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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KenMich13:
I agree with you that the display on the Alpine unit could be better but the sound quality is incredible. I asked myself if i should return the unit and go with something else but then I about what is the true reason why i bought the unit. In my case it was the sound quality. The extras are nice and with all of the smart people working on fixes and upgrades to the unit i feel that in the very near future I will have a unit that preforms great as well as sounds amazing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sailor1173:
I can't be 100% sure but I do not think think that the ALPINE unit is blocking full mirroring. Also, based on Auron's modified APK, I could control the volume via my steering control and also to display satellite pics to show the traffic condition (see attached pics) Also, I had my "vehicle in motion" safety feature deactivated and everything works well. My passenger could watch movie while I am driving.

Moving forward, I sincerely hope that the full-mirroring really works for the Alpine unit.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KenMich13:
I agree. I could use the Volume buttons on my steering wheel but not the others. I can when i use pandora via bluetooth but not via drivelink.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sailor1173:
Hi KenMich, the volume button works on my steering control via DriveLink (when I'm playing mp3 on my phone). The only button that doesn't work is the track change up/down. Not too sure if it's software or hardware limited. However, it works previously on my iphone and it leads me to think that it might be software limited.

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
every units have the videos limitation, and all are easily bypassable by grounded a wire... but since drive link CAN BE USED WHILE DRIVING, drive link itself read the vehicle status flag from the unit, and then send the "ok block this" while doing certain task and so, the unit popup the message.. so, this can be bypassed through drive link.

Regard the full mirroring feature on alpine unit, i think that it's related to drive link too, and don't know how and why but with alpine units there something different.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 787tech:
Hi auron i am currently using your version of drivelink and I appreciate your knowledge so much. It's just weird that when I played with the xav601bt at best buy it went right to the other apps no problem at all. I just want to know why alpine is acting so stuck up!! This is what I meant by ridiculous with the audio setup

To display the Audio Setup Menu screen:

Your vehicle must be parked with the ignition key in the ACC or ON position. To do this, follow the procedures below.

1 Bring your vehicle to a complete stop at a safe location. Engage the parking brake.

2 Keep pushing the foot brake and release the parking brake once then engage it again.

3 When the parking brake is engaged for the second time, release the foot brake.

• For automatic transmission vehicles, place the transmission lever in the Park position.

Now, the locking system for the Setup operation has been released. Engaging the parking brake can reactivate the Audio Setup Menu, as long as the car’s ignition has not been turned off. It is not necessary to repeat the above procedure (1 through 3) of “To display the Audio Setup Menu screen.”

Each time the ignition is turned OFF, perform the procedure of “To display the Audio Setup Menu screen.”
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
If it is blocking full mirror mode then I suspect that its by accident or hasn't been tested/implemented for Android. I have been working closely with the Alpine UK support team to try and get the developers to look into a number of issues on the ICS-X8 including full-mirroring. It is still ongoing and made more difficult due to the main engineering development team being in Japan and the information having to pass via the senior support team in Germany. I've sent them a number of videos demonstrating the issue and videos of it working ok on other units.

If you look at the firmware update change log for the ICS-X8 it lists the following :

Activates NOKIA MirrorMode (full control mode) << !!

Enables NOKIA Call

Compatibility for NOKIA Drive with MeeGo (Nokia N9)

Compatibility for Android based phones with MirrorLink capability << !!

Updates app icon design on ICS-X8

Bug fixes and stability improvements

So the MirrorMode (full control mode) was activated for Nokia phones. I suspect that it may need activating for Android phones which is why I have asked them to look into it.

The Alpine developers are definitely still working on firmware updates for the unit including mirrorlink as the latest alpha firmware has had an additional menu options added for mirrorlink and Aha. Unfortunately they don't do much at the moment as they are still working on it I think.

I suggest all Alpine users contact your local Alpine support and report the issue for the Alpine unit you have The more people report the issue the more likely they are to do something about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vickkk:
Hi guys. Im new on here with my very 1st post. I recently bought the galaxy S4 and a Sony Car headunit XAV 710BT which has the MIRRORLINK as 1 of its features. Can anyone confirm if the galaxy S4 support mirrorlink because my mates S3 and sony Z work perfectly with my headunit.

How do I get mirrorlink to work with my S4??

