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[Android Auto General] Spindlewood:
I've asked the devs for advice. In the meantime, Clear Data (not just cache) from Android Auto. You'll have to go back in and reset all the Android Auto settings (wireless AA, wireless projection, request video focus on start). Sometimes AA requires input on the part of the user, but it doesn't show on the screen and hangs things up. This isn't likely since you successfully connected once, but it's worth trying.

For what its worth (and I know it is a complete hassle), when I first started beta testing, I had complete failure until I factory reset my phone. Then magically it worked. I believe this is because I had made too many Android customizations. If you have another phone to try, that would be another option.
[Android Auto General] Spindlewood:
@JohnnyCanuck - Have you done a reboot of the MMI? It's the 3 finger salute (pushing the two MMI buttons and pressing the knob).

There's a new version of the app rolling out in the Play Store. When you can get Version 1.1.0, it will allow getting some logs you can upload to the devs. It might take a day before you can see it.

Looks like you also submitted a ticket to the devs, which they have. One of them will respond directly. Let me know how it goes and if you can get this resolved.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
@Spindlewood no, haven't tried a reboot. Good idea.

Chiel and Emil have both been responsive and great. We'll get it worked out. 1.1.0 downloading now as well.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
@Spindlewood

Got the OTA update, tried deleting AA cache and storage, and tried again (including the MMI reboot). No change in what I am experiencing. I did try submit logs through the app so hopefully that will help.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
One potential solution? I was also never able to get AA Gateway working using the WiFi Launcher app but used Tasker instead. (using this Task: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UO-Z5P0oQpHEdrQjYqvSM48L1TI-K5g8/view.

In theory, that could possible work here, just not sure how I would trigger it properly. Would still need AA Wireless to connect by BT to trigger the WiFi network from AA Wireless and then would need to connect my phone to that. Once that's connected, would the task work?
[Android Auto General] bwillet:
I had a rough time getting my setup to work, but eventually figured it out after probably 3 hours of hacking away at it..... Hopefully this helps someone.

I have a Note 20 Ultra (T-mobile US, OneUI3.1) and a 2016 VW Golf R with Nav. Whenever I tried to get everything talking, Android Auto (AA) would flash quickly on my phone screen then go away immediately. AA wireless (AAW) would usually not be available on the head unit after this. Tried various combinations of, well, everything (reboots, resets, data clearing, uninstalls, toggling USB debugging and USB modes, etc. Once in a great while (non-repeatable), I'd be able to click Next on the AA app on the phone, but the next screen said I needed to engage the parking brake (it was, and it's not an aftermarket head unit). I gave up twice, then had an epiphany and grabbed my wife's phone (S20+). Worked immediately.

So, that was all the inspiration I needed to do a factory reset on the phone. I'm a customizer, so I knew it would be a lot of work, but if I could get AAW working, would be worth it. Last night I did it. After the reset and getting the essential apps installed, I headed outside to give it a shot. Had one brief instance of difficulty, but after rebooting the head unit and resetting AAW, it connected right up. Tried it multiple times, rebooting the phone, messing with the dongle, changing sources, and it just kept working the way it was supposed to!

Today I went to pick up some food, so gave it a real world try. Slid the phone into the AliExpress wireless charger I installed last weekend, and AA was already working! Faster than the cabled connection for sure (USB power kicks in as soon as the car is unlocked). So awesome, was worth the almost 1 month delay because DHL sucks ;)

Thanks AAW team, can't wait to get the next one I ordered for the wife's car!
[Android Auto General] psmedley:
Are you a beta tester? the AAWireless app is telling me there is no OTA update available.
[Android Auto General] meiser:
You can find my task here. It's based on Emil's task which he sent to me.

It's triggered as soon as the phone is connected to the AAWireless SSID.

Remark: for my phone, it's not running when the screen is locked.
[Android Auto General] mr-mauro:
Curious, I'll try with a different cable as well. I have a Suzuki Vitara with the Bosh SLDA as well updated to the lat at fw but I can't make it working with any of the three smartphones I've here at home :(
[Android Auto General] andy o:
I think he meant the app update. The OTA is coming probably this coming week (I also tried to check for an OTA unsuccessfully, with the new updated app).
[Android Auto General] mr-mauro:
I am a beta tester of the app for example but no OTA.

