10.25” CarPlay Units?
#76
Lead Lap
iTrader: (5)
Hmm this happened to me again after the cr being off a few hours between starts, and no matter what I try I cannot get it to reconnect. Tried the above 2 solutions, and several other combos of turning off and turning back on settings in the zlink app settings and the zlink settings in the main screen settings. Wouldn’t care this happens if I had a quick way to reconnect but for whatever reason for me, there doesn’t seem to be a way other than powering the screen off and back on, at least not one I’ve been able to find yet.
If I can find a way or a newer zlink apk or something and have success, I’ll post back. Any other suggestions are welcome!
If I can find a way or a newer zlink apk or something and have success, I’ll post back. Any other suggestions are welcome!
#77
Rookie
This is annoying problem, it happened to me yesterday too. The more you drive the more you will encounter. It's not iOS related i've started my phone from scratch and no Apple watch paired either. Zlink app is quite old it never gets updated through settings in the app but needs to update through Android OS.
I’m looking to install Rockbox bc I can’t yet figure out how to get the screen to read the iPod file system outside of the iTunes database. I put Rockbox on the iPod itself but no dice. It’s unrelated to anything - main Q is how to install an .apk from a USB drive.
#78
Lexion unit starting to have issues with mouse pad?
#79
Lead Lap
iTrader: (5)
Is there an .apk of any new version? Or never gets updated separate outside of an Android OS update? Speaking of .apk, how can we install an .apk outside of an update?
I’m looking to install Rockbox bc I can’t yet figure out how to get the screen to read the iPod file system outside of the iTunes database. I put Rockbox on the iPod itself but no dice. It’s unrelated to anything - main Q is how to install an .apk from a USB drive.
I’m looking to install Rockbox bc I can’t yet figure out how to get the screen to read the iPod file system outside of the iTunes database. I put Rockbox on the iPod itself but no dice. It’s unrelated to anything - main Q is how to install an .apk from a USB drive.
#80
I haven't had any Lexion connection issues for quite awhile now. Just lucky, I guess. I know my zlink is not as up to date as you guys. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Or something.
#81
Intermediate
#82
Rookie
I definitely subscribe to that mantra!
Now I’m getting a new thing going on - It will connect but the bluetooth connection repeatedly drops. Over and over and over. If I turn off enable CarPlay in the Bluetooth settings on my iPhone for the specific connection, it will not drop and it stay staying Connected on the phone. Of course then it doesn’t provide any functionality to the screen but it’ll see the phone and stay in connecting with the Apple logo and orange box cycling as if it’s loading. Once I turn enable CarPlay back on on the phone for the connection, it’ll show the CarPlay screen on Lexion as if it’s all working, but a few seconds later the Bluetooth connection drops. I can tap Not Connected on the phone to get it to reconnect, it’ll show connected for maybe 3-5 seconds then go back to not connected. I disabled the Lexus Bluetooth, not sure if that did anything. Disconnected and reconnected to the android wifi which may have help it stay connected longer but it still dropped 10-15 minutes later.
Eventually it’ll stay connected longer but it’s not reliable. Not sure what changed - took a 4 1/2 drive with no issue, then got the whole waiting thing with zlink failing to connect, now dealing with this new issue. 😡
I’ll have to reach out to Reyn again, see if he can solve this as he did my jog wheel issue, which has still not failed since that update.
Now I’m getting a new thing going on - It will connect but the bluetooth connection repeatedly drops. Over and over and over. If I turn off enable CarPlay in the Bluetooth settings on my iPhone for the specific connection, it will not drop and it stay staying Connected on the phone. Of course then it doesn’t provide any functionality to the screen but it’ll see the phone and stay in connecting with the Apple logo and orange box cycling as if it’s loading. Once I turn enable CarPlay back on on the phone for the connection, it’ll show the CarPlay screen on Lexion as if it’s all working, but a few seconds later the Bluetooth connection drops. I can tap Not Connected on the phone to get it to reconnect, it’ll show connected for maybe 3-5 seconds then go back to not connected. I disabled the Lexus Bluetooth, not sure if that did anything. Disconnected and reconnected to the android wifi which may have help it stay connected longer but it still dropped 10-15 minutes later.
