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[Android Auto General] janz25:
Hello all, received my AAW yesterday.

My simple review:

Delivery timeline: in total 5 days since processed by warehouse on 15th Apr, received in Singapore on the 20th Apr

Product: small and compact with short braided USB A cable to type C cable. Fit into cup holder easily.

Installation:

My car: Mercedes Benz GLA 2021

My phone: Samsung Note 10+

1. Deleted the previous HU Bluetooth connection

2. Deleted the connected vehicle profile on android auto setting

3. Deactivate the option to switch to mobile data under wifi setting

The initial installation a bit of struggle, but after further explore on the setting, its much smoother when connected to the second phone.

Tried with below USB mode:

- MTP = not working

- MTP with forced start = working

- MTP with retry = working

- Direct = not working

Question:

1. On the above working usb mode, my spotify was not playing song smoothly and google maps lagged. Both seems like experiencing random pause/stop/lag. Tried the Passthrough and adjust audio timestamp function, but nothing happens.

2. Does the DPI setting can make AA to fully utilized the 10.25 inch widescreen? i tried few numbers, the fonts and map resolution effected however no changes on the AA windows size

3. I noticed the AA disconnected and auto reconnected once, will monitor again if this repeated.

Overall, its great product which will benefit many AA users supported with great developer team.

Thank you Emil and team.
[Android Auto General] psmedley:
Still waiting for the 1.2 update here to see if it helps with issues with Holden/GM radios - hopefully soon!
[Android Auto General] andy o:
I installed OTA 1.2 yesterday on my 2016 Mazda 3, and it did let me disable Passthrough and enable the experimental settings. I did notice that turning on the DPI setting it made the screen slightly horizontally stretched, like it was targeting a different aspect ratio. I just left it in Passthrough cause the screen is too small to run the 2 pane UI anyway. I also noticed the quicker connection, it is ready before my head unit finishes booting up from a cold boot, so it's practically the same connection time as wired. Before, sometimes it would time out before connecting to the phone.
[Android Auto General] janz25:
For benefit of all, i updated my queries with reply from Dragos via email,

"for the first, try to disable power saving options and put those apps into "app that never goes to sleep".

for the second, no sadly it will not use all of the screen, maybe in a future update.

for the third, please let us know".

Thank you Dragos, will try as advice and update.
[Android Auto General] djbolden:
1.2.0 OTA update went pretty smoothly. It failed after a bit of a delay (red LED on AAW for perhaps a couple of minutes) on the first attempt, but the second try completed fairly quickly.

My setup app updated to version 1.6.4 on April 17. Looks like a new version is expected next week and will implement the new connect/disconnect feature? (I ask because AAW seemed to disconnect from my Ford Sync3 head unit more reliably after the update. I haven't really figured out when the Sync 3 USB retains power in some circumstances and doesn't in others, so it may not be new behavior.)
[Android Auto General] c1em3ntchua:
My display is slightly stretch too in non-passthrough mode. Running a Kenwood DDX9017S head unit. Other than that, it's a very seamless experience. Have some audio dropout issues but I've read that disabling Wi-Fi scanning would solve the issue. Looking forward to trying that tomorrow.

Thank you AAWireless Team, great job!
[Android Auto General] chickan:
I updated today, still no luck on my 2016 Chevy Corvette, still goes into "Looking for Android Auto" and flashing blue light. Tried all of the methods (MTP, MTP + Forced, MTP + Retry, Direct, Passthrough On/OFf). With Passthrough On it still crashes and boot-loops, requiring me to plug into wall outlet to change the setting back to Off. So yeah, still no luck on my end. I'd be happy to provide logs or testing for the developers if needed, would love to get it working!
[Android Auto General] mapinkerton:
Apologies if you've already exhausted this avenue, but this sounds like it *might* be a cable issue where the cable is carrying power but is not making a data connection. I get the same behavior if I pull the cable slightly out, it has power so it connects the phone but the blue light remains flashing because it's not receiving anything from the head unit.

