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[Android Auto General] graememk:
Got the AAwireless but getting inconsistent connection issues, Havent delved too deep into troubleshooting just yet but it seems to only connect every other time I start the car.

What do I need to lookout for?

Its a Kia Niro with the widescreen headunit.

Just want to see if I'm missing something obvious.
[Android Auto General] andy o:
Does anyone with the 2014-2020 Mazda infotainment still have access to non-passthrough mode? I lost it after I cleared data for AA (basically a reinstall) I think it was 7.7 at the time, and could not set up non-passthrough anymore. I have a 2016 Mazda3, Android Auto 8.0, but also tried 7.8. Pixel 6 Pro on Android 12 and 13, AAWireless on both 2.0.2 and 2.1.0 firmwares. On AA, tried dongle mode and non-dongle, and the only other thing changed from default was DPI to 131 and passthrough mode.

The set up pop up on the phone tells me to "continue on car screen" but nothing comes up on the car screen. Normally at that point a full-screen set up screen would come up on the phone with a "next" button, but nothing on the car, so I think the AA on the phone is not getting triggered for a new setup.

I tried the previous trick of deleting data of the AA app, and then setting up non-passthrough before passthrough, but that doesn't work anymore.
[Android Auto General] slvr32:
I tried to do an update from 2.0.2 to 2.1.0, but it seems that the update will reach 38% and then fail, and I've repeated the update attempt a few times with the same result.
[Android Auto General] LKnzw:
The problem you described also happens with me. My car is a Peugeot 208.

In my case, Spotify (or any other media player) also stutters when a voice orientation is played.
[Android Auto General] navy3dfx:
I never managed to run AA in non-passthrough mode on my Mazda. The blue led stays solid blue, but AA doesn't start on the head unit.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
You can try to go through the solid blue troubleshooting and enable the "GM fix". So when the troubleshooting asks if you have a GM car (Chevy etc), say yes, and the troubleshooting enable the GM fix. Apparently it also works for Honda, maybe also Mazda.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Please try to update on a seperate power source.
[Android Auto General] Desperanto86:
you mean just to connect aaw to powerbank?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yes, USB power adapter / laptop / PC. Any USB power source.
[Android Auto General] Desperanto86:
thx! its very important information for me!
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
@JohnnyCanuck has a specific problem that the developers want to investigate using the debug logs. He alone was sent the 1.1.0 firmware because the 1.0.0 firmware has a problem with sending the debug logs.

The rest of you will probably see 1.2.x as your first firmware update.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I'm looking forward to the new FW to send logs. It seems that when using AAW there a audio dropouts more often than cable. I wasn't really sure if it was the phone or the AAW connection. As per my wife's mentioning there is an area near our house, no houses around, that it gets really bad, especially for her.

This morning I was driving a VW Polo that I had moved my AAW box into while my car is in the shop and there were a few dropouts and a quite long one of about 8 seconds. So I'm keen to see what bug reports can show.

Having said that I decided that I need another so I ordered a third box. When my car comes back I'll take my wife's one and she can use a cable for now, until the third arrives and hopefully there are improvements for her experience.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
That might be caused by wifi scanning. I had a similar problem using AA Gateway and using Tasker to disable Wifi and BT scanning resolved it.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
That's correct. The logs didn't actually send (but they did compile) but everything is working fine now anyway.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
That sounds interesting. We are both on Galaxy S20 series phones. On mine I have nearby devices scanning disabled. I can't find anything else that might be related to that?
[Android Auto General] osm0sis:
AAWireless could probably use the "Change system settings" permission to automate this itself if it's a widespread issue.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
Here was the Tasker task I used to disable BT and WiFI scanning:

HUR
A1: Custom Setting [ Type:Global Name:ble_scan_always_enabled Value:0 Use Root:Off Read Setting To: ]
A2: Custom Setting [ Type:Global Name:wifi_scan_always_enabled Value:0 Use Root:Off Read Setting To: ]
A3: WiFi Net [ Action:Disconnect Force:Off Report Failure:Off ]

The exit task to re-enable is pretty much the same with just the value changed:

