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[Android General] mainebluedevil:
Wonderful work here Area51.

I've read this thread for some time and I'm truly impressed with all of this. I'm going to be in the market for a new car stereo in the next few weeks and I was looking to grab one of the ARU capable units. I understand the AppRadio 2 and 3 work with ARU and from what I gather the new Pioneer Nav units as well (4000, 5000, etc), but not the standard Pioneer double din decks (4600, 5600, etc) Am I correct?

Also, while I understand the GPS injection mod can be used, if someone (read: ME) bought the 4000 (which comes without the GPS unit), couldn't I use the GPS from my phone? Are there downsides to that I'm unaware of?

I apologize if this ground that has been covered multiple times. I've read substantial parts of this thread, searched the forums, but I must have missed the answers if they were out there. Maybe there is a definitive post somewhere that I can be pointed? If so, could that post be linked in the initial post on this thread?

Also, I should note I currently have a Verizon S3, so I may end up with a whole host of questions regarding that integration, though I'm likely grabbing a new phone at the end of the month.
[Android General] chawski:
That makes sense for calibration. I have a number of root-only apps working normally, so I am confident I have proper root. I have deleted knox through root explorer, and I have SELinux in permissive mode. I'll play around with a few more things to see if I can find anything at all related to knox still on the device or running. thanks
[Android General] stargate125645:
As I noted before, not all security is disabled for you still. Many have reported changing SELinux doesn't stick, for example. Some have stated Knox had to be disabled multiple ways. Your best bet is to get rid of stock kernel, recovery and ROM.
[Android General] chawski:
A new ROM was my next step, but im happy to report that thanks to the guidance on here, I was able to get it up and running! When I had disabled knox in TE, there were still a few knox files on the device. I used "Nobloat Free" to find the remaining files, back them up, and delete them. SELinux appears to be remaining in permissive mode after a few reboots so I think im good there as well!

Again, very much appreciate the help! Got the app I wanted up and running and learned a thing or 2 about linux commands in Terminal Emulator in the process!

Also, kinda funny...Got a phone call from my credit card company today checking to ensure my donation to Area51 was legit. Apparently your name on paypal sounds sketchy to them! haha
[Android General] stargate125645:
Probably his location more than anything. I'm glad you were able to find all the other Knox files. I figured security wasn't entirely disabled, but I don't know the names of all the files that would need to be disabled.
[Android General] chawski:
I was surprised it wasnt completely disabled. When I ran a command in TE, it said it was disabled, so i figured it was all set. There were some Knox history files that I think were the culprits.
[Android General] Area51©:
Never trust aliens, they are here to take all your money;)
[Android General] Area51©:
Right. It has to support apps for Android, some only support apps for Iphone.

Yes you can use GPS from your phone but you shouldn't put it somewhere buried under loads of metal so it can't receive anything.

If possible don't get a Samsung as besides rooting you would need to disable Knox and put SELinux in permissive mode.
[Android General] kevob_3:
One Plus One + Miracast

Hi all,

Apologies in advance if any of this has already been covered...

So, I've finally got an invite to buy the One Plus One :victory:. I heard quite a while ago that the OPO doesn't support SlimPort or MHL - is this true? I've already got ARU working perfectly with my Nexus for months with a SlimPort adapter so obviously if this method was possible with my One Plus One I would be delighted! But if not, could somone please take the time to explain what I need to set up my One Plus One and ARU using Miracast and most importantly what Miracast receiver is best to use with the OPO/AppRadio 3.

I'm new to the whole idea of Miracast and so am very unfamiliar with it so apologies for my lack of knowledge and also again for if these questions have already been answered.