Eventually it’ll stay connected longer but it’s not reliable. Not sure what changed - took a 4 1/2 drive with no issue, then got the whole waiting thing with zlink failing to connect, now dealing with this new issue. 😡
I’ll have to reach out to Reyn again, see if he can solve this as he did my jog wheel issue, which has still not failed since that update.
#83
Rookie
Strange - I just got in the car, it went to connect and stayed in waiting. I checked Bluetooth on the phone, it said not connected. I tap it, it spins forever and doesn’t connect. I tap the info, forget device. Then it finds the screen, tap connect, it’s connects and the screen shows the CarPlay screen. Then the Bluetooth connection on my phone says not connected (as expected and described in my last post) yet the connection to the screen never dropped or anything weird. Also phone was no connected to the android wifi either.
I can’t make any sense of it!
I can’t make any sense of it!
#84
Intermediate
Strange - I just got in the car, it went to connect and stayed in waiting. I checked Bluetooth on the phone, it said not connected. I tap it, it spins forever and doesn’t connect. I tap the info, forget device. Then it finds the screen, tap connect, it’s connects and the screen shows the CarPlay screen. Then the Bluetooth connection on my phone says not connected (as expected and described in my last post) yet the connection to the screen never dropped or anything weird. Also phone was no connected to the android wifi either.
I can’t make any sense of it!
I can’t make any sense of it!
2.) Make sure you have deleted all Bluetooth profiles in the original Lexus console and on your iPhone's Bluetooth page.
3.) Try entering the car without another device(s) connected to the Bluetooth of your phone, leaving just the iPhone + the CarPlay unit, 1 to 1.
For me, the above 1:1 setup is extremely stable. It was not good when I had the Huawei watch connected.
Alternatively, you may try using the USB to Lightning cable and use WIRED CarPlay and see if that is stable or not.
(This is just for comparison between wired [USB] and Bluetooth connection)
Last edited by wongnee; 05-11-22 at 10:04 PM.
#85
Rookie
1.) Perform a factory reset inside of the unit's Android settings, so as to give it a clean start all over again;
2.) Make sure you have deleted all Bluetooth profiles in the original Lexus console and on your iPhone's Bluetooth page.
3.) Try entering the car without another device(s) connected to the Bluetooth of your phone, leaving just the iPhone + the CarPlay unit, 1 to 1.
For me, the above 1:1 setup is extremely stable. It was not good when I had the Huawei watch connected.
Alternatively, you may try using the USB to Lightning cable and use WIRED CarPlay and see if that is stable or not.
(This is just for comparison between wired [USB] and Bluetooth connection)
2.) Make sure you have deleted all Bluetooth profiles in the original Lexus console and on your iPhone's Bluetooth page.
3.) Try entering the car without another device(s) connected to the Bluetooth of your phone, leaving just the iPhone + the CarPlay unit, 1 to 1.
For me, the above 1:1 setup is extremely stable. It was not good when I had the Huawei watch connected.
Alternatively, you may try using the USB to Lightning cable and use WIRED CarPlay and see if that is stable or not.
(This is just for comparison between wired [USB] and Bluetooth connection)
I’ll keep testing and see what happens. It is now 1:1 connection and is back to how it was so that’s at least a step in the right direction.
#86
Lead Lap
iTrader: (5)
I started with step 2 this morning and after doing that, it is now back to auto connected as it did when I first installed it. Haven’t experienced it get stuck in waiting yet but needs more testing. Oddly enough, in my phones Bluetooth list, it still shows Not Connected next to zlink, yet it is definitely connected and working.
I’ll keep testing and see what happens. It is now 1:1 connection and is back to how it was so that’s at least a step in the right direction.
I’ll keep testing and see what happens. It is now 1:1 connection and is back to how it was so that’s at least a step in the right direction.
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#87
Intermediate
I started with step 2 this morning and after doing that, it is now back to auto connected as it did when I first installed it. Haven’t experienced it get stuck in waiting yet but needs more testing. Oddly enough, in my phones Bluetooth list, it still shows Not Connected next to zlink, yet it is definitely connected and working.
I’ll keep testing and see what happens. It is now 1:1 connection and is back to how it was so that’s at least a step in the right direction.
