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[Android General] thedrmonkey:
Try reloading the firmware again but if that doesn't work then the NAND could be corrupting. I've already had to RMA my original unit because of corrupt NAND.
[Android General] kiswum:
Isn't that reboot problem, "normal"? I guess you haven't rooted your device yet and running the latest firmware from Parrot 2.1.5.

I have the same issue since I've bought mine 6 months ago. The reboots are shorter, but i notice it mostly while I use Sygic Navigation. It occurs after 30-60 minutes. I'm planning to root my device to solve this issue.

I hope someone can confirm that the reboots will be away after using the latest custom firmware from this site.

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[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
Unfotrunately it didn't work for me. Seems TomTOm voice is OK when I turn the volume full up, but anything below 26 and I hear nothing.

Somehow TomTom (from Google Play) has a strange volume offset.
[Android General] sergeyouknw:
Thank you for your reply, I'll try to reload the firmware and see for that reboots to happen again. BTW, is it possible to detect defective NAND on subj? Maybe some android memory test app could do it?
[Android General] cuban11182:
Search seems to be down. I'm trying to install torque to my unit. Everytime it errors out with insufficient space. I've removed about 50MB of apps to see if it would work, but it still errors out. I've tried from the Play store, and TIBU.

Can anyone help me out?
[Android General] kiswum:
I've downloaded it on my phone and uploaded the apk to the parrot via USB.

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[Android General] cuban11182:
If you're referring to my post: are you saying you plugged your phone into the USB? I've tried to sideload and it didn't work.
[Android General] kiswum:
I think that was what I did, I used Total Commander as my file explorer. perhaps I downloaded the file from my wifi network.

I've got the APK files for you, but I don't have the rights to upload them...
[Android General] donaldta:
Which version are you installing Torque or Torque Pro? And what is the method that you used to sideload it?
[Android General] kiswum:
I used Torque lite (free version). I was able to install it on my device :)

I just send the files over to [MENTION=2735040]cuban11182[/MENTION]

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[Android General] cuban11182:
I'm using a legitimate version from the Play store that I backed up with TIBU of the PRO version. When that didn't work I downloaded APKTOIDE to download the 1.8.24 version and tried to upload it that way.
[Android General] donaldta:
Do you have the Play Store installed on your Asteroid Smart? Because paid apps require access to the Play Store to verify licensing.
[Android General] cuban11182:
Yes I do, but it isn't even installing. It's saying insufficient space.
[Android General] donaldta:
Interesting. Can you provide the output of. the following commands?

$ su
# df
[Android General] donaldta:
That's pretty odd. It looks like you have plenty of space.

When you say that you tried to restore a copy from Titanium Backup and "it didn't work"? How exactly didn't it work?
[Android General] cuban11182:
don't worry about it. I'll just use my S3 when I need it. The free version installs, just not the pro version.
[Android General] chuque:
I have a similar issue, but I don't get a graceful goodbye and reboot it just goes into a reboot loop sometimes getting to the home screen but mostly never getting past loading the left side nav buttons. if I press the reset button I'll work again for 5-10 minutes

I have tried reloading the firmware bot from a usb stick in the OS, and from the two finger accessed bootloader. and while it finds and loads the file, nothing is reset, all my apps are still there all my saved preferences are there, in fact the only thnig I noticed was actually reset is I have to rescan my FM radio stations. Is ther a way to actually do a full factory reset ?
[Android General] limited_imagination:
Donald, you wrote:

I'm still torn as to which OBD II adapter to use, and in google searching various options, I came across your post on the devzone forum where you said,

That confuses me a bit. If FTDI drivers are already included in the Asteroid Smart rom, then why would a root be necessary to use them, but not the Prolific or Silicon Labs drivers?

It looks like currently, there are a whole lot more choices for ELM 327 USB/OBD II adapters using FTDI chips, than for either Silicon Labs or Prolific chips.

The Elmscan 5 Compact appears to use the FTDI chip.

