Pretty crazy stuff. One of our testers has the same car. He seems to be using "MTP with restart" USB mode. Can you check if that fixes it for you?
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I just retried this, but the AAW device goes into what looks like a boot loop.
LED is green (booting).
LED goes white for a few seconds.
Phone screen flashes once like it's going to start projecting.
LED flashes blue for 2-3 seconds.
LED goes green again and the process starts over.
hello, I have recently purchased AAWireless installed on Golf 7.5 of 2017 and S21 5g phone, when I configure the device on the machine it works correctly but from that moment on the phone is no longer able to connect to the home wifi network. I don't know where I'm wrong.
Yes @von975, when AAWireless is working, your WiFi is connected to the AAWireless device. The WiFi is a substitute for the USB cable. This works the same way as Android Auto does with Wireless Android Auto head units.
Since WiFi is connected to the AAWireless device, it cannot be connected to your home network at the same time.
If your Golf leaves the USB port powered after you leave your car, try Start/Stop in Settings for AAWireless.
Since WiFi is connected to the AAWireless device, it cannot be connected to your home network at the same time.
If your Golf leaves the USB port powered after you leave your car, try Start/Stop in Settings for AAWireless.
Hi all - how do we request a feature in the app? I'd love to see a 'soft reboot' option so I don't have to unplug and replug in my AAWireless unit every time I have issues.
I realize that unplugging and replugging is a great solution but my AAWireless unit is in a bit of an inconvenient location for aesthetic purposes.
I realize that unplugging and replugging is a great solution but my AAWireless unit is in a bit of an inconvenient location for aesthetic purposes.
It allows you to turn the AAW on & off without unplugging & re-plugging the cable. Aside from being more convenient, it saves wear & tear on the cable & its connectors.
I like that out of the box thinking! Unfortunately that won't work in the space that I have allocated for the AAWireless. Hopefully the dev will see this and add a reboot option. Could just be a button in the settings menu.
I can, but it feels more like a bandaid solution. What kind of problems do you have?
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I sent two debug reports.
1 - device is in USB normal/default mode and fails to connect.
2 - device is in USB normal/default mode and I manually forget AAW in the headunit, then it reconnects and works.
Between those two, I tried to do a debug with USB in MTP with Restart, but it wasn't able to complete a debug report cycle. Perhaps the log data is in report #2.
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.
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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.
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 !
@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
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
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Yup, that's because in non-passthrough mode we keep the wireless connection alive by pinging to the phone, even when the HU side is not connected.Hello @Snirpo
Usually I don't use AAWireless for short distances so I let my phone connected to it without using AA (blue blinking led) but when i enable Passthrough mode, the dongle reboot itself after a few seconds if I do not use AA (red led - green blinking led - blue blinking led cycle). Is this the expected behaviour in Passthrough mode ?
Thank you
In passthrough we cannot do this, so the phone side will disconnect after a 10 second timeout, this will restart the whole process.1
Yeah that should be normal, since AA is a system app these days. But apparently Samsung does not agree with that.Some of its features might hack into AA.
but the features I mentioned are made by changing values in the AA database SQL file. As I'm no coder I have no clue if this can be done via protocol. At least it also have Features you have too. Maybe if you have some time down the road you could have a look.
GitHub - shmykelsa/AA-Tweaker: Tool to apply patches to Google Play Services that will enable some extra functionality on Android Auto
Tool to apply patches to Google Play Services...
github.com
Of course it's not urgent. I'm pretty happy with AAWireless how it is today
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On my OnePlus 9 Pro with Android 12 I can't set battery optimization for Android Auto anymore. It's not visible there anymore.11
Fair enough. If Voice Command is having problems, maybe retrain your voice model on the phone. Might make it work better, can't hurt. Good luck. -
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Haha nice! I'll pass it on to our UI/UX designerI got bored today, so I thought I make a mock up how the AAWireless app could look like When swiping t he car picture could change if you want to connect to annother device/car
View attachment 5645393 View attachment 5645397 We have some UX changes in the pipeline, but it doesn't have the highest prio right now as you can imagine.
We made some changes in firmware 2.1.0 which means we don't need these dreaded USB modes anymore. The plan is to ship devices in passthrough + dongle mode, to make it work natively, like the MA1, by default.
Then we are going to hide away the settings in a sort of advanced settings menu, because all these settings are nice, but people don't read/understand what they do, stuff stops working and then our support has to handle it. Hardly anyone uses these settings, for example, dpi change, the most used feature, is only used on 1 percent of all devices.
Bassicly we are KISS'ing it, but still keep advanced settings for well... You guys5@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.4I had this same problem. Found out it woud be caused to 11.31.1 and upwards. Found the solution on Google Maps Help.
