of 800km without issues with phone wired using the aawireless cable

But I can't hope a travel of more than 20km without disconnection with aawireless.

I tried reset, cleaning all wifi / bluetooth connection ... but never solved that.

It reboots itself quickly, so at least there is nothing to do. But that is still annoying.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Did you try changing the WiFi channel to a higher one?

A lot of disconnection issues are solved changing the WiFi channel.
[Android Auto General] saclefr:
For wifi settings I was in

France > Access point > 5Ghz > auto

I just tried

France > Access point > 5Ghz > [max number available]

I look forward to test that ! Thanks for this.

Note : I have 2 aawireless with same issues, IF wifi channel is the solution, do I have to put a different channel for each ?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Hopefully it will help!

I doubt you have the 2 AAWireless dongles in the same car, so I think you can use the same channel on both...
[Android Auto General] derausgewanderte:
@ SOFO888,

thank you again for your wonderful help!

I determined that it is the head unit of my 2020 Sentra that is not playing nice. I tried your script and it is working fine. I see it in action both when it works and when I purposely interrupt it, even with a nice female voice in german ;)

But the problem is the connections to both car and the dongle are working fine and the unit is stuck in this state. So the script actually cannot catch anything. The current workaround is to reboot the head unit and it's perfectly fine for some 5 to 10 times until it gets stuck again.

I also tried this with my wife's Motorola dongle and it does the same thing. On her 2023 Rogue it never fails with her Pixel 7.

well, for now I just have to learn to live with it. At least it's working for some 80%.

cheers

Vielen Dank!
[Android Auto General] saclefr:
Same issue. But worth the try, thanks.

I made contribution of aawireless in October 2020. My assumption is that first deliveries had defaults. Will do some other tries.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
I'm sorry to hear that. My AAWireless unit is also from the early batches, I think it's around unit 150ish. I had the disconnection issue, but it was smoothly solved by changing the channel...
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
It varies alot per region/country. There is no perfect channel unfortunately. Some may have issues on channel 40 (default), some may have issues on the higher channels. In general the higher channels are better though.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
You only see the bottom menu bar? That doesn't sound like a car-side issue, but more of a phone side issue. This also happens on Huawei P30 randomly. Very common issue on those phones.

EDIT: Sorry, just noticed your attached photo. It seems like the AA icon is shown, but AA won't show up, but it is actually running in the background. For fun, can you try to enable the "GM fix" in the AAW companion app settings?
[Android Auto General] ener2k01:
Hello

I'm having some issues with the AA Wireless. I use a Samsung Galaxy s20 and a MIB2 head unit (MHI2) on an Audi A4 B9.

When driving over road bumps or potholes, the connection is briefly interupted and short time after it reconnects. The problem is when it disconnects, if I'm listening music on YT music or Sporify, it automatically moves to radio, so I have to manually start music again and that's frustrating. I used the cable provided in the original package, then switched to a Baseus one, even tried with original Samsung cables or other aftermarket brands. When having longer trips it happens several times per trip and it's getting on my nerves. I realised that if I slightely move the AA Wireless device or move the cable it disconnects.

Is there any way to fix it?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Sounds like a defective USB connector, please contact support@aawireless.io for a replacement.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
@Snirpo I have reported here in the forum that my AAWireless sometimes struggles a lot to start AA in my head unit (without getting an answer about it).

So, I've been following the issue, and I've discovered that it occurs when my phone loses data signal; whenever my phone loses data connection at the same time AAW is starting, it struggles and fails until my phone reconnects to the internet, at which point it starts successfully and connects to AAW. It doesn't matter if it's in dongle mode or not... But to be clear, I'm currently working with it in dongle mode, and the Start/Stop feature on.

Is this behavior OK? - So if I'm in a place without data, for example, a basement, it cannot start AA until I go out and get data on my phone. If I'm in an area where there is no data coverage, the AAW is useless...

Any thoughts??

Thank you!!
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
As far as I am concerned, my AAW connects correctly and remains connected, whether I have a data connection or not (for example in a basement without phone signal) !...
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
😔 Not idea why I have some issues... but what I can say is that it struggles to start and have a stable connection.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
What phone are you using? It shouldn't make any difference if there's mobile data or not.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
@Snirpo I'm using an OnePlus 8Pro, Android 13, not rooted. My car is a Citroën C5 AC PHEV.

I started to get those issues like ~4 months ago, is something "recent"... And I also noticed once that I went to Andorra where I don't have Roaming services, when I arrived driving the AAW was connected and working good until I switched off the car... being there when I tried to start again AA using the AAW dongle, it didin't connect, it was restarting and restarting until I went out the principality and entered to Spain again and my data services were restored, then the AAW started and AA worked... Ultra wierd stuff...
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
My car is C5 AC (not PHEV) too...

