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Running dl30 and the car cradle app doesn't work 100%. The navigation,voice search,map buttons state no activity found when pressed. Any fix for this by any chance without replacing with old car cradle app so the car dock auxiliary out will work!?
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je2345 said:
Running dl30 and the car cradle app doesn't work 100%. The navigation,voice search,map buttons state no activity found when pressed. Any fix for this by any chance without replacing with old car cradle app so the car dock auxiliary out will work!?
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sounds like you are on the leak rom. that cradle app is for touch wiz crap. try flashing the gapps package from adrynalynes superclean post or just falsh the superclean rom. then flash the gapps package. you need to have the stock music app to run the car cradle aux port.
Adrynalyne's gapps package isn't on his post?
BSayre18 said:
Adrynalyne's gapps package isn't on his post?
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no its not. it was there i swear! does anyone know where to get a current gapps?
its on jt's!!! use his gapps.
Double Twist works with the car dock 3.5mm
smilepak said:
Double Twist works with the car dock 3.5mm
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never heard of it. market? do you still need the other 2 files that install with the tw music app?
Is there a way to make audio come out the usb if I don't use the Car Dock app?
I think its pretty stupid to turn off audio just because I leave the car dock app. (I'm not talking about removing phone just exiting the app to go to home screen)
piiman said:
Is there a way to make audio come out the usb if I don't use the Car Dock app?
I think its pretty stupid to turn off audio just because I leave the car dock app. (I'm not talking about removing phone just exiting the app to go to home screen)
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i dont think so. its desgined to work for car cradle.
piiman said:
Is there a way to make audio come out the usb if I don't use the Car Dock app?
I think its pretty stupid to turn off audio just because I leave the car dock app. (I'm not talking about removing phone just exiting the app to go to home screen)
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The audio will still play via the usb even if you click exit.
gunnermike said:
i dont think so. its desgined to work for car cradle.
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It is in the car cradle they make you have the car home app up to make the audio go out the USB
fwdixon said:
The audio will still play via the usb even if you click exit.
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Not. On mine as soon as you click exit the sound reverts to the phone speaker. if you use the task switcher you can get to other apps you started outside the car app and still have sound. But on mine when you click exit the sound goes out the phone speaker.
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Double Twist works with the car dock 3.5mm
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Any Music player will work with the 3.5mm the problem is you have to turn the phone around in the cradle so the usb isn't in the way. Which I've done since I got the thing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916233
This is now only sort of working for the Captivate. Turns out there are two problems, at least there was for the Cappy, and I presume the same problems will probably exist for the Fascinate. It will take someone with moreknowledge about the differences than I, but the above has the kernel modifications required to support USB Audio out, as well as the only known carcradle.apk to support it (Rogers Froyo release).
It is still a work in progress, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. What is required to allow i9000 kernels to work on the Fascinate I cannot say, though I suspect JT would know since he is working on CM.
Google Car Home
I don't like Samsung's Car Home app. It sucks. The good thing about it is it has the audio out button in Froyo DL30.
I like Google's Car Home app. To get audio out of the car dock, I have to dock the phone to bring up Google Car Home. Start the stock Music app. Select a song to play and press pause. Once in the song player view, I select the button to play audio through external speakers. Leave the Music app by pressing the Home button which takes me back to Google Car Home. From here, any app will play through the car dock audio jack (Navigation, Pandora, Tune-In Radio, etc.).
It's a lot of steps, but the built-in Samsung app doesn't give me the flexibility I want in a car dock app. There are also some times when I don't want the audio to come out of the car speakers, so that button is necessary (I guess).
Google Car Home: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8404454&postcount=9
funny, I have gapps installed and my car home still doesn't recognize any music player...although I have the stock one AND doubletwist. It finds an app for all the other icons, just not music. Sadly it's the one I care most about so I won't use it unless someone knows how to map an app to the button. I'll give Google car home a try I guess.
hitman_dreams said:
funny, I have gapps installed and my car home still doesn't recognize any music player...although I have the stock one AND doubletwist. It finds an app for all the other icons, just not music. Sadly it's the one I care most about so I won't use it unless someone knows how to map an app to the button. I'll give Google car home a try I guess.
