First an explanation then the question.
I have programmed my LG G2 to control a "Dual XDMA550BT" car stereo. I now can relax in the rear of my van and remotely control the vehicles stereo with phone. Nice feature right? Well here is my problem, the stereos original remote is missing. So I came up with the following idea I hope someone has the answer to. Obviously the QuickRemote does not do car stereos from it list of remotes as it does not list ANY car remotes. Instead I used the QuickRemote's "Universal" remote function the allows the QuickRemote "learn" another remotes codes and assign them to a users custom layout. So here is my problem. I want to be able the extract and restore the codes for the "Dual XDMA550BT" remote as I do not have that remote any more and may need to restore that data at some later point. So where does the QuickRemote save the data for the 'Universal" remote function? Also some pre-programmed remotes have more than one layout you can switch to, allowing more buttons the one layout can display on screen? Why can't I have multiple layouts on self designed remotes, as well as be able to import graphics for custom buttons? Finally, why not have a place to send the codes and layouts for the custom remotes, that way we can share custom remote layouts? Mostly though I need to save my QuickRemote's data for later recovery.
That last question is most important, but the others would be nice to know.
Oh... one more thought. If all the QuickRemotes used by other LG phones store data the same way, why not be allowed to send data to those other phones since the G2 has more remotes than some of the others...
Use Titanium Backup to backup your application, if you have rooted phone.
n3pla2000 said:
First an explanation then the question.
I have programmed my LG G2 to control a "Dual XDMA550BT" car stereo. I now can relax in the rear of my van and remotely control the vehicles stereo with phone. Nice feature right? Well here is my problem, the stereos original remote is missing. So I came up with the following idea I hope someone has the answer to. Obviously the QuickRemote does not do car stereos from it list of remotes as it does not list ANY car remotes. Instead I used the QuickRemote's "Universal" remote function the allows the QuickRemote "learn" another remotes codes and assign them to a users custom layout. So here is my problem. I want to be able the extract and restore the codes for the "Dual XDMA550BT" remote as I do not have that remote any more and may need to restore that data at some later point. So where does the QuickRemote save the data for the 'Universal" remote function? Also some pre-programmed remotes have more than one layout you can switch to, allowing more buttons the one layout can display on screen? Why can't I have multiple layouts on self designed remotes, as well as be able to import graphics for custom buttons? Finally, why not have a place to send the codes and layouts for the custom remotes, that way we can share custom remote layouts? Mostly though I need to save my QuickRemote's data for later recovery.
That last question is most important, but the others would be nice to know.
Oh... one more thought. If all the QuickRemotes used by other LG phones store data the same way, why not be allowed to send data to those other phones since the G2 has more remotes than some of the others...
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Hi, Yes try using titaniun backup that will most likely work, Requires root though, also this should have been posted in Q&A not General. Thanks.
Data for every app are in /data/data/<app_package>, there will be folder files or databases(I hope) and inside there should be some files. Databases you can browse with sqlite browser. Of course you need root. I wonder to know if there are really these files, but I don't have root access, and while ma warranty is valid, I'm not gonna rooting my device
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Hi Devs/guys,
Today i have just purchased myself the official Iconia A500 Docking station and micro-HDMI cable to test this on my 1080 monior and led tv.
Initial impressions are good however i've noticed that the quality when output the HDMI is very grainey and not as crisp as i had hoped!
Anyways, whilst playing around with the dock through the TV, the remote controls seem ok to get around with easy navigation but i've had to create lots of applications shortcuts as i cannot natively access the 'apps' option with the remote. The play and pause options on the remote also are not application specific etc which is a pain.
A few ideas for this which came to mind are as follows;
1. Is it possible to fine tune or change the HDMI output settings through an application or by modifying any system files on the A500 with root? Features such as having additional hardware profiles which allow you to kill the screen on the A500 and promote all rendering power to the HDMI out so as not to reduce framerates would be nice.
2. Is it possible to create a small application with allows you intercept commands from the remote control and then apply the relevant button command to a mapped profile for a specific app or game?
Did i mention the word 'profile' enough on this?
Just my initial impressions but feel free to comment if you have the dock and remote and encountered other issue or have other ideas!
FIN
Anyone? Lol
I must be making all the boring requests
Hi ddelamareuk,
No, it's a interesting topic , but not so many users have dock and hdmi device
I think request 2 is possible. Acer make lirc related things in kernel, and lirc will make a corresponding keyinput event when it received a ir event.
I will take a research in it, even though I don't have dock station
Thanks
Hey Roggin!
I have more tech than common sense lol
Would be good then in that case if we could create a small app to trap incoming ir commands then map them to a game or app profile for whatever is active on screen!
Is it lazy that i want to do everything with remote?
