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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
Ok here's what I got:

Sony XAV-602BT, Samsung Galaxy S4 through AT&T not rooted, Drivelink 1.1.028

The good:

Seems to connect right up when I plug my phone in and automatically opens Drivelink

Music plays fine although the music app seems to work very peculiarly.

Google maps works fine and the touchscreen controls are great.

The bad:

-When you click 'Navigation' to open G Maps, rather than just open up G Maps, the system assumes you want to enter a location to navigate to. This needs just just open the maps app. The workaround is to select your last destination then click 'X' when it comes up on the map.

-Maybe its just me, but DriveLink seems to not want me to open up any other apps on my phone. If i click the homescreen it shows up, but before I can open up any other apps, DriveLink takes over again and opens back up.

-Is there a workaround to turn the phone screen off yet? Pointless

-Is there an update to disable the chick telling me the weather when I connect? I'd really just prefer the shortcut screen to come up so I can choose an app.

-Edit: When im plugged into my stereo in my vehicle none of my app shortcuts show up. I am also unable to add any shortcuts when connected. Strange

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Thanks for the app and the updates. Google maps for navigation with traffic on your head unit is amazing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamzombie:
No luck with CM10

- The device you're using: Rogers Galaxy S3 i747

- fresh install of CyanogenMod 10.2 build date 2013-11-14 SNAPSHOT

- Flashed the CM10 TMServer zip, installed latest hacked DriveLink (got FC, had to install google maps)

- Logcat not showing TMServer running... Tried copying TMServerApp.apk into \system\app manually, no change
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rintala@hakunila.com:
When i start drivelink and then plug in my alpine usb, phone starts usb tethring (internet) and

then TMserver stops...

Samsung S3

firmware 4.3.0 omegarom 51

Alpine ics-x8 1.400

Any suggestions??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwalkin:
About to pick up a Galaxy Note 3 today. Anyone get Drive Link to work with this device? If so, can you link me to which Root option you used? Plan on using King root's 1-click solution.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwalkin:
Ok, so I picked up my Galaxy Note 3, installed Drive Link and can add apps to the program, but when I plug it into the AppRadio 3, it doesn't see it phone (MirrorLink doesn't show up) and I get a TMServer has stopped running/crashed error message. Any suggestions??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
Are you using the right MHL adapter?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamzombie:
I don't think the AR3 requires an adapter, does it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TEK112:
The factory cable that comes with the app radio is not compatible with a few different Samsung phones. You will need to purchase a 5 pin to 11 pin MHL adapter. You can check online to make sure it is the right adapter for your phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
Drivelink force closing when i add apps

Hi guys first post here. What i have is:

sony xav 601bt at&t s4 (non rooted) drivelink 1.1.028r5

drivelink works fine except for when i go to add apps then it force closes everytime can anyone please help me with this

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i absolutley hate the lady that tells me the weather when i first lauch drivelink
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
That's a Nokia I'm afraid
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirazdindar:
i'm happy to donate $30. that's about $120 already. does anyone have an idea of the best way to get this out to the larger xda community?

i'm not sure, but I remember reading that MirrorLink uses VNC. so it really shouldn't be that hard.

also that nokia-xav601bt video is *good* news because it shows that there are not restrictions on the deck side.

i feel like we're getting closer here!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NP57NP:
While you guys are reverse engineering this thing, :) is it technically possible to add a feature where the unit's settings could be copied to a text file on an USB stick? Then if a reset is done, the settings could be copied straight back in. Takes quite a long time to redo all the settings.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirazdindar:
that's up a totally different alley, nothing to do with mirrorlink per se. i don't *think* it's possible to read settings from the deck. sounds like a simple request, but my guess is it would be harder than what we're actually hoping for with the drivelink hacking...

writing it back would be even harder, given that could require a hack on the deck firmware. to re-state, we're not at this point pushing for a deck firmware hack -- that's a bit dreamy for sure -- just a hack on Samsung's Drive Link to figure out the Mirror Link protocol from the phone side....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olywa123:
Agreed - sorry NP57NP but I think that is outside of what we are trying to acheive here and could be a whole bunch of work and that's if it is even feasible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirazdindar:
Indeed this is now the best thread to continue building on. We'll likely want to have the OP change the thread title, if possible.

Thank you, Olywa123! I fully support Olywa's nomination as point-of-contact person for this thread to our chosen developer(s). It's clear to me he would do well in this role.

(I'm a busy man too, with my first baby on the way, but I'll find some time to help out for sure.)

I love that we are all casually vested. In fact, I'm stoked! Just remember... THE HOLY GRAIL!!!

