Anyone have a good experience with wireless AA dongles in the Mav?

[maggy55]

I've been happy with this one,
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BLY5RVN9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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[Vmontello]

I've been happy with this one,
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BLY5RVN9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yeah I just ordered this one. I'll know tomorrow if it's any good.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BZGVM8RT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[bgn]

Motorola MA1. Had some issues initially with stability, but they've ironed themselves out.

 

[Hdang1980]

I've owned pretty much every android phone manufacturers phones. Galaxy, Pixel, Moto, you name it. I've never seen that feature. Unless it's called something that doesn't compute in my head.

As for how I know it's because in order to maintain battery health the experts recommend never charging past 80%. But plugged in on a few hour trip I'm at 100% within an hour or so.

Galaxy S23... but I also had it on my S21. It's part of the the latest Andros OS updates.

 

[Hdang1980]

On longer trips I find I'm overcharging my phone. Considering a dongle. But also... has anyone considered doctoring a usb cable so it connects but doesn't charge?

On a side note: I"ve always thought there should be an app that limits charging to a percentage. So, you go to sleep but first plug your phone in, but you set it so when it reaches 80% it stops charging or something like that. Seems like something you could create easily and sell widely.

I like the aawireless dongle because you can disable the auto connect with the companion app. This feature makes it so the dongle only connects to your phone when you start the truck instead of it connecting each time you open the door.

 

[Skeeter163]

I've been using the Motorola A1 for over a year, works great

Where to buy and how much is the cost?

 

[Vmontello]

Just received my dongle, all seems to work fine. No lag, etc. Here's my question though, do all these dongles work through Wi-Fi? It feels weird that when I get to my garage I'm not automatically connected to my house. the Wi-Fi on my phone is being used to connect Android auto wirelessly. Is this just cuz I bought a cheap one or are all the dongles like this?

 

[Darnon]

Just received my dongle, all seems to work fine. No lag, etc. Here's my question though, do all these dongles work through Wi-Fi? It feels weird that when I get to my garage I'm not automatically connected to my house. the Wi-Fi on my phone is being used to connect Android auto wirelessly. Is this just cuz I bought a cheap one or are all the dongles like this?

Yes, they all utilize Wi-Fi as the bridge for the screen data. Bluetooth doesn't have the bandwidth necessary.

 

[Vmontello]

Yes, they all utilize Wi-Fi as the bridge for the screen data. Bluetooth doesn't have the bandwidth necessary.

Thx

 

[Montana]

I don't have a good experience but only because they use wifi and I need the wifi. My use can be very subjective. I live in rural MT and I need the wifi around the property because we don't have cell signal. I use my vehicles around my property often.

If they ever make one that is BT exclusive, I'll jump on it.

 

[maggie06]

My Samsung Ultra S23 has it...

Thankyou for that, never saw that before.

 

[Joliet Mike]

Some phones do have a setting like that. Mine allows me to set it to 85% max charge.
As far as the wireless AA dongle, I'm not sure. I came here to look at recommendations lol.

When I first setup my phone it recommended I set it at 85%. Said battery would last longer.

 

[Darnon]

I like the aawireless dongle because you can disable the auto connect with the companion app. This feature makes it so the dongle only connects to your phone when you start the truck instead of it connecting each time you open the door.

Do you happen to recall what the name of that setting was or could show it? I didn't see anything that obviously stood out for that purpose.

 

[Hdang1980]

Do you happen to recall what the name of that setting was or could show it? I didn't see anything that obviously stood out for that purpose.

That's my current setting.

 

[Hdang1980]

Just received my dongle, all seems to work fine. No lag, etc. Here's my question though, do all these dongles work through Wi-Fi? It feels weird that when I get to my garage I'm not automatically connected to my house. the Wi-Fi on my phone is being used to connect Android auto wirelessly. Is this just cuz I bought a cheap one or are all the dongles like this?

Because the mavericks usb outlet remains powered on upon turning off the engine, it will take a few minutes before the usb outlet's power times out, or you walk far away enough to weaken the signal causing your phone to switch to your home wifi's stronger signal, regardless of dongle brand.

You can opt to unplug the dongle, which I've tried but have found doing so makes the boot up process and connection take longer the next time I go for a drive.

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