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[Android Auto General] antman68:
I've found that switching to Radio and then back to AA, via the Menu button and App-connect, seems to sort out my issues, at least the loss of volume control. I suspect that it would work with switching to Phone or something else., although I did notice that switching to Nav and back yesterday didnt help. The reconnection to AA is almost instant after I switch back to AA so it's only a couple of seconds to fix the issue, which is shifting the convenience factor back into AAW's favour. Since you are having problems with a VW MIB system too, maybe this will help with your issues.

The issue you describe with the dev FW sounds exactly like the issue I have. What fixed it? What was the FW and what are you on now? I'm on 1.7.1. I am also having the same problem that you are with not being able to hear the assistant but less frequently, it seems, so I haven't checked to see if the switcharoo fixes it.

BTW, love your avatar. Alive II was one of the first albums (single or double) I ever bought, back in around 1980/81. Being a bass player, I was always a Gene fan.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I was on special FW a few months ago for a quick test, but found it introduced the strange sound issues. I never thought about switching out of App Connect, I'll give that a try next time I'm out in the car. I'm on 1.7.1 in this car just because I went to 1.7 but saw no improvements, or the issues others were having with it, but went to 1.7.1 to be sure. Somewhere in this thread there is talk about it when it happened.

I have another AAW in my wife's Mitsubishi and it's still on 1.5 as it works fine on both our phones (Galaxy 20 series) so I didn't change hers. My audio issues are not apparent in that car, I can always hear the assistant, but I don't drive it that much.

I have a much newer AAW I ordered months ago and got a few weeks ago which will live in a Polo with a Technistat unit, my Golf has a Harman. I haven't done anything with this one yet. My other two are very early ones from the first batches/design.

And yes, I'm a big KISS fan, obvously, ha ha. I play guitar but I just love the Alive II look of Gene. Great picture.
[Android Auto General] cichy222:
Hi . I have a problem with my device. Every morning I drive to work, the device disconnects in exactly the same place. It does not connect automatically. In order to restore the connection, I have to turn off the wi-fi and turn it back on on my phone. It is like that every time. The software is 1.7.1. AAWireles device - jnoilgWm. Samsung S-21 phone - android 12. Adudi A3 car with mib 2. Does anyone have an idea how to solve the problem of device disconnection? . I received the device about two weeks ago. I have no experience with any other soft.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Try to isolate AAWireless from radiation.

You can pack it in alumnium foil. You can serach the thread as this was already done.
[Android Auto General] cichy222:
I will test this aluminum foil and let me know if it helped.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
When I can't hear the Assistant (or other noises I realise now, notification sounds etc don't come through, only music) it didn't help switching out and back in. I can go into the radio, then in the menu Android Auto is obviously there instead of App Connect, and it goes back in and behaves the same, no sound except for music.
[Android Auto General] adrianh_za:
Just wanted to post my experience with AAWireless and my OPPO phone with Vauxhall.

For the last few months a was using AAWireless with my Huawei P10, default settings just worked.

I have recently moved to an Oppo A53 (Android 11) phone and I couldn't get AAWireless to work at all. No matter the USB, Wifi band, and PassThru were set to, nothing worked. The phone would connect to AAWireless and the light would be blue, but within seconds it would seem to disconnect and go back to green.

Afer much messing around, turns out changing the timeout on AAWireless config fixed my issue. I changed it to 7000 (7 seconds) from 15000 (15 seconds) and the connection would hold. The car wouldn't show AA on the car but enabling Pass-Thru fixed that.

So for my OPPO phone, all AAWireless settings are default except for Timeout being set to 7000, and PassThru being enabled. Since then, totally stable with zero disconnects.

* USB = Default

* Force 2.4Ghz = Disabled

* Timeout = 7000

* PassThru = Enabled

Hope this helps anybody struggling with disconnects, or even not being able to connect at all.
[Android Auto General] cichy222:
Unfortunately, the aluminum foil did not help. The device still disconnects at certain locations
[Android Auto General] Pflunz:
Hi,

I was using de AAwireless since Mai, and it worked with the Volvo XC40 and the Samsung S10e as well as wit my Cat S61 phone.

