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[Android General] AKClay:
Latest update

So after taking on the latest updated I lost root which happened the last time and I was able to easily get it back which again this time I could but my gapps stopped working. Seems like it removes GoogleServicesFramework.apk

Last time I just had to reinstall this one apk and all worked again, but this time this apk and any other I side load always comes up saying that there was an error parsing the package.

This sucks mostly because I had Next Launcher installed which is a paid app and authenticates through Google before it will work properly.

And since all apks I try to side load get the parse error I can't install any other launcher :crying:

Anyone else have this issue?
[Android General] devoidx:
well your phone needs to be connected and synced with your asteroid for contacts to be highlighted....also make sure the mic is properly connected
[Android General] deanesn:
I noticed a big issue with the wifi connection while Bluetooth is on. WiFi is very inconsistent. I tired to download 300 mb maps for copilot and i saw how it would download 4-5 mbs and it would hang for 5 min. I noticed the same thing when download apps. Add soon add i turned off bt i was downloading very consistently. Just heads up if you run into this issue.
[Android General] fab-uleux.com:
I saw on the parrot forum that they found an issue at startup with some Unika (corresponding to yours). They said that it will be fix in next release.:fingers-crossed:

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Wifi and BT are on the same bandwith (2,4GHz). It's normal that both are not really working well together :(

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Last time, I got this issue and a factory reset fixed this issue (boring to reinstall everything...)
[Android General] deanesn:
I thought might be the power draw since wifi and are on the same chip but I'm just glad i figured it out cuz it was annoying.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
Finally installed the update i had the M4 version of the update file, all i had to do was re-root and reinstall skype. What i did to make an easy backup was i installed airdroid in my car and i went to my pc and just downloaded all the files.
[Android General] deanesn:
No, I was on stock 2.0. I never upgraded to 2.0.1 because it created more issues than fixed them. Unika recognizes all buttons with no problem but Asteroid only allows for 7 button function where you voice command and call button is one and the same and Subaru uses 8 buttons. I have assigned my voice command button to be the call answer and voice command and the end call is the end call. The actual answer call button in my wrx just lowers the volume right now which is ok i got 7 out of 8 buttons actually fully functional as they should be. You can find my huge post on NASIOC how i got Unika to work.

Oh to add one more thing I never had issues with Unika disconnecting when I was on 2.0. Parrot created the issue with 2.0.1 and now it transferred to 2.1.1. At this point as much as annoying as it is to reconnect Unika I'd rather have my music being remembered where I left off.
[Android General] RudeDog99:
I have a somewhat different question. Perhaps you guys can enlighten me (android n00b). The Parrot Smart Astroid is also used by Volvo. They call it the Sensus Connected Touch which is really a branded Parrot Smart Asteroid. They use a custom UI with different launcher. The problem is that Volvo had modified the software so that the normal menu options used to install apps and root the unit are not there, but the android version is still 2.3.7. Also the mini USB is not visible so you cannot connect a laptop.

Is there any way to root the unit from within the browser or are there any secret menus? It's a long shot, but perhaps some one has an answer.

Nevertheless I'll keep an eye on this thread, I'm very interested in what's happening and what's possible with the Parrot units.
[Android General] mrfatmen:
I've connected my Smart with an unika.

The options are limited but hopefully they wil extend it.

The options availible with 5 buttons.

Volume up / volume down, next track / previous track / hang up / answer / reject / select source

You can download a unika manual to see the options.
[Android General] AusS2000:
Don't use the antenna wire unless you only want to listen to radio.
[Android General] ProTekk:
Um wat? That's not how it works...
[Android General] albert.r:
It's not antenna, it's a separate signal line to control relay which drives motor of powered antenna. My original car stereo system (2001 Mitsubishi Montero with Infinity amplifier) has two separate signal lines - one for controlling powered antenna and another one for controlling amplifier. The difference is obvious: the amplifier gets turned on all the time when stereo system is on, while powered antenna gets extended only if radio is selected as a source.

-albertr
[Android General] mrfatmen:
Is it possible to start the unit without turning on ignition (turning the key).