If chuque or someone else has got one going on the Asteroid Smart, either rooted or non-rooted, then I'd like to hear about it.
[Android General] donaldta:
It is because they are not loaded by default like the Prolific or Silicon Lab drivers. Don't ask me why Parrot compiled them but never bother use them in the boot process. I guess they minimized the drivers to speed up the boot times.
[Android General] donaldta:
Btw, you can always get the ODBLink S which is a ODB to RS232 adapter and a "direct plug-and-play upgrade for the ElmScan 5 and other ELM327 compliant interfaces". Then pair it with their USB to RS232 adapter and you won't have to worry about rooting the device.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
Uninstalling Asteroid Tweaker

Does anyone have experience with uninstalling Asteroid Tweaker? Basic question, will uninstalling reset and remove all tweaks?

I'm thinking some volume tweak may be at the root of my TomTom voice problems but it only makes sense to uninstall if the tweaks are reset.
[Android General] donaldta:
No, some of the tweaks are simple settings that are saved to various databases which are saved in /data/data/{package.name}. Only the tweaks that are dependant on the running process will revert to operating to normal. You'd have to perform a factory reset after uninstalling it to completely clear it if you enabled or tweaked all the options. However, I've heard for a lot of people it is not working. On way to do that is to clear out everything in /data partition via "rm -rf /data/." as root.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
That is what I expected. Any idea of where I would find the volume settings?

It seems to me that TomTom audio volume got corrupted when I set one oh the volume adjustments in Asteroid Tweaker.
[Android General] lepaske:
I had the same problem and it seems there is a bug in Asteroid Tweaker related to the setting "Global Volume Management".

If you change this setting the notification volume is messed up.

The solution I found was to simply re-apply the latest Asteroid Smart firmware and never touch again this setting and everything is back to normal now.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
I spoke with Fabien, the developer of Asteroid Tweaker, yesterday and he confirmed the bug. He suggested the same.

Did you have to re-root the unit after re-applying the latest Asteroid Smart S/W? Does it keep installed S/W and settings?
[Android General] lepaske:
Yes, I had to re-root but all the apps & settings was kept except the radio favorites.
[Android General] chuque:
if reloading the firmware keeps apps and settings, how do you do a full factory reset? I am experiencing reboot loops after 5-10 minutes of uptime, and figure a reset wouldn't hurt.
[Android General] lepaske:
There is an option somewhere in the parameters to do a factory reset but can recall where exactly ! But it exist for sure (I've done it one time) !

I heard some people experienced also some reboot loops and the problem was an USB device sucking too much power...maybe a lead for you to investigate ?
[Android General] andouille:
Future owner need info...

Hi,

I will get a smart in the next few weeks (waiting for my unika mostly). I have read thru multiple page o this thread and also tried to do keyword search for it, but I just could not find all the info I am looking for.

Root is obtained easily thru Framaroot for all version? Need to use Super su right?

I mainly want to root to be able to install google play store, so what do I need? from what I found google services apk, a specific version? and then the play store apk itself... again a specific version?

I am a big waze fan but I saw that there was some issue with the asteroid store version? is it better with the playstore version? Is it fixed?

Anyone tried running ingress on this? it must be a bit laggy, but if it runs it might be usefull for time where my N5 GPS does not want to cooperate (Which is most of the time).

I did not find many people that seem to use the video output for the back which I will, how does it behave, you can play a video at the back and use say waze in the front without lag?

Thank you very much and really sorry because I know most of these questions have already been answered, I could not just find the proper answer.

Andouille
[Android General] zeusakatkm:
I run ingress on it, it is possible, but not great. Com messages are unreadable and it's pretty difficult to do anything other than look at things around you.
[Android General] kiswum:
All the props go to [MENTION=5389783]donaldta[/MENTION], without him, it was difficult to root my device today.

You need:

Framaroot / #1671. Use the small instructions from this post. Unpack + use Gimli to root. (reboot device with the reset button)

The Archive files from Donaldta's post #1626. What to do with this package (I just couldn't find it)?

I used Total Commander to explore my package (love this program for over 20 years). I have copied these files into the root/system of my Asteroid Smart. (reboot device)

After this I installed the framework and the Market (if you try to install the market before copying the files to root/system, it will give the market a Forced close, same thing with a newer Google Play.)

