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[Android General] psykojezus:
Cheap-O Adapter that Worked on Samsung and HTC!

I recently purched the AppRadio 3 SPH-DA210 and not knowing how I would feel about this head unit based on reviews I was seeing I wasn't going to initially purchase the pioneer adapter. I have both an HTC One M7 and a Samsung Galaxy S4. I found this little adapter on Amazon for $3.63 (it also included the 5 to 11 pin MHL adapter) . Seeing this lowball of a deal and given the fact it contained in theory the components needed to connect the S4 or the M7 to the Appradio 3. This cheap adapter didn't have the greatest of reviews, we know with all products especially generics you can find some that are defective. I turned out to be lucky. I have been able to successfully interchange between either devices seamlessly and didn't have to throw another $60 at Pioneer. :D

I found it on Amazon, I'm sure e-bay or anyone else will have it:

eForCity® Micro USB to HDMI MHL Adapter

I don't expect you to have the same luck as me but thought I'd throw it out there. I was seeing a lot of discussion saying the proprietary Pioneer cables were a must for the connections to work right. This may be the case for iOS but it's worked absolutely flawlessly for me. The connectors feel secure as well, quite surprised to see a generic product work so well..

The thing that humors me the most is after all of this I'm thinking about installing (in-dash) an android stick that does it's thing full time. In this case this adapter will be retired.

This head unit feels like a heaping pile of garbage without ARUnchained. Pioneer should donate to the developer as they have undoubtedly earned Pioneer thousands... I wouldn't be surprised if they actually worked fo... Nevermind. ;)
[Android General] stargate125645:
I'm glad you got it to work! The Pioneer kit is absolutely not needed, and I saw no discussion here suggesting it is (though I may have missed it). What has been stated is you should get the OEM adapters directly from Samsung because of cheap knock offs out there. Keep in mind you may have intermittent problems even if it works now, which is why it is suggested to just spend the money on the official adapters.
[Android General] Pandaclaw:
I posted my setup the other day (galaxy S3, AR3, ARU, aftermarket MHL adapter, micro bypass) and was working great until I drove my truck that is. There is often breaks in connection and I get snow and sometimes it will need to be reconnected completely. I bought a "genuine" Samsung mhl off Amazon for about 20 bucks and I'm still getting the same type of issues so I think it might be knockoff. I currently have a chromecast hooked up and it's connection hasn't dropped off its connection once telling me that my usb and hdmi connections from the HU are fine. I can't get touch working with chromecast because that feature isn't supported on a GS3 and my GS5 that I use is AT&T so I can't get Selinux permissive.

I'm either gonna do an hdmi stick or get the pioneer kit or both. I might sell the GS3 and get a nexus 4 to use as a permanent solution because it seems to be a good phone to root and customize without the hurdles of Samsung and AT&T.

When the connection is stable this setup is PERFECT! I just wanted to update on my status. Any input or recommendations welcomed.
[Android General] Sym_Link:
Confirmation number: 14C61061U4231634T Thanks for all of your hard work!
[Android General] 400ixl:
Not quite sure what the Chromecast and touch have to do with each other?

The touch goes over bluetooth direct from the HU to the phone. There is no interaction with the Chromecast at all. All that is doing is projecting an image onto the HU telling you where to touch so that the x/y co-ordinates are correct for the phone.
[Android General] Pandaclaw:
There is a video linked in this thread somewhere of someone running the chromcast feature "cast screen" and ARU together to achieve touchscreen controls wirelessly. This requires knox be disabled and Selinux be set to permissive. The chromecast handles the hdmi portion while bluetooth and ARU handle the touch controls. Right now I can cast my screen from my GS5 to the HU just fine and the sound and everything works great but no touch. The GS3 doesn't have the "cast screen" option available in the chromecast app.
[Android General] psykojezus:
It wasn't necessarily here I was seeing mention of the Pioneer equipment rather the internet at large. The generic adapter I have for the Galaxy is a very snug fit. And sense I'm already torn over this unit I'm not going to drop the coin on high end OEM adapters/cables/etc when I'm not entirely sold on the HU. For now the generic dongle is working perfect and its been on a rough ride. The materials appear to be of good quality.