May I make an hypothesis : when your phone looses 4g data signal, may be there is some automatic switching in your wifi settings that disconnects the phone from AAW (phone seeking for wifi datas...) ?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
That's an intriguing theory, but why doesn't it disconnect when it loses its data connection while connected to AAW? - I mean, if the AA is running and everything is working, it doesn't disconnect or fail if the data services go down or stop; it only happens when it's trying to start AA and connect the AAW at the beginning of a drive.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
May be AAW wifi remains connected when already used by AAW, but if AAW is not connected, the phone seeks another wifi signal and is then not available for AAW wifi connection. I suspect something like that, maybe you can resolve it using some routine or macro...
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Interesting. Could you please elaborate a little bit about the routine or macro? - What should the phone do or refrain from doing?

Thanks!!
[Android Auto General] italodance:
Fixed all previous issues with my AWW , now it connects in Dongle Mode fast.

The only issue is disconnection randomly, once per drive .

I set Wifi Channel to any No and still testing the rest of.

Any solution for my Xiaomi Mi 11 lite?! Should I change my phone?
[Android Auto General] Radegast12:
How do I derive the password from this SSID:

AndroidAuto-AAWxxxxxxxx

I tried something, but the connection failed.

Thank you.

EDIT:

I already figured it out.
[Android Auto General] Radegast12:
Xiaomi phones have a known bug where they kill WiFi when 4G signal is lost.

Until this bug is fixed by Xiaomi itself, there is no solution :-(
[Android Auto General] Radegast12:
The created hotspot is not connected to the Internet, is it correct or is it a mistake on my part.

I connect a device, such as a laptop, to the hotspot, but there is no Internet connection.

I thought AAWireless would take the internet from the connected phone and provide it to the hotspot, but I guess it doesn't work that way. I think I already know.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
No internet indeed. The phone can't provide internet to the Wi-Fi hotspot of AAW. However, long time ago we had plans to make it possible to let AAW work in client mode to a hotspot on the phone side. We have a bit of time (finally, after two years), so we can add this functionality. If you want to help testing, please join us at https://join.slack.com/t/aawireless/shared_invite/zt-1n1pdy9hv-dz8VcQW8FK_yPQwENcEqOg
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Did this start happening on the upgrade to Android 13 by any chance?
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I'm just curious about one topic I thought already for a long time.

It is about the automatic videon focus request of Android Auto.

We drive a Renault.

Option 1:

When I turn on automatic video focus request in Android Auto options, the Infotainment system will turn on and show Google Maps as soon as I open the door. In this case the music starts playing even though I did not start the engine yet.

Option 2:

When I turn on automatic video focus request in AAWireless options, there is no automatic start of Google Maps. The behavior is the same like with the option off.

I do not like option 1 because we have a kid and it takes sometimes a couple of minutes until the kid is in the car. As the music already plays it will drain the car battery. Moreover when I forgot something in my car and I open only one door to take it out, the Infotainment system fires up including music.

I noticed the following behavior:

When option 1 is active, my phone will connect to my car by Bluetooth as soon as I open the door.

When no automatic video focus request is active, the phone will not connect by Bluetooth until I start the engine.

I prefer an option with automatic video focus as soon as I start the engine. I hoped option 2 could do this. Unfortunately option 2 seems not to work. What's the experience with other Renault drivers?

Do you have any ideas?
[Android Auto General] italodance:
I changed my AAWIRELESS cable but it gives error after a while using them disconnected, so I moved back to its original cable.

I afraid it doesn't damage my dongle however it works fine as past.

@Snirpo any opinion ?! I love my AAwireless much. So is it fine?;
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Hi @Snirpo, no, TBH I was paying a lot of attention to any misbehavior on all my stuff when I got the update, because there's always a bug or a problem after updating the OS. But AAW was working as a charm, as always, it was suddenly, I can say that the issue started to appear around mid-December 2022... IDK if it was related to an AA update or an AAW app update...
[Android Auto General] alda.cerny:
Hi, I have such a specific problem with AAWireless

I am using a Skoda Octavia 3 with Columbus unit (MIB2.5), I have the latest available firmware MHI2_ER_SKG13_P4526 in the unit

I am using a Pixel 5 mobile phone with Android 13

AAwireless firmware version is 2.1, the last app version I tried is 3.14.0, today I got an update to 3.15.0