Follow the steps on your screen while the device is connected to the internet (you can do this via a WiFi or BT/USB hotspot connection with your phone).

Finally I got Google Play working on my device and the first thing I installed was another launcher :)

I don't have the answers to your other questions, because I don't use Ingress and Waze.

I hope I could help you and other people with the gathered info from this site.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
CONFIRMED!

For all possibly affected: DO NOT USE GLOBAL VOLUME ADJUSTMENT ON ASTEROID TWEAKER IF YOU USE TOMTOM! Due to a bug in Asteroid Tweaker 2.0 you will lose all spoken announcements.

If you rad this too late and have lost TomTom voice / TomTom remains silent then follow this procedure:

1) Reinstall the latest Asteroid Smart System Software (currently version 2.15). All apps and settings are kept, except root.

2) Reapply root

3) Reapply Asteroid Tweaker settings (BUT LEAVE YOUR FINGERS FROM THE GLOBAL VOLUME ADJUSTMENT)!

4) Your Bootanimation will likely also be reset, but nothing else of importance
[Android General] AKClay:
USB OBD2 adapter

It's been a long time since I have read through this thread.

Has anyone tried a USB OBD2 adapter and got it working?

The Bluetooth ELM is a bit slow and and works sometimes which seems to be normal for that adapter.

So I would like just use a USB type like the V1.5 ELM327 USB OBDII OBD2 CAN-BUS Diagnostic Interface Scanner
[Android General] the_rev:
Land Rover questions

Hey guys - I've looked through this thread extensively and didn't see what I was looking for so if this has been answered, blame my coffee-addled mind for overlooking it!

ANYHOW, I just recently got a 2008 Land Rover LR2 (Freelander2 for you non-North Americans!) HSE and I'm looking into swapping out the somewhat crap head unit for a Parrot Asteroid Smart, but I'm concerned about 1 little tiny thing:

Parking Sensors

I know I can also grab a camera and slap that on the back, but I'd love to have the rear parking alerts still working and the few mentions I've seen about this on the interwebs are not encouraging. Anyone know anything about the sensors and whether or not they can be easily patched in?
[Android General] kiswum:
In my case Skoda Octavia (shares platform with the Volkswagon Golf): the sensors are not visible anymore on my screen. The beeps can still be heard via its own speaker.

Do you want to be sure that you can hear the sensors, just unplug your radio/speakers and test it out.

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[Android General] the_rev:
From what I've seen, it looks like they require the factory HU in order to function, but I'm just not certain. All I know so far is that they play through the stereo and mute the stereo briefly when you put the LR in reverse. My guess is that I'd be SOL...
[Android General] delboydell:
an adaptor from in car tec or connects 2 will give you your parking sounds back, they connect to the cars can bus wiring at the rear of the radio only 4 wires to connect. the same applies to bmw s too. We fit them all the time.
[Android General] the_rev:
I could kiss you on the mouth for this information. Seriously. With tongue. THANK YOU!
[Android General] melog69:
Has anybody looked at the Parrot support page lately, there seems to be a Mazda version of asteroid smart and while looking at it, it seems to be version 2.1.8 compared to 2.1.5

if the only difference is the boot logo I would flash it, is anyone brave enough to try it????

http://www.parrot.com/usa/support/parrot-asteroid-smart
[Android General] kiswum:
There is only a fix for Mazda devices, check the UK support forum for more info about it ;)

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[Android General] donaldta:
The only difference is not the logo. I had the unarchived the plf of version 2.1.5 and 2.1.8 in separate directories and ran the following commands to get an idea of the differences.