I installed Maps 11.35.0 beta (from apk mirror) and all seems to work well again. My AA is level 7.7.622134 (from play store).
Tried a lot of different variations, but my conclusion is that Maps from 11.33.1 is the culprit.4
Sounds very complex I'll build this feature into the next version of the app, possibly this week. Care to test?3
Yes, it's normal, but I'll remove it, because I get a comment about it almost every day -
40This thread is dedicated for AAWireless users.
AAWireless is a device which allows you to transform your existing wired Android Auto compatible unit into a Wireless Android Auto unit.
General chat, experience sharing and community support should be expected as well as support from the developers of the product: @Snirpo and myself.16I just want to leave a big THANK YOU for the developers! You invented a great product and do a great job here.
Anyone who has ordered the product knows that it is a crowdfunding project, which may also have teething problems. I find it cheeky to get upset about problems, even though they are dealt with promptly here. What more should the distributors do than react to the problems here and offer solutions?
I also have problems with the device, but I was helped quickly. Even if it takes a few days.
Dear team: Keep up the good work!15We fixed the "VW Headunit crashing on skipping tracks" issue now completely. Confirmed it's a bug on the HU side, latency makes it worse. We will probably push a new firmware by the end of this week.
I will also submit a bug report to Google, cause they can fix/workaround this issue as well for cabled users.14
Yes, I'll write a full changelog next week from 1.0.0 to 1.5.0 and put it on GitHub + add a link in the app.Hello. What's new in 1.5?
A full changelog for each release would really be appreciated
Thanks for all the hard work!14I've already waited patiently for delivery 3 months more than expected - I ordered In April and was coming in June but now that's looking like October. Now I read on the indiegogo forum that people in the UK are being charged an additional €27 by the Royal mail as the UK is now not in the EU.
Hi Emil!
Just received my AAWireless, and will plug in and test tonight. Love the packaging, looks great! However… Since it was shipped from Hong Kong I was forced to pay a rather substantial import fee and duties on this bad boy. I was under the impression that they would be shipped from within the EU? Is it stands now I’m EUR 27,00 poorer
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Looks like you are in the UK which is outside EU and also there is no way to pre-pay taxes with shipping company any more either....
This is a crazy. An additional $10 was already taken for delivery and it was meant to ship from the EU. I suspect the units have been shipped by Royal Mail / Dutch post. The Royal Mail rips off people in the UK because they add another £11 in admin fees on top of the 20% VAT even though goods up to £135 should be exempt.
See https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...s-goods-sold-to-customers-from-1-january-2021
So not only has VAT been charged coming into the EU from China, it has also been charged coming into the UK ON TOP of the VAT already paid in the EU.
This is just rubbish. What the guys need to do is either ship it from Hong Kong which can cost £0.20 (there are hundreds of chinese ebay and aliexpress sellers doing this already
See http://www.vatfraud.org/blog/stop-s...ons-universal-postal-union-upu-terminal-dues/
The $10 postage already taken should then be refunded.
The other way round it is send the item from Hong Kong and to mark the item as a gift and providing it is below £39 there is NO VAT to pay and NO Royal mail admin fee. Actually as the original product was $57 - roughly £41.25 This wouldn't be a crime seeing as we have had to wait soo long. This could also mean the $10 delivery could be refunded
The other way is to ship it via fedex and state the ex-vat cost coming from china and then add 20% vat that the developer should be paying to the UK HMRC.
Sadly if that doesn't take place, EVERYONE IN THE UK will feel ripped off because of the poor delivery and poor choices made by the developers.
Cheers
Disgruntled in the UK
First of all, your item wasn't shipped yet since in the June batch, so you could have not payed anything for shipping. Secondly, UK is outside the EU, there was a vote about this in 2016, so it doesn't matter if the package comes from EU or from HK or from US, it is treated the same, it's an import. If we import it from HK to EU, we will pay import VAT on the product, then when we send it to UK, we claim back that VAT and we should pay VAT in UK, since there is no more free trading between EU and UK.
Up till recently there was a nice option, to pay VAT and Import duty up-front, when you ship to the UK, but this has been changed and now they requires business outside UK to register with HMRC and do HMRC feeling even if they are residing outside UK, a lot of red tape. Since crowdfunding is not a sale, we can still ship the units to UK, but not sure if we will be able to after the IndieGoGo campaign.
We are also a EU registered company so we cannot (and will not take advantage) of any loop-holes in systems to sell at ridiculously / unrealistically cheap prices.
About the user who paid 27 euros, it turned out that user is living in DK, but provided the address as UK so his package traveled the wrong way, hence the extra duties and surcharges.
Not aware of other users from UK having to pay anything additional when they received the package.
