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[Android General] TEK112:
Just be careful. That's is a good way to quickly wear out a car battery.
[Android General] basmand:
Hi

No offence!!! but I have just told what I have done to solve the power issue!! I have used this solution at least the last month and I have never notes some kind of lack on the battery, and what I have been told in different forums, stick don't use that much power when not doing something!!

Update:

But of course I will newer leave car, lets say a week with stick on, but in a car that on the road commuting nearly 3 hours a day, I still don't thin this is an issue

Basmand
[Android General] TEK112:
I'm just saying. I'm a big gear head with a heavily modified car. The OBDII BT devices don't draw any more than the android stick but leaving them in (OBD ports are constantly powered) has shown damage to the battery because car batteries are not meant to be cycled without an alternator constantly repleneshing the charge. That is why they make trickle charges for battery upkeep to prevent the effects of deep cycling. The type of cycling you are putting on the battery can cause premature battery expiration.

You may be cool with it, but others should know the possible risks.
[Android General] hoops129:
BT autoconnects within 5 seconds of starting my car. After that, I just plug in the phone. But sometimes ARU never connects. I'll just listen to the radio hoping it connects. If I look at my notifications, I'll see AppRadio Ready to Connect. Even if I force close it, the notification returns immediately that its ready to connect. Is that normal?
[Android General] TEK112:
Do you have any other drive link apps installed?

Try wiping aru data and rebooting. Then try again.
[Android General] bodieism:
That's normal. It should say ready to connect, but then it should connect... Are you running a custom ROM?
[Android General] basmand:
Hi

Thanks for you answer, will consider how do to do it different, I have also OBDII BT devices on constant!! or maybe I will take the risk

Once again thanks, always nice to have other input!!

Basmand
[Android General] hoops129:
Yes- I'm running Liquid Smooth v2.37 which is the same rom M.A.S.E uses. That was his recommendation. I've also installed KT kernel to get fast charging.
[Android General] basmand:
Hi

Did just work yesterday, this morning I cant get Phone and stick to Bluetooth connect at the same time, so phone on, but no touch on the screen

Basmand:confused:
[Android General] bodieism:
Do you have an AR3 or AR2? I had problems with any ROM that wasn't MDK based with the GS4 and AR2.
[Android General] hoops129:
I have AR3.
[Android General] bodieism:
Well I'm all out of ideas then. Maybe something went wrong when flashing that ROM or maybe a recent update to it has changed something. I would make a nandroid and flash another ROM just to check. Maybe even try a stock rooted ROM. You could also try downloading a fresh copy of ARU and uninstalling your current copy. Other than that not sure what you could try.
[Android General] snorr:
phone lock after call...

hey there... beforehand, thanks for the great help here in the forum! :good:

has anyone of you guys problems after an incoming / outgoing call that, since android 4.4 (Nexus 4 and Nexus 5), the phone (or dialer) locks the screen or standby the phone immediately after ending the call ... so i can't wake up the phone within AppRadio only... i had to get out the phone and unlock to get back on homescreen again.

i placed my phone somewhere safe and not disturbing. so it is not "easy reachable" to me, while it is connected (bluetooth + slimport).

any idea... or maybe any hints for a tasker profile to workaround this behaviour? :confused:

thx!!
[Android General] rm001:
Because It is just a task #3 in my task list. The #1 task is to write a new supa-pupa operating system. Right after I complete my task #2: to learn at least one programming language :cyclops:
[Android General] hoops129:
I figured. I've tried un-installing the app re-flashing the ROM. I really don't know what to do. I'm really surprised I am the only one with this problem. It's very frustrating. I spend most of my time listening to radio now and it's not even HD radio. So I feel like I've downgraded from my stock 5" touchscreen which had HD radio and bluetooth music streaming. I am very close to ripping this thing out and going back to stock.
[Android General] basmand:
Hi

Now found the setup that BT connect my stick and Samsung S4 phone at the same time!!

First pair phone and stick to the APPRADIO, normal BT procedure !!

