RSaP, MMI, MyAudi and MMI Connect

Morning all.

Going to be heading out on a trip abroad later this week and want to get some stuff set up with the MyAudi and MMI configuration. Few questions, which I'm hoping some of you might be able to answer. :)

1. In the MyAudi webpage (my.audi.com) it shows the PIN and say "Please enter the PIN above in your Audi MMI to link your vehicle with myAudi". I'd assumed that the car would automatically connect to MyAudi via the VIN - hadn't realised I needed to manually connect the account to the car. What's the exact menu route within the car's MMI screen to enter this PIN? I've not seen anything related to this, and can't find the steps to it documented. I'm presuming it's under 'Tel' and settings (maybe the connection settings) but it's always difficult to know as the disabled options hide rather than just grey out when data isn't connected, so it's tricky to find it unless the car is in the correct state.

2. When setting up the Google 'send to car' functionality, the MyAudi page says "enter your Google ID" and the Google page says "Enter your MyAudi ID". I presume both of these are the email address used as the accountname used to log into MyAudi? It's doubly confusing for me, as I have myaccountname@gmail.com which sits behind myemail@mydomain.com.... MyAudi is registered with my personalised domain, so it's unclear as to whether I should use that or my Gmail account in the Send To Car setup. :)

3. I use RSaP via my HTC M8, and presume that once I have #1 and #2 above resolved, that destinations I send from Google maps will come through as soon as I connect the phone to the car (i.e., all data connections are treated equally?).

4. Anyone use RSaP with the MMIConnect smartphone app? It seems like it's never going to work, because the phone can't connect or send data via the MMIConnect app because the data connection is being used by the car, but the car can't receive data the rest of the time because the phone's connection isn't available. Do they have to be connected simultaneously, or does the MMIConnect app send stuff to the MyAudi server, and then the car query the server when it next has a connection?

Hope these questions make sense! :)

Ah, may have answered #1 with some judicious Googling, actually. Apparently the PIN is under NAV menu => Destination => Online Destination and 'My Audi Account'. Apparently once selected, it'll prompt for the PIN.

From what I have found using mine for the last few months.

1. When going into Audi Connect in the car, if they are not sync'd the top option will be log in... there you enter your PIN... The Online Destinations seemed to require a second entering. Sometimes it seems like one or both section forget they are paired and request the PIN again, which is very annoying.

2. In Google you need to enter your MyAudi account login email... In MyAudi you need to enter your google login details, so it knows who to listen for and accept destinations from.

3. The Send From GoogleMaps destinations are called up through the Online Destinations section of Nav. Of which you need to be online to get to... So as soon as your phone connects the car to the internet, you will be able to view the destination list.

4. Never used the app/rsap as the car has its own data SIM rather than using the phone data plan.

Hope that helps.

Cool, thanks. Found the PIN entry, and my destinations (Sent from Google) are all there, synced over RSaP. Very slick!

If your phone is connected via RSAP, just connect the phone to the cars WiFi hotspot, and then your phone will have a data connection as well as the car...

As far as I know it's the car that connects anyway, and pulls down the data you have input to MyAudi..

Oh, so use the SIM as the data connection for the car, then have the phone connect to that data connection, going full circle, via wifi? :)

I doubt it'll work, but I'll give it a go. If it works, it would be insane. :)

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Originally Posted by AllotmentChap

Oh, so use the SIM as the data connection for the car, then have the phone connect to that data connection, going full circle, via wifi? :)

I doubt it'll work, but I'll give it a go. If it works, it would be insane. :)

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It does work honestly.. My phone is setup like this...

RSAP esentially removes the SIM from the phone and put's it in the car (in a virtual sense), so as far as the phones concerened when it connects to the cars WifI it's using the cars data connection.

Great! Excellent tip!

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Originally Posted by AGW82

It does work honestly.. My phone is setup like this...

RSAP esentially removes the SIM from the phone and put's it in the car (in a virtual sense), so as far as the phones concerened when it connects to the cars WifI it's using the cars data connection.

