Hi all,

Android Auto worked fine in my Fabia Mk3 until 7 November 2026, then stopped. I hadn’t made any changes. I’ve been through everything I can find and I’m stuck.

Unit

• Skoda Fabia Mk III, Bolero (MIB2 Standard, Technisat)

• SW train: MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0369T

Symptom

• Android Auto on the phone detects the car and tells me to go to the head unit to continue.

• The head unit then abandons the connection and drops. The screen shows MirrorLink, then it disconnects.

• It then re-initiates the sync over and over and never gets anywhere.

• It’s the same across multiple phones and multiple cables. I’ve cycled through the cables.

• I suspect something at the protocol level.

What fails

• Samsung S24 Ultra, wired, with several known-good cables

• Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), wired: Android Auto won’t initialise

• Two different plug-in Wi-Fi Android Auto dongles: each one attempts, sees the phone, then abandons

• iPhone (a passenger’s) over Bluetooth: it pairs, the car presents it and there’s a handshake of some sort, but audio and other functions won’t connect. The passenger tried several times without success.

What I’ve done on the car

1. MENU > SmartLink > Android Auto, selected manually

2. SmartLink reset

3. Factory settings > Restore factory settings (full reset); all settings cleared and everything re-paired from scratch

4. Reflash of MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0369T from SD (FAT32, files in root): the unit won’t accept it

5. MST2_EU_SK_ZR_P0480T from SD: doesn’t work

What I’ve done on the phone (S24 Ultra)

1. Cleared the Android Auto cache and all settings

2. Uninstalled and reinstalled Android Auto updates; phone fully updated

3. USB data to a PC works, so the phone’s port is fine

Tools: OBD2 reader only. Probably dead, a cheapo clone. No VCDS.

Similar threads I’ve found

• pab567 on a Fabia Mk3 where Bluetooth suddenly stopped: the BT module is built into the glove-box unit and may be faulty. https://www.briskoda.net/forums/profile/112491-pab567/content/page/22/?type=forums_topic_post

• P0369T to P0480T refused with “dependencies of update not met”: https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/536550-cant-uppdate-from-p0369t-to-p0480t/

• A P0369T reflash on a Fabia stuck in a Retry/Skip loop: https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/534939-infotainment-update/

My questions

1. Has anyone had Android Auto, Wi-Fi dongles and Bluetooth all fail together on a Bolero, with the sync looping like this? What fixed it?

2. Is there a way to force a reinstall of P0369T without VCDS?

3. Does this point to a failed glove-box unit, or something at the protocol level?

Thanks.

Edited 38 minutes ago38 min by yewneek
detail

Yes. Typical problem is either FEC/SWaP corruption or EMMC failure. Pls go to service menu (long press MENU button) and check what are installed FEC/SWaP codes and if they are valid.

Here!