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Gravity - 3.5 and Carplay first impressions

Is there a difference between SiriusXM in CarPlay vs Gravity’s native XM app?
 
prgarg said:
Thank you. I guess "same as last drive" would be the equivalent to having it not launch automatically.
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You'd think so, but I never found a reliable way to stop AA from starting automatically in my Air. Haven't gone that far in Gravity yet.
 
TomUH said:
Is there a difference between SiriusXM in CarPlay vs Gravity’s native XM app?
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From me the big difference is my service provider. Verizon has a much stronger signal here so I don't get the dropouts on CarPlay that I experience in the native UI. Also, if you have a SiriusXM subscription in another vehicle, you can use the CarPlay app without a separate subscription.
 
TomUH said:
Is there a difference between SiriusXM in CarPlay vs Gravity’s native XM app?
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The interface is pretty different, but all the same functionality is there. The interface in the car (IMO) is much easier to deal with on a day to day basis, but I've used the app from time to time.
 
kevini said:
Yes, me too. It still connects everytime. Turning off Bluetooth is the only workaround I've found but not suitable once PaaK comes.
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IIRC PaaK will not use Bluetooth so disabling Bluetooth won't cause problems with PaaK
 
ke2 said:
IIRC PaaK will not use Bluetooth so disabling Bluetooth won't cause problems with PaaK
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Correct, I forgot UWB is outside of Bluetooth. It will still work with Bluetooth off. You can't make any legal phone calls with Bluetooth off.
 
DeaneG said:
You'd think so, but I never found a reliable way to stop AA from starting automatically in my Air. Haven't gone that far in Gravity yet.
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I'm the AA settings you can disable wireless AA so it will only start when you plug it in to the cable. That's the workaround I've settled on.

It kind of works out too because the wireless charging works great if just doing Bluetooth, but just seems to heat up the phone when using AA, but charges fine with AA and wired charging.
 
doubletwist said:
I'm the AA settings you can disable wireless AA so it will only start when you plug it in to the cable. That's the workaround I've settled on.

It kind of works out too because the wireless charging works great if just doing Bluetooth, but just seems to heat up the phone when using AA, but charges fine with AA and wired charging.
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Awesome, I can confirm this works. You need to enable developer mode in the Android Auto settings and then you can uncheck Wireless Android Auto.

This is great since I can then control when I want to use it by connecting the cable
 
Anyone figured out how to answer/hangup calls on CP?
I tried tapping the right pad as usual, but it didn't work for me. So do you need to tap on the screen to answer or to hangup, while in CarPlay?
 
deemz said:
Anyone fiugured out how to answer/hang up calls on CP?
I tried tapping the right pad as usual, but it didn't work for me. So do you need to tap on the screen to answer or to hangup, while in CarPlay?
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I pressed the center button and it worked fine. Took 3-4 seconds to connect, however. Hung up that way as well.
 
Anyone else having issues where music keeps pausing with CarPlay? I’m using Spotify. I silenced phone notifications and don’t think it’s service dropping, so basically don’t know why it keeps happening
 
Darkstar19 said:
Anyone else having issues where music keeps pausing with CarPlay? I’m using Spotify. I silenced phone notifications and don’t think it’s service dropping, so basically don’t know why it keeps happening
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I assume it's cellular break-up, happens with the Lucid native stuff. Getting that a bit driving in the mountains at the moment with Pocketcast.

Try downloading music in an app with CarPlay and see if it still happens.
 
prgarg said:
Anyone knows how to disable AA from automatically launch? It overtakes media, calls, etc even if I want to use the native apps.
The only option I found was in settings by selecting to not launch when the phone is locked, but it's sort of a limited workaround.
This reminds me why I never liked AA or CP in
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In the Gravity settings page, open connectivity and select devices. If you touch the Android Auto icon for the device so that it is grayed out it won’t start it automatically. Also make sure that the auto start setting for AA on the phone says let the car decide. At least this is what worked for me.
 
MarkVT said:
In the Gravity settings page, open connectivity and select devices. If you touch the Android Auto icon for the device so that it is grayed out it won’t start it automatically. Also make sure that the auto start setting for AA on the phone says let the car decide. At least this is what worked for me.
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I'll give it a try, thanks!
 
I know someone said you could just log into an existing SXM account directly in the car settings (not via CP/AA) and get SXM to work without having to start a new subscription. In fact I'm pretty sure I did that a few weeks ago. But now I can't seem to find a place to do that after 3.5.1. Did that capability go away with 3.5.1??

I know I can play SXM through AA but I want to use the car's SXM interface. It's a bit of an annoying interface too (gotta re-navigate to Favorites every drive), but it's better than having to go through AA on the small upper screen.
 
A couple other new impressions after a couple weeks.

I got into the car right after my wife was driving it and setup a google maps destination before realizing the profile wasn't mine. I switched it and carplay came right back up and resumed. So carplay map navigation persists across profile switches.

I have been effectively able to drive to do errands without the FOB the last 2 days. I just either use my keycard to wake the car up, then use the phone to unlock and press remote drive and its let me go anyways without additional PINs or checks.
 
dbsb3233 said:
I know someone said you could just log into an existing SXM account directly in the car settings (not via CP/AA) and get SXM to work without having to start a new subscription. In fact I'm pretty sure I did that a few weeks ago. But now I can't seem to find a place to do that after 3.5.1. Did that capability go away with 3.5.1??

I know I can play SXM through AA but I want to use the car's SXM interface. It's a bit of an annoying interface too (gotta re-navigate to Favorites every drive), but it's better than having to go through AA on the small upper screen.
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I think I tried that as I have a SXM sub through another car. Worked for a while and then it started barking about the trial was over and asking for a new subscription to be setup in the Gravity.

Even though it's really just a glorified cellular Android app there, it is behaving like the satellite radio model and wanting one subscription per vehicle.
 
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