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[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Please try to reset the device (hold reset button for 5 seconds and let go). This issues could well happen cause debug mode being enabled.
[Android Auto General] valeri_s_k:
Hi there,

Noticed several device disconnections when passed same place. Seems something interfere with 5 gHz WIFI.

Fortunately it wasn't a place on my regular driving routes.

So, I am thinking it would be safer when traveling to unknown places, especially if it is a large city and you rely on navi, to force 2.4 gHz for more stable connection.

My question is to those of you, who use 2.4 ghz - is there any interuption/delays in music or navi voice guidance or anythin else that you have noticed.
[Android Auto General] exge:
unfortunately with the latest versions and updates, now it is very hard to connect to the AAWireless. I need to plug it in and out before i can connect to the BT of the dongle.

Is there a possible way i can revert to 1.2 firmware and corresponding app? That was the last version where everything worked flawlessly. Or perhaps show the debug text so i can try to see whats wrong when reproducing the issue
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
I am using 2.4 ghz all of the time now. A place that I regularly pass has started to interfere with 5 ghz wifi. No downsides that I have noticed.
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
If you have Start / Stop enabled, disable it until the next firmware.
[Android Auto General] valeri_s_k:
Thanks! Good to know and have have that option just for any case.
[Android Auto General] exge:
it's already disabled or rather, was never enabled. i checked and it is grey as intended.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I can put your device back on 1.2 if you want.
[Android Auto General] Rusmash:
Peugeot 3008 Google pixel 3a. Connection works without any problems. But Google maps announcements and Spotify don't work together. It freezes and autodisplay becomes very slow. I have version 1.4 and have tried all the settings. Got to go back to the cable.
[Android Auto General] Limpperi:
Do you have integrated navigation in your 3008? If not, you could try to delete all android auto data and resetting the AAW unit. Bosch RCC had problems before but all should be good now in 1.4 along with positive results (me included).

That said, I have not enough knowledge to say anything about the NAC (with integrated navigation) unit, but full reset everywhere could not make any harm.

Edit: tried with my rcc right now, all works as they should. Doublecheck that the usb mode is on "Default". Above mentioned fixes have worked with others running with 3008. If those wont work, im out of ammo. Hope you get it sorted out tho!
[Android Auto General] jackfate:
My PIxel 4XL connects fine in my 2020 Hyndai Kona but never connects to my 2020 Corvette.

AAWireless is flashing a blue light this whole time but Android Auto never comes up.

Direct mode by itself made things worse (red light = rebooting I think) and Passthrough Mode didn't work either.

Anything else to try?
[Android Auto General] Limpperi:
Try 1.4 fw on aaw if you are not already running with it. As you are on GM car, best bet afaik is on "default" usb mode. Full reset AAW, forget it on bt settings, and wipe data+cache on aawireless + wipe also data and cache in original android auto app

Edit: made it more cohesive and understandable
[Android Auto General] Rusmash:
Ich habe tatsächlich NAC. Ich habe auch schon zurückgesetzt und USB auf Standard. Wie gesagt, es funktioniert nicht. Aber danke für die Tipps. Ich werde dann warten. Vielleicht gibt es ja irgendwann mal ein Update
[Android Auto General] exge:
Would I need the accompanying app version as well? Although it's better to get to the root cause, it would probably be good to have a working version for now lol.

How would I proceed?
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Testing over the weekend for the Assistant voice level seems to point to an issue in the Polo. It happened using the cable and didn't happen in the GTI when I went out in it. Strange.

In a few weeks the Polo will be off the road so I'll be experiencing AAW in the GTI and returning the other unit to my wife's Mitsubishi, we'll see how the newer FW etc goes in that vehicle. It wasn't as good as the VAG cars at the start.

In regards to audio skipping, I have gotten it on 2.4 and 5Ghz, but it does seem less prominent on this Motorola. I will see how things go when I get my Samsung back.
[Android Auto General] mnim85:
Anyone else experience non working steering wheel buttons in his/her PSA 2020/2021 (Peugeot, Citroen, Opel/Vauxhall) car?

