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[Android Auto General] joeyberkovitz:
To my knowledge, BMW and by extension Mini, only supports wireless carplay with no option for wired.

AAW currently only supports wired AA/CP to wireless with the option for AA over CP. It is technically feasible, possibly requiring some additional hardware, to do wireless AA to wireless CP, although this feature would only exist for BMW brands. Given that, I can't say if or when that functionality would be added.
[Android Auto General] josefsch:
As I have written before, I am quite happy with my setup right now!

However, there is one annoying issue, which I have had since receiving my AAW in January 2022:

When I leave my car for a short time only, e.g. paying at the counter in the gas station, retrieving cash at an ATM, after returning to the car, AAW will not (re)connect, typically flashing green.

I believe the problem is the AAW being powered all the time, losing connection to the phone and then not being able to reconnect.

Is there anything I can do to improve this?

(BTW, my device ID is uU9qZkbW)
[Android Auto General] GOFTC:
Hi, this morning suddently the AAWireless did not connect my phone to my Toyota Rav4 and no longer does connect afterwards. The configuration was working perfectly for around 10 days before, with firmware 3.2.1, under android auto 10.9.6346. Now at startup the phone enters in a loop 'searching for android auto' (that is what it reads on the notification area). I have tried to restart the phone, remove and recreate the BT link to the aaWireless device, restart Android Auto with new data/cache, running the app problem solver... to no avail. Any ideas on what to try next ? (wired AA works perfectly as always). It did work before with dongle mode OFF, passthrough ON.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
If dongle mode is enabled, disable it.
[Android Auto General] GOFTC:
Sorry, I have not changed settings from the working configuration, so dongle mode has always been disabled, before (working) and now (does not connect). Just verified and retested though. Any other suggestion ?
[Android Auto General] madz860:
Hi all.

I think the issue with Xiaomi and disconnections has finally been fixed! I had driven for 2 weeks now, without a single disconnection! Can anyone confirm this?
[Android Auto General] Mux89:
Hey @Snirpo,

how can i be Beta tester?

I Have a Gen1 Device i think. I Got it from the Indiegogo Campaigne

AAWireless-9SshzSE1
[Android Auto General] festor:
That's great, what phone do you have and did you receive an update a few weeks ago?

It has not been fixed for the POCO F3 (EEA) version. There have been a few more recent updates in other regions, but they seem to be abandoning the phone in general. No Euro updates for 7 months. Official support ends in a few months.

I was very hopeful with the last EEA V14.0.9.0 update back in May. When you manually disabled/enabled data it no longer disconnected wireless. It coincided with very few AAWireless disconnections, but it was just an unfortunate coincidence. I will never buy another Xiaomi device because of this longstanding issue that they just ignored for years.

I was about to buy a Pixel 8 after launch then stories of overheating issues started coming out. A few posts about AAWireless connection issues too. I finally installed LineageOS 20 on my POCO F3 and I’m absolutely gutted that I didn’t switch earlier.

It has zero bloat and is buttery smooth. An actual 120Hz refresh rate setting and with high touch polling rate enabled, it feels like a new phone. I haven’t had a single drop from AAWireless in the past month. It also connects faster, but it might be because I haven’t enabled Dongle mode. It has even fixed some separate issues I had with WiFi calling and I’m now free from MIUI power management deciding what apps I would like to run. Weekly OTA updates if you want them too.

If you need Google Wallet and to get the absolute maximum out of your battery, Lineage might not be the best option for you though.
[Android Auto General] madz860:
My Phone is a Xiaomi 11T, and because of the Mediatek processor not many customs roms are available.

There has been no updates on MIUI, then it has to be Android Auto. Thats what so strange.

Anyway, i hope next month when HyperOS rolls out to this model that it still works :)
[Android Auto General] GOFTC:
Well, it seems that I've been able to sort out what happened. I am describing it hereunder for future reference and help for whoever has the same problem.