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Same problem here....EB01/SuperClean 2.2 Voodoo. The only workaround I have, at least for the moment, is to go through the gyrations that DeezNotes described.
Must be a slow night around my house
So I dug into the EB01 package, found the CarCradle.apk, got into the .DEX, decompiled it and looked at the sourcecode. Here's what I found:
The CarCradleMain.class file appears to setup the Music app as follows:
Code:
Intent localIntent4 = localIntent1.setAction("android.intent.action.MAIN");
Intent localIntent5 = localIntent1.addCategory("android.intent.category.LAUNCHER");
Intent localIntent6 = localIntent1.setClassName("com.android.music", "com.android.music.list.activity.MpMainTabActivity");
try
{
startActivity(localIntent1);
}
catch (ActivityNotFoundException localActivityNotFoundException3)
{
int k = Log.d("CarDock", "No Activity found : music");
this.mToast.cancel();
this.mToast.setText("No Activity found : music");
this.mToast.show();
While I'm no Java developer, this leads me to believe that the source of our 'No Activity found : music' message is that the system is unable to find either "com.android.music", or "com.android.music.list.activity.MpMainTabActivity". Since I believe that com.android.music is universally used by all Android music apps, I'm guessing the problem is that it can't find "com.android.music.list.activity.MpMainTabActivity", probably something Samsung specific.
Could someone check my logic here? Could we not fix this by replacing .MPMainTabActivity with .MusicBrowserActivity which is present in the Music app bundled with SuperClean 2.2/EB01?
Just hoping to get this fixed...as I've stated, I'm no Java developer and am quickly getting out of my depth with this stuff.
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Must be a slow night around my house
So I dug into the EB01 package, found the CarCradle.apk, got into the .DEX, decompiled it and looked at the sourcecode. Here's what I found:
The CarCradleMain.class file appears to setup the Music app as follows:
Code:
Intent localIntent4 = localIntent1.setAction("android.intent.action.MAIN");
Intent localIntent5 = localIntent1.addCategory("android.intent.category.LAUNCHER");
Intent localIntent6 = localIntent1.setClassName("com.android.music", "com.android.music.list.activity.MpMainTabActivity");
try
{
startActivity(localIntent1);
}
catch (ActivityNotFoundException localActivityNotFoundException3)
{
int k = Log.d("CarDock", "No Activity found : music");
this.mToast.cancel();
this.mToast.setText("No Activity found : music");
this.mToast.show();
While I'm no Java developer, this leads me to believe that the source of our 'No Activity found : music' message is that the system is unable to find either "com.android.music", or "com.android.music.list.activity.MpMainTabActivity". Since I believe that com.android.music is universally used by all Android music apps, I'm guessing the problem is that it can't find "com.android.music.list.activity.MpMainTabActivity", probably something Samsung specific.
Could someone check my logic here? Could we not fix this by replacing .MPMainTabActivity with .MusicBrowserActivity which is present in the Music app bundled with SuperClean 2.2/EB01?
Just hoping to get this fixed...as I've stated, I'm no Java developer and am quickly getting out of my depth with this stuff.
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Correct. com.android.music turns out to be the Samsung music player. Now in a case like this, we have a choice: Install the Samsung Music Player, or hack the car cradle for Musicmod, which is included in Superclean.
If you folks were having such an issue with Car Cradle in superclean, you should have brought it to my attention sooner.
Thanx Adryn....apologies for not bringing it to your attention sooner. I just bumped to 2.2 yesterday and needed to confirm the root of the problem.
As for the solution, whatever's easiest for you. If I had my preference, I'd like to continue to use MusicMod. The ultimate, of course, would be the ability to have it reference the activity based upon a selection made by the user from a number of the most popular music players. This would also address the requests by some to have Pandora built into the car cradle app!
I seem to be having a weird behaviour with my phone lately. Once in a while, it just slows down to a crawl, and intermittently vibrates (not the quick haptic vibrations, but maybe 1 to 1.5 second long vibrations). although the phone still responds, it's really slow, and i had to do a battery pull in order to get it property working again. I didn't actually have that problem, so i can't be sure, but the symptoms may match those of a bad temp root. (phone slows down, etc). I never waited long enough to see if the phone reverts to normal after a while, and i've always just pulled the battery.
it seems to be correlated to blutooth connections. it happened once when i was turning on an app (torque) ...and today, happened again while i was exiting from torque. i've been using torque for maybe 2 months now, and everything was fine.
the symptoms also doesn't happen all the time.
anyone know what the problem is?
i have a rooted shift, stock rom, and bc's 1.8 kernel running @ 368-1401 on-demand.
it's also possible that the OBD2 blutooth adapter i'm using with torque is a cheap knock off elm327.
This is a bug with Torque and Pandora. If you uninstall Pandora or turn off the car Bluetooth in the Pandora settings it will fix it.
I use both Torque paid and a cheap knockoff adapter also.
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thanks for the response. are you able to elaborate on the bug? is it the combination of torque and pandora that triggers it? i do have pandora installed, but don't really use it.
finalhit said:
thanks for the response. are you able to elaborate on the bug? is it the combination of torque and pandora that triggers it? i do have pandora installed, but don't really use it.
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This is from the Torque forum:
There is a good chance that you have another app or bluetooth pairing that is conflicting somehow – with quite a few EVO users (though it wasn’t limited to just the EVO), the ‘Pandora’ app was the culprit, but any app that stays active monitoring bluetooth could be the culprit.
Torque’s bluetooth code is rock solid, and it works on the Tab, so you’ll have some 3rd party app somewhere which is going crazy consuming all the available CPU power.
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If you go into Pandora and go to Preferences then at the bottom is "Bluetooth for Automotive" turn that off and it fixes the issue. I rarely use Pandora myself and was bummed that I couldn't use both apps, until I found this workaround on the Torque forum.
Interesting. I also have my phone paired to my car...could that be an issue?
Is the fact that I've only experienced this recently inspite of 2+ mos of use, consistent with that thesis?
edit: nm. i went to the torque forums, and learned myself a thing or two. yup, definitely experiencing those symptoms. the dev was saying the newest version should have some workaround, so we'll see tommorow if it takes.
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I'm planning on installing my Flo Nexus in my car to replace the outdated stock navigation system. I was quite interested in Timur's USB ROM but it doesn't support Flo and doesn't look like he'll be adding it after cancelling the indiegogo campaign he started to fund it.
I've spent some time searching and looking at the different kernels and roms available, and for now am running ElementalX 1.7beta with an older CM nightly.
I think this meets most of my needs, but I have one little nitpick - is there anything out there that separates the "Wake on plug" action into two separate functions? I'd like the screen to wake up when power is applied, but not when power is removed as this is going to leave the screen on when I get out of the vehicle. Ideally when power is removed I'd like it to go to deep sleep immediately.
Thanks.
I've never used the app Tasker. But isn't that what people use when trying to accomplish that?
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makers_mark said:
I've never used the app Tasker. But isn't that what people use when trying to accomplish that?
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I've used tasker for different things, but have found it unreliable when it came to power events, at least in the past. I'll definitely give it a shot and see how it works for this scenario. Thanks for reminding me.
Any other suggestions out there in case Tasker doesn't do the trick, or other votes for Tasker?
I got an app called "Caffine" which keeps the screen on while plugged in/charging, and when I turn the car off I set the backlight to 15 seconds, that way it sleeps after 15 seconds. Works great.
If you don't mind me asking, how are you installing the tablet into your car?
Cl8rs said:
I got an app called "Caffine" which keeps the screen on while plugged in/charging, and when I turn the car off I set the backlight to 15 seconds, that way it sleeps after 15 seconds. Works great.
If you don't mind me asking, how are you installing the tablet into your car?
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I have an '06 Acura TL with OEM Navi system. I'm having a car audio shop relocate the navi screen (as it's tied to climate functions but I don't need to see it) and they're putting the tablet in its place. The goal is to have things looking stock while be far from it.
r00ler said:
I have an '06 Acura TL with OEM Navi system. I'm having a car audio shop relocate the navi screen (as it's tied to climate functions but I don't need to see it) and they're putting the tablet in its place. The goal is to have things looking stock while be far from it.
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How much are they charging you? Is it a common audio shop?
Cl8rs said:
How much are they charging you? Is it a common audio shop?
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It's part of a complete stereo install I'm doing, and it's not cheap although it's not rip-off expensive either. I chose them because they are capable of doing good fabrication work and are going to need to put something together to hold the tablet securely in place behind the stock bezel.
Just wanted to update for people to know what I did. Tasker was the way to go to get exactly what I want, but I needed to add the Secure Settings plugin as well. With that plugin I was able to immediately turn on the screen when power is applied, as well as shut off the screen immediately when power is removed.
I've also attached other bits to these profiles, such as adjusting the CPU clock and disabling wifi/bluetooth when the screen is off. At this point I'm losing less than 10% battery for 24 hours of sleep, which is pretty good although I'd like to see if I can find any improvements. We'll see!
I just set up my phone to cast itself to my car stereo when my car turns on.
http://youtu.be/Ii2GebpoWjE
I hate listening to the radio commercials, and I don't want a navigation mounted in my window. Now I have streaming music and nav right in my car dash.
Cool. How does the car receive the cast?
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Cool. How does the car receive the cast?
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The Appradio has an HDMI on the back, and I just put the chrome cast on my wifi hotspot.
Cool.
That's sick. I was just thinking the other day what the hell I was going to do with my $400 AppRadio I haven't been able to use with either of my last two phones, the MotoX or the N6 . Great idea, throw a Chromecast in it. Idk how hard casting the screen is on the battery but it has to be better than MHL was, and none of that static nonsense either.
Thanks man.
Nice work OP!
I've been looking to do something similar in my '11 STI. I'd love to incorporate the Android experience into my car's dash. I previously looked at the App Radio but people were reporting the annoying delay in the touch screen. Then I started looking at the new Ca-Fi Dashlinq4 Android Car Stereo, which seems to be a perfect solution. But at $500+, I just can't justify it.
NASIOC thread on the Ca-Fi Dashlinq4 Android Car Stereo:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2650504
Alternatively, permanently installing the Nexus 7 still seems to be the best option. But it requires some custom modification, which I really don't want to do.
NASIOC thread on the Nexus 7 install:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2459432
I've been looking into this for over a year now and I still can't figure out which direction to go.
I had an AppRadio 3. Hated it. To get app mode working was a huge pain, then I needed a parking brake bypass. It kept costing more and more. I ended up buying an AVIC and got rid of it. The AppRadio was so lacking in features for the price it was sickening.
Bluetooth anyone?
rustid said:
I just set up my phone to cast itself to my car stereo when my car turns on.
http://youtu.be/Ii2GebpoWjE
I hate listening to the radio commercials, and I don't want a navigation mounted in my window. Now I have streaming music and nav right in my car dash.
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Have not listen to a radio in over six years, welcome to the age of hands free. And if you use bluetooth and Enhanced Caller ID from app store, it will read your mail and text to you and allow you to respond with your voice and read what you said back and ask you if it's okay to send. So uh, seems like your doing things the hard way. Plenty of great sounding receivers out there that will give you a hell of a sound that include bluetooth and have built in mics along with USB ports and HDMI so, get one that gives you great sound and power and a mount that goes in the radios CD slot and you are set to go with a touch screen a moment away and hands free everything else. There is also an assistant app you can get at the play store to do many commands that are phone related with just your voice. Personally, I get in my car, put the phone in its wireless charging dashboard mount, The NFC sticker on the mount turns bluetooth on/off for me automatically and stream to my hearts content. Easy and affordable. What cost me the most was good speakers and some power amps to push the sound through.
wow, sweet! I I have been looking into how I could get my appradio 2 up and running again since getting the nexus..
Looks like a chromecast is on my shortlist again! thanks!
BTW, would you mind posting your tasker setup/file?
tsy87 said:
wow, sweet! I I have been looking into how I could get my appradio 2 up and running again since getting the nexus..