Any help will be appreciated ￼
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ANIVNM:
Works like a champ with the S4. Here is the link: http://www.colmoschinxtreme.com/android
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluemeanie1409:
Done with Alpine France

thanks all for your work

Count me in for 20 $ for full mirroring with Alpine head unit
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAngelus:
I'm happy to wait until the supported phones have all the bugs ironed out before any (if at all) research is done for enabling mirrorlink for unsupported phones (one x) before i pay up. :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troycarpenter:
I've just finished reading this entire thread, and I'm impressed by the progress being made. I was leaning towards getting the Sony XAV-701HD, but I have some questions about general usability.

It appeared to me that someone reported bluetooth and drivelink could not be used at the same time (at least with Sony as a result of a firmware upgrade). Given that Samsung doesn't route phone calls through USB, how easy is it to receive phone calls when drivelink is active? Even with full control drivelink, do people still find it easier to connect via Bluetooth for streaming audio and phone calls?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XXtremeAzzKicker:
There are two bluetooth profiles you connect, one for phone and one for music. While using drive link only my audio dissconnects but im still able to get phone calls via bluetooth. Which is fine because while drivelink im listening to music from that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troycarpenter:
That makes sense. The implication was that all Bluetooth got completely turned off, but I'm glad the phone stays connected. Much more promising.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KenMich13:
On the issue of using your phone with bluetooth or drivelink. I can do both. While using drivelink I can go to the main menu and use my phone via bluetooth and the HU displays the alpine ICS-x7hd screen with the volume buttons and such or I can make a call via the drivelink app and it mirrors my samsung s4. both seem to function just as well but i prefer the look of it when using drivelink.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedderd:
Has anyone got drive link working at all with ICS-X8 and a custom ROM ?

I did with no added full mirroring functionality, but this was on a Samsung based ROM (NxtGEN). I cannot get the Alpine to run drive link at all on CM10 based. Even with installing TMserver.

I will add $20 if you can get me up and running.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuhl_man:
Regarding the Alpine units vehicle in motion, there is a part made by PAC (which is called the TR-7 and is about $15) that does the bypass sequence for you everytime you turn the unit on. I have used it on many occasions and it is already preprogrammed for Alpine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djf137:
Has anyone successfully paired a Sony XAV-701HD and a Verizon Galaxy Note II (SCH-I605)?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
It will work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djf137:
I cannot get mine to work... what's the trick? I'm using the USB cable that came with the phone's charger and it will not recognize the device as being compatible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
I have a note 2 too. And it work without any problwm. Are you using the stock FW?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Irbinski:
Also experiencing crashing when selecting Shortcuts - Add - More apps, with stock Sprint GS3 running the latest (r3) apk upload. Drive Link also crashes when trying to change the default navigation app. Otherwise, all works well with XAV-701HD.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
This happened suddenly??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Mine is fixed now when I updated to newer version. It only did it on the release version. R2 fixed it for me as well as r3 is working. Any way I can re-dowload r2? I like it better because it doesn't speak the weather and good morning message every time. that voice is annoying .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 787tech:
Anybody seen this yet? Coming soon, search pioneer app radio 3. Can't post link because I'm to new of a member.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_...pradio-3-debuts-with-mirrorlink-connectivity/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mharmon:
Have you updated the firmware in the head unit?

http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=XAV701HD&LOC=3&session_id=18e5a6bf338becc1c4c989b40956bb3e#/downloadTab
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
Good news.

I found a way to disable vehicle in motion message. Just to be clear... you need a rooted device. Because it related to tmserver.. and not drive link.

Edit:

As i already said many times, I'm new to android world, and since tmserver is a system package I'd like to talk with someone that has already modified a sys apk. Because i read somewhere that MY tmserver will not work on other devices unless i do some things. Also. I noticed that the sys apks do not use .dex file. Instead it use an odex file located OUTSIDE of the apk. Sorry for my noobish request but its a new world for me lol, and since im going to release something for others people I'd like to do the correct things.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texan_ranger:
AppRadio 3

I am glad pioneer have joined the party on the MirrorLink as they are the only ones that actually thought it would be smart to include a Capacitive Touch screen that could support multi-touch. If only the rest had considered this. Maybe it will addressed by Sony, JVC and Alpine in the near future.

It is great to see the development going so strong here, I cannot wait to have a Galaxy S4 in August to be able to start playing with this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdnpepsi:
Verizon GS4

can anyone confirm that this will work with a Verizon GS4. I have a Sony XAV-701HD unit that has mirrorlink installed. Does the phone have to be rooted. thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
no root required. and it will work with S4+XAV
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Irbinski:
No, not suddenly. This happened with the latest U.S. released version (1.1.028) and also the r3 version. It happens when not connected to the head unit and just running the app by itself, and occurs every time I try to add apps or change default navigation.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Confirmed working on my galaxy s4 from verizon
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saukrates03:
Saukrates03

I am on Sprint with the GS3 and I lose my data connection and get an error from sprint due to the application using tethering.

