Quote Originally Posted by Vortex View Post
Just went to go watch the super bowl and came back and with that ending, I'm speechless...

Talking about the ALP BT module, I ran it connected to my Android there and back and it disconnected during the drive both times and wouldn't automatically reconnect. Moto G 4.4.2 rooted, 1.1A for the app, and whatever the latest firmware is for the ALP. The only way I was able to get anything working was to go back into the app and manually tell it to reconnect. Pretty scary to have my ALP's shut off like that and the only way I'd know is if I'd hear the weird disconnect sound from my phone and see the notification at the very top of the phone saying it's now disconnected.

I like the way the app operates in general, but having connectivity errors like this and not being able to trust the reliability of the app would make me want to go back to the HiFi module for good. I know I could run the external LED on, but I've got version 1 of the CPU which makes that LED really BRIGHT and undimmable. It's kinda blinding in my instrument cluster. Heck, even if I could dim it, I'd tune that light out just like most everything else in my dash and realistically I probably wouldn't notice if the light turned off anyways.

I ran a screencap recording the whole time and can show what it looked like on my phone if necessary, but it's basically the app disconnecting and trying to reconnect in the background but not being able to. When I switch back over to the app you just see the connecting popup. I have to cancel and manually connect to the BT module for it to work.
Might have something to do with your rooted phone or you hit the cancel button when the disconnect/reconnect message popped up. I always leave the app in the background and even if I forget to take the phone out of my pocket I hear the phone connect after the car starts. When I leave the car a few seconds after I shut it off I get the disconnect sound. As long as you do not cancel the reconnect screen it will keep looking to re-establish the connection but if you cancel the reconnection alert that pops up it will not re-connect because you are basically telling it not too once you cancel that alert. If you just back out of the app it will stay in that mode and re-connect automatically.

If you use the External LED you also will know when you are connected and the system is on and defending you.