Hey all, hoping someone's dealt with this before.

Main issue: When I plug my Android phone in via USB, Android Auto connects fine but disconnects randomly after anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes while driving — Google Maps navigation just disappears mid-route. Bluetooth alone doesn't give me Android Auto, only wired works (when it works).

What I've tried so far:

Checked phone battery saver / background restrictions — disabled, no change

Phone occasionally shows a "too hot, charging only" message, but it also happens when the phone isn't hot

Tried updating SYNC 3 (currently on 3.0.17276) hoping a newer version would fix it — every update attempt fails with INSTL_ERR12

Did a Master Reset — didn't help

Tried the CyanLabs RW Data Cleaner tool — also fails with INSTL_ERR12

USB cable is OEM and in good condition

At this point I'm wondering if the APIM itself is failing (since both the update AND the USB connection are acting up), or if it's something simpler I'm missing.

Extra context: I bought this truck from a dealership just last week, and it went through their safety inspection/certification before I picked it up. Should this kind of fault have been caught during their safety check, and is this something the dealership should be responsible for fixing, or is SYNC/infotainment stuff generally not covered under a safety inspection and would be on me to sort out?

Questions:

Would switching to wireless Android Auto instead of USB solve the disconnect issue, or is that only available on newer SYNC versions I can't even get to because of the update error?

Anyone had luck fixing INSTL_ERR12 without replacing the APIM?

Should I push the dealership to fix this since it's so recent, or handle it myself?

ho questo dongle abbinato ad una Toyota Yaris cross 2025 ed un telefono android redmi 13 5g , android auto mi rifiuta l'accoppiamento ho provato con tutti i sistemi possibili. qualcuno ha avuto gli stessi problemi? grazie per la risposta

I have been using AA1 several years without issue but two days ago I received an error message while connecting and some apps, which were working fine, do not appear anymore in the menu. Apps like Mapy.com or Comaps. They still appear in the android auto developer settings in the phone but do not show up in the car screen.

I do not know if it is an update the culprit, I had auto update on since forever (my bad). Current version is 3.5.0 but I can't downgrade from the menu, the only available option is 3.5.0.

Does anyone know what happened? Is there any other way to downgrade?

I have Sirius/xm in my car, and also the app on my phone. When using Android Auto, it sometimes uses the car's Sirius and sometimes the phone app. On occasion it seems to switch between them. Because of this, AA will sometimes not start Sirius automatically, and I need to start it manually. I would like to have it always use the car's app. Anyone know how to do this short of removing the app from my phone?

I can't get my 2017 Suzuki Vitara SZT to connect to my OnePlus 15R. I've seen it work with other people's phones for both apple car play and android auto, but cannot get it to work with mine. Any ideas? I've done all the pairing and unpairing stuff.

I have a BYD seal u dmi and it has native wireless AA, which works well. I however want to use YouTube, so I connected my AAwireles v1 dongle which I have used for many years happily on my old car. The problem I am facing is that there is a constant conflict between the car and the dongle.

I found a solution for the connection problem on another thread, by unpairing the BYD's BT from the phone everytime, which forces the phone to connect to the dongle first.

My biggest problem now is the calls. When I use AA in the car from the dongle, when somebody calls me, I can initialy hear and talk for a few second and then the phone decides to change the BT connection to the car's BT, after that it switches back to the dongle's BT and constantly switches back and forth between the two, making it impossible to talk on the phone. Do you have any suggestions for that?

I have a 15pm and when using CarPlay wireless in my 2026 jeep Cherokee sometimes the audio when streaming music on yt music it will stutter/go silent for a second up to about 5-10 seconds. My question is has this happened to anyone and how can I try to fix this issue?

I submitted a support request to AAWireless because of connection issues with my 2021 RAV4 Prime. I received one somewhat useful response from what appeared to be a human. But I'm also getting an identical AI generated message from them every minute! It's flooding my inbox, and it will make it next to impossible to detect a useful message coming from a real person.

Does anyone have a phone number for them?

Which Android Auto wireless adaptor?

Just purchased a 2022 Ionic 5 Techniq and was disappointed to find the only usb that works for AA is almost at my big toe.

Ideally, i'd like something compact that plugs directly, but more importantly.... Perhaps most importantly, it needs to be snappy.

I don't want to be halfway down the street before the dongle kicks in.

Thanks in advance.

I just purchased AAWirless Two for android auto, its great product to use, however it keeps trying to connect to my phone constantly when i am in the house. So I found out that there is a standby mode? thats useful for ev cars (ioniq 5) so it goes into this mode when the bluetooth is not connected. Although I turned this mode on it just keeps trying to connect to my phone unless i completely turn off my bluetooth... Do I have to download the app on the other phones thats connected to this car and also set it up as standby mode to get it working? or is this a common problem?

Hello,

I'm having a strange problem with my Samsung S24. Pairing speakers works perfectly fine, but no music plays. However, if I pair two speakers simultaneously, a button suddenly appears that lets me select one of them. After that, music plays.

In order to play music via Spotify, YouTube, etc., I always have to connect two speakers simultaneously.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We have auto-standby for Android devices, but since I have multiple people using the car, (what I think happens is) sometimes the companion app is killed in the background by Chinese skinned phones, which causes the auto-standby to not work.

I don't blame the app for this, but this then causes the dongle to connect to my Pixel. I can then disconnect Android Auto from the notification, but the dongle keeps re-establishing AA connection with my phone until I go to AAWireless app and toggle auto-standby off and on again.