I imagine it is a staged rollout, so we will all receive it in the following days/weeks.
[Android Auto General] Spindlewood:
Yes, I am a beta tester. There is an update to the app being rolled out. For me it was available yesterday in the Playstore, April 19 - version 1.6.2.

I am not sure when the OTA will be rolled out.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
I do have the OTA update to 1.1.0 for the firmware of my AA Wireless.

I have it working this morning. Here's what I did to get it working:

Hard reset on the AA Wireless

Clear cache and data on AA Wireless Config, AA, Google Play Services.

Manually reconnected BT

Went to the car and it didn't work the first time. Unplugged it and it plugged it back in and it worked.

However, all the settings in AA Wireless Config are greyed out. No ability to change any of them. Also, when I toggle the Enable Debugging, I get an "could not save data" error and no logs are being saved.

I did have it working once before and it stopped. So I am confident that I have it figured out yet. I may have to resort to Tasker if it fails again. @meiser, that task is similar to the one Emil wrote for AA Gateway. Hopefully I don't need it.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
Just to add to my previous post, it worked for about 10 minutes and then stopped. Switched to passthrough mode and it worked fine since (stopped for gas, stopped at a bike store for parts, stopped at Home Depot and Canadian Tire and it kept working exactly as intended after each stop).
[Android Auto General] Spindlewood:
Direct usb mode?

Glad it's working. I've never tried Passthrough (haven't had to).
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
Direct USB mode. Although it was working without it, it lost connection completely after 10 minutes and would not recover. With passthrough enabled, it worked with multiple stops and starts.
[Android Auto General] biglou29:
How did you get the OTA already? The AA Wireless app has updated in the play store but still show no update for ver 1.0.0 inside the app.
[Android Auto General] jaygz:
I think he meant the app Play Store update, not the firmware update.
[Android Auto General] andy o:
I thought so too, but the app version is 1.6.3, the OTA is 1.1.0 apparently. Maybe he's just one of the lucky first ones to get it. Emil did say it might be up by this week, I'll try a bit later.
[Android Auto General] DroidShift79:
Today i decided to listen to radio instead of my own music with poweramp.

Well, in a 45min. drive, it happend 3 or 4 times that AA got activated and changed from radio to AA and continued the play music through poweramp

Any idea how I could stop this?

If I have radio on, I don't want AA to take over all the time.
[Android Auto General] :
If you have aawireless device turned on yes it will connect android auto to screen and android auto will take over from radio. So what you can do is click app drawer of Android auto. Now click on a app in auto with the name of your car which will exit the auto interface and take you to your name car infotainment interface where you can use your radio normally.
[Android Auto General] DroidShift79:
I'll try that tomorrow.

Today I just hit the radio button on my HU to get to the radio. We'll see how hitting the skoda button inside AA and then hit the radio button works out.
[Android Auto General] dscline:
Do you occasionally get disconnects when using AA? I expect what's happening is your car is letting you switch from AA to radio, but when you get a disconnect, then reconnect, the car sees that as you plugging in the phone, and thinks you want to switch back to AA.
[Android Auto General] DroidShift79:
Might be. Must happen pretty quick, if so, as the music in poweramp doesn't skip or stutter, but I did notice poweramp notifications once in a while, like it reconnects.

Most notably are these maybe disconnects when in car radio, cos then it switches to aa

What could I try to prevent the disconnects? I have set 5GHZ Wlan and channel 159 a long time ago.
[Android Auto General] dscline:
That's what I mean.... you've switched to radio while AA is connected, so AA just sitting there in the background. But then you get a disconnect, which doesn't matter because you're listening to radio, but when it eventually reconnects, the car sees that as you wanting to switch sources back to AA.
[Android Auto General] DroidShift79:
Yeah, that got to be it, then. Any thing I can do to keep the connection?

I'm now on dev firmware 2.10 from today and latest dev app version.