This happens with the Samsung version and the modded version.

Has anyone found a workaround to this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pauladabr:
any news about working on S3 mini?

i intend to donate if it happens
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KenMich13:
Good Day. I have been out of the loop for a few days. Has there been any luck in getting the shortcuts to work with the Alpine ics-x7hd units. I am referring to the issue that when a shortcut is selected the display shuts down.

Thanks for any info and thanks for the great work that you have already done
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evski:
drive link working on s2?

hello, I've been following this forum since the start of the year, watching for you awesome guys (everyone does great work on this site) to post a means about getting the Samsung galaxy s2 to work on drive link.

I've read a lot but get lost in the lingo and can't get a solid answer if the s2 is even possible to run drive link / connect with mirror link.

First off! Is it possible to even get the s2 to work with drive link / mirror link, or does the s2 lack some hardware needed to do so???

I'm pretty new to custom roms and such, so have avoided doing anything to my phone, as of yet. As far as I have gotten in my research to possibly get the s2 to work is by, rooting it, than either trying to update to 4.2? (see if that works first) if not, try to install some tmserverapp and see if that works? Or install a custom Rom etc. etc.

Anyway my question is: with some screwing around and some luck can I get the Samsung galaxy s2 to work with mirror link / drive link apk.???

(I'm going to upgrade to the s4 to get drive link to finally work, but don't want my perfectly good s2 to just be a dust collector, for the sake of drive link)

Samsung galaxy s2 GT-19100M

Official 4.1.2

Car head unit: jvc kw-nsx1

Thanks a sh*t load!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdnpepsi:
GS4

Just got my GS4 and using the factory usb cable connected it to my XAV-701 hd, mirrorlink app launches and works on the phone, but on the radio display is a spinning circle. then after a while i get a message saying usb not recognized. usb debugging is checked. am i missing a step?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
Try Delete user data and cache data of Drive link (you can do that in application manager -> drive link

If it still not work try use stock Drive link, if you'll get the same result, there something in your system that cause that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdnpepsi:
Deleted data and cache same result.:( Do you know where I can download the stock Drive Link apk?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
you can't from samsung app store :good: because you have an S4, download it from PC and transfer it to the S4

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zxlfdwet3509b2x/DriveLink1.1.028.apk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelviper007:
There is a link to the unmodified version on in first post of this thread.

As an aside, has there been anymore progress on getting it to work on the Alpine units?

I've been doing some testing and I've noticed that if you add the phone app and the Google navigation app to the shortcut list, they open without issue and are displayed on the headunit. The Samsung music app as a shortcut however, opens fine on the phone but it then closes the Drivelink app.

Adding Navigon as the default GPS app, which this release is supports, opens fine on the phone but again the Drivelink closes.

Hopefully this additional info may come in handy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
i'm waiting someone that contact me on skype to test my apk. (but it's related to TMServer, and you need a rooted device and a DEODEXED rom)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sailor1173:
Unfortunately, mine is unrooted or I could test it out on my Alpine ICS-X8 for you.

Additional observation is that both Music and DriveLink app cannot co-exist:

1) Playing the Mp3 music from DriveLink + NAV mode = Music stop;

2) Listening to Radio + Drivelink = Radio stop.

I was just wondering is it an Alpine problem or same issue happens to other Pioneer & Sony set too ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
just with alpine units
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelviper007:
I've got the Alpine unit. I'm able to play music through Drivelink and use Google Navigation.

The radio however doesn't work whilst using Drivelink.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelviper007:
I would like to help you, but I'm running a stock ROM that's only rooted.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sailor1173:
Hi,

I'm using the ICS-X8. Are you using the same too ?

Do you mind sharing how do you play the mp3 music while using the Google NAV..... I might be missing something here.

Thank you.

U
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedderd:
I can assist and be a Guinea Pig - I am rooted with a Deodexed Rom (I think - UltimaROM). I have the ICS-X8.

Let me know what you need
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greigor78:
So I am rooted on Galaxy Note 2 and use TWRP to switch between Roms....Ive tried a few Roms like Jedi X and Stock from Verizon and latest Drivelink and mirroring updates work well and everything syncs fine, but with Jelly Beanz Rom for some reason I get everything to work fine except the audio does not feed through the unit it just gives me a mute sound. I have tried deleting drivelink and reloading from first apk to latest update but still no luck. I have also checked volume level and dock settings to make sure vol output is where it should be and still no luck. If I unplug phone from unit and run Drivelink on phone speakers volume works fine.....Is there a work around or a system tweak I need to perform to make my volume feed through??