How to connect in daily use:

1. Disable BT on phone

2. Connect stick and se that it work!

3. Enable BT on phone

4 When prompt on phone for what BT I want to connect press on APPRADIO

Then it works every time and I can make and receive phone calls at the same time stick run android applications!!

Well not as fast and "smart" as on a phone, but the 4 steps do not take very long time!!! and compared with all phone problems I

THINK

that stick is a very good alternative, and I have been on Motorola Droid and now Samsung S4 both has been connected with ARL and ARU

Basmand
[Android General] -=Jeff=-:
my car being older (1990) always has power to the 12v Socket, but as you said, the concern is battery drain, which is why if I had a battery pack to power the stick then it plugged into a switch 12v charger, it will charge the battery while driving and then when off, it would run on battery, another thought was constant power to the battery with the car on or off..

Been too cold here to attempt this in the garage, but I plan on the bigger battery to power the stick and try the setup..
[Android General] basmand:
Hi

Yes it is a problem and of course TEK112 has a point, but it is not easy to find the right battery pack!! Another thing are that stick goes to idle/close down and do not much battery drain, that will probably change if someone can fix the issue that stick close when TFT is disconnected from appradio and stick will run for 24 hours.

But looking forward to follow your progress with a battery pack, now with phone connected at the same time as stick, I will probably never go back to a ordinary phone

Basmand
[Android General] gatsutaichou:
Removing on-screen soft keys?

Greetings all,

Sorry if this has been answer. I tried searching for an answer to no avail. Is there any way to remove the on-screen soft keys? The home, back, and menu soft buttons?
[Android General] lpasq:
That would be a feature available in a custom ROM or custom Home Screen Launcher bases on the version of Android you are on. There are Navigation Bar hacks/tweaks that have setting for that as well as what is referred to as "expanded desktop" and "emersion mode." There is also an app named Xposed Framework that you can load, if rooted, that allows you to add modules (aka APKs) that have mods/tweaks to stock AOSP ROMs.

...You can find a custom ROM with that feature, or

...You can load Xposed Framework and find the module to do that: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1574401

...I am on Android 4.2.2 AOSP (stock) and use this Xposed module named GravityBox to have/add that and other mods: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2554049
[Android General] Area51©:
I guess we have to wait for at least a few days then...............
[Android General] bodieism:
Have you tried a different ROM or a stock rooted ROM though? It's at least worth a shot before going postal on your HU.
[Android General] Area51©:
Sounds like a very weird problem. Are you sure that you get a good bt connection? When you push the Apps button on the HU, what do you get?If there's no bt connection you will get the screen with "Confirm that the appradio app is installed" etc. Then you can push settings and then connection. From there you can toggle the connection to your phone off/on. After that you should see the connection counting up till from 25, 50, 75% and then connection succeeded. After that does it work or not?

If it doesn't work can you swipe down the notification area and hit the AppRadio entry, that will bring it to the front and might trigger connection.
[Android General] gatsutaichou:
Thanks for the advice. I forgot to mention that the bar only comes up when ARU is active. I have a HTC One and I'm rooted, s-off, xposed framework installed, using Sense 5 Toolbox, latest firmware, on Android Revolution 40.3 and on Kit-Kat. It has hardware buttons and confused why it has a NavBar. Do you have a preferred mod to get rid of it?

---------- Post added at 03:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:27 PM ----------

Actually, nevermind. I think it's a kernel issue. I'm using Elementalx 10.3.
[Android General] hoops129:
How do I know if the bt connection is good? I connect right away every time. If I don't wait for ARU and I push the Apps button right away (while the text box next to the android guy is there), it goes to the screen that says connecting and it's usually at 50%. It'll just sit at 50% for a while and then eventually come back and says auto-connection failed. During this though, I do have the option to ignore or go to settings. I typically ignore it so that I can see my phone screen. Then I can at least use my phone to stream music, but i can't use the HU screen. I've tried triggering connection in many ways- usually be starting CarHome Ultra or by swiping the notification and clicking the AppRadio entry. This sometimes works (after a delay), but usually doesn't. Since there is a delay, I couldn't tell whether it was something I was doing, or if it actually just autoconnected finally. I will try going to settings from this screen and toggling the connection as you suggested. (BTW- I have seen it count 50, 75, and then complete, and yes- it does work after that). I mentioned in a post many pages back that the strange thing is that I will get ARU connection right away once in a while (sometimes, before I even plug in my phone). But most of the time, it just doesn't connect. I've even see it connect after 10 minutes of driving.

