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[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Interesting. Why non-dongle mode stopped working I can't explain, but what you explain here:

Returned to the car and the unit wouldn't connect. However, whilst watching bluetooth on the phone I saw it connect to the unit and then disconnect, cycling through this connect/disconnect but not starting AA.

I also noticed that the Honda handsfree hadn't connect so I manually selected it to connect

Once this connected, AA then also launched.

This is exactly how dongle mode works. The handsfree of the car must be connected to the phone, otherwise AA will not start up. Why the handsfree of the car doesn't connect to the phone is interesting though. Does the car loop through phones? Or does it only try to connect to the last connected phone possibly?
[Android Auto General] mike.s:
You're apparently using wireless Android Auto. That's the "official" Google method of connecting wirelessly to head units which support it. This thread is for AAWireless, a dongle which adds wireless capabilities to HUs which don't support wireless Android Auto. Yes, the naming makes it a bit confusing, but your issue isn't appropriate for this thread.
[Android Auto General] stokbaek:
A friend of mine uses Ottocast, and we tested it in my car. It uses the whole screen over the carPlay protocol (android auto has a big AA logo on the side).

I was hoping that version 3.0.0 was doing the same, but it seems it only runs on half the screen.

Does anyone know if I manually have to enable it, or is it dongle related?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
That's because some cars only use the full width of the screen for CarPlay. Ottocast uses the CarPlay protocol for both AA and CP. You can enable "AA over CP" in the AAWireless companion app to achieve the same, however it will not do full screen yet, because re-encoding of the video stream is needed. We are figuring out how to do this properly with hardware acceleration on our board.
[Android Auto General] Rainoffire:
Thank you Snirpo for the audio-fix firmware, it actually fixed a lot of issues that I have been having. The UI rarely lags anymore, and the horrible audio stutter is mostly gone.

I have also experienced the same flashing green and AA not starting. But it only happens after a while, like a week or two. Upon starting my car, it would blink green, then red, then blinks green forever. Sometimes, in the bluetooth setting, it connect to the headunit's BT, then disconnect, then repeat continuously. I fix it by going into AA settings and deleting the headunit in "previously connected cars." It will then start up instantly.

I have a smartwatch, and HUD that connects to my phones via Bluetooth too.
[Android Auto General] Patrick3000:
Just upgraded to FW 3.0 to try out the Beta Carplay functionality. Was not able to get it to work with an iPhone 14 on a 2020 Honda Odyssey. I could see the AAWireless unit as a Carplay device, and I did see the Bluetooth connect for a time, but Carplay never showed on the car.

Any known issues or things to try? Tried with and without passthrough mode enabled in settings (passthrough seems required for my Android phone on this car). I'd be willing to collect logs or try new FW builds.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
What you can try is to play with the iap settings. CarPlay settings are at the bottom of the settings screen. I don't think we have tested a Honda yet. Otherwise a bug report would be helpful (Settings screen --> top right icon). You can do this via the Android companion app. Or when the iphone is connected to the wifi network of AAW you can also reach the companion webapp at https://aawireless.app . Please post the name of the device here, so we know which device to look for :)
[Android Auto General] brackenhill_mob:
@Snirpo When you get a moment, sould you take a look at this please. TIA

https://xdaforums.com/t/aawireless-general-discussion-and-support.4247677/post-88905053
[Android Auto General] marias77:
Hey all, I have been attempting to connect to my new Toyota Rav4 with the new my21 audio unit that has native wireless applecarplay / wired android auto.. Aawireless attempts to connect, though then the head unit says connection failed, and keeps repeating.. the dongle goes from solid green to flashing green.. I have attempted all troubleshooting guides with no success.. hope someone here has a new Toyota and could please point me in the right direction as the aawireless device worked perfect with the last car.. thanks

Attached is the stereo model in the car if it helps
[Android Auto General] Patrick3000:
Just submitted a bug report for AAW7bba2cb3. Hopefully it shows the Carplay issue. Changing the iap settings did not seem to have an effect.