I'm on firmware 1.4 and using a Google Pixel 4XL. Got the problem since 1.3, passthrough activated. USB Mode "Direct" and "Default" on Firmware 1.4. When I use the "next track" button on my steering wheel, the list of radio stations appear.

Car: Opel Corsa F 2020 without Navigation.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
This morning on the cable the Assistant worked perfectly with the audio, so not sure what's going on with these cars.
[Android Auto General] Limpperi:
1.4 fixed all this for me (citroen 2020) after resetting the aaw and aa app. Usb on default.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
If you pass me your device name I can put it back :)
[Android Auto General] mnim85:
Thanks, will try that today.
[Android Auto General] denbog:
I have a Mazda CX-5 (2 Gn) 2019 and Samsung Note 20. I couldn't run Android Auto via AAWireless. I tried resetting Play Services, Android Auto, AAWireless, changing USB Mode, Passthrough - nothing worked.

Just in case, I updated the Mazda head unit firmware from 70.00.100A to 70.00.367A and everything worked with the default settings!

I also recommend updating the head unit firmware on any other car brands that have problems with AAWireless.

I advise you to add this to the FAQ.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Thanks, I created an article specifically for the CX-5. (https://cpeb.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/80000686898).

Advising people to update their HU is a bit... well... a thing. You always have people who say: but it works with directly with cable. And well... they are kinda right because it should indeed work with AAWireless when it works directly with cable. However, delay, jitter, and in general making the process a bit different (Bluetooth hackyness) could surface bugs in headunits which normally you never notice when connected directly.

It could even break after an HU update because of newly introduced bugs. We actually have a report of a Kia Niro MY20 where AAWireless breaks after an HU update.
[Android Auto General] mnim85:
Thanks again, it's working perfectly now in my 2020 Opel Corsa ♥️
[Android Auto General] Saison2018:
New phone, new wireless experience

Old phone: Huawei P20 Pro, Android 10

New phone: Google Pixel 5, Android 11

Since 2 weeks, I tested my AAWireless with my new phone, and I can easily see and understand why Android 10 support was limited.

With my P20 Pro (android 10), I was losing Google Maps on a regular basis (with or without navigation guidance) and I had a lot of "freeze" of Android Auto (unable to touch any icon, unresponsive behaviour,..). Sometime my only solution was to disconnect AAWireless and exit Android Auto on my phone and reconnect everything. Also, I had sometime a quick connection between AAWireless and my phone and sometime never connect.

With my new phone (Android 11), connection is really fast and I have no more trouble at all.

I finally understand all positives comments made by people.

I tested AAWireless and my new phone with 2 cars: Kia Niro EV 2020 and Jaguar F-Pace 2019. Everything is running fine in both cars.

Thanks a lot to people that share knowledge and experience in this thread.

Have a great day.
[Android Auto General] sm753:
Question for those of you with a Subaru with the 11.6 inch portrait infotainment screen: Apple Carplay can use the entire screen in "portrait mode". Based on what I've read - Android Auto supports portrait mode too but it needs to be enabled by Subaru.

Can you "force"/enable portrait mode with AAWireless so AA uses the entire screen (and not just the top half in landscape mode)?
[Android Auto General] exge:
i think it's all right for now, i suspect its a miui thing. the main reason is that the AAWireless first creates a BT connection and passes the WPA key over. As such, my wifi does not auto connect like in 1.2 and since MIUI has problems with BT auto connecting, it does not connect automaticaly as per 1.2.

if i can set my WPA to a hardcoded value, it will pretty much solve it for the MIUI users.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
Hi, is there a way to downgrade aawireless? Everything was working fine on version 1.3 for me but everyone mentioned 1.4 helped their GM cars. Unfortunately after upgrading 2018 Holden zb commodore, I now get the "looking for android auto" issue. Running android 11 on miui (please note it was working perfectly on 1.3)