I only suggested the generic route for those that are on a budget and what I can say worked for me or if you are torn on making the investment for something you may not use. $3 is a safe gamble.

I'm also waiting on the bypass to get here though after getting ARUnchained or App Radio configured. If you're just mirroring or playing DVD then the bypass is needed. My $0.02 .. May have already been stated in one of these several hundred posts :)
[Android General] rickg3669:
neef help

I just picked up the appradio 3 i am using a lg g3 i did get the arunchained working using a slimport adapter no mhl would not work my concern is 2 things my phone stays on anyway to use the hu to do everything with out the phone display on as well and second i also got the gps injector not sure what it does i want to be able to use the hu gps and not use phone data also tried moving to system file but in the steps provided i could not find files
[Android General] hghflyrjd1:
Updated arunchained?

Was there an update to arunchained?
[Android General] knives of ice:
I have been using my appradio 2 with samsung phones with no problems for quite some time. they have always charged to me no problem with the 11 pin hdmi/mhl connectors. recently i switched to a sony xperia z ultra google play edition. i now have to use the old 5 pin mhl adaptors. my problem is with at least the mhl that i have i can't even get a charge to register with the mhl connected the phone just shows "not charging".

this doesn't make sense to me since the same power source i have with a samsung mega - also a really large sized screen phone showed charging as AC adaptor.

could the problem be my mhl cable or do i need more power?

can anyone suggest a combo that they think should/may work? it seems i'm going to have to keep buying things till i find something and that's going to be quite a pain.
[Android General] Area51©:
Nope. Only AppRadio Unchained Reloaded was updated.
[Android General] tech by trade:
Screen standby does work with the sony. Throw it on and you do loose a little bit of charge. I can go 6 hours of run time with waze and sirius running the full time and still only loose 10%. the screen is the battery killer.
[Android General] stargate125645:
As long as the person realizes the gamble they are making, and are willing to troubleshoot through that before posting on here about problems that are due to the faulty adapter, then all is well.
[Android General] cslee_work:
Can Reloaded be purchased yet?

---------- Post added at 05:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:42 PM ----------

I have Nexus 5 with SP1003. Occasionally, I get "snow". Usually on a call and also while streaming internet radio. Do you have issues? what hdmi cable do you use? Also, GPS injector does not work for me, the updates on google maps are like 15 secs delayed. Works fine with Waze.
[Android General] Krynn!:
That almost makes me jealous of Sony... My nexus 5 with slim port lasts less than 4 hours, and that's with Screen Standby working. Part of that is the slim port adapter I have, which only provides 500mA even though it's hooked to a 2.1A charger.
[Android General] bryanintransit:
Donated

Confirmation number: 4CL00748XP721950S

Can't wait to try this out! Thanks for the continued effort!
[Android General] tech by trade:
What do you have running in the background. I turned off notification on almost everything but facebook and email. That constant pinging for updates really eats batteries too. If you can find a MHL adapter that is MHL 2.0 it provides a little better current. i think the spec is 900ma vs 500ma for MHL1.0. Not sure about slim port but if you are at 500ma that's probably it.
[Android General] Area51©:
Did you consider to install a fast charging kernel?
[Android General] Krynn!:
There's a slimport adapter that'll provide 1.5A, but it only has a 6 inch cable. I'm using the Cable Matters 6ft slimport adapter so that I can keep almost everything hidden behind the dash. I figured that since I have a fast charge kernel, I shouldn't have a problem - oops? The cable works great except for the whole charging issue. And I've tried shutting down pretty much everything in the background to see if that helped, but it didn't make a significant difference.

Yep, I'm running the latest francokernel on my otherwise stock 4.4.4 Nexus 5 and have fast charge enabled. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to change anything with how it actually charges. I'm not really sure that it's actually enabled (even though it's showing as such in FKU) because I can still connect the phone to a laptop and have it pop up as a media device. I thought fast charge mode forced the phone to pretend it was in AC mode and draw as hard as it could on the port at the cost of disabling data while it was enabled. I posted such on the francokernel thread and was told that fast charge mode doesn't really do much. So if anyone has another kernel suggestion, I'm certainly willing to give it a shot.
[Android General] knives of ice:
ahh...awesome it does work! it is so awesome to have screen standby back i did really miss it.

now i will keep searching for an mhl that charges with my phone the one i have currently shows NOT CHARGING and minimally in the pass even if my battery didn't go up and charge it would still show charging.
[Android General] 400ixl:
With the fast charge kernels you will often find that they only see AC if you plug in the slimport after power to it has already started. So don't plug it into the phone and then switch on the car, do it the other way around.

