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[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Pretty easy to open it up. But, firmware 2.0 will have wifi channel switching. We have reports upper channels reduce interference issues.

But really, this is not easy to solve completely, and apparently we are not the only one. Native BMW wireless HU's have the same issues. CarSiFi has the same issues (I have one of theirs). And apparently, according to reddit the MA1 is also experiencing somewhat the same issues. Cannot verify unfortunately, cause I don't have one yet.
[Android Auto General] bjevers:
I had the MA1 and it had complete disconnects at times also. I sent it back and hope the channel selection will help with the AAWireless.
[Android Auto General] [Jaco69]:
Hey @Snirpo, thx for quick answer and explanations.

About translation, I sent you files via slack, please check it.

About theming, I understand but let me ask if you plan at least to include a dark theme.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Got them, thanks! Dark theme will be included.
[Android Auto General] pucknell:
RANDOM DROP OUTS - FIXED

After trying a few suggestions from here and google, including passthrough and another USB cable, after two weeks i finally found my solution and its easy. I was not able to go over 15 min without unit resetting. With the fix below, i just did 2 hours in the car without one drop.

Samsung S20 and 2017 Jetta

- Setting / Location / Location services

Wi-fi scanning - OFF

Bluetooth scanning - OFF

Note - it did reset when i pulled into my driveway, i think it connected to my home WIFI. I'll be testing that one out a bit, but if thats what it is, im ok with that as im in my driveway!
[Android Auto General] SteveI:
Thanks, I'll give that a go. If its a stable fix I wonder if the team can incorporate it somehow in to a fw update. Or perhaps a tasker task?

Edit: This didn't work for me; 5 mins in to a journey this morning and I had a micro disconnect.

Device: Samsung Galaxy S20+ and Seat Ateca
[Android Auto General] droidDHD:
Hello my xiomi mi 11 ultra got android 12 and MUI 13 update - first thing tested is my AA wirless working again..... nope.... still same sad story - when someone calls to sim that is not selected as data sim AA disconnects ......

Please just give some hope to Xiomi users, if it used to work somehow in past - I know you are able to find how to make it working again.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Hello...

I'm a new XDA member but followed for several years, I do finally got the motivation to register myself mainly to participate in this discussion. (but for sure I will start sharing all around... hehe)

I got my AAW dongle in May 2021... Connected on a Citroen C5 Aircross Hybrid and using a OnePlus 8Pro smartphone. I have faced multiple issues since the beginning, multi-drop connection, audio sources issues after calling, and now dropping connection on certain locations...

I have tested everything... And I have learned to live with the issues, just because I am still in love with the product...

So far I have found the following "best" configuration in which the audio sources issues (very frustrating one) are gone and the multi-drop is weirdly often:

Changed the AAW USB cable for a shielded one 20cm length USB 3.0 HS certified. (Just with this change the multi-dropping was reduced a lot!)

AA current version: 7.2.620144-release

AA configured as a developer:

Application mode: Developer

Add wireless projection to settings: ON

AA configuration:

Start AA automatically: ALWAYS

Open app on startup: AA home

Start AA while locked: ON

Automatically start media: OFF

Wireless AA: ON

Google Analytics: OFF

AAW current version: 1.9.3

AAW FW dongle: 1.8

AAW configuration:

USB mode: Direct

Passthrough: ON

Wifi connect timeout: 7000

Working on 5Ghz WiFi

Android version: 11 Oxygen OS

Some Android configurations:

Smart Lock: OFF

Trusted Agents: NONE

Turn on Wi-Fi automatically: OFF

Intelligent select the best Wi-Fi: OFF

Notify for public networks: OFF

Scanning always available: OFF

AAW NOT battery optimization

AA NOT battery optimization

So with those parameters, I have clean communication, a fast connection to my car unit, and a "reliable" connection so far... BUT still getting some connection drop by location, in my case is always around the same place (I'm in Barcelona, and it happens around the Columbus monument roundabout 🤷‍♂️)

So today I will test disabling WiFi and Bluetooth scanning (as @pucknell recommends)...

