hello guys,

 

I need help with a problem on my 2019 Skoda Fabia MKIII
I purchased a Wireless Carplay Android Auto 2 in 1 Smart Dongle Adapter
I plug it into the USB port of my swing radio but when I try to connect via bluetooth to the dongle from my smartphone, the Swing gives me an error message and restarts

Has anyone encountered this problem and how to fix it?

 

thanks for helping

 

(sorry for my poor english, i'm french)

 

 

Edited 15 August, 20241 yr by moreteve

Hi, welcome.  Do not worry about your English it is very good and thank you for posting in English on an English language site.

 

Sorry but I do not have the first clue about such things as - be prepared for a shock - I have never owned a so-called "smart" phone but until someone else posts, if you have not done so already, you could look at similar posts and topics on this  forum, that your thread/post is on (Skoda Fabia Mk III (2014-2021)) or do a Google search which might bring you back here, to see if they help. -  https://www.briskoda.net/forums/forum/298-skoda-fabia-mk-iii-2014-2021/

 

Also great to see you use the camera phone appropriately (in landscape not portrait) and give lots of info and a photo.  You may need to put which software version you have but I have no idea if that would matter for your issue.

 

Good luck.

 

thanks nta16 for your reply 🥰

 

for further explanation, here are the steps I follow to connect my phone :
1 - I plug the dongle into the USB port of my swing
2 - then I go to my phone (Poco F3 Xiaomi) and activate the bluetooth
3 - I connect to the dongle that appears in my list of devices (wireless-adapter-2571)
4 - then Android auto launches on my phone and it's at this time that my swing radio displays this message and reboots

 

using the USB-C cable directly with my phone, no problem launching Android Auto on my swing

Edited 16 August, 20241 yr by moreteve

Until someone else comes along my first thoughts are -

• the Wireless Carplay Android Auto 2 in 1 Smart Dongle Adapter might be faulty
• you are combining  three bits of computer stuff and their programming, any one of those or a combination or permutation of those may not work well together
• do the ports and plugs go together and are a good tight fit, solid reliable connection
• are the dongle, phone and Swing radio fully up to date with software updates.

Are you able to test the dongle in another car with another phone to confirm it works properly.

 

Then are you able to use the dongle with a different phone in your Fabia to see if there is any difference.

 

Just a possible processes of elimination.

 

At home I keep a "smart" phone repair kit, it is a 2 lbs (1 kg) lump hammer and a 4" (10 cm) nail, I think the best place for a "smart" phone with a car is under one of the tyres.  😁  I used a car phone in the late 1980s, and SatNavs in 1990s and had my fill of them then and in some ways the phones are not much better now than they were then but more annoying now with all the other stuff on them.  But as always each to their own, I hope you sort things,