Installing Android Auto on Fairphone 6

[SimonThompson]

Hi, I am trying to set up my new Fairphone 6 with /e/OS/ to use Android Auto. I have followed the documentation here: How to setup Android Auto with /e/OS? However, when connecting the phone to my vehicle via USB cable, I received “communication error 22 - Android Auto was not pre-installed on this device. Android Auto must be bundled with your operating system to work correctly”.

I used the Fairphone support bot which states “Android Auto does not work on Fairphone 6 with /e/OS, as /e/OS removes the Google services required for Android Auto. Even with additional apps, connection issues remain”.

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

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[voyager529]

My thread about a similar source of headache might help you:

Learn From My Stupidity...Another Android Auto on /e/OS thread

okay, so here is the list of procedures I performed, generally speaking, that worked… Install /e/OS if you’re not on it already. Enable USB Debugging if you haven’t already. Root your phone if you haven’t already. Procedures vary slightly between phones, but it typically involves extracting either boot.img or init-boot.img from your installer file, patching it with Magisk, downloading the file to your computer, rebooting in fastboot mode, then doing a fastboot flash boot boot_patched.img and r…

[SimonThompson]

Many thanks for the swift and detailed response @voyager529 ! Very much appreciated, I will give it a go.