The N5 with a Slimport 1.0 adapter and a fast charge kernel can charge at a rate to run all of the services and charge the phone as well.

For screen standby to work properly, search the app thread and you will find a link to an N5 specific version.
[Android General] MTMTE:
Confirmation #: 6CF92596Y03940233

Thanks a bunch for this app and the time you spend answering questions.

I eagerly wait for ARU:Reloaded to become reality! :highfive:

Before getting an AppRadio I bought one of those cheap Chinese Android/WinCE units from eBay. Didn't work as I planned. Sending that crap back pronto!
[Android General] LOCOSP:
Hi, I finally manage to connect with ARU and my AVH-X8600BT and it's working, but have a question. Is it possible to use ARU and listen to the RADIO or CD/USB in the meantime using ARU, because when I'm listening to the radio and change to Apps radio is gone.

Thanks...
[Android General] tech by trade:
I hope your phone isnt seeing AC, or you have bigger problems then fast charging.
[Android General] Krynn!:
Unfortunately that's not what I'm seeing with mine. I've tried it both with the adapter powered and unpowered when connecting and had no luck either way.

And yeah, I've been running the N5 specific version of Screen Standby with no problems other than it not always blanking the screen properly on HDMI detection. It runs, it just doesn't always blank the screen. Killing it and rerunning it by hand works though. I'm thinking about disabling the HDMI detection and launching it via Tasker anyway.
[Android General] tech by trade:
Install a current monitoring app and see what the actual current to your phone is when on the adapter. Battery monitor widget is a good one that I use.
[Android General] Area51©:
Thanks, I knew there would be a reason why so many Samsung owners are using ARU. I don't have a Sumsung phone myself so I have no experience with Drivelink.
[Android General] Area51©:
I worked a bit on getting my HDMI stick to do as it should do. For now I am going the stop. Mostly the bluetooth communication is somehow getting very slow making every screen interaction very laggy. Very annoying. I am about to get a hammer, smash it into little pieces. Then fly to China and force feed it to the guy who made that crappy bluetooth drivers.
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

lol :)
[Android General] fil327:
Ok thanks
[Android General] lpasq:
Who else sees this?

When mirroring Android, and using Pioneer volume buttons, the volume level graphic appears on top of the Pioneer clock/time graphic partially visible? The use of volume buttons in this mode looks to be in conjunction with Mix Mode media source controls. In non mirroring modes the Mix Mode and clock/time do not float below the volume meter graphic. To duplicate, play with the volume buttons in all the various display modes by double pressing the Pioneer physical home bottom and adjust volume in all the different display scenarios to see when the clock/time and Mix Mode are tied to toggling volume.
[Android General] bodieism:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46368971

#591-#593
[Android General] -=Jeff=-:
Ok, I will deal with my older razr maxx until I convince myself to root my new phone
[Android General] fil327:
FYI

Hello all, just a FYI wanted to say that my GPS works just fine when using Waze but not so much with google nav. Havent used anything else but will try Sprints scout later. I used Scout for a few minutes and it was hit and miss.
[Android General] Area51©:
Waze works because it's one of the apps that is supported by the Pioneer Appadio app already. Navfree is also supported.
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
My waze crashes each time I open it and try to write an address. I think it might be due to the fact I do not have pioneer keyboard installed..... Anyone else have that problem as well ?
[Android General] nlitend1:
I am wonder what is the best way to establish a reliable connection. I have about a 20% connection/full working status rate. :( From the forums, i believe the recommended way is to plug in hdmi cable and then launch ARU. (I am assuming bluetooth automatically connects automatically? (once initially paired during setup)

Also, when i do reach the full working status, when i disconect the ARU still stays running saying "ready to connect" in the notification drawer...but of course my screen is still locked in landscape orientation. Is there any way to cleanly exit out of the app without having to do a force stop in settings>apps>ARU>Force Stop?

