diff --git a/openpilot/starpilot/system/android_auto/bt_sockets.py b/openpilot/starpilot/system/android_auto/bt_sockets.py
index 4b6c8ee24a..deb078b8cb 100644
--- a/openpilot/starpilot/system/android_auto/bt_sockets.py
+++ b/openpilot/starpilot/system/android_auto/bt_sockets.py
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ def _libc_connect(proto: int, kind: int, address: str, port: int, timeout: float
 def _connect(proto: int, kind: int, address: str, port: int, timeout: float) -> socket.socket:
   address = normalize_address(address)
   if hasattr(socket, "AF_BLUETOOTH") and hasattr(socket, "BTPROTO_RFCOMM"):
-    return _native(proto, kind, address, port, timeout)
+    try:
+      return _native(proto, kind, address, port, timeout)
+    except OSError as exc:
+      if exc.errno != errno.ENOSYS:
+        raise
   return _libc_connect(proto, kind, address, port, timeout)
 
 
diff --git a/openpilot/starpilot/system/android_auto/tests/test_bt_sockets.py b/openpilot/starpilot/system/android_auto/tests/test_bt_sockets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c8af690ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpilot/starpilot/system/android_auto/tests/test_bt_sockets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import errno
+import socket
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+
+from openpilot.starpilot.system.android_auto import bt_sockets
+
+
+class TestBluetoothSocketFallback(unittest.TestCase):
+  ADDRESS = '50:5A:65:8B:8B:82'
+
+  def routes(self):
+    return ((bt_sockets.connect_rfcomm, 1), (bt_sockets.connect_l2cap, 1))
+
+  def capabilities(self):
+    return patch.multiple(socket, AF_BLUETOOTH=31, BTPROTO_RFCOMM=3, create=True)
+
+  def test_native_success_does_not_retry(self):
+    with self.capabilities(), patch.object(bt_sockets, '_native') as native, patch.object(bt_sockets, '_libc_connect') as libc:
+      for connect, port in self.routes():
+        self.assertIs(connect(self.ADDRESS, port, 4), native.return_value)
+      self.assertEqual(native.call_count, 2)
+      libc.assert_not_called()
+
+  def test_unimplemented_connect_uses_same_protocol_and_timeout(self):
+    with self.capabilities(), patch.object(bt_sockets, '_native', side_effect=OSError(errno.ENOSYS, 'Function not implemented')), \
+         patch.object(bt_sockets, '_libc_connect') as libc:
+      for connect, port in self.routes():
+        self.assertIs(connect(self.ADDRESS.lower(), port, 4), libc.return_value)
+      self.assertEqual(libc.call_args_list[0].args, (3, socket.SOCK_STREAM, self.ADDRESS, 1, 4))
+      self.assertEqual(libc.call_args_list[1].args, (0, socket.SOCK_SEQPACKET, self.ADDRESS, 1, 4))
+
+  def test_real_connection_failures_do_not_retry(self):
+    for code in (errno.EHOSTDOWN, errno.ECONNREFUSED, errno.ETIMEDOUT, errno.EPERM, errno.EAFNOSUPPORT):
+      with self.subTest(errno=code), self.capabilities(), \
+           patch.object(bt_sockets, '_native', side_effect=OSError(code, 'connection failed')), \
+           patch.object(bt_sockets, '_libc_connect') as libc:
+        for connect, port in self.routes():
+          with self.assertRaises(OSError) as caught:
+            connect(self.ADDRESS, port)
+          self.assertEqual(caught.exception.errno, code)
+        libc.assert_not_called()
+
+  def test_fallback_failure_propagates_without_loop(self):
+    with self.capabilities(), patch.object(bt_sockets, '_native', side_effect=OSError(errno.ENOSYS, 'unimplemented')) as native, \
+         patch.object(bt_sockets, '_libc_connect', side_effect=OSError(errno.EHOSTDOWN, 'host down')) as libc:
+      with self.assertRaises(OSError) as caught:
+        bt_sockets.connect_rfcomm(self.ADDRESS, 1)
+      self.assertEqual(caught.exception.errno, errno.EHOSTDOWN)
+      native.assert_called_once()
+      libc.assert_called_once()
+
+  def test_native_failure_closes_original_descriptor(self):
+    original = Mock()
+    original.connect.side_effect = OSError(errno.ENOSYS, 'unimplemented')
+    with self.capabilities(), patch.object(socket, 'socket', return_value=original), patch.object(bt_sockets, '_libc_connect') as libc:
+      self.assertIs(bt_sockets.connect_rfcomm(self.ADDRESS, 1), libc.return_value)
+    original.close.assert_called_once()
+
+  def test_missing_python_capability_uses_libc(self):
+    with patch.object(bt_sockets, 'socket') as python_socket, patch.object(bt_sockets, '_libc_connect') as libc:
+      del python_socket.AF_BLUETOOTH
+      self.assertIs(bt_sockets.connect_rfcomm(self.ADDRESS, 1), libc.return_value)
+
+  def test_invalid_inputs_never_open_socket(self):
+    with patch.object(bt_sockets, '_native') as native, patch.object(bt_sockets, '_libc_connect') as libc:
+      for address, channel in (('bad', 1), (self.ADDRESS, 0), (self.ADDRESS, 31)):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+          bt_sockets.connect_rfcomm(address, channel)
+      native.assert_not_called()
+      libc.assert_not_called()
diff --git a/prebuilt.json b/prebuilt.json
index f64cadb62e..5cdc2fc187 100644
--- a/prebuilt.json
+++ b/prebuilt.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"protected_inventory_sha256": "49536cbf72bd1f27ce146a2f062d911757d40c87e5a2247d67d9bae44600cc40", "schema_version": 1}
+{"protected_inventory_sha256": "4653c7b94bf628c49e1d16cf6a4c617f3342dcdeffbed7142631858a1f666807", "schema_version": 1}