The newer Toyotas in Europe do support wired Android Auto AND wireless Carplay. AAWireless recentñy incorporated Carplay functionality. This caused the incompatibility:

This morning while doing different tests to findout why my AA was not connecting through AAwireless I noticed that in the headunit list of BT pairings, at the end of it there was a new 'AAWireless' pairing. This suprised me because I had never paired the HU to the Dongle (since USB connected), moreover, because this is really not needed. As soon as I suppressed this pairing, The wireless Android Auto began to work properly. Then I went to the phone and saw that the 'Carplay beta functionality' was activated in the AAWireless helper APP. I proceeded then to switch it off so that this BT pairing is not created again.

My understanding is that the headunit was seeing AAWireless as a Carplay device and created a BT pairing that was conflicting with the Android Auto link at the time this one was being established, because at least it was stealing the phone connection from the smartphone BT pairing. Clearly the headunit was not designed to 'see' the same phone as a potential Android Auto AND Carplay device at the same time.

@Shirpo, does this description make sense ?
[Android Auto General] festor:
I always though it would be good if Google could lengthen the timeout (or similar) for AA disconnections. I didn't know if it’s even possible, but I posted about it here and requested it on the AA community forums over a year ago. It’s great if they have introduced some sort of buffer for quick disconnections in general, and not just for Xiaomi users.

Maybe you can post the version of AA you’re using and other MIUI users can give it a try.
[Android Auto General] notorious.dds:
Thanks Snirpo.

Given that reality, I went ahead and created a tasker project to acheive my intended goal. If anyone else wishes to use use AAWireless in their car with native wireless Android Auto, fell free to play with this:

Tasker Share

taskernet.com

Essentially, all that is does is:

Restart the AA app on my phone as soon as the phone connects to the dongle via bluetooth.

If AA fails to connect via the dongle after 3 restarts of the AA app on the phone, it will toggle the phone's bluetooth radio off and back on thereby triggering the whole process to start over. It will continue to do this until either: AA connects via the dongle or the dongle is simply powered down such that it no longer attempts to make a bluetooth connection with the phone.

No idea how portable it is for others, but it does work for me.
[Android Auto General] Kingcool88:
Hi again @Snirpo can you maybe make me be on latest again. With this firmware I'm getting massive audio stutter, and I see on the release log that there is a fix for it on Volvo on later firmware. Tnx!

Edit: Tnx! I will try to send some bug reports when I get connectivity issues again (as I had when using 3.2.1 before).
[Android Auto General] soniacpebit:
Hi there,

You can opt in for BETA using the AAWireless companion app. If you face difficulties with enabling it, please email us at support@aawirelesss.io and I will take a closer look.
[Android Auto General] soniacpebit:
Just moved you back to the Production branch. Hope this time everything goes well.
[Android Auto General] Kingcool88:
Gracias :)

I'll see if I still have connectivity issues like I had on 3.2.1 before. Will send bug report then.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Have you connected it wired potentially?
[Android Auto General] GTI-MK7:
Friends, does anyone know how to do it?

Basically what I need is to add an HDMI port to our AAWireless to project the image into my virtual cabin.
[Android Auto General] esl537:
Hello.

I was able to test my AAwireless device with a different car and found it working just fine. So this means the issue is with my Mazda.

Question - since Android Auto works wired to my phone in the Mazda, it seems like the AAwireless device should work as well. What should the next step be? Would a firmware update on the Mazda Head Unit fix this issue?

Thank you.
[Android Auto General] esl537:
Hi.

Thank you for answering my question in a previous message. I am interested in what you have described in your most recent message. For context, one of the first things I tried in my efforts was to update Android Auto to the latest - I last was testing with the update released on Dec 15.

That said, you mention "uninstalled updates from AA then reinstalled and setup..." I am interpreting "AA" = Android Auto. How do you uninstall updates? I only know how to uninstall the app.

Thank you.
[Android Auto General] GOFTC:
Hi, I did not connect my phone wired since I installed AAWireless and upto when the problem happened. At that point and after investigating a bit I did connect it wired as a bypass interim solution to have AA until the problem got solved.

