Okay so I'm starting to get fed up with this phone and my head unit...
My head unit (there are no settings to change this) automatically defaults to the USB connection, when a USB device has been plugged in (in this case my cell phone to charge)
I use Bluetooth audio streaming so I have to constantly switch back to bluetooth mode which really isn't a big deal...there's just a couple problems
If I do NOT mount the cell phone for SD card access...my head unit will constantly try to read it, and after about 20 seconds, it will reset the connection with the phone...and I will end up back on USB mode on the headunit
To solve this I am using Auto-mount...
BUT if I use auto-mount, then my cached stations on Slacker aren't available...and so I have to turn off USB storage... (If USB storage is turned on and THEN off...the headunit will not default to USB again...it will leave the connection alone)
You can imagine my frustration when getting in and out of the car
Seems to me the simplest way to fix this would be to disable the USB data portion all together based on what my cell phone is connected to.
ex. If I plug the phone to my computer, I get USB storage
If I plug the phone to my headunit, it will only charge the phone
IS there a way to do that???
You could find a USB cable that only has the power wires (one came with a bluetooth headset I bought), make your own cable (cut the data line), or use something like the iPhone USB Charging Adapter ThinkGeek sells (I do not know if it would stop the car from seeing the phone)
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Hey. So for the past few months, I've been able to connect my phone as a "usb thumb drive" to my car audio and play/control music directly through the headset. For some reason, over the past few days, whenever I connect my phone, the car will recognize the USB, connect, show a song playing, and then disconnect within seconds. And then my car is just waiting for a USB to be plugged in.
Have any of you had a similar issue or know what I can do to fix it?
BTW, my phone is currently fully stock, replacement phone from Sprint.
You have a firm usb connection? Also you enabled mount as usb on the phone?
I suggest putting some songs on a real USB flash drive, and see if the same thing happens. This way, you can help narrow down the problem to either your EVO or your car audio unit.
Another thing to consider is if you added any new files to your SD Card since it stopped working. Embedded devices with USB mass storage support can be pretty buggy, and its software can choke if it encounters a particular file that it doesn't know how to deal with.
This a rather specific issue, but none of the forums for my car were able to give me an answer. I drive a 2013 Hyundai Sonata GLS.
So I just recently switched from iPhone to Android, and I have been having a **** of a time getting the phone to connect to the car via the USB port in my 2013 GLS. With my iPhone, it was as simple as plug n play...not so much with the Android (it's a Verizon LG G2, for what it's worth), as every time I plug in the USB cable, I get "Connection Error" on the screen, and then it just switches back to whatever audio mode I was in before.
I know the USB port actually says "iPod" underneath it specifically, but the owner's manual vaguely hints at a universal USB music mode...I've gone through the menus and tinkered with some of the options, but am unable to find a solution. I really do not want to use Bluetooth. I will buy a car charger and aux cable and just have two connections if need be, but I gotta believe there's a way to have a non-iOS device hooked up through the USB port and be able to play music through it. I don't even need metadata to show up on the screen, just a simple connection would do it!
I am running AOKP 4.4.2. This issue persists even with MTP USB mode activated.
I just bought my first smartphone , a Galaxy S5. While I new to smartphones, I am not new to tech. In my car ( a 2015 Subaru Forester) I was powering my S5 with the USB cable plugged into the car's USB port. I had the phone playing Pandora. I sort of assumed that I would get the music signal on the USB line but found that the enabled BT was overriding the USB so I was getting the music with my radio set to BT-A. The problem was that the every few seconds the volume would drop and the phone would make two beeps. If I disconnected the USB cable and ran off battery, this issue went away.
On further inspection, I noticed that on every volume drop with beeps, a USB connection notification was appearing in the notification lists. I just wanted the USB for power but it seemed to be trying to connect over and over and each time, the notification was interfering with the audio. I could not find a setting to stop the S5 from trying to connect to USB data.
Any ideas?