Last week it stopped connecting. No phone did work. I reinstalled the AAwireless App and deleted the bluetooth connection from my phone to have a fresh restart. But I could not connect. I decided to use the reset button on the AAwireless. It definitly did something, as it started blinking etc., and in the end the LED was permanently on.

I tried again with both phones and the App. The App finds the AAwireless device, but the device refuses to connect. Now I am stuck in a loop in the app, as it always suggests to retry, but I cannot close the app. (I have an icon on my phone and I can only get rid of it when I reboot my phone)

I also found the strange behaviour, that the AAwireless device cannot be reset anymore. No matter how long I press the button.

Is there something else I can do? Did somebody find some similar behaviour?

Edit: The LED is permanently green.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
I found this happened random to me as well. What I did was remove my belutooth connection from the headunit and Aawireless. Remove wifi if it has it "remembered" as well. Now connect android auto to your headunit using USB NOT wireless. Connect and set it up correctly. Now disconnect from your USB and reboot your phone. Now connect to AA wireless using Bluetooth (not using the companion app) then open the app and go into the app and check your device settings etc. With Abit of luck your Aawireless may change to flashing/solid blue and work without needing to change the settings if it worked previously
[Android Auto General] Pflunz:
Hi and thank you.

The device still refuses a connection.

Can somebody tell me if it is normal, that the LED stays permanently green? I also cannot find a WiFi signal from the device. Only Bluetooth.
[Android Auto General] droidDHD:
Hello,

AA cable to phone > receive call Android auto works

AA wirless > receive call Android auto stops working and call is down

Did repair of BT etc, still same issue.

All works good with cable>phone

But AA wirless box> cable disconnects during call.

All worked before, but now it is broken. Didn't change anything in settings.

Mi 11 Ultra and AA wirless and Skoda 2017 Head unit.

Please help, otherwise it is useless if I can't make or pick-up calls
[Android Auto General] droidDHD:
I checked this is if data is on one sim but I receive or make call from other sim. then AA shuts down, but with wired connection it is not happening. And it didn't happen before if I was talking and AA was working.

is there fix for this?
[Android Auto General] sm753:
Normally I'd search the thread but I couldn't come up with search phrase that wouldn't get me basically every result.

Long story short. AAWireless has been working great for me since I got it - 2019 Mazda CX-5, Pixel 5a. Long road trip last week and AAWireless started to disconnect/reconnect over and over (I've noticed this happening on longer drives). So I unplugged it and switched to wired Android Auto like I always do.

Except this time, once I got home and I plugged the AAWireless device back in, it no longer works. I've tried basically all the troubleshooting steps from support - removing bluetooth pairing, wiping AA and Google Play Services app data, restarting phone, resetting AAWireless via pinhole button, and manually pairing it again via BT.

It connects to BT and wifi, the device LED flashes green, it'll blink blue once and I can see AA launching in the background on my phone, nothing happens and it'll go back to flashing green. This sequences keeps repeating while "Looking for Android Auto" continues to scroll in my notifications bar. Best I can tell is that it's connecting briefly and then immediately disconnecting. I've seen Reddit threads talking about this behavior if you're running a VPN or something but I don't use anything like that on my phone - again, no changes at all in my set up.

Anyone have any ideas? NOTHING has changed. No hardware, software, or settings changed - AAWireless just doesn't work anymore.
[Android Auto General] eric10k93:
I drive a Chevy Volt 2017 and a Chevy Traverse 2019. I got two AAWireless devices and my wife and I both have OnePlus 9 Pro phones.

Quite often, the AAWireless device simply won't connect when I get in the car... Then it will randomly decide to work 10 minutes into the drive. Other times, the device won't ever connect. Sometimes, it works perfectly and connects immediately when I turn the car on. And other times, it constantly connects off and on throughout the day while I am home and the car is off (on my Chevy Volt). I've tried enabling the "on/off" function to prevent that last problem, but then the device won't connect at all.