Thank you,

Kev
[Android General] hd2newguy2011:
lg g3 appradio problems

Hi everyone. I am having difficulties with my phone and the connection to my appradio 3. I have had several other phones without any issues. I have also tried three different support adapters. From expensive ones to cheap one's. My issue is when charging the radio shows a. White snow screen and also freezes. Everything seems to work fine when it's not charging. I have tried using the sub behind the radio as well as a 2.0 amp charger and a 1amp charger. This is driving me crazy. Also have screen standby installed to turn off the display when using tha app radio.
[Android General] Pig Vomit:
As far as I know all AppRadio 2 and 3 units will work. I have the 4000-NEX, the one without the GPS/nav, which is what you're looking at, and I can guarantee it works.

I didn't really think that I would need GPS/nav since the whole point of my setup (mainly) was to be able to use Google Maps with live traffic info and intuitive route changing, because So Cal traffic changes rapidly and frequently. So I ended up with the 4000, and I have not regretted the decision at all. To answer your question (I think), you can use the GPS on your phone with the apps on your phone and mirror your phone's screen to the 4000 HU screen. You cannot use your phone's GPS for Pioneer AppRadio apps, and, in fact, AppRadio/ARUnchained doesn't even allow me to download anything that requires GPS. So no Pioneer Maps nav. Don't care. Play Store has everything I want. Google Maps has to be better than Pioneer Maps anyway.

I think that ARUnchained Reloaded injects your head unit's GPS into your phone's apps. Not sure about that.

I currently have a Nexus 5 (and will never go back to anything other than Nexus). My last phone was an S3, but I haven't tried it with the head unit as the Nexus requires a Slimport adapter while the S3 requires a Samsung MHL adapter and my installation doesn't allow easy changing of adapters (mine's hidden underneath the dash with an extension sticking out that I plug into). I've read of many problems with Knox, which may already be baked into your S3 (and I think S5) firmware. Read up on ways around this, or get a different phone. I would hold off on buying anything until you have bought your new cell phone and read up on how well that particular phone works (or doesn't work) with ARUnchained. All I know is that my setup works, and I couldn't be happier, but it did take a while for me to get the installation right. Using the right cables and adapter matters A LOT. I was already used to rooting, and if you're not up on how to do this, read up on that as well, as some people get a little freaked out by stuff like that.
[Android General] JLPDA:
Just got a Droid 4 and am anxiously waiting for my AppRadio 3 (SPH-DA210) to be delivered. Looks like many users have connection issues with MHL and/or HDMI, mostly from using Non-Pioneer cable kit. Since I don't need MHL and will be plugging in USB to my car accessory socket, don't wish to spend the $60-$75 for the complete kit. Can someone recommend (with web links?) a high quality micro HDMI cable that we know works fine without snow and disconnects?
[Android General] mainebluedevil:
Pioneer's website says the following:

Judging by your first response, I take it that it is that Android compatibility that I'm looking for to make ARU a success on this end.

I'm already looking for Samsung alternatives due to the issues you mentioned above. I'm not afraid to use TowelRoot to root my phone, but disabling KNOX and messing with SELinux would be a new thing for me. My wife is looking at the to be released iPhone so I may need to go with the 4000 as it seems the App Radio 3 won't work with the to-be-announced iPhone or CarPlay. I will stay with Android however... I'm looking at the M8 and maybe the LG G3.
[Android General] jdpdata:
I'm here to report on my experiment with Chromecast and Nexus 5.

Short answers: It works wonderfully to wirelessly cast my N5 screen to my AVH-8500BHS Head Unit.

Long answers: One caveat to get Chromecast to work is that you must have a WiFi hotspot. That's where my second phone comes in.

I setup Wifi hotspot on my One Plus One. As soon as my N5 tethers to OPO, I have a Tasker profile to start to mirroring process.

That process consists of toggling BT on/off/on then start ARU and load couple other apps in background.

Once I'm connected, to start the actually casting, I pull down Quick Setting tile and hit "Cast Screen"...viola Wireless Mirroring!

Now it's not all perfect yet. I randomly get disconnected from Chromecast for some reason. Maybe bugs in Chromecast itself or it doesn't like WiFi Hotspot.

it's easy to reconnect. Quick pull down of Quick Settings, hit Cast Screen again...boom I'm back in action.