I hope all this data will be useful for other users and even for the developers to get a better hint of what's going on and how to solve it...

Looking forward for the new App and FW updates!!

Cheers!
[Android Auto General] znel52:
Sounds like you may be having some 5ghz interference which a lot of folks are dealing with. Try setting it to 'force 2.4ghz' and see if that helps. They are going to be releasing a new firmware in the next week or 2 that will allow us to choose different wifi channels. This may help with the 5ghz interference issue.
[Android Auto General] znel52:
Is root known to cause issues with how aawireless works? I have a Pixel 6 Pro that has been working fine with aawireless for several months. I decided to root my phone and to do that I had to unlock the bootloader which factory reset the phone. Now when I try to set everything back up it won't work unless in passthrough mode. I get the solid blue LED and a prompt on my phone that says something like 'to use android auto select icon on your headunit'. The only problem is the AA icon will not show up on my headunit unless in passthrough mode. I've tried resetting several times and tired all the connection options to no avail. I also tried downgrading my Android Auto to an older version but didn't help. USB debugging is turned off. My vehicle is a Chevy Silverado with an aftermarket Kenwood unit. Any other ideas? I can live with passthrough mode but would really love the option to change my DPI back.
[Android Auto General] bjevers:
My Pixel 6 Pro is rooted and I have passthrough disabled and DPI set. Not sure how to fix your problem, but sometimes with the Uconnect system in my Ram 1500 I've had to remove the AAWireless from the Bluetooth projection manager to get the head unit to recognize it again.
[Android Auto General] bsoplinger:
Are there even useful instructions for using this with Android 12? Since the first thing that the connection app wants me to do is open a non-existent Android Auto app on my phone which of course doesn't exist on Android 12. All the troubleshooting steps in the aawireless help keep referring to opening the non-existent app. The connection app has nice pictures of menus and settings in the non-existent Android Auto app.

Its not like Android 12 was a secret and wasn't available for developers months before it was released last year.

Will this thing ever be developed and supported for current Android phones?
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
On Android 12 it's under settings - connected devices - connection preferences. At least that's where it's at on a pixel device.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
So @pucknell trick didn't work to me... I got the same connection drop around the same place, so I think you're right @znel52 I will try that one...

And keep waiting for the next FW and App update to V2.0 hopefully will be the answer to our prayers...
[Android Auto General] gcd:
Nope, same as before
[Android Auto General] Wiesel1985:
I have a Xiaomi Mi 11 with Android 12 and MIUI 13, but it is a custom ROM from xiaomi.eu. The AAW works perfect, except the anoying disconnects at some locations. Nothing changed since Android 11.
[Android Auto General] droidDHD:
If there is some user with exact combination - MI 11 Ultra global version + AA wireless box + active 2 SIM - and have it working let me know.

Or if someone with same combination and can confirm that active 2 SIM's and call receiving/ dialing to SIM that is not selected as data - doesn't break connection on EU ROM, perhaps I willing to go all that length of rooting, and flashing costume ROM.

So far I am just unhappy user of AA wireless, that enjoyed usability for about 2 months only.... after waiting 4 months for unit to arrive.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Thanks for the advice, but such a workaround works only on rooted phone !...
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
So I have the brilliant idea of updating Android Auto to 7.3 version🤦‍♂️... and now the madness return!

Multiple connections drop again, in which the head unit disconnects from AA, my phone is disconnected from the AAW dongle, but the dongle is still showing steady blue light on its LED as it was connected!.... But no... and the only way to establish the connection again is doing a power-up cycle (physically disconnecting the dongle from the USB port!)

I really hope App and FW version 2.0 will fix all this craziness... I love the product, but the lack of reliability is making me crazy...
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I guess nobody knows what kind of changes Google does with every update...

Unfortunately it is not possible to stay on an older Android Auto version. This is really annoying.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Personnaly, no problem with AA 7.3 and Android 12 since the beginning (one week) on my Samsung A52 5G !
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Amazing, can you share your AA and AAW configurations? Which car do you have?