I tried uninstalling android auto, reinstalling and clearing app data on android auto, Google Play services, aawireless app and reconnected manually (using the app to connect never worked) any thoughts? Please enable a way for users to downgrade versions
[Android Auto General] exge:
hi, looks like we have the same problem lol.. yes MIUI is crap unfortunately PixelExperience for my phone has BT issues, so either way im SOL

to get it working on MIUI android 11, go to developers settings-> enable gabledorsche
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
Mine did work perfectly using 1.3 firmware using miui android 11, seems like 1.4 is the culprit but I'll try that setting tomorrow. Sadly custom ROMs are buggy as hell and the camera apps are rubbish too so I'm stuck on miui for now haha
[Android Auto General] ktraub:
Hello All,

I have the 1st version AA Wireless and it was running fine in my 2018 Chrysler 300 S with uConnect 8.4 and Galaxy S10+ running Android 11 until about 10 days ago. Now it won't connect. I've tried flushing cache and data on AAwireless, Android Auto, Google services, and unpairing and repairing Bluetooth and No joy.

I was running MTP and tried changing to default and going through the whole process again and still no good.

Is there a recommended set-up for UConnect?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Let me first put you back, to check if this really helps. What's your device name?
[Android Auto General] carrieta17:
I saw in one of the threads that you can cast your phone screen using AAwireless how is this done ? I already turned on developer mode
[Android Auto General] Flame Red:
I am a relatively new AAWireless user. Samsung Note running Andriod 11 on a Volvo 2019 that was updated about a year ago. Started with the AAW 1.2 firmware out of the box, but tried the 1.3 when that became available, and now the 1.4 firmware. I also switched from MTE to "default" USB. Tried unsing search but I am not finding a match to this issue.

When on waze, the navigation voice cuts out the last word at the end of phrases. For example, Waze might say, "turn right in 500 feet and then turn" and it drops of the last word "left" or whatever. No other issues.

Any advice?
[Android Auto General] voltiger:
Same here. Used it for weeks, suddenly stopped working. Was able to reconnect it several times (always takes some days until I'm lucky) but then it only works for a few days before it stops working again (red led will flash on AAwireless). Not sure what it is but I really feel the device is not fine, maybe losing settings, etc... I'm sort of sick of this thing.

Sadly, the support was totally useless so far only pointing me to the same articles I've read and followed dozens of times already without luck...
[Android Auto General] mds2004:
If this post is not allowed please let me know and I will delete it. If someone in the US wants to sell theirs due to issues I will pay for yours hoping it will work with my Ford Sync 3 and Pixel 3.

Thanks
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Hello together,

Has someone tried to use AA Wireless with Screen2Auto or Carstream?

Thank you.
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
Carstream worked with it a month ago before the last AA update. Now it's broken even with wired AA.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Thank you.

I hope that there will be a fix in the near future.

For me, without alternative apps Android Auto is useless. I have an app which compares gas prices and an app for my parking sensors. Both apps are not Android Auto compatible. I always have to use my phone for this stuff.

Is it somehow possible to revert to an older Android Auto version on AA Wireless?
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
Let me clarify. It's not the firmware version on Android auto wireless that causes car stream to break for me. It's the Google update to the back end the actual Android Auto. And yes you can install older versions of AA from APK mirror. But for me that brings other issues.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Enable developer mode in the AAWireless settings and it should work again.
[Android Auto General] jwmsrp1:
How and where may I purchase Emil Barconi's wireless AA device for beta testing or for regular use if it is now available? I have a Galaxy S20 FE 5G phone and a Pioneer AVH-4200NEX head unit. My sincere thanks!
[Android Auto General] voltiger:
Nice try 😁
[Android Auto General] skiierx131:
AAWireless

AAWireless is now available via our official webshop: https://www.aawireless.io | Check out 'AAWireless' on Indiegogo.

www.indiegogo.com

Current estimated shipping date is October though.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Not having the greatest time with AA the last two weeks.

It started when I dropped my S20+ in for a checkup and I provisioned a Moto One Vision that was a spare phone. It worked after I set up AAW on it outside the store. Then it didn't work until I changed the cable I was using. Symptom was a blue flashing lilght, indicating it was looking for the headunit.