Also, after I submitted the report I tried it successfully on a Hyundai. So, appears the Carplay issue is only on the Honda.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you try these steps:

- Clear all phones on car side.

- Clear cache and data of AA

- Don't connect the phone wired.

- Pair AAWireless manually through bluetooth settings of the phone.

Please confirm if this does the trick.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Dongle mode will not drop the AA connection on handsfree connection loss. That's the part Google "forgot" to implement. Dongle mode will only prevent AA to start when the handsfree of the car is not connect. So only the start part has been implemented, not the stop part. That's very unfortunate, because if they had implemented the stop part, we wouldn't have needed our start/stop functionality at all.

Thanks! Will check it out. Hyundai / KIA has been tested pretty extensively because of our Korean partner (Carple). So in general Hyundai and KIA should work.

Unfortunately the CarPlay protocol is horribly complex and filled with head unit specific quirks. So we bassiccly have to work it out for each brand. We now completely understand why it took the Chinese so long to get it right with CarPlay. We are lagging behind a bit, but I'm convinced we will get there. And without using any semi-legal (or illegal) MFi chip onboard.
[Android Auto General] brackenhill_mob:
Bummer. But good to know. Thanks for answering.
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
I'm riding "TOYOTA VOXY" sold in Japan.

The release date will be after "TOYOTA RAV4". After the recent DA update, AAWireless connection is no longer possible automatically. The connection always fails.

・Non-dongle mode

・AAWireless blinks green → blinks blue → lights up blue

・Press the DA "AA connection" tap several times to connect.

I've tried all the methods listed here to resolve this issue, but none of them worked. I'm sorry for the bad writing because I converted it from Google Translate.
[Android Auto General] Cityhunteruk:
Please could i be added to the latest beta AAWcd1390e5

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you post the device name? (AndroidAuto-AAWxxxx or AAWireless-xxxxx)?
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
It's （AndroidAuto-AAW54e941e8）.
[Android Auto General] marias77:
Thanks for the reply, i tried this with both aawireless dongles and none worked.. I have attempted factory reset of stereo and phone with no luck ..

Device I'd is. Aawireless-cdc3bbbe

If that assists
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you possibly push a bug report through the app (settings --> top right icon). Does the LED at any point go blue? Please set USB mode to default.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you push a bug report (settings --> top right icon)? Please enable the "debug mode" toggle.
[Android Auto General] Krinkles:
Just thought I'd give an update following some further testing.

I've tried with my wife's phone connected to the car, then coming back to mine, and all seems OK (hopefully not tempting fate here and it stops working when I go to the car later!)

I can't seem to recreate the issue of my handsfree not connecting but it seems as though that was the initial cause of the problem I was experiencing.

So I'm all good and happy now, thanks for your help.
[Android Auto General] marias77:
The led only flashes green then occasionally goes red, I tried to generate a bug report but it pops up starting "to continue select android auto on your car screen".. nothing comes up on the car screen.. phone says searching.. couldn't connect..bug report failed.. device status flashing green
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Hmyeah that's probably because AA is interfering with downloading of the bug report. Can you try to connect the dongle to an USB power source (wall adapter, pc, laptop) and try to generate the bug report? Please disable passthrough before generating the bug report. Disabling passthrough will probably also make it act differently in the car. The device will go blinking blue and stay blinking blue.
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
MOD TRANSLATION (from translate.google.com)

"I just submitted a bug report. thank you."

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先ほどバグレポートを送信しました。ありがとう。

Hirokiaaa, Greetings, and welcome to XDA Developers Forum. As a friendly reminder, we ask all members to please post in English as stipulated by Forum Rule 4 (quoted below) -- that you just agreed to when you first registered your account. Please consider this when you are creating a post in the future. Feel free to include your original message under the English message if you wish. If you do not know English, I encourage you to use any of the resources in the quote below. Your post has been translated as a one-time courtesy.

Thank you for your cooperation, and have a good one!