Cast screen with Chromecast is currently still in beta and only works with some Nexus and handful of other phones. But from my experience it's really nice.

There are some minimal lags and audio hiccups, but nothing bad. The random disconnects is annoying but lets hope Google will fix it soon.

So there gentlemen, wireless mirroring is possible. MHL/Slimport are for the birds. I'm so tired to plug/unplug my phone everyday.

Hit me up PM if you guys need further details on my setup or have questions.
[Android General] mainebluedevil:
What made you go with the 4000 over the AppRadio 3?

I too would rather have Google Maps. My wife will primarily use the vehicle with this so her ability to easily plug in her phone, see her phone mirrored on the screen, go to Google Maps, and then navigate to a given location is all I need on a very infrequent basis. We live in Maine, so we don't have traffic anywhere near what you have to deal with. But I suspect Google Maps would be my best friend.

As I mentioned above, I'm looking at a different phone and a different brand. I like the S3 that I have, and the S5 sounds good but there are others out there that are in the ballpark too.
[Android General] Meriem:
One question, please.

I need to perform ARU calibration screen again.

What to do ?
[Android General] rboy:
It Works

Thanks for the awesome app.

Worked first time "out of the box" for my phone and Headunit combo.

I do have to preface this with a comment a tech from pioneer made to me about the incompatability of my Headunit to Mirrorlink and phone to connect to it.

"The AVH-X8550BT does NOT support MirrorLink nor a MirrorLink adapter connection. Unfortunately, the AVH-X8550BT has been certified for a Samsung Galaxy S3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 using AppRadio Mode. AppRadio mode may not successfully operate with other Android based phones."

Lucky i still went ahead and got my Head unit while it was on special.

After installing the latest version of ARUchnained 0.16 and pair/connecting Bluetooth to my phone i connected my cheap no-name $4 Chinese MHL cable and voila i had full mirrorlink.

Not only saving myself over $140 on the Pioneer Android Connection kit, but the chinese cable looks better and is a simpler system.

Sometimes it pays to take risks.

Thanks again for the great app.

Headunit: Pioneer AVH-X8550BT

Cables: Chinese MHL to 11 pin HDTV Cable $4 from ebay

Phone. Rooted Stock ROM (XXUEMK9) JB 4.3 & Stock Kernel Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9505)

ps. Another must have app which works fantastic and saves your battery is:" Screen Standby" it will ebable the screen to be turned of or dimmed when trigged by a connection on the MHL port (or other ports). Its fully customisable and cheap.
[Android General] wrayvon:
Very impressed with your work, Area51, so thank you!

I have recently got myself a Pioneer sph-da100, and I use a Nexus 5. So this seemed the ideal way of using it.

I've been slowly installing the stereo and other bits - camera etc. All was working perfectly until this weekend when I was fitting the camera (or trying, I failed - trying again tomorrow), it now will not connect. It just gets stuck on 50% for ages, then briefly 75% before failing.

I think it is due to the bluetooth connection, but I don't quite understand why, as I can still make phone calls.

When I go into connections under the phone setting and turn the connection off then on, it stays on this screen and does not change:

Can anyone perhaps shed any light into why this may be happening, and how I can fix it so I can use everything again? :D

Will be donating to you when I get paid/fixed this issue!

Thanks again.

Sam
[Android General] Meriem:
I assume you setup your smartphone connection to OTHERS in HU settings panel.

I assume your phone has BT visibility enabled.

IMHO you may try a couple of ways:

1) delete ARU cache and/or ARU datas and then try BT connection;

if BT does not connect, then:

2) uninstall ARU. Reboot your phone and install official Pioneer AppRadio app from Play Store. Then try BT connection.