Looks like a chromecast is on my shortlist again! thanks!
BTW, would you mind posting your tasker setup/file?
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I will update the OP with my tasks, but I am using the app AutoInput in conjunction so it might not work for you directly. I will see if AutoInput will export as well.
vvveith said:
Have not listen to a radio in over six years, welcome to the age of hands free. And if you use bluetooth and Enhanced Caller ID from app store, it will read your mail and text to you and allow you to respond with your voice and read what you said back and ask you if it's okay to send. So uh, seems like your doing things the hard way. Plenty of great sounding receivers out there that will give you a hell of a sound that include bluetooth and have built in mics along with USB ports and HDMI so, get one that gives you great sound and power and a mount that goes in the radios CD slot and you are set to go with a touch screen a moment away and hands free everything else. There is also an assistant app you can get at the play store to do many commands that are phone related with just your voice. Personally, I get in my car, put the phone in its wireless charging dashboard mount, The NFC sticker on the mount turns bluetooth on/off for me automatically and stream to my hearts content. Easy and affordable. What cost me the most was good speakers and some power amps to push the sound through.
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I leave bluetooth on all the time because I have a lot of devices. I have not listened to the radio for 12 years, and I don't have any intention of starting. My previous phone had to plug in and I had a little dock made where I could hide my phone away. I am going to get a magnetic Qi mount I think now that I am completely wireless, I just mostly wanted to show people how it works with a chromecast in this video. I also use hands free and voice for everything.
sn0warmy said:
Nice work OP!
I've been looking to do something similar in my '11 STI. I'd love to incorporate the Android experience into my car's dash. I previously looked at the App Radio but people were reporting the annoying delay in the touch screen. Then I started looking at the new Ca-Fi Dashlinq4 Android Car Stereo, which seems to be a perfect solution. But at $500+, I just can't justify it.
NASIOC thread on the Ca-Fi Dashlinq4 Android Car Stereo:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2650504
Alternatively, permanently installing the Nexus 7 still seems to be the best option. But it requires some custom modification, which I really don't want to do.
NASIOC thread on the Nexus 7 install:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2459432
I've been looking into this for over a year now and I still can't figure out which direction to go.
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I personally don't notice a huge touch delay. It is there I guess, but I don't notice it. I really like my setup, even more so now that it is wireless. I usually use voice commands for navigation, text, and music, so I never touch the screen to notice the slight lag anyhow. It all depends on how you use it though.
GoogleAndroid said:
I had an AppRadio 3. Hated it. To get app mode working was a huge pain, then I needed a parking brake bypass. It kept costing more and more. I ended up buying an AVIC and got rid of it. The AppRadio was so lacking in features for the price it was sickening.
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It was a little spendy, but 100% mirror on my phone makes it have every feature I could ever want. Putting my phone on the dash, I can't think of anything it doesn't do.
EvanVanVan said:
That's sick. I was just thinking the other day what the hell I was going to do with my $400 AppRadio I haven't been able to use with either of my last two phones, the MotoX or the N6 . Great idea, throw a Chromecast in it. Idk how hard casting the screen is on the battery but it has to be better than MHL was, and none of that static nonsense either.
Thanks man.
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If it is plugged in it charges faster than it drains, haven't tried Qi yet, but will figure out how I will do it and get a cool magnetic dock. I cant kill the battery over a day anyhow so I don't even plug it in most of the time while I am driving.
I'm using the Microsoft Miracast wireless display adapter on my AppRadio2. Works rather well. I had to edit the build.prop to enable Miracast though. Next up is a wireless charging mat to go 100% wireless on mine. Thanks for the tip on AutoInput, will be nice to fully automate the connection process.
there also needs to be a process that lets you turn off the screen
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Sweet, right now there is a promo to get the chromecast for 23 bucks from target and google will give you $20 in google play credit.
http://slickdeals.net/f/7484988-google-chromecast-wireless-hdmi-streaming-dongle-23-free-shipping
Connecting Chromecast to a device with a touch screen allowed you to control your phone this way, or is that a feature of the device you used?