I could fix the problem and determine the cause afterwards, 24h later (yesterday). Please see my post #6488 (Link), where I am attempting to explain it, and that may fix similar problems for Toyota owners in the future with AAwireless when using fw that enables the new Carplay functionality.
[Android Auto General] marias77:
Unfortunately in Australia we have a similar stereo, but have tried every option to no avail.. even using the y cable as advised doesn't work.. so I'm envious you got it working .. tried on multiple devices as per attachment all running various firmware with no luck 🤯
[Android Auto General] GOFTC:
Hi, for what it is worth I am here completing the description of my environment hoping that maybe you can spot on any difference that could be the cause of yours non functioning :

1. Car. My car is a Rav4 Hybrid. The headunit is a 'Smartconnect+' one, with DCU (SCOMO ID) 21TT2EUD0110 HU0000 which means Europe model, navigation enabled, Panasonic made. The software version is v2050.

2. My phone is a Samsung A51 5G w/Android 13 and OneUI 5.1. My Android Auto version is 11.0.635 (no problems with previous versions since 8.0.xxx)

3. The AAwireless dongle is updated to version 3.2.1 (previous versions 2.x) worked even better in this environment since were no Carplay compatible and thus did not mess up the BT connections in the car) and the companion App is the latest provided in the Play Store.
[Android Auto General] pflyaz:
Release 3.2.1 fixes music stuttering issues between my Samsung S22 Ultra (Verizon stock fully updated) and my Volvo XC90 2020 Sensus head unit – thank you!

Back in posts #5,940 and #6,022 (September and October) I reported all good with my gen 2 AAWireless unit AAWb7293371 except for music stuttering every minute or so. I have taken the various releases since then and am now happy to report that the music stuttering problem has been fixed with 3.2.1 and selecting “High” on the “Audio stutter fix” option in settings. I have been running with this option set for about a week now and have not noticed any stutters – they were very obvious previously. Thank you @Snirpo and all the engineering team! In addition, I can report that Android Auto starts and is ready to go within 20-30 seconds of starting the Volvo’s engine. So there are no startup delays either.

Since I read in this forum that the stuttering problem is a particular “feature” of Volvos, I share here for the benefit of other Volvo drivers the settings I have on my AAWireless device that are giving me fully functional Android Auto with no glitches and no stuttering.

Android App: 3.37-1121

AAWb7293371 unit FW: 3.2.1

Audio stutter fix: High

USB mode: Default

Enabled: Dongle mode, Start/Stop, Receive beta updates

Disabled: CarPlay(BETA), USB Mode, Passthrough, VAG crash fix, Start fix, Remove tap restriction, Disable media sink, Disable TTS Sink. Auto video focus, Developer mode

Change DPI=0, and all BT options are 0
[Android Auto General] danw_oz:
Yes you are correct AA = Android Auto

If you locate the application in the recently updated apps list in playstore, you can then choose uninstall, because it is a system app (on pixel 8 pro) will then prompt to uninstall all updates
[Android Auto General] Starky09:
Is there a way to downgrade the firmware? Since the last update (3.2.1), AAWireless only works sporadically if passthrough mode is not activated. However, as I want to change the PPI number, this is not really an option for me.

Car: Kia Ceed Sportswagon (no software update since)

AAWireless: 3.2.1

Phone: Oneplus 7T Pro with Paranoid Android Topaz 7 (no update since)
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
What's the bluetooth name of the device?
[Android Auto General] Starky09:
AAWireless-LSZRkSP3
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Can you push a bug report through settings --> top right icon. Debug doesn't have to be enabled.
[Android Auto General] Starky09:
Did it, thanks for your help!
[Android Auto General] danw_oz:
This device is amazing, thanks to the product team and the amazing after sales service helping people troubleshoot their setups. I must say this device overall has worked flawlessly. Wireless AA on my gig is available instantly as soon as my head unit has booted, have not noticed any stuttering, a couple of pauses of audio, but 99.99% sure this was cell quality drop not the AAWireless device.
[Android Auto General] marias77:
Thanks for that, I think it is the head unit in Australia... we don't have the Panasonic edition, I'm running samsung s23 and s22 on Android 13, aa auto 10.9.63644..