A button maybe?
[Android General] crater:
I have not used one that does FLAC, but I have loaded other audio apps such as google listen and even google music. The hitch I ran into is that if you boot the radio up and select the non stock audio sources, and then you try and listen to a stock audio source, it will not play. You have to start the unit up, pause the source you're on, then go to the external app.

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No, but you don't need to start the engine, like a stock radio you can just turn the key to accessory mode and listen to whatever you want. If you could turn it on without the key, the unit would be constantly grabbing power and kill your battery. When the key is off (and in my car, the door opened to kill key activated items) the unit draws just what it needs to run its vibration sensor to prepare to turn on as well as keep the clock and such going.
[Android General] ProTekk:
So this head unit is damn near impossible to root. I've been working with Jcase on this for the week and I'm stumped and Parrot is useless as far as trying to get any kind of response other than their canned generic response of "we provide customers with the best user experience possible." *sigh*
[Android General] albert.r:
Please keep us informed on your progress... I have about 30 days to return it, hopefully Parrot realizes that success (or failure) lays in hands of satisfied customers.

-albertr
[Android General] tzortst:
I am, just to save on data etc, as I am not even sure if this will be connected to internet 100% of the time.

Anyone know where the maps are located on the device? Could be a case of just coping over different mapping files
[Android General] AusS2000:
Hence my comment. If you use the antenna line to signal your amp it will only turn on when you are listening to radio and not other sources.
[Android General] ProTekk:
That is not true at all lol
[Android General] 0space_monkey0:
For FLAC, Parrot just released VLC on their asteriod marketplace...

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exactly.... both of my amps power on and off just fine......
[Android General] albert.r:
Depends. My other car stereo - Pioneer DEH-P710BT (which was a high-end model in its product line back in 2009) turns on powered antenna when stereo is on regardless of source. Thus I'm using it to power my amplifier. I guess I'll try to do the same with Parrot Smart and will let you know how it works.

-albertr
[Android General] AusS2000:
Will be interesting to know. My Honda head unit and all the Sonys I replaced it with only powered the antenna when radio was selected. But Amp was powered whenever the head unit was on. I guess maybe the Smart works differently and if it only has one switched power line then it makes sense to power with unit, but this is not my experience with other head units.
[Android General] twokidsandaphone:
I tested the smart on a bench. The antenna remote line puts out 12v whenever the unit is powered on, so it can be used for both antenna power and external amp trigger. But your antenna will be on all the time; maybe parrot will eventually make the software configurable for those w/o external amps...

Jeff
[Android General] 0space_monkey0:
let me know if you get any popping when your subs power on... mine seem too....
[Android General] ProTekk:
We now have root :)
[Android General] AL-d82:
AW: (car audio) Parrot ASTEROID Smart

How do u root it?

Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 2
[Android General] albert.r:
That's great news! Any details you can share? Inquiring minds want to know...

-albetr
[Android General] justmesomeone79:
Just had this unit installed today and its a very nice piece of kit, cant wait to see what the devs here can do with this.
[Android General] devoidx:
whitelist.xml

From a post on parrot's devzone forum:

K so I can't test this myself as my parking wire is grounded so everything runs for me anyways...BUT... the steps below should work for adding apps to asteroid's whitelist.xml so you can run them even when parking brake is deactivated:

1)must be rooted

2)You cannot add apk files to Asteroid's whitelist.xml....Instead you should add the package name of that apk ...

3)a super easy way of finding what your apk's package name is to go on the playstore's page of your app that you want to add to the list...let's say for example, root explorer. Then look at the URL of the page, the package name is between the phrases "?id" and "&feature" part of the URL..... going back to our root explorer's example, the playstore URL for the app is :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImNvbS5zcGVlZHNvZnR3YXJlLnJvb3RleHBsb3JlciJd

com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer is the name of the package of this app's apk

4) Now, open up etc/whitelist.xml and under <!-- Common section for applications --> where all other app packages are listed, add ie. root explorer's package name: <package name="com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer"/>

5) save the xml and reboot
[Android General] Bikegeek:
Just install Framaroot (http://www.framaroot.android.chip.eu/) and you can root from within the PAS.
[Android General] abstraction21:
Whoops, sorry I'm a little late on this response. Here's the pic of my set up. It's dark so doesn't look that great.
[Android General] mrfatmen:
Has anyone downloaded the tomtom version from the asteroid market. Is this version different then the Original tomtom version from the play store.

