Nexus one via USB Car Headunit - Nexus One General

Hello people!
My headunit was recently purchased (before I bought the Nexus One) for my iPhone 3G-S 32gig...
The iPhone unfortunately went for a swim...so I decided to try out the Nexus one for the **** of it.
Now, before, when I had the iPhone... the headunit played all audio, music, navigation via the USB port flawlessly... track information was pushed to the headunit and everything
With the N1 however, I can only use it via USB in "mount" mode... only able to read files directly, no audio streams!
While this wouldn't normally be a problem... the folders are SO disorganized, and my unit will look at ALL .mp3 files on the card... and that can be troublesome with the various ringtones and notification sounds that I have...
So I have resorted to bluetooth
This was not the intention with this headunit however...and I am searching amongst the forums for a "USB Streaming" solution that works LIKE the iPhone
Judging by the Desktop Dock by Google, the audio can indeed be streamed via USB (I am aware the dock can also communicate via Bluetooth...but I'm pretty sure the video demonstration I saw displayed the dock working via USB and via Bluetooth)
Any solutions??
I haven't rooted my phone yet, but will if I need to!

As a mobile electronics installer, i can tell you your most likely out of luck.
What head unit do you have? model number and brand.
the reason it works for iphone is many common electronics come with a stamp that says made for iphone... as ipods are synonymous with mp3's these days, and the units are programmed to read an ipod's files like an ipod does.
perhaps with androids growth, some manufacturers will begin offering made for android stuff. its possible.
I know I'll get flamed for this, lol, but I use my n1 while driving and hate cords in my way, so i just use the bluetooth for phone calls and I keep an Ipod Touch in my glove box hooked up to my head unit, or take the SD Card out of my phone and put it into my headunit.

Most of the USB setups were made with Apple in mind. That's just the way it is.
Be glad you can use Bluetooth.
Currently the only way to do it, is via mounting. Otherwise the Head unit has no way of knowing what's on the SD card. Blame Apple for being proprietary @$$hats imho.
As for me, I use BT Audio every, single day with my N1. (I listen to approx 2 hours of audiobooks daily + Navigation as needed, and sometimes Pandora. It works perfect)

it is a kenwood excelon x993

"This CD receiver is not only iPhone and iPod ready, it also includes a unique EQ feature that extracts the best possible sound from the iPod, iTouch or iPhone."
- from a review of your head unit.
maybe soon we'll see one that says "google ready."

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Is it possible Android / Flip up car stereo?