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I agree strongly with:

Yes, what we want out of sammy's Drivelink app is the actual mirroring part. The "docking app" part of Drivelink is bloat in this context. Defining this project as such sets a clear and achievable scope for the developer.

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With respect to fund collection, would not Kickstarter (or similar) be ideal? "Every project creator sets their project's funding goal and deadline. If the project succeeds in reaching its funding goal all backers' credit cards are charged when time expires. If the project falls short no one is charged." I've read about many a successful Kickstarter project.

Further to that, what do you think of this idea -- we offer a Sony XAV-601BT as a *prize* for the dev that takes on this project. Doing so would bring attention to our project (internally, within xda, as it's just the right exposure that this needs). As such we would likely interest enough devs to afford us a selection of a properly qualified one. This also solves the problem that only a very small fraction of developers actually already own the deck!

How we could or would combine a Kickstarter campaign with a deck prize can be discussed further, pending response to these proposals.

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My vote for initial ROM focus would be cyanogenmod, for reasons of cross-phone compability, and, simply, userbase size. On that note, since it runs I.C.S, CM9 is better than CM10, as this makes it closer to the sammy stock rom (for which the source Drivelink package is written on). In case you've noticed, I'm not suggesting CM9 simply because that's what I run (in fact, I do not run an S3). It's because by making CM9 S3 support the initial goal, we establish a good foundation to expand compability to other ROMs and phone models, both backwards and forwards. By choosing cyanogen over stock, we are basically choosing a larger scale, open source path over a more immediate propietary one.

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Thoughts?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andre!:
GT-I9300, Android 4.0.4, I9300XXLH1

Thank you for the work you put in this!

Agree fully with your idea/post. I hope we can wake some talented devs interest :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjoshzombie:
Donation: $20

Phone: SCH-I535 w/CM10 Nightlies

Head unit: US XAV-601BT running HR10_xav_1.12.001

Never managed to get drive link to work, however, I personally feel it should be developed for both ICS and JB. JB will be releasing for the SII from Samsung by the end of the year. No point in developing for JUST a single OS that will be outdated in a few short months.

And while I'm here, anyone have the APK for the latest Drivelink?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Op here

I will make changes to original post and tittle. You guys just let me know what to change it to and I will copy n paste. I'm not very good at writing lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Samsung Drivelink DEV needed ***BOUNTY $120***
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shirazdindar:
NO WAIT! 1. We want to grow the bounty, 2. $120 is the incorrect total (he totalled both euros and dollars as dollars), and 3. still wanting to hear what peeps think of the idea of awarding a deck as the bounty, if we can raise that much.

I'd like to give it about another day before we change the thread name.

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Further on the question of which ROM, I agree it would be good to develop for CM10, and possibly also for stock. I suggest CM9 as a starting point both because it's closer to stock and also because CM10 is still quite beta (for the Samsung Skyrocket, for sure). In any case, I think it's a given that we want it running as broadly as possible, and it's very likely very small changes between the CMs.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Sorry I jumped the gun. Hopefully someone will come in at least and begin helping
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Anyone worked out how to "'receive contacts" onto internal memory. Whenever I click receive it disconnects Bluetooth
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
Same here. I think it worked on the older firmware. Since I don't have access to mirrorlink yet I will probably downgrade it to factory firmware and check it out
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarmac animal:
What does the latest firmware do and what new changes are there? Sonys older update which is now taken off showed "about this update - support for mirrorlink Samsung g3" but latest one shows nothing?

How do you downgrade if update with latest one?

Cheers

*also want to use drivelink apk on my android gingerbread 2.3.3 rather thank splashing out on a new phone but not sure if possible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell128:
The original firmware doesn't have the mirrorlink app nor the iPhone navigation app
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Olywa123:
Guys, just to say thanks for all the responses. Have been tied up and travelling with work so not much time but will defintiely get some time over the weekend to spend on this and pull together a formal post to point the Dev. Have been popping in for a quick read here and there but need to review everything properly.

Still wanting to start pitching to Devs start of next week.

On the funds - I spoke with a mod to ensure we are not doing anything against the rules here (as I wasn't sure). Have been advised we are ok but that it would be best for no money to change hands until we have a final product from the Dev (which probably rules out kickstarter - not sure?). Also - to be clear, we are doing this at our own risk and XDA mods will not get invovled if something goes wrong (think thats understandable but just want to be sure this is clear to everyone).

Shiraz - love the idea of having enough to give a headunit but that means someone has to 'own' the money and prize which not everyone may be comfortable with - I also don't think we are going to get sufficent interest unfortunately even if we wait longer.