Does it has a seperat volume control for tomtom ans the music?
[Android General] iwcarbon:
After the update, not sure if it was the update or my new phone but every now and then (pretty often) my bluetooth internet sharing like times out and i have to go to android settings and disable "internet sharing" from my phone and enable it again on the headunit... my phone even says "there is a temporary network problem that prevents the enablement of the mobile hotspot function" so i am guessing its phone related. Is there a command line where i can make a little script to toggle the bluetooth internet sharing without turning off and on bluetooth
[Android General] m00n13:
I did. Don't bother. The Parrot version is 1.0 as opposed to 1.2 on Google Play. Maps are version 900.xxxx while current maps are version 910.xxxx and far more detailed - for Europe at least.

Also, from the Parrot version you get no acces to Tomtom live services or any map update service. There is no free map update while the Google Play version comes with free lifetime updates.

You can simply buy the GP version, works perfect on the Asteroid and is also cheaper.

Volume is not separated, it also affects music, at least for TTS voices. Did not try with basic voices.
[Android General] deanesn:
Try turning off wifi while bt is on.
[Android General] rinseaid:
Does the PTT button (from steering wheel controls) activate Siri on an iPhone or is the command intercepted by the head unit?

Thanks!
[Android General] iwcarbon:
It actually helped when i turned it on... its off by default. I read somewhere that i have to disable timeout in advanced tethering options. set it to always on. I will see if that helps.
[Android General] Joe333x:
Can anyone running this with aftermarket speakers tell me if they needed an amp to power then or is the Smart able to deliver enough power to them? Im looking at adding these to my system

www.amazon.com/dp/B00A0LZHYS/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
[Android General] DrWarrenKruger:
Can anyone confirm that the red subwoofer jack on the back of the Smart is truly subwoofer, and whether it's just a duplicate of the white subwoofer jack (as opposed to a separate subwoofer signal from the white, or center channel jack in a 5.1 scheme)?
[Android General] Joe333x:
Theres nornally 2 on a HU my pioneer also had two. Works good for people like me who have 2 subs hooked up to a 2 channel amp.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
Yeah my speakers sound great, i do not have any speaker amp.
[Android General] Joe333x:
Thanks! Are you using stock speakers or aftermarket? Im just concerned about it being able to power aftermarket speakers.
[Android General] iwcarbon:
aftermarket top of the line polks
[Android General] Joe333x:
Great! Guess I can hold off in ordering a 4 channel amp.
[Android General] delboydell:
you will be fine running those from the deck as they are low wattage (the true rms power) and have a high sensitivity

The Asteroid actually has quite a good audio side and is well up there in the higher end units.

I work in the ICE industry
[Android General] danger355:
Diversity antenna issues?

Most of the time, my FM reception is a fraction of what it was with my stock HU (I'll get pockets of good signal every now and then).

Crutchfield gave me an adapter (here), but I think I remember seeing another single-cable version.

Has anyone else installed this unit in a car that has a diversity setup?
[Android General] RigWig:
On the original parrot asteroid I would always have shoby fm reception at best, and that was from both a Honda fit and a Ford taraus. Now having the smart, while the reception is better, it's still not as good as the stock or the pioneer I have. That said I hardly ever use the radio now.
[Android General] tankstrr:
I installed ADW, assumed that to create a shortcut directly to TUNER or IPOD you would look in activities, no dice. Anyone get this to work with ADW or a different launcher?
[Android General] codertimt:
Well, although a software dev by trade, I'm far from an Android expert. But it appears to me that the mediaplayer app is a single monolithic application that contains the tuner, ipod player, etc. So unless there are some hidden switches to somehow pass to the program, you are left with two button presses to get to a particular audio source.
[Android General] tankstrr:
Agreed, but this post made it sound like the author had succeeded in creating separate shortcuts. I may have mis interpreted.
[Android General] ansvlug:
Steering wheel problem after update

For those who consider installing the new 2.1.1 release: this release has considerably less bugs than 2.0.1, but it introduced one major bug. There seem to be two types of steering wheel adapters: the UNIKA thing and a ConnectTo (?). Depending on the car model you'll have either one. If you have the latter, your steering wheel will no longer function after the upgrade.