So as described above, AAWireless just doesn't seem to work with any form of consistency... It's honestly so frustrating that I certainly feel misled by the AAWireless adverts showing how much easier it is than USB. USB works for both of our phones perfectly, every time in either car.

I've written in to support via the form at cpeb.it but have not gotten anything useful. At this point I am concerned this whole thing was just a waste of money... Unfortunate that I got two of them...

Anyone have any ideas to try for these model cars or phones specifically?
[Android Auto General] janz25:
Hi @Snirpo , my unit now often disconnected and my hu show message "android auto could not be started", then it will restarted after 5mts. This happened on previous firmware and i just did the upgrade to 1.7.1, but still experiencing the same. Can help to check?
[Android Auto General] zepatko:
Activating the "Pass-through mode" in the app settings seems to have solved my disconnections issues.

No disconnection at all for the last 10 days. :)
[Android Auto General] cichy222:
Please mark where this mode is located.
[Android Auto General] zepatko:
Are you kidding ??? 🤣🤣
[Android Auto General] cichy222:
no i'm not kidding. I don't know English, I use an interpreter and the interpreter translates in various ways. Thanks for the answer, I will test this function. I have a problem with disconnecting aawireless in various places.
[Android Auto General] grimloktt:
My phone doesn't automatically connect to Android Auto. If I go into Bluetooth settings and click on the AA Wireless device, my phone then connects. Any guidance to have my phone connect automatically? Thank you
[Android Auto General] kensta812:
I've had mine for a week now. Australia 2018 Mazda 3. It boots up super fast I usually have Waze and Spotify going. Seem so have a weird bug where geographically on my way to work it disconnects twice in the same part of the fwy going to work and one spot going home from work, Same path to and from work.
[Android Auto General] vieri3217:
i have had non stop issues with my aawireless device after receiving it one week ago. it was a 8 month wait for this, and found that it would not connect to my subaru 2018 legacy. I'm so disappointed.

i followed all the troubleshooting steps in your fresh desk support and xda forums with no success.

My Samsung S9+ has the latest firmware and have no vpns or anything else that may be preventing connection. the s9 works with android auto with the usb connection as i have always done prior to receiving this device.

The steps i took to attempt connection as follows.

1. turned on the car.

2. plugged in the device with the usb cable to the usb port.

3. device turned on

4. device started blinking green.

5. cleared cache and data in google play store.

6. cleared cache and cleared data in android auto.

7. downloaded aawireless.

8. started the setup process

9. pressed ok to connect to AAWireless-N2Buxjkm bluetooth successfully.

10. enabled wireless android auto setting.

11. enabled developer option in android auto.

12. enabled wireless protection checkbox in android auto developer settings.

13. went back to the aawireless config app and selected start button.

14. it started looking for a connection after 40 seconds it displayed "connection failed".

15. android auto was displaying in my notification panel "looking for android auto".

16. it then sits there looking for connection indefinitely and does not appear on my head unit.

i am totally out of ideas and desperately want to get this working after such a long wait!.

apologies for the long email. hope someone has an answer.

