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[Android Auto General] smirle:
Yes rebooting is a band-aid solution for sure. But I think it would be a good thing to add in any case. Most devices I own have an option somewhere in the menu for a reboot. Hopefully it's not too difficult to implement.

As for the issue, here's the description:

Setup

Car - Kia Stinger 2019 GT AWD

AAWireless - Firmware 2.0, factory reset a few weeks ago. Enabled dongle mode and passthrough mode. Everything else is default

Phone - Pixel 5

Issue

Once in a rare while (like every 20-30 trips) the audio from AAWireless connection just stops working. Happened with multiple different apps (Spotify, Pocketcasts, etc.). The app keeps playing the content (I can see the play time advancing) but no sound. There is never an interruption with the AA connection - it's rock solid, stays on my car display and is navigable. it's just the audio that stops working.

Troubleshooting steps

Tried factory reset in non-dongle mode (fail)

Tried factory reset with dongle mode (fail)

Tried dongle mode + pass through (fail)

Upgraded to AAWireless firmware 2.0.1 (did that this morning, too early to tell)

When this happens (again it's rare) the only way that I can resolve this is to leave the car for a few minutes and let the AAWireless unit power down with the car, or power cycle the AAWireless unit by unplugging and plugging back in. If I turn off the car and turn it back on immediately, the problem remains as the AAWIreless device stays powered on. If I switch to radio on the car the sound works fine but when I go back to AAWIreless the sound is still gone.

In either situation, rebooting the AAWireless seems to fix the issue.

Hope this helps. Like I said this is fairly rare occurence that can occur at the beginning of a trip or after 30 mins of driving. That's why I'd be happy with a device reboot option in the app as I know the permutations of cars + phones + AAWireless settings makes this hard to diagnose.
[Android Auto General] DeanGibson:
Agreed!

My car (Subaru Impreza) has a (somewhat hidden) reboot option, & it has been a GODSEND to resync AA before I had AAW. Reboot options are allowed in a LOT of applications (not just Android) that deal with communications.

It's much better than unplugging/re-plugging, especially when driving. Although I prefer the switched USB, which in my case is even less fussing than doing it on the phone.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
this was a known bug and is fixed in Firmware 2.0.1 😉
[Android Auto General] Marsou77:
Hi! Sorry for the delay. I played a little today with settings. I moved down my Pixel 6 in the list, then I unplugged plugged back AAWireless and magically the Samsung was connected as expected. I then moved up my Pixel 6 in the list and restarted the dongle and my phone was connected!

So I think we can close the issue. Thank you for your quick reply !
[Android Auto General] 1qazwsx4:
@Snirpo just thought I would say thanks to you and the team. Latest firmware has given me a fully functional device that's fast and fluid, connects automatically when I get in the car within 20 or so seconds (disconnects from home WiFi successfully now instead of needing me to drive away) Phone Poco: X4 pro 5g (running miui EU ROM stable)

Car: 2018 Holden ZB commodore.

Only quirks I have now are the MIUi related: disconnect on signal changes but hopefully android 12 may fix that 😁

Thanks again
[Android Auto General] worldonfire:
Do you have any idea what can cause this? Or can I somehow help to debug it?
[Android Auto General] 1enry1:
who have the new GOLF 8 ? help me....

when you tell to the google assistent to call a number in the

address book ... your call the numer that you say ? in my .... NONE !
[Android Auto General] 1enry1:
hi.... help me on the new GOLF 8 ?

when you tell to the google assistent to call a number in the

address book ... your call the numer that you say ? in my .... NONE !

:-(
[Android Auto General] smirle:
Well I've upgraded as of yesterday so we'll see!

I checked the change log here and didn't see reference to this issue:

aawireless-issues/FIRMWARE-CHANGELOG.md at master · cpebit/aawireless-issues

Contribute to cpebit/aawireless-issues development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Do you have a source for this info?
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
I am a beta tester and while testing 2.1.0 we found this issue. As the devs told me this bug was there since 2.0.0, but got worse on 2.1.0.... (no sound at all anymore) so they pushed the bugfix version 2.0.1.
[Android Auto General] HofaTheRipper:
this was posted on slack, and after that 2.0.1 was pushed (which was the same as the 2.1.0 dev version at this moment):
[Android Auto General] smirle:
This is great news - thanks for sharing the detail. My problem with audio dropping did in fact start with v2.0, however I was only on 1.12 for about a week prior (just received my AAWireless unit in late April).