We have seen phones that have laptop docks for a bigger usable interface. We have seen phones hook into a huge touch screen monitor and work well. Would it be a feasible idea to have a phone plug into a flip up car stereo and mirror the touch screen. I use my phone all the time in the car whether its for music, navigation, information or anything else. It would be great to be able to plug my phone into my stereo and have a bigger touch screen right there on the radio. Just a thought and wondering if its possible.
probably possible. i think it is more feasable to have a hole cut into the dash to house a 4.3'' fone with a usb/headfone jack.
schneidz said:
probably possible. i think it is more feasable to have a hole cut into the dash to house a 4.3'' fone with a usb/headfone jack.
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Or just a dock or stand. But this seems like a better idea. It would be a lot easier with the newer cars with usb/3.5mm jacks preinstalled.
It would be cool to see this thread flourish, Car mods! I'm trying to create a dock in my car for my phone, so that I cun use it to control my radio garage navigation or any other instance of automotive life, like even check the status of the engin.
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I fancy getting a cheap 5-7" tablet for this job - My 10.1 Gtab would look plain silly mounted as a sat nav and wouldn't last 5 minutes if left unattended.
Try using Vlingo or Google Car Home for starters. Vlingo will read your texts aloud and allow you to reply with using your hands. You can also start navigation or send messages completely hands free by saying "Hey Vlingo!" prompting it to auto listen for the next command.
Next up if the free version of Torque(or paid for if you need).
This connects to your car via a cheap bluetooth ODB2 device (~£15 on the bay)
This will give you access to readings such as mpg, speed and any engine error codes.
There are also plugins such as a video/data recorder.
I can't post links to the android market pages of these apps as I've not made 8 posts yet but they're easy to find!
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My ultimate setup that I would like to see would be a radio that has a touch screen flip out that I can plug my phone into and have it mirror my phone. That way I wouldnt have to have a seperate tablet and phone that have a different setup. Essentially this would turn the radio into a mini tablet with your phone being the host for the screen. Thanks everyone for the replies!!
I would dearly love this!
I wuould like it werry much too
It has been my dream for a long time too… They have made it for iphone, maybe we will have it for android too some day.
Please make a google search with the string below (I am a noob. I am not allowed to post links yet):
telematicsnews.info/2011/05/21/video-iphone-screen-duplication-on-in-car-display-comes-to-aftermarket_my2211/
Cheers!
Wonder if it will work with gooapple. And does it just use ur current Pandora app or does it have a Pandora app of it. I just want to use my Pandora app. http://telematicsnews.info/2011/05/...n-in-car-display-comes-to-aftermarket_my2211/
2nd this.
jfafard81 said:
My ultimate setup that I would like to see would be a radio that has a touch screen flip out that I can plug my phone into and have it mirror my phone. That way I wouldnt have to have a seperate tablet and phone that have a different setup. Essentially this would turn the radio into a mini tablet with your phone being the host for the screen. Thanks everyone for the replies!!
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Yes it is Possible !!!!!
jfafard81 said:
We have seen phones that have laptop docks for a bigger usable interface. We have seen phones hook into a huge touch screen monitor and work well. Would it be a feasible idea to have a phone plug into a flip up car stereo and mirror the touch screen. I use my phone all the time in the car whether its for music, navigation, information or anything else. It would be great to be able to plug my phone into my stereo and have a bigger touch screen right there on the radio. Just a thought and wondering if its possible.
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We already have a solution which works on rooted android device.
We can certainly help you.
PM for more details...
Can't send PM. What r u talking about.
@lchemist said:
We already have a solution which works on rooted android device.
We can certainly help you.
PM for more details...
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There is a kickstarter campaign product that allows you to combine your phone with the car stereo into a single double-DIN device. Currently, they have working faceplates for the iPhone 4 and 4S but they are developing Android ones as well.
Check it out: [I can't post external links but a simple search of "kickstarter dash" will take you right to it.]
You know, this would be quite simple with an MHL adapter and a method to send touch input to the screen, which im sure is out there.
TFT LCD Developers Kit
There is a developers kit for a 7" TFT LCD, now I realize this is a full microprocessor board. It does run android, perhaps it has something in its code that is usable, or point to what hardware is required to interface with a smartphone.
Not enough posts yet, so just Google this:
LS6410 SAMSUNG ARM11 S3C6410 board kit 7" TFT LCD (Android)
love this thread . im going to get a nexus one or zte blade and mount it up to the space above my stereo . going to put a bigger antenna on it to help boost gps speed. hook it up to power . and have a full size sd card instead of micro sd . wire it to aux audio. it will music and navigation system.
I just bought a 7.0 galaxy plus 3g with this in mind. I got rid of my phone when I bought this tablet too. I spoke on my phone 15 minutes last month and all that was in the car. I can do that with voip...
I intend to do this install on a 2011 wrx. I just bought the JDM radio bezel that is 6.8x3.9 inch cut out (stock usdm is 8" wide). With a bit of dremeling I should be able to slide my tablet directly into the top of the bezel. I plan to put a backing plate so it looks finished with the tab removed. I want removal to be painless. As I plan to use this tablet a lot.
I'll be completely nixing the head unit in my car. To provide power to the speakers I will buy a clarion equalizer and a smallish 300w 4 channel amp probably the nice alpine on amazon for 120 bucks.
Here's where the fun begins! Audio out should be no big deal. I found cables that split the 3.5mm trrs audio into audio out and mic input. So I'll just run rca outs to my clarion eq and run my mic into the device. Done!
My wrx has steering wheel controls. These tie into a stock unit typically. That's no fun. I plan to buy a sparkfun ioio with bluetooth and intercept the SWC signals. Then using the google ADK I can read the pin signals and respond to things like skip track, volume, mode (use mode to switch open apps), pick up, hang up and voice command. I also want to use the ioio to interface with the headlight dimmer and illumination as well.
I just got my tab a few days ago. My bezel should be coming in the mail early next week. Once the bezel is done, I'll rip out the head unit and do the amp and equalizer install. At that time I'll capture the steering wheel control voltages and start hacking on the ioio.
I'll start a project thread for all this once I do the amp install.

Sim card head unit

Does anyone know of an android head unit that has a sim card slot?
I have a t-mobile 5GB plan and wanted to be able to play Pandora, YouTube, Netflix, etc when I"m in my car. Yes I could just plug in my cell phone through the aux cable, but I rather have a dedicated head unit so i don't drain my cellphone battery.
It would have to have not only a "SIM card" slot, but the additional radios/antennas/etc necessary to connect to a cell network, which none of the units covered by this thread have.
You don't have a car charger for your phone so you can use WiFi tether? There are other options - find a hotspot device which can be powered from the car and works with T-Mob. Find a USB "modem" which works with both the head unit and T-Mob.
mike.s said:
It would have to have not only a "SIM card" slot, but the additional radios/antennas/etc necessary to connect to a cell network, which none of the units covered by this thread have.
You don't have a car charger for your phone so you can use WiFi tether? There are other options - find a hotspot device which can be powered from the car and works with T-Mob. Find a USB "modem" which works with both the head unit and T-Mob.
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Sorry I should have mentioned that I only have the stock radio on a 2006 Scion tC, so there are no USB connections or WiFi adapters. Secondly, I have a car charger but I find that it gets very hot when its charging while using Google Maps, and Youtube HD. I can't imagine that being good for the battery on my Note 3. So I thought if I have Youtube and Google Maps off of a head unit it would give me a better driving experience. (bigger screen, better audio, no tethering lag or deteriorating battery life)
I was waiting for the Parrot Rnb6, but I just saw that they will no longer make it for the aftermarket crowd. The Audi S3 has a sim card slot that allows their infotainment system to use the connection and even tether it, so in essence I'm looking for something like that in an aftermarket package.
tangsta35 said:
I was waiting for the Parrot Rnb6, but I just saw that they will no longer make it for the aftermarket crowd. The Audi S3 has a sim card slot that allows their infotainment system to use the connection and even tether it, so in essence I'm looking for something like that in an aftermarket package.
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Why not use a tablet ?
What does an HU have that you need that a tablet doesn't ? I know there are plenty of valid answers that rule out a tablet (like USB/charging issues), but it's worth a thought.
Sony tablets have FM if you need that.
mikereidis said:
Why not use a tablet ?
What does an HU have that you need that a tablet doesn't ? I know there are plenty of valid answers that rule out a tablet (like USB/charging issues), but it's worth a thought.
Sony tablets have FM if you need that.
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My goal is to get in my car, turn on my stream and go. I think it would be annoying to mount my tablet and unmount it every time I get home. I live in a bad neighborhood where thieves break into cars just to steal your GPS, so leaving it mounted 24/7 is not a good solution. Occasionally, I might listen to audio books on CD's so I would still like to have a CD player...
Like you mentioned, there will be charging issues, not to mention all the cables I would have to deal with (aux, usb, mic)
Lastly, running everything to the head unit would still require me to use my stock head unit to control the volume, switch between sources, adjust audio, etc. Having 2 different locations to look at while driving will be very distracting and very unsafe...
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What does an HU have that you need that a tablet doesn't ?
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Turns on/off with the car. Amplifier and speaker connections. Physical controls and better controls for a car, and the ability to connect to steering wheel controls. CD/DVD. More inputs and outputs. Significantly harder to steal. In most cases, easier to mount and better aesthetics.
Pure android head unit 4.2
tangsta35 said:
Does anyone know of an android head unit that has a sim card slot?
I have a t-mobile 5GB plan and wanted to be able to play Pandora, YouTube, Netflix, etc when I"m in my car. Yes I could just plug in my cell phone through the aux cable, but I rather have a dedicated head unit so i don't drain my cellphone battery.
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The Ownice C500 got a 4G simcard slot.