Dongle mode is activated and usb is set to standard. Don't want to use passthrough, cos i need the dpi settings
[Android Auto General] dscline:
Well, I think there's a couple thousand posts in this thread basically asking the same question. ;-) In your Android Auto settings, do you have it set to automatically start AA? If so you could try turning that off, but then of course you'd have to manually start it each time. And/or you can try turning off the option to start music automatically.
[Android Auto General] DroidShift79:
Ja. I'm going to try things out. As i can't even remember as it's like this from the beginning, cos I don't use the radio that often. And as music from poweramp won't skip when reconnects happen nor do I noticed anything in maps navigation I ignored the issue until the radio thingy today. Now I can't ignore it cos i know it's there. 😅
[Android Auto General] J_E_F_F:
is there a preferred mode, whether in dongle mode or not?

I run with dongle mode disabled and everything seems to work well, but with excessive battery drain.

Excessive battery drain on 2 different vehicles (Volvo and GMC), with 2 different phones and 2 different AAW devices. On my S21 a wireless charger barely keeps up, with my wife's Pixel6 wireless charging can not keep up, though it just drops slowly where without active charging, both phones get hammered.

Would getting dongle mode help at all?
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
To those asking for ways to activate or deactive their AA wireless consider using an automation app. For example in your WiFi preferences you can disable "turn on WiFi automatically" to prevent android auto turning it on. Other phones may require a macro/tasker profile. Then create a macro or tasker profile that you can activate using your Bluetooth hands free mic. For example, I can setup to disable my WiFi when leaving home automatically and when I want android auto I'll stream my music via Bluetooth and press the voice button on my steering wheel and using Google assistant I'll activate my macro/tasker profile to turn my WiFi back on which will then connect me to aawireless.

Certain phones may need root to do this

Certain phones may not be able to set this up.

I'm not about to explain it step by step either - the point is that this is XDA, stop expecting to be spoon fed. Way too many repetitive, simple problems that keep getting spammed here... Use the search button, Google is your friend too.
[Android Auto General] martin.armstrong:
@Snirpo : If you could let us know on this forum when the roll-out of 2.1.0 has begun, this would be helpful so that we had some idea of when we are likely to get it.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
I think the "roll-out" did not begin yet, according @Snirpo posts...

And I think too that 2.1.0 is not going to change many things for most of us.

So just wait and see !
[Android Auto General] bism45014:
I am new here, but have not seen this issue quite yet, but there are hundreds of pages. I just bought the AAWireless in the last few days. I was able to update to the 2.0.2 and it connects to my car (2021 genesis G80) and S21 phone. But, it only stays connected for 1-2 minutes, then disconnects and then auto reconnects. When first connected, the music sounds fine, but over the 1-2 minutes, it slowly degrades then disconnect and and the process starts all over again.

the paperwork says AAWireless-001 as the model. Firmware delivered as 1.12 but was able to upgrade to 2.0.2

thanks in advance for any guidance.
[Android Auto General] DroidShift79:
Did you try to turn on the passthrough mode with the app?
[Android Auto General] bism45014:
Yes, i did turn on the passthrough mode. Since this post, i have deleted and reinstalled the app and will try again when i walk out to my car, but not holding out much hope. thanks for the reply.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Our Korean distributor unfortunately also seems to have some issues with Genesis cars. Which is odd, cause it's basically Hyundai. Some of these cars seem to be very sensitive on the USB side. Can you possibly try another cable?

It might be related to: https://github.com/cpebit/aawireless-issues/issues/124

If the another cable(s) doesn't help, I'd (unfortunately) suggest getting a refund.

EDIT: Been looking through some tickets and apparently someone fixed the same kind of issue by setting the WiFi channel to 149. I can hardly imagine this is a solution, might be coincidence, but who knows. Possibly in car WiFi is interfering with AAWireless? Can't hurt to try I suppose.
[Android Auto General] nettech_gt:
I have emailed support and created a ticket from the support page but I have not received a response in over a week. I'm hoping someone can help.