kind regards

joe

i can create a video for you and show you what is going on via my phone if needed.
[Android Auto General] cichy222:
For me, exactly the same situation as you describe. I am also looking for a solution to the problem. Aluminum foil doesn't help. If you find a way to fix the problem, please let me know.
[Android Auto General] jeremyt561:
So I am having a issue now with my AAWireless. I have a Gen1 ( AAWireless-z6L9biOU ) unit I am pretty sure on version 1.7.1 firmware. Up until today I have had zero issues. What happened today was is the firmware in my 2016 Mazda CX-9 was updated to the latest version of firmware NA_74.00.230A. Previously the Mazda firmware was NA_70.00.21 I believe. Now that this update is installed Android Auto only works with a cable connection. When I have my AAWireless device connected my phone connects to it but Android auto never comes on on the cars screen. I have tried resetting the AAwireless device, removing / reinstalling the app on my phone and going through setup and factory resetting my cars head unit with nothing working. It seems like the AAWireless device is working as far as my phone seeing it and my phone telling me to select Android Auto on my cars screen but the option to do that never shows on the head unit. Does anyone have any advice that can share? I don't think it is possible to downgrade the cars firmware back to the previous version. If anyone knows that this is possible or not please let me know. I tried sending a bug report but the app just stalls on downloading log files and never completes.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
Wouldn't recommend downgrading your device (requires @Snirpo or another aawireless dev to do this) because then like me, you'll be stuck on firmware 1.5 with no explanation why someone people are on 1.7.1 and others are stuck on 1.5 and no option to update. I'm also a first gen aawireless AAWireless-eSs19MUQ
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Explanation: some batch 4 devices have been flashed with batch 3 firmware, and at this point we have no way to differentiate them from the backend automatically. So batch 1, 2 and 4 are save to update, batch 3 not, because it could also very well be an batch 4 device. It's causing havoc cause the backend is not really set up for this situation. For now we are only doing manual updates for batch 3 devices.
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
I appreciate the explanation. I was running 1.7.1 previously but I checked my device for an OTA and it said a new update was there for 1.5 which I installed thinking there must have been issues with 1.7.1 - just wondering if I would be better off on the newer version since it was previously installed?
[Android Auto General] phoinix_gr:
Hello,

I have exactly the same issue with Xiaomi Poco F3 (MIUI 12.5.6) and Seat Leon 5F 2019 Model.

When receiving or making a call android auto immediately disconnects.

With USB cable it works as expected.

I have contacted aaWireless support, but haven't received any useful response on this.

At this state, AA wireless is unusable for me.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yeah sorry, we reverted to 1.5 as default until a few weeks ago, where we just disabled updates completely.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
This is a known Xiaomi issue unfortunately, not related to AAWireless. We are aware of it. Could've been an Android OS update, Android Auto update, we don't know yet.
[Android Auto General] grimloktt:
I figured out why I was having problems. Samsung S20 Note phone / Ram 1500 truck. My phone apparently only connects to two particular bluetooth devices at a time. Normally, it's connected to my smartwatch and the Uconnect of the Ram. As a result, it wouldn't connect to AA Wireless. Just as a test of my theory, in my phone's bluetooth settings I forgot/unpaired my Uconnect. Next time I got in my truck, everything worked perfectly.

Now to note is that after AA Wireless connects (I believe signaled connect via bluetooth, then drops bluetooth and connects solely through wifi), my phone will then connect to my Uconnect.

I'm still working out how to manage this setup...
[Android Auto General] sidofido:
Try to disable calls for your smart watch in the phone Bluetooth settings or open the developer settings and scroll down to Bluetooth settings and check the number of devices connected simultaneously.
[Android Auto General] grimloktt:
What's this labeled? I looked in my phone's developer menu and don't see that option. What's it named or where is it located?

I want to use calls on my watch when I'm not in the car...
[Android Auto General] sidofido:
Should be under networking in the developer options
[Android Auto General] grimloktt:
I don't see it...

Thnx. I don't see it. Must not be in Android 11...
[Android Auto General] Saison2018:
(Only for sharing/helping as I do not have trouble) In Dev options, I confirm that I can see the option "Maximum connected audio Bluetooth devices" (translation from french, sentence can be slightly different) in my Pixel 5 with Android 12, you should be able to see it. Default value is 5 and I can change it from 1 to 5.

hope this will help
[Android Auto General] sm753:
FYI if anyone missed the latest update/announcement from the AAWireless team:
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
How do I turn on the Developer Options menu on my Samsung Galaxy device?

Find out how to turn on the Developer options menu on your Samsung Galaxy device.

www.samsung.com

Explanation how to enable dev options on Android.
[Android Auto General] alvaronb92:
I dont get a 2017 W238 (Mercedes E Coupé) to start AA wireless. It does not popup as a android auto device on screen once it its connected.

I am on 1.7 and dont know which versión of the device i am using but got my AAwireless about 1month ago.

Thanks for helping.
[Android Auto General] td.tuan1989:
I got exact same problem. Do you need to alway optimize apps before connecting to AAwireless?
[Android Auto General] Lenster45:
I have the same issue. I have an LG phone and someone else put me on to the fact that LG only allows 2 BT connections at a time. So now I disconnect my Watch before I get into the car.