Also noticed that video from certain apps ex. Espn Watch, Netflix, Youtube, etc the video is pretty choppy and is not syncing smoothly, does anybody else have the same issue??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laxity:
Unfortunately the ICS-X8 can't play mp3 music from a USB key or iPOD while MirrorLink (Drive Link) is running. The only way to play music is by using the music player built into DriveLink which you start before starting google Nav.

Yes its a MASSIVE oversight as it means having a duplicate copy of your music on your phone while using MirrorLink. The only other alternative is to sit in silence while Sat Nav is running which again defeats the object of having an nice super high quality entertainment audio system in your car which you can't use when running mirrorlink on the unit! Madness!!

I reported this to Alpine. Again if you are an Alpine user and want this feature then I recommend contacting your localAlpine support and requesting this feature. The more people report it the more likely it is to be fixed!

Does the Sony and JVC have this limitation?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prerunnerseth:
This is my biggest issue with my Sony. On a built in Nav type unit you can listen to other audio sources and they only get interrupted when nav needs to talk. with the mirror link you sit in silence while you are using nav. I havn't tried playing MP3s while I use nav though. I dont have many MP3s as my primary mode of music is XM. I would love to be able to listen to my XM while navigation is on.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazy_stud:
App Crash on Galaxy i9305 CM10.1

Hey guys!

I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1 (20130601-nightly) on the Samsung Galaxy i9305 LTE.

I downloaded the modified DriveLink app from the colmoschinxtreme homepage, installed the .apk and started the app.

Unfortunetly I ran into an error message right away:

"Drive Link" wurde beendet.

Which is German for "it's broken" ;)

Is my setup not supported or do you have any suggestions for me?

(Back in the old days, when I was running Samsung Stock Firmare 4.1.2. the original Samsung Drive Link was working on my phone)

Thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
Not JVC, you can do whatever you want while mirroring the phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedderd:
AuRoN89 - I have PM'd you with Skype ID but it doesn't seem to display in my sent items. Let me know if you haven't got it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prerunnerseth:
Well, the latest samsung drive link app works with my new VZ S4 on my XAV-601BT, but the full mirroring version is not working. the usual "USB device not supported" message. Would love to see this resolved!

---------- Post added at 09:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:53 PM ----------

Does the JVC have XM support?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelviper007:
I have music on the phone. So once the head unit has "booted up", I plug in the phone and wait for Drivelink to load. I then start the Drivelink music player. Once music is playing, I go back to the main screen and start the navigation app.

I also have an iPod connected, but as others have said, if using the iPod app, navigation through Drivelink isn't possible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Can someone confirm if it's working on the sgh-t989 or the at&t skyrocket, I would love to get a mirrorlink unit, but I'm not going to bother if I can't use it with my phone.

I tried to download the full mirror app, but when I start it there's a black screen then it crashes :(. I really don't understand the difference at this point between the s2 and s3 in terms of it not working. We pratically have all of the features of the s3 since the jelly bean rom is out
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
well that's strange, other users with S4 and / or Sony unit report that everything work :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prerunnerseth:
Its entirely possible that I'm missing something. I'm running a debloated rom, so a lot of the original samsung stuff is missing. wish i knew what it was, but i figured if the original app worked that this one should too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuRoN89:
using the app catlog, start logging, connect the phone to the unit then send me the txt file.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sailor1173:
Hi,

I did exactly the steps that you took but unfortunately, the mp3 music (from my S4) stops as soon as I press the NAV app.

In all honesty, I'm pretty much disappointed. I've bought ICS-X8 because of the Mirrorlink function and was so looking forward to the release of S4 (as my first Android phone) so that I can mirror the OBDII apps while listening to the music. But it seems Alpine and Samsung doesn't like to talk to each other :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelviper007:
Drivelink is using the Samsung music player and google nav. Take the headunit and drivelink out of the equation. Have you tried playing music using the phone directly? Does the music stop when you then try to load google nav? If the same thing happens then it might be an issue with music player. google nav or possibly a restriction Samsung put into the firmware for your country.

As an example Samsung has disabled the auto rotate in the gallery and editing of the dock on the home screen on the Australian firmware. Something to do with an Apple patent.:confused: