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[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Hi,

I ommited to say that I have the same "problem" with the need to press the AA button (icon) on the App screen to get AA screen, but for me it's not really an issue as it was the same with cable connected AA ! I fear that this is due to the Head Unit operation and that nothing can be done in AA or AAW to change it...

I will give a try to 103 DPI and I'll let you know.

Concerning your disconnects at certain moments or locations, don't forget that they could be caused by poor network conditions. I have encountered this kind of problem with cable connected AA in mountains areas for example, when listening Simple Radio or Tune In stations, never when listening musics stored on my phone....

Dangze
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Hello to all,

does somebody know why the 1.9.0 firmware is listed in the github changelog (https://github.com/cpebit/aawireless-issues/blob/master/FIRMWARE-CHANGELOG.md#190) but is not available for download and installation ?...
[Android Auto General] martin.armstrong:
There is the following option on both my phones (1 is android 10 and the other is android 11) :

Open network notification

Notify when a high- quality public network is available

If this is switched on, could this be the cause of the disconnects at certain locations which some users are experiencing?
[Android Auto General] gcd:
No, it's turned off and still disconnects
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Same here... It's off and having the disconnection.

😞
[Android Auto General] Bob Sc:
Hi and thank you in advance.

I received my dongle today and am having trouble with it.

The vehicle is a 2019 For Fusion.

The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S7 running Android 8.

I have the Android Auto app loaded on the phone and when I physically connect the phone with a USB cable it loads on the head unit fine.

The dongle pairs fine, I see it on the phone and it shows connected.

The Vehicle also shows on the phone as connected.

However it does not connect wirelessly.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you.

Bob
[Android Auto General] giwrgos_ath:
Hi all not sure if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any results.

On a VW car and a Samsung S21 with Android 12, I notice that when I make short stops where I get out of the car for a few minutes (sometimes lock, others I don't), AA doesn't connect automatically when I get back in the car to drive away. I generally need to unplug AAWireless from the USB and reconnect, then wait for a bit. When this happens, AAWireless is shown on the list of devices (on the car screen), but if I click to connect to it, nothing happens.

On longer stops (over 15-30 mins or whatever) everything works like charm, so I wonder if that's something to do with the MIB2.5 staying on for a while after the car is turned off?

It's not a major issue and overall AAWireless works great, but would be great if there's an easy fix?
[Android Auto General] cristi_b:
@Bob Sc, I'm not sure but I think there's a requirement somewhere for at least Android 9. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aawireless/x/27623936#/
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Have you tried the start/stop option on AAW?
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
I confirm, Start/Stop option is a good one : as soon as the head unit screen goes off, AAW disconnect from phone and switch to fix white led, as soon as screen goes on, AAW connect back to phone...
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Nobody knows ?...
[Android Auto General] jeremyt561:
I suspect it's because Version 2.0 is coming out soon and perhaps 1.9 was only for certain versions of devices. This is just a guess though.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Thanks, that makes sense !
[Android Auto General] Relod8:
How do you get internet to work while using the device?
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Which phone ? Have a look here : https://cpeb.freshdesk.com/support/...cess-if-my-phone-connects-to-the-device-wifi-
[Android Auto General] Relod8:
Samsung S10
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
So, go to : Settings, Connections, WiFi, Advanced (3 vertical dots above right), then check "Switch to mobil datas" (when WiFi Internet connection is low or unstable).

Also uncheck "Automatic WiFi actuation" as it desactivates WiFi in non recognised areas !

Enjoy...
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
AAW version 2.0 has being released!

I just got the update, I hope the disconnection issues are solved 🙏🏽

I will testing it and keep posting any comments...
[Android Auto General] jsgiunta:
Contact me
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
No change log yet...
[Android Auto General] kb_79:
It's just the app that is up to date and not yet the case firmware
[Android Auto General] cristi_b:
I can't find it in Google Play. Has anything changed ?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
True!

Keep waiting!
[Android Auto General] andy o:
Are you on the beta channel? I'm on it and could update it. But there's no new stuff yet, you need to update to firmware 2.0 for the new features and at least mine is not finding the firmware update. Maybe it will be released a bit later.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Nothing new for me too !
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Mine is still 1.9.3 version !?...
[Android Auto General] osm0sis:
You need to join the Play Store AAW beta
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Thanks, how can I join ?...
[Android Auto General] osm0sis:
In the Play Store, like any other app
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Sorry, not proposed on french site !... Any link ?
[Android Auto General] kb_79:
Clique sur rejoindre https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.aawireless
[Android Auto General] chosenone85:
Hi everybody,

I have a AAWireless device for a month by now (assembled in 12/2021), that has always worked fine with my Alpine head unit.

From two days so far, has stopped working getting stuck on solid green led.

Already tryed to reset everything (from the head unit to play service, aawireless app, android auto app) but still can't figure out how to solve.

I'm wondering if I could flash the firmware from the desktop, anyone has suggestions for me? (I'm a bit disappointed, I have to admit).
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
@kb_79 :

Le lien ne fonctionne pas pour moi, me renvoie sur la version "normale" ! Merci quand même.

The link does not operate for me, directs me to the "standard" version ! Thanks any way.

@chosenone85 :

Please indicate car and phone models, that could help...
[Android Auto General] giwrgos_ath:
Yes, i think this solved the issue, thanks! I've only tried a couple of times, but it did come up on its own.

Yes, i think this solved the issue, thanks! I've only tried a couple of times, but it did come up on its own.
[Android Auto General] chosenone85:
The Car is a Golf (WW), but with an aftermarket head unit from Alpine (I902D). The Phone is a Realme GT neo 2...

The device (AAWireless) was working just fine for a month (more or less), and I was quite happy with that.. It has just stop working, can't connect to it and got solid green led.

I've opened a ticket about, and the CC said that is a faulty device and that I can send it back to NH and have a refund or a new one.

I'll definetively ask for a new one..

but since shipping back and forth means that will pass a lot of time, I just want to understand if I can do something by my self.. maybe reflashing the firmware could help somehow
[Android Auto General] MesS_-):
Can somebody can tell me from where is shipped this AA wireless units .... ?

Tnx
[Android Auto General] Troubardix15:
Hi,

I received my AAWireless-Device today. Tanks to @Wiesel1985 ;-)

Setup and Connection works like a charm. I will try it tomorrow on a long trip and report here. Car is a Renault Kangoo III (2021), Smartphone is a Samsung A40 with Android11.

Regards

Troubardix15
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
From Germany for European countries...
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Hi,

any new about the new (2.0) firmware ? It was supposed to be released these days, was it not ?...
[Android Auto General] pornogeroc:
hello when u use aa wireless do u have high battery drain??
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Yes, that is normal. Android Auto already needs a lot of battery (and additionally GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth).

Concerning my phone battery I loose about 12.5% every hour without using Google Maps. With Google Maps it is more.
[Android Auto General] ambiorix88:
hello (belgium)

AAwirless + galaxy s10 android 11 + fiat tipo 2018 (100% ok)
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
Issue : Intermittent AAWireless Dropouts - Believed Wifi between phone / aawireless unit (location specific and recently very bad ... see below)

Car : Ford Sync 3 build 3.4.21194 (via Cyanlabs Syn3)

Phone : Poco F3 (Samsung S8 originally) MIUI 12.5.8 (looks as though MIUI 13 is ready to be upgraded to)

AA Wireless Config : v1.9.3

Not sure of the firmware version of aawireless itself (think i upgraded it in dec but will find out)

Summary : Believe intermittent aawireless dropouts (and reconnections) are the result of the phone losing and/or reconnecting to the mobile data network.

Hi, forgive my not having read in depth the previous 121 pages of comment in case I have missed this being mention / fixed.

I've had my AAwireless since last summer and its been great on the whole. However as covid restrictions have eased then I've been travelling more and also upgraded to a Poco F3 in August. This is when I discovered the wifi connection will drop intermittently and 9/10 times aa wireless reconnects within a few seconds and it was just being a bit annoying. It would consistently drop in the same locations and based on information here I believed it might be wireless interference causing this but did little to investigate this.