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[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Looking at the log I don't see any issues. Seems to be working fine according to the logs, so it's pretty confusing. Can you possibly create a video showing the LED of the device and the screen of the head unit (car radio) of what's happening exactly?
[Android Auto General] Jenzaah:
How do you know if your device is capable of the 3.0 Carplay upgrade? My devicename is C267G611
[Android Auto General] Flame Red:
@Snirpo

Been running the Beta 3.0 Beta software and I am ecstatic to report that it fixed the stutter problem completely! For the first time I had no stutter at all during Waze directions.

(y)

Thank you!
[Android Auto General] gerrya:
I was having this issue of unable to connect recently and I did what you said and deleted the Bluetooth connection, reconnected and so far today it has connected 3x in a row. I am still on 1.80 because a while back you downgraded my firmware since that worked better for Jeep Uconnect, any reason to update to the latest?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
That's odd, because we didn't change anything regarding stuttering. What's the name of your device? Since when did it stop stuttering?
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
I apologize for posting in Japanese the other day. Can you see my situation in this video? AA's "Auto-start Android Auto" setting is "Always".
[Android Auto General] Flame Red:
Device is: hf5gcQJG

The stuttering stopped as soon as upgraded to the Beta 3.0 on Monday (yesterday). I did not change any settings.
[Android Auto General] agentmyke:
I have a problem activating the auto start funcition in my AA doesnt works with speedity VPN, i have to disable it to works, but when i dont enable this it work fast as the light... is a fix in future to solve this? i use on my Fox Xtreme Wokswagen System...
[Android Auto General] Lenster45:
Changed Phones AAWireless won't connect

Change from LG V50 which worked for the past year to A S23+

AAWireless 3.28

AA 10.2

Android 13

Works fine when connected by USB.

I can see my Device is connected in wifi connections and it is listed in BT, paired, but not connected. Unit is blinking blue.

When I try to open the AAWireless app, after allowing all permissions, it sits there pulsing a screen telling me that the battery setting in AA is set to restricted and giving me directions to open the app and set the battery to unrestricted but when I go into AA settings it is already set to unrestricted. I have developer settings turned on in AA and Wireless Android Auto along with Unknown resources are the only two things checked.

Edit: I have also tried clear cache and data on both the AA and AAWireless apps. as well as uninstalling and reinstalling both.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Ah right but you went from audio-stutter-fix fw to 3.0.0. So the audio-stutter "fix" might have made things worse in your case.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Blinking blue is always a car side (USB side) issue. Please check the cable, or try another cable. If you still have the V50, can you try that phone again?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I guess you mean start / stop? You have to exclude the AAWireless companion app from the VPN.

Hmm yeah, thanks. Does "Use Android Auto" toggle get turned off on every start of the car? Blinking blue in that case makes perfect sense, because AA isn't enabled on the car side. And when the "Use Android Auto" toggle is enabled, do you always have to manually press the "connect" button manually to start up AA? When you connect the phone wired (with USB cable), do you also have to manually start AA on the head unit? Or does it automatically start?

When the LED of the device is solid blue, and you don't press the "connect" button, does it go back to blinking green after a few seconds?
[Android Auto General] Lenster45:
I found an option which limits the battery charge to 80% and turned it off. AA connected fine with AAWireless. (Solid blue) same cable. Went in and turn the option 80% limit back on and it still connects fine through AAWireless. However with the 80% charge limit option on or off, everytime I try to open the AAWireless app I get this screen telling me to i must set my AA app battery option to unrestricted. Both AA and AAWireless apps have battery set to unrestricted. I cannot proceed further in the AAWireless app since I cannot

clear this screen I have cleared data and cache on the app and uninstalled/reinstalled it. The screen just blinks at me. Since the device is working wirelessly now I don't need the app but still its frustrating.
[Android Auto General] agentmyke:
Hi Snirpo, its already on bypass list on Speedify and still doesnt works like start/stop desactivated ultra fast loading...
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
The toggle for "Use Android Auto" does not turn off every time. When I start the car, it is in the same toggle state as when I left the car last time. In order to make the device light blue, I manually turn it off once every time to connect the vehicle and Bluetooth. I'm always tapping the "Connect" button when the "Use Android Auto" toggle is on. However, if the toggle is on and the car is started, the device is always flashing green. So, after connecting the vehicle and Bluetooth once and blinking blue, turn on the "Use Android Auto" toggle, check the blue light, and press the "Connect" button to connect.