I'm on 2.0.1 now so hopefully I won't see the problem any more!
[Android Auto General] -Loom-:
Using first-gen AAWireless with a Golf 7 MIB 2.5 (Technisat Headunit) and OnePlus 8T Android 11.

After upgrading to 2.0 I had frequent disconnections and some kind of weird bugs like getting a phonecall routed to the phone instead of the car. Sometimes when switching from radio to Spotify, there would be no audio when you hit play etc ..

I'm glad to repot that upgrading to 2.01 fixed all my issues so far. I'm using MPT mode, Wifi 5 Ghz on a channel above 140.

One thing I observed:

I'm using TomTom Amigo on my phone for all kind of warning alerts. It should start automatically when the phone connects to the car and shutdown when connection stops.

I wasn't able to use Amigo because just after connecting it would shut down the app. After digging for a while, I saw that the bluetooth connection to the car couldn't be established once Aawireless is running.

What fixed that for me: On the phone open the bluetooth connection properties from the connected car and disable "Media Audio".
[Android Auto General] Cipcino81:
Hello,

after several days of testing, version 1.8 works flawlessly, so the culprit was indeed the new firmware from version 2.0 onward, for some reason. If you need the information my head unit is a Pioneer AVH-Z9200DAB. I will stay with 1.8 if the issue with my head unit will not be resolved.

Thank you.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
First need to know what the issue is. Are you ok with updating to 2.0.1 again and shooting in a bug report?
[Android Auto General] Cipcino81:
I had written here and to support about the issue, but anyway it was a problem where randomly video in head unit goes off and displays a black screen with a text indicating "for using android auto please stop the car and check your android phone" phone was normal , and audio infications from navigator still continue to work , and last song finished playing. So it was not a complete disconnection , but a video disconnection.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
I mean I technically need to know what the issue is, bug report might be helpful ;) did this happen in passthrough mode as well?
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
Found this thread whilst searching for the MIUI bug but they haven't found a fix. They seem to imply its more related to bluetooth dropping when the mobile data signal goes rather than wifi. No fix and I'm slightly confused by that site in that it appears to be a community effort to build pure Miui roms but are using the xiaomi.eu domain. Dev doesn't seem interested and bat's it off as an AA issue.

[Mi 11 Ultra] Problems with BT interruption (cellular network temporarily unavailable) AAWireless

Hi everyone, I have a problem which I noticed when using AAWireless (Android Auto Wireless Adapter). Whenever the cellular network is gone for a short time (dead zone, underground car park), the Wi-Fi connection from the Mi 11 Ultra to AAWireless is disconnected. As soon as the cellular network...

xiaomi.eu
[Android Auto General] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hello!

Well i did spoke too soon saying that everything was working perfectly...

I have sometime a problem where i don´t have BT on the phone and, when starting android auto, i don´t also get the "PowerAMP" icon to have music!

Sometimes happen, sometimes don´t happen... when don´t happen everything works as it should... i have music and i have Waze or Maps.

What could it be?

Im using all the latest versions of the AAWireless APP and the Firmware 2.0.1.

I don´t get any error... simply the "PowerAMP" apps simply vanish from the AA menu on the infotaiment.

Disconnecting the AAWireless unit from the cable and connecting it again seems to fix the issue.

Can you please add a soft reboot button on the APP, please?

Phone: Samsung Galaxy A52 5G latest version 4.1 and Android 12

Car: Citroen C5 Aircross 2019 - Continental NAC Infotaiment

I have allready putted the AAWireless on a hidden place, so its not that easy to keep putting and removing the cable...

Thanks in advance...

LPC
[Android Auto General] Cipcino81:
Yes it happened even in passthrough mode. I could flash again V2 for debugging , but then I would need to immediately switch back to 1.8
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Sure, that's fine. I'll enable 2.0.1
[Android Auto General] Cipcino81:
Should I wait for the problem to happen before sending a bug report or it is fine to send it as soon as android auto is started?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
When it happens is easier, otherwise I'll be digging through the log :)
[Android Auto General] festor:
I wanted to confirm it was MIUI cutting wifi/BT, but I tried to register there (a few times) without any luck. Keeps getting flagged as spam behaviour?