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there also needs to be a process that lets you turn off the screen
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Sweet, right now there is a promo to get the chromecast for 23 bucks from target and google will give you $20 in google play credit.
http://slickdeals.net/f/7484988-google-chromecast-wireless-hdmi-streaming-dongle-23-free-shipping
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If you turn off the screen then it wont cast. That is why I have brightness set to lowest when it runs. Still charges faster than drains, so I just set it upside down and forget about it.
rustid said:
If you turn off the screen then it wont cast. That is why I have brightness set to lowest when it runs. Still charges faster than drains, so I just set it upside down and forget about it.
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I know, but there were apps for other phones that would cut the power to the screen but trick it into thinking it was still on... Granted they never worked perfectly, but that would be ideal if they did.
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Connecting Chromecast to a device with a touch screen allowed you to control your phone this way, or is that a feature of the device you used?
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Yeah it's the AppRadio, the Chromecast is just used for displaying the screen. The AppRadio sends the coordinates of the touches it detects to the phone via bluetooth.
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I know, but there were apps for other phones that would cut the power to the screen but trick it into thinking it was still on... Granted they never worked perfectly, but that would be ideal if they did.
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When I did this with my galaxy nexus I used Screen off #ROOT or something, but it hasn't worked for a phone since that one. I haven't found a good one that does it since then, but to be honest I haven't really looked in a year or so.
I'm wondering if it would be possible to have the display output with the phone "locked" since it will show the clock on an external display when off and locked.
I just confirmed that "Screen Standby ♯ Root" does work for turning off the N6 screen while still mirroring to AppRadio.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nkahoang.screenstandby
Or u could just stream it through Bluetooth?
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Notifications sometimes don't work, especially for calls. It stays connected fine with Nougat, though I can't figure out how to track sleep. The specs state that it can.
Until today. I added the watch as one of my "trusted devices" so the phone stays unlocked when they're in range of each other, and it disconnected. Now when I try to reconnect in WiiWear, it crashes and disconnects again. I've forgotten the watch, removed it from "trusted devices," wiped cache, reinstalled WiiWear, etc, and it still crashes. HELP!
The Bluetooth stack in all these MTK 6580 watches are very unreliable
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pablo11 said:
The Bluetooth stack in all these MTK 6580 watches are very unreliable
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Seems that way. Hopefully an update comes soon that helps.
I've had it. Constantly disconnecting, having to reset the watch to get it to connect again, and crashing assistant "SinWear" app. Pissing me off. I'm returning this.
GuyInDogSuit said:
I've had it. Constantly disconnecting, having to reset the watch to get it to connect again, and crashing assistant "SinWear" app. Pissing me off. I'm returning this.
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Sorry to hear about your issues. I'm considering buying one myself. Do you think this is mostly a problem with the watch (i.e. hardware) or something with the connection between the phone app and the watch software?
Also, if you don't mind taking a minute to tell me, what did you think of the build quality and general usability of the Y3?
Techngro said:
Sorry to hear about your issues. I'm considering buying one myself. Do you think this is mostly a problem with the watch (i.e. hardware) or something with the connection between the phone app and the watch software?
Also, if you don't mind taking a minute to tell me, what did you think of the build quality and general usability of the Y3?
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I have the Y3, and the connection problem is very real. Until yesterday, I could not maintain any reliable connection between the watch and my phone. The Bluetooth would continually connect and disconnect, and the m2d manager and receiver were very quickly being killed after the the screen turned off. Then I stumbled on the cause. I was checking the app notification log using Google gesture and noticed an app called Battery Master posting silent notifications. This app does not show in the app list and is not accessible in any other settings screen. However, when I tapped on one of the notifications in the notification log, it took me to the info screen for Battery Master and gave me the option to disable the app, which I did. Bluetooth, m2d, and notifications have worked perfectly ever since. So far I have not noticed any significant difference in battery drain but it will probably take a few days to know for sure.
Build quality of the watch is excellent. I love the watch now that the connection issue is fixed. The display is awesome since there is no black band around the outside and no flat tire. I've installed the ClockSkin launcher which provides a better looking interface and allows installation of all the excellent LEM5 watch faces available from the G+ user group. Battery life for me (after disabling Battery Master) seems to be about 10 hours.
