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[Android General] mustafaluigi:
Ok so this is what I've been dealing with.

Hardware:

SPH-DA210 with AR3

Galaxy Nexus running SlimBean 4.1.2 (only custom rom I found that MHL worked) connected permanently in the glovebox. ARU 1.6 and GPS Injector

Menotek MHL adapter

1.2A hardwired usb charger

LG G2 running latest CM11 Nightly for internet tethering

Breakdown:

I have tasker running to detect power and turn on bluetooth, wait 5 seconds then turn on ARU. When it looses power it kills everything with Taskill so that everything is not running when car is off.

What I see once in a while is everything will boot up great on the phone but the headunit doesn't even detect HDMI plugged in and sound will play out of the phone. Most of the other times the phone will boot up like its supposed to, HU will detect HDMI everything will boot up great and the HU will automatically switch to app mode after ARU connects, it will prompt me to calibrate and I am then shown the normal AppRadio app and I can hit home to go to my homescreen. Other times it will fail to connect, I can still click on app mode and look at the screen, touch it and redxfinger, ARU will sometimes connect and touches then work.

Touches work, GPS doesn't but GPS injector says it is, sound works great, but there are some weird issues. HU says that my phone is connected with bluetooth, but my phone says its not and when I click to try and reconnect it through the phone it says connected then immediately goes back to disconnected. Again all while the HU still says it fine and touches work. I think this is also the reason I have to calibrate every time because of the whole ID thing I read about awhile back.

Because of the ID thing I tried using ARU 1.5 for the sticks, and actually everything worked great, it connected perfectly and BT was showing the way it was supposed to, but the touches were inverted and clicking the option to invert them did nothing even after a restart.

Some oddities that I don't think are ARU's problem but sometimes when the prompt pops up to hit ok to continue to appmode the ok is grayed out, the prompt will disappear and then pop back up with the ok grayed out still. If I hit the home button and go back to the main screen and then back into appmode the prompt will now allow me to hit ok. This might be my bypass being funky but not sure if anybody has seen this before.
[Android General] Krynn!:
How's the lag with your setup? I've been eyeing that Belkin dongle, add I've read that it has less lag than most others.

As for your screen issues, Tasker works great for automatically changing settings for you.
[Android General] Mibuix0r:
Samsung Allshare cast dongle

Has anyone gotten the Samsung Allshare Cast Dongle to work with the Appradio 2? I saw it worked with the Appradio 3. I never even thought about going this route till I saw you got the Miracast dongle working. I don't think that will work as well with the Note 3 as the Allshare Cast would. And the touchscreen controls still work?
[Android General] Area51©:
Try this one: arunchained0.16a.apk
[Android General] jdpdata:
New version? What's new?
[Android General] Mibuix0r:
So my samsung MHL 2.0 adapter came today. It seems to be working good so far but we'll see. Are there any Note 3 cases that can fit these huge things, I had to modify my Spidgen case a bit with a dremel and now its kind of weak. Also the 2.0 MHL adapter's plastic is a lot harder than the original so you cant really shave it skinnier.
[Android General] mustafaluigi:
Thank you for helping me out, rare I get the actual dev helping me with my odd issues with apps.

SITREP:

I don't know if the app is helping me out or not but I changed how I have the two phones set up with tasker and I am getting consistent connections and the HU automatically dropping into Appmode when ARU finally connects. I have ARU always running and bluetooth always running and when the mirrored device connects to my actual phone via bluetooth the screen will turn on and stay on. This way when I get into the car and start it up the app is running, bluetooth is on and ready to connect to the HU, and the screen is on, which I found is what initially lets the HU know there is something connected. This seemed to be the only way it will connect every single time I get into the car. I will deal with the power drain while I am out of the car some other way if it becomes an issue.

However the odd bluetooth connected/disconnected issue remains even though touches work beautifully. GPS seems to kinda work if GPS injector actually starts, but bearing is not getting updates so my car just spins in circles as I go down the highway.
[Android General] bradleyem:
So the Samsung adapter solved your connection issues? Also, does the phone charge in full current mode when connected?
[Android General] Mibuix0r:
Seems to have fixed the connection issues so far. It still doesnt charge in full current mode, the MHL 2.0 is not a full usb 3.0 connector and also doesnt have a full usb 3.0 power input.
[Android General] oso108:
I also got my Samsung MHL 2.0 today and everything is working smooth. I'm using the Sprint S4 on the 4.3 Stock(ish)v06 rom. Slimkat kinda works but I couldnt use the touchscreen. I'm going to keep trying different roms and will post my results.

