yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Ah ok thanks for confirming. I take it that this is for the Sony headunit? The Alpine addon module uses some horrible 3rd party Sat Nav I've never heard of before. If it was TomTom I probably would have bought it as the Samsung MirrorLink app is a car crash. lol

I'm amazed that no 3rd party app developer has written a generic MirrorLink app for multiple mobile devices and headunits and published it in the Play store. I would buy it for sure if it worked well. A gap in the app market if you ask me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scupetta:
off-topics:

hello guys I have a problem with the stereo

some video files can play others do not

the strange thing is that they are the same size and codec
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exile89:
Drivelink working on Galaxy Note 2. I am able to see everything with the firmware provided including youtube. Streaming is a little slow but it works. Im having one problem when I stream from spotify it doesnt show what track is playing. Anyone find a way to get this working?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scupetta:
guys I do not work any version of DriveLink help please

i have a S3 No brand italian with 4.1.1 original only cfroot

the stereo is xav 601 bt and when connect tell me: try to reconnect :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texan_ranger:
Samsung Galaxy S2

Hi Guys,

I see there has been almost no activity on the actual development on the Drivelink app and the MirrorLink framework. I would really like to know if anyone has any ideas as to a method for getting the DriveLink app and Framework working on the SGS2.

Regards

teXan
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Hi All,

After a long battle I managed to get a reply from the Samsung Drive Link development team on some questions I had regarding the issues with this app. Thought I would post here so that everyone can see the responses so far. I have since replied back to this for further clarification on some of the answers.

1. The Drive Link application has a background task which prevents the phone from switching off the screen EVEN when *NOT* using or running Drive Link on the phone. i.e. everyday use of the phone the screen fails to turn off the screen after the pre-set time limit. Killing the Drive Link background task temporarily or uninstalling the app is the only way to fix this. Not good!

- CONFIRMED THIS IS FIXED IN LATEST APP.

2. When running Drive Link hooked up to a MirrorLink compatible head unit the application keeps the screen on the phone. If you are using MirrorLink to display the phone on the car dashboard headunit screen you do NOT want the phone screen to be on for a number of critical reasons. The first being that the phone screen can be easily touched by accident when it is stowed in my arm rest for example. The second is that with the screen on constantly the power consumption and heat generated by the phone is very high! In some cases my phone has locked up and overheated forcing me to hard reset the phone during navigation.

3. The volume setting within the Drive Link application is forgotten about when you next start the application. The default volume (half) is far too low for my car speakers and I have to go through all the menus each time I use drive link to increase the volume. It should remember what volume level you left it on the previous time it was used, not reset it back to the default of half.

- THIS NOW APPEARS TO BE FIXED IN LATEST APP.

4. Functionality needs to be added to allow music to be played from the MAIN headunit whilst MirrorLink is running. It does not make sense to only be able to play music from your phone. I have all my music on a very large USB key permanently attached to my Alpine ICS-X8 head unit, I do not want to have to keep a second copy of all that music on my phone too! The Nokia Drive application allows this for Nokia phones via an API I am told by Alpine support. This allows you to control and play music from the main head unit

which is better than playing it from the phone.

5. Functionality needs to be added for a full application "Mirror Mode" like on Nokia Drive. This lets you mirror the entire phone or ANY application on the car headunit screen. This way it doesn't limit you to specific applications.

6. Need application support for Sat Nav software such as TomTom, CoPilot or Sygic, iGo, etc. Not just the standard Google Navigator which is very limited.

- ANYONE KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN BY PACKAGE NAME EXACTLY?

Hope this is useful. I will post further responses once I receive them if people are interested.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

Id like to try the latest release but the ROM I'm running has been stripped of tmserver and I really like this ROM so much. (Cleanrom 5.5.1) :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eldis:
See here: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/manifest-element.html. For Google Maps it's com.google.android.apps.maps . You'll have to find it out for other programs yourself. It can be found for running programs in application management->running->program name.

Wouldn't it just be easier for Samsung to allow any program being started from Drive Link. Or use the Android intents asking for navigation and then the system asks what program you want to use (unless you have set default).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Thanks. Thought it was probably the com. name but just needed to double check

As for why Samsung don't allow starting any app from Dirve Link is anyones guess. I have asked them that in my reply. I'm guessing that it might be due to unpredictable results with certain apps. I suggested that they at least just add it as a hidden "experimental" beta option or something. I will see what they come back with and report back here.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Latest response from the Drive Link team :

2. When running Drive Link hooked up to a MirrorLink compatible head unit the application keeps the screen on the phone. If you are using MirrorLink to display the phone on the car dashboard headunit screen you do NOT want the phone screen to be on for a number of critical reasons. The first being that the phone screen can be easily touched by accident when it is stowed in my arm rest for example. The second is that with the screen on constantly the power consumption and heat generated by the phone is very high! In some cases my phone has locked up and overheated forcing me to hard reset the phone during navigation.

