After having a few issues with my Samsung S20 and getting it to work with Android Auto. I finally solved the issue.

My old Samsung S8 worked faultlessly but I ran into issues when Iupgraded  to the S20 last year. Itried  the usual resetting  and reinstalling everything to no avail. Then I gave up and just had to reinsert the usb lead everytime it disconnected. So after trying a few things and being a bit bored today I went through the settings on my phone. I happened upon an adaptive battery option that I had not noticed before and turned that off. Tried it in my car and it works perfectly now. I think the adaptive battery was limiting or killing off background processes that were needed to keep the smartlink/ Android auto working.  So if anyone has the same issues and I know there have been a few. Try turning off any battery adaption feature on your phone to see if that helps.

Both Android Auto and Skoda Connect Lite have issues with power saving or Adaptive Power settings which cause some very strange issues because the phone doesn't always get things right and gives unpredictable results with data transfers. Thanks for reminding us because it does catch folk out occasionally.

I also have had issues, after upgrading from an S7 to S20+.

 

Due to issues running another app I already had switched of the adaptive battery.

 

One of the main differences between the S7 and S20+ is the change from USB B to USB C connections, meaning I had to buy new cables.

 

Initially the Android Auto connection was fine but then it would drop out going down a bumpy road. Sometimes the connection would come back, sometimes not. I tried another cable but no difference.

 

The cable I had bought were not the cheapest, so I decided to try a more expensive cable for 3A charging and Data Sync. Hey presto no more dropping out.

 

May the the tolerances on the new cable are tighter and fit better in the phone socket. 

Edited 31 July, 20214 yr by JD52