Android auto

DrewJ

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Android auto keeps disconnecting and I have to pull the cable out of phone or usb socket to re establish a connection. This only lasts for 10/15 minutes before it disconnects again.
Does anyone know of a way to obtain a lasting connection.
Thanks.
 
I never had any issues with wired AA, but I subsequently fitted a wireless AA dongle merely for convenience. After setting a 30 sec start-up delay (to allow the car's Infotainment screen to boot up) the setup has worked flawlessly.

Others having wired AA connection issues have mooted that the root of the problem is the cable ... a good quality data-capable cable is needed. Anker cables (especially shorter ones) seem to get a good rep.
 
I never had any issues with wired AA, but I subsequently fitted a wireless AA dongle merely for convenience. After setting a 30 sec start-up delay (to allow the car's Infotainment screen to boot up) the setup has worked flawlessly.

Others having wired AA connection issues have mooted that the root of the problem is the cable ... a good quality data-capable cable is needed. Anker cables (especially shorter ones) seem to get a good rep.
i have the same dongle, how can i set 30 sec start up delay?
 
Plug the device into a USB power supply (not the car) and then connect to the device's WiFi on your phone/PC. Then you call up the set-up page in a browser. Check the leaflet that came with the device for the IP address - I can't find mine right now. It's something like 192.168.1.200
 
I never had any issues with wired AA, but I subsequently fitted a wireless AA dongle merely for convenience. After setting a 30 sec start-up delay (to allow the car's Infotainment screen to boot up) the setup has worked flawlessly.

Others having wired AA connection issues have mooted that the root of the problem is the cable ... a good quality data-capable cable is needed. Anker cables (especially shorter ones) seem to get a good rep.
I'm surprised at Siteguru , this was happening to me and his advice was to make sure the Android Auto cache on the phone was regularly cleared. This worked for me!
 
I don't remember giving such advice. I've never knowingly cleared the AA cache on my phones (other than when I -rarely - use a utility that clears all caches on my phone). 🤷‍♂️
 
I don't remember giving such advice. I've never knowingly cleared the AA cache on my phones (other than when I -rarely - use a utility that clears all caches on my phone). 🤷‍♂️
I could have sworn it was yourself? Perhaps one of us is going 🤪🤪🤪. Still it was good advice whoever parted with it.
 
I may have offered such advice in relation to iSmart ... when someone is having issues with apps on Android then clearing the cache is standard debug protocol. :) But this hasn't generally been the issue in relation to AA.
 
Plug the device into a USB power supply (not the car) and then connect to the device's WiFi on your phone/PC. Then you call up the set-up page in a browser. Check the leaflet that came with the device for the IP address - I can't find mine right now. It's something like 192.168.1.200
Thank you, it was 192.168.200.1. There is no difference for me, it worked even without startup delay. I thought it will fix the bright maps problem so i would not have to switch the light off and then back to Auto every time.
 
I believe the problem is usually the cable. I know your cable work at home etc etc but buy couple of good/very-good cables from google etc and then see if it still disconnects.
Android auto keeps disconnecting and I have to pull the cable out of phone or usb socket to re establish a connection. This only lasts for 10/15 minutes before it disconnects again.
Does anyone know of a way to obtain a lasting connection.
Thanks.
 
Thank you, it was 192.168.200.1. There is no difference for me, it worked even without startup delay. I thought it will fix the bright maps problem ao i would not have to switch the light off and then back to Auto every time
Nah - it doesn't fix that. That's an AA issue whereby GMaps via AA doesn't respect the theme setting. i.e. I have mine set to dark, and when using GMaps on my phone it is dark but when connecting to the car via AA it defaults to light theme. Toggling the lights sets it to dark, and thereafter it remains dark (until the next time I use the car and connect to AA). 🤷‍♂️
 

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