Thanks!💪🏽
[Android Auto General] Troubardix15:
Hello,

I'm from Germany. I'm highly interested to get a AAWireless.

I try to get a Perk at the Project-Site on Indiegogo to the AAWireless. But my Credit-Cards "Master-Card" and "Visa-Card" won't accepted during Payment, always Error-Code is "invalid credit card". I try three different Credit-Cards.

Which Payment-Method are valid and which Credit-Card-Provider should I use? Are there other Payment-Methods apart from Credit-Card and how to use them? I can't find this Information on the Project-Site. Have anyone made the same experience?

I wrote a PN to Emil but he doesn't answer. Is there no way to contact him?

Thank you and Regards
[Android Auto General] Falcon2t:
Hi All, Just got my new Samsung S22 Ultra. I'm trying to set it up with the following config:

Samsung Ultra S22

Android V12

2018 Acura MDX

AA App with version 1.8 Firmware

The MDX is recognizing the dongle, but at the point where you accept pair, I'm getting a "Loading" message. After a bit the connection fails. Had no issue with my Samsung s20G. Has anyexpereinced this or have a work around?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Auto General] mc01319:
Did you manage finally to get it work my friend?
[Android Auto General] martin.armstrong:
has anyone tried the option 'disable audio sink' ?
[Android Auto General] martin.armstrong:
it is no longer sold out, look at indiegogo website.
[Android Auto General] Martinspire:
I'm trying to get it to work with a Toyota Corolla which just got the AA update (from the garage). I can connect to it with a cable, but I can't seem to connect with AAWireless. At some point it shows "Device no response" on the Toyota Touch and there's 2 AA items in my notifications, one is connected the second is trying to connect (but it never does. I sat for over 10 minutes). On setting it up with the app, I can see the wireless network but it doesn't always seem to connect to it. When it does, it also doesn't close the setup (so I'm still not sure if it did that correctly though I tried 2 times with clearing app data). With the connecting to wifi phase, I see it blink green twice a few times and then red and back to green again. Its all a bit unclear and the FAQ doesn't really tell me much to go with.

Something else I found curious: there isn't any manual online or reference to the AAWireless Config on either the site, the FAQ or the Indiegogo updates. Perhaps its wise to show that somewhere too.
[Android Auto General] -DDD-:
I have a strange behaviour on my MIB2 Composition Media on Golf7 SV with Sony xz1c.

50% of starting car/AAWireless all is fine, the other 50% nothing happens on MIB2, is can't find a device.

Tried another Cable but the same Problem.
[Android Auto General] trancefusion:
I own a Suzuki Baleno with the stock Bosch head unit and own a Samsung S9+ with Android 10. On connecting the AAWireless for the first time and followed instructions accordingly, AA showed for a couple of seconds on the head unit and then disconnected.

Following that my mobile kept notifying "Looking for Android Auto", but never connects. I reset AAWireless and tried again to no avail. Folwing pairing with Bluetooth + Wifi connection, AAWireless keeps blinking blue and and get the usual Looking for Android Auto alert and the head unit shows as "no device connected".

Also tried the USB Passthrough and setting the device as Direct, to no avail.

Can anyone help me please?

UPDATE: Resolved by using a very short (approx 20cm) USB 3.0 cable.
[Android Auto General] JessicajK:
I have had this issue with many devices, I can't figure out what's the problem with my Samsung
[Android Auto General] DevAuto:
That is an exceptionally well documented writeup of the trials and tribulations you went through to get it working. Thank you!
[Android Auto General] Flyarnk:
Alight....

AAwireless + Samsung Note 20 Ultra + Honda Civic = works perfectly fine

AAwireless + Samsung Note 20 Ultra + Audi (2020 Q3) I am having issues. AAwireless connects (solid blue) but for a second then goes through loop. Disconnects and reconnects again for 1 sec.

USB Mode is "Direct" and video focus on start is on. Tried changing Passthrough as well but no success.

