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[Android Auto General] DMac1900:
Hi folks,

2nd batch AAWireless, DRAM flashed, firmware updated to 1.2.3

2019 Citroen C4 Spacetourer (Picasso), factory spec head unit

Realme X2 Pro, realme UI Android 10

Connection between the phone/AAWireless/car works fine. Since the firmware update the problem with audio dropouts seems to be gone too. I've had a couple of disconnections from the car, but those may just be AA glitches. I was able to get straight back in through the car menu.

I've set the auto video focus option in both the AAWireless setup and the AA developer settings, but this doesn't seem to have any effect on my car.

I have one significant problem - getting the phone to switch to mobile data when connected to AAWireless.

I have activated the Wi-Fi assistant in the Wi-Fi settings and turned on the option to auto switch to a mobile network if all of the Wi-Fi networks are poor quality. Unfortunately the phone won't actually switch unless I unlock it and confirm an on screen "Tooltip" prompt to allow this.

I have set the "Mobile data always active" switch in the Android developer options and tried turning off the phone's "Data saver" option. Neither of these fixed it.

"Passthrough" in the AAWireles settings didn't work either.

Secondary to this problem, if I do 'allow' the switch the phone just jumps to another wi-fi network if there's one in range. (this disconnects it from AAWireless, so it switches back and the cycle repeats...)

This is a real pain, having to get the phone out, unlock it and clear the prompt is more hassle than connecting it via USB (I use a magnetic connection).

I don't know whether there is any way for the AAWireless software to work around this, it appears to be a phone thing.

I would welcome any suggestions for possible fixes.

Thanks in advance...
[Android Auto General] Voorvenkat:
I also have a VW Polo AW 2019 model. I have received my Aawireless last Saturday and also have errors, like resets, mostly with Spotify and the android assistant, like aske Hey Google for the latest news while navigating and using Spotify... Have direct contact with Snirpo and he informed me the headunit of VW is not working well with the Aawireless dongle. They we will focus to solve this matter with software update, it will take some time. (Wired it works perfect in my Polo AW. ) I use Huawei P30Lite new generation.

I also have tried different settings and reset my VW headunit MIB2 for App connect. But nothing works for a stable unwired connection...Also tried different cables.. so let's wait for a software update of the AA wireless device.
[Android Auto General] sm753:
Apologies if this has been answered. I did search the thread and didn't find what I was looking for. The info in the FAQ is pretty generic too. What is the actual difference between all the USB modes? All the various MTP modes vs direct? Which mode is recommended?
[Android Auto General] Dion.Dube:
I use MTP with retry mode which seems to work pretty good 9/10 times.
[Android Auto General] Dion.Dube:
Quick question as I am confused...what is the latest update for 1st pass AAwireless devices? I thought it was 1.2.2 or is it 1.2.0?
[Android Auto General] jasalta387:
Hey! Good to hear you managed to find a way. I just tried with two usb hubs I have at home but it didn't work for me ☹️

BTW, what's the software version of you head unit?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
First batch: 1.2.0

Second batch: 1.2.3
[Android Auto General] kouklo:
So I have noticed a lot of people are having issues with Nissan cars, and I'm in that group too.

I'm running the latest firmware on AAWireless and no matter what setting/option I use or change I can't get it to connect on my 2019 Nissan Rouge.

At first, I thought it was the device itself but I tried it on my other car that's running one of those cheap Chinese head units (Joying) and it working perfectly. On a side note, I still can't understand why they would implement Android Auto on an Android tablet, anyway it works.

I have tried 6 different cables and 4 different phones and it's always the same thing.

Nothing comes up on the car screen and the phones go berserk. The "looking for android auto" notification always stays up. When I open AA myself it consistently opens and closes, almost like it's connecting and disconnecting every few seconds. Also, the AAWireless devise reboots every 60ish seconds.

Like I said before it has the latest firmware and it worked great on my Joying head unit.
[Android Auto General] jasalta387:
So far I heard of European Nissan Qashqai. I think the Rogue is the American version of it.

As you describe, no matter what I do I get no laucher on the head unit.