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I've had it. Constantly disconnecting, having to reset the watch to get it to connect again, and crashing assistant "SinWear" app. Pissing me off. I'm returning this.
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mattbren said:
I have the Y3, and the connection problem is very real. Until yesterday, I could not maintain any reliable connection between the watch and my phone. The Bluetooth would continually connect and disconnect, and the m2d manager and receiver were very quickly being killed after the the screen turned off. Then I stumbled on the cause. I was checking the app notification log using Google gesture and noticed an app called Battery Master posting silent notifications. This app does not show in the app list and is not accessible in any other settings screen. However, when I tapped on one of the notifications in the notification log, it took me to the info screen for Battery Master and gave me the option to disable the app, which I did. Bluetooth, m2d, and notifications have worked perfectly ever since. So far I have not noticed any significant difference in battery drain but it will probably take a few days to know for sure.
Build quality of the watch is excellent. I love the watch now that the connection issue is fixed. The display is awesome since there is no black band around the outside and no flat tire. I've installed the ClockSkin launcher which provides a better looking interface and allows installation of all the excellent LEM5 watch faces available from the G+ user group. Battery life for me (after disabling Battery Master) seems to be about 10 hours.
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That's good to hear. You should definitely make a quick Youtube video about the fix, or even just a thread here on XDA. I bet a lot of people never discovered what was the cause of their connection issues and just returned the watch. One question though, does that fix persist through a reboot, or do you have to disable the Battery Master app each time you start the watch?
Please update us if your connection issues continue to be resolved with that fix (or not).
Techngro said:
Sorry to hear about your issues. I'm considering buying one myself. Do you think this is mostly a problem with the watch (i.e. hardware) or something with the connection between the phone app and the watch software?
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Definitely the phone app. The phone app crashes when trying to connect.
Techngro said:
Also, if you don't mind taking a minute to tell me, what did you think of the build quality and general usability of the Y3?
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It's actually really good. It's a solid watch, and it has a lot of good uses. I wish it did work with apps like Google Fit and Sleep as Android though, but it's not really necessary as those work fine with just the phone as is. It is supposedly IP67-rated water proof, but I don't recommend testing that by completely submerging it, or showering with it on. It likely is OK with washing hands, though. Or sweat. Never had a problem even with my original Moto 360 in that regard.
One thing these will never do is make or receive calls over Bluetooth. None of them will.
They are a stand alone watch phone. Never made to call through Bluetooth.
Cheers
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Techngro said:
That's good to hear. You should definitely make a quick Youtube video about the fix, or even just a thread here on XDA. I bet a lot of people never discovered what was the cause of their connection issues and just returned the watch. One question though, does that fix persist through a reboot, or do you have to disable the Battery Master app each time you start the watch?
Please update us if your connection issues continue to be resolved with that fix (or not).
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The fix is still working, and yes, it does survive a reboot.
mattbren said:
I have the Y3, and the connection problem is very real. Until yesterday, I could not maintain any reliable connection between the watch and my phone. The Bluetooth would continually connect and disconnect, and the m2d manager and receiver were very quickly being killed after the the screen turned off. Then I stumbled on the cause. I was checking the app notification log using Google gesture and noticed an app called Battery Master posting silent notifications. This app does not show in the app list and is not accessible in any other settings screen. However, when I tapped on one of the notifications in the notification log, it took me to the info screen for Battery Master and gave me the option to disable the app, which I did. Bluetooth, m2d, and notifications have worked perfectly ever since. So far I have not noticed any significant difference in battery drain but it will probably take a few days to know for sure.
Build quality of the watch is excellent. I love the watch now that the connection issue is fixed. The display is awesome since there is no black band around the outside and no flat tire. I've installed the ClockSkin launcher which provides a better looking interface and allows installation of all the excellent LEM5 watch faces available from the G+ user group. Battery life for me (after disabling Battery Master) seems to be about 10 hours.
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How exactly did you access those settings? What if you walked too far from the phone, does it reconnect?