HUR Restore
A1: Custom Setting [ Type:Global Name:ble_scan_always_enabled Value:1 Use Root:Off Read Setting To: ]
A2: Custom Setting [ Type:Global Name:wifi_scan_always_enabled Value:1 Use Root:Off Read Setting To: ]
[Android Auto General] drpotts:
GMC Yukon 2017. Samsung s20

MTP mode the device never connects to the car. Car comes up with a android auto standard driving warning as if phone was plugged in hit continue on the message the. It just shows projection on the infoscreen I stead of android auto. Mtp force/retry it just keeps cycling. Direct the phone is stuck trying to find android auto.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Is there any info on the new modes in the new version of the App?
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
@Emil Borconi created those modes while trying to get some reluctant head units to cooperate. He will be the best one to describe the new modes.

From my standpoint, if your head unit is not working well with AAWireless, try out the other USB modes. One of them may be just what your phone / head unit needs for success.

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
Used the DPI setting to get split screen this morning. How cool is that? I don't think I'll stay with it because my screen is fairly small, but I'll see how I like it after a few days.
[Android Auto General] mapinkerton:
I like split screen on my 7" display, but it maybe a bit of an acquired taste. My wife prefers the normal screen with larger fonts in her car and may even go the opposite way to make it easier to read.

If my screen was any smaller or farther away or if my eyesight wasn't as good, it would not work for me. As it is, the split screen is just about perfect and it's nice to have options. 👍
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
My screen is 7" as well. Out of curiousity, what DPI did you use? I have it at 103.
[Android Auto General] mapinkerton:
I have been using 100 on my Miata, but after a little trial and error, it looks like <=103 is the magic threshold to force widescreen on mine also.
[Android Auto General] limited73:
Anyone been able to get this to work on a Nissan yet? I've tried all the modes, several cables, all the little "tips" on the Indiegogo...nothing
[Android Auto General] stuartrue:
Success setting this up on my 2017 e-Golf with two Pixel 4a phones. I had to enable Direct Mode and Passthrough, otherwise it took about 90 seconds for everything to connect and work. Once configured properly, it's really fast - maybe 10 seconds. Consistent too. Great job developers!

One issue I have is related to using multiple phones with the device. The connection range is too good! If my wife gets in the car in our garage, my phone will connect (since I last used it) even though I'm in the house. And it doesn't gracefully drop the connection when she drives away. The screen freezes when the car is too far from the phone, and it won't connect to the phone in the car right away. Sometimes it'll reset after a few minutes and connect to the phone in the car, but I've had it go 20+ minutes before I gave up and manually unplugged/replugged it.

My preference would be for the device to connect to the "closer" device. That is, if it can detect which phone has the stronger signal, use that one. Failing that, I would like to see it reset more quickly after going out of range. It's a real usability problem since we alternate use of the car a lot. Most of the time the device is connecting to a phone pretty far away which won't be coming with it. Not ideal. Thanks!
[Android Auto General] mc01319:
Same here with Nissan Qashqai. Lets hope that the new firmware solves this situation.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Thanks, some idea on the scenarios he was creating them for would be interesting.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I do wonder how OEM wireless units handle these and other scenarios, when the cable is out of the equation. With the cable the issue of car sharing didn't matter, but wireless is the way going forward with many new cars and all of those aftermarket decks.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Something interesting I noticed with the App. I moved my wife's AAW box from her Mitsubishi my GTI as I had moved my unit to our Polo, that is back on the road for a bit.

After a rocky start of taking a long time to bring up the AA screen it's now quite fast in the Polo. I was trying to enable the audio timestamp adjustment, which I hadn't tried yet but it wouldn't save the config.

When I setup the box from my wife's car I enabled the timestamp successfully and then I noticed that the same settings were applied when I was connecting to the other box in the Polo.

This is not a big issue, as they are both VAG cars and the same setup is probably fine, but what if you have another car that doesn't like a certain setup, like when I get my third box and put it back in the Mitsubishi?