One other thing I want to point out is that after clicking the Apps button I usally see the acknowledgement screen flash that warns me about watching while driving. So I ok that and it goes back to the 50% screen. Is it possible that the parking break override is interfering with the connection? In other words, could this be a hardware problem with my override switch?
[Android General] Area51©:
Your bt conection is not good. The connecting screen, is the screen for bt connection. If you don't get 25, 50, 75, "Connection succeeded" there, then you don't have a good bt connection. So basically you should never press ignore there or you won't have a bt connection and touch will not work. Note that during the connection process also your phone book from your phone is transfered to the HU. If you have a lot of contacts that will take time too. Bt connection depends mostly on the HU software and the Android OS working well together, ARU doesn't do much there at all. That's why some custom roms never work well with bt connections and some do.

Toggling the connection from the HU connections screen might help. It might also help to toggle bt on your phone. Experiment a bit and see what works best. It may also help to exit from Apps by pressing the home button twice quickly and then go to Apps again.

I have never seen that warning at that moment. I only got one at startup but I have an European version so this is different from the US version. I think you will have 2 warnings always but don't know at which moment.
[Android General] hoops129:
Wait a second- i get a bluetooth symbol next to the phone icon on the HU almost instantly every time and I can use my car speakers and pioneer mic to make a call. This works without going into App mode. So why wouldn't ARU connect?
[Android General] Area51©:
Because there's different type of bt connections. For audio you have A2DP and for phone calls HFP or HSP. For touch screen however you need SPP (Serial Port Profile). Apparently that doesn't connect instantly. Now you can be stubborn and ignore the bt connections screen when you go into app mode but when the HU doesn't say it's connected there it won't work, period.

Also I tried to explain this is not really ARU but something between the HU firmware and the phone software. ARU just waits for that connection being made that's all. So if you don't want to do a bit of experimenting with how to make the connection or try a different phone firmware I am afraid to it's best for you to return to your stock system.
[Android General] hoops129:
Believe me, I'm trying to experiment. The interesting thing is that my phone thinks it's connected to SPH-DA210 because I see that on my phone's bt connectoins. If I click on its settings, I see both media and phone checked. However, when I try to go to the AR3 settings while its trying to connect (after plugging in the phone), i see my phone appear on the HU screen, but it won't make a connection. It tries and fails (sits at 50% for a while). I've tried deleting the device shown (Galaxy S4) and let it find it again, but it still won't connect. I've tried clearing bt memory and I still can't get a connection.

I've had the most luck ignoring the connecting 50% screen, and then eventually it connects while in app model. I've had the most success clicking on CarUltra from my phone screen. It seems that triggers something and occasionally causes an ARU connection.

The fact that I can connect with ARU sometimes within seconds and that M.A.S.E is also using Liquid Smooth Rom with the same KT kernel is why I haven't conceded and went back to stock ROM. It always takes me a long time to get my phone back to a state that I like when I install new ROMS. It's not that I don't want to experiment. I was just hoping I could find that I'm doing something wrong in my procedure, but it doesn't sound like it.