GuyInDogSuit said:
How exactly did you access those settings? What if you walked too far from the phone, does it reconnect?
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Download the app Google Gesture Search from the play store onto your watch. This will allow you to easily search for settings options that are not accessible through the watch's launcher. Search for Notification Log. In the log, tap on any line that says Battery Master. This will take you to the app info page for Battery Master. You can't uninstall the app but you can disable it. This will allow Bluetooth to stay connected and will allow the m2d manager and receiver to stay running.
Using m2d, the phone will reconnect with the watch automatically if you come back into Bluetooth range.
Be aware that once you disable Battery Master, there is no way to re-enable it because it won't show up in the logs. I'm guessing that a firmware update or a factory reset would re-enable it.
mattbren said:
Download the app Google Gesture Search from the play store onto your watch. This will allow you to easily search for settings options that are not accessible through the watch's launcher. Search for Notification Log. In the log, tap on any line that says Battery Master. This will take you to the app info page for Battery Master. You can't uninstall the app but you can disable it. This will allow Bluetooth to stay connected and will allow the m2d manager and receiver to stay running.
Using m2d, the phone will reconnect with the watch automatically if you come back into Bluetooth range.
Be aware that once you disable Battery Master, there is no way to re-enable it because it won't show up in the logs. I'm guessing that a firmware update or a factory reset would re-enable it.
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Sweet!
GuyInDogSuit said:
Definitely the phone app. The phone app crashes when trying to connect.
It's actually really good. It's a solid watch, and it has a lot of good uses. I wish it did work with apps like Google Fit and Sleep as Android though, but it's not really necessary as those work fine with just the phone as is. It is supposedly IP67-rated water proof, but I don't recommend testing that by completely submerging it, or showering with it on. It likely is OK with washing hands, though. Or sweat. Never had a problem even with my original Moto 360 in that regard.
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The IP67 rating is a misprint, on the official LEMFO store at AliExpress, the listing for the Y3 states that it is IP65 rated. I took a screenshot because I know a lot of people were confused about that.
pablo11 said:
One thing these will never do is make or receive calls over Bluetooth. None of them will.
They are a stand alone watch phone. Never made to call through Bluetooth.
Cheers
Sent from my HTC 2PS6200 using Tapatalk
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That's really too bad. I really would like a watch like my Gear S (which also allows you to use a SIM card) that can simply pass the call through the watch. For driving it is great to keep your hands on the wheel. I wonder why the feature isn't on more watches. It seems like a no-brainer.
Yeah, these are literally a phone watch. A miniature android phone on your wrist....
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mattbren said:
Download the app Google Gesture Search from the play store onto your watch. This will allow you to easily search for settings options that are not accessible through the watch's launcher. Search for Notification Log. In the log, tap on any line that says Battery Master. This will take you to the app info page for Battery Master. You can't uninstall the app but you can disable it. This will allow Bluetooth to stay connected and will allow the m2d manager and receiver to stay running.
Using m2d, the phone will reconnect with the watch automatically if you come back into Bluetooth range.
Be aware that once you disable Battery Master, there is no way to re-enable it because it won't show up in the logs. I'm guessing that a firmware update or a factory reset would re-enable it.
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Are you sure it's called "Google Gesture Search"? I can't seem to find it.
pablo11 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.gesturesearch&hl=en Settings search is also good
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Not available in my country. I got it from APKMirror though.
I still have issues connecting after doing this. It worked fine and stayed connected the first time but once I rebooted both devices, wiiwear now force closes. I'm on Nexus 6p dirty unicorns 7.1 and the firmware on the watch is from Dec 16 any ideas
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Ultraman666 said:
I still have issues connecting after doing this. It worked fine and stayed connected the first time but once I rebooted both devices, wiiwear now force closes. I'm on Nexus 6p dirty unicorns 7.1 and the firmware on the watch is from Dec 16 any ideas
Sent from this Nexus "Pure" 6P!!!
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Neither Wiiwear or Sinwear will run on my Nexus 5x. I think it's an incompatibility with Android 7+. You can sync notifications to the Y3 using m2d once you fix the Bluetooth problem by disabling Battery Master.