[SteveP56]

I am having a lot of trouble connecting my phone to the car, there is no music, I just want to use it as a phone.

Once connected it works perfectly well (calls, contacts, messages) but the car has difficulty connecting when I start the engine it just tries to connect forever and I usually have to re start my phone (which takes an age to re boot) to make it work.

My phone is nothing special, just an Alcatel android but it has always worked seamlessly in previous cars.

Any hints or tips on how to make my phone connect more reliably would be very welcome??

 

[Tricky2]

Can't help I'm afraid. Both ours connected First time on setting, and faultlessly ever since. They're Honor 9 lite, running android 9.

What version android is yours on?

 

[SteveP56]

My Alcatel is running Android 7.

As I mentioned I have always been able to just forget about it on previous cars and it was always connected.

I have noticed that, once I get it running, it seems to connect seamlessly for the rest of the day with multiple journeys. It is only after extended periods of not being used that it won't connect.