Then, things got progressivley worse and I was blaming the Moto phone. I began to realise it wouldn't automotically connect anymore, but I could connect if I went into BT and touched the AAW device, AA would come on the screen.

Then I thought maybe if I re-did the BT and that made it worse. If I now touched the AAW device in my BT settings it would disappear. I now had to add it to AAW Config every time I started the car.

This became tedious so I tried a reset of the device and the app but no joy.

Yesterday I got my S20+ back and setting it back up and I'm having the same problems. I can do a full reset and then it will work for that trip, but I can never get it to connect to the phone again automatcially, the green light just flashes.

I just brought it inside, reset everything and all good., got the flashing blue light. Power off and on, back to flashing green light. Touching the AAW device in BT settings says it couldn't connect.

No idea what is going on.
[Android Auto General] exge:
exact symptom as me. no idea what is causing it either haha.
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
If you have updated your firmware to version 1.4.0, please try USB Mode "Default".

The developers think that this new USB mode will work with any head unit. I have not heard of it not working yet. (But it is still early, there are a lot of head units out there.)

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] voltiger:
Setting it to "Default" or whatsoever requires BT connection first. And that is already failing for him as well as me... How to change ANY setting of AAwireless if the phone won't even be able to connect to device randomly anymore, sometimes even after resetting the device and doing EVERYTHING they suggest in the poor manual?
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
Sorry @voltiger I was commenting on the blinking blue LED symptom. Long blinking green followed by red may be a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi hardware problem. I think those problems are best handled by the support folks. Have you tried opening a ticket?

Submit a ticket

cpeb.freshdesk.com
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
Had the same problem.

This solved it for me:

Support

cpeb.freshdesk.com
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Sorry, in my story the blue blinking light was fixed by changing the cable, that worked ok a few minutes before, during the last trip.

The latest issues are before all that, trying to get the BT connection to work again. I do normally use Default these days.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Thanks, I'll give this a try. Did you have a connection issue from day one, and this solved it? Or, like myself, was it working and started to stop working?
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
it was working from day 1 until (i think) i updated to 1.4.0....
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Sounds like me. I'll do the fix when I can.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Quick question. When it says to delete wifi, what wifi am I deleting? Deleting the BT for the AAW is fine, not sure about the wifi part.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
delete wifi does only matter if you did connect to the AAWireless Wifi manually (alternative FW Update)... if you did not did, there is nothing to delete.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Good to know thanks, I'll try it all now.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I went through the process and it seems to be working, getting the blue flashing light connected to the power brick.

Reset the other one to be safe and re-added it, looks good too. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

Really do love the wireless convenience.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I'm not really following, what did you exactly have to do to fix the phone-side connection? We have had more reports like this and I'm figuring out where the problem comes from.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
What I actually ended up doing was a pretty full on reset of everything I guess. I also re-added the AAW device via the app like normal.

This was all done inside the house, using a power brick.

First I deleted the AAW Config app, reset the data/cache on Android Auto/Android Auto for Phone Screeens and Google Play services. Data AND cache. Delete the BT connections of the AA devices/s you have. Reboot phone.

Reset AAW device, holding the pin down for 5 seconds with the power on. You have to see it turn off, otherwise it didn't take. The first one turned off and didn't come back on so I unplugged and plugged it back in.

Setup AA app on the phone, get it running, go through the prompts so you can get to settings. Set wireless option and wireless projection in developer services. Basically pretend you have been running AA on the phone before, wired or just on the phone.

Then I started AA Config and logged in and went through the startup process. Not being connected to a head unit it would die the first time, saying to connect manually, but after a restart of the AA device it would get to the blue flashing light, which is what you want to see.

Once I did the first one I reset my other one and added it and did the same thing in the house.

I've tested them both in the cars and they work great again.

