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[Android Auto General] xrad:
Tried the beta FW (timeout-fix) and it seems that it improve things. Phone A was previously connected. I then put it into Airplane mode (with Wifi and BT off) and AAW automatically switched to Phone B. So thanks for that!

Next I tried handover via the companion app but "reliably" the HU only disconnected but did not accept the renewed request from AAW to start a new session. Everything entered the familar cycle of blue blinking, green steady, green blinking, blue blinking. From that I can only recover via a reset of the HU. But as discussed this is a different issue. I wonder if there is anything to be tried. In the HU's list of connected devices I see Phone A, B and AAWireless. When I would expect the handover to Phone A to succeed, it is listed as "connected". Not pretty, at least I'm glad I know a work-around.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can try something. Will create a custom fw today.
[Android Auto General] exge:
Hi, the AndroidAuto over CarPlay was working perfectly fine since the new beta firmware was out, but just today, it suddenly stopped working. Then the phone could not connect to CP at all.

I switched over to standard AAWireless and was able to connect, so it cannot be a cable or phone issue. I then switched it back to AAoverCP again and it could not connect, "Apply CarPlay could not be started" is the error i see.

To confirm, i also borrowed an iPhone to test that CP works and its working fine.

Would i be able to send you logs or some crashdumps to facilitate this process?
[Android Auto General] joeyberkovitz:
Please join slack and message there: https://join.slack.com/t/aawireless/shared_invite/zt-2cdqabtkg-N0HimXNxEbHWiATkd7lLbA

Logs and some more detail would be useful, ex: device name, car model
[Android Auto General] exge:
thanks, will ask on slack then! where are the logs located? just for completeness sake, phone is a xiaomi 12t pro 5g, and the car is a w205 mercedes benz c200 mild hybrid
[Android Auto General] zaang:
In my experience, you will always have problems as long as you have a Xiaomi cell phone. with the xiaomi 12 pro I had constant disconnections... I bought a Samsung S24 ultra, since I received it (24 January) I have never had any problems or disconnections.
[Android Auto General] josefsch:
Hi, I tried to send a bug report, but the AAW app claimed "no AAW device found".

Another time with a successful and working AA connection over AAW I also noticed that the AAW app says "no AAW device found".

To me it seems like the AAW app is only able to find the AAW device during a very short time after booting.

Is this normal?

How is the AAW app communicating to the AAW device? Bluetooth, WIFI?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Enabled a custom fw for you where we append the phone mac to the usb serial. Might do something, or it won't do anything :)
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
No doesn't sound normal. Configuration is managed through Bluetooth. Bug reports are downloaded through Wi-Fi though.
[Android Auto General] adamfozz:
I know that there is a lot of praise on here for AAWireless but my experiance was really poor. My device wouldn't work with my new car (blue flashing light) and I tried everything. Others on the car forum have it working is it's obviously some kind of anomaly but AAWireless just washed their hands of it. Very poor company.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
.... I don't know what happened but we never wash our hands of it. Send me a PM and I'll help you out.
[Android Auto General] adamfozz:
I was dealing with Sonia who can update you. Your product isn't reliable and you don't want to fix it. Others with the same phone and car have it working but mine doesn't so that's unreliable. I'm just being told, swallow the cost and enjoy your paperweight. I call that washing your hands of it.
[Android Auto General] adamfozz:
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[Android Auto General] xrad:
Unfortunately the latter, but thanks for trying. Phone A connected, request handover to B, then blinking blue/blinking green forever. I noticed that Phone A BT keeps being connected. Turned BT off on Phone B, no change. Also turned off Wifi on B, also no change.

I haven't tried recently, but I think that wired AA basically had the same issue, I couldn't just replug the other phone. At the time I didn't know I could reset the HU with long-pressing power, so I had to restart the car.

Again, thanks for the attempt to fix this. Will I automatically receive the final 3.3 and stay there? I wouldn't want to keep receiving betas (no offense.)
[Android Auto General] thechico1986:
Hi!

I was wondering if anyone was experiencing a similar issue. I got AA to run over CP. Aside from the occasional glitch on the screen (mostly Google maps) it works fairly smoothly. The main issue I'm having are the steering wheel controls. While they do work they're so sensitive and sporadic that you can't use them to control anything on the screen. The rotary controller works fine. My steering wheel controller is basically a small touch pad and this works fine when I use AA over CP with the Ottocast but their call quality is horrendous so I'm trying to switch back to AAWireless. Only reason I switched to Ottocast was the fullscreen mode.

Car: MB C43 2019 AMG
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
What's the BT name of your device? I'll enable a dev fw. Might fix it.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
That's unfortunate. If wired AA has the same problem there's not much we can do. I'll move your device back to beta, so when 3.3.0 is released, you can update to the release version.
[Android Auto General] xrad:
Fair enough. Initially I thought that with AAW the actual phone identies would be hidden, so that the HU thinks that always the same "virtual" phone is connected, but apparently this is not the case.
[Android Auto General] thechico1986:
It's AAW65071573! Thank you!
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
That is actually the case on the standard firmware, same usb serial for all phones connected. So it's probably something else. Possibly, on a wired connection, if you unplug you phone while AA is running and replug it, you will run into the same situation?
[Android Auto General] xrad:
Good thinking, I'll have to try that.
[Android Auto General] ryupunk:
@Snirpo Can I get the dev FW on my device too? It's AAWireless-e1a8faeb

I'm having a similar problem of what @thechico1986 described, only that in my case I can't skip tracks, however music volume works just fine.

FYI, my car is an Honda HRV 2019.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Enabled it, but I'd switch to "default" usb mode. Direct accessory was removed from the app a long time ago because it's deprecated, not nessecarry anymore.
[Android Auto General] Jochen Scheuerer:
Hello :)

First of all, I drive the same car as thechico1986.

As you know Snirpo I have always the lastest DEV software on my AAW.

I have heard from you, that in past you have had several try's, to bring the sensitivity from the right touch button on the steering wheel, somehow under control. Without success so far.

As it is from personal point of view, very nice, but as long as the d-pad with everything works perfectly and the AAW is 1000% more stability, has 2000% more feature etc, then others, everything what comes in my mind, it would be nice that the sensitivity is working, but should be NOT an prio 1 topic here.

From my point of view it would be nice, to bring the 3.30 to public and then focus on the last 0,01% of features, which do not work perfectly, as long as everything else is perfectly and has an working backup soulution.. Only my personal opinion. Compared to competitor products, the AAW is "lightyears" better for the MOPF of the 205 series, and we are crying on the highest level.
[Android Auto General] anonymous97:
Thank you it works now!
[Android Auto General] anonymous97:
Thank you very much, I was this close to throw it away 😅
[Android Auto General] martynas:
Please enable dev FW for me too. Same car same issue.

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[Android Auto General] Simon105:
I have this observation regarding the operation of carplay. Carlinkit started up on the box and immediately played the sound from Spotify. when using aawireless, after connecting it still throws to the radio. I just need to switch to carplay/media player. I turned on passthrough because it seems to have better audio quality. Do you have any idea how to improve this connection so that it immediately resumes the Spotify player?
[Android Auto General] thechico1986:
@Snirpo thank you for the new firmware. I tried it but unfortunately it didn't fix the sensitivity. I appreciate the attempt though. Maybe down the line it'll get fixed :) thank you!
[Android Auto General] r0x:
Please enable DEV-Firmware for my device. AAW8b7d0f0c
[Android Auto General] b0thunt3r:
Morning, any informations regarding ver 3.30 releasedate?

Especiallyi Fx Mazda "blinking blue" issues when switching phones. seems very interesting for me. Enabled beta release in the App but nothing to see so far - still at 3.2.1. If it helps - AndroidAuto-AAWa3211351 is the name.
[Android Auto General] piri1312:
Good morning, is it possible to get the new firmware 3.3.0? my AAWIRELESS is AAWq74dlNN8.My car mazda CX 30
[Android Auto General] b0thunt3r:
Same car!
[Android Auto General] kolchose:
@Snirpo What's new on DEV FW 3.4.0?

I found a "takeover" Button on the Companion app.

I hope this is a Funktion you are working for.

That were a nice feature if you have two devices at the same time near the adapter and you want to switch.