However I have recently been on vacation in a rural, hilly area with limited mobile signal in certain areas. From further reading on here I found that some people have suggested disabling the mobile data connection to see if that makes a difference to the dropouts. It did make a huge difference and I had no dropouts whilst the mobile data connection was disabled. Obviously I do want to use my data connection when travelling so I'd like to try and solve this issue.

So is this a known issue with the Poco F3 or are other phones also impacted? And what exactly is happening here? Is the phone resetting the network stack whenever the mobile data connection is dis/re-connected? If so then I'd assume that factory android auto wireless would also suffer from this issue with the Poco F3 or is it something specific to how aa wireless handles this?

Willing to help debug if there isn't a fix already. Will be interested to see is MIUI 13 fixes this and/or a custom rom.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Rob
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
Firmware 2.0 can't be far off (I'm sure I read 1-2 weeks) they mentioned an option to fine-tune the wifi settings. Alot of people are having issues with some being headunit related and other android auto updates itself. Fingers crossed the latest aaw firmware will help fix a fair few issues
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
Hi, yes I did read that but I think that might just be to change the wifi channel being used with a view that its interference / congestion on that channel that is the issue. I'm not sure this is what's happening in my case as it currently "feels" like the phone must recycle the wifi if it loses or reconnects to mobile data. I could be wrong and will install v2.0 as soon as it comes out to test.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I had 2 weeks without disconnects.

Yesterday I had a disconnect and today again.

Out of 4 drives I had 2 drives with disconnects. The disconnects even did not happen at the same spot. So I don't think that interference is the reason.
[Android Auto General] Pike44:
I received the gizmo few weeks back. Tried it yesterday and stuck on "Loading" screen on S20 FE and Honda Passport.

Can anyone tell me whether there is a real fix for that ? I have no time to go over 100+ pages of possible solutions.
[Android Auto General] Sonicfire:
Hi

ive got an VW Golf 7.5 with Discover Media and AAwireless works Fine with my Samsung Galaxy S20 with Android 11.

Can anyone tell me ive it works under android 12 on my Phone because im afraid of the Firmware update.......

thanks all for Help
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
That's interesting. Thinking out loud, there could be more than one reason for disconnects as there are definite areas where I always experience dropouts / disconnects which would imply either interference or as now suspect, lack of mobile data signal. I might try my older samsung s8 to see if that has the same issue.
[Android Auto General] cristi_b:
@Sonicfire , in my case, Golf 7.5 + Galaxy S10e (Android 12) works like a charm. (y)
[Android Auto General] Olorin2:
Hey Everyone,

I got my AAWireless back in January, and it's been a pretty frustrating experience. When it does connect to my car, it works flawlessly. I don't have the disconnect problem a lot of people have. It seems to stay connected until I shut off the car.

The problem I'm having is that is only connects like 50-60% of the time. When it doesn't connect, I'll see one notification saying 'Looking for Android Auto' and another saying 'Connected to your car'. The light on the AAWireless unit always blinks blue when it's not connecting. I've tried unplugging it, toggling settings in the app, starting/stopping AA on the head unit, toggling bluetooth - nothing seems to get it to connect, until (maybe) the next time I get in the car.

It's very random too. Sometimes it works when I start out from my house, and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it'll connect after multiple stops on the road, and sometimes it won't connect after multiple stops. Other times it works for an entire road trip, and the next day it never connects.

Is there anything I can do to force it connect properly, if I'm seeing the blinking blue light? Short of shutting the car and head unit down until it does? I can't figure out what the variable is that is causing to not connect half the time.

Here's what I'm running:

AA Wireless v1.8.0

2017 Ford Focus

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3, Android 12

Thanks for any help!
[Android Auto General] Geekzilla:
Try enabling passthtough mode in the AAwireless app. That worked for my Acura TLX (Honda)
[Android Auto General] themankam:
Hello all. I've had 2 AAwireless devices with a galaxy Note 9 and a New Kia EV6. The latest was only delivered two weeks ago.

