ABRP has taken over the Android Auto infotainment screen and I can't get it back!

[decrep]

Well I've tried everything except the 10mm spanner and deleting ABRP.
I wanted to use google maps to drive home, but couldn't get to it.

The home button on ABRP does nothing.
I want to use ABRP for our trip to Bridgetown tomorrow, so don't want to delete it yet.
But I want my Android Auto menu back, there's other stuff on there I use.

Anybody got any ideas I may have missed, (quite likely)

 

[Jamesrr]

I found that ABRP screwed AA if it wasn't the paid version. I uninstalled it from the phone and I got AA back working.
ABRP is a buggy piece of...
The 'paid' version does work and lets you swap out of it and back into AA.
I only paid for it for a while and no longer have it installed on the phone. I use the web version to pre-plan trips occasionally but that's it.

 

[decrep]

Thanks James, I'll see what happens when my payment takes effect.
I guess that's when the "home" button works.

 

[siteguru]

From what's described, I would say that the ABRP app has a fundamental flaw ... a bug. There's no way any app (even free) should hijack the phone's mirror casting (Android Auto) and prevent other AA functionality. I'd suggest reporting this as a bug on the ABRP app page in the Play Store, together with a really low star rating.

That said - I thought ABRP free wasn't supposed to support AA?

 

[Jamesrr]

That said - I thought ABRP free wasn't supposed to support AA?

That's right, it doesn't and if you have it installed on your phone, launch it while driving with AA running, it then locks the screen and stops AA operating.
It sucks.

 

[decrep]

Strange situation for me, I paid for the pro version, but trial ,period hasn't ended, more fool me!
So yes, it works on AA sort of, seems to do everything except let me get the menu back.
Once it's seen a dongle the manual set of SoC no longer works, even if the dongle is pulled out.

I'll plug the OBD dongle back in, so it knows we're at 100% then see if today's route make sense. The uninstall the thing so we have our normal car back.

Pics of trip and a report on this on another thread coming up.