Either way, the dev who posted in the thread seems adamant it’s down to AAWireless (without evidence) and says to contact Google for help. This is after complaining about the initial edited log attached, demanding a full unaltered log, then complaining the full log is too big to go through.

If this is typical behaviour, it doesn’t look like there will be a fix any time soon.
[Android Auto General] welshblob:
Yeah it's unfortunate that some devs appear to have that attitude. I have had a response from my feedback submission which was to state what router I'm using and to enable WiFi logging, record the time it happens and then submit the logs. Proving a bit challenging to get the timing right on that one. So I've replied with the link above for the moment. I'm getting closer to replacing the ROM on my phone due to this.
[Android Auto General] festor:
I’ve seen a few people mention that PixelExperience fixes the issue, but I decided against changing. I would probably end up with a few other issues that are just as annoying, to me anyway.

Swapping to a Vodafone based carrier recently which has better coverage in my area and 2.0.1 firmware (5GHz, Ch 153) has dramatically cut my disconnections over the past week. A 40 min drive yesterday (typical route) had no dropouts where a few weeks ago I could easily have 3 or 4.

With the Xiaomi Android 13 beta released for more devices, I hope we get some feedback soon if the issue carries over.
[Android Auto General] zoemas:
I use AA wireless for about a month now. So far I don't have any major issue. It connect's within 8 sec after it receives power. No disconnects wile driving. But....

- When playing spotify and using maps to navigate, the music stotters real bad when I receive a spoken navigation instruction and keeps stuttering a few secconds afterwards. This was on 5Ghz, strangely when I put it on 2,4Ghz this doensn't happen , only the map voice stotters sometimes , but not as bad as the music.

-My major anoiance is that Google Assisant doen't understand a word I'm saying , I say one thing and she understands something completly different. This doesn't happen when using AA wired.
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
Pro přispěvatele by bylo přínosné psát v zemi, ve které se pohybují. Vysoké 5GHz kanály nejsou v Evropě (CZ) povoleny a Samsung má také různé CPU pro USA a Evropu.
[Android Auto General] RealNBB:
it would be advantageous to write in English so that everyone understands your post!^^
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
Sorry, google translated 2x. I have a website in CZ

It would be beneficial for contributors to write in the country in which they move. High 5GHz channels are not allowed in Europe (CZ) and Samsung also has different CPUs for the USA and Europe.
[Android Auto General] cristi_b:
By the way, what country should I choose to have the highest wi-fi channel ? Thank You.
[Android Auto General] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hello,

I believe Germany.

Best Regards,

LPC
[Android Auto General] Cipcino81:
I have sent you a bug report AAWireless-FHASJyCK. As soon as I installed firmware 2.01 again the problem immediately arised . In the meantime can you switch me back to 1.8 again ?
[Android Auto General] valeri_s_k:
Don't know what language you are using for voice search, but IMO it is Google app v13 that messed it in AA for not supported languages. As a temporary fix I did downgrade Google app to v.12:

1. In Google play/my apps find Google

2. Tap uninstall - it will not uninstall it completely, but updates only

3. In Google play setting disable automatic updates. Then you will be able to manually update your apps, skipping Google.

4. Side download Google apk v 12 - I use v12.48

5. Install apk and you will have working voice search/understanding.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Sure, you're back :) Thanks!
[Android Auto General] pi03b331:
Hello everybody, I have a AAwireless device and it works fine! Thank you Emily and whole team for that!! :) I think that if you enable the developer mode (via AA Wireless settings) you can mirror your phone or to play videos but I can't find how to do that. Anyone has any idea or just guide me where to search for to do it? Thank you very much team!
[Android Auto General] FrankieG64:
Update on my testing. For reference, 2020 Ram 1500, 12" Uconnect, Samsung S10. Set the device to dongle mode, MTP w/restart. Worked well for 2 1/2 days. Several short trips in and out of the vehicle, AA came back right away after returning. On the 3rd day went into a store for about 15 minutes, returned to truck and nothing. Message on the phone was looking for android auto, or something to that effect. The only way to get it too work again was to go into Uconnect settings, projection management, remove AAWireless, and reboot AAWireless. At that point all is back to normal.