I'm using an AA Wireless with a Android head unit running Android 6 and the HUR app. AA Wireless is using the default USB mode. My phone is a Pixel 6 and I have the AA server running on my phone all the time. My AA Wireless has firmware 2.02 (originally 1.12) and is connected inside my glove box. When I drive to work in the morning everything connects and it stays connected. However, during the day after my car has been sitting the sun and the temp in my car is 90+ degrees my AA Wireless is very unstable. It will reliably connect but within 2-5 mins it will reboot. ( I see the light go out then cycle through green, flashing green, flashing blue and blue) Then in about 30 secs it will auto connect and the cycle continues. 2-3 mins later it will reboot and then about 30 sec later it will reconnect. Other troubleshooting I have done is swap to a different USB cable. (Cable Matters 6.6" Slim) I have tried using pass though mode. I have updated the firmware ( I had the same issue with 1.12 firmware but don't remember if the reboots were as frequent) What can be done to remedy this issue? Thanks!
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
90 degrees, Celsisus or Farenheit ?o_O
[Android Auto General] RealNBB:
90 Fahrenheit inside a car in the middle of the summer makes really no sense! ;)
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
OK, but 90 Celsius also make no sense, except maybe in the middle of the Sahara !
[Android Auto General] bism45014:
As a follow up and because i had it handy, a different cable did the trick. I had the one i used to plug in the phone for Android Auto and that worked great. A quality control issue for AA Wireless.

thanks for the quick replies from the group. Very helpful!!!

PS - I bought an elantra at the same time last year and it comes with wireless apple car play and android auto. You spend 3x that much on a G80 and you have to plug it in. Go figure.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.
[Android Auto General] :
@Snirpo you guys sent me replacement. Gave me tracking number but just tracking number where do i use it on fedex dhl floship. You guys didn't me tell the courier through which you guys sent the replacement. @Emil Borconi help guys tell me the courier company also so i can track my replacement pacakge.
[Android Auto General] nettech_gt:
90 degrees Fahrenheit. But the exact temperature is not the point. In fact I don't even know if excessive heat is causing the issue. I was simply making an observation that in the morning when its not 90+ degrees Fahrenheit in my car, my AA Wireless seem to be more stable. When it is significantly more hot in my car after my car has been sitting in the sun all day is when I'm having the issue I described. (constant rebooting)

If anyone can help fix my issue I would greatly appreciate it.
[Android Auto General] Notor1ouS-:
AAwireless runs great during summer.

Had a ride starting at 39°C without issues. the car is sitting in the sun 24/7.
[Android Auto General] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hello Snipo.

Another Day... Another Smartphone i have here...

I have currently changed to a Oneplus Nord 2 5G 12gb/256gb.

I currently have the latest App version and the 2.0.2 version on the box.

Im experiencing some choppiness on the process with AAWireless.

Everything moves with some delay,lag or stutter.

Example, with Waze, the movement of the screen is not smooth, have some kind of choppiness to it...

Im going to test today Waze + Music (PowerAmp), to see if the music or voice commands break down with this choppiness.

Also im going to see if there are considerable delay on the screen and turning directions.

Im currently using default settings, except on the wifi, where im using 5G with higher channels 152 i believe.

But that didn´t change any of the behaviour...

I have tested Passthrou Mode but didn´t change nothing.

Best Regards,

LPC
[Android Auto General] JBiz227:
Passthrough has been working well with my S22 🎉 Anybody have any favorite Bixby Routines you use when you connect to AAWireless? I created one to turn off my always on display and then switch to 5G if my phone has a >90% charge. 🤔
[Android Auto General] gerrya:
Just an FYI; was using 4a5g with Uconnect, which worked fine when rolled back to 1.8, just upgraded to 6a and that is working fine, possibly better since I don't get the "device not supported" as much when started, that needs to be clicked away. Only changed setting is I have start/stop enabled for the Uconnect USB 's staying powered.
[Android Auto General] :
Hey @Snirpo you guys sent me tracking number but just tracking number where do i use it on fedex dhl floship to track the location of the package . You guys didn't me tell the courier through which you guys sent the package @Emil Borconi help guys tell me the courier company also so i can track my package. When will receive this information about my package it has been many days and nobody is replying. I know you guys are busy but i m not getting replies of my mail not getting replies here. What should i do. My devices are dead and i don't know when i will receive my replacement devices.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
You mentioned they've been sent so just chill out and wait for them. No doubt you'll get a response soon stating what courier etc...

https://m.17track.net/en/

Try tracking in there.