Are most people using stock phone firmware and just rooting?
[Android General] Area51©:
Ok, fair enough. Indeed it's weird that it works well for M.a.s.e and not for you while you have virtually the same setup. One thing you might check is the firmware version of the HU and compare it with what version M.a.s.e has. I think there was one update, although the release notes don't mention anything that seems of interest, they might have changed something that they didn't mention.
[Android General] ph34r007:
Red X w/Finger

Hey guys, I just installed my HU with the bypass and everything seems to be working great except one thing: when in AppRadio Unchained mode, anytime I click the HU screen, a finger with a red X appears in the top right corner and the clicks are not registered. Did I forget to do some configuration?
[Android General] Area51©:
Did you uninstall the original AppRadio app first before installing ARU? Second thing to check is if you have proper root on your phone.
[Android General] ph34r007:
[MENTION=266368]area51[/MENTION]: I never installed the original app Radio app to begin with, only the keyboard one that I was prompted to install when ARU first opened. As for root, I've had SuperSu on my phone for various months now with a few root-only apps working perfectly fine.
[Android General] rm001:
...then my car will cease to spend gasoline and will start generating the electric power.

one serious question: both with Arliberator and ARU, my SGN2 (international version, Android 4.1.2, then Android 4.3) frequently losts GPS signal (0 satellites with any GPS-testing program), doesn`t matter "mock locations" is ON or OFF. If I disconnect HDMI or switch off bt connection, GPS immediately restores and finds about 17-18 satellites.

Is there any way to eliminate this problem? Can ARUnchained GPS Injector help in this case?
[Android General] Area51©:
That's a good start. In the HU settings did you set the connections setting to Other instead of the Iphone default?

Also you don't need that keyboard when ARU works correctly.
[Android General] Area51©:
Might be hardware related. Or even some obscure part of the AppRadio app, I looked briefly for that but didn't find anything that seems to do that actively.

Yes if you have one of the supported HUs, you can use your HU GPS.
[Android General] rm001:
Ok, thanks, but I thought when "mock locations" is ON, I use HU GPS. Am I wrong? Problem occurs in thit case also.
[Android General] Area51©:
When using ARU (or unmodded AppRadio app) you can use apps that have built in Pioneer SDK like Waze or Navfree. GPS Injector does the same but injects GPS data to mock locations so any program can use it.

What did you think that the GPS Injector is doing?
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
Hi, i took a short break so forgive me if you already answered all of this:

1. What ROM version are you? (2.37?)

2. You are on the latest KT kernel, right?

3. have you tried removing ARU and installing pioneer original ? whats the status then?

4. when you deleted ur BT connections , have you done so also from the HU under phone settings? (if you bring the phone screen, click the gear icon and BT).

5. are u using tasker? if so, share ur profile settings with me.

6. if not, do you have ARU always running in background?

7. if you connect only via BT do you get A2DP sound with no issues?

Please let me know. thanks
[Android General] TEK112:
Has anyone used ARU with Google Music? I have been using Tune In Radio, but I noticed that for Google Music I cannot use the steering wheel controls to change tracks.

Is anyone else experiencing this?
[Android General] hoops129:
Yes

Yes. 3.4.69- Nov 14 07:55:59 MST 2013

Have not reinstalled pioneer original. Only tried reinstalling ARU. But I'll try this.

Yes

No

I will try this after installing Appradio app from pioneer

---------- Post added at 03:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:41 PM ----------

Sorry, answer to 5 should be no and answer to 6 is yes. By the way, I don't know how to stop ARU from running in the background because even when I force close it from system settings, the notification icon immediately re-appears and says ready to connect.
[Android General] rm001:
Ok, thank you, until now I thought the GPS Injector is only for devices without built-in possibility to switch ON mock locations. I am really sorry, the English is not my primary language, so may be I didn`t understood correctly your description on the first page. I`ll read it again, and I`ll purchase the GPS Injector, definitely.
[Android General] Area51©:
No problem. English is not my primary language either. The ability that the GPS injector has to switch mock locations on/off is just an additional feature to make it easier to use.
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
thanks for all the answers....

ARU keep coming back for u cause u got ARU GPS installed as well it seems. ARU GPS calls ARU if ARU is closed.

u will need to FC (force close) both to completely remove them from back ground.

forgot to ask, are u on ATT phone or? cause ATT AOKP KT kernel latest is from the 18th not 14th.

it should be the same for any AOKP ROM.... so ur latest KT version should be 18th. but still regardless it was working for me as well on any kernel version.

please send the report of what happen when u removed ARU and ARU GPS. rebooted and installed pioneer official app, rebooted and tested connection.
[Android General] hoops129:
I am on Tmobile which could explain the difference for the kernel date. I will look to see if there's an update. And actually, I'm thinking back and starting to wonder if installing the kernel is when i started having these problems. I initially just flashed the ROM (liquid smooth) only and then a later installed the kernel to get the fast charging. I probably should look at another kernel find the original one.