/home/knoppix/Downloads/Smart# [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]diff -rq v2.1.5 v2.1.8 > diff_215_218.txt[/B][/COLOR]
/home/knoppix/Downloads/Smart# [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]grep "Only in v2.1.8" diff_215_218.txt | wc -l[/COLOR][/B]
14
/home/knoppix/Downloads/Smart# [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]grep "Only in v2.1.5" diff_215_218.txt | wc -l[/COLOR][/B]
2
/home/knoppix/Downloads/Smart# [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]grep differ diff_215_218.txt | wc -l[/COLOR][/B]
142
/home/knoppix/Downloads/Smart#

Basically; 14 new files, 2 removed files and 142 files that are different between the two versions. I attached the output of the first command below in case anyone is interested. (Version 2.1.8 does include the newest Unika update though)

Only in v2.1.5/FileSystem/system/PaserFirmware: Unika_29.fwp
Only in v2.1.8/FileSystem/system/PaserFirmware: Unika_35.fwp
[Android General] breakthestatic:
Hey Donaldta, I flashed the new unika firmware to hopefully get the 8th button on my swc to function as either the built in voice recognition for music or possibly the Google voice search app. The update applied successfully, so would the next step be to pull out the unika and redo the learning process? And lastly, if it does learn the 8th command during that process, do we have any control over what it actually does? I'm hesitant to pull out the unika since the free space for wiring behind the head unit is sparse and I had a hard enough time getting everything to fit during the install.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
I don't think the grep comparison gives a true indication of the differences. It seems 2.1.8 was recompiled, but many of the version directories are the same. But, I'm certainly not going to risk my unit trying it out.

Fortunately the UNIKA does remember the commands it learned previously, but ot use the additional you will have to reset and relearn all the commands.
[Android General] donaldta:
Yes. Btw, are there any improvement, noticeable changes or broken features from your previous "standard" Parrot Smart update?

Post #1769 (the ASWC-1 and Unika are interchangeable in the context of your answer).

The "diff" command makes a comparison of the 1707(ish) files included in the separate updates. The separate "grep" commands are used to summarise the output of the initial diff command. This is meant to be an overview to point out file differences not a concise log of the feature changes. The point of that exercise is to show that the difference is not just "the boot animation".
[Android General] Zermelo:
Hdd Index File Name & Location

I have a 750GB drive of video and music connected to the Parrot Asteroid Smart.

When I first plugged it in it took a while to use because it apparently index the files on the drive so that when I subsequently plugged it in it would not have to take a long time to search the drive but rather use some previously stored index.

However I recently changed some files and added some new ones but the Parrot Asteroid Smart never re-indexed the drive and now I can't find the files using the stock music application. I can however locate and play the music using ES file explorer.

Does anyone know where the location of the indexing file is? Or how to force the PAS to re-index the drive again?

Thanks
[Android General] donaldta:
You can use Asteroid Tweaker to reset the Grace Notes database, so that it will be reindexed the next time it is plugged in.
[Android General] Zermelo:
Thanks a lot. Asteroid Tweaker is a great program for the PAS. It should be part of the standard firmware.
[Android General] donaldta:
You'd think so, right? Especially, since the developer actually works for Parrot, check Post #1346. I think it is a way for them to provide certain "features" not actually supported by their company. For example, the "Disable Safety Controller" toggle opens up a huge legal and financial liability in certain parts of the world.
[Android General] Harr1:
Hi everyone! I bought Smart and Unika while ago and there's one thing that annoys me. Car is Mercedes C-class yr. 2001. In the list Unika supports the 2003 and newer models only. However it was plug and pray and all the buttons worked well, maybe too well if I may say... There are four buttons which uses the cars computer and two of them happens to be left and right arrow buttons. With the OEM radio it changes songs with those only when I'm in the cars audio menu, but with Smart it changes song in every menu. I think it's car related problem because it obviously sends the same signal to canbus in every menu and therefore can only be fixed with a new firmware for Unika to detect which menu I am. Yesterday I updated newest firmware v.38 with no luck and now I think the best way to get through this would be to kill those two buttons from smart, so if anyone has any ideas how to make it happen I'm listening. Thanks in advance!
[Android General] donaldta:
Post #1769 (the ASWC-1 and Unika are interchangeable in the context of your answer).
[Android General] jbradshw:
Worth buying today?