The best were if there is a button on Android Auto or car play launcher to switch.
[Android Auto General] dimitar mitev:
Please enable DEV-Firmware for my device. AAW4968fdf7
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
3.3.1 is rolling out as we speak.

3.4.x is the development firmware, it's now pretty much equal to beta. The take over button has been there for a quite a while, but it only works with dongle mode and start / stop disabled, otherwise we won't show it (because it quite simply won't be functional because of how these modes work). Showing our own setup / configuration UI on the Headunit has been on our list for a very long while. We will most likely include this for 4.x.
[Android Auto General] b0thunt3r:
Sadly not avaible here - still 3.2.1 and no update in sight. Anything i can do?
[Android Auto General] kolchose:
That's sounds good.

Hopefully it will be available in future.

So I will stay on DEV FW.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Toggle the beta toggle in the firmware update screen. That will force a sync.
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
Did that. Also restarted the device. Still says up to date on 3.2.1

Device 7ace8313
[Android Auto General] b0thunt3r:
Worked for me now, thanks
[Android Auto General] piri1312:
No updates for me yet
[Android Auto General] zaang:
After several disconnections with the Xiaomi 12 Pro, I ended up changing my phone and buying the Samsung S24 Ultra.

I've never had any disconnections again and the AAwireless has been working without any problems.

I just have a problem that I've always had even with the Xiaomi 12 Pro, Android auto doesn't start up by itself even though the option is active, I always have to touch the car's Android auto screen.
[Android Auto General] piri1312:
Worked for me , thanks.
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
Still nothing here. First tried on my iPhone, then my OnePlus using the AAW app and still says up to date and stuck on 3.2.1
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
There's a limit of 5 percent of beta users right now. We've probably reached that limit because people are massively updating.
[Android Auto General] r0x:
@ Apple Carplay users, has anyone managed it to get the auto fokus to work, so CP pops up automatically?

And AUTO PLAY of the last Media source on CP startup?
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
Works in my Kia and wife’s Suzuki. Just enabled both video focus options
[Android Auto General] r0x:
Ok thanks, I've enabled the both options too, but still doesn't work on my 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe.
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
What other settings have you changed? Mine are dongle mode off and passthrough on.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Passthrough and dongle mode have no effect on CarPlay.
[Android Auto General] r0x:
Whats about CP over AA or something like that, what's here the best setting?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
That makes AA run over the CP protocol, so it will use CarPlay on the car side for AA. In general I would not advice to use that.
[Android Auto General] zaang:
@Snirpo any solution for the android auto start automatically?

My car is a Opel Mokka 2023
[Android Auto General] uhero2:
Hello, when my phone is connected wirelessly to android audio of my car, I want to output audio from the usb-c port of my smartphone, for using an external dsp.

With the usb dongle I have now, this is not possible because the audio is always forced to android auto.

I read that AAwireless has a "disable media sync" function that allows the sound to NOT be forced to android auto, and use the internal speaker of the smartphone.

Do anyone knows if it will let me use the usb-c audio output too?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Potentially, only one way to try I guess ;)
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Does it start up automatically with a wired AA connection?
[Android Auto General] josefsch:
Hi, I just managed to reproduce a few situations and also send a bug report:

the AAW was connected to my laptop and I started the firmware upgrade to 3.3.1 from the app

after successfully upgrading, AAW rebooted and cycled green/flashing green/yellow for several minutes. (As reported in a previous post I also experience this occasionally in my car)

during this time the AAW's Wifi (AAWireless-uU9qZkbW) did not show, neither on my phone nor my laptop

I disconnected/reconnected the AAW from USB, also forcing a reboot, and it went to flashing blue within a few seconds, the AAW's Wifi showing on both phone and laptop and I sent a bug report.

now, some minutes later, the AAW is still flashing blue, of course, since it is waiting for the headunit on USB. However the AAW app does not find the AAW anymore.

I also managed to download the syslog using my laptop.

BR Josef
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Will check the bug report, but sounds defective to be honest.
[Android Auto General] zaang:
No
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Then there's unfortunately nothing AAWireless can do in this regard. Is a HU limitation.
[Android Auto General] J_E_F_F:
3.3.1 bug. Samsung S21+, GMC Sierra 2020.