I tested connecting more than once and watched how in these VW cars the AA device goes back to green and stays powered. If you're still close it will restart the connection sequence and has plenty of time to actually get to fully connected, with the blue light solid, while the car is turned off. This explains the times I've hopped out and hopped back in and AA is on the screen right away, it was in the timeframe before all power was lost to the USB.

I'm not sure where the problem lies, if it happens again I can send logs.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
This is exactly the same i did to get it working again 😅
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
Thanks! Carstream is working perfectly now!
[Android Auto General] Saison2018:
Hi all,

My phone is a Google Pixel 5, latest update available.

Sorry if this was already shared and discussed: Could someone please confirm (or not) that using AAWireless is draining battery?

Yesterday, I drove much more than past weeks. I leaved my house at 100% and I was able to see pourcentage dropping during my drive (not scientifically accurate but 1% every few minutes) and I finished my day below 30%. I was using Google Maps and music streaming from Internet. Even wireless charging from car was not able to provide enough juice to refuel battery.

Normal usage (mostly Outlook, Gmail, some browsing and banking and MFA pop-up validation) allow me to use my phone between 2,5 and 3 days without trouble.

Thanks for your answers
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
How much battery is used will vary, but you're asking your phone to do something. So there will be battery usage compared to just sitting in your pocket doing nothing (when battery is still being used, just less so).

What is your wireless charging solution? Is it OEM? Do you know how powerful it is?
[Android Auto General] TomNguyen87:
Just for reference, I have a samsung galaxy s10+, with AAwireless my battery drops about 15% every hour (with spotify running), my phone also becomes quite warm. Luckily my car has a fast qi wireless charger now so at least I can still go without wire while driving
[Android Auto General] jwedda:
Same situation.. even with a wirelesscharging pad i'm still losing juice. For my dashcam I bought a decent charger for the cigarette socket, that barely keeps my phone @100%
[Android Auto General] MrSonnyRasca:
Hi

I am using AAW (v1.4) on my Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra with my Jeep Compass. I have spradically connecting issued, usually after first connection/use of Android Auto with AAW... I Switched cable to zhr AAW device as well and USB mode is set to Default. It's really strange that usually it works like a charm when I connect in the morning and drive to work or shopping etc. But for return journeys usually (when driving home from work after 8 hours and also after ca. 1-2h after shopping) it usually won't connect to the car head unit, as Android Auto notifications states that I am connected and the second notification keeps searching for the car and returns an error message "not able to connect to android auto". I tried Passtrough mode enabled but couldn't connect at all so I switched back. I also tried to close all applications on the mobile and reboot before second use connections but still not being able to connect to the car head unit...

Any suggestions?
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Can you see what the status of the light is?

You say you switched the cable to zhr? Does this mean you got a new usb cable? The cable can make a difference, sometimes for no reason it wants a different cable. This is if the light is flashing blue.

I have been having a pretty good experience since resetting everything as per my recent post.

Music still glitches a bit but very good otherwise.
[Android Auto General] Saison2018:
@TomNguyen87 and @jwedda comments are very close to what I have seen (15% per hour on average).

Wireless station is the one included in the car (Kia Niro), I do not remember how much power it can provide.

I do understand very well that Wireless streaming of everything is taking more battery compare to leaving phone in my pocket or on my desk, but in my opinion, it is a surprise to see so much.

I am wondering : what is the point to be wireless if we need a cable to charge the phone? Better to stay wired ??

I do not speak badly about this product, it is great, I speak about having to charge (= be wired) my phone to be wireless (for Android Auto) is kind of stupid for me.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Personally, I'm into full wireless and have had wireless charging in my cars for a long time, when BT was all you needed to be connected to. Going to a cable to access the goodness of AA (or Carplay for the other side) was a real pain in the butt.

I did change some cars and have set up wireless charging in a very nice way, so it's the best of both worlds.

Day to day, for small trips I can get away without the charging in the car, but definitely on longer trips, using the maps, as well as the music streaming.

The latest cars are finally coming with wireless charging and wireless AA, which they really could have been doing years ago. The new cars that do have wireless AA but not charging do make it weird for the buyer, you really do need both for a complete solution.