So this thing has been out almost a year. I remember when the first Parrot (classic) came out and was pretty excited to see Android head units come out. I didn't know the SMART was even out til yesterday. I saw it at Frys for $450 and I'm interested, but at the same time, I'm a bit cautious after reading some reviews and complaints. I know how to root to unlock it's potential, but even after all that, is it worth the $450? For those that have it, would you buy it again if you didn't have one? Or would you wait for something else/better? I'd like to know if Parrot plans on making a successor to the SMART headunit, but I couldn't find anything.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
I bought mine in December and would do it again today. Android 2.3 is ancient and the device is very slow by modern standards, but sufficient for its purpose. Sure, it won't play the latest 3D games, or HD-movies, but why would you want to do that with a unit installed in the car (take your tablet). There are some Chinese 4.0 units now hitting the market, but they all seem to have a crippled version whereas the Asteroid is easy to root and very open.

Generally, if good or bad, expect car head units to have a much longer life cycle - more aligned to the automotive life cycle than the smartphone life cycle. I don't think Parrot will bring something new within at least a years time. Their focus seems to (rightly) be to get the unit placed with the car makers (Volvo, apparently Mazda) before Googles Car Android opens the market.
[Android General] burton0929:
I'm having an odd audio problem with this unit. When it boots up and auto plays from my iPod, my subs are the only thing running for about 30-45 seconds before the other speakers kick in. I have the subs hooked up through the RCA output and the rest of the speakers through the stock harness (unamped).

I've tried to keep up with this thread, but it is quite a bit of a mess. I haven't read of anybody else having this issue, so sorry if it was covered.

Useful info?: ver 2.1.5, rooted, smart launcher, stock player, stock equalizer, asteroid tweaker
[Android General] Truman:
Hi, I got now a PAS and I am installing some software at the moment. It is rooted and the Play Store is running. Additionally I have MXPlayer, ADW Launcher, Quickboot and some other things installed.

I now see quite often a message in the notification bar, that a crash log is available. Additionally, ones the audio service came up with a forced close message.

Does somebody have an idea, what is causing this ? And what should I do to get rid of it ? New installation (then how to do this) ?

The unit is running on version 2.1.5.

Edit: Root Explorer, which was open in the background, now also showed a forced close message.
[Android General] chuque:
I had all kinds of crashing and rebooting issues with a third party home screen once I reverted back to stock that seemed to resolve most of my issues, also had bad luck with third party TTS .. so no aussie accent for me.
[Android General] Truman:
Thanks for your feedback. I have ADW installed, but still use the stock launcher. And also; I am not using any third party TTS so far.

Is there a possibility to look into the crashlog files ?
[Android General] nojkepop:
Pandora finally works!!!

Installed the latest version of Pandora today and to my surprise it opens fine when tethered via Bluetooth. I almost couldn't believe it so I pressed the reset button and tried again after turning wifi completely off and it opened fine once again. I believe its version 5.2. Hopefully it continues to work.
[Android General] Truman:
Sorry, one more question: Can anybody tell me, where I have to put that json file, which market helper creates ?

Thanks in advance for the answer.

Edit: Ok, after changing the DPI setting, I can see the "Activate" button. But when I press it, I get after some time a forced close. Does anybody have an idea, how to solve this ?

I tried to install Market Helper as system app and as normal app. I gave super user rights and for both installations, it forced closed, without changing anything.
[Android General] jclowser:
Radio Favorites

I just recently install my PAS, and I ran into something strange. Don't think I saw this reading through this thread (though it's possible I missed it).

Basically, when I set up radio favorites, the "name" of the favorite shows as the name of whatever song was playing when I made it a favorite, rather than the name of the radio station. Even days after the song is over, it still shows that as the name of the favorite, so it named my favorite based on the song at the time.

Anyone else run into this? Is there any way to edit the names of radio favorites/preselects so I can just type in the right name, or even just the station number?

Update:

Should have googled this first, duh. These are actually a couple discussions about this on the parrot forums, but they all basically end with "that might be something we add in a future feature" and no fix. Most of these discussions are from around ver 2.0.1 (I'm running 2.1.5).

Has anyone found a solution to this?
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
It is an issue with RDS, the unit takes whatever text the station is sending when you add it to your favourites. You can also wait until the station is sending its name and then add it to your favourites again.