I have disabled dongle mode and will see how it works in this configuration with MTP w/restart enabled.
[Android Auto General] zoemas:
Hello,

I'm using Dutch as second langueas in assistant (The first one needs to be English for "Hey Google" to work) , I've tried downgrading the Google app version, altough I'm pretty sure it hasn't to do with the version, since I don't have a problem with AA wired or on my phone without AA.

It seems that whem uploading the voice to my phone the sound is stuttert. I've found out that if I wait a few seconds after activating the assistant with speaking , it works a bit better. It also works better If no music is playing or maps is used. So it seems to me it is a bit of a bandwith problem.
[Android Auto General] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Did you try changing the 2.4g or 5ghz frequency for the wifi?

Best Regards,
[Android Auto General] valeri_s_k:
I see... You have diferrent problem.

In my case I had no problem with the voice reaching the phone, but with recognizing/understanding the language. When I say city or street name, AA gets it wrong and Waze/GM show directions to the other end of the world. Downgrading Google app fixed it for me, but also read for others using non-supported languages (Bulgarian, Hungarian etc)
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
Hello people!

New owner of this amazing little thing.

I have a Nissan Juke f16 2020 which has a Bosch infotainment with android auto.

My question is : what can be done when the connection is interrupted after 30'/ one hour?

And how do I activate developer mode? I press enable and nothing happens. I have no other new menu, nothing?

Thanks!!!!
[Android Auto General] Gee11:
Cant downgrade to 1.8 due to newest 4th GEN hardware. Still have reconnect issues. Will send it back now and hope the new one will work
[Android Auto General] Cipcino81:
I hope you can find what is the issue. I have now 1.8 again and all is working fine, thank you !
[Android Auto General] Rom4egT:
Hi

My disconnects have stopped after updating kia seltos car audio firmware to may 2022

AAW: v.2.01

wifi: 5 ch 153

dongle mode: off

passthrough: off

start/stop: off

Before I tried all possible settings with aaw v1.8 and 2.01: unsuccessful .
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
@everyone

For feature requests or issues, please use: https://github.com/cpebit/aawireless-issues/issues/new/choose

I getting really hard to follow this thread. Possibly I already forgot some requests of some people. Need a bit of structure. We will try to fix issues one by one from GitHub.
[Android Auto General] Lord Paulus Cobris:
Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

For me its just a soft reboot button on the APP please.

Best Regards,

LPC
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Do you mind upgrading to the latest develop firmware?
[Android Auto General] RealNBB:
@Snirpo

https://xdaforums.com/t/aawireless-general-discussion-and-support.4247677/post-86926719

And still in schedule? :D

If not, no prob...it's just a question! :)

Thanks a lot!
[Android Auto General] FrankieG64:
Sure, I'll give it a try. AAWireless-MA28Gk1c.
[Android Auto General] Cipcino81:
Hello, should I post my issue on GitHub too or you are already looking into it ? (The video disconnection, for which I sent you a bug report the other day)
[Android Auto General] zeph1:
Hi,

I am experiencing connection issues with my AAWireless device - once starting my car, the phone successfully connects to the car/AAWireless bluetooth connection and the AAWireless device. However, Android Auto does not appear on the cars head unit until I go into the phone and press the restart button under the "AAwireless is connected" notification.

I am currently using passthrough mode and start/stop mode - rest of the settings are stock.

I have a 2022 Hyundai i30 Sedan N (Elantra N) and using a Samsung Galaxy S21+ phone.

I am on the latest firmware for AAwireless device.

Does anyone have any suggestions or recommended settings to fix this issue?

Thanks!
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
We're still testing the new start/stop mechanism. It seems promising for cars which keep USB port always or very long enabled (Mainly Dodge RAM)
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
It's timing issues. Please disable start / stop.
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Yes, I'll add an issue for it on GitHub
[Android Auto General] zeph1:
Without start/stop, is there any other way to get around my phone staying connected to the AAwireless device?
[Android Auto General] bumpaneer:
Is it possible for me to get back on a version of 2.1 with the SSL fix again? I accidentally "upgraded" to 2.0.1 thinking it was the release version of 2.1.