So, I finished the install on my new head unit last night and everything works beautifully except the wifi. It will not come on at all. I go into settings and click the wifi on button and it just sits there "To show available connections turn on your wifi." I was thinking about doing a factory reset on the unit, but I can't find the password anywhere. From everything I've read it's probably going to be a hardware issue so I'd like to get a USB hub and a USB wifi dongle, this would be cheaper and faster then sending it back to Eonon. Everyone says you have to get a powered USB hub for this to work, so where are you guys plugging these hubs in at to get power? All of them say 5v 2.5 amps and that's a lot less then my truck puts out. Anyways, I guess my questions are... Does anyone have any suggestions on troubleshooting the built in wifi (password to do a factory reset maybe). What USB hub would you suggest? How are you connecting the hub to your vehicle's power? What USB wifi dongle would you suggest?
JAG1117 said:
So, I finished the install on my new head unit last night and everything works beautifully except the wifi. It will not come on at all. I go into settings and click the wifi on button and it just sits there "To show available connections turn on your wifi." I was thinking about doing a factory reset on the unit, but I can't find the password anywhere. From everything I've read it's probably going to be a hardware issue so I'd like to get a USB hub and a USB wifi dongle, this would be cheaper and faster then sending it back to Eonon. Everyone says you have to get a powered USB hub for this to work, so where are you guys plugging these hubs in at to get power? All of them say 5v 2.5 amps and that's a lot less then my truck puts out. Anyways, I guess my questions are... Does anyone have any suggestions on troubleshooting the built in wifi (password to do a factory reset maybe). What USB hub would you suggest? How are you connecting the hub to your vehicle's power? What USB wifi dongle would you suggest?
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Alright, this is what I came up with for the USB hub.
Amazon B074H66N8Q
Amazon B00C0KL1OM
Amazon B071F5LWS1
There are several passwords. I have the same radio, wifi works fine for me.
Eonon Passwords
Bluetooth: 5802 (Factory Default)
Reset Factory: 7890
Developer Options: 7890
Extra Settings: 123456
Last night I was getting everything put together and I had everything disconnected, after I reconnect the stereo I turned my truck on to make sure it was working and to my surprise wifi came on. I was so happy! I turned the truck off and back on reset the stereo and wifi was still working. So, I hooked everything back up, plugged in my usb camera and usb hub, turned the truck back on and wifi was not working again. After some tinkering around I figured out if I have anything plugged into the blue usb cable wifi doesn't work. Here is a video of what it is doing. For now I just wont use that usb port.
Did you end up working out what the issue is or just replace? I have a similar issue (haven't checked the USB where is only connects to my mobile hotspot. Every other WIFI doesn't show up. Will need to check the USB.
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I have a SIM card with unlimited data that I'd like to use for my Android unit. Joying PX-5 that I have has two USB cables, so a 4G modem USB dongle sounds like a solution for this.
Are there ones that are recommended? Is it as simple as plugging the SIM card in, plugging the modem into USB cable and it has 4G connection every time I start the car? or are there any power or other issues I'm missing? I was also thinking of dedicated an old phone to the same task, but it has o be charged and I'm not sure Joying USB port is capable of doing that (plus the car sits for a week sometimes).
Any and all info is appreciated.
Does anyone have any info? Do I just plug the USB modem with SIM card into a USB cable and get internet, or do I need to install or enable something in the unit to use internet this way?
Got a Huawei E173 to try out. Upon plugging the modem in the, unit sees it after a few seconds of pairing and is able to access internet. However, turn the ignition off, turn it back on and the unit loses the modem. Unplug-replug the modem into the US cable and Joying pairs and sees it again. Any thoughts on how to fix this?
PS. Joying is one of the most useless companies I've ever dealt with. Emailing back and forth with them, I got them saying that this unit can work with a USB modem, this unit can't work with USB modem, they don't have a manual (!), they are not responsible for anything... Kids, don't buy crap like Joying. Mine was in the car when I bought it but if I ad to pay even $50 for this piece of crap (vs. $250 that it, apparently, cost) I'd be pretty upset.