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[Android General] codertimt:
PROBLEM SOLVED

I decided to go back through the apps I've installed and see if any one of them could be doing something to trigger this and found the culprit I had forgotten about. I installed PerApp in order to adjust my Google Nav volume independently from the music volume(worked like a champ by the way). Well it set my default screen timeout to 1 min. Apparently instead of turning off the screen like on your phone/tablet, it triggers this clock screensaver thing. Uninstalling left it at 1 min, so I had to find another app to fix it since it's not available in settings. Got it reset to 0 and not more annoying screen. So basically, nothing to see here. User error.

PROBLEM SOLVED

Okay, does anyone else have an annoying fullscreen clock screensaver/idle screen thing that pops up after a little while of inactivity(very little while...actually pops up in 1 min)? Goes away with a single touch of the screen, but I find it super annoying. Tried searching both this site and Google at large and can't find anyone else complaining about it, so I'm wondering if it's some weirdness I've somehow turned on or if it somehow just doesn't bother anyone else. I don't remember it before 2.1.1, but can't be 100% certain... I just know I've tried every option related to time or the display that I can think of and it makes no difference...it still pops up. It shows the carrier of my BT connected phone also, so possibly related to that pairing...although I'm pretty sure I unpaired and it still appeared(retested and it makes no diffrence).

Running 2.1.1, rooted, with Google Apps installed. Paired to a Galaxy S3. Thoughts, ideas, confirmation I'm not crazy....anything would be appreciated.
[Android General] sonicdarack:
Yeah the Problem here in Germany is, that Vodafone with my S4 and LTE/4G are having issues...

And i realy would like to have a dongle hidden away somewere.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
LITTLE REVIEW AFTER FEW MONTHS OF USE

So far the headunit has been great, i have it rooted, Smart Launcher, i use Google Music, SiriusXM App. Have not really watched movies yet i guess waiting for a firm solution. Maybe i will just stream movies? plex? Google Navigation, Maps works great, i got a google maps helper that stores my favorite locations (has voice commands). YouTube works great. I tethers via bluetooth for internet from my phone. My boot time is pretty quick, by the time i back out of my driveway and start driving its booted. The volume knob works decent that i installed. Headunit never really crashes any apps often only every now and then... but thats normal.. its a computer.

Things i would like to do soon: The boot animation, turn off radio auto start.

P.S

Anyone know how to turn off phone book synchronization ? It does it every time almost and it lags things like voice command.
[Android General] danger355:
So, I finally got around to updating, and my Torque is fully functional - no 'auto pair' required.

It did take a few times to pair with the Smart though, and again a few times for Torque to start receiving info, but it works.
[Android General] Viper87227:
Has anyone had any issues with not having any audio. For about the first three weeks I had this thing, I didn't have a single problem. But for the past week now, I've had a problem where occasionally it will not have any audio output. Has probably happened 4-5 times now this week. One of the times I had even lost audio after quickly going in and out of a store, the unit hadn't even actually shut itself off by the time I made it back to the car. Every time a restart fixes it, and I've never had it go out while I'm using it (and I do 1.5-2hrs of driving a day). Seems odd that it hasn't been happening since I first received the unit, and even now it's sporadic. But it's really annoying to have to reboot it.
[Android General] lar1r:
SOLVED**

Suggestions on how to make the keyboard smaller (height wise) ? - it covers too much of the screen, in my nav app it usually covers the list of options, giving me only one row.

Maybe I can change the dpi somehow?

Would help market helper to work too, since I cant use it because only two rows are viewable...

UPDATE****

A on page 20 of this mega thread I found some answers. While I cant seem to find swype in the market, KII works well and allows you to autosize.

Furthermore, DPI changer allows me to get rid of the low res - I used 160 to get more things to appear on the screen at once - including getting market helper to show all of the options on one screen
[Android General] mrfatmen:
Is there an app that shows whatsapp notifications on the asteroid when i receive a message on my connected Phone?

In the same way my smartwatch does this?
[Android General] uokrol:
I had that issue before. What I did was go to Audio FX. At the very top you will see the Stage setting I believe. Turn it off and go all the way to the bottom and use the Balance/Fader option instead. It's better to use that option IMO. Another work around whenever the unit has no audio, go to the stage settings and touch a different balance and it'll kick back on. Hope you have the same issue, if not then ignore this post.

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Anyone having issues with Waze resetting everyday(not keeping me logged in). It doesn't happen everytime I power down, only when I don't start the car for a couple hours or so. Just recently happen too when I rooted the PAS.
[Android General] Viper87227:
Thanks, I'll give that a shot. Something tells me I won't have to wait long to see if that fixes it :rolleyes:
[Android General] RudeDog99:
Hi all,

does anybody know if you can run ADB from your laptop and connect to a regular USB port? Not the miniUSB, but the port type A.