FYI Slimkat doesnt support exfat...

Thanks Area51©, this app is the best!
[Android General] Mibuix0r:
jelly beans rom and hyperx worked for me
[Android General] sgthwjack:
Running Toxic Swamp 4.3 rom with stock kernel on a Sprint Note 3, x8500BHS HU and everything works fine except the charging issue. It appears that is a problem with the latest Samsung MHL adapter. Considering a different kernel but thought I'd wait a bit before I try one. Haven't even tried Tasker since it connects fine without any touch issues regardless of any sequence of connections. Only one day so far, so I'll wait until I have a bit more experience with this setup. BTW, I'm using a MHL extension cable from www.usbfirewire.com . A bit pricy, but it works. :)
[Android General] Area51©:
Yes, it has a fix for calibration necessary at every connection due to different HDMI id. The app stores the HDMI id and when another HDMi id is detected, it wants to do a new calibration. Apparently some android versions have another HDMI id each time they are booted, especially HDMI sticks.
[Android General] Area51©:
Bluetooth connection issues can't be fixed in the app. Only people who don't know what they are talking about assume that the app is at fault. However it's basically the HU and Android doing their little dance until they say there's a BT connection that the app can use. If that doesn't happen it can't be fixed in the app. It has to be fixed in the firmware. The newest Android versions Pioneer has tested is 4.2.2. So it might take a while before they test with 4.4.2 and decide to make a new firmware.

I think you notice that with google maps. Bearing is injected properly but apparently google maps still uses the compass from the phone for the bearing.

Google navigation uses the injected bearing and works properly.
[Android General] sinbrad:
Can't seem to download this, the page keeps coming up with an error when I hit download?
[Android General] orpheus1988:
Works OK in android chrome
[Android General] cartisdm:
How are people dealing with the heat issue? Last night I was parked, watching Netflix and my phone got so hot it rebooted on itself. No GPS or anything else was running. Screen dimmed all the way down and sitting in my center console. Just running one app shouldn't have been enough to cause a reboot :confused:

EDIT: I'm using GPS injector as well so that should be one less radio that has to be draining on the phone and prevented it from getting so hot
[Android General] Mibuix0r:
[MENTION=4792654]sgthwjack[/MENTION] What case are you using? I am using the Spidgen Neo Hybrid but I had to cut it to fit the MHL adapter :(
[Android General] orpheus1988:
[MENTION=2774087]cartisdm[/MENTION]: Did never experienced anything like that, but this should not be related to ARU, will probably happen when running on the TV as well.

Did upload the new apk to my Dropbox.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/adpmxz06akmgk01/arunchained0.16a.apk
[Android General] cartisdm:
You're probably right. I'll look into some different kernels to see if there are some out there that underclock my phone to reduce heat. I'll experiment with the Fast Charge too. If forcing a fast charge makes my phone hotter, I'm fine with it charging at USB speed. I would just expect that in a 4hr+ car ride I'm not losing 25% battery running pandora and GPS
[Android General] sinbrad:
Excellent, many thanks for that downloaded without problem :D
[Android General] gjlowe:
Ok, so it wants me to connect the MHL cable. I do that, the charging light comes on, but now I see it go off immediately, so I guess there may be a problem with the cable or phone. I reverted to my M7 and it works flawlessly. So, I don't know if the Skiva HDMI+USB -> MHL cable is not compatible, the phone is faulty, or what, but pretty sure this is not an ARU issue. I did try with the regular Pioneer app and saw the same thing. Thanks for the help. Although it is not an ARU issue, does anyone have anything to add to that analysis that may help?
[Android General] orpheus1988:
Ok, so at least the BT connection seems to be working then, can you try that MHL-adapter on a tv ?