Full iPod/iPhone music control

I love the concept of an Android based head unit (even though I am an Apple guy), but the one feature that seems to be lacking with these units is iPod control.
If I plug my iPod or iPhone into my factory car stereo via USB, I can select music by artist, genre, playlist, etc. It also displays album art and song info.
From what I can tell though, none of the Android head units do this. CarJoying told me that theirs will do play/pause forward/back, but that's all.
I found a thread somewhere that says that the ca-fi dashlinq4 won't do it either (I haven't been able to confirm anything about the new dashlinq ct).
Is there some technical barrier that I am not seeing or has it just not been done yet?
Hello,
finally one that interested me the connection on the iPod Radio Android .
I do not understand is that they give the ipod connection but then nothing happens . It does not recognize the ipod !
Joying sold a cable for this but now it sells more .
someone does the ipod ?

Please help..S7 edge USB audio in car

With my old phone being an iPhone, you could plug in USB and have everything display on the OEM*car head unit screen like artist,song title,album name, and time lapsed from any music source (itunes,pandora,amazon prime music,Google play, etc).
My '12 maxima has the color lcd for the backup camera and menus,etc but when I try to connect my S7 edge via USB it just gives (check connected device) error!! I have Bluetooth for calls but not for music audio so that's not an option,although it pairs up immediately with no issue..And as previously reported here in the forums, the aux port in the SD820 s7 edge gives bad quality and extreme static at high volumes.
Do you guys know of any other options to get the S7 edge to play via USB, or will I have to stick with this boring iPhone 6s plus for my audio??
I enabled developer options to see what all USB options were available and no dice.*
Please help!!!! ??
Android USB audio in car:
http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs/5490#post_10963953
http://www.head-fi.org/t/595071/android-phones-and-usb-dacs/6480#post_11426983
I'm also having some difficulty with this. I have a new Kenwood DDX4016DAB head unit in my vehicle. This is a new 2016 model, and has a big 'ANDROID' button alongside the usual iPhone/iPod button.
The idea is that when the phone is connected to the unit's USB, that it should take over sound output from the phone - note - this is NOT accessing the phone as mass storage/MTP or anything like that - the head unit is supposed to take the full audio signal.
I find that when I connect the S7 edge to USB, that the sound does come across- -both Spotify, Waze, system sounds etc. - everything as it should. Playback controls on the head unit also function. The big problem is that the sound is very distorted and crackly. It doesn't sound right at all. I'm obviously hugely frustrated by this, as Bluetooth audio quality is not brilliant.
I find this problem to remain regardless as to whether I install Kenwood's (fairly useless looking) music app, or whether I just leave Android to do its native thing.
As to the OP - I appreciate that this may not be helpful to you directly (as we're both having problems), but I think my issue might help to clarify yours. Some head units (like mine) are able supposed to be able to take over the Android audio system totally. I suspect that this will only be quite new ones. A 2012 car is probably too old - I believe Android only began to support USB audio out with Android 5.0.
Older ones may simply not have the ability natively, or only be set-up for iPhone etc.

Need Help in Selecting the Correct Unit

I’ve been going around in circles trying to choose the correct Android head unit. It either has this but doesn't have that or does this but doesn't do that. For the past few years, I’ve had a Parrot Asteroid. I love it’s bluetooth, hands-free and ipod capabilities. It also got me interested in having the full Android os in my car (Parrot doesn't provide this).
So, I decided to make a list of exactly what I'm looking for, and enlist the advice of those who have hands-on experience with various Android head units to find the one I really want. I’m looking for a unit with the following (or, as close as I can get):
Bluetooth that downloads my contacts from phone to unit and allows me to receive and make calls from the unit. I have an iPhone 7. Voice activated calls would be nice, but not required.
Bluetooth that plays iPhone music, AND displays music info on unit and can be controlled (forward, back) from unit.
Full android o/s with ability to download and run apps from Playstore.
Usb, microphone, sd and bluetooth accessible to Android o/s and apps.
(In my research, I have discovered that a unit may have a built-in mic , usb and bluetooth; however, while the unit firmware can access them, apps running under Android o/s can’t)
Ipod capability -- Once iphone is connected via usb, I can search and play phone music library from the unit itself.
(All the video examples I have been able to find show a phone connected to a unit, and while the music plays on the unit, it is controlled on the phone)
I have read a lot about the Newsmy Carpad, and while the Android o/s functionality is exactly what I want, it is not clear from the videos I’ve seen how the Bluetooth (for phone and music) works in the real world, or if it even has ipod capability.
Interested in any suggestions about any units with which folks have real experience making calls and listening to music.
Thanks!!

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