Anyone managed to get this running on newer Audi MMI? Note: This Audi has wireless carplay built-in, I am wondering if that is causing an conflict!!

UPDATE: it's working now ... USB mode "Direct" and Passthrough "On" did the trick!
[Android Auto General] Flyarnk:
Is there a way to improve sound quality when using AAwireless?

Its Android Auto issue I know...but though AAwireless charm could solve this as well!
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
@jahandy

Here are the LED codes.

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.

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

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] Snc69:
Hi everyone, does anyone have any experience of successfully connecting Xiaomi with MIUI 12 (Android 10)?

And were there any subtleties when connecting?
[Android Auto General] usedr:
If you are referring to the problem that there is no internet connection when connected to AAWireless while using Xiaomi phones / MIUI:

I opened a thread about that problem here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/aawireless-...iui-while-aa-is-connected-wirelessly.4252187/

But connecting my Mi Mix 3 using MIUI 12 to AAWireless worked for me.
[Android Auto General] Snc69:
Yes, I meant the connection to the Internet.

Thanks for the link to the thread.
[Android Auto General] franners:
Arrived today and worked first time - Alpine ILX-903D and Oneplus 8T on Android 11.
[Android Auto General] Dragoshiz:
Unfortunately, Xiaomi phones have issues, it seems that the ones with android 11, or with Android one work just fine, on the other hand, if they run android 9 or android 10 some of them work and some of them don't, there is not a pattern.
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
Android Auto Wireless with an enabled head unit or the AAWireless device handles audio in this way.

Audio is transmitted over WiFi encoded as PCM (44.1khz, 16bit, Stereo). Android Auto takes whatever is given to it by the audio app and packetizes it on the phone for transmission.

So if your audio app supplies CD quality audio to Android Auto, CD quality audio will be delivered to your head unit. Sadly, if your audio app supplies subpar quality audio to Android Auto, subpar quality audio will be delivered to your head unit.

One other thing worth mentioning about audio. Head units go out of their way to "enhance" the audio they reproduce. Some are successful, others detract from the experience. A source of audio dissatisfaction might just be a setting in your head unit.

I have encoded lossless .m4a from my CD library onto a microSD card on my phone. Using Rocket Player, I get great sound through AAWireless. But I do have to turn off the 'enhancement' settings in my head unit.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] porotikos:
Thank you my friend. This is a very informative post, but i found myself a bit confused. so id like to ask some questions that i need further explanations. i hope you can help me. This can make me order the aawireless really fast.

I am driving a kia picanto (2020 model). in the car's infotainment i have disabled any bluetooth music playback from my phone. so my car's infotainment center cant see my phone's library, through bluetooth. it can play fine through cable of course.

So, if you are correct about "Audio is transmitted over WiFi encoded as PCM (44.1khz, 16bit, Stereo)" (when you said audio, you meant music actually, right?)

then through aawireless, my car's infotainment can play all files that are stored in my phone. as well as tidal hifi streaming which is lossless as well. My phones music files are mostly flac and theyare played through an app called poweramp.

The question i have is this. Who will be the "player" of the phone's music files? My phone's application (poweramp) or the native player of my car's infotainment center? Both can play flac of course.

I ask this because it is easier to control the native player of the car,rather than through poweramp which shows inandroid auto.

When i connect wirellesly, my phone to my car, wont the car's infotainment "see" my phone's files and play them through its native player? or the only way to do that is through android auto and phone's application called poweramp?

This is really confusing to me. Any help would be great.

Anyway, to sum things up, what i am trying to do is this.

i have an ssd drivefull of flac files, that can be read by my car when plugging it into the usb port

So, if i plug into the usb port aawireless, and at the same time, i plug the ssd drive into my phone's usb type c (i have all te necessary cables and adapters) what will happen?

scenario 1: through android auto, the app named poweramp will show the files from the ssd, so, i can control through poweramp, the files wirelessly and play them.

scenario 2: the car's infotainment system, can show the files in the ssd. it will be like plugging the ssd directly through the usb port.without the need to fire up android auto.

scenario 3. Both above scenarios, work.