Until I saw this I did assume that each individual box had it's own settings, but it seems the app applies the one setup to all the boxes it has in it's list. Could it be made that each box has unique settings? It would also be cool to rename the units.
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
As already explained several times in this thread...
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I'll add it into the app. This is not an issue anymore on firmware > 2.1.0, because we don't kill AA anymore when updating. The problem is some cars killing power to device when AA dies. This will make the update fail. It won't break the device, but it's definitely annoying.
[Android Auto General] andy o:
Thank you, just enabling the GM fix worked. Going through troubleshooting had me resetting to default first, which enabled passthrough, which then connected AA without issue, so the troubleshooting ended there. If I just lied and told it it's still solid blue without AA, it would ask to clear AA storage, which wasn't necessary, so I just enabled the GM Fix directly and it worked.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yeah you're right indeed, forgot about that. Enabling directly is also fine. Definitely very good info though! Argh... Google :)
[Android Auto General] klausdoe:
Attached is a screenshot.

I'm stuck on 1.12.0. An update to 2.10 is unfortunately not possible. Attempted download aborts after a few seconds. I tried it with external power source and reinstallation. Unfortunately without success.

If possible, please push to my device.

Device ID : D8uWBhSt
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yes we are looking into it.
[Android Auto General] martin.armstrong:
I had problems updating to 2.1.0 from 2.0.2 with AAWireless connected to an external power source, where it stopped after 1/3 of the update had been done and would not restart it. I don't know whether it was the cause of the problem but after several attempts with both the development and production versions of the app, I terminated an app running on the phone which was using Bluetooth and then the update worked. Maybe coincidence?
[Android Auto General] navy3dfx:
I also confirm that the GM fix works perfect for my Mazda.

Many thanks!
[Android Auto General] 0BurntRice0:
I recently changed phones from Samsung S10 5G to Samsung Z Flip 4.

It seems with my Z Flip 4 I need to clear the Android Auto app data every time I want to connect.

I contacted the support email and was told this is a known AA bug which the AAWireless team can not fix.

I was wondering if anyone here had a fix such as downgrading something within my phone or quite literally anything else?

My previous phone is still able to connect every time without needing to delete data.

Both my previous phone and new phone are on Android Auto version 7.8.622514-release

Both phones are on Android 12

Any help would be appreciated.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
Do you have "Start/Stop" activated? Otherwise this makes no sense as the AAWireless device works also without having the Companion App installed...
[Android Auto General] 0BurntRice0:
Manual car so no start stop is used.

Once it is connected, it will work completely fine. It is just at the point of after i try and reconnect after not using the AAWireless it will need to have the data cleared. Such as If i was to fill up petrol, pay and come back to my car; the box will flash green and will not connect untill the AAWireless app has its data cleared.

For me to recreate this issue every time I can do this:

Start car

Phone will not connect, the light flashes green.

Go through troubleshooting > Blinking Green > Next > Blinking Green > Clearing the apps data > Next

At this point, AndroidAuto starts up on the screen with the introduction screen as if it was as new connection and does not have my last used apps located at the top.

If I then turn my car off and come back after a minute of so (or disconnect and reconnect power to AAWireless) I will be back at the start having my phone not connect and the light flashes green.

The support email I sent was

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Please enter a description of your issue below:

Hello,

I recently switched from the Samsung S10 5G phone to the Samsung Z Flip4.

My previous phone AAWireless was working as intended although with my new device, it seems I have to go through troubleshooting each time to the point where I clear the data(clearing cache alone does not work, I have to clear data)

As soon as I clear data the AAWireless connects and it works fine.

The email I received from support was

Hi 0burntrice0,

Unfortunately, this is a known AA bug which we cannot fix. Please go down to Android Auto in the Apps list from the top pull down settings menu. Then tap on the battery settings in Android Auto. Please change the setting from restricted to unrestricted. This might correct the problem.

Kind regards,
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
Start/Stop inside the AAWireless Settings... not your car 😅
[Android Auto General] 0BurntRice0:
Both are set to default of Disabled

:LOL: Sorry
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
try to update AA... maybe it fixes it: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-auto/android-auto-8-0-6233-release/
[Android Auto General] 0BurntRice0:
Correction; I ment to say 'Android Auto' app data every time, Not AAWireless.