There were one or two other peeps who posted in this thread and don't seem to have been back so I'll PM them to see if they are also interested in supporting this with a donation.

More later,

Olywa

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I'm sure this worked for me last time I tried - could it be down to the latest Drivelink release? I found the new one even more buggy and so reverted back to the first release.

Olywa
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rossjevans:
Hi there, I have been following this thread for a while.

I would be more than happy to donate $20 to try and kick this off. Would probably donate more if this goes cross device.

HTC One X w/CM10
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djwilliams100:
Im talking about phone option already on the head unit so dont think itll be anything to do Drivelink.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wizrad:
Update to my install issues with the Full Mirror Drivelink

Update to my install issues with the Full Mirror Drivelink

So turns out while dropping the .apk on my sd card and installing from there would never work. Sideloading through USB did the trick.

Full mirroring from r5 works great on my s4 stock with the latest MK2 4.3 update from ATT. My head unit is the JVC nsx700.

For some of the others asking about the MHL adapter I picked one up from monoprice. It's labelled for the s3 but works fine .

Performance notes on video to head unit are as follows. MHL video is smooth as butter. Mirrorlink through the r5 drivelink it's choppy (but that's known). Part of me wonders if there isn't something in the MHL video transport spec that couldn't be moved over to the drivelink/mirrorlink stack to make video more smooth. Maybe they are too different in regards to spec etc.

Anyways, thats my update. I'm a happy full mirroring drivelink user now. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
By full mirrorlink do you mean you are able to use every function of your phone through mirrorlink? I was able to get it working but I couldn't use any other app on my phone because DriveLink kept overriding it when i'd try to go to the home screen. I've considered going with the JVC nsx700 so i'm looking forward to your reply.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
im hoping the 4.3 update will help me hopefully it rolls out in the midwst soon
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wizrad:
Roppolo, I'm using AuRoN89's full mirroring drivelink app on my galaxy s4 (since I'm relatively new to the forums it won't let me direct link but you can find the link in this thread). I am able to use every function on my phone through creating shortcuts. I found that the official Samsung drivelink app crashed when I connected it to my head unit. (Plus I wanted full functionality not limited)

So, basically I did the following

Get drivelink running and displaying on my head unit

Then select select up from the main screen(the arrow area on the bottom of the displayed screen)

Click on shortcuts

Click +add and arrow down to the app you want to run.

As for a review of the JVC NSX700 it's a good little unit. The colors seem a little washed out but that's a minor thing to me.

The price was very reasonable at crutchfield. I was moving from a stock subaru 6 disk changer with no bluetooth or any standard functionality that you'd find on a head unit these days so even if I hadn't been able to get the full mirroring going I was going to be happy.

(I've been looking for some forums about hacking the head unit itself but it doesn't seem like there are any. the choppy mirrorlink video is probably a problem that needs to be solved on the headunit and on the drivelink side. )

As I stated in my last post mirrorlink video rendering is choppy but navigation is totally passable on choppy video. (audio is smooth no matter what)

If I have a passenger who wants to watch fluid video using the 11pin to 5 pin usb adapter and switching to MHL is an acceptable solution for me. (I'm not going to be watching the screen, I'll be watching the road :) )

I've heard some good things about the Sony mirrorlink capable head units but as per usual, your mileage may vary and do your research.

Hope that helps a bit.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
I have the latest version of drivelink, but it doesn't work well on this Sony. I have added a bunch of shortcuts to apps (within drivelink) that I want to use, however, when I connect to the Sony and Drivelink comes up, the shortcuts are not there. If I hit the home button on my S4, it shows the homscreen for a split second then defaults back to Drivelink, with no apps except the default ones. Very aggravating and I'm not sure if I need to buy another radio or if the problem is with the phone.

My only drawback to the unit you use is the lack of Sirius.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wizrad:
Interesting. Rather than hitting the home button on the phone have you tried hitting the home button on the top right of the head unit display (the one that's part of the drivelink app?) I have noticed that if I interact with the hardware button on my phone vs the drivelink interface it can get a little wonky.

Beyond that I'm at a loss. It simply just "worked" once I was able to load up the drivelink app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
which sony headunit do you have? i have the sony xav 601bt and im having problems with full mirroring on my s4 i also have the s3 wich works fine total full mirroring of all apps when you first open drivelink does it say drivelink or divelink full mirroring on the blue screen it should say full mirroring? and as far as the sirius downfall i found that downloading the sirius app and streaming it via bluetooth works just fine as an alternate if sirius is a must
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
Sony XAV-602BT and S4

Ill let you know what it says when I get back in my jeep later.