Phone connects to AAW and audio plays through HU, but I can't open the AA app on the HU, it says no phone connected even though it is playing audio through AA. Verified that it isn't coming through Bluetooth, it is coming from AA and I can switch audio between AA and Bluetooth, I just can't open the AA app, as no phone is found.

Works fine wired.

I removed the phone from the HU and re-added, no change. Also cleared AA cache and rebooted.

I submitted a big report device unSpSANn
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you try to enable the "start fix"?
[Android Auto General] ew_aaw:
Hello,

after the firmware update from v3.2.1 to v3.3.1, the aaw no longer connects to the head unit, the aaw lights up blue, then flashes green and lights up blue again, etc.

I ask for the old firmware (v3.2.1).

My vehicle is Seat Ateca (2019).

my aaw is C110t4Hw.

My phone is a Samsung A51.

Thanks
[Android Auto General] r0x:
One more question,

since I use CP with AAW there is no Bluetooth connection between the Phone and Head Unit, when CP has started, is it normal?

So the phone connects vie BT, then CP starts, and BT disconnects again from the Head Unit.

And when I turn on the Start\Stop option, CP don't srart at all.

With my previous Android phone and AA, BT connection between the phone and the Head Unit was always there.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
On native CarPlay (with an iPhone) phone calls go through USB/WiFi, Bluetooth will be disabled. That's how it works by default (and how Google also should've done it, but they didn't). Start / stop will NOT work in combination with CP. Simply because it needs a companion app to work, and we don't have that for iOS. Even if we had, a start / stop service would be impossible on iOS.

In the version 4.x version of the app we will have a complete settings UI overhaul and prevent these forbidden combinations.
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
Has anyone else had issues with the mic on a call using carplay? I have this weird issue when on a call my mic suddenly drops off. I can hear the other side fine, everything else works but they do not hear me. When I switch audio from carplay to the phone, they can hear me again. When I switch back during the same call my mic is still not working. I need to end the call and call them back to get it working again. Sometimes it happens 4min into a call, sometimes 7, sometimes 13. It happens on fw 3.2.1 and 3.3.1. I sent a syslog to support from today. Just wondering if others have had a similar issue.
[Android Auto General] J_E_F_F:
No change. Audio still plays from phone through AAW to the HU, but the HU still says searching for phone and the AA app on the HU will not open.
[Android Auto General] josefsch:
I had a similar experience today in the morning the first time after upgrading to 3.3.1:

AAW connected within a few seconds, the LED staying solid blue. However, the headunit did not display the Android Auto button. I never had this before.

I disconnected/reconnected the AAW from USB, the headunit asked to allow Android Auto and finally Android Auto worked.

When driving home in the evening, AAW again connected within seconds and Android Auto worked.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yeah this is definitely a start fix issue. Can you potentially clear the paired phones on the HU?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Is this also a GM car? (Chevy, GMC etc)
[Android Auto General] Simon105:
I had a similar problem yesterday and today, but I thought it was a GSM signal problem and the other party couldn't hear me. I think I currently have firmware 3.3.0 carplay/kia sportage
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
Sportage here as well. I got dev fw 3.4.0 from support but with that the mic did not work at all, other side heard nothing from the start of the call. Sent a report and downgraded to 3.2.1

Also kudos to AAW support, the reaction time is awesome 👍
[Android Auto General] Simon105:
how did you downgrade the software version? Does it work better after changing to a lower version?
[Android Auto General] J_E_F_F:
I did that before I enabled start fix and it did not help

I just did it again, AFTER enabling start fix and it DID work properly. We'll see if it keeps working.
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
The software update menu showed an update available and it was 3.2.1 (latest stable) and if I enabled beta updates I was able to install 3.3.1.