Are you using the cable provided in the box and do you have it fully seated in the device? That cable has a plug on the USB-C side that is slightly longer than my other cables so it's better able to work through the thick case and maintain a data connection.. I have other cables that supply power but no data beacuse the plug on the USB-C side is too short to make a data connection.
[Android Auto General] Nudnik_de:
Just want to share my experience for people with VW headunit reboot issues. Didn't had luck with the previously posted solution.

Today I did the 1.2 update. Didn't work initially as it did not want to connect. Changed USB mode to MTP with forced start and the updater connected and everything went smooth. I noticed that the headunit did not crash anymore, tried to change dozens of songs on spotify and no crash! Usually the headunit crashed after every couple of songs.

Don't know if it was the update or the USB setting and I also don't know if it is just coincidance that its working now. Will report if it remains stable
[Android Auto General] cfg9000:
Mine seems to be failing already, I have progressively worsening audio dropouts which have made it useless for music/podcasts. Going to try a different USB cable.
[Android Auto General] Jkiejr:
I just ordered mine, should I cancel it. I am worried after now reading these posts.
[Android Auto General] andy o:
Anyone having crashes should read the latest update on indiegogo. They have an identified a bug in some batches and they have delayed shipments for only a few days. They will also release a tool to fix the ones that already went out and people have.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
What setting are you using after the update, still MTP with forced restart? My experiences are a bit strange as I've been driving the Polo for the past two weeks mostly and it has a "similar" unit as my GTI, but a bit different and from my noticing it likes to reboot on a certain stretch of road, but it has only done it twice, maybe three times that I can remember. This morning I got a message come through and I wanted to listen to it and that's when it died, but I don't think the headunit itself crashed, as it didn't restart, rather it lost the connection to AAW, like the cable had been removed, and then it got reconnected again.

In the Polo I did the update to 1.2 last night, the AAW in the GTI didn't have it available yet. I am running in Direct Mode in the cars, can't really tell a difference between that and MTP as both work, AAW boots up and runs fine, just has those glitches when driving, normally the audio clipping, but in the Polo the AAW seems to drop out, but so far in that one area?

I will look into disabling any scanning to see if that helps.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I think this is for the very latest, newest ones with the new CPU they had to get due to shortages, Not very many people will have that yet.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
You can if you want. I have two from the earliest time and have ordered a third which I will have to wait a while for.

Cancel your order, someone else can grab it.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I see the wifi and BT scanning is for location accuracy. I've turned it off manually to see how it goes.
[Android Auto General] urmanio23:
Both situations are true, the AAwireless disconnect from my phone randomly a couple times each time I'm driving, could be the described issue but I'll have to further test this.

The second issue is probably MIUI energy saving options being too aggressive but the auto start option seems to have solved that.
[Android Auto General] joenforcer:
I think this worked, thanks! Seems to connect quicker now but that could be confirmation bias.

Another issue I have is that almost every time I try to use navigation it can't lock on GPS the first time. If I toggle GPS off and on on my phone, it starts to work again and generally works until the next time AAW is turned off and on. Any idea what causes this and a possible fix? From some other comments, it sounds like I may not be the only one.
[Android Auto General] Cryptage:
@Snirpo : there are a lot of changes on translation these days. :oops:

Sometimes it's not really easy to know in which context the text is used.

It could be great if we could have an AAWireless emulator, if possible ?
[Android Auto General] -Loom-:
Good idea!

It's almost impossible to always get down to the car, reset AAW and start over again just to see the new strings.
[Android Auto General] pro_b:
Is there any way to purchase a device now? It show sold out on the website and I'm not finding it on Amazon.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I've been wanting to do that for quite a while, adding a dummy device. It will come, at some point. Also planning to add "live" translations, that's possible with the translation service we're now using (Crowdin). But yeah... priorities.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Sadly we're sold out everywhere now. Black Friday went a bit better than we expected. Plus we made a big change in the production, sadly we have some production delays because of that. New stock will come soon.
[Android Auto General] -Loom-:
A dummy device is a brilliant idea! That would make translation work a *lot* easier!
[Android Auto General] tuncan:
Because I didn't find a Motorola MA1 or AAWireless, I bought a Carsifi. I'm very satisfied with it.