If I connect to AAWireless for the first time (when AAWireless is first connected by cable to the unit in the car) everything works as it should, if I connect for the second/third time (sometimes it works for a longer time) Google Assistant stops working, when I want to start Google Assistant, it is deaf (it does not answer my questions), this is connected with another problem, that the sounds in the navigation do not work in this case, the music I play from the memory card in the car / from the radio seems to be muted, but the navigation instruction is not heard

I did a reset of AAWireless to eliminate possible problems

I have dongle mode on

I tried VAG crash fix on/off

Does anyone have any idea where the problem might be? Thanks for the help

I didn't find the solution to my problem here in the thread, if it is here, I apologize for spamming
[Android Auto General] Magicneng:
The constant AAWireless disconnection issues with Xiaomi, Redmi or Poco smartphones are due to a problem with the MIUI 13 or MIUI 14 ROM.

I had this problem and after downgrading from MIUI 13 to MIUI 12.5.8 on my POCO X3 NFC everything works fine and never disconnects even if I'm in underground parking or basement with no coverage.

The only thing that in Toyota models with MY22 navigator and connected services, does not restart AAWireless again in case of connection loss, as it happened before with MIUI 13.

Now everything works fine with MIUI 12.5.8.

Sorry for my english, it's spanish translated by google translator.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Hello,

few days ago, my phone received (automaticaly, no AA version change) the Coolwalk option (split screen display). Since then, I have discovered a strange thing :

- if I connect my phone (Galaxy A52 5G) to my car (Citroën C5AC, with NAC head unit) with a cable, the Map picture is displayed on the left half of the screen, and the radio station is displayed on the right part, as explained on the various descriptions of Coolwalk,

- but if I connect my phone through AAW dongle, the Map picture is displayed on the half above part of the screen, and the radio on the below part !

Is there a way to modify this (I prefer the basic display), for example using the DPI setting ? If yes, wich value should I try ?...

For information, I received today the last version (8.7) of AA, but no change !

Thanks for any help or advise !!!
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Change the DPI. I have the same car, and I have it configured to 104, and it shows the split display left/right as you want it.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
I will try tomorrow, many thanks Andres !
[Android Auto General] knighthw2:
i got aaw recently

I have a 2018 Cruze with mylink2 and the initial setup went smoothly, and the aaw connects quickly when I get in the car, but on spotify or amazon music, I've been having random stuttering/lag issues.

I already disabled location accuracy, battery optimization, I have the latest version and firmware....does anyone else experience this?
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I have a Chevrolet 2017 with Mylink and no issues at all. Works even better than on our 2018 Renault.
[Android Auto General] italodance:
@Snirpo can you update AAWireless app with features like making font size bigger? I use dpi for changing new Coolwalk designs and select my preferable style but font is small, it is readable, I just thought if you can add this option to your app.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Hi Andres, i have tried 104 DPI, but it does not change the display for me ! However, I tried other values, for example 103, which change the display, but not completely as I would like : the audio source is displayed on the right part of the screen, but the apps buttons are shown on the left of the screen and not below the screen, as Coolwalk do. Also, these buttons are too small, the time is hardly readable !

I hope @Snirpo (many thanks to him) will read these messages and could find a solution so that the display of Coolwalk through AAW is exactly the same as the display of Coolwalk through USB cable...
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
TBH, I haven't tried Coolwalk with pure USB, but to me the view I got with the DPI set at that value is good to me... You can play with the values, I do remember that to have the "original" you must set it to "0." Did you try it? - Just play a round with different values...
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
DPI at "0" is what I don't want (and on my car identical to DPI 104): the map is displayed at the above part of the screen, and the audio programm is displayed below, the apps button on the left of the screen with too small characters...

I will continue to play with various values and I will take some pictures of the various screens !

For your information, you can also try with USB connection...
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Here my view... For me is good enough, the hour and left bar are readable... I do really enjoy this interface!
[Android Auto General] osm0sis:
I used to use 130 on mine but with Coolwalk I dropped it to 128 to make things fit slightly better.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
There shouldn't be any difference. Can you try to enable passthrough mode in AAW settings? If it's still not the same in passthrough mode then it's AA itself which somehow makes the dpi different wired vs wireless. If it's fine in passthrough mode, but not in non-passthrough mode, it could be a bug in the firmware.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Thanks @Andres.Navas, @osm0sis, and @Snirpo for your answers !

Andres, I get the same view, but for me the left bar is not enough readable (I am quite older than you...).

@osm0sis and @Snirpo : I will try everything and let you know...

Regards.
[Android Auto General] italodance:
Fixed this I'm a pro in DPI now 😈