Let us know, cheers :)
[Android General] leobg:
Go to settings/apps and clear aru app data.
[Android General] wrayvon:
Thanks, I'll try this when I finish work! :good:
[Android General] stargate125645:
I was wondering about this setup. If they can fix the lag, that would be amazing! Better yet, someone getting Chromecast to work without an intermediate phone would be awesome.
[Android General] leobg:
Area51, how is GPS injector app being verified for authenticity? Is it happening every time it launches? What happens with me at least is every time it engages it is usually exactly when I am getting out of WiFi range but phone has not switched to cell data yet. Result is I become "unlicensed" and I need to stop/start injector couple of times to get it to connect.
[Android General] Area51©:
The license verification result is cached but I don't know for how long as I used a default setting. I read somewhere that by default it's a few days. In Reloaded I set it to 60 days.
[Android General] AliMusa:
Does the appradio 3 automatically connect to bluetooth and start playing music if not connected via slimport on a nexus 5? My old head unit did this and I can't figure out if I'm doing something wrong or the app radio just doesn't do this.

Also, when I have my Nexus 5 connected via slimport, should it automatically launch and connect to arunchained and mirror my phone to the head unit, or do I have to create a Tasker profile? I can't seem to get that working either.
[Android General] wrayvon:
Well I started doing this...and now I can't install App radio unchained again :( Ey dear, not going well this is it.

It says, App not installed, an exiting package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed.

Anyone any ideas how to remove the existing signature? :(

Thanks
[Android General] chawski:
Disabling knox is as easy as downloading something like root explorer and deleting the knox files and getting SELinux into permissive mode was also done with an app called "SELinux Mode Changer"

It took me a few days bc I wasnt entirely sure what I needed to do, but its really not more than a few minute job now that I know what needs to be changed. Im also in the looking stages for a new phone, but as of now, the s3 works great and works great with ARU
[Android General] Area51©:
Yes, uninstall the official Pioneer app before installing ARU.
[Android General] mainebluedevil:
I've stayed away from unlocking bootloaders and all that, but rooting via Towelroot is fine. I have root explorer so I may see what I can do with deleting KNOX files and working with SELinux Mode Changer. Any idea if the challenges increase on the S5? That was high on my list until I determined I was headed down the ARU path and saw challenges ahead working with a Samsung unit.
[Android General] chawski:
It would make sense to me that samsung would probably use similar security across their galaxy line, esp if theyre all on 4.4.x, however I only have a S3 so I really dont know if its the same. I would assume Knox and SELinux are youre only roadblocks with a S5, but I really have no way to confirm and dont want to lead you down the wrong path. Have a look around on here and google, im certain youre not the first person wanting to use a S5 with ARU.

Towelroot doesnt do anything to the bootloader or a recovery image BTW, simply gives root access. Root explorer allows your to backup anything before you delete it if for some reason you want to put the files back on. SELinux Mode changer is simply an app that gives you 2 options: SELinux enforce, or permissive. long story short, all reversible if for some reason you need to go back to stock for warranty or any of that jazz, although its highly unlikely anyone with a S3 is still under warranty haha
[Android General] taiguy:
Anyone have ideas on how to keep their phone cooler during use with ARU?

I'm running ARU on a Sprint LG G2 with App Radio 3 receiver. Using GPS and playing audio, the phone will get hot enough to eventually reboot itself. I'm running Dorimanx kernel to allow fast charging off the back of the AR3 and have set the temp guard lower however, I still run into heat issues using ARU.

Also - as the phone heats up, the CPU starts throttling and touch response becomes spotty on the AR3 and lag starts to become apparent.
[Android General] 400ixl:
I have usually found this to be a poor Cpu governer in the kernel of the ROM. Try a kernel with the ability to control the cpu's based om temperature.
[Android General] Chinbone:
Good idea! My phone gets hot as well, although I haven't had it reboot yet, even after a few hours running Waze and Google Play at the same time. I have found that the app Second Screen helps a bit, by setting the screen brightness to zero. I'