AAWireless - General discussion and support

[Snirpo]

Hello @Snirpo I'm from Italy, and having some issue.

The scenario information are:
Veycle Toyota RAV 4 2022
Device Xiaomi Mi 11T 5G - Android 12, latest official global miui 13 (No rooted)
Google android auto 8.6, trough playstore no beta channel
Device AAW51381c93

1) One time on 3/4 time the AA don't start and need to delete from car and phone the BT and Wifi network, cycle restart of phone, dongle or car

2) Sometime that's happens to while running AAwireless after 30min and have a start-stop AA every 5minutes or need to do the correction on step 1

I have read this forum these days ant find that the best combo is
- USB mode standard
- Dongle mode Off
- Passtrught off
- Start/stop off ( my car don't stop usb power when engine stop becouse hybrid engine)
- Wifi 5Ghz, put ch 149 and region "italy"

Last test i have done yesterday:
Clean data\cache for compaion app and Google AA
remove any reference for wifi-bt from car and phone
Put no battery restriction on Google AA and companion APP (also auto start)
Reset dongle to factory default (UPDATED, sorry i have forgot it first time i post)
Follow wizzard from companion app for first setup for dongle and Google AA.
Unit working flawless

Today morning AA didn't start in any way. Need to put phone on cable, AA started immediatly and after disconnect phone by cable and re-connect the dongle to same cable AA wireless start

I have notice during the falling start of AAWireless there usually one of two by BT or Wireless don't connect, and if l try manually ask for password (mostly of time wifi).

Can i try the new firmware fer EU region?
Is there a way i can provide some debug information?

PS: Cable connection is rock solid, and have used the cable provided by unit to test if was a cable problem.
With previus car (ford ecosport 2019) i have used same unit with another phone (Mi 10T) and the actual phone.
The behavior was the same. cable connection rock solid. AAW sometimes dont start until reset veycle too. I was thinking was a ford problem (very poor infotaiment). Now i think the problem is unit itself, but im pretty sure the unit is fully functional, and is something related to software.

Thank you in advance

I enabled the develop build for your device. Don't think it will help, but you can try Please report back it it helped or not.

 

[Snirpo]

Maybe @Snirpo can help me with a question. My phone that the bug that makes AAw disconnect when cellular data fails or changes (roaming switching, etc)

Could there be an option to make AA start automatically after reconnecting to the phone? Right now I have to click/touch the AA icon on the infotainment screen.

I have a Peugeot 208, recent model and a POCO F4 with MIUI 13.

Thanks in advance.

This is head unit dependent unfortunately, you can try to set the "Start Android Auto automatically" to "Always" in Android Auto settings, but I'm afraid it won't help.

 

[urmanio23]

This is head unit dependent unfortunately, you can try to set the "Start Android Auto automatically" to "Always" in Android Auto settings, but I'm afraid it won't help.

Oh you're right, I do have AA setup to start when connected but it only makes it ready to show on the display, I still have to select it on the car screen.

Oh well, I just need Xiaomi to fix that annoying bug to have the perfect AA wireless experience, but something tells me it won't get fixed.

 

[Xtragyne]

Hi @Snirpo

I have replaced my device hence it was an difficult process since im in Turkey and i had to send it back to US and replace with new one.

I had big hopes with new device however it is the same story..

Device disconnected after 1 hour or so then its keep disconnected constantly every couple of minutes.

My car is Opel Astra K 2015 with Navi 900 Intellink 2.5 head unit.

My phone is Samsung S22 Ultra / Snapdragon version

I really want to use this product would you please advice ?

 

[derausgewanderte]

Short update from my side:
The developer option did not do the trick.

But I found out that I have to start my car to get my car's Bluetooth connected in a certain time frame. It is around 30 to 60 seconds after getting connected to AAWireless.
If I'm too early or too late AndroidAuto does not start. Then I have to force connect the AAWireless Bluetooth device again.
As a workaround I made a Tasker task which force connects to AAWireless Bluetooth if there is no AndroidAuto.

During yesterday it worked out well.