If the device turns blue and you don't press the "Connect" button, it will revert to flashing green and after a few seconds turn blue again.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
There's no check in the app if the battery restriction is actually turned off (because we can't). You can just scroll down in this screen and press "Next". It will only show this screen once, unless you clear data of the AAW app.

Android Auto itself is also excluded? Can you share the name of your device so I can check the app logs?
[Android Auto General] agentmyke:
Dure ut aks
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Sorry, I mean the device name of AAWireless (from Bluetooth settings)
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
OK to confirm I understand correctly:

When the "Use Android Auto" toggle is enabled, the handsfree of the car does not connect to the phone == blinking green LED.

When "Use Android Auto" is turned off, the handsfree of the car connects to the phone. This will make AA start up == blue LED. But do to this, you always have to press the "connect" button manually?

When the phone is connected wired (via cable), will AA start up automatically? Or do you also have to press the "connect" button?
[Android Auto General] agentmyke:
This is My name AAWireless-gOaqTIuo...
[Android Auto General] Lenster45:
AAW2nHyc6mJ. Also the previously attached screen sits there and blinks at me once with restricted highlighted and once with unrestricted highlighted and back again like its try to show me what to do but I can tap anything. I have to back out . But when I go into the AA app unrestricted is highlighted. It sounds like something with Android but like I said, the connection is working fine wirelessly, I just can't access the AAWireless app. Android14 should drop in a few weeks, maybe that will fix it.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
You can access the app. You don't have to actually check the battery restriction settings. Pressing the "Next" button on the bottom of the screen should get you to the home screen. If not, something is broken.
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
・yes. that's right.

・yes. You should always "Connect to car Bluetooth ==Tap the connect button on AA". AA activation is not always successful. I haven't been able to find a rule for this yet.

If you connect to AA with a cable, it will surely start automatically.

Thank you for thinking with us.
[Android Auto General] stokbaek:
Been using AAWireless for a bit now, and I found a few issues.

When I run it as native Android Auto will it randomly disconnect and reconnect all the time

If I run it through carplay protocol is there no form of disconnection

If you try to play the car radio while using carplay protocol will Android Auto crash and start again

It is not possible to move right from the main menu (non touch screen) and some apps is it not possible to move left to go back into the side menu.

I am mainly interrested in the DC issue when running native, as the movement issues also exists in other Android Auto over CarPlay protocols so they might be something that is simply not possible.
[Android Auto General] stevem999:
Hi, new AAW user, been very pleased with it so far apart from one annoying thing and that is the device disconnecting whenever cell signal drops out or is marginal. I can see some previous posts on this and it seems to be an Android issue rather than an AAW issue, but can't see if there was ever any resolution/workaround at all? I did raise a ticket with AAW support but their response was to change the wi-fi channel which I did but had no effect (not that I thought it would, felt a bit of a brush-off tbh). It's really annoying that sat nav will be more important in areas where cell signal is likely to be worse but will be more likely to drop out! Thanks
[Android Auto General] MikeFRG:
Hi, how do I find out if my device is a gen 2 for using apple carplay?

The device is on firmware 2.01

Device: MoRs9EdD
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Is this an Xiaomi phone?
[Android Auto General] stokbaek:
The name is "AAWUwDR3eMQ"
[Android Auto General] stevem999:
No, Samsung Note 20 Ultra 5G.
[Android Auto General] kv1dr:
That's interesting. I have Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and I don't have those problems. And I am driving daily on roads that have low signal or where signal drops. I know these are not the same phones, but they are the same brand. I heard Xiaomi has those issues, but not on Samsung. That's weird.
[Android Auto General] mdwheaton@gmail.com:
I've been having an issue for the last few months.