What do you use to power the MHL-adapter in the car, if its the HU, you should try a dedicated car adapter with 1A upwards.
[Android General] jimmietilt:
Hey, wow, such good news on the ar3 front, plugged my s4 active in and got full mirroring with touch controls no problem. I am experiencing snow but i think thats just cuz im not using the pioneer mhl adapter, im using a different one.... Sometimes the touch control isnt perfect i might press a button on the right and it will activate a button on the left. Also it would be nice if you can have a "landscape lock" feature so we dont get portrait mode on AR... Just some constructive criticism, this is awesome and like you said im not gonna throw money at you now but if we get a nice semi finished product then definitely. Also like you mentioned in OP it would be great for hard buttons to work... Thank you so much for taking time to make this modified version of appradio. We appreciate it.
[Android General] lpasq:
check your gmail and see if you can work with what's started... i will use a different tool for the survey that might be less hassle. will do tomorrow.
[Android General] bodieism:
If you have Tasker and Rotation Locker you could make a profile based on your car's bluetooth connection as a work around until/ if the Dev offers the feature natively.

Tasker

Rotation Locker
[Android General] enjoimadcow:
Never mind. It was my fault. I disconnected the battery cause i was ****ing with my dash earlier and I didn't want the air bag to go off in my face. This reset the Iphone/other mode. Once I changed that everything was smooth sailing. Works great! I will let you know if I find any bugs.
[Android General] ofarrell.g1:
So I made a last minute decision when I put in my headunit and got an 8500bhs for the 4v preouts and other features. My AR3 is sitting in a box waiting to be returned. I'm still in for the bounty and can confirm this is working perfect on the AVH-X8500BHS.. Only thing that would make it considerably better for units that do not have a capacitive screen would be to disable the android long press function while connected. I consistently have the headunit think I am long pressing an item. Thank you very much for your hard work. This is already more functional on the 8500bhs than ARL. Scrolling works MUCH better.
[Android General] basmand:
Hi

Have just tried this new app!!, I am normally running ARL with full mirroring works perfect, but I am always willing to try new ways, well back to my question when you says full mirroring what are you meaning, when I plug my S4 phone and start appradio I was expecting something like ARL where I have a full picture of the start page of the S4 and will be able to chose everything?? when I start this application it just look like the old Pioneer APPradio with the limited apps?? available

Am I missing something or do I just don't understand the concept??

Sorry for my bad English

Basmand:confused:
[Android General] Kishan_Diepa:
After day 2 of testing I came up with one problem, but I don't know if it is because of my ROM or because of the App. It seems like when I connect to the appradio my internet signal is dropping. It takes a few minutes for Spotify to show my playlist and play. Is there someone else with this kind of problem?

Configuration:

Appradio 3

HTC ONE(Insertcoin ROM)
[Android General] buleus:
Hello

How did you manage the grid size with the HTC one? i do have the grids in a strange way.....and i cannot acces them from appradio3
[Android General] Area51©:
Try to close the Pioneer AppRadio app and see what happens then. Because your S4 doesn't have onscreen buttons for Back/Home/RecentlyUsedApps you have no other way to step out of the Pioneer app. Some Samsung users reported they use an app called button saviour for that as a workaround. This won't be necessary once I make the radio buttons working. Please remember this is only a pre-beta release.
[Android General] basmand:
Hi

I think that you are doing a great job, not a complain just to be sure that I am not doing anything wrong

Great that someone like you are willing to use there time helping other!!

Basmand:laugh:
[Android General] jimmietilt:
I use this app, button savior, works really well, good replacement for hard buttons for now.... Also will help when you plug in phone and get the original appradio screen. Just hit the little tab and press home and u will get your android home screen
[Android General] evillela2001:
I have the same issue on my radio too. But this was also happening with the original Pioneer app. From what I have read it has something to do with the frequency of the HDMI signal interfering with the cell signal.

