Android Auto and MIB II

[monkeysrus]

Thanks. I put a question up on the android forum. Nothing i have not tried has come up yet. Just frustrating as my HTC would always default to mirrorlink not AA, new phone hooks up perfectly apart from the audio!

[monkeysrus]

All is fixed after the phone did a big update. (not to marshmallow though - just sony fixes i assume)

[mattaus]

All is fixed after the phone did a big update. (not to marshmallow though - just sony fixes i assume)

Good to hear! Is performance stable?

For me it's become slightly worse again. My connect/disconnect issues remain, but now I also get other problems like:

• it repeats every message I've received instead of just the last one when I listen to a received message
• a random failure to understand me at all if I try to change a message after the first 'draft'
• it is definitely worse at understanding me
• issues with selecting new playlists while an existing playlist is playing in Spotify

Thankfully (I think) it seems to be a common issue with VW headunits and Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) so there may be a fix at some point, although it's on the VW side, not in Android.

[monkeysrus]

For now it seems to be working as it should, maybe I should hold off on the marshmallow update when it comes! My Bluetooth connection is much more stable as well so I assume the update fixed that as well.

Pandora etc is seamless now, only thing that bugs me is not being able to turn off notification from whatsapp etc.

[mattaus]

Fix my connectivity issues. I have updated the original post with the correct method for pairing Android Auto with the MIB II unit. It seems I was the only person around here having the issues, but I was not alone worldwide

I did also notice yesterday that Google have introduced an Australian accent to AA as well, which is nice. It worked for the most part but I did notice that it defaulted back to the Yankee accent a few times. The system was also struggling a bit at the time, but maybe my discovery above will alleviate some of the slowness I've experienced in the past.

[gh172]

Ive only just updated my Samsung galaxy s4 to 5.0.1 and was very much looking forward to to trying out Android Auto. Unfortunately when I connected my phone to the car my Head unit is showing that I have no device. If anyone here has experienced this and can offer some advice id appreciate it!

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[mattaus]

The S4 may struggle with AA, but it should at least be recognizing the phone. Even my S3 was recognized, albeit unusable.

[gh172]

Ive tried 3 different cables , 2 Samsung ones and nothing. Its bloody frustrating! Ive got several ongoing issues with the MIB II unit, this is just the icing on the cake!

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[mattaus]

Ive tried 3 different cables , 2 Samsung ones and nothing. Its bloody frustrating! Ive got several ongoing issues with the MIB II unit, this is just the icing on the cake!

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If you have any family or friends with a newer Android phone I'd give them a try. There is a chance the head unit itself is screwy.

[gh172]

Yeah, I'll give that a try.

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[fatredwombat1]

Yeah, I'll give that a try.

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Just to check, you do have a my16 VW? I am just checking because a friend of mine thought that only the phone needed to support android auto and I had to explain that the head unit also needs to support it.

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[buzuki]

I have an S5 samsung and it refuses to work properly(tried in many cars and using genuine cable). Ive tried other S5 and work ok. When its connecting to car after accepting the prompts 'google services has stopped working' and returns to home screen.

[gh172]

Just to check, you do have a my16 VW? I am just checking because a friend of mine thought that only the phone needed to support android auto and I had to explain that the head unit also needs to support it.

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Definitely a MY16.

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[gh172]

I have finally managed to connect my phone to Android Auto. I went into the settings menu of App connect and noticed the unit was set to connect to Mirrorlink as default rather than Android Auto. Changed it to Android Auto and connected straight away!

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[mattaus]

I have finally managed to connect my phone to Android Auto. I went into the settings menu of App connect and noticed the unit was set to connect to Mirrorlink as default rather than Android Auto. Changed it to Android Auto and connected straight away!

Sorry I didn't even think to try that. I set mine to AA from day 1 and never looked back.