Both units have had issues where the unit just disconnects. I have to turn WiFi off and on or unplug and reinsert the AAwireless device to reconnect.

I find it disconnects randomly. Sometimes getting more frequent after reconnection. Sometimes disconnecting after only a couple of minutes.

What troubleshooting steps should I be doing? I love the device but losing connection halfway through Google map directions is getting a bit troublesome!

The older unit I upgraded to the latest firmware and it still acted the same.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Auto General] BennyT1983:
Car : Ford Focus with Sync 3, version 3.0 Build 20204_PRODUCT

Phone : Samsung S21 Ultra running Android 12 and OneUI 4.0

AA Wireless app : v1.9.3

AAWireless unit firmware: 1.8.0

Issue : Intermittent AAWireless Dropouts (location specific to some extent)

I also have the issue with the unit dropping connection, mostly at key locations when driving. I don't believe it is a mobile network signal strength issue as I've always had at least 2 bars of 5G when it has happened. Unless the AAWireless unit has some kind of sensitivity when the phone switch mobile towers.

Interference seems unlikely as well unless those spots have a high powered signal being blasted out. For me, it usually happens within the first 20 minutes or so of driving and is fairly consistent. (eg it rarely does it on short trips).

I can also confirm that Android Auto doesn't drop out at all when I've got the phone directly connected via USB (and not using the AAWireless).
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
Hi Benny, I'm quite sceptical of phones showing signal bars and a data connection as there have been many times with different phones showing 4G with signal and I can not connect to the internet.
[Android Auto General] BennyT1983:
Fair point. It still shouldn't affect the unit regardless especially if it's playing music stored on the phone itself.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
@Sonicfire :

No problem for me with Android 12 on Samsung Galaxy A52 5G...
[Android Auto General] SteveI:
Hi, I have a similar set up to you and have suffered frequent disconnects since upgrading to Android 12
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
I have the same issue, I tried everything, and have narrowed down the issue to get disconnections on known places (even with no weird tweaks in the AA/AAW configuration); If I'm not moving (driving around), the thing works during hours flawlessly; driving works really good ONLY if I don't drive around certain places (On known places that I've marked as hot-stops, I've changed my route to avoid them and I'm not getting disconnections even with a longer route)... So I started to deeply check what's going on in those places... AND so far the common thing I have seen is that in those areas there are radar speed traps installed!!...

So I even did another experiment and when I pass by those places being "covered" by a truck, the AAW didn't disconnect 🤯

IMHO, the radars working around 8GHz to 12GHz someway are affecting the wireless connection on the AAW (Notice that I've tested the AAW working at 2.4GHz and 5GHz, the effect and the disconnection happens no matter the WiFi frequency o_O)

Let's see if the FW update to V2.0 which enables the option to change the WiFi channel will mitigate this...

Someone else can try to confirm if the "geo-disconnection" is happening close to radars? - Or am I completely crazy now!??

BR
[Android Auto General] Rondddw:
Hallo

ich habe das selbe Problem.

vermutlich liegt es am Handy.

seit der Abschaltung von 3g habe ich, bei der Nutzung von Dual-Sim-Problemen mit dem S21 Ultra. In der Stadt alles gut. Auf dem Land immer wieder Ausfall.