I installed 8.0.623313-release and still no luck, Needing to still clear the data:cry:
[Android Auto General] shawkes:
I have a 2020 Hyundai Kona EV and since the update to 2.1.0 AAWireless crashes at least once every time on my 25 minute commute. I have to unplug AAWireless to get it to work again. Is there any way back to 2.0.2?
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
This makes more sense indeed... 😅

thats odd... then i think it belongs to Samsung... some battery management of Android Auto or something
[Android Auto General] billarf01:
Well, my AAWireless arrived and I have installed and have been fooling with it... Install was easy and auto smart stop works in regard to my 2018 Wrangler JL with UConnect

I did the firmware update to 2.1.0 as the app was nag screening me about and all still works with 2.1.0, fortunately. A few days testing and I'll know more and will report back here.

Would not update in the JL, even with ignition on. I brought it into the house and plugged it into my laptop for power source and did the update. Update was done without problem . When update finishes you get a screen saying something like waiting for reboot. Don't touch anything and in a min or less you get message display showing the firmware version.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
look here.... same problem.... last post was that uninstalling Android Auto and reinstalling it fixed it....

My Z fold 4 will not connect to Android Auto - Android Auto Community
[Android Auto General] r0x:
Same issue here, since 2.1.0 AAW crashes every few minutes.
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
I have 2.1.0 and 2.22.0 app without any crashes.

Skoda MIB2. Before, in the case of outages, the cell phone or the cable was to blame.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Please try another Wi-Fi channel, we enabled Wi-Fi AC for the newer devices, might be better, might be worse for some (on the default channel 40).
[Android Auto General] andy o:
Uninstalling and reinstalling the app might be doing essentially the same thing as clearing the app data. So maybe it just works once after doing it, and then the problem comes back. From reading that thread, it seems that the Fold 4 is not working with Android Auto, wired or wireless. This doesn't seem to be an AAWireless issue.
[Android Auto General] slvr32:
This worked, I'm at 2.1.0 now, thanks
[Android Auto General] 0BurntRice0:
At work currently, I just reinstalled and and will check it out after work. Really hope it works 🙏

Some how I thought you couldn't uninstall the AA app itself so I didn't try it earlier.

Update: No luck, I am going to look at factory resetting my phone and setting it up again without using Smart Switch to set up the phone using my previous phone. I read that it might cause some issues. If still no luck I guess ill just use a cable for a month or so and hope the wireless AA starts working once again.
[Android Auto General] billarf01:
Not sure if I will catch heck for posting this.... buy if anyone is interested in buying a short USB Cable to use with their AAWireless, this cable works well with the AAWireless and is .45 ft. in length.

https://www.amazon.com/LamToon-Android-Charging-External-MacBook/dp/B09XK1Q4B3/ref=pd_ybh_a_sccl_6/132-6149119-7279225?pd_rd_w=WT5tL&content-id=amzn1.sym.67f8cf21-ade4-4299-b433-69e404eeecf1&pf_rd_p=67f8cf21-ade4-4299-b433-69e404eeecf1&pf_rd_r=17H7R2WVYSV36EP02NWE&pd_rd_wg=Lt870&pd_rd_r=9cef78ff-0201-412f-9af1-34169e43b375&pd_rd_i=B09XK1Q4B3&psc=1
[Android Auto General] sastley1878:
I am having EXACTLY the same issue as you! (Albeit I have a Motorola RAZR 5G handset - another flip what a coincidence!)

I have only been experiencing it since upgrading to 2.1.0.

This is really frustrating!

I have submitted a ticket/email to AAWireless support.

Have you found anything else out yet? I've tried tinkering with different settings in the AAWireless app but nothing seems to work and feel like I'm going round in circles!
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
Google messed something up... i dont think this has something to do with the 2.1.0 update of AAW...

Can't connect your phone to Android Auto? You're definitely not alone.

Scores of users have reported a major Android Auto bug that doesn't allow phone connections to be established.

www.androidauthority.com
[Android Auto General] shawkes:
Changed to channel 149 and so far no crashes.
[Android Auto General] elbubi:
Hi @Snirpo!