The problem is that I don't know if its the phone, the app or the head unit that is messing me up.

All my shortcuts are loaded and working fine in the app until I connect it to my unit. They just dissappear and I can't add them back. Streaming music works fine and google maps loads and works fine, but that's about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
did you download drivelink from app store?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
Naaah.. got the apk from the link in this thread
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
cool just making sure i cant even get my s4 to download the apps it crashes everytime
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
So i deleted and reinstalled drivelink. There are 2 apk files in that zip. I was able to install drivelink but not the other one. Kept failing.

Now that I reinstalled it I am able to pull up apps through DriveLink, which I couldn't do before. All I need to figure out now is:

How to turn off the screen on my phone

How to stop that annoying chick from announcing the weather

How to over ride the parking brake feature that prevents me from doing anything
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwalkin:
I believe my stereo guy installed using cables that came with AR3 as he has one and mirroring is working with his Note 2. If TMServer is crashing when I open Drive Link isn't that a separate issue from MHL adapter? I'm not yet rooted as I don't know which root to use for the Note 3. Assuming root is required, is there any specific root I need to use to be able to flash TMServer?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
What is the second file called? How many kb or mb should it be? Maybe that why mine isnt working
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamzombie:
The TMServerApp.apk is not installed like a regular apk, not sure if you're trying to do that or not... You need to be rooted and deodexed (or deodex the apk yourself or find the one that someone linked previously in this thread) to install the TMServerApp, you just copy it into \system\app

Hope that helps
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
Yep thats the one... my phone is not rooted. Are you saying it must be to install this? Your post was a little unclear about that. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamzombie:
To install the modified TMServerApp.apk you must be rooted... From the instructions at http://www.colmoschinxtreme.com/android

If you already have a work-around for the parking brake lockout on your deck, you don't need to worry about the TMServerApp.apk... Just use the one that came on your phone. If not, you will need to do so or root your phone and follow the instructions above.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roppolo:
Ok got it... I gotta find the workaround for my head unit I suppose. Dont wanna root my phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamzombie:
You normally just need to connect the parking brake wire to a ground, but based on your car or stereo it may check to make sure it isn't a permanent ground... I used a relay to do it on my install, but that's outside of the scope of this thread. There are tonnes of videos on youtube that will show you what you will need to do, good luck.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwalkin:
Ok so here's where I'm at:

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and AppRadio 3

Drive Link version from here installed

Not Rooted but have parking break bypass installed

TMServer crashes when I launch Drive Link

Mirror Link does not activate on AppRadio 3

no MHL, connected using usb connection that came with radio

Ordered MHL adapter from Samsung, but how do I resolve TMServer crashing issue?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wizrad:
As a quick point of reference for my install (yes not the sony but maybe this will help?)

I simply grounded my parking brake wire (no relay or anything) and the drivelink app from this thread never even gave a guff about vehicle in motion (neither did the head unit). I never copied over the TMServer or anything. So my S4 is stock no root.

I had read somewhere online that only Alpine head units had a gps check for being in motion which would require more extensive hackery for getting around the parking brake issue. (beyond the scope of this thread)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuZDZ:
Hi Auron89,

Have you had time to see the Galaxy S4 (i9505)? I have done tests but always the same issue ! :crying:

Thank you again for your help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kon85:
Samsung Galaxy S4 and sony XAV-601BT

Hi to all,

I am thinking to buy the Sony XAV-601BT and i recently bought a Galaxy S4. Would this combination be ok for full mirror link ?

Also i installed the modified versio of drive link with version 1.1012 ..

I found it in the the 1st pages of this topic in the forum but there are so many pages that i cannot find out if its actually the latest version of the modified drive link. If not can your provide me with the info to get the latest version ?

Thank you in advance for your help :)

Konstantinos
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
ive yet to successfully connect my s4 to drivelink and have full mirroring capabilities with my sony xav 601bt it keeps force closing i also have the s3 which i DO have total full mirroring capabilities so until i figure it out ill be using my s3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwfc:
Can you try adding the apps by starting the drivelink but not connected to the 601BT?

Also, make sure you have only one drivelink installed and not the older version installed together with this R5 version.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cch0090:
Even when im not connected to my sony xav it still force closes and yes 1 only have 1 version of drivelink installed my phone wont let me have 2 versions of drivelink installed
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedoginthewok:
I installed the Drivelink APK and it ran on first try and asked me about what notifications I want to see. After that it tried to start and then it force closes.

Now when I open it I see a "loading screen" and then it forcecloses.

I am on foxhound.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scotcruz:
Hi folks, does anyone know whether it is possible to use Drivelink in another android phone?