AAW5RnRM8Bt

Thanks for all you guys do to make this a great product!
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
We are testing device side start / stop. Phone side start / stop is spotty, and will most likely always be spotty. For some it works great, for others it won't, too many variables, too little control. Best thing we can do is to introduce some artificial delays maybe.

Hyundai's are especially tricky, even when we do device controlled way because they actually keep AA running in the background for a while after you shut down the car. So AA will keep running with the screen of the car off. You can test this by running AA wired and checking how long AA will stay active after car shutdown, probably around 10 min.

In general if you have a car which doesn't keep the USB port always powered, start / stop shouldn't be used.

You can try dongle mode to keep the device from at least constantly trying to start up the AA connection after disconnection. The dongle however will keep connecting to Bluetooth of the phone.
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
Can someone post a screen shot of developer option menu in the new firmware 2.0.1

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Which developer option menu? :)
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
I have the application AAW version 2.15.0 Develop. It offers me an update from 2.0.1 to 2.0.1. Is this the preliminary 2.1?
[Android Auto General] cybrg4life:
I don't know, I only have enable or disable option and nothing happens when I select them.?
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
Enabled!
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
No that's because the app on Firebase app distribution makes it possible to update infinitely, also to the same version.
[Android Auto General] milanxx:
Thank you for clarification
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
@Snirpo

Why don't you use a Y-cable? Data plugs into the USB and electric power from the cigarette lighter plug.

By this you can check the voltage on the cigarette lighter plug. Is it 12.x Volts, you know the engine is off. Then you wait for a timeout of 2 minutes after the phone disconnected and turn off AAWireless. As soon as the voltage is 14.x Volts, you know that the engine is running and turn AAWireless on. You could sell this as an addon cable for people who need this.

Another solution is to make it based on vibrations/accelerations. The early bluetooth handsfree sets used a similar way to check if the door was opened. I don't know if there is a sensor on the board.

Another idea is to carefully check how stable the 5V from USB is during engine start as the ICs have to control the output voltage based on the input voltage (input voltage should drop during engine cranking). I guess you will see a voltage control behavior. I think it will drop for a short time and then go over 5V until the controller sets the 5V stable. And here you can start AAWireless. As soon as the phone disconnects keep a long enough timeout of 5 minutes or so to make sure that noone tries to reconnect. Then you can turn off AAWireless. You could sell this as an addon cable for people who need this.

These are just some ideas...
[Android Auto General] Snirpo:
While I do like these ideas technically. From an UX perspective I don't know.

Right now already we get complaints AAWireless is difficult to setup (while in reality it really isn't), compared to for example the MA1, this would complicate it more. I have seen a lot of support tickets, and for non-tech these things are just very hard to understand. "Why do I need an extra cable?!"

I think for the car's which have an always on USB port (Dodge RAM/Jeep) we seem to have a proper device controlled solution now (in beta).

For other cars which keep their USB port powered for just a while after turn off its trickier, but even then the phone controlled way works for most. What's left is the edge cases, where we have to think about how to handle those.
[Android Auto General] FrankieG64:
Got it. Thank you. I'll let you know how it works out.
[Android Auto General] Nemesis_00:
Yeah, I just figured out a few mins ago maybe it just lead to an app and found it on the store.

Thanks. Works fine for me with a Hyundai Tucson.
[Android Auto General] cfg9000:
So here's a weird symptom I have with my 2020 Civic:

Everything works fine functionally. No problems with connecting/disconnecting, audio, nav, etc.

The only problem is that when using the AAWireless, Android thinks my car is right hand drive. So all the buttons are in reverse layout. Anyone else see this or know how to address it?
[Android Auto General] tallleroy:
Wow, that is wholly unexpected. My now departed 2018 CR-V had two USB ports connected to the head unit. If you have two ports, does switching ports make a difference?

LeRoy
[Android Auto General] cfg9000:
Only one USB port in the Civic is hooked up to Android Auto, the other is just a dumb charging/mp3 stick port.