Thanks for the interest!!
hi. i have a General Electronics Split AC whose remote control got burnt cause of batteries leakage
now i need an IR blaster app to use it. is it possible to use it?
the configurations is like this .
ac is from "General" Company. the exact model no of the remote control is AR-JE6.
my request is can anyone tell me which app can i use to control it? i have downloaded many apps from playstore but non had this General company ac remote option in it. General is very famous company for ACs dont understand why no body used it.
any way, if there is no app can some one develop an app for me?:fingers-crossed: pretty please???:victory:
aami.aami said:
hi. i have a General Electronics Split AC whose remote control got burnt cause of batteries leakage
now i need an IR blaster app to use it. is it possible to use it?
the configurations is like this .
ac is from "General" Company. the exact model no of the remote control is AR-JE6.
my request is can anyone tell me which app can i use to control it? i have downloaded many apps from playstore but non had this General company ac remote option in it. General is very famous company for ACs dont understand why no body used it.
any way, if there is no app can some one develop an app for me?:fingers-crossed: pretty please???:victory:
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Well, Samsung's Smart Remote app (included by default in the S5) has the ability to control Split AC. And if the brand is not found, they let you request for the brand to be added, which, when you do that, they send you an email (almost immediately) asking you for some more details about your device, like brand, model number, and sometimes webpage of the company.
I haven't taken the time to reply to them after that, so I don't know how long it takes for them to add your brand, but at least the service looks promising.
Regards.
well i have tried like 3 times and yes they reply with the mail about asking the details and thats pretty much all they do. nothing is done after that. i think that mail service is kinda automated one that is generating mails to people who request for this and they are automatically forwarded.
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Well, Samsung's Smart Remote app (included by default in the S5) has the ability to control Split AC. And if the brand is not found, they let you request for the brand to be added, which, when you do that, they send you an email (almost immediately) asking you for some more details about your device, like brand, model number, and sometimes webpage of the company.
I haven't taken the time to reply to them after that, so I don't know how long it takes for them to add your brand, but at least the service looks promising.
Regards.
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well i have tried like 3 times and yes they reply with the mail about asking the details and thats pretty much all they do. nothing is done after that. i think that mail service is kinda automated one that is generating mails to people who request for this and they are automatically forwarded.
You can try an app called "Smart IR Remote" by Color Tiger in the play store. It works great on my Gs5 to control my tv, amp and pvr, and it looks like it might be compatible with your ac unit.
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ZaZa remote works for everything I have tried so far, the UI is not great but once you get your head around that its really great.
Another vote for Smart Remote by Color Tiger. I use it for two different AC units at home. It's the best remote app available.
Warning this is a long post grab some tea or coffee.
Coming from a Note 2 the IR capabilities on a phone was a new concept for me. I played around with performing some smart control with peel and a few other apps. Nothing really fit like a professional Universal Remote branded custom programmed remote. Much like a very advanced version of Logitech Harmony. I wanted the WAF (Wife Approval Factor) . This means multiple rooms, devices, scenarios with single button clicks with a remote that changes given its room location and control type. Out Note Edge if you didn't know has an amazing wide spectrum infrared transmitter that can work with a mind blowing array of proprietary devices. Like Xbox and MCE machines to name a few. Its simply needs a powerful app to drive it with a deep code library.
So I stumbled on the app in the play store called "Smart IR Remote - Anymote" . Before I go further I'll point out that I'm not affiliated with any developer and have no benefit to point this app out. I'm just a gadget junkie and a fan of great tech but I digress. This app is not on the cheep side. Its around $6 if I recall. What turned me on to it was its continuous and constant development record, the developer is interacting with users regularly and it met my minimum requirents for experiments.
Setup can be as simple as a Logitech on the basic side or complex as the professional grade. It is your choice . What struck me with aww was the adaptability to create custom remotes WITH full macro or "scene" in the pro world and integrate that in to a one button. Take multiple remotes and combine buttons from all of them to one uber remote. Control WiFi devises along with it. Yup multiple pathway control. Holy cow I was so excited I finally found something to rival some of the most expensive remotes I have ever owned for $6 bucks. It is even equipped with thermostat library's along with some home control capacity. So my brain was tingling with logic layouts and control schemes.
After some serious testing in my house im happy to report only one obscure devise did not have a library entry for its IR codes. One email to the Dev and he was on it. I have set up multiple rooms with a minimum of 3 scenes per room via macro and custom remote setup. My setup works like this . the default remote is the "Home remote" that has buttons labeled per room. Select the room you want to control, Master Bedroom for example and the Master bedroom remote pops up. Then just select one of the action options like "Chrome Cast" turns the TV on pauses and switches the input to the proper location. Then a Chromecast remote pops up with volume and other actions like "Watch Movie". This turns on my HTPC that basicly cone out of sleep, flips the input on the TV to whatever its on and brings up the HTPC remote with all the functions for navigation select and volume. Cool part on this particular scene is if you change it to something else you simply add the sleep option in the macro and the HTPC will go to sleep if you want to change to something else.
It can get far more complex but I used this on my wife's phone that has IR and have had successful WAF !
So play have fun with the infrared on your phone. If anyone is interested I'd be happy to post some examples both simple and complex. Hope this helps someone else and be sure to give a thanks if it did . Cheers.