I contacted Parrot Support about this issue. They are aware of this and, according to the agent, intend to release a new version in a month that will fix this issue.
[Android General] deanesn:
You are correct. I had thought you can do it through adw through the activity but you can't.
[Android General] TeamHackura:
I'm sorry if question has already been answered. I plan on reading all pages of thread but wanted to ask before I forgot. I'm coming a Kenwood dx418 which disconnects Bluetooth constantly on sgs2, note 2, and note 10.1. Fixed this by running cm on sgs2 but don't want to lose TouchWiz on other devices. Anyways I'm between this and Pioneer app radio 2 with arl app. Not sure about support for arl on app radio 3. Not sure which would be a better fit.....input?
[Android General] xd_sjo:
Has anyone managed to get a digital audio stream out of this unit yet? Either spdif or i2s?

Also, i've got a brand new Pioneer AR2 sitting here waiting to go in the car. I've heard some horror stories about it so i'm contemplating the Asteroid Smart. Any views?
[Android General] TeamHackura:
Input on this would be good. After much research I think for my application(watching/listening to podcasts and some YouTube) I would need to have the parrot run completely off my tethered connection(tmobile 5gb cap) where as apradio could just connect to phone and phone can download while I am inside Wi-Fi range.....just holding off to see if app radio 3 is worth it....sorry for hijack
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
I'm not sure where your problem lies.

The Smart does have inbuilt WiFi, so could do just the same.
[Android General] TeamHackura:
I live in apartment complex so my Wi-Fi doesn't reach my car
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
Ah, I think I get it now.

Still, there shouldn't be _that_ much data that you hit your 5 GB cap.

If you buy a navigation app from Play Store for example you could also install it on your phone and download the maps onto an sd card that you then insert into your Smart. You normally don't download them every day...

I have a 6 GB cap which is sufficient for internet radio streaming and the occasional download.

Keep in mind that you can install and run many, many apps from the Play Store on the Smart whereas the App Radio only allows you to display a few selected ones on the radio itself as far as I understand it.
[Android General] TeamHackura:
Thanks for the advice.unfortunately I download hd video podcasts which end up being over 5 gb alone per month. Yes in stock form the parrot destroys the app radio on functionality but with arl app and rooted phone you can mirror screen completely and send touch from radio to phone
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
Granted, there's no out-of-the-box functionality for it, but you could possibly set up a VNC server on your phone and use a VNC client on the Smart to connect to it.

But back to topic.
[Android General] thedrmonkey:
There's also been a lot of people that have issues with the Appradio and ARLiberator setup, also there are no inputs on the AppRadio other than the HDMI for android phones and the iPod/iPhone connection that you need a proprietary cable for. That right there was a complete deal breaker since I want an AUX input.

The AppRadio 3 only really added bluetooth streaming (I think) and native support for the iPhone 5. There's no new inputs or anything.
[Android General] rinseaid:
What about installing a DLNA renderer on the Parrot? Then you can download the podcasts on your phone and stream them to the Parrot.

Side note, I've been looking for an Airplay server for the Parrot but unfortunately none of them work well for me (either fail to start playing or say they dont' support the video format).
[Android General] LAYGO:
I ran AR2 with ARL for 4 days before I had had enough on my Galaxy Nexus. It constantly lost audio connection causing frequent audio drop outs, the screen wouldn't stay on without glitching.

I returned it for a full refund & got the Parrot & have been enjoying it.