I also have no entry in Developer options to set more than 2 BT connections.
[Android Auto General] grimloktt:
I actually unpaired my car yet everything still seems to work fine. The only problem I have now is that my USB stays powered on after shutdown and so my phone will try to connect to it after I'm out of the vehicle and in the house... The start stop function does not work with the vehicle unpaired
[Android Auto General] sergibus:
I can not connect the Samsung C20 phone. watch the video. bluetooth connects and disconnects. cleared application cache and android auto cache. what should I do. car Mazda 6 GL 2020. Mazda Connect I — 70.00.367

the samsung s10 phone used to work. everything was normal. now also does not connect.
[Android Auto General] festor:
My Poco F3 stopped connecting last week for the first time. I had been using AAWireless every other day for over a month with no issues. The LED was flashing green and I could see it listed in available wireless connections on the phone, but it was asking for the password when I tried to connect manually.

I unpaired the Bluetooth connection and tried adding it again (+ Add new) in the app without resetting or clearing anything and it's been working fine for a week.
[Android Auto General] IwaseKen:
I use Samsung Z Fold3 with Ford Ecosport, my AAWIRELESS is version hSRIZ03c. When I received it, it was on 1.7.0 firmware and everything was OK. But now after upgrading to 1.7.1, I have unpleasant issues: when in incoming calls, either I and who calling cannot hear each other, I must change audio output to speakers of my phone to hear and speak. Outcome calls are normal. I tried reset my AAWIRELESS but it didn't work.

Anyone has the same problem? How to fix that issue? Or how to downgrade to 1.7.0.

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Lenster45:
Try this: In the BT connections setting, hit the gear box next to your smartwatch and press disconnect from call audio. This will leave your watch connected for data and syncing. I can now connect my car BT and my AAWireless BT without disconnecting my watch.
[Android Auto General] grimloktt:
I know but I want to be able to answer calls on my phone when not in the car, e.g. working and don't want to get phone out of pocket...
[Android Auto General] TomNguyen87:
Many people have this problem too, I've personally had this bug since I changed my HU last year even with wired AA (phone is galaxy s10+), now the same with AAwireless, so I think this bug isn't because of AAwireless but AA and/or HU/phone. I already tried many things but still can't fix it because it's intermittent
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Try to delete AA Cache and delete the car from your Bluetooth devices. Afterwards do a new pairing.
[Android Auto General] MrGimpGrumble:
I have had AAWireless working for a while now. I recently upgraded my phone to the latest Pixel 6 pro. I tried to connect to AAWireless and it says "tap screen to start android auto" in the AAWIreless app but i can never get it to start on my headunit...

I also noticed during the setup with my new phone that it deosnt connect to the AAWireless wifi and i cannot get it to connect to the AAWireless wifi no matter what I do...

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Android Auto General] jeremyt561:
I wanted provide an update on this to see if anyone has any idea. I ended up downgrading the firmware on my cars head unit to the version that was working perfectly previously. I still have the same situation. Using a cable to my phone AA works perfectly. Using the AAwireless device, my phone connects and prompts me to open AA on my cars head unit however the icon to click on the head unit screen is not there. This behaviour only happens when using the AAWireless device. I am thinking now this is a Android 12 issue and perhaps something updated on my phone around the same time the firmware in my car was updated. Is there anything I should be doing to provide logs on this? There is not really an error I suppose on the AAwireless side but something seems to not communicating correctly. I will be testing on another car to see if the problem persists or not in the coming days.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
We have a support overload since Android 12, it ain't funny... Emil and myself have (almost) zero issues on our Pixel 6s. The only thing I experienced once or twice is Bluetooth cutting out on the Pixel, have to reboot the phone to get it to work again. Stuff is broken for sure... For some it works fine, for others with seemingly exact the same situation it does not. We're trying to find solutions, but we're already pretty overloaded with everything going on.
[Android Auto General] jeremyt561:
Thanks for working on it. I'm sure your overloaded. I did submit a couple bug reports. Hopefully they are of some help.