Have tried on rav4 hybrid, corolla hybrid, corolla petrol. Corolla Cross and all with the same issue 😮‍💨
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
You probably have the Denso made version. That one is very problematic.
[Android Auto General] marias77:
Yeah I think so, I tried it with the y cable you recommended and still had no luck
[Android Auto General] Radegast12:
Is there any change in this matter?

If I connect to AAW for example with a tablet as a hotspot, will the connected tablet have an internet connection?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I have found the problem. The car is sending invalid data, making the connection crash. It never crashed on 2.x? Quite surprising. It seems to be running a very old version of the AA protocol as well. "Sending HU AA version "1.0" to phone". I'll check if I can work around this issue.
[Android Auto General] Starky09:
Thank you. It worked just fine on 2.x.
[Android Auto General] krystiano:
Hi @Snirpo just want to say thank you for great support and device.

I’m running aawireless in Mazda 3 with iPhone 12 and it almost perfect for me.

Just want to ask there is any option to automatically start internet radio app when phone connected.

Sometimes radio app start with CarPlay sometimes not and I have to switch normal radio to app
[Android Auto General] aeropiloot:
If anyone has connection issues with carplay in Kia (and probably Hyundai) vehicles, maybe this will help. I had intermittent connection errors in my car. Sometimes the phone would connect immediately, other times it would go into a loop of blinking and solid green light with connection error message on the head unit. To fix this I changed the "USB connect delay" option under CarPlay settings in AAwireless from 0 to 5000. After that there have been no connection issues and the phone connects every time. My other settings are (only the ones I changed from default)

Passthrough enabled

Dongle mode disabled

Auto video focus enabled (both)

I'm running AAwireless fw version 3.2.1 and iOS 17.2.1, head unit fw is also the latest.

Thank you for a great device. Now if only I could get it to work in my wife's Suzuki...
[Android Auto General] putteringalong:
I have use an AAWireless box for >1yr on two different cars. It works great!

That said my new car (Hyundai Santa Fe '23) now says that the native head unit will support wireless Android Auto. This is desirable to clear out the data USB port and save some real estate in the car console because the AAWireless box sits in a cup holder. Can I use any of the AAWireless box settings to make it disappear to the car? Instructions from Hyundai say to set up WiFi but I cannot get the option to come up. It looks like the AAWireless box does something with WiFi but I don't get a chance on the car to set it up.

TIA for any suggestions
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
@putteringalong

I don't understand : if your car now supports wireless AA, you don't need AAWireless box anymore !... Just disconnect and remove it !!!
[Android Auto General] soniacpebit:
We cannot really control which app starts up when launching AA. Perhaps you have something in your settings which makes that possible for you.
[Android Auto General] SedyBenoitPeace:
I just want to thank the developers of this amazing adapter! I'm glad that I supported you buying the device.

My first one was MA1 (nothing wrong with that and I'll keep it in case of emergency), but the amount of customization thanks to the app is unbelievable, and the developer mode is allowing you to play around with "unofficial" apps also with Android 14 (definitely something that worth the cost on its own), although of course you can't advertise this feature.

As of now, nothing wrong so far with a Samsung S23 Ultra with A14.
[Android Auto General] J_E_F_F:
AAWireless 2

AAWireless 2 will add a button to switch users and CarPlay in beta to the wireless Android Auto adapter

AAWireless 2 is launching in 2024, the company has announced, with the wireless Android Auto adapter adding a physical button and more.

9to5google.com
[Android Auto General] Silvio1977:
Hello, I have a Mercedes W205 and use AA over CP so that I have full screen. In order for phone calls to work, I had to deactivate the dongle mode and remove the Bluetooth connection to the car. So far everything is working fine, except when I turn off the car and walk away, my phone keeps looking for AA. Do you have any idea what I can set so that the phone stops searching for AA?
[Android Auto General] joeyberkovitz:
Does the USB port in the car stay powered after turning the car off, and does the searching message only appear while roughly in range of the car?
[Android Auto General] Silvio1977:
Unfortunately, I don't know how long the USB port in the car will continue to supply power. I get very far away from the car and the phone won't stop searching for AA. When dongle mode was activated, this problem did not exist.
[Android Auto General] joeyberkovitz:
You can send a bug report with debug mode enabled and let me know what the device name is, and I can take a look, but if the only problem is a notification, I would be inclined to just ignore it for now until higher priority issues are resolved.