Sprint GS3

AppRadio 3 DA110

Stock Rooted Rom
[Android General] xentheosx:
I had the same problem with the snow and switched to the Pioneer mhl adapter. No issues since.
[Android General] jimmietilt:
Thanks, i ordered the kit this morning
[Android General] jakep123:
Home Button on appradio 2

Not sure if this has been covered already. Using Tasker, I made the AR2 home button work. Just set an event as the app Appradio, set the task to load your car home app. Then any time you click on home on your radio, it flashes the pioneer app for a sec then switches to your car app. I have the HTC One and I use the built in car app. Works great! I also added bluetooth connect + power to activate the car home app. Not sure if I need that. But everything seems to work consistently which did not happen with ARL. The only problem I'm facing is swiping is a bit strange. Requires a bit of exaggeration. Haven't done a road trip yet. But this is a great improvement already.
[Android General] papa3r:
:laugh:From indonesia IDR 220.000 ($20) donated

on appradioforum my id "aryo"
[Android General] silashj:
AR3 and AT&T HTC One

Just an FYI: After nightmare after nightmare with my SGS2 I am totally in love with my HTC One and was afraid to root it, it worked so well and suited all my needs so perfectly. I ended up finally rooting it last night after reading this thread and other threads pertaining to App Radio/AR Liberator support. I have a new Pioneer SPH-DA210 and installed AppRadio Unchained and could not be happier. I mean yes its pre beta but it works and although there are some quirks, which I am sure will be ironed out, the app works great, receiver works great and the true Jesus phone just keeps getting better. I am happy to help in any way I can with testing, bug reports, etc. Thanks so much to all who have worked on this, Area51 specifically.
[Android General] jimmietilt:
Good to hear, im in same boat with s4 active, are you using the pioneer android kit?
[Android General] leobg:
For everyone with the snow problem: it is caused by interference. Some MHL adapters, especially cheap ones, do not have proper shielding. Phone cell radio, specifically 2G seems to be causing the snow most. Some adapters have very short connection cable which makes problem worse as adapter gets very close to the phone's antenna during use. The farther the adapter from the phone is, the less chance of snow you get. There are few adapters (including Pioneers own) that have longer connection cable and the active board sits farther from the phone.

Cable (HDMI) between adapter and back of the radio is also important. Try to use a cable that is as short as possible. Longer the cable is, greater the chance for interference is.
[Android General] papa3r:
test on x8550bt_SG3_genuine mhl

just test.....and see

[youtube]We_i4q8y3yc[/youtube]

HURAAA...:good::laugh:

@ Area51©...I am ready for a beta tester .. representative for Asia, Australia ar2 compatible version :eek:

great work:good:
[Android General] bodieism:
Sure.

I made two profiles. One that sets a variable on connection and one that sets a variable on disconnection.

For Connection to HDMI:

Make a new profile and go to Event/System/Intent Received then enter the exact text you told screen standby to broadcast upon HDMI Connection in the action field.

Then for the task have it set a Variable. Mine sets %HDMI to Connected

For Disconnection from HDMI:

Make a new profile and go to Event/System/Intent Received then enter the exact text you told screen standby to broadcast upon HDMI Disconnection in the action field.

Then for the task have it set a Variable. Mine sets %HDMI to Disconnected

You can setup the variable names to whatever suits you best.

Edit: There was a better post in the Screen Standby thread that explained how to do it, but the site keeps telling me that search is down... so I am unable to find it to provide a link.
[Android General] zr2ee:
Thanks I think I got it, first time using intents. Most of the time I setup variables just using notifications, do you happen to know if the intent has to be stated like the example (com.Myintent.AwesomeAction) or can it be any variable (HDMIConnected) i'm assuming there can't be spaces and that's why the periods are used as place markers instead? Just out of curiosity do you know what the other set intent options do?
[Android General] bodieism:
I would think most anything would work, but I set mine up similar to the example just to make sure it didn't interfere with any other apps. I haven't fooled around with any of the other options under intents so I'm unfamiliar with what most of them do.
[Android General] s0uli:
Hi Area51. I have the same problem like a other user here now on my Samsung Galaxy S4. As already wrote the new version work now with my new firmware MH5 and root without crashes and errors. But after the first start and calibration with white dots on the HU sreen touch do not longer work.

Also i noticed after a call over the HU that it was not possible to hear anything on the second call for both sides. So i shutdown bluetooth and connected again and then i could call again.....

Seams to be something wrong..... more tests later ;)
[Android General] papa3r:
Try to refresh your BT conect....

On phone unpaired the radio...

On radio clear bt connect dan delete it

than reconnect them...allow everything....:D
[Android General] quinting:
Awesome!

Just wanted to say...I have NO issues. While I was pleased with ARL, it was a bit iffy as to if it would connect or not. Today already, I have been in and out of my car 3 or 4 times, and it has worked every time!