Here is my review if someone is interested.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Nice review. How long have you been using it for now? Some issues show up down the line after it all initially looks good, or a function such as a missed call happens and you realise there is a glitch.
[Android Auto General] tuncan:
Tnx.

I've been using it for two months. I agree with you. Many things show issues after a longer period.

There was one minor update to the Carsifi app (not firmware for the adapter). After I set it, it simply works and I didn't have problems with it, except for some disconnections in the same places. I "found" two of them - circle cca 50-100 meters, where it simply disconnects while driving. But it reconnects back very quickly without any intervention.

Conclusion: I'm very happy with Carsifi as you can read in the review.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Review with affiliate link. Smells funky.... Anyway... Smart move I guess 😂
[Android Auto General] tuncan:
Sorry, I apologize. It would be nice to let you know here in the forum. I agree.

I don't have any other connection with them and it is just my honest opinion without trying other adapters. Everybody can use their clean link. I apologize again.

UPDATE: I want to edit my post on the blog with a notification about the affiliate link and I notice that it was already done (in Conclusion).
[Android Auto General] Pipo093:
hey i received the last days my AAwireless dongle.

Today i wanted to start it in my Hyundai I30 (2019) but i had some problems.

After first pairing i downloaded the latest firmware.

Then the dongle startet flash green and flash blue and then red. So i don't get a connection to my car head unit.

On my second try it only flashed blue and then read.

Smartphone is a Oneplus 8T with Android 12.

Can someone tell me what i make wrong?
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
I received an AAWireless that I have been using for my 2017 Bolt EV. The only thing that is weird about it is literally every time it starts android auto it acts like it's the first time I've used it with a warning notification asking me to hit "continue". Is there a way to stop it from doing this prompt it never did this wired but for some reason using AAWireless it does it literally every single time.
[Android Auto General] Medic97:
Anyone else using the Wifi feature notice touches don't always work? While using google maps it sometimes wont register a touch.
[Android Auto General] TheFerhatKing:
Any chances you are launching a Christmas discount or something similar :) ? I didn't catch the 10% discount on time.. I also would buy AAWireless while it was at Indigogo but I don't have a credit card.
[Android Auto General] derek0309:
I am also having this exact same issue, all of a sudden when I start the car, AAWireless just keeps connecting and disconnecting my Android Auto non-stop, it is 100% unusable, no changes / updates were made to the phone or the device.
[Android Auto General] Pipo093:
also got this problem. smartphone says searching for android auto and AAwireless flashes in green, blue and red :(
[Android Auto General] bloodhound42:
Are you using VPN by any chance ?
[Android Auto General] Pipo093:
me not with similar problem. use the normal cell phone network
[Android Auto General] kostiksimb:
New beta aawireless avaiable
[Android Auto General] Dangze:
Everyday a new one, some days several versions even !
[Android Auto General] llaugerm:
I don't know what's going on that my Pioneer HU just stays in USB and it does not automatically switch to Android Auto unless I go to BT and start playing something then the AAWireless kicks in. When I cleared storage on my Pixel 7 Pro then it would connect. My version of AA is 8.5.6. Is anyone experiencing this problem? If you had this problem how did you fix it?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
If you're on the public beta of the AAWireless app in the Play Store, you can try out start / stop. We improved it a bit. This way the AAWireless app is in control of starting up AA instead of AA itself. It seems AA is a bit funky lately with starting up the bootstrap...
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
W