Thnx!
[Android General] codertimt:
I don't have a fix beyond what has already been mentioned, but I did want to weigh in as having experienced similar...although I'm not entirely sure if it's exactly the same because I still had audio on the speaker level output, but not line level to my amp. First few times it returned by rebooting, but the last few times that did not help. Do not use the stage setting, and never had the chance to test and see if that would bring it back. I "fixed" my problem by reverting back to the stock launcher as that was the only change I had made to the unit(besides the 2.1.1 update) at the time it started messing up. I was trying out Smartlauncher at the time; once I reverted back to the stock launcher I haven't had an issue since... Just installed ADW because I'm a sucker for nifty interfaces, so I'll report back if the problem resurfaces...
[Android General] mackeystingray:
What techniques or apps are everyone using to reduce boot times? Is not bad but could be better. I'd like it to autostart into torque as well
[Android General] Viper87227:
Another question for everyone... any of y'all having problems with echo when using BT. Like my previous issue of no sound, it seems to be hit or miss. I've had it happen 3-4 times now where the person on the other end has complained about an echo. It's always with my phone, and it's been to more than one caller. I never had an issue with an echo with my vehicles factory BT, so I don't think it's my phone that's the culprit.
[Android General] antipaq:
You can try to modify the gain of the microphone to eliminate echo.
[Android General] danger355:
There's a setting within Torque that you can toggle autostart on/off.

Or are you talking about having Torque not just start up, but display automatically (I'd sort of like to have this too)?

With my setup, I had the 'bluetooth notification' enabled and it toasted a warning every time the Smart started, but that's only because the bluetooth wasn't turned on fast enough. I'm going to disable the notification since bluetooth is never turned off.
[Android General] sav_za:
There is an app in the Asteroid market for auto start in a selectable order. Works very well although it would have been nice to set a delay on certain apps. TuneIn Radio starts before it's got a 3G connection and then obviously fails to start playing.
[Android General] Viper87227:
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how? I went through all the options and didn't find anything related to gain on the mic.
[Android General] mackeystingray:
yeah i meant right into the realtime information display in the torque app as soon as it boots.

my goal is for it to boot fast and right into torque.

i'll try the asteroid market;, sounds like exactly what i'm looking for thanks.:good:
[Android General] antipaq:
Do not worry. Not a stupid question. I thought it was easy.

It is in Settings / Volume / Gain of the phone (last option). Attached image.

Sorry I did if not explain better but my menus are in Spanish.
[Android General] jackfrost909:
Is something like this not an option?

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Can you share the instructions you followed? The threads I've found end up in dead links for G framework and svcs. I've managed to hunt down a few by Google search, but I don't think I have the right versions. Play store won't start, it just flashes a black screen then crashes so I'm figuring it's version issues.

thanks much,
[Android General] TontoH1:
Hey, I have just purchased this unit online from US to Australia too.. Have you worked out how to replace the North American maps or are you just using google maps for your navigation?

:oAnd Mods???:o

This has got to be the longest winded twisted turned thread I have ever seen on the interwebs. These units really should have their own section where this thread can be dissected to the 50 plus topics that it already contains.:eek::eek::eek:

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Yeah I got pretty much the same reply. When I questioned why the unit was twice as expensive here as everywhere else I was told that "the difference in the cost of apps licensing between here and the USA is not even comparable"..... which i read as "while it would be quite easy to compare the costs of app licensing between the two countries if you did you would see its nowhere near $400 per unit and it would expose our insatiable levels of :laugh:greed along with our blatant levels of contempt for the aussie consumer".

I bought online from amazon, obviously.....
[Android General] iwcarbon:
We should cooperate on these things:

• Disable Tuner Auto Start

(I tired programs like autostart and looked in buildprop, no luck so far)

• Trick it to use SD card as internal storage ? (Keep running out of space to install apps)

• Play movies from USB (terminal script ? to mount directory should do the trick)

• Disable or Limit the Phonebook synchronization.
[Android General] DrWarrenKruger:
I previously posted how to solve your third bullet here. And the same solution may inadvertently handle your first bullet because my Music app does not run at startup and even when I hit the icon to run it I have to select my source before it will start playing anything. That may be a side effect of SManager, not sure, but if so, those that want Music up and running at startup may be able to just add it to the list in SManager. I haven't tried that because I like the quiet at startup.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
Yeah that works for using the gallery app, but the tuner still loads up on startup.
[Android General] DrWarrenKruger:
Weird. No idea why mine doesn't fire up the Music app at cold boot. FYI, I'm running 2.0.1, in case that matters. If there's something else you'd like me to check out in an effort to track down how/why mine doesn't start the Music app, just let me know.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
I think it's just buggy.... you know how it's supposed to play last source.... well mine doesn't its always tuner .. i love getting static noise when it boots.
[Android General] jackfrost909:
Could someone post/link to a working root with needed files please?

Kludging files from different threads not working out for me. I've tried searching about and I've gotten as far as google market asking for an account. I gave my account creds and then got a white screen with rotating circle for a while (5 or 6 mins) then get 'server error has occurred' toast with cancel and retry options.

After that, starting market just drops straight to the 'server error has occurred' message.

Have tried restarting a few times and still no joy.

Please help.

thx.
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
Tuner/music app auto start was introduced with 2.1.1.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
I know, i don't want to downgrade as everything else works good for me. There must be a way to kill the process.

on a side topic, what can we do to get some developers working on a custom rom ? This headunit deserves a makeover. It's not too far from being an excellent device!
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
I would be more interested in a custom kernel to overclock the CPU. This could also decrease boot time.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
i have zero complaints about the boot time, mines just over a minute i think, by the time i get to end of my street stop sign i got internet radio playing. I guess we would need some sort of recovery first, i wonder if anyone tried installing any? I know people don't want to brick their 500$ head units that required installation. I think if we can get a developer on board we can all pitch in for a head unit for him to work on.
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
I would be more than willing to donate a few bucks if a developer wants to come aboard.
[Android General] Taomyn:
For just a working root I just installed Framaroot v1.6.0 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276 copied to the SD card, chose SuperSU and rebooted.
[Android General] Happy Grumpz:
Search my posts, I posted a how to with links to all the files required, they all work as those are the ones I used.
[Android General] devoidx:
Unfortunately that type of boot up speed that gets going when im already at the end of my street makes the rear camera functionality completely useless...if i want to use the reverse camera on boot to back out of a tight spot, i gotta sit in my car for 2 minutes until the system loads up and shoes the reverse camera....needless to say i barely get to use the reverse camera with asteroid
[Android General] iwcarbon:
That makes sense, i do not have one of those. They should have separated rearview camera from the android system.

P.S

You should back in ! =)
[Android General] Sirgeekalot:
You could always reverse into the spot leaving you pointing out so you can just drive off. I'm not lecturing you on driving habits, but i was always taught to reverse into spots leaving you good visibility to get back out safely. It has been advantageous to me in that the reverse camera works when the unit is hot and i can just pull out when the unit is cold.

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I'm rather disappointed that Parrot Decided not to include any sensors with the Unit. Not even a light sensor for autobrightness.

i loaded up a sensor app yesterday and the only thing i was presented with was the Mic. I have torque installed and it logs all my trips, but it has a 0-60 function that is triggered by the Accelerometer. I can always use my Nexus 4, but i thought it was a bit strange to omit the Sensors from the unit. What makes this a £450 unit when its basically a Screen and an amp bodged together. so many possibilities that Parrot seem to have omitted to jump on the Bandwagon.

if they were more transparent on any development they were doin on the unit to keep it on or ahead of the curve and perhaps i could be more supportive, but everytime someone asks a question about future releases or a bit of help developing it themselves, they use a canned response akin to "We're working on it.. Honest!"..
[Android General] jackfrost909:
Post 323!

The only one I've found with surviving links for the G market. Perfect, thank you!

Tap tap..
[Android General] devoidx:
Yes I could do that.... but I shouldn't have to change my driving habits to make up for Asteroid's slow boot-up...That's like saying if my left turn signal goes out the solution is to only make right turns for the rest of my life instead of fixing the left signal

If parrot boasts about supporting rear camera, then it should function as it should like any other stereo system with rear camera support....How I park is rather irrelevant
[Android General] N715DP:
While I won't deny that I wish I could get to music quicker, I've never had issue with the camera coming on... I've shifted into reverse after a cold boot and I would say, at most, it's 20 seconds before I get a camera picture (from ignition). I get the camera picture while I know the device is still booting because the soft keys on the left side aren't visible yet.
[Android General] Joe333x:
I have the same experience. Mine displays the rear cam before it fully boots which is great.
[Android General] Sirgeekalot:
So, today i created an Amazon AWS EC2 instance with the sole intention of porting Jellybean to the Asteroid Smart.

i've never port a ROM before and this will be a very steep learning Curve, but i'm hoping that due to the lack of built in Radio Modems and other boards that it should be easier that other devices. Famous last words eh?

i'll prob make a separate Thread for my progress but if anyone has any experience to share, please feel free.
[Android General] melog69:
Could you give me some info on what you purchased??? I have a chevy Impala and only ordered the CTASTEROIDLEAD and dont know what else I need to make the stupid steering wheel controls work
[Android General] codertimt:
I was irritated by the same behavior and read somewhere(not sure if it's buried in this thread or on the official support forums) that it is because the unit only waits a certain amount of time to resume the last source...if the source(usb stick or whatnot) is slow to reappear and be contents be parsed by the unit, it assumes the source has been removed/changed and then ends up just defaulting to the tuner. Anyway, obviously that needs to be fixed, but in the meantime, someone on the official forums has created and "AsteroidTweaker" program that has some settings to try and combat the issue. Anyway, since installing, my usb music has correctly restarted 99% of the time.