When phone plugged in via cable (no AA) all works PERFECTLY.

When on AA, about 50% of the time I cannot reply to text messages nor create calendar entries.

When creating a calendar entry, it hears the title perfectly, but when asked for the time/date, it just stops listening.

The same is true when responding to text messages, SOMETIMES it might hear one word of my response, but then stop listening.

AA Wireless v 3.28.0

2021 Ford Bronco Sport

Anyone else?
[Android Auto General] snpetit:
Hi,

anybody else except me experiences with app version 3.28.0 problem with Waze?

It stops refreshing the HU displays 10-30 sec and after then continues to work, again stops refreshing, again works

Sometimes during this pause, Update available message showing up on the left upper corner. When i tap it on, Andorid auto was stopped message pops up with an option to wait or close application.

With cable everything is working fine.
[Android Auto General] marias77:
Exact same issue with my Toyota rav4
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
I saw your post and was able to decide to post it. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity.

I also saw the reply to you, so I made the same settings, but it doesn't improve my case.

It may have been limited to this model, but I think something changed in the Toyota DA update in early August.

I couldn't get a good answer from a Japanese device distributor...
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yes, we are getting more reports of this issue. But your video was extremely helpful to show what's actually happening, thanks. I have some ideas how to work around the issue. It's a tricky one because it's a head unit software issue, so it will require a "Toyota fix / workaround". Will get back to you.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you uninstall the app? What's the name of your device?
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
Thank you. I think it would be great if I could be of use to Toyota users. As a test, I turned off the dongle mode and tried it, but the display "Device 2" appeared on the Bluetooth connection screen. If this is the specification, there is no problem, but I feel that such a device was not displayed before.
[Android Auto General] brackenhill_mob:
Check the back of the unit. From memory I think mine says something like "Gen2" but I could be wrong
[Android Auto General] MikeFRG:
Thanks, but the device backside is blank
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Either blank, or a sticker which says "cs307" is a gen 1 device without CarPlay support. For now atleast.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Did the LED go solid blue without dongle mode?
[Android Auto General] Hirokiaaa:
yes.

I was able to connect to the newly appeared "Device 1" and start AA. However, AA does not start automatically. A tap is required on the vehicle side. Unlike when dongle mode is on, there is no need to connect the vehicle's Bluetooth. Leave it set to "Use Android Auto" on the vehicle side. LED lights up in green == Lights up in blue == AA connection error == Lights in green == Lights up in blue == Lights up in blue == Tap "Use Android Auto" == Connect to connect.
[Android Auto General] fccolonia10:
Hi, is there a way to update the AAWireless device to the newest firmware without a Android Device? At the moment I only have iOS and Windows devices.

I´m connected to the WiFi Hotspot but would need the firmware file to update the firmware via the web browser.

I still have the AAWireless (cs317) and wan´t to try the carplay feature.
[Android Auto General] bigcid10:
I think it's really rotten that the people that put aawireless on the map by putting up money before actually came out and now have a first generation box are going to get cut out of getting the Apple CarPlay feature so I would have to buy another one in order to get that feature but yet we're the ones that made it happen in the first place
[Android Auto General] sibesaver:
Happens all the time with tech. Capabilities change due to hardware. Smartwatches, phones, IoT devices, even cars, why would AAW be different? It's a great product that fills a needed niche, and it's bound to evolve. And before you ask, yes I was an original backer.
[Android Auto General] bigcid10:
I would think that we would have to send our device in and get a new one or they should send us a modified firmware to make it work or back to the first statement send it in and send you a refurbished one with version 2
[Android Auto General] mike.s:
-1

Exactly what didn't you get which was promised, or even implied? And, it was on Indiegogo, where you're not so much buying something (there is no guarantee that a product will even be delivered) as funding development with hope for a discount on a product.

And no, you didn't make "it happen in the first place", the aawireless team did, you just provided some funding.
[Android Auto General] bigcid10:
My point is is that I have a first generation one and that I'm getting shut out of the newer technology