AAWireless - General discussion and support

[ener2k01]

Hello
I'm having some issues with the AA Wireless. I use a Samsung Galaxy s20 and a MIB2 head unit (MHI2) on an Audi A4 B9.
When driving over road bumps or potholes, the connection is briefly interupted and short time after it reconnects. The problem is when it disconnects, if I'm listening music on YT music or Sporify, it automatically moves to radio, so I have to manually start music again and that's frustrating. I used the cable provided in the original package, then switched to a Baseus one, even tried with original Samsung cables or other aftermarket brands. When having longer trips it happens several times per trip and it's getting on my nerves. I realised that if I slightely move the AA Wireless device or move the cable it disconnects.
Is there any way to fix it?

 

[Snirpo]

Hello
I'm having some issues with the AA Wireless. I use a Samsung Galaxy s20 and a MIB2 head unit (MHI2) on an Audi A4 B9.
When driving over road bumps or potholes, the connection is briefly interupted and short time after it reconnects. The problem is when it disconnects, if I'm listening music on YT music or Sporify, it automatically moves to radio, so I have to manually start music again and that's frustrating. I used the cable provided in the original package, then switched to a Baseus one, even tried with original Samsung cables or other aftermarket brands. When having longer trips it happens several times per trip and it's getting on my nerves. I realised that if I slightely move the AA Wireless device or move the cable it disconnects.
Is there any way to fix it?

Sounds like a defective USB connector, please contact [email protected] for a replacement.

 

[Andres.Navas]

@Snirpo I have reported here in the forum that my AAWireless sometimes struggles a lot to start AA in my head unit (without getting an answer about it).
So, I've been following the issue, and I've discovered that it occurs when my phone loses data signal; whenever my phone loses data connection at the same time AAW is starting, it struggles and fails until my phone reconnects to the internet, at which point it starts successfully and connects to AAW. It doesn't matter if it's in dongle mode or not... But to be clear, I'm currently working with it in dongle mode, and the Start/Stop feature on.

Is this behavior OK? - So if I'm in a place without data, for example, a basement, it cannot start AA until I go out and get data on my phone. If I'm in an area where there is no data coverage, the AAW is useless...

Any thoughts??

Thank you!!

 

[Dangze]

@Snirpo I have reported here in the forum that my AAWireless sometimes struggles a lot to start AA in my head unit (without getting an answer about it).
So, I've been following the issue, and I've discovered that it occurs when my phone loses data signal; whenever my phone loses data connection at the same time AAW is starting, it struggles and fails until my phone reconnects to the internet, at which point it starts successfully and connects to AAW. It doesn't matter if it's in dongle mode or not... But to be clear, I'm currently working with it in dongle mode, and the Start/Stop feature on.

Is this behavior OK? - So if I'm in a place without data, for example, a basement, it cannot start AA until I go out and get data on my phone. If I'm in an area where there is no data coverage, the AAW is useless...

Any thoughts??

Thank you!!

As far as I am concerned, my AAW connects correctly and remains connected, whether I have a data connection or not (for example in a basement without phone signal) !...

 

[Andres.Navas]

As far as I am concerned, my AAW connects correctly and remains connected, whether I have a data connection or not (for example in a basement without phone signal) !...

Not idea why I have some issues... but what I can say is that it struggles to start and have a stable connection.

 

[Snirpo]

Not idea why I have some issues... but what I can say is that it struggles to start and have a stable connection.

What phone are you using? It shouldn't make any difference if there's mobile data or not.

 

[Andres.Navas]

What phone are you using? It shouldn't make any difference if there's mobile data or not.

@Snirpo I'm using an OnePlus 8Pro, Android 13, not rooted. My car is a Citroën C5 AC PHEV.

I started to get those issues like ~4 months ago, is something "recent"... And I also noticed once that I went to Andorra where I don't have Roaming services, when I arrived driving the AAW was connected and working good until I switched off the car... being there when I tried to start again AA using the AAW dongle, it didin't connect, it was restarting and restarting until I went out the principality and entered to Spain again and my data services were restored, then the AAW started and AA worked... Ultra wierd stuff...

 

[Dangze]

My car is C5 AC (not PHEV) too...

May I make an hypothesis : when your phone looses 4g data signal, may be there is some automatic switching in your wifi settings that disconnects the phone from AAW (phone seeking for wifi datas...) ?

 

[Andres.Navas]

My car is C5 AC (not PHEV) too...

May I make an hypothesis : when your phone looses 4g data signal, may be there is some automatic switching in your wifi settings that disconnects the phone from AAW (phone seeking for wifi datas...) ?

That's an intriguing theory, but why doesn't it disconnect when it loses its data connection while connected to AAW? - I mean, if the AA is running and everything is working, it doesn't disconnect or fail if the data services go down or stop; it only happens when it's trying to start AA and connect the AAW at the beginning of a drive.