3.2.1 has been the best for me because on 3.3.1 and later I had connection issues. The device did many cycles of blinking and solid green lights and I got a connection error on my HU even with uSB connect delay set to 5000ms (this setting fixed that issue on older versions). On 3.2.1 yhe phone connects quickly and every time. Also I can at least make shorter (sometimes longer) calls without the mic issue.
[Android Auto General] josefsch:
No, mine is a Renault Espace with R-Link2
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Ok thanks.
[Android Auto General] hocuspocus69:
Xiaomi 13t pro with Miui 14 and AAwireless 1st generation unusable because of screen update every 2-3 min ...after a lot of email with Technical Support they tell me "The problems seems to be indeed with your phone's OS, unfortunately we cannot fix this problem"

So be aware MIUI 14 and AAwireless seem not compatible on Xiaomi 13t pro series...
[Android Auto General] zaang:
Believe that the problem is really with your xiaomi phone, the xiaomi OS has a problem for years that breaks the Android auto wireless connection, xiaomi knows but dont solve the problem.

I was a Xiaomi user for several years (10 years), when decided to use Android auto with Head unit reloaded on the motorcycle... constant disconnections... I thought it would be HUR and gave up.

In October I bought a new car (opel mokka B) and installed AAwireless, guess what... I also had constant disconnections in the car.

I ended giving up the Xiaomi 12 Pro and buying a Samsung S24 Ultra (I received it on February 24th), since that day i drive mi car every day I never had any disconnections again, now the connection is completely stable.

Sell the Xiaomi and buy another brand.
[Android Auto General] hocuspocus69:
I've been with xiaomi mi mix 2s and miui 13 before same head unit and aawireless 1st generation, i'm an indiegogo supporter, with no problem but now with new phone and miui 14 no expected consideration by aawireless techincal support only sorry we cannot doing nothing ...it is a your problem!
[Android Auto General] zaang:
Like i said, its a Xiaomi OS problem, any change of network (for example 4G to 5G) and the android auto wireless connection is lost. can also happen when you receive a call.
[Android Auto General] festor:
I had been holding out for a fix from Xiaomi for far too long with my Poco F3. I was given false hope with an update last year that fixed the wifi disconnection issue when manually switching network type or turning data off/on, but it didn’t actually fix the problem in the real world while using AA on the road. Just to be clear, this is nothing to do with AAWireless. Xiaomi phones also frequently disconnect with native Android Auto wireless and other dongles etc. There is literally nothing AAWireless can do to fix this issue.

It's potentially down to a “Switch Between Networks" setting under the Network Acceleration section that’s only available on some Chinese MIUI ROMs. It's unfortunately on by default in other regions with no option to disable it.

I switched to LineageOS several months ago and have not had a single disconnection since. On one occasion I returned to the car quite quickly and AA wouldn’t start up automatically, but zero disconnections. So many other benefits too such as lack of bloatware, actual control of background apps and weekly OTA updates.

I will never buy another Xiaomi phone again and I’m now just annoyed I didn’t switch to a custom ROM years ago.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
It's been a while, and it seems that while my AAW just works great, I may have a new issue that others aren't reporting?

Sometime last year my issue with the Assistant not being audible got fixed, and I spent my time changing the Wifi frequency as it seemed that the voice recognition and talking when needing to ask a question and give responses was affected by this.

Anyway, I was away for a while and got new FW upon my return. I installed it and now I have a strange glitch where the music is almost muted when I am near some kind of speed camera equipment where I live. It took a few drives for me to realise that is when it occurs, as I was trying to see if changing the Wifi again would make a difference, and things would be fine until I went near a speed camera spot.

Is it just me with this? Can I try and go back to the 2.0 FW to test?

This is in my GTI with the Mib Pro 2.5 system.

My device is called AAWFRCCdkQU

Thanks
[Android Auto General] hocuspocus69:
my problem is not about disconnection... aawireless is steady blu and connected! It's the update of the screen that is stuttered 1 update every 2 minutes...
[Android Auto General] Habazon:
Hi,

Just updated to latest 3.3.1, i have problem with car mic.

When i use AA over CP car mic is not working at all, mic is not working on google assist or phone call.

Phone Samsung A54 and car is opel corsa f 2020 with 10" nav. When i use iphone car mic is working with the phone calls also with siri.
[Android Auto General] joeyberkovitz:
Is there any reason why you're using AA over CP? Does the car do widescreen in carplay only?

If there's no benefit, there's no reason to use AA over CP as it will always be worse than native AA.