One little question: I am now at 2.1.0, all good, but when passthrough enabled, device still dissapears from HU after 10 sec timeout (normal and expected behaviour btw). I recall reading that this approach was about to change starting with 2.1.0 but now I can't find it anywhere now. Am I crazy or was some change expected on this?

Thanks as always!
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Only on normal (non-passthrough) mode. In passthrough mode we cannot change this, because we can't keep the wireless side alive independent from the wired side.
[Android Auto General] elbubi:
Thanks for your reply!

Will try if new AC wifi could help mittigate audio stutter/lag on Peugeot NAC2, hadn't fiddle with that options yet.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
No, it won't, unfortunately.
[Android Auto General] elbubi:
I'm actually hating my car for this issue. Will definitely consider changing manufacturer for future purchase (VW or Toyota maybe)
[Android Auto General] 0BurntRice0:
I am still having the same issues, The

only

thing ive found that I have not tried yet is to factory reset my phone and thats purely because I will need to be at a PC to backup everything.

Looks like there is a fix coming according to

Android Auto stopped working on my car screen after the Android software update on 12th August 2022 - Android Auto Community

Hi everyone,

Thank you for reporting this issue. The team has investigated this issue, and a fix is rolling out now. It may take a few days for the fix to reach everyone, so please let us know if you are still seeing this issue in a week. Thanks!
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
No issue for me with Citroën C5AC (NAC 3) ! AAW has always perfectly worked since the beginning (03/2022), regardless the firware version (now 2.1.0)...
[Android Auto General] billarf01:
For what it is worth.. I have had an MA1 since Jan. 2022. Have driven 15,000 mi. with it in use. Works well with my 2018 Wrangler JL. I recently have been using the AAWireless with firmware 2.1.0 . All behaviors that I have always see with the MA1 are being seen with the AAWireless. Both dongles working well for me. BUT.. but I will be selling my MA1 and keeping the AAWireless solely because of the "Auto Start/Stop" setting that the AAWireless app facilitates. This "Auto Start/Stop" setting is very important to me as my Wrangler Jl's, USB ports stay powered up for well over 1 hr. after ignition is off.
[Android Auto General] AusShadoX:
Has anyone laid eyes on any projects looking to make a wireless AA dongle?

No one out there has attempted to say turn a raspberry pi zero or something into a wireless adapter for wired AA like all the dongles coming out are doing?
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
??? :unsure:
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
So I'm a happy user of the AAW, but suddenly it stop working, yesterday was working ok, but today it didn't start AA in my car unit screen, I've a Citroen C5AC hybrid, it normally pops the AA icon in the head unit, but today the icon was disabled all the time, my phone was ok, AAW was always blinking green, 2 fast blinks sequence... I tried multiple quick options as disconnecting and reconnecting the dongle, it was futile... 😔

I would like yo know if there's something that happened from yesterday to today ...

I'm running 2.1 since last week, but got the last update on dev app on the 25th... Dongle mode non passthrough, my phone is a OnePlus 8Pro...

@Snirpo any thoughts on this??

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Android Auto stopped working on my car screen after the Android software update on 12th August 2022 - Android Auto Community

Possibly resetting cache and data of Android Auto might help.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Thanks.... Quick and easy tip, not needed to clear data resetting AA, just a clean caches and a phone restart... ☺️
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I have the feeling next week will be horrible for support.
[Android Auto General] FrankieG64:
You jinxed yourself when you said on Slack last week "give me some issues please, I'm bored" :)
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yeah that was kinda sarcastic though :)
[Android Auto General] slvr32:
In case it helps someone else, I just moved the usb cable to another usb port that wasn't associated with the headunit.

In my car (VW Golf Alltrack), this meant plugging in a usb adapter to an unused 12V socket near my cupholders, and temporarily moving the usb cable from the AAWireless device to that usb adapter to repeat the update attempt.

I'm just mentioning this to point out it's easy enough to address the update issue without leaving your car, if you have a solution for another powered usb port in the car