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[Android Auto General] JoeTN:
Received my device a couple of days ago.

I have a Peugeot 2008 from 2020 and a Galaxy S10

I can only get my car to launch AA on screen, when switching from direct USB host mode to MTP and then back to direct, it seems that this change in mode enables my car to register the device the right way, and then it automatically launches AA on the screen.

If not doing so, I can't get it to connect at all, even though my AA-icon changes from grey to white as soon as the AAW has booted, so I know that my car is registering the device, just not communicating probably without changing the host mode.

Anyone seen this ?
[Android Auto General] David_14:
Hello

If it can help, I got the same issue, 5ghz too, on galaxy s10e with peugeot rifter.

And to complete my feedback, first connection was not really plug and play but after usb/passtrough adjustment and some un/replug it actually worked.

The problem is, sometimes I take my car and connection is ok (can take a while but ok) and sometimes I can do everything on companion app and unplug/plug till my destination point without success 😔

Last thing, my "voice" button and "next/previous" wheelbutton on my steering wheel are not working anymore (wired, it's still OK) . Volume is still OK but on display volume logo for music is sometimes the phone logo 🤔

Sorry for giving bad feedback, anyway I really want thank developers and beta testers for giving us the possibility to have AA wirelessly 🙏😊
[Android Auto General] JoeTN:
I can confirm this too.
[Android Auto General] djrille:
Hello

got my aawireless on saturday, works actual fine with an Samsung S10 and an Mitsubishi Outlander 2019.

Only today first I can´t touch the display but voice control works and after a certain time it works.
[Android Auto General] dschweers:
How to determine if you should be expecting a unit if purchased December 4 /2020.
[Android Auto General] Manitax:
Anyone found a solution for the "no internet" problem with Xiaomi/Miui phones?
[Android Auto General] -Loom-:
Talking of GPS issues: Is Android Auto using the phones gps or the cars gps? Or is there a way to choose? I would certainly prefer the car gps, as the antenne is on the roof.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
AA always used your phone's GPS. Many cars don't have GPS anymore as you use your phone with either AA or Carplay. You can't choose this functionality.
[Android Auto General] slaphappy454:
Yeah I tried every combo. The results are.

No connection

Connect then disconnect loop

Connection but no actual display on the headunit.

Really nothing left. Tried a ZTE, Samsung Note 20 Ultra, Note 10+, ROG5, Pixel 2 XL, OnePlus 7T. Results are all the same. Even factory reset 4 of the phones.

Like I said. I'm done. It's boxed up. Hoping someone wants to waste a few bucks on it but chances are they won't so it will probably just end up in the trash. Thanks for the help.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
No worries. Too bad you couldn't get it working.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
This may be similar to what I'm experiencing with mostly odd little dropouts, but there are two areas where I know I'll get one 90% of the time, rarely I can drive through without a glitch. One is near a mobile tower, but the glitch happens before it, not right at at, and the other area is a fairly open space that is not residential.

Driving around I may get less of them using 2.4Ghz than not, and maybe less with music stored on the phone, but it still happens and my preferred music is now YT Music, got the subscription and can ask for whatever I want to hear. I did install Rocket Player to test local music, I normally used Poweramp but it seems to have issues with AA.
[Android Auto General] psmedley:
I've also had repeatable dropouts at basically the same location. No obvious interference there - but I've changed to Force 2.4 GHz and will see if it helps tomorrow morning...
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Yeah, it's an interesting anomoly, and mostly repeateable in those areas so I can tell if a change has made a difference.

