u/Trypt2k

Hey all, 2020 Altitude here.

So, I finally connected the wireless android auto dongle that I bought like a year ago lol, and it's amazing, works exactly as it should!

But... I have it connected to USB 1 (the two ports below the uconnect in the cubby hole). I noticed that the light on it never goes out, it's always green (connected) or blue (looking for connection).

The way I figured it out is that when I'm getting into the car, my phone connects to the wireless dongle before I even push the start button, then I started looking and sure enough, that USB port appears to be giving power at all times.

Is this for real? Like it's always on no matter what?

What is my solution here, is there a dongle that will allow this powered and data connection but maybe with a switch in the middle so I can turn it off for the night?

Any insight would be great, thanks!

Hey all, just wondering if anyone has had "restart" issues with their UConnect? This is from a 2020, the one with carplay and android auto but wired only, 8.4" screen I believe, that 2020s came with.

Basically, it reboots on occasion, after startup. It turns on, but no buttons work or volume or anything, but it plays the radio no problem (can't change the station or anything else), then after 30 seconds or so, it reboots and then it works, mostly. Sometimes, rarely, it can do this like 3 or 4 times before it starts working.

It's very sporadic, mostly it works fine for weeks, then one day it'll just do this for a while (maybe when it's in the hot sun, or cold?), for like a day or two, then it'll go on working for weeks or months even until I forget about it.

It's happened a few times in the last 2 years, at first I just assumed it was glitch, since it can go months without any issues, but now I feel like it's doing it once every two weeks, and when it does it, it goes like 3 or 4 reboot cycles before it's good.

Is this a known issue, what have you done about it, I'm in Canada, we don't have corporate warranty on such things, but I'd like to get armed with facts here if I need to replace it or whatever.

Jeep is 100% otherwise, this is the first issue I've seen since buying new end of 2019.