When i get everything connected, right (only 2 out of 10x) it seems rock solid and i really like the setup...but i'm hoping to establish a near 100% connection rate.

I have read through all 69 pages of posts and am looking for the best/most reliable way to get a reliable connection and have the following:

On HDMI Connect:

1. Bluetooth automatically connect

2. ARU launch automatically

3. Screen on phone off automatically

4. (optional) Launch Car Home Ultra

Upon disconnecting hdmi.

1. Turn on phone screen

2. Shutdown ARU.

3. (optional) disable bluetooth

4. (optional) Shutdown Car Home Ultra

Loving the appradio3 and i know this app works great and ARU is really the reason i bought the AR3 so a HUGE THANK YOU to Area51!
[Android General] scumfromohio:
Got my aftermarket cable installed today and finally got to play with the app a bit. It's awesome! Works great on my Pioneer 8500bhs with my s4 all my problems were with that Samsung mhl adapter.
[Android General] bodieism:
I doubt that was a genuine Samsung adapter then. I have 3 that work perfectly while my success rate with aftermarket adapters is %25.
[Android General] scumfromohio:
That's what I was wondering it came in a Samsung box and says Samsung on it, but could always be a fake. ****ing Amazon haha I'll be requesting my money back even if it was only 15$.
[Android General] -=Jeff=-:
Has anyone had success with a HDMI Stick? I am willing to buy another one if I know it will work, I have changed phones and while I tihink it will work I will need to root it and get a Wireless adapter for the connection. currently I am using my old RAZR MAXX and will WiFi Hotspot my new phone for it to get data.

My other option is to just give up and use the OEM Pioneer app with my Android stick and call it good. I use Slacker though which does not work with the OEM app, I also use Pandora as well, but like Slacker..

Anyway, I am currently back to ARLiberator since I can get it to force Car home Ultra to stay as the home screen when in the car.. I do like ARU and will try it again if I get a different stick or decide to switch things up
[Android General] solow1:
I have AR3, Galaxy S4 running rooted but stock everything ... It seems that with the release of ARU.12 the best most reliable connection for me at 95%-100% is

1) keep ARU running in background

2) keep bluetooth on

3) turn on car and allow bluetooth to connect the HU to phone first

4) toggle my break bypass (if need be)

5) plug in HDMI/MHL cable (with authentic SAMSUNG adapter)

This has connected for me 100% of the time in the past 3 days, since I installed ARU.12
[Android General] nfaust01:
Amazon has tons of fakes. It looks real but is not. And especially if it was only $15. The normal cost is $39.99. I have Samsung now but not for long. Getting the nexus 5. Tired of Samsung and there apple ways.
[Android General] scumfromohio:
Hahaha I hear that. They've just learned after getting sued by Apple.
[Android General] bodieism:
Same as above for me as well, minus #4. If I connect to MHL before the Bluetooth icon shows connected in the upper right hand corner of the radio screen then I have less than a %50 percent chance of it working. If I forget I only need to toggle Bluetooth to get it working... ARL was never that forgiving. I also have the notification disabled so I don't have to see it on my status bar.
[Android General] stargate125645:
Where did those numbers come from?
[Android General] tech by trade:
Wikipedia, my mistake it should be .5a for 1.0 and .9a for 2.0. Looks like 3.0 is using 2A if my Joules law is still right. Not sure how much of that is taken up by the adapter, but I'm guessing it isn't more than 500ma, leaving 1.5a if the phone is set up to use it.

http://www.gsmarena.com/glossary.php3?term=mhl
[Android General] diegoweb:
Anyone know if it is compatible with Xperia Z1 with Custom ROM (Like CM11) ?

I'm about to buy this MHL:

Is it good and work with Z1 + CM11?

Thanks in advance :D
[Android General] tech by trade:
If its a 5 pin then yes. As for roms, I have never had to use anything but stock, rooted with towelroot.
[Android General] diegoweb:
5pin?
[Android General] tech by trade:
Holy noob... yeah 5 pin MHL adapter for the sony, Samsung uses 11. Check out the link i posted above about the MHL standard.
[Android General] nightphobia:
Confirmation: 9EU20724J97465816

Thanks for all your work!!
[Android General] diegoweb:
Oh okay :D And thanks again.