 

[Dangze]

May be AAW wifi remains connected when already used by AAW, but if AAW is not connected, the phone seeks another wifi signal and is then not available for AAW wifi connection. I suspect something like that, maybe you can resolve it using some routine or macro...

 

[Andres.Navas]

May be AAW wifi remains connected when already used by AAW, but if AAW is not connected, the phone seeks another wifi signal and is then not available for AAW wifi connection. I suspect something like that, maybe you can resolve it using some routine or macro...

Interesting. Could you please elaborate a little bit about the routine or macro? - What should the phone do or refrain from doing?

Thanks!!

 

[italodance]

Fixed all previous issues with my AWW , now it connects in Dongle Mode fast.

The only issue is disconnection randomly, once per drive .
I set Wifi Channel to any No and still testing the rest of.

Any solution for my Xiaomi Mi 11 lite?! Should I change my phone?

 

[Radegast12]

Yes you can, AAWireless hosts a hotspot. Password of the hotspot is uppercased sha1 of the full SSID. I don't know what performance impact this has though. But I expect none, cause the wifi has more than enough bandwidth.

How do I derive the password from this SSID:
AndroidAuto-AAWxxxxxxxx
I tried something, but the connection failed.

Thank you.

EDIT:
I already figured it out.

 

[Radegast12]

Fixed all previous issues with my AWW , now it connects in Dongle Mode fast.

The only issue is disconnection randomly, once per drive .
I set Wifi Channel to any No and still testing the rest of.

Any solution for my Xiaomi Mi 11 lite?! Should I change my phone?

Xiaomi phones have a known bug where they kill WiFi when 4G signal is lost.
Until this bug is fixed by Xiaomi itself, there is no solution :-(

 

[Radegast12]

Yes you can, AAWireless hosts a hotspot. Password of the hotspot is uppercased sha1 of the full SSID. I don't know what performance impact this has though. But I expect none, cause the wifi has more than enough bandwidth.

The created hotspot is not connected to the Internet, is it correct or is it a mistake on my part.
I connect a device, such as a laptop, to the hotspot, but there is no Internet connection.
I thought AAWireless would take the internet from the connected phone and provide it to the hotspot, but I guess it doesn't work that way. I think I already know.

 

[Snirpo]

The created hotspot is not connected to the Internet, is it correct or is it a mistake on my part.
I connect a device, such as a laptop, to the hotspot, but there is no Internet connection.
I thought AAWireless would take the internet from the connected phone and provide it to the hotspot, but I guess it doesn't work that way. I think I already know.

No internet indeed. The phone can't provide internet to the Wi-Fi hotspot of AAW. However, long time ago we had plans to make it possible to let AAW work in client mode to a hotspot on the phone side. We have a bit of time (finally, after two years), so we can add this functionality. If you want to help testing, please join us at https://join.slack.com/t/aawireless/shared_invite/zt-1n1pdy9hv-dz8VcQW8FK_yPQwENcEqOg

 

[Snirpo]

Interesting. Could you please elaborate a little bit about the routine or macro? - What should the phone do or refrain from doing?

Thanks!!

Did this start happening on the upgrade to Android 13 by any chance?

 

[SOFO888]

I'm just curious about one topic I thought already for a long time.

It is about the automatic videon focus request of Android Auto.

We drive a Renault.

Option 1:
When I turn on automatic video focus request in Android Auto options, the Infotainment system will turn on and show Google Maps as soon as I open the door. In this case the music starts playing even though I did not start the engine yet.

Option 2:
When I turn on automatic video focus request in AAWireless options, there is no automatic start of Google Maps. The behavior is the same like with the option off.

I do not like option 1 because we have a kid and it takes sometimes a couple of minutes until the kid is in the car. As the music already plays it will drain the car battery. Moreover when I forgot something in my car and I open only one door to take it out, the Infotainment system fires up including music.

I noticed the following behavior:
When option 1 is active, my phone will connect to my car by Bluetooth as soon as I open the door.
When no automatic video focus request is active, the phone will not connect by Bluetooth until I start the engine.

I prefer an option with automatic video focus as soon as I start the engine. I hoped option 2 could do this. Unfortunately option 2 seems not to work. What's the experience with other Renault drivers?

Do you have any ideas?

 

[italodance]

I changed my AAWIRELESS cable but it gives error after a while using them disconnected, so I moved back to its original cable.
I afraid it doesn't damage my dongle however it works fine as past.
@Snirpo any opinion ?! I love my AAwireless much. So is it fine?;

 

[Andres.Navas]

Did this start happening on the upgrade to Android 13 by any chance?

Hi @Snirpo, no, TBH I was paying a lot of attention to any misbehavior on all my stuff when I got the update, because there's always a bug or a problem after updating the OS. But AAW was working as a charm, as always, it was suddenly, I can say that the issue started to appear around mid-December 2022... IDK if it was related to an AA update or an AAW app update...