View Poll Results: Android Auto or Sync 4 Standalone
Android Auto
11
64.71%
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6
35.29%
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Android Auto vs Sync 4 Standalone
Junior Member
Joined: Apr 2022
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I've had my phone get hot while using it to stream music for a couple hours.
Are you all sure your phone is hot because it is using AA or is it because the phone is being used continually?
An experiment would be to set your destination for your phone maps to navigate you and see if it is warm an hour later (not tied to your vehicle). Turn on your favorite music app as well and just put the phone aside for the hour. Test #2 -can you put your phone aside for 1 hour. haha
Are you all sure your phone is hot because it is using AA or is it because the phone is being used continually?
An experiment would be to set your destination for your phone maps to navigate you and see if it is warm an hour later (not tied to your vehicle). Turn on your favorite music app as well and just put the phone aside for the hour. Test #2 -can you put your phone aside for 1 hour. haha
Junior Member
Joined: Apr 2022
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Turn off the quick charge option on the phone because that's when it uses the full 45W to recharge, it gets hot as a 40W light bulb.
Using a quality USB-C cable also gets the phone hot. My phone didn't get hot when I switched over to cheap USB-A cable.
My new truck will have wireless charger that goes up to 5W, I believe, so it won't get hot. However, it may lose power if I keep using AA since the AA uses more than 5W.
Using a quality USB-C cable also gets the phone hot. My phone didn't get hot when I switched over to cheap USB-A cable.
My new truck will have wireless charger that goes up to 5W, I believe, so it won't get hot. However, it may lose power if I keep using AA since the AA uses more than 5W.
Junior Member
Joined: May 2022
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where kind of in between right now, AA or Sync? We have a new 2022 f150. We used the navigation 1 time and it told us to turn at roads that don't exist.. So on our next trip will try the nav with AA as backup. I have used AA in my other car with no heating problems
Gearhead
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Metro Detroit - missin FL
AA does a better job routing around traffic tie ups and construction than sync when initially setting the route. Sync will reroute during a trip to avoid traffic congestion. My phone (Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra) is in my pocket when driving and when using Google maps it gets warm. I put it on the wireless charger when running to Port Clinton Ohio and when I got there, the phone was really warm. I was pro-sync up until the past couple of months and now I prefer using AA
Last edited by Jus Cruisin; Jun 24, 2022 at 01:34 PM.