Any info on which scenario works (if any) will be appreciated. Thank you enormously
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
@porotikos

Yes, audio can include music or speech.

Android Auto will control your app on the phone, the head unit does nothing but play the audio stream. You will need an Android Auto compatible audio app.

I know of no head unit that will be able to see files on your phone when using AAWireless.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] Wiesel1985:
Hey, I am from germany too. You can buy my device. Just pm me
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
My car is Citroën C5 AirCross (NAC Head Unit). I have no special settings for AA (just Wireless AA and Wireless projection), factory basic settings for AAW !...

I just connected the device and everything was OK after half a minute. No disconnect so far, I will try AAW 3 settings :

- Start / Stop, as my car USB remain powered some minutes after car door closing,

- Auto video focus, as I have to manually select AA on my Head Unit (option is not available in AA 7.3)

- DPI for fun...
[Android Auto General] macca017:
Using an Oppo A74 5G with a 2020 Subaru Forester Touring.

The AA worked OK for the first two weeks, now I am having issues with the volume.

Sound is only coming from the rear speakers when using You Tube Music, if I use Google Assistant the sound is from the front speakers?

However, the big issue is the volume control on the head unit ceases to work, regardless if the volume is set to 1 or 38 it doesn't change.

I have to remove the AA Wireless, reset my head unit and only then will the volume control return to normal.

Is this a known issue (can't see much about it on this forum)

Any way of fixing it please?
[Android Auto General] antman68:
I had problems with volume control after receiving an alert, listening to messages or finishing a call. Using pass-through seemed to fix the volume issue but I lost the ability to override the click limit and change the DPI. So, what I have now is what I had before, only wireless; no extra goodies.

I'm not sure whether this will do anything for your front/rear speaker issue but it's worth a try. hat happens when you use other music apps? Is it just YTM or all music?
[Android Auto General] macca017:
Now you mention it, it happened right after I received an alert from Waze.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
So, you're very lucky, so far I have had a lot of disconnections and tried everything...

I have the "same" car, so I could discard a head unit issue. I don't use the Start/Stop option as I feel is not fully necessary and the time it takes you to get in the car is more than enough to have the AAW ready, so when you start the car the AA is ready to go and you don't have to wait for it...

Unfortunately, I cannot manged to autostart the AA interface I have everything checked for auto video focus and I always need to press the AA icon, what it does is to change the screen focus to the Citron-APP and AA screen, so you have it there to press the button...

I'm using 103 DPI it looks really neat!

Please let me know your outcomes... My issues are mostly driving, when it's parked I had never seen a disconnetion, enjoying more than 1 hour of streaming for example..... But driving I had faced up to 3 disconnections in different moments, always after several minutes, it's not an immediate thing...

BR
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
@znel52 I tried working at 2.4Ghz same issue, it dropped connection around the same place, and now the streaming is terrible, very low quality... So I changed back to 5Ghz, IMO forcing to 2.4Ghz doesn't work.

I'm still changing configs and playing around... also waiting for the V2.0 🤞
[Android Auto General] cristi_b:
@Troubardix15 , I bought mine with a Revolut card. No problem.

@Andres.Navas , have You tried a different cable ?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
@cristi_b Yes, it was the first thing I did. I'm using a high-speed USB 3.0 cable ... Weird stuff is that I have days in which the AAW works very well, but most likely it got some connection drop around the same place.

Yesterday I play around a lot and tweak multiple parameters in AAW configuration including a full re-installation of AA App (cleared data/cache and uninstalled it and fresh installation, now it's in V7.3); today no disconnections... not even around the "hot" area in which I have always had the issue... So I'll keep an eye on it and report back...
[Android Auto General] cristi_b:
Very strange indeed. Mine works great. (S10e + Golf 7 2019). I even tried to "replicate" some users' issues but no luck. Everytime It works perfectly. 😀