SOFO, mind sending that tasker script or tell me how you did this?
thank you

 

[SOFO888]

Profile 1:
The variable CARBLUETOOTHCONNECTED is set to 1 as soon as my car is connected to my phone by Bluetooth. Exit task is to clear this variable.

Profile 2:
Connected to AAWireless Wifi.
Then I start the task in the screenshot as entry task. You don't need the Say and ringer volume commands. It is for my information so that I know that there is a connection error.

 

[Snirpo]

Hi @Snirpo

I have replaced my device hence it was an difficult process since im in Turkey and i had to send it back to US and replace with new one.

I had big hopes with new device however it is the same story..

Device disconnected after 1 hour or so then its keep disconnected constantly every couple of minutes.

My car is Opel Astra K 2015 with Navi 900 Intellink 2.5 head unit.

My phone is Samsung S22 Ultra / Snapdragon version

I really want to use this product would you please advice ?

If the device is already replaced then there's not much we can do unfortunately. Why it only disconnects after an hour is a mystery to me. Please contact our support at [email protected] for a return and refund. I I guess you bought it from Amazon? I think we can create return labels from Turkey to NL. Not 100 percent sure, but our support guys will know.

 

[alibaba00]

2.2.0 only adds compatibility for European production devices. It's functionally same as 2.1.0. Hence not enabling it for everyone.

Kia Rio 4 Europe,please enable 2.2.0 for my AAW8q7cxKBO .Thanks.

 

[mrnemesisman]

Stock update and availability?

Hi AAWireless team.

I like others here that were early backers who love your product. However, when I try to purchase more units via your Amazon page, it's constantly out of stock.

Can we get an ETA on when this might be available to purchase again?

 

[italodance]

Stock update and availability?

Hi AAWireless team.

I like others here that were early backers who love your product. However, when I try to purchase more units via your Amazon page, it's constantly out of stock.

Can we get an ETA on when this might be available to purchase again?

You should try to purchase it via Ebay.

 

[Snirpo]

Stock update and availability?

Hi AAWireless team.

I like others here that were early backers who love your product. However, when I try to purchase more units via your Amazon page, it's constantly out of stock.

Can we get an ETA on when this might be available to purchase again?

Stock is on the way to Amazon from Europe

 

[saclefr]

Hi @Snirpo

I have replaced my device hence it was an difficult process since im in Turkey and i had to send it back to US and replace with new one.

I had big hopes with new device however it is the same story..

Device disconnected after 1 hour or so then its keep disconnected constantly every couple of minutes.

My car is Opel Astra K 2015 with Navi 900 Intellink 2.5 head unit.

My phone is Samsung S22 Ultra / Snapdragon version

I really want to use this product would you please advice ?

I have also too much disconnection currently.
I thought it was the cable : but using the cable connected directly to the phone it is working fine
I thought it was the car : I changed from Mazda to Hyundai, same issue
I thought it was the phone : my wife has same issue with her Google Pixel
I can have a travel of 800km without issues with phone wired using the aawireless cable
But I can't hope a travel of more than 20km without disconnection with aawireless.
I tried reset, cleaning all wifi / bluetooth connection ... but never solved that.

It reboots itself quickly, so at least there is nothing to do. But that is still annoying.

 

[Andres.Navas]

I have also too much disconnection currently.
I thought it was the cable : but using the cable connected directly to the phone it is working fine
I thought it was the car : I changed from Mazda to Hyundai, same issue
I thought it was the phone : my wife has same issue with her Google Pixel
I can have a travel of 800km without issues with phone wired using the aawireless cable
But I can't hope a travel of more than 20km without disconnection with aawireless.
I tried reset, cleaning all wifi / bluetooth connection ... but never solved that.

It reboots itself quickly, so at least there is nothing to do. But that is still annoying.

Did you try changing the WiFi channel to a higher one?

A lot of disconnection issues are solved changing the WiFi channel.

 

[saclefr]

Did you try changing the WiFi channel to a higher one?

A lot of disconnection issues are solved changing the WiFi channel.