However, @mc01319 got it to work using a USB hub and MTP with retry. Check it out: https://xdaforums.com/t/aawireless-general-discussion-and-support.4247677/post-84958305

I tried the usb hub and cables with no luck ☹️
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I'll surely keep waiting for updates etc. This morning in the GTI there were a couple of audio glitches and I'll see how that pans out for the rest of the driving later on.

I have found a small update for the software in the Polo headunit, just looking into if it's something I can safely do myself. Worth a try.
[Android Auto General] mc01319:
I confirm that with the specific hub it works without problem. I will try other hubs also to give you feedback guys.

@jasalta387 I will check the software version of my unit and I will inform you. Please do this: Connect the hub, the cable and the AA Wireless device. Choose the options that I describe in my previous post. Leave and lock the car, wait some time (5 minutes minimum) until the led of the AA Wireless device to turn off due to lack of power and then return to your car and check if you have the AA icon in your unit. Please do not unplug the hub, the cable and AA Wireless device. Try this and let me know.
[Android Auto General] AndreaR71:
Hello everybody. Is there any of you who use AAW with a SUZUKI (Bosch SLDA)? I use a Suzuki Vitara (2015), infotainment last update (1880_190821), and I'm having a lot of problems using the device, it struggles to connect, and the few times it does after a short ride it disconnects. I first used a OnePlus 5t smartphone updated to Android 10, and now I use a POCO F3 with native Android 11 and MIUI 12.0.5, both with the same problems. If any of you have a SUZUKI and have managed to get it to work, would it be nice to post their full settings? I have tried them all (and I have also used other usb cables) but without success. Thank you!
[Android Auto General] Lucas_Skyline:
I also have a VW Polo (2020, with MIB2.5) and I managed to get AAWireless after a few mods (in the beginnig, it was not working, or taking very long to connect). I will have they listed here, maybe they can help you out:

If you have a Samsung phone:

1. Added AAWireless and AndroidAuto to the list of apps that do not sleep (preveting battery saving features from Samsung phones)

2. Added a Bixby Routine to press the Home button to wake the Wireless connection as soon as the Bluetooth is connected.

3. Enabled "show network quality info" in Wi-Fi settings

On AndroidAuto app

4. Enabled developer settings

5. Enabled Wifi projection

6. Enabled request focus on start

On AAWireless

7. Enabled Auto video focus

8. Changed the USB Mode from MTP to Direct.

The killer change was number 8 for me.
[Android Auto General] jasalta387:
I did it, and it didn't work: connected via hub, locked the car, came back after 5+ minutes when the device was powered off. Turned it on. Nothing as usual. I went back home.

When I was home, while connected to AA wireless, I tried to connect to my home wifi and suddenly it connected to AA wireless again, but this time, the notification told me to check the screen of my car. Went back running to the car and it was working! It worked like a charm for about 20 minutes where I decided to stop the car and restart. But then it was gone, no way it will work again :(

Tried a few times to reproduce the steps I followed, but nothing worked.
[Android Auto General] Daniellvu:
My car is 2018 VW Tiguan, Cellphone is Huawei mate 20 pro.

2nd batch AAWireless, DRAM flashed, firmware updated to 1.2.3, but i'm still experiencing audio glitch/drop on spotify, spotiry screen freeze then AA reboot
[Android Auto General] Marshy33:
The reboot of the headunit is a common issue with the technisat mib2. Updating to the latest software for the headunit has helped some, but not all.

If you hold down menu on your headunit for 3-5 seconds, click update then version and send me your SW train, I can see if there's an update available.

Emil and chiel are aware of the issue and looking into possible solutions.
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
Phone Pixel 2 XL

Head unit Kenwood DDX9704S

AAW first batch unit running 1.2.0 firmware

Anyone have ideas on reducing the connection time. Mine seems to hang at "looking for Android Auto", AAW blinking green, about 20 seconds after the head unit is fully booted. I have tasker but I'm not sure it can be used to speed things up. Ideas?
[Android Auto General] Daniellvu:
SW train is MST2_US_VW_P0867D
[Android Auto General] majorsam:
Hoping you can shed some light for me. I too have a 2018 SQ5, the dongle is updated to 1.2.3 and has worked once. Now no matter how I change the settings AA will not show up on the MMI even though it says AA is connected on my phone. When it worked it was on Direct mode, Wireless AA enabled but the dongle would restart AA every 10m or so, so I flashed the DRAM again which was successful but since AA will not show up on the MMI.