Would you happen to know how I can get our 2017 bolt EVs radio to quit thinking it's a brand new android auto device everytime it connects? Wired it only displays the third party projection message once every few months but with aawireless it asks literally everytime the vehicle is started like the Id changes everytime or something that the car uses to recognize it's been agreed to.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Does this also happen with passthrough enabled? Can you give me the name of the device? So I can check if something on the head unit side changes.
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
I believe I did try passthrough but I can try it again. This is a picture of what it does. The car won't be back till later in the day to test but it's weird. My Chrysler Pacifica does everything properly. Sometime the bolt EV won't switch the audio either. You have to go find the phone in the audio sources and select it. That is the only two things I've noticed.
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
Sorry just realized you asked for the name. It's AAWireless-61aCorwQ
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Oh right I see. This is a car side dialog. Not sure why it detects AAW as a different device everytime. I enabled a firmware for you with reverted USB logic. Can you check if that helps?
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
Ok thanks I'll try it soon
[Android Auto General] llaugerm:
I'm not in the beta program for this app. I'll try it to see how it goes.
[Android Auto General] smirle:
Is there any way to exit the beta path and get on the regular stable updates? Device ID is AAWhiR8mpGW
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
I tried it with passthrough and also with the new firmware. Neither resolved it. It's weird how it prompts everytime.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yeah hard to explain. Logging will also not really help unfortunately because it's something which happens before AA starts up. To confirm: the device will probably still blinking blue until you press the continue button in the dialog?
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
Get in car -> slow green pulse starts

Start car-> fast pulsating green which switches to fast blue then solid. After solid blue message displays a few moments later on screen if vehicle. At this point android auto has already launched on the phone it appears but car is waiting to be told to continue for it to display
[Android Auto General] smirle:
Thank you!
[Android Auto General] Morti-88:
Recently got the nothing phone 1 and started having issues with aa wireless. Every 2-3 days it loses the connection/setup and I need to go through the setup in the app again for it to work which is somewhat tedious. Anyone else had this problem and found a solution?

Never had this issues with my previous phone
[Android Auto General] llaugerm:
I signed up for the public beta, but when I use the Start / Stop my Pioneer HU would engage like in a phone call and it would not let me hang up. Therefore, I had to disable the Start / Stop in the AAWireless app.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
That doesn't really make sense. I have a pioneer myself for testing and never seen that behavior. Is dongle mode enabled or disabled?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
This also happens on OnePlus/Oppo phone since a recent update. The bluetooth connection gets removed on these phones for some odd reason, it probably has something to do with the companion device manager built into Android. Can you check if this issue does not occur when you pair to the device via Bluetooth settings of the phone instead of via the app?

One of our testers has a Nothing phone as well @HofaTheRipper . I'll ask him to check this issue.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Ah right, so it happens during the AA connection. That's good, because in that case logs are helpful. Can you post in a Bug report via the app? (Help and support --> bug report) Please mention this topic in the description.
[Android Auto General] Pipo093:
i solved my problem that it only flashed blue and green and after this red.

the cable from the box was not powerful? enough or something like that.

switched to my oneplus cable and now it was working. are there problems with your cable?

anyone have an example for a shorter cable? now i have it on my 1m oneplus cable.
[Android Auto General] llaugerm:
No, I have the settings all in factory default. My Phone is Pixel 7 Pro with the latest Android 13
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
I don't see any help or support button. There is troubleshooting but it just gives me the option to send an email with no logs attached.
[Android Auto General] llaugerm:
Can you please share the settings that you have on AAWireless so I can match it with my HU since you have a Pioneer as I do? I'll be grateful if you do.
[Android Auto General] Radegast12:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32850901534.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.81.2d721802VAENE5

30 cm
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
@Snirpo have a request that I am not sure is actually possible with AAW but thought I'd ask. The Coolwalk update disables for cars with any type of rotary input or non-touch display. Is it possible to dummy the config that AA reads through AAW to make it think it's a touch screen display?

