Here's a weird oddity regarding phone connectivity

[Chuck]

I have a Galaxy S22 Ultra connected to my Mach E wirelessly using Android Auto. Works great during the 16 months I've owned the car.

However, there are specific locations, exact locations, where the phone disconnects and Android Auto goes away. It only lasts a few seconds and the phone reconnects and all is well, the music picks right up where it left off. One of these locations is when I go under a specific overpass on the 405 freeway in Orange county, CA. I can be driving at 80 mph or 20 mph and the disconnect occurs at exactly the same spot. I drive by there once a week and it always happens without fail.

Another spot is a freeway exit in Simi Valley, CA. When I get the end of the offramp it always occurs. Then down the road a mile in front of Home Depot it occurs again. Not occasionally, but every single time. I drive through this location several times per week and it always happens.

I'm thinking that there's some kind of wifi interference that is powerful enough to block the wifi connection between my phone and the car. Flooding the airwaves, if you will. So far, it's been just those three spots but I suspect that there are more of them out there.

Anybody else experience this oddity?

Sponsored

 

[Logal727]

I have a Galaxy S22 Ultra connected to my Mach E wirelessly using Android Auto. Works great during the 16 months I've owned the car.

However, there are specific locations, exact locations, where the phone disconnects and Android Auto goes away. It only lasts a few seconds and the phone reconnects and all is well, the music picks right up where it left off. One of these locations is when I go under a specific overpass on the 405 freeway in Orange county, CA. I can be driving at 80 mph or 20 mph and the disconnect occurs at exactly the same spot. I drive by there once a week and it always happens without fail.

Another spot is a freeway exit in Simi Valley, CA. When I get the end of the offramp it always occurs. Then down the road a mile in front of Home Depot it occurs again. Not occasionally, but every single time. I drive through this location several times per week and it always happens.

I'm thinking that there's some kind of wifi interference that is powerful enough to block the wifi connection between my phone and the car. Flooding the airwaves, if you will. So far, it's been just those three spots but I suspect that there are more of them out there.

Anybody else experience this oddity?

Reminds me of this story

https://www.engadget.com/2016-05-25-florida-man-fined-48k-fcc-jamming-cellphones.html

 

[hbund216]

Which offramp at Simi? Maybe I'll test it one day.

 

[Ciero]

Yes, have have the same repeatable thing happen to me at a nearby town right near an intersection. There's just got to be some kind of interference there. My spot just happens to be right by a Ford dealership too.

 

[methorian]

I have a Galaxy S22 Ultra connected to my Mach E wirelessly using Android Auto. Works great during the 16 months I've owned the car.

However, there are specific locations, exact locations, where the phone disconnects and Android Auto goes away. It only lasts a few seconds and the phone reconnects and all is well, the music picks right up where it left off. One of these locations is when I go under a specific overpass on the 405 freeway in Orange county, CA. I can be driving at 80 mph or 20 mph and the disconnect occurs at exactly the same spot. I drive by there once a week and it always happens without fail.

Another spot is a freeway exit in Simi Valley, CA. When I get the end of the offramp it always occurs. Then down the road a mile in front of Home Depot it occurs again. Not occasionally, but every single time. I drive through this location several times per week and it always happens.

I'm thinking that there's some kind of wifi interference that is powerful enough to block the wifi connection between my phone and the car. Flooding the airwaves, if you will. So far, it's been just those three spots but I suspect that there are more of them out there.

Anybody else experience this oddity?

Yeap - Mach-E's (at least some) are susceptible to Wifi interference. There's two spots on my commute that it happens, and has always happened since day 1. Wireless Carplay doesn't completely disconnect, but audio and gps are briefly interrupted.

Those same locations have never had any issues with my other wireless Carplay vehicles.

Sponsored