I’ll keep testing and see what happens. It is now 1:1 connection and is back to how it was so that’s at least a step in the right direction.
CarPlay is a Wi-Fi thing.
#88
Rookie
Got in the car this morning…stuck in waiting.
Tried all the on/off stuff with Bluetooth and wifi even though both said connected already, couldn’t get zlink to change over to connecting.
I tried restoring to factory settings but the passcode to do that is different than the advanced settings one. Tried searching for it but couldn’t find it here/google. Anyone have that?
Got to where I was going, turned the car off. A few minutes later, car back on, connected fine.
just to add more weirdness, another strange thing happened when it reconnected - the wifi signal was showing the little wifi bars icon which it didn’t before. So I’m in CarPlay but my phone and therefore the screen wasn’t getting any actual internet. I turned wifi off on my phone then on again, it reconnected to the screen but now did not show the wifi bars and it worked fine.
This is getting old real quick. If I have to switched to wired and that resolves all the issues then that’s what I’ll do, but would like this to work as intended. Is switching to wired just a matter of turning off the wifi and Bluetooth and wireless auto connect in the screen settings?
I’ll reach out to Reyn, see if he can provide any other solutions as well.
Tried all the on/off stuff with Bluetooth and wifi even though both said connected already, couldn’t get zlink to change over to connecting.
I tried restoring to factory settings but the passcode to do that is different than the advanced settings one. Tried searching for it but couldn’t find it here/google. Anyone have that?
Got to where I was going, turned the car off. A few minutes later, car back on, connected fine.
just to add more weirdness, another strange thing happened when it reconnected - the wifi signal was showing the little wifi bars icon which it didn’t before. So I’m in CarPlay but my phone and therefore the screen wasn’t getting any actual internet. I turned wifi off on my phone then on again, it reconnected to the screen but now did not show the wifi bars and it worked fine.
This is getting old real quick. If I have to switched to wired and that resolves all the issues then that’s what I’ll do, but would like this to work as intended. Is switching to wired just a matter of turning off the wifi and Bluetooth and wireless auto connect in the screen settings?
I’ll reach out to Reyn, see if he can provide any other solutions as well.
#89
Lead Lap
iTrader: (5)
Got in the car this morning…stuck in waiting.
Tried all the on/off stuff with Bluetooth and wifi even though both said connected already, couldn’t get zlink to change over to connecting.
I tried restoring to factory settings but the passcode to do that is different than the advanced settings one. Tried searching for it but couldn’t find it here/google. Anyone have that?
Got to where I was going, turned the car off. A few minutes later, car back on, connected fine.
just to add more weirdness, another strange thing happened when it reconnected - the wifi signal was showing the little wifi bars icon which it didn’t before. So I’m in CarPlay but my phone and therefore the screen wasn’t getting any actual internet. I turned wifi off on my phone then on again, it reconnected to the screen but now did not show the wifi bars and it worked fine.
This is getting old real quick. If I have to switched to wired and that resolves all the issues then that’s what I’ll do, but would like this to work as intended. Is switching to wired just a matter of turning off the wifi and Bluetooth and wireless auto connect in the screen settings?
I’ll reach out to Reyn, see if he can provide any other solutions as well.
Tried all the on/off stuff with Bluetooth and wifi even though both said connected already, couldn’t get zlink to change over to connecting.
I tried restoring to factory settings but the passcode to do that is different than the advanced settings one. Tried searching for it but couldn’t find it here/google. Anyone have that?
Got to where I was going, turned the car off. A few minutes later, car back on, connected fine.
just to add more weirdness, another strange thing happened when it reconnected - the wifi signal was showing the little wifi bars icon which it didn’t before. So I’m in CarPlay but my phone and therefore the screen wasn’t getting any actual internet. I turned wifi off on my phone then on again, it reconnected to the screen but now did not show the wifi bars and it worked fine.
This is getting old real quick. If I have to switched to wired and that resolves all the issues then that’s what I’ll do, but would like this to work as intended. Is switching to wired just a matter of turning off the wifi and Bluetooth and wireless auto connect in the screen settings?
I’ll reach out to Reyn, see if he can provide any other solutions as well.
#90
Rookie
if that worked anytime it got stuck in waiting, I’d be fine with that. But if not, I need to find a solution to this.