4. Functionality needs to be added to allow music to be played from the MAIN headunit whilst MirrorLink is running. It does not make sense to only be able to play music from your phone. I have all my music on a very large USB key permanently attached to my Alpine ICS-X8 head unit, I do not want to have to keep a second copy of all that music on my phone too! The Nokia Drive application allows this for Nokia phones via an API I am told by Alpine support. This allows you to control and play music from the main head unit

which is better than playing it from the phone.

Awating feedback on this.

5. Functionality needs to be added for a full application "Mirror Mode" like on Nokia Drive. This lets you mirror the entire phone or ANY application on the car headunit screen. This way it doesn't limit you to specific applications.

Looks like "Mirror Mode" unlikely to happen in Drive Link guys, so I wouldn't hold your breath on an official version of this feature :(

6. Need application support for Sat Nav software such as TomTom, CoPilot or Sygic, iGo, etc. Not just the standard Google Navigator which is very limited.

So if you have other Sat Nav software or other regions of TomTom you want supporting, contact the Drive Link developers directly by sending an email to drivelink@samsung.com. You'll need to provide them with the package name as mentioned above. Hope that helps.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

I installed the latest version from Samsung apps last night version.. 26 and it allows me to select my own default navigation app. Tomtom wasn't on the list even tho I have it installed but it allowed me to select Waze which I personally think is a brilliant sat nav app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

Anyone care to share for us poor folks?

Never mind it finally came to the USA Samsung store:D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Here you go... Drive Link 1.026
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texan_ranger:
DriveLink on phones other than GT-i9300

Hi Guys,

checked out the Galaxy S3 Mini yesterday and lo and behold the phone comes standard with the TMServer frameworks. This is quite a positive step is it not? What would be that drastically different between the Galaxy S2 and S3 mini? surely this might make porting the framework and drivelink app easier as they use the same screen resolution only the pixel density is different. I am going to email the drivelink team and enquire as to why the S2 has yet to be included into the MirrorLink family considering there were videos of the S2 being used as a demonstration phone.

I really do enjoy my S2 for its size and not having to buy a new phone.

Regards

teXan
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

I finally got my drive link working properly with my verizon galaxy s3. I'm on cleanrom 5.6 and it doesn't include the tmserver.a pk so I ripped it from the stock ROM and put it here http://db.tt/4nbSwxgw and here's the US version of drivelink http://db.tt/cldhIW9e. I don't know how to make flashable files for cwm so for the tmserver.apk I used root explorer app and copy to /system/app and set permissions to rw-r--r--. Im a happier camper with drivelink not crashing and actually working now:D now if only we could still unlock the true potential of mirrorlink :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

This drivelink app is very limited. I'm thinking about switching units again. The one thing that might keep me with it is getting an iPod and installing the navigation app on it and use the native navigation app for the unit. Has anyone tried this? Does the app have offline mode like Google maps?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murso74:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

The ipod interface is slow and cumbersome. Plus my headunit lost the ability to play music from it for no reason. Also if you get the ipod touch it doesn't have gps so the maps are kind of useless
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

Your right I looked into this yesterday. I would have to use a iPhone for this. Too late for one part though I already ordered the USB cable for the unit. I'll just wait till later this year. If I buy iPhone 5s I'll probably switch units. One with a built in navi this Time I miss my GPS from my old unit even though this one is better for audio and a2dp
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

The Gps dongle is now available to enable the In built TomTom sat nav for around £230
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

I was searching for it yesterday but I couldn't find it. The sony website said discontinued. Do you have a link?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sis.html?...n+Tomtom+GPS+Sat+Nav+Navigation+for+XAV-601BT
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

Those all look pretty expensive and it says European countries. I need it for the USA. I wonder if it can be loaded on to it. I'll just use my phones GPS for now
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

Us version http://www.caraudioco.com/sony-xa-nv100t-tomtom-gps-car-navigation-module.html
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Loougle:
What did you do for this? I have a Note 2 and I am thinking of buying the Sony XAV-601BT. So you can just use apps and it works with Mirrorlink?

What head unit do you have?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caanda45:
Guys been following this for a wee bit. Has anyone thought of approaching the guys from here....https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kyle.arliberator&hl=en.