It's been mentioned a couple of times in this thread, with folks having varying degrees of success, but I thought I'd bring it up again since it's been updated quite a few times and currently seems to be working for me for this particular issue...

http://asteroid.fab-uleux.com/
[Android General] iwcarbon:
Guess i will give it a shot, never tried the app yet.
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
Thank you, sounds great. Please keep us updated! :good:
[Android General] devoidx:
^^^ great post indeed.

What i have been desperately looking for is for a weather app that only uses GPS to locate and also to pull the information (without wifi), kind of like the weather information we see on some GPS navigation systems...Ive tried every weather app on the market with no avail...if anyone by any chance comes across one...please let us know!

For GPS, google nav is a good option but if one is looking for an offline navigation, Sygic is really nice on the asteroid and uses TomTom's maps. its paid of course but since we need to pay for IGO map updates anyways, might as well try a different company that actually provides lifetime free maps with much nicer interface.
[Android General] Sirgeekalot:
So, i've managed to build a kernel, compile CWM and i'm in the process of compiling CM10.1

luckily my Big bro works for HP and has loaned me a VM on one of his HPCloud Farms.

my current issue is reverting to a working unit. if i replace the current recovery with CWM, i cant just put a stock rom back because the stock rom uses a PLF file. i was hoping that the PLF was just a renamed ZIP, but i dont think it is.

so, as you can understand i'm a bit wary of just flashing the recovery.img using ADB if i cant but it all back.. i've taken a copy of the mtd0 and mtd 1 devices but they're pretty useless if i cant get the thing to boot and its bricked..

i'll do some research and maybe even get in touch with parrot themselves to see what my options are..
[Android General] devoidx:
Have you tried posting on the parrot's development forum (not the user forum)? Although I suspect you won't get an answer from them because they have repeatedly mentioned on that forum that they do not support anything root and ROM related...but posting there might be worth a shot in getting a some answers

Also it seems that a couple of people in the past have also tried to figure out asteroid's PLF files with not much success: http://code.google.com/p/customasteroid/issues/detail?id=3
[Android General] fito1971:
Yes, I agree, great post.

You are the one who I think want to use this Smart like me, mi ideal scenario would be to completely mirror mi SGS4 on the smart.

By this I wouldn't have to get use to the smart interface (mostly everybody knows their phones better than anything else), worrying about firmware versions, apps compatibility issues and the big plus having the texts displayed on a bigger screen and being able to txt back (I've tried tabletalk).

I've being trying to do the mirroring with a HP touchpad with different apps but no success.

I do not own the smart yet but already spent many hours reading this forum and waiting for somebody to come up saying perfect phone mirroring is successful then I'll blindly buy the smart.

Who else thinks mirroring is the way to go?
[Android General] codertimt:
Thanks for the feedback guys. As for GPS weather, that sounds cool, but I can't find even a commercial example of such. Found a Garmin unit that ties in with some "XM Weather", but it appears to be pulling from different sats with it's own antenna... Anyway, great idea and would love such an app also...

Will have to look into the different navigation options. I agree that iGo is not worth spending any money on to update. Not particularly bad, but nothing special either.

As for mirroring, actually I wouldn't say that's my goal. I only want phone and text messaging via the phone(since those are tied to your phone carrier), everything else I would much rather run as native apps. That's the very reason I chose the Smart over Pioneer's Appradio. The appradio, with some tweaks, allows for full mirroring. But you have to plug in the phone everytime you get in your car, otherwise you're stuck with just a regular old radio... With the Smart, my phone stays in my pocket 90% of the time. There isn't any extraneous battery drain on the phone until I turn on internet sharing and I never have to worry about the horrible drain of GPS use on the phone.

Everyone has different use cases and needs, but if full mirroring is your ultimate goal, then you might really want to check out the Appradio line...
[Android General] vINyL3:
I install mine yesterday, but know i got one problem. It don't know when i'm driving or not, so it say because i'm always driving i can't see movie, neither shop, etc...

My car is a Seat Leon 1P 2006, anyone know how to fix this? =(

I how can i install apk using the SD, where i have to go to select the file to install?
[Android General] jackfrost909:
You may not have connected the green wire correctly. This goes to your parking brake circuit bit you can just connect permanently to ground to bypass completely.

Tap tap..
[Android General] vINyL3:
I don't have a place to connect with the parking break.

I'ts safe to connect to ground?
[Android General] delboydell:
on the plug that has all the wiring in there is a black wire flylead that has a connector on it push your green wire into that one, then it thinks the handbreak is always on
[Android General] vINyL3:
ok, thanks =)

About the install apk, how can i do?