I may have asked before, but are the other MTP connection options there to help you can an initial connection in the first place, not to help or make a difference once you are connected and projecting? Just wondering as normal MTP and Direct seem to be the same for the VAG cars I have, and can't see a difference with a quick test of the other two.
[Android Auto General] charlie.busher:
Try un-pairing your phone from the head unit. then shut down the car, wait 10 minutes and re-pair. Then try and re connect to AA Wireless unit. This worked for me on my 2020 GM.
[Android Auto General] TomNguyen87:
Just want to share my experience: I just get my AAwireless today, and setup can't be easier with my phone (samsung galaxy s10+) and my pioneer aftermarket HU (avh-z5050bt). It takes me only 1 minute to finish, and I don't even have to change any setting! The only one I change is the DPI (to 103) to get splitscreen on my 7" HU. Anyway, previously with wired AA I also have a problem when the HU randomly reboots, especially after each AA update. It seems that in my case if I clear AA cache after AA update the reboot issue will happen less frequently, and the time my HU takes to reboot will be shorter too. So I'll check and see if this problem is changed with my AAwireless now. Thank you Emil & your team & my ancestors for giving me this wonderful box!
[Android Auto General] amstyle:
hi, i own scross with bosch infotainment same as you and facing exact similar issue. can you help me with step by step process for successfull connection. i m trying with s10 having android 11. thanks a lot.
[Android Auto General] Tikerz:
I got mine last week.

2020 Hyundai Sonata with 10.25 inch headunit. Works perfectly with my Z Fold 2 and Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. Very pleased!
[Android Auto General] Dion.Dube:
I think it would be really helpful for a dedicated forum structure for AAW. It should/could be organized by head unit type and cell phone type and then people can see what settings are working and not waste a bunch of time trying random configurations and then eventually getting lost because their troubleshooting skills are not great. It would also be great if the software came with preconfigured templates you can use by telling it what type of vehicle you have and what cellphone you have, I am sure that would be a ton of work but it would make for a vastly improved user experience for the masses.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I hopefully just submitted a bug report, right during the last song of my drive I got a random skip so I submitted now, device Fql2KAtB. Maybe it can tell you something?
[Android Auto General] r0okie:
Which developer tick boxes? the ones in the AAwireless app or the Android Auto app. Still doesn't want to connect. Tried a couple different cables, I saw a quick flash the "Samsung security doesn't allow... " but it cleared too quick for me to read it all - could there be something there? Also, Samsung Pay pops up while trying to connect, then goes away before I can read it. Could some security feature be locking out the wireless?
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
The developer settings are in the old Android Auto app settings.

I have never seen Samsung Pay do anything when using AA, they are not really connected.
[Android Auto General] r0okie:
I just spent last hour trying different things, I can say that when the wifi kicks in, I get a Samsung Pay notification that says the Samsung Gear Plugin is running. I'm going to uninstall Gear tonight and try again tomorrow.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Ok, good luck.
[Android Auto General] bmanfield:
Hi,

App is trying to find Android Auto on my work profile. The phone is enrolled in InTune MDM and tries to install Android Auto from my work profile play store. Because it's not published there I can't 'install' it and complete set up.

Android Auto is already installed in my personal profile. I use it daily via usb.

Sincerely

Ben
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Oooh, that's a curly one, being enrolled in an MDM. I have a work phone I am barely contactable on, with Intune these days, and my real phone.

Is anybody else using or trying to use a phone with Intune?
[Android Auto General] exge:
just wanted to say great job on the dongle!... worked flawlessly for the past few months.

unfortunately, today it stopped working.

i got in the car (a MB C class and the following happened)

Phone is a Poco F3 running MIUI 12.0.3 on Android 11

Phone did not connect automatically to Wifi network

Phone did not connect automatically to AA wireless BT or car BT

Things i tried:

Disable A2DP hardware offload (which for some reason can never remain toggled after the forced reboot)

Toggle off/on BT on phone

Toggle off/on airplane mode

Clear BT app cache and data in settings

Reset network settings including mobile networks/bt/wifi

Enabling Gabeldorsche stack

Delete and re-pair phone and car bt

Delete and re-pair phone and AAWireless bt

Clear AAWireless data

Finally after some permutation of the above steps, i found a working solution.

Ensure both BT are paired to phone (car and AAWireless)

Ensure Gabeldorsche is enabled in developer settings

Open BT settings on phone and connect to the AAWireless dongle

The dongle will get connected, then drop its connection while the Wifi is started

Then after that you will see the car BT connect

I have a few questions which i cannot seem to solve.

After i have paired AAWireless i cannot seem to connect to my car BT anymore directly, it will just be stuck at connecting... and never connects.