This is the app that opens up the Appradio2 deck from Pioneer Model #SPH-DA100. This app is expensive and it is totally new code for the Pioneer deck and replaces the Pioneer app that has limited applications vs the ARLiberator app that opens up the complete phone on the Appradio pioneer head units. Here is a video ofhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYFTjMkBCpY what it does.. just an idea.

If I get the pioneer head unit, I will definitely buy the app, but at the moment I am waiting for the new JVC`s with the same applications to hit the North American shores.:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

That just blows this out of the water. I actually had that stereo but I was disappointed by the lack of Bluetooth a2dp support and the screen kept flickering bad as well as the sound was very distorted while hooked up to my phone. I think the port on my gs3 is garbage because it goes out too on via the HDMI adapter. Only about 5 months till gs4 and a new unit :D hopefully appradio 3 comes out with bluetooth a2dp support
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
The latest Drive Link 1.1.027 now supports TomTom Wesern Europe via MirrorLink. Tested it today and it works pretty well although TomTom doesn't appear to be using the GPS passthrough from the headunit which is annoying. I thought that if Android picked up on the GPS passthrough it would work with all apps. Gussing maybe TomTom have hard coded their app to the inbuilt phone GPS device :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slovenskisin:
Hi!

I can't flash tmserverapp to my note, has anyone gotten it to work? Drivelink works, but I can't install tmserver.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funzler:
There is no other program for alpine x8 ???

MFG
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAngelus:
no.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhepper:
Catching Up

Hi Guys

Sorry I was following this thread a while back and I have tried to catch up, but a lot has been happening by the look of it. Can anyone give me an update.

I have a Sony XAV-701BT and Galaxy SII (GT-I9100) running Android 4.0.3

If there is still a pot collecting to attract a developer I am keen to throw another $20 in

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funzler:
no the are no programm taht go :(

i have buy a Nokia and it is SuPer :) Full Mirror all are good :victory:

MFG

funzler
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mharmon:
As a new owner of a Sony XAV-701HD, I'm really disappointed that Mirrorlink doesn't work better than it does. Count me in for $20 for development to improve this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hacktacular:
Damn no Dev action on this? I just picked up the 701 and it is pretty damn good for the price point. But as with all new tech it could use some work.

CMON Devs Ill throw another 20 in lets get this thing going!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahularora1:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

Guys any news on whether the mirror link side of things with the xperia z works well with either the alpine or Sony unit?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadabe:
Got Xperia Z .. still buggy

Hi Friends ,

I got Xperia Z in which it has a Sony Car App designed for Miiror Link, so i brought XAV 601 BT, Mirror Link works perfect for navigating the phone menu & Audio.

But the problem arises as soonas u try to play yuotube or sart any navigation app, on the phone screen it gets updated on realtime but the screen on the xav601 bt gets hanged , i have tried google maps & My Map india Navigation for the same.Tried contattcing SOny INDIA but didnt find any solution to the problem
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Milsparro:
No persistent Drivelink APK quick test on SGH-I747M

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1951960 is where this belongs but I'm a N00B with no posts so can't post there yet.

Anyway... I have a Galaxy S3 SGH-I747M on Rogers running stock , non-rooted Android 4.1.1. I installed just the modified-by-j0ep0-and-walkeryan Drivelink APK (after uninstalling the current version, which did work as designed when I tested it) and tested it at the local Futureshop on a display Sony XAV-601BT and for the 2 or 3 minutes I had it connected (no issues connecting, didn't try audio at all) was able to long press home to go to other apps (Firefox, Torque free) and stay there without Drivelink resurfacing. Long pressing the phone's home worked, long pressing the head unit's onscreen home button didn't (it may have once but I don't think so). Pressing home with Firefox in the foreground just brought Drivelink back, I never did see the home screen. I didn't stay connected long enough to experience the "Android memory management killing background Drivelink" issue.

Where am I going with this TLDR spiel? Mostly I want to say the modifed APK worked as is to get at other apps, and on an I747. I also wanted to mention that just the APK worked on the stock Samsung ROM.

I wanted to confirm that all code changes as to behaviour were to the Drivelink APK? I think the TMserver download is just to cover the Touchwiz dependencies in Drivelink for people without Touchwiz, but I don't know that as a fact.