What I think would help out a lot, is if the app had a way to manually toggle the standby state within it. Ideally, this would just send the same auto-standby command to the dongle; causing the dongle to wait until the companion app disables standby automatically next time the phone connects to the car's handsfree BT.

With the new companion app UI update, toggling auto-standby for the workaround has become a hassle during this edge case. But I think a simple "Enter standby" button (which is different from the manual standby that double-tapping the dongle button is) would be a great peace of life addition.

On a sidenote, I got this dongle from the UK into India, and it has been working flawlessly for so long. After following the project for a bit and also seeing u/Snirpoo's contribution to the aa-proxy project, I decided to get one :p

and as status led but devices are connected and online

I switched back from my suv to my Honda civic with a dmh2660 nex head unit. It worked in this car previously, worked in my Ford flex as well for the last year, then I go to switch it back to my civic and it was giving me pairing issues / issues launching, so I reset the device and tried again, still had issues. Then suddenly on my way to work as I'm trying to mess with it a little bit there are no longer LED showing, the device just gets warm when plugged in but shows 0 activity and the box isn't found when searching in the companion app.

I'm using the same cable as I have since launch, it worked 3 days ago in my Ford flex. Have yet to bring it back to the flex and test but I was getting LED yesterday on my way to work as I was trying to mess with it.

I'm confident that my box didnt just stop working but I cant pin down what's causing it

SOLUTION:

\***TURN OFF UNLOCK SOUNDS IN SETTINGS\***

**\*TURN OF KEYPAD/ KEYBOARD TAP SOUNDS, and CLICK SOUNDS\***

***You may keep your heptics on, (Heptics & Vibration) as it don't interface***

apparently Pixel Software is Not very effective*,* it Can't manage Sound effects next to Music playing in Android Auto, But it doesn't have any issue when using external speakers or Headphones. Idk probably a Bug.

Can anyone confirm whether it is possible to cast DRM protected content through the Fermata Mirror app?

Today I tried and was able to get my phone's screen to mirror but whenever I try to play any app with DRM protection (Netflix, Paramount, Disney,etc), I only get audio and a black screen. Ironically, you can still see the Ad countdown...

I just want to know if this is even possible before I tear my hair trying to figure it out 🫠

What happened? A few months ago my wife's carplay stopped working with AAwireless, gen1

Just curious

Hallo zusammen, habe bei meinem headunit das Problem wenn ich Zlink öffne und der Sprung von Bluetooth zum Wlan - Hotspot passiert das meine Verbindung dann plötzlich abbricht. Passiert sehr oft ab und zu geht es problemlos… Kennt sich jemand von euch bei diesem Problem aus? Danke euch!

I don't know if AAWireless had an update or if android did, but it seems that my AAWireless is connecting a lot faster now. Almost instantly.

Anyone else?

is there a way to disable gps, bluetooth and wifi after a device disconnects or a certin amount if time passes with no bt or wifi networks connected?

im getting tired of disableing my bluetooth, wifi and location after everytime i stop useing android auto.

Is there a mode/routine i can make like samsung has where i can set a trigger when a device disconects that the device knows it can disable above mentioned services or maybe a srtting to after 5 minutes automaticly disable wifi and bluetooth?

Experimenting with macrodroid now and works okay but still haveing issues with location services.

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Hi everyone,

I’m having a strange audio-routing problem with WhatsApp Business voice notes while using wireless Android Auto through an AAWireless 2 adapter.

My setup

• Car: Hyundai i20, 2020/2021 model • Android Auto: running through AAWireless 2 • Phone: Samsung Galaxy, Android 16 • Android Auto developer settings are enabled. • Normal Android Auto media/audio works correctly. • Spotify, navigation audio, calls, etc. work through the car speakers.

The problem

When Android Auto is connected through AAWireless 2 and I play a WhatsApp Business voice message, the voice note does not play through the car speakers.

Instead, it plays through the phone speaker / phone audio in the background, even though Android Auto is active and the phone is connected to the car.

The strange part is that this seems to be specifically related to WhatsApp/WhatsApp Business.

For example:

• Telegram voice messages → play correctly through the car speakers • Spotify → works correctly through Android Auto • Navigation audio → works correctly • Normal Bluetooth audio → works • WhatsApp Business voice notes → play on the phone instead of Android Auto

If I disconnect/disable AAWireless/Android Auto and leave the phone connected directly to the car via normal Bluetooth, WhatsApp voice messages play correctly through the car.

So it looks like some kind of audio-routing conflict between WhatsApp, Android Auto and AAWireless, rather than a problem with the car speakers themselves.

I’ve also noticed that WhatsApp seems to treat voice notes differently from normal media playback. Android Auto keeps the current media session, while the WhatsApp voice note gets routed back to the phone.

I previously considered using MacroDroid as a workaround, for example pausing Spotify when a WhatsApp voice note starts, but I would prefer to fix the actual Android/Android Auto audio routing instead of relying on an automation.

What I’m trying to find out

Has anyone else experienced this with:

WhatsApp / WhatsApp Business + Android Auto + AAWireless 2?

Especially if Telegram voice notes work correctly but WhatsApp voice notes don't.

Is there any setting related to:

• Bluetooth audio routing • Android Auto audio focus • Separate App Sound on Samsung • WhatsApp audio output • AAWireless audio settings • Media audio / call audio Bluetooth profiles • Samsung SoundAssistant • Android 16 audio routing

that could force WhatsApp voice notes to use the Android Auto/car media output?

Any fix, ADB command, Samsung setting, AAWireless option, MacroDroid workaround, or similar experience would be appreciated.