This thread doesn't exist for spaming Snirpo and Emil every 5 minutes.
[Android Auto General] :
This thread not for spamming them i sent the mail 6 days ago. And when i ordered from indiegogo i received my irder from hong kong in 6 days. But for this i even don't know the courier and i use aawireless because my usb ports just supply 250ma. So i can't even yse android auto wothout aawireless. So i m not spamming them just asking for answer. I know they are developers of the project but not technical support like shipping etc. But where do i go to find the answers.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
If you received ANYTHING from Hong Kong within 6 days you're already lucky - average delivery time is atleast two weeks.

You already posted here yesterday asking for details regarding your tracking so yes - you are spamming. Be patient and wait for their answer, it's the weekend...
[Android Auto General] :
Ok i didn't know they didn't reply on weekend. But they asked for my address after a week after confirming that they will send replacement. So yes that's why i asked snirpo to ask technical support why they are not replying. After this i got mail asking for address. And they have sent me tracking but it is a non existent. This is the link the support sent https://www.aftership.com/track/218911016752. It not showing any update anybody check and pls tell me. What would you do in this condition.
[Android Auto General] psmedley:
That's an interesting tidbit of information that you never mentioned previously. 250 ma is a piddly amount, and doesn't even meet the USB specification of 500 mA. It wouldn't surprise me if it's not enough to power the AAW and that's the cause of all your issues/
[Android Auto General] :
No my old aawireless work perfectly as my ampere app on phones shows 250ma maximum current. But the port is rated for 500ma in car booklet.

The device even used to work perfectly with android screen using Headunit Reloaded app.
[Android Auto General] :
Hey @Snirpo and @Emil Borconi thank you for sending the replacement it has been booked from 27 july in hong kong. It has not shipped till now but it is ok. Thanks for prompt reply and putting up with constant messages of mine. I just need one help my infotainment kw-m740bt from jvc. In this infotainment first i have to plug my phone to start android auto for first pairing and then plug in dongle even if dongle mode is on or off doesn't matter. Subsequently just plug in dongle and it works. But on other cars it works normally. When i get new devices i can send you bug reports can you check and tell me what is the problem.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
@Har****@ar7:

Please stop spamming this thread !
[Android Auto General] ravijot:
@Snirpo can you please enable 2.1 firmware for AAWp4QwB7wL

Thank you!
[Android Auto General] Lenster45:
This is a little off topic. I've been using AAWireless for quite a while now with no problems. My LG phone only allows 2 simultaneous BT connections with call and media audio enabled. This is a restriction of the phone and cannot be changed even in the developer options. I have to disable the media audio on my Samsung watch connection, otherwise AAW would just sit there pulsing green waiting for BT. So the only BT connections I have with call and media audio enabled are my car and AAW. Now I am getting hearing aids that have BT connection. My question is: Is is possible to disconnect my car from BT and still have handsfree calling thru AAW?

Len
[Android Auto General] :
Enable dongle mode. In dongle mode android auto will start when you connect to your car bluetooth. So i think it should solve the problem you experiencing. I m just a normal aawireless user like you so don't know if the thing which you told will be solved with steps like me. But these helped me with one connecting to my watch as well as car simultaneously
[Android Auto General] vinod1992:
Hi there,i have an issue.Ignoring all the led blinking colours, My wireless module is just not starting up.After connecting to bluetooth,my wifi turn on automatically and aawirelees ssid is just not showing up.I have to reconnect,reset, change wireless setting(tried all including 2.4ghz,locations, and high channels).Either one of these sometimes work,but now it just not working anymore.I have tried all possible combinations in the setting,but looks like device is having problem.Is there any solution for this??.Also tried both dongle and non dongle mode
[Android Auto General] DeanGibson:
I would suspect the USB cable.
[Android Auto General] andy o:
You can't just ignore the LED, it tells you different states and error types. I suggest you contact support with the details, including your car model and year, phone, AAW unique name, etc.