My question is are there plans to modify the latest Samsung release with the no-persistent-drivelink code? The latest-from-Samsung Drivelink app felt more polished than the one j0ep0 and walkeryan worked on.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hacktacular:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

It would be nice if we could get some help on this but it's not looking like there is a bunch of Dev interest
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Milsparro:
Sony

The Sony Mirrorlink implementation (from the exactly one Xperia Z Mirrorlink video online) appears to be ARLiberator-style straight mirroring... so it's probably best to just wait. Hopefully that one ends up in the wild soon. Joe and Ryan's mod looks tolerable for the meantime, though. :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajah:
I just watched the video, WTH! I want that NOW. Seriously though, why is this taking so long. Update, update update!!!! This head unit is killing me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkness22:
Been intently watching this thread and others as the development / reverse engineering of DL/ML is essentially the future of mobile car audio. Point being, highly appreciative of the work done thus far.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinzvidz:
I've got this far with putting an XAV-701BT in the wife's car, and getting her an S3 to suit, just need full mirroring now. Drive Link is a pile of steaming crap and very limited in functionality. Count me in - I'm throwing $50 in towards this. C'mon DEVS!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Are you 100% certain that the Sony Xperia Z MirrorLink does *FULL* mirroring and not just a limited set of apps? Is there a video that proves this?

I found this video but I think this is only a demo unit rather than a full release product so this doesn't 100% prove it will be released with 100% full mirror support.

The reason that Samsung do not allow FULL mirroring is that the CCC Car Connectivity Consortium standard does NOT allow full mirroring in cars because it is dangerous. i.e. they don't want stupid people web browsing or playing Angry Birds while driving!

Can someone please confirm for sure if it does do FULL mirroring in the final product on the Xperia Z? If it does then I think everyone should email the Samsung Drive Link developers directly by emailing drivelink@samsung.com. If everyone does this then we can perhaps get Samsung to change their mind if competitors are doing it!!!!

Remeber the drivelink@samsung.com alias goes DIRECTLY to the drivelink DEVELOPERS at Samsung so use this sensibly and lets organise a list of things we want from the DriveLink app.

I managed to get them to add TomTom Western Europe support for DriveLink and it works fine. They added the app to the "whitelist" they told me. I pulled the apk apart but I can't see which file this has been added into unfortunately. I searched the binaries too. The package name is "com.tomtom.weurope". Perhaps someone with more experience can work it out and perhaps figure out a way to hack more apps into the whitelist. I would really love to get Ingress added :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Milsparro:
I said "appears" based on that same video... not 100% certain at all. The Xperia ZL (which is listed as mirrorlink compatible on the mirrorlink website), according to Engadget and others, is to be released in Canada soon, so once it's in stock locally (it isn't yet at the electronics store that has both phones and an XAV-601bt on display) I'll see if I can't make a video, if one hasn't shown up by then.

I have to review the linking policy on this forum, then I'll edit the above...

Oh, and don't the Nokia phones have full mirroring anyway?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Re: Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY GROWING***

Yes the Nokia Symbian ones do as I believe Nokia engineers created the Mirrorlink tech. But as the mirrorlink technology evolved since then the Car Connectivity Consortium may have decided to limit what apps can be run for safety reasons. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GingaG:
they opened a portal for devs maybe in near future we get some more devices work with mirrorlink

By registering now you will be included in announcements regarding the launch of our Developer's Portal in the coming months. This will include information about the API, Distraction Guidelines, the Application Certification Management System, FAQ and the Developer's Forum. We won't share your e-mail with anybody else and will only use it to contact you regarding the CCC's Application Certification Program.

http://www.mirrorlink.com/applications/developers.html
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pinzvidz:
Just a heads up for you guys, I noticed that Sony has recently released updated firmware for their headunits - JR08_xav_1.13.003. This is on the Australian site. Sorry can't post the URL as I'm a XDA noob, lol. They are now officially supporting the Note II and Xperia Z.

Some improvments, particularly proper full screen for Mirrorlink, a "now playing" icon on the home screen, and the option for voice commands by holding Home down for 2 seconds (must be configured in settings). Still hanging for the Devs to crack this baby, or DriveLink.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
That's interesting. Thanks for the head's up. The link to the firmware is here :

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?upd_id=8518&os_id=99&mdl=XAV601BT

The interesting points are as follows :

Improvements over version HR10_xav_1.12.001:

Adds compatibility for the Sony Xperia® Z and Samsung Galaxy Note® II smartphones

Adds the MirrorLink™ Full Screen mode (Full Screen mode default)

So the question is, how does Sony expect "Full Screen mode" (Full Mirror Mode) to work on the Samsung Galaxy Note II if Drive Link doesn't support it?

Perhaps the Mirror Mode will only be for the Xperia Z.

What annoys me is Samsung's flat refusal to provide Full Mirror Mode for safety reasons. I've emailed the drive link developers again drivelink@samsung.com to ask them why there is such confusion between vendors on support for this feature.