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The screen mirroring is a great concept & something I've wanted for awhile. The AR2 resolution isn't the same as my 720 GNex & it just didn't look as good. When it worked, it was fine, great even, but it worked maybe 5 mins solid on a 30 min commute. I pulled it after 1 week of frustration. The Parrot just WORKS.
[Android General] vilord:
I ran AR2 with ARL with a Galaxy Nexus as well. With the official connection kit I never had audio dropouts or screen glitching, but instead I had problems getting it connected. Essentially every time I got into the car I had to push various buttons on both the nexus and the AR2, would take 2 or 3 minutes every time I sat down.

Agreed, the Parrot *just works*.
[Android General] LAYGO:
I wasn't using the official connection kit. I was mad because Crutchfield included the Android kit FOR FREE if you ordered it through them, but you had to do the MIR to get the same price as Best Buy. I hate MIRs.

I was just using the MHL adapter purchased from BB. Regardless, it was enough to drive me crazy. I was hoping to just keep my Evo 4G (built in HDMI port) connected full time & just wifi tether to my primary phone. Problem with that was HDMI mirroring didn't work on any 4.x ROM but did on a 2.3.x ROM. Then I had an issue with ARL not being supported on anything less than 3.x!

The glitches in audio/video was the deal breaker.
[Android General] TeamHackura:
hmm all the videos i've seen say its good. most problems people had was the cables not liking/being compatable with specific phones. I have a note2 and have seen it on youtube working. guy had connection problems but it was due to cable.
[Android General] LAYGO:
Ok, go for it. You're in the wrong thread for AR2/3 though.
[Android General] coreyzw:
Why would you care so much about HD video podcasts on a car radio? Shouldnt you be focusing more on the driving and less on the video? Or are you parked and waiting in your car for a long amount of time?
[Android General] iwcarbon:
It's more of a show off thing for your passengers. Why wouldn't you want HQ ? =D

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Sirius XM works pretty good only problem it only works good in horizontal mode. Best part is you can keep signing up for free trials. =)
[Android General] TeamHackura:
Yes I just wanted to see what Parrott owners thought about app radio. I mainly just listen to video podcast as there's the video is usually useless mostly talking. I only watch them while I'm at a red light and then only glance . Trust me I'm all about safety here in Miami we don't need another full on the road
[Android General] iwcarbon:
Anyone else annoyed by Radio auto start ? The radio reception is terrible (http://forum.parrot.com/usa/viewtopic.php?id=27963&p=2), and every time i start my car i have to pause it and turn on my internet radio. Any way to disable auto start tuner ?
[Android General] Solviken:
After the 2.1.1 update my 3g modem dosent always startup, Have to unplug it then plug it in for it to work.. Wasnt like that on 2.01.
[Android General] Bikegeek:
Leave it on USB or SD and the radio won't start.
[Android General] dragon788:
Unfortunately this doesn't apply to Line-In. I use an external SiriusXM tuner and every other time I start the car I get blasted by the Tuner auto-starting, with no setting to disable. Really disappointed they didn't make this optional, and like other I'm still looking for a way to select a specific audio source, probably with Tasker. I'm hoping there is an unlisted intent in the manifest.xml file that shows how to choose those without using the GUI, but I haven't had time to look yet.
[Android General] kronikings:
Blackmarket Apk

If you guys want to download and install apps on your Parrot directly without having to transfer them from your android phone I suggest doing a google search for Blackmarket apk (Blackmart Alpha). It definitely comes in handy..
[Android General] iwcarbon:
I had mine set to SD card then i turned off my car and the tuner came back.... ;/ i would rather have it be silent. Or have my xm radio app start once there is internet detected.
[Android General] jettisoned:
I too came from an AppRadio2 w/ARL. When it works it's excellent but much of the time that involves sitting on the side of the road for ten minutes of pure frustration. Often I would end up just giving up. The AR2 is completely worthless without ARL since there are no embedded functions other than radio. You can't even have the Pioneer app installed as a backup to ARL when it glitches because they conflict with each other when on the same device.

In my experience the Smart, even with its shortcomings is the true AppRadio Liberator

-Jettisoned