HELP...ALP Keeps Switching Off!

[Barry626]

Being that your phone worked fine before you upgraded the O/S I am sure there is a BT issue with phone & O/S. Try to reload original firmware on your phone and see if all issues go away.

ALP does not use phone data at all so going from 4G to 2G or even loosing signal completely would have bearing on your BT connection.

Sorry to say I'm back where I started I'm now losing signal every few mins. keeps dropping from defense to park & back to defense.
Looks like I can't use my bluetooth so I disconnected it and went back to the control connection. Haven't driven car yet to see what's up?
Far as going back to original O/S I don't want to deal with losing everything on my phone & backing up so for now staying with new firmware 5.0.1

Thanks for your time & HELP! Barry

[radargeek]

Maybe you could pick up a cheap used Android or iOS phone to use as a dedicated ALP controller, or even a cheap new prepay one like the Verizon MotoG. Since no data is needed you wouldn't need service on the phone.

Or just spring for the HiFi control set. I prefer this option personally because the Bluetooth solution has too many "moving parts" that can go wrong, as you discovered.

[Barry626]

Maybe you could pick up a cheap used Android or iOS phone to use as a dedicated ALP controller, or even a cheap new prepay one like the Verizon MotoG. Since no data is needed you wouldn't need service on the phone.

Or just spring for the HiFi control set. I prefer this option personally because the Bluetooth solution has too many "moving parts" that can go wrong, as you discovered.

EXCELLENT idea and will look into another phone. Maybe cheap tracfone? Thanks much!

[radargeek]

Another benny to a 2nd phone is you can run ALP Connect on one and YaV1, Live or Waze on the other.