The only way is to connect to the AAWireless dongle bt and the above process will happen and it works.

I also need to mention that these only works for me with Gabeldorsche stack enabled.

Somehow the phone does not automatically connect to the AAWireless BT when i am in range, so i need to manually press it. Needless to be said, it also will not connect to the car BT when in range (in the driver's seat).

To all other MIUI 12 users facing problems, i have given a solution/workaround/hacky fix above, but i would like to know why can't it connect automatically.

Thanks in advance!
[Android Auto General] seseattle:
Yes, I'm Intune enrolled and working perfectly. Now I've never tried to do anything with AA and the work profile. I just use the personal profile apps and no issues.

Samsung S21 w/ Ram 1500 12"
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Try to reset the device by holding the reset button for 5 seconds and then let go.

Device should go off and on again. Please let me know if this fixes it.

The phone also not able to connect to the car surprises me a bit though...
[Android Auto General] exge:
yes, the phone unable to connect to the car is also surprising to me. unpairing it and re-pairing it allows the phone to connect directly, but after i pair AAWireless its back to the same problem lol.

hoping its something to do with the start/stop function recently added, but i cannot be sure.

forgot to add, i tried the reset, and it still does not work automatically like yesterday. now its in some workaround fix way, but would be nice if i could auto connect as per before
[Android Auto General] xciton:
When you were getting FCC/CE type certification, did you also get IC (Industry Canada)?

I have a fear that my unit us being held up in Canadian customs.

Update: Unit arrived.
[Android Auto General] JohnnyCanuck:
There are lots of Canadians who have their units (me included). No customs issues other than volume.
[Android Auto General] xciton:
Thank you. We shall wait it out and see.

Update: Unit arrived.
[Android Auto General] Danibal79:
So, I got my device yesterday (yay!), however I cannot get it working to save my life. I have a 2019 Dodge Durango with UConnect and a Samsung Galaxy Note 20 5G Ultra. I am able to pair the device with my phone, however at not point is it connecting to the device with wifi. My bluetooth on my phone says it is connected to the device for calls only. I've tried just about everything users have suggested. I've reset the device, I've reset my network settings, I've manually paired the device, I've even tried doing all those things while upside down and smoking a candy cigarette. I've sent an email to AAwireless and they told me to manually pair the device and it will automatically connect the wifi. I've since responded saying that I've done that...numerous times. I love the idea of this device and I really want it to work, I HATE having cords in my car that I have to connect.
[Android Auto General] exge:
Do you have a bt connection with the car? For me I have to connect to AAWireless bt then the WiFi still start and the bt will switch over to the car bt. I think if the car bt isn't connected AAWireless will not start, should be some 1.2 update or something iirc
[Android Auto General] Danibal79:
Yes, I have the BT connection to the car at the time. I've also tried it where I am not connected to BT on the car.
[Android Auto General] bigshow-21:
I've just received my unit and cannot get the app to connect to the AA Unit via bluetooth to go through the setup. I've searched this forum and it seems many CAN get it connect past the setup page. I've confirmed on Wireless Android Auto is on in my settings and enabled Developer options as well. I can't see anything bluetooth named AA but can something that starts with AA under WIFI but it needs a password. I've also tried plugging the AA Wireless unit to an external battery pack to try and connect but it keeps saying NOT FOUND, No AAWireless device found. The green light is flashing on the unit.

If it helps, vehicle is Volvo XC90 2019 / Samsung S20 FE 5G / Android 11
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
An interesting issue I noticed this week was that when talking to Google in the car, which I maybe didn't do much prior to changing my settings for testing purposes, was that the music being played was not being muted when the Assistant talked and when it was listening to me.

I thought it was my change to the USB connection so I put it back to MTP and Direct, which worked before but it was still happening.

I then removed the force 2.4Ghz setting and now it's working as before, sound is muted and the Assistant can hear me better.
[Android Auto General] random9848:
Mine worked great in my '20 GMC Sierra for a few weeks and now it just shows the connect a phone with android auto screen despite the solid blue light and the phone saying it's connected. To get it to work I have to delete the phone from the radio and the radio from my phone every time I want to use my AAWireless. I'm so disappointed, I loved it so much when it was working. :( I keep checking here (as it seems to be the only source of non-generic information) but haven't found a solution that works yet.

If anyone has managed to get their AAWireless to work consistently on a 2020 GMC Sierra w/ navigation radio please post your setup.
[Android Auto General] r0okie:
Emil sent me a beta Firmware and it fixed it right up. I have no idea what else needed to be done, but the firmware did the trick.

Curious - has anyone gotten OBD2AA to work? I'd love to add Torque Pro to AA
[Android Auto General] voltiger:
Mine stopped working too yesterday after several weeks of using it and I'm unable to get it to work again. Keeps flashing green and BT won't connect at all to AAwireless. Tried resetting many times, no success. Even tried a different phone, same result. It can find the AAwireless BT and WiFi but it will not connect (BT timeout after approx. 1 minute, WiFi I don't know the password and both have actually different names, is that normal?).

The support suggested only things that would require BT to be connected berween phone and AAwireless. So no luck yet, I just end up with Setup Step 3/3 saying "Could not pair" even I confirmed the pairing on the Phone with OK. Seems like AAwireless is rejecting all connections, even after resetting... Even tried to connect just having the AAwireless connected to a wall charger instead of the car to switch USB mode or whatsoever. But no BT is getting paired. I'm running out of ideas :(

Any ideas? Greetings to everyone. Thank you.

Phones: OnePlus 8 Pro, Samsung A8

Car: MB Eclass 2021 with MBUX
[Android Auto General] irv67440:
I received my AA wireless box on tuesday and thought i would report on my adventures getting it set up.

initially i did not understand that the bluetooth pairing was only with the phone and had nothing to do with the car.

once i figured that out, i could never get the phone paired to the dongle.

but when i opened the app on thursday, i saw settings (previously it was on the bluetooth pairing screen) and i changed the usb mode and pass through based on some readings i had seen here.

then it started working and i am a happy camper.

i even updated the firmware from 1.2 to 1.3

i never did pair the bluetooth between the phone and the dongle.

i was using the phone's connection page and not the app to try to do the pairing since the app was not working for me.

i am using a galaxy note 10+ with all updates and a mercedes with the MBUX audio system.

i did check off the projection box in developer settings of android auto.

i am assuming that the phone has android auto wireless capability and that must have come into play here.

in any event all is well that ends well.

thanks guys
[Android Auto General] psmedley:
I had similar symptoms in a MY20 Holden Astra (using GM Mylink) - I have some test firmware that makes it connect 100% now. Hopefully there will be a new firmware release soon. Both my GM cars now work perfectly.
[Android Auto General] bmanfield:
Its now working.

Joined the app beta program. Updated the firmware. And then configured the device. Needed to change the USB settings for my VW Golf Mk7. Phone is a Galaxy S9 on Android 10.
[Android Auto General] exge:
This exact problem seems to only affect Merc haha...although I'm not on MBUX yet.. still NTG5.5.. anyways to get mine working without fail I connect to the AA Wireless bt then everything works from there. I am testing a tasker profile to see if I can automate it.

So steps are.

Initial pairing:

Pair phone to car BT,

Pair phone to AAWireless using app

Subsequent connections:

Just connect to AAWireless BT

That's it.

I find it strange why I have to do that too, but it works lol
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
I went for a drive in the GTI with a Harman unit and it was working normal with the Assistant muting the audio when it wanted to talk and get input from me.

I'll test the Delphi headunit in the Polo next time I'm in it by putting it back to 2.4Ghz and seeing what happens.

Another thing I want to check, and it happened on a cable but seems to be more frequent now I'm wireless is when I can't hear the assistant at all. Mainly an issue when I want it to open the garage door and I have to guess when I need to tell it the stupid pin number I need to have. Also annoying if you ask a question as you won't hear the reply, but you can ask for a song etc, you just won't hear it the talking before.

Might be a VAG AA thing as on day one I took my first trip connected via cable but hadn't fully gone through the settings and setup and could't approve some permissions while driving. So when I made a stop I set it all up and the next trip I went to visit my workplace and during that trip I could not hear the assistant, so it's happened before and since day one.

I can't remember it happening on the Mitsubishi when using it cabled, but it may have happened.

Anybody, in different cars, ever have a trip they can't hear the assistant?
[Android Auto General] SenorValasco:
I received my unit a week ago and have been trying it out over the past few days. Everything seems fine once the device has connected to my phone (and subsequently to my car's head-unit) and I am very happy with it. However the only way I have been able to get it connected is by manually starting Bluetooth on my phone every time prior to starting the car. If I don't have Bluetooth running in advance the unit cycles from green LED to blinking green LED and then eventually to red.

Apologies if this is a stupid question but is it right that I need to manually enable Bluetooth first every time? I'm sure I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere. I have tried resetting both my phone's network and Bluetooth connections and then re-pairing the AAWireless device but to no avail. Phone is a Samsung s10+ running Android 11.

Thanks in advance.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
You don't mean you have BT off on your phone, and need to switch it on when you get in the car? Or you have BT on all the time, and you need to manually connect to the AAW device?
[Android Auto General] SenorValasco:
Hi - thanks for your reply.

It's the former - I need to switch BT to ON every time before starting the car (and the AAWireless connection process). I don't have BT running permanently on my phone so need to remember to switch it on when I get in the car. Once BT is on, the AAW device connects to the phone automatically and starts the connection process..
[Android Auto General] voltiger:
Found the issue... Damn. They should add it to the FAQ...

I always got only ONE BT connection popup asking OK/Cancel on my OnePlus. But the second (confirm and allow access to contacts, etc) never popped up. I tried a third phone and BAM, there it worked.

So what I did was: delete Cache/Data of the 2 phone's Bluetooth app (select to display system apps) and force close them as well as the AAwireless app.

That finally did the trick.

I did that with AAwireless connected to a wall charger instead of the car. But since it's flashing blue now I'm one step further and confident it'll work out in the car.

Still not sure what caused the connection from working but in case anyone else has the same strange behavior on BT even failing to connect: remove BT data/cache.

Observation by the way: after resetting BT on my phone the display name of the device changed from "...wav..." to "...sav..." now matching the wifi name. So seems like that mismatch was a hint to a faulty Bluetooth cache on the phone.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
SenorValasco​

Yes, you either need to have it on all the time, which is what everyeone else here is doing I'm guessing, or you will need to manually enable it if you leave it off to save battery or for some other reason.

This would be the same for an OEM wireless solution, it needs to connect via BT to do the rest. My BT is on 24/7, got a smart watch etc.

If you're turning BT off to save battery you'd need a taskter profile or similar, also using battery, to automate your connection. Or just leave it on for automation happiness.
[Android Auto General] SenorValasco:
Genebaby,

Thanks again for the reply - very helpful.

OK - I just needed confirmation that it needs BT to be on prior to activating. Just wanted to eliminate the obvious before starting further investigations.

Thanks.
[Android Auto General] Genebaby:
Yes, you need BT switched on before you approach your car, nothing will happen until you have BT on. So if you leave it on, it should happen with no input from you, that's the dream.
[Android Auto General] Cjr71244:
Hello, after a bit of a wait I received my aawireless device last week.

I have a 2020 Toyota Highlander with android auto.

I have 2 phones:

Motorola Z4 running Android 10

Samsung Galaxy S20

Both are able to connect and work with the Aawireless device.

One struggle I had is on the moto Z4 when I was connected via WiFi to she aawireless device I had no internet connection. That is until I found the setting under the android wifi settings that said "Avoid Bad Wifi Connections" once I turned that on the data started flowing. I did not have that problem with my Galaxy S20.

I just did a 3 hour drive and randomly a few times the android auto would disconnect in the middle of a song and then 5 minutes late start working again, not a huge problem.

For me getting in the car and android auto just starts working without me taking my phone out of my pocket or plugging it into a cable is huge!

Thank you.