Pixel 3 and ANT+

Triathlon Forum
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I’ve always had a Samsung with native ANT+ support. Lately I’ve been thinking of getting Pixel phone. Using my wife’s phone i added the ant radio service and the other ant app needed. I then used a usb to usbc adapter with the Garmin ANT+ usb dongle.

When loading trainerroad it says something about not detecting a dongle. I tried several adapters but no success.

The same Garmi dongle I use on my laptop without any issues. My laptop just sucks and isn’t always charged. So i load up TR on my phone.

Any idea what I could be doing wrong? I tried Zwift and TR for good measure and nothing.

I tried a few other older plugins but they didnt help either.

Thanks!

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I use Trainnerroad on my phone with no issues using a Garmin Ant+ stick and a USB C to A adapter dongle. Got an older Android phone I’ve had for just over 4 years (Moto Z Play first gen) and it still works fine.

Is the dongle you bought a cheapo one? If you’re not careful some aren’t capable of supplying power to a device that draws it power source from the USB connection.

This is the one I use:
https://www.amazon.com/…_apa_i_pNzREbBZ8ANJQ

It works fine with a USB extension cable (also a Amazon basics one). So it sits under my bottom bracket right in front my smart trainer.

Edit: I have 3 ant+ apps/plugins installed on my phone. 1) ant radio service 2) ant USB service 3) ant+ plugins service

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I mean it’s Samsung branded one so I figured it should work. I also have the Garmin USB.
I’ll try the one you suggested.

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I have radio and plugins. I need to check on USB.

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I mean it’s Samsung branded one so I figured it should work. I also have the Garmin USB.
I’ll try the one you suggested.

Hold on, I’ve got some of those Samsung adapters lying around too. Will test it real quick to confirm they can supply power.

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Excellent. I’ll add the usb plugin (if i didn’t already) and see.

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Ok, can confirm the Samsung adapter does work for my Motorola phone on Trainnerroad and was able to connect my power meter to test it.

For reference this adapter came from a Galaxy S9 (my work phone which I try to avoid using for personal use app wise).

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Ok usb service may have been the culprit. I say this for several reasons:

-Zwift reads ANT+
-There is an intermittent message that says “rssi information not available” at the bottom of the pairing screen that doesn’t go away. Tried two garmin usb and two usbc samsung adapters.
-when i installed the USB service app it says something about this is generally for older devices, but as evidenced above it helps with the “reading” of USB stick.

Now on to google what the error message is.

Thanks for all the help!!

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I think you should also open support ticket with Trainnerroad as it seems odd that this is happening. It shouldn’t be giving this many issues.

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I haven’t done trainerroad on my wife’s phone, so I’m not sure if it’s a zwift issue or having the right mix of ANT apps/plugins.

I tried TR on my mother’s phone Stylo 7 or something. Byt that was before the USB app/plugin. So I’ll try that next.

Thanks for the advice.