Have tried the other MTP modes, passthrough and will not budge. Under the MMI's Smartphone Manager, my phone is greyed out with a box and no checkmark. Have tried to redo the setup process via forgetting and clearing the storage for both AA and AAW app but still no AA on MMI. Tried different cable and still no. Rebooted MMI, unplug dongle and still wont work. AA does work when I use a cable connection.
[Android Auto General] mc01319:
I think that you are very close.

Today I will check the software version of my unit.

The notification you mentioned, appears to me everytime I start the car and then I connect with the Android Auto icon.
[Android Auto General] brackenhill_mob:
You're already part of the roll out as 3.2.1 is out of beta. See

AAWireless - General discussion and support

This thread is dedicated for AAWireless users. AAWireless is a device which allows you to transform your existing wired Android Auto compatible unit into a Wireless Android Auto unit. General chat, experience sharing and community support...

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[Android Auto General] shafubhai:
Hey @Snirpo my AA wireless connection has been acting up for a while. I've tried two different dongles and after an update they no longer work with passthrough disabled. When passthrough is disabled the phone will connect on an infinite loop. The dongle will flash green, flash blue, solid blue, then reset to green. The connection will work with passthrough enabled. I've tried to reset both the dongle and clear cache and data on the AA wireless app and Android Auto. Do you have any other things I could try. The dongle used to work correctly on a couple versions ago like 2.1 or something.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I guess this is a GM car, Mazda or Honda? Enabling the "start fix" should do the trick.
[Android Auto General] shafubhai:
It''s actually an aftermarket install. I have a Nissan car and the Android auto is installed through Navtools.
[Android Auto General] mike1986.:
@Snirpo Just an idea, but maybe you should implement some sort of a welcome page with initial settings, in which user can choose whether he uses AAW in one of specific cars like GM, Mazda, Honda etc. and if he does, some of the settings like "start fix" will be enabled from the first start.
[Android Auto General] sailouterbanks:
My dongle has been working well. 2021 RAM truck. Start stop enabled so I doesn't keep trying to reconnect. It started acting up a couple of months ago. I would get unable to connect and the projection manager screen would pop up on my truck. If I did nothing it would usually connect on its on after a minute or so. I tried to reconfigure and it would let me but when I tried to save the start stop setting it wouldn't save. In my office or house my phone was constantly trying to connect the aawireless in the truck. I need to add that my reset button has never worked since I received the dongle. Tech support kept telling me to push the reset button but obviously I can't. Since I was an IndieGoGo backer they said thanks for the support but its out of warranty so there is nothing we can do for you. I tried the reset button one has time and it actually broke off of the board. My question is the reset button break the circuit or make one? Is my dongle stuck in reset? I get solid green light. then a white flash then solid red then back to green. The app will connect to find the dongle in bluetooth but AA never starts.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yeah we had that before actually for Hyundai/Kia. Might be a good idea to add that again.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Back to solid green? Or blinking green?
[Android Auto General] sailouterbanks:
Back to solid green. Then repeats. App says no device detected
[Android Auto General] shafubhai:
This didn't work either still just bootloops
[Android Auto General] sfm_es:
What's the recommended configuration for a Lexus NX MY24?

I have recently received my unit, and the experience is being terrible. First time i pair from scratch (clear AAW and AA cache and data) it seems to work, but after stopping the car and starting it again, AAW enters a loop trying to connect.

Also, I'm suffering the problem with phone calls not working over AA, but neither on HU. Phone tries to connect to phone's BT but connection is dropped and restarted, making impossible to receive phone calls with AAW.

My device ID is AAWireless-c5631309.
[Android Auto General] jaweinre:
Hi @Snirpo , thanks for this amazing device. Working great with my Pixel 5 phone on a 2019 CX-5.

I've been unsuccesful to connect it to my iPhone:

I can see and add the aawireless device on the phone's CarPlay settings. But the green light keeps blinking and the prompt to enable carplay on the HUD appears and vanishes for a split second.

Other users are reporting the same in reddit

One user put up a video of the exact issue

Seems to be widespread on different Mazda models.