For wifi settings I was in
France > Access point > 5Ghz > auto

I just tried
France > Access point > 5Ghz > [max number available]

I look forward to test that ! Thanks for this.

Note : I have 2 aawireless with same issues, IF wifi channel is the solution, do I have to put a different channel for each ?

 

[Andres.Navas]

For wifi settings I was in
France > Access point > 5Ghz > auto

I just tried
France > Access point > 5Ghz > [max number available]

I look forward to test that ! Thanks for this.

Note : I have 2 aawireless with same issues, IF wifi channel is the solution, do I have to put a different channel for each ?

Hopefully it will help!

I doubt you have the 2 AAWireless dongles in the same car, so I think you can use the same channel on both...

 

[derausgewanderte]

I am sure this has been covered here before and I just don't see it. Mine is working a little more than 50% of the time. Many times, it works when I first get in the car in the morning and then stops working when the phone reconnects to the car or AAW. It does show AA on the screen but there is no menu or homescreen (see photo). The buttons on the bottom that show the AA icons is inactive (I can get some generic information about AA with the other buttons). Doesn't matter what I do. The only thing I can do is scroll through songs that are playing with the arrows.
Any idea what's going on here?
Also, I would love to try the latest beta to see if that helps.
cheers and happy new year all.

This is on a 2020 Nissan Sentra with a Galaxy S22Ultra. AAWwi48ZShe

@ SOFO888,
thank you again for your wonderful help!
I determined that it is the head unit of my 2020 Sentra that is not playing nice. I tried your script and it is working fine. I see it in action both when it works and when I purposely interrupt it, even with a nice female voice in german
But the problem is the connections to both car and the dongle are working fine and the unit is stuck in this state. So the script actually cannot catch anything. The current workaround is to reboot the head unit and it's perfectly fine for some 5 to 10 times until it gets stuck again.
I also tried this with my wife's Motorola dongle and it does the same thing. On her 2023 Rogue it never fails with her Pixel 7.
well, for now I just have to learn to live with it. At least it's working for some 80%.
cheers
Vielen Dank!

 

[saclefr]

Hopefully it will help!

I doubt you have the 2 AAWireless dongles in the same car, so I think you can use the same channel on both...

Same issue. But worth the try, thanks.
I made contribution of aawireless in October 2020. My assumption is that first deliveries had defaults. Will do some other tries.

 

[Andres.Navas]

Same issue. But worth the try, thanks.
I made contribution of aawireless in October 2020. My assumption is that first deliveries had defaults. Will do some other tries.

I'm sorry to hear that. My AAWireless unit is also from the early batches, I think it's around unit 150ish. I had the disconnection issue, but it was smoothly solved by changing the channel...

 

[Snirpo]

I'm sorry to hear that. My AAWireless unit is also from the early batches, I think it's around unit 150ish. I had the disconnection issue, but it was smoothly solved by changing the channel...

It varies alot per region/country. There is no perfect channel unfortunately. Some may have issues on channel 40 (default), some may have issues on the higher channels. In general the higher channels are better though.

 

[Snirpo]

@ SOFO888,
thank you again for your wonderful help!
I determined that it is the head unit of my 2020 Sentra that is not playing nice. I tried your script and it is working fine. I see it in action both when it works and when I purposely interrupt it, even with a nice female voice in german
But the problem is the connections to both car and the dongle are working fine and the unit is stuck in this state. So the script actually cannot catch anything. The current workaround is to reboot the head unit and it's perfectly fine for some 5 to 10 times until it gets stuck again.
I also tried this with my wife's Motorola dongle and it does the same thing. On her 2023 Rogue it never fails with her Pixel 7.
well, for now I just have to learn to live with it. At least it's working for some 80%.
cheers
Vielen Dank!

You only see the bottom menu bar? That doesn't sound like a car-side issue, but more of a phone side issue. This also happens on Huawei P30 randomly. Very common issue on those phones.

EDIT: Sorry, just noticed your attached photo. It seems like the AA icon is shown, but AA won't show up, but it is actually running in the background. For fun, can you try to enable the "GM fix" in the AAW companion app settings?