Mein WLAN Hotspot im Auto funktioniert dagegen einwandfrei mit derselben SIM-Karte. Ich warte sehnsüchtig auf die Firmware 2.0, denn dann kann man den Hotspot endlich nutzen. Solange die mobilen Daten immer vom Handy gezogen werden wird das Problem wahrscheinlich nicht ohne weiteres verschwinden.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
In english please !...
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
Didn't realise I could write in german :-) Wonder if its due to the mobile data signal being worse in the country. As that's what I found the other day when on vacation.
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
As in aawireless disconnect due to poor mobile data connection? I would agree but I just don't know how android handles this if effectively sharing it out as a hotspot. From my experience android is just focussed on sharing that data connection rather than creating a local wifi network for devices to connect to each other.
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
Sounds like you're further down the debugging path than I am. So what do radar speed traps look like? Are these specific fixed speed cameras that use radar to detect the speed?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
My further debugging hasn't reached the level of knowing the brand and specifics of the radar 😂... I just noticed it happens when I pass by those speed traps, fixed ones indeed...☺️
[Android Auto General] BennyT1983:
Unfortunately for me, the main 3 disconnections spot have never had a radar when I've driven past. One of them is on the ocean road here and there's no way to hide a camera so I'd definitely have seen it. Maybe there's a long-range microwave link there or something?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Could be, try to check if there's any visible antenna 📡📶😅
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I live in a rural area and we know where the speed cameras are :)

I had my disconnects without a speed camera around me.

I think that it is possible that if I loose internet connection for just a second or so, a disconnect could happen.

In my case I had the disconnects during bad weather.

During the past 2 days I did not have any disconnects.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
That's an interesting theory as well... Hard to be sure about the internet disconnection because for example I have tested having a call, and the AAW got disconnected on the same place, BUT the call continues and it's redirected to the BT car audio system, so the call is not dropped.... (I have tested phone call and WhatsApp Call) :rolleyes:
[Android Auto General] TheTen:
Sorry but not surprised to hear that.

I've literally NEVER been able to get my AAwireless to connect to my head unit. Ever.

I've got a Seat Alhambra late 2015 with the Seat Full Link Android Auto upgrade, Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ which runs AA via USB C cable flawlessly.

Got the AAwireless as a kickstarter or whatever cos - well... wireless would be better...

It will do the wifi network thing, connect to the phone, I can change settings and reboot it, but it NEVER makes that connection through to the head unit. In thousands of attempts I have had just twice a glimmer of an attempt to connect show up on the headunit (MIB2 I think) as 'USB device not recognised' or something similar. Neither event was reproducible, totally random. Two in THOUSANDS of attempts.

I can almost never get hold of support for an assist and when I have rarely done so I just get my chain pulled with the routine of resets, restarts, delete data, reconnect app, faffing with USB connection settings, wifi on, wifi off, reset head unit, try different cables.

At one point the unit stopped recognising firmware updates and I ended up having to leap a bunch of firmware versions manually (more waiting for support to send me the wifipassword) but that solved nothing either.

All I get from support, if I can raise them, is 'it should work, just keep trying "stuff"' I once got asked to post logs - a feature which barely worked on the app and gave no indication of success or not, and no one bothered getting back to me.

I hope they enjoyed my investment in them, I knew the risks of backing an unknown quantity and for me it's a failed product that sounds an awful lot like an awful lot of other people are struggling with too, so with no effort from the company to even verify whether the unit they sent me even works, I can't even sell it on eBay in good conscience to try to get my money back out of it...

I'm gearing up to give the Motorola a try as they seem to be quite keen on presenting themselves as having a competent working product rather than this rather odd hackery and voodoo.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Really sorry to read that... And I completely understand your frustration.

I think all the bakers of these type of platforms know the risks involved, the product is still in development and they are certainly not Motorola, but I'm sure they're doing their best effort. Nevertheless I believe they accept returns and do reimbursements.... So try to contact them directly and ask for your money back as it looks your unit is defective.

Here in this community we're trying to help, so please give us some feedback about the Motorola dongle when you have it, as I have read that they are also having issues of connectivity very similar to the ones we are facing with AAW.
[Android Auto General] gcd:
I'm sure that mobile radars don't affect the connection, no disconnection issue while passing a radar. However, maybe stable ones cause problems, but I have 2 disconnections every time, the same place while going to work. I don't think there are radars at those 2 points; I didn't see anything around. Maybe something else, a strong signal source?

I bought Motorola MA1, and it'll be delivered this week. I'll try MA1 and see if it disconnects at the same points.
[Android Auto General] gcd:
I had a similar problem(usb not recognized) and fixed it with a different USB cable. You may want to try that.(and passthrough)

This is the cable I'm using:

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