I'm open to suggestions or helping out to debug this.

Cheers,
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Is the device completely rebooting in this loop? So LED turns off, green, blinking green.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Low level issues unfortunately. We have to test on a car ourselves to figure it out.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you post the device name?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Sounds defective unfortunately
[Android Auto General] sfm_es:
I will check the next time that it fails.

This morning, with dongle mode disabled, it connected automatically.

Regarding voice calls, is there something I can try so the phone calls are routed through AA? Currently, I'm not able to answer calls because phone is not connected for bt calls and multimedia (as you know, Toyota/Lexus disables standard bt connection when AA is enabled).
[Android Auto General] martynas:
Hi bought a second AAW unit just to have AA via CP on Mercedes (to have full screen). Connected all ok via AA wireless is working OK. But when i try AA via CP, it does not work. It connected 2 times (all seemd ok), but after car restart not anymore. As I understand the connection priocess AA via CP, is connect via AA wirelles and than enable AA via CP and all should work? For me it is constant loop - blinking green, blinked blue, AAW trying to connect, than connection lost, and all from the start all over again and again...

What should I try doing?
[Android Auto General] martynas:
Hi what setting did you use for your mercedes? Also could you write some small walk through how you did connect... I am not being able to connect my Mercedes... AA wireless connects no problem, but when switch AA via CP, it just starts trying to connect, connection lost and all over again... Few times it has connected but do not understand, but lasted just till car restart...
[Android Auto General] shafubhai:
AndroidAuto-AAW6819d2e0
[Android Auto General] sailouterbanks:
Does the reset button make or break a circuit? Since it is missing I was thinking it is stuck on reset.
[Android Auto General] GTI-MK7:
Hello friends. I am turning to you to see if you can help me with the following:

I recently changed the dashboard of my car (Golf GTI MK7) for a digital dashboard which comes with an HDMI port.

It turns out that I also bought another dongle (AuroraLink) that comes with an HDMI port and with that I can transmit the image of my screen to the dashboard, but this dongle makes the connection through CarPlay so I lose the functionality of having my phone through Bluetooth (only I can control it from Android Auto) and in no case does it have the excellent quality that AAWireless, which is why I am trying to do the same with adapters and be able to enjoy what in my opinion is the best dongle, but so far I have not succeeded.

The configuration is:

- White dongle connected by USB C to the black dongle (AAWireless)

- HDMI connected to the white dongle and digital board.

- White dongle connected by USB C to the USB port of the car.

In summary, what I want to do is add an HDMI port to the AAWireless dongle to be able to project the image to the digital board.

The images:

mk7_1: This is what I achieve with the AuroraLink dongle which has an HDMI, USB and USB C port

mk7_2: It is the aforementioned dongle

mk7_3: It is the connection I am trying to make to be able to add HDMI to the AAWireless dongle and project the image in the virtual cockpit

mk7_4 and mk7_5: It is the evidence that even if I connect the cell phone directly with the white dongle to the USB port of the car, it does not achieve the connection, since it says that I must check if the device is compatible with Android Auto.

Screenshot: It's the white dongle I'm using.

As I understand it, it would be possible, but apparently I must choose the appropriate cable/dongle that allows the connection to Android Auto, since the current one does not even allow me to directly connect to the cell phone.

Please, Can someone help me? I leave some images so that it is better understood and I apologize in advance for the bad English, my native language is Spanish :)

Greetings and thanks!!
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Not 100 percent sure how it's connected, can you explain the full setup? What do both of these dongles exactly do (black and white one)?
[Android Auto General] GTI-MK7:
I added the information in the original post. Thank you so much
[Android Auto General] sfm_es:
Today it has failed again.

After starting the car AA connected correctly, but some seconds later it got disconnected and a fixed green LED, LED off, blinking blue LED loop began.

Disconnecting and reconnecting the AAW to the USB didn't help.
[Android Auto General] cristi_b:
@Snirpo, please revert my firmware back to 2.1. Thanks in advance. AndroidAuto-AAWG9w85zWH
[Android Auto General] Marty_ro:
Hello everyone,

I've recently purchased an AAwireless dongle and since day 1 it keeps resetting randomly (it starts with small sound interruptions and it ends up resetting). I've switched through each and every single wifi channel, no improvement. I've noted that if I'm using only 1 app, either Spotify or Waze, it works fine, the sound issues and resets are occurring only when I'm using both apps.