As far as the experiments go, I removed ARU and ARU GPS and installed the Appradio app from pioneer. And I am still having similar problems connecting with Appradio app. Bluetooth connection for phone call is still fine. I can also stream music using the bluetooth feature of AR3.

One thing I'm starting to wonder though is when I connect my phone using MHL adapter and I see the connection status stuck at 50%, I can click settings to see the bluetooth settings. Should I have auto-connect and visible set to on? Also, the passkey is set to 0000. Is that ok?

Thanks.. I'm sure i'll figure this out eventually with your help :)
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
Well, the fact the original app doesnt work for u prove its something in ur phone or set-up.

you are using the 5 to 11 samsung tip with your setup correct?

which HDMI cable are u using as well?

whats ur setup. ?
[Android General] hoops129:
Yes, samsung 5 to 11 adaptor. When I get a connection, it works fine. I thought this problem is related to bt though, not the 5 to 11. Shouldn't I get and ARU connection without plugging my phone into the HU?

Not sure what you mean my my setup, but i have an AR3 using all cables that came with it. I'm not using tasker yet, but I do get a bt connection almost immediately for voice calls. What's the next thing I should do? Someone recommended plugging in phone at that point, and the ARU should connect. But I shouldn't have to do anything at that point, right? Shouldn't ARU auto-connect when a connection is established between phone and HU?
[Android General] rm001:
I`ve purchased the ARUnchained GPS Injector right now, and can`t wait until tomorrow to test it with our local navigating programs. I`ll report about the results; even if it will be uneffective, let it be just a small gratitude for this great application.
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
For appmode (either aru or official) the hu need to get some sort of video feed as well as BT to recognize a device was connected. The fact it's not working for u with the original app tells me it's either the hu the phone or the connections. Yes I know that basically covers everything lol but at least we made sure it's not aru. Here is what I want u to try. Take out the HDMI cable go to ur TV at home and connect with the 5to 1 and the car HDMI and tell me if u see an image. Also if u have the option try connecting to ur hu with a different phone to see if its working. Its not an app issue at this point .... And I do not believe its ROM since were on the same ROM
[Android General] kevob_3:
Hi everyone,

I have only recently just discovered the beauty of AppRadio Unchained through this thread! I am now looking to order the Pioneer SPH-DA110 for Christmas and I am currently waiting for my Nexus 5 to arrive which was shipped this morning.

As I have only recently found this thread, I have not been following it for the last 200+ pages! So all I'm asking is for someone to give me a brief explanation of what is needed to connect a Nexus 5 to the Pioneer unit and mirror what's on the N5 through AppRadio Unchained. Is there any extra cables etc. which I would need to purchase alongside the Pioneer unit? I think I read somewhere that the SlimPort to HDMI adapter can be used (which I already have for my current Nexus 4). I am very new to this whole topic so apologies for my lack of knowledge and I'd like to thank you for any help in advance.

Kev
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
http://www.amazon.com/SlimPort®-SP1002-Connect-connector-Supports/dp/B009UZBLSG

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wholesale...86883176&sr=1-2&keywords=appradio+android+kit

you dont have to get the official android kit.

u can use any high quality HDMI cable and a micro USB for charging but the kit is just convenient.

u can also use wireless, but cable is more reliable.

u will have to use the slimport tho.
[Android General] alderaan34:
Hey guys just wondering if anyone can help me out. I am running 4.1.2 on a rooted att note 2. I tried updating to 4.3 using some of the tmo ROMs but anytime I update I lose the ability to mirror my phone. Sorry if this has already been answered.
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
Check with the ROM provider to make sure the appropriate Samsung video drivers are in place.
[Android General] alderaan34:
I will check. I was trying the stock ROM that's posted, that should have the correct drivers right?