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What he said. It works very well - great for streaming radio via the MMI app :)

The only thing you have to watch is if you're on a limited data plan and have apps that start transferring lots of data when on WiFi (e.g. automatic camera upload) - as soon as the phone connects the car it will see a WiFi connection and all those apps set to "connect using WiFi only" will start transferring data which could add up over a long journey. I have a 1GB cap so have to watch Dropbox for example. There is a way round this on newer Android versions - e.g. on my S5 there's a "Mobile Hotspots" menu under data usage settings; mark the car WiFi connection as a mobile hotspot and apps will treat it as a mobile network, not WiFi.

Good point, well made. That could get messy if my torrent client or musicserver rsync kicks in because it's detected a wifi connection. :aargh4:

I think I'll leave as-is, and if I need mobile data for anything other than navigating, I'll flick off Bluetooth. ;)

Hello
Just wanted to ask a few questions, so managed to get rsap (trial version) to run on my samsung s5. Went to the car and connected it and it began to pull the data through and things like google maps began to work. I connected back to the cars wifi and the phone had internet access. somethings i want to confirm though:

when the Phone is connected like this then I have no way of making a call directly from the handset, it says unregistered network?
When i disconnect then I get a configuration message from my provider (vodaphone) saying something has changed an config needs installing, very annoying
also does not look like it supports 4g though?

I need to confirm I am doing this right?

My car a 61 reg audi q7 with sim slot and mmi.

Sorry for newbie question

If you've got a Samsung Galaxy S5 it supports rsap out of the box - you don't need to download any apps. I connect this way and don't get any configuration messages.

When connected the car "becomes" your phone so you can't use the handset to call or text.

Only the latest Audis support 4G. Unlikely to be a huge problem unless you're trying to stream Netflix in 4K!

I can answer most of this.

1. Once the phone is connected, it's a proxy SIM for your car. The phone itself no longer has a SIM - rSAP makes the SIM available to the car (and you can't have a SIM connected to more than one device). The most annoying thing I've found is that if an SMS arrives while rSAP is connected, it is stored by the car, not the phone. So you can actually miss a text message as it's only available on the car storage.

2. I've been told that if you enable wifi on the phone, and connect to your car's wifi hotspot, you can still surf on the phone - via wifi, through the car's internet connection, which then goes back to the phone! But I've not got this to work.

3. The config messages from Vodafone are *really* irritating. I used to get 5-10 messages each journey. You can get them disabled by asking Vodafone, but the process is a bit convoluted. I managed to get it done - took about 3 days. See this thread: Configuration texts on rSAP disconnect! - Vodafone eForum

As an aside, you shouldn't need the rSAP Android app for an S5. All Samsung Galaxy phones support rSAP - although there was a bad Lollipop update which broke it. See here: Compatibility

Thanks for the reply guys and i really appreciate your help on this.

So just want to comfirm the setup. When configuring bluetooth shall i select 'car' or 'handsfree' for setup?

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Ok i have to use the rsap app on my s5 and it works. Otherwise it doesn't list in menu. It will only list 'handsfree'.

Need to resolve this vodaphone thing though, annoying as hell

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Hi, please forgive me if this isn't the right thread but its seems pretty similar to the query I've got.

just picked up my A3 S Line Quattro, MMI high Connect and when connecting my phone (HTC One M8) I don't get the option to connect to Car Phone (which is where I'd connect the car to the phones data via the SIM Access Protocol). Audi cant give me an explanation why the car phone isn't showing up other that my phones hasn't been confirmed as compatible, rASP app shows that HTC One M8 is rASP compatible out the box so I'm now confused as to what to do! Do I have to Root the phone to gain access to the car phone to switch on the data connection? should I just get a sim for the car as there seem to be a few issues raised by the theguys above with storage of texts, wifi data downloads etc? any help much appreciated (and sorry again if this isn't the right place for this! newbies eh...)

You don't need the rSAP app with the HTC One m8, and you don't need to root it. It works perfectly for me with a standard unrooted M8.

Thanks, I thought that would have been the case based on the previous posts in here. Ok, will have to have a chat with the dealer...

Hi guys, maybe you'll be able to help me. I've got LG Nexus 5 with the latest android 6.0 Marshmallow, which supports RSAP. However, i cannot get it to tether nexuses data connection with the car. Any ideas please?