I hear ya, but even with the annoying phone call delay, I’m still happy to use this thing. Wireless is a game changer. Like I said, for me it’s not a big deal to quickly yank the dongle when a call comes in, and then I plug it back in when I’m done with the call.
I have exactly the same problem, I recently find out mine will crash/reboot only while using Spotify. If I don’t use Spotify it won’t crash/reboot. Support from Carlinkit won’t answer me..
well that sucks, I mean I brought it to mainly play Spotify. Hope someone will come up with solution.
I tested that by calling an echo test number. Wired CarPlay via VW MIB2 gives me a round-trip time of 700ms which is quite high already. Wireless CarPlay via Carlinkit adds another 300ms.
I first contacted Carlinkit support, I didn’t get any response so I tried the Rollback firmware ended up with a bricked unit. Thanks to this forum I recovered my Carlinkit 2.0 with a usb-stick. I had the red UI, after recovery the UI has turned blue.. when it worked again I updated to the latest firmware version. Unfortunately this all didn’t solve my reboot issue. I only found out that my crashing/rebooting issue happens while using Spotify.
After the rollback, I got an solid red LED, the device was useles (the solid red LED was literally the only sign of life).
Exactly how I had to bring mine back from the dead as well!
so you just picked any version from the download list for the autokit red UI? You also had a solid red LED and eventually using one of these downloads it flashed ok (LEDs starting to toggle red/blue to show updating), and the dongle came back to life?
I did brick my device this way too, the file "U2W_AUTOKIT_Update_2021.03.06.1355.img" form https://github.com/ludwig-v/wireless-carplay-dongle-reverse-engineering/tree/master/Firmware
Yes, I picked a 2020 file, unfortunately not sure which version because in first it won’t start update and just tried a couple, then found out on this forum to rename the file, then it started the update right away. My LEDs toggle red/green to show update (Carlinkit 2.0 red UI, bought a month ago). as I said the UI turned blue for some reason, but work’s fine again. Only still crashing/rebooting every several minutes while using Spotify..
I’m using Apple Maps, and my device works flawlessly until i start Spotify. I will try to change the music quality, maybe this affects the crashing.
I found the solution for renaming the update file here: https://github.com/ludwig-v/wireless-carplay-dongle-reverse-engineering/tree/master/Firmware. At the bottom of the webpage it shows the possible renaming.. maybe you have to try U2W_SYD_Update.img I think that’s the only thing you can try.
try stock firmware 2020.08.04
I believe the same worsening lag phenomenon occurs with any nav app. Everything slows down though, not just Waze. Even Spotify becomes horribly slow and the sound gets choppy. I will double check next time I drive into the city.
You can try using AirPods (if you owned 1) during taking phone calls while driving. regardless outgoing or Incoming calls, while the carplay Audio auto switches to my AirPods while taking calls, after the call ends, it’s simply auto switch back to wireless carplay audio for musics thru my car system. This is simply awesome. Also added privacy during calls. There is no lag of the 1 secs whatsoever. Worth trying. At least it works for me. Peace ✌️
I'm going to try this too, did you have to change the filename before updating?
Never heard of the file name U2W_SYD_Update.img, what is this one normally used for?
I really wouldn't know, but saw it on the site, you can give it a try. You can't break it any further I think
yes but i cant remember in which way. I used the file: U2W_Update_2020.08.04.1602_ROLLBACK.img