Dongle mode will only connect when the car BT actually connects whereas without dongle mode, which is necessary for AA over CP to work fully, the phone will try to connect whenever the AAW is powered, and I think it's not unheard of for the notification to get stuck if the phone was trying to connect and then you went out of range. One solution if the USB port is staying powered would typically be start/stop, although this isn't currently tested with AA over CP and the standard functionality wouldn't really work because the phone never connects to the car directly anymore.
[Android Auto General] ijuzwa:
Hello,

I was using AAwireless with Xiaomi 12X and Mazda MX-5. Had some disconnect issues over the time, but no problems with first configuration and startup after car launch.

A few days ago, I switched to a new Samsung S23 and tried to configure the new device. AA is working flawless on cable. But after clean first configuration with AAwireless phone seems to recognize dongle and launching AA on phone. But nothing happening on car side, dongle led keep flashing blue.

I had a lot of fights with troubleshooting in the past, so what I already tried:

- latest firmware 3.2.1 and companion app updated

- remove all paired phones from car setup, dongle factory rest, companion app reinstall, AA cache/data full delete, removing all BT devices and wifi on phone side

- battery saving disabled for companion app and AA, all possible permissions granted

- clean first time setup from companion app

- when above failed, I tried passthrough on/of, change usb mode

- tried few times reset, removing, reinstalling, clearing, switching cables and combinations of everything mentioned above.

Any idea what I missed? From this thread I found out that S23 series should be compatible, as well my vehicle since I was able to use it before.

Thanks,

Irek
[Android Auto General] Silvio1977:
Have you ever deactivated dongle mode? In any case, it is important that BT and WLAN are always activated on the S23. Please check with AA in developer mode whether wireless transmission is activated.
[Android Auto General] soniacpebit:
Just responded to your email on our end as well - the fix for a blinking blue dongle and a Mazda seems to be factory resetting the head unit first, and then going through a typical reset procedure. Please let me know if my email did not go through!
[Android Auto General] ijuzwa:
@Silvio1977 both wifi and BT were enabled and connected. Tried dongle mode on/off and car seems not recognize AAwireless device no longer.

@soniacpebit Thanks for your reply, I got your email.
[Android Auto General] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
Does a lower DPI value result in lesser performance?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
More stuff visible on screen can result in worse performance and more battery usage. Not because of AAWireless though, but because of the phone having a harder time rendering everything. Relatively speaking the difference is probably minimal though.
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
@Snirpo

Hi, as part of testing I turned off the dongle and booting is practically the same. now I got the AA update and so I tried to turn off Start/Stop and the connection is immediate even with the watch online.

Obviously, Google and Samsung have done something.

Samsung S23Ultra

Android 14

AA 11.0.635034

AAW 3.41-1186
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Dongle mode you mean?
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
I turned off the dongle experimentally when It was written about here. It didn't effect my connection. That's before Christmas.

I only turned off Start/stop after I got the AA update earlier this week. AAW connects immediately and the watch can be connected to the mobile at the same time.
[Android Auto General] ElIT3ShOOT3R:
Is there any way I can enable all WiFi channels on my phone without rooting? The Airplane Mode followed by a reboot works but only until I disable the Airplane Mode.
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
Hello

Just a quick question : as I try to download the new software which is currently coming in my email address (the latest Beta build) now is telling me to connect with my invitation email?

Is there a problem with the download or is it only me?

Please advise.

Thanks!
[Android Auto General] keller.jeff:
What does enabling developer mode in the companion app actually do that's different than developer mode in AA itself?
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
Nobody with this problem?
[Android Auto General] keller.jeff:
What are you trying to download?! Android Auto Beta? apkmirror.com
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
I'm trying to download this...
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
The problem is that when I press the link is sending me to this....
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I'd just uninstall the Firebase alpha version and install the public Play Store Beta. It's only lagging a few days behind normally.
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
I just uninstall the alpha but is the same with the public one. Anything else to try?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Just use the app from the Play store I mean