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Nice review just some questions, can you use the edge display? It s compatible with logitech squeezebox e logitech link in wifi?
Thank you
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danilos2k said:
Nice review just some questions, can you use the edge display? It s compatible with logitech squeezebox e logitech link in wifi?
Thank you
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The edge display is not effected. Works just like with any other app. You can add a app icon in to the edge display as a shortcut. Not app specific but handy for any apps you use regularly.
As for question 2 the short answer is no. I had to lookup the Logitech Squeezebox since I don't have one. It looks like they don't have a library entry for it but I'm sending a message to the Dev team and inviting them to this forum.
Great post! I too tend to find the IR capabilitied that Samsung phones have a very cool feature. It amazes me that so many people dont even take advantage of it, but then again there are so many people that dont tske advantage or know how to use 90% of the features on their phones. I sold my friend a nice Sony LED TV a couple weeks ago and after a few hours he called me asking for the remote because the buttons on the side were a pain to deal with and he didnt have a universal remote.. I was blown away by this because not only had i sold him my Galaxy S5 over a month prior to the TV, he had the Galaxy s4 for probably a year befote the 5, and when i told him to just use his phone its better anyway he had no clue what i was talking about... Anyway, sorry to ramble. Lol Thanks again for the info.
thank you
That's what keeps us, the developers, going. Seeing appreciation like yours makes me want to improve the product, makes me ashamed of the occasional bugs you probably encountered, but all things added, leads to a better product.
By the way, @Cab121, make sure to make a backup of your remotes in Settings -> Backup / Restore. You seem to have put a lot of work into yourself, and only I know how many customers relied on (eventually broken) Helium backups when switching roms, cleared the app data accidentally or not knowing what they were doing, losing precious of their work.
As for some of the other questions in the thread:
- using the Edge - No, right now Smart IR Remote doesn't make use of the Edge feature. It's certainly something we want to add, but we have so much stuff on our platter right now that it might take a while to get on this. Have you seen AnyMote Home ?
- Logitech Squeezebox - yes, that's supported over InfraRed, in our Game / Media Manager category
- Logitech Link - sorry, access to that is closed. We've tried, but no luck.
By the way, if anyone has any support questions (missing devices, bugs, stuff like that..) please email [email protected] - that way you have the highest (guaranteed) chances of getting a reply.
Source: I'm one of the Smart IR Remote - AnyMote devs.
Hey there, the best and brightest!
I have an after market android unit in my 2015 LC200 Sahara.
It replaces all factory manual climate controls and other functions with touch based apps.
The ROM is absolutely horrid! can't rearrange apps on shortcuts, camera mode blocks all input (without the option to close it), in call menu displays over anything thats open including navigation!
Sound only works on left channel, some built in settings can be adjusted up but not back down again!
I NEED to modify this thing to be reasonably useful for the $1400 I paid for it (16" tablet).
Is there any way to extract the ROM, decomplie it, make the changes I need and then repackage it and reflash?
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Hey there, the best and brightest!
I have an after market android unit in my 2015 LC200 Sahara.
It replaces all factory manual climate controls and other functions with touch based apps.
The ROM is absolutely horrid! can't rearrange apps on shortcuts, camera mode blocks all input (without the option to close it), in call menu displays over anything thats open including navigation!
Sound only works on left channel, some built in settings can be adjusted up but not back down again!
I NEED to modify this thing to be reasonably useful for the $1400 I paid for it (16" tablet).
Is there any way to extract the ROM, decomplie it, make the changes I need and then repackage it and reflash?
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I have the MCU RL78.bin file that was used to upgrade the MCU, which as far as I understand is the key to modding the functions.
I have never decompiled any of these, and frankly don't know where to begin.
Can anyone help decompile it into something useful?
Noob_sferatu said:
I have the MCU RL78.bin file that was used to upgrade the MCU, which as far as I understand is the key to modding the functions.
I have never decompiled any of these, and frankly don't know where to begin.
Can anyone help decompile it into something useful?
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MCU compilation will not give you anything. If I understand correctly, your radio is connected to the car via CAN BUS and therefore you need to resolve the issue with the CAN BUS adapter. Either you need to purchase a CAN BUS adapter specifically for your car, just for its configuration, or you need to look for the CAN BUS adapter firmware for your car for such a complete set. The difference in adapter firmware for certain configurations of the same car model can lead to malfunctions. The problems you described are very similar to the incorrect CAN BUS adapter firmware.
I was wondering if anyone know if it's possible to edit the default apps code. For example the car info app on the main screen takes parameters from the car's default computer to emulate the speedometer, read temperatures etc. I either want to edit that default app or code another one from scratch then install it onto the device. Wanted to make a 0-60 timer. Let me know, thanks!
If anyone knows where the files are stored for the home apps, that will be helpful too.
It must be the day for it.
What is hesd unit, post Android system information including MCU.
No one here can guess there are too many variants as there are phones.