I searched in another seller page and found out this:

It says it only fit those samsung devices.... But in the same time is says it is a 5 Pin micro usb port. LOL

If it fit Samsung devices, it is a 11 pin mhl adapter, right?
[Android General] Krynn!:
Yeah, I've used that one before. Just put it back on the phone and tested it. With ARU connected and the phone otherwise idle, the charging rate seems to oscillate every few seconds between roughly -450mA and 50mA. I tried a different USB charger and got the same results. I also disconnected, disabled fast charge, tried again, and got the same results. I've not had problems with the USB cable connecting the charger to the slimport adapter, so if I had to guess, I've got a bad slimport adapter. What fun.
[Android General] tech by trade:
Not necessarily, the galaxy 2 era samsung devices used the 5 pin set up.
[Android General] diegoweb:
Ohhhhhhh!!! So that's why my old USB-HOST GS2 cable works in my Xperia Z1 :D

Awesome!

So I'll order one :)

Thanks again :D
[Android General] tech by trade:
Not necessarily, your phone could be using more power then expected. I would also install some type of system monitor and find out if something is kicking in and eating resources when it dumps down to -450. Could be an app. On a side note, do you have location services turned off? GPS is a real pig on resources.

Might want to look at this one if you do decide to get a new adapter. According to the specs it will do 1.5a out.

http://www.accellcables.com/products/slimport-to-hdmi-adapter
[Android General] Krynn!:
True that... So I dragged out my Qi charger, moved the USB connection from the Slimport to the Qi pad, and set the phone on the pad. That was giving me about a 650~800mA charge. And while it was fluctuating, it was random including numerous values between. Earlier when charging through the slimport, it was a regular oscillation between -450 and 50 with no real middle values. Of course Battery Monitor Widget doesn't poll that often on it's own, but you can get it to refresh if you tap on the charging rate. I was doing so about once a second to see what it was going on.

At this point, I'm pretty certain that my slimport adapter has something wrong in it, at least in regards to charging my phone.
[Android General] mikek753:
what's recommended cell phone for this?

hi all,

what cell phone can be used with appradio while:

1. phone screen is OFF and doesn't drain pawer, only car HU is used as display

2. phone can be charged via MHL or Slimport or others - this is for long trips > 6 hours

I've Samsung S3 and nothing can turn off screen, while keeping gps and data ON - works only for indoor TV, where no needed for GPS and data

I used fastcharge while on 4.3, but it helped only for 2 hours or so, after phone just overheated and shutdown - due to #1 screen is ON

thanks.
[Android General] diegoweb:
1. Try to use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sebmorand.brightcom

2. Your GS3 can be used, but you need fastcharging feature in your kernel.
[Android General] cslee_work:
Does it work with Nexus 5?
[Android General] diegoweb:
The app? Yes.
[Android General] ikerg:
Hi

I finally installed my appradio with a mk809iii stick

All works well....but it takes some time to get touches work.

Arur is not a system app and configured to start upon boot

I noticed that arur starts and keeps listening for connection until I switch to appradio and touch the screen ....then after some seconds it negotiates connection and finally connects...is there any way to speed up connection?

Making a system app could help?

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[Android General] 400ixl:
If you read the manual it tells you how, as would a search of this thread where the question has been answered a dozen times.

But, once again.

Double press home when in app mode and it will bring up the toolbar at the bottom of the HU, select mix mode on the right and then radio.
[Android General] Area51©:
The recommended settings for an Android stick are:

Rotation locker -> Off

Invert XY -> On

Toggle Bluetooth->On

Start/Stop on HDMI->Off

Start upon boot->On

Making it a system app only allows ARUR to switch mock locations but on a stick this is useless as it has no built in GPS so you can leave mock locations always switched on.
[Android General] LOCOSP:
Ok, thank You 400ixl and I'm sorry but this tons of posts on XDA frightening me and search engine is not so good :)
[Android General] ikerg:
These are muy settings too.

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[Android General] mikek753:
for Nexus 5 you can use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free&hl=en
[Android General] cslee_work:
Thanks. Can tasker lauch this app?
[Android General] LOCOSP:
I think Tasker can launch any app...

App > launch app ( your app )
[Android General] farmerbb:
The paid version has full Tasker integration.