I use tasker and auto rotate to tweak some things, and I use car home ultra (as I did with ARL) as my home screen for in the car.

Everything switches to what it should be while in the car, and changes back to what it should be while not in the car.

I am running AR2, with a SGS4 (the best phone ever made) ;)

I will happily donate to this cause.
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
Hi, I wonder if you could please help me….

If you prefer please send me a PM as a reply if you can so this thread will stay on point 

I purchased tasker and screen standby as well.

In screen standby I set APPRADIOBTON and APPEADIOBTOFF for when HDMI connect and HDMI disconnected.

i am trying to do that when HDMI is connected to automatically start my BT so the appradio will connect automatically and BT off when HDMI disconnected.

Now, in tasker I think I am getting a bit confused…

I set up 2 profiles:

First profile:

Intent received-Action: APPRADIOON

Cat: none

Cat:none

Scheme: blank

Mime type: blank

Variable add:

1.name-%HDMI, value=1,wrap around=0,if” %hdmi ~ Connected

2. Bluetooth set on

Second profile:

Intent received-Action: APPRADIOOFF

Cat: none

Cat:none

Scheme: blank

Mime type: blank

Variable add:

1.name-%HDMI, value=1,wrap around=0,if” %hdmi ~ Connected

2. Bluetooth set off

Is that configuration is correct or am I missing how to create tasker profiles etc? thank you !
[Android General] Area51©:
I am confused a bit. You both have the same phone, one works one doesn't. You both have stock. Can you tell me the difference?
[Android General] zr2ee:
you want to use the (Variable Set) task not (Variable add)
[Android General] quinting:
I truthfully don't use my phone very much, and I think since using ARU, have only made one phone call from the car...

One of the local cell phone companies here had an ad on TV a while ago, and a guy was showing off his new phone, and all the chimes it made, that was for a text message, oh, that one is for email, that is for facebook....and then his phone started ringing...and he didn't know what that was :) That's me :)

As for differences, I don't use TW as my home screen...I use Nova for daily use, BUT, when in the car, I use CarHome Ultra. I have tasker auto lock my screen to landscape when connected to the AR. Other than that, not sure what the differences would be.

Guess I'm just lucky :)
[Android General] s0uli:
Good question but i tried it again and delete everything but after a fresh connect still the same problem.

My phone is the i9505 with MH5 stock and my radio is the AVH-X8500BT. Maybe the firmware is different or the radio by itself !!!
[Android General] evillela2001:
Just tried the latest update and everything is working great. I have the AR3 sprint gs3 stock rooted roms nova launcher and adaptive rotation locker locked to landscape. So far so good. Played around with hardware buttons on various apps and they seem to work fine. I'll keep you guys posted if I have any issues. Keep up the good work.
[Android General] m.a.s.e:
Thank toy once again for you're reply. I have added all the screen shots of my settings if you could please let me know if you see any error. I really appreciate ur time!!!
[Android General] Area51©:
Ok let me get what happened.

1) First time you can do calibration (white dots)?

2) Right after calibration you can use the touch screen to control your phone or not?

3) After restarting you can't control your phone?

Can you make a logcat? See post #3 for how to do that. You can add it here as an attachment or send it to the my donation email address.
[Android General] quinting:
My phone is SGH-I337M. I can't find the radio version....I'll post that if someone can tell me where to find it.

Q
[Android General] s0uli:
Thanks for your great support Area51! ;)

First i do the calibration with white dots and after that the touch do not work anymore. So touch only work during calibration!

Hope that helps!

---------- Post added at 07:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:11 PM ----------

Which version of Radio HU you use...

1.) App Radio 2 or 3 (DH100 or DH110 or something like that)

2.) AVH-X 8500BT or BHS

3.) Avic Device like X950

and so on.....

THIS INFO MUST BE ON THE FRONT OF YOUR DEVICE I GUESS ;)
[Android General] Area51©:
It helps a bit. For calibration the original Pioneer events are used. After calibration it switches to injecting events on system level and that doesn't work in your case. I am not a psychic so can you make a logcat?
[Android General] Area51©:
I think radio type doesn't matter. Another guy with a GS3 and Appradio 3 has the same isue.

What matters more is the firmware version of your phone.