The HU is a Kenwood 7017 DABS and the phone is a Poco X5 Pro 5G.

Any idea, any suggestion how can I get rid of these random resets?

Thank you very much in advance!
[Android Auto General] matrixhaj:
Does navigation works with headup display with AAwireless in your mercedes?

Originally its like this:

Original AA: Phone navigations shows in headup display, but car screen is splitted with android logo

Original Carplay: No navigation on Headup display, but car screen is Full screen

WIth AAwireless carplay protocol: Screen is fullscreen, but does headup navi work?

Please give me info
[Android Auto General] piri1312:
AAWq74dlNN8 device.

After leaving the car, Android Auto always remains active on the mobile phone while searching for Android Auto and cannot be closed unless you turn the mobile phone off and on again.

Solutions?
[Android Auto General] sailouterbanks:
My reset button is broken. Does the reset button make or break the circuit? Since it is missing I was thinking it is stuck on reset.
[Android Auto General] jhwbg:
I don't have HUD on windscreen so I can't really help you, it's like this for me,

Original AA with cable: Car screen is splitted with a big Android Auto logo.

Original Carplay with cable: Car screen is in full screen.

AAwireless over Carplay: AA is in fullscreen
[Android Auto General] jhwbg:
It happens sometimes even with other adapters, I usually toggle Bluetooth to make it go away.

It's not related to AAWireless.
[Android Auto General] myScreenIsTooSmall:
Sorry if this has been asked but I noticed in the aawireless wifi settings it says '2.4 ghz (not recommended).' can anyone help me understand why this is?

I saw this listed as a potential fix for disconnects when driving past specific locations
[Android Auto General] Ollie2:
My guess would be because 5ghz allows for faster data connections and as it doesn't penetrate objects as far there is less likely to be interference from other networks compared to 2.4ghz and the extra distance isn't needed in a car.
[Android Auto General] soniacpebit:
Hello everybody,

I am Sonia, and I work for the AAWireless team as a technical support. Since 2021, I have primarily been active on Freshdesk, Trustpilot, and related platforms. I will also be here starting today to assist you with any information or support you may need regarding AAWireless.

Looking forward to this!
[Android Auto General] GOFTC:
Hi, I am a new user of 2 units of aaWireless Gen 2,. One is being used in a Toyota Rav4 (2023) and another in an Toyota C-HR (2022). Both units work quite well (including auto connection on car power on), and are updated to fw 3.1.0 and 3.2.0 respectively, and I have them configured with dongle mode OFF, passthru mode ON and wifi over channel 165. I have observed some sporadic disconnections which I am blaming on interference.

The reason of this post is to 'publish' my mentioned settings as a working configuration for whoever has a similar toyota car, and at the same time to request wether there is any setting suggestion to provide for further stability in case the observed disconnections are not due to interference.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Auto General] GOFTC:
Note also that 2.4ghz link is much slowlier in terms of available bandwidth.
[Android Auto General] shafubhai:
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[Android Auto General] shafubhai:
I know it used to work on an older version of AAWireless but I don't remeber exactly when it stopped working.
[Android Auto General] Maverick0984:
I've had my AAWireless dongle for quite some time now, almost positively a gen1 as I didn't even know there was a gen2.

Ever since the 3.2.1 firmware update, I'm having issues every single time I get in the car now. It used to be nearly perfect on almost every firmware before this, say 29/30 times it would connect right up w/o issue or intervention. Now it fails every time and I have to jump through hoops in the app to get it to connect again. Some of the times, the app thinks I'm trying to connect a new device even, like I've never connected before. It's a pretty bad regression.

Not sure what's necessary to troubleshoot but the vehicle is a 2019 GMC Sierra, phone is a Galaxy S22 Ultra, and again, firmware on the device is 3.2.1. I see others mentioning their device name, so mine is AAWireless-RjVny2Ud. I don't recall what I was on prior to 3.2.1 but at least 3.0.

Almost just want to know if I can revert the firmware as previous versions have been so perfect that I forget it's even there.