There is a workaround (start AA Head Unit Server, start Emile's Headunit Reloaded) and Coolwalk loads and works fine in my car without touch screen and using AAW. Would be nicer to have it happen automatically.
[Android Auto General] ShadowJP88:
Any link about that info? I got a mazda..
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidAuto/comments/yu5fb8
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
@ShadowJP88, @HofaTheRipper has the right post from reddit for you. Plenty of discussion in the AA community on reddit about coolwalk with non-touch generally and some Mazda specific posts.
[Android Auto General] Pfffr:
@Snirpo thanks for your support, I got a replacement unit now.

It seems to work way better now. I had no disconnects but I found a new problem.

When I select the start/stop setting Android Auto won't connect anymore. The light on the device stays white all the time (that means off i guess?) and it does not start AA on the car. On the phone it acts like AA is running though. If I turn that setting back to off it does work again, but unfortunately I do need it for my car. Is there something I can do about it?

Also when I change settings in AAWireless it says something along the lines of "could not save" or "could not connect". But the settings do get saved. I see the correct values when the device reconnects.
[Android Auto General] Georgios.T:
I am experiencing the same exact problem at certain parts of road, such as crossroads and especially while on certain airbridges. Right after passing these areas I get the prompt on screen to select android auto
[Android Auto General] llaugerm:
I have posted here before but I'll repeat it. I have a pioneer HU and a Pixel 7 Pro running the latest Android version. The only way Android Aucto activates is when I go to BT on my Pioneer HU and it then pops up. Before it was working fine I would come into my car and Android Auto would come up in like 30 seconds I don't know what changed it. I tried the start / stop from beta and that does not do anything. If I connect the cord I'm fine. If I go to the troubleshooting tab and start playing according to the light on the device I can get it to work but immediately I leave the car and come back I only see the USB and I have to go through the same motion to get the Android Auto. Sometimes I unplug the device to see if it'll start but nothing.
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
I solved it by changing the WiFi channel to a higher one... I recomend any above 150 (Using 5GHz)
[Android Auto General] Georgios.T:
Thank you, it seems it did the trick. No disconnections today
[Android Auto General] urmanio23:
Sure you using a Xiaomi or Poco phone by any chance? I'm experiencing random disconnections too, it's a known bug in MIUI software but I doubt it will get fixed
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
No, I'm using an OnePlus 8Pro; so far so good!...
[Android Auto General] bloodhound42:
Cool walk available now on head units with rotary controls like Mazda, bmw, Mercedes etc
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
@bloodhound42 It wasn't there for me this morning. Running the latest beta, when did it show up for you?
[Android Auto General] bloodhound42:
Yesterday, try clearing cache. Also there are reports on Reddit Android auto thread confirming that coolwalk is enabled for rotary controls or non touch screens
[Android Auto General] x10isrooted:
@Snirpo can you let me know what's the latest status on updating firmwares? Do i still need the special dev APK that I got via firebase to update with the latest dev firmware or is the 3.4 aawireless beta app in play store enough? I accidently deleted the firebase email that gave me access to the latest builds of the dev aawireless APK.

Device id: JDXWG8AQ
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
No, it's seperately from eachother. So you can also update to dev firmwares via the Play Store app. However, sometimes you need the dev APK for new settings.
[Android Auto General] x10isrooted:
thanks for letting me know. If you could send me again the email for firebase dev apk's it would be great.

Is finally the latest stable version equipped with the SSL fix that was originally the reason why i jumped to beta and dev versions of firmware and apk?
[Android Auto General] Andres.Navas:
Hello!

@Snirpo IDK what changed recently, but since this week, the unit is struggling to connect, I'm using the Start/Stop feature, and when my headunit is ready and I press the AA button, sometimes it didn't manage to launch the AA and stops, restarts the AAW, and loops it back, 2 or 3 times, but after it gets connected properly, it doesn't fail during the whole ride... It's only at the very beginning... never happened to me before, it's annoying.

I hope you can help me...

Thanks!
[Android Auto General] Jerky_san:
I

I submitted the bug report a little bit ago. Hope i did it correctly. If not just tell me and I'll submit a new one. I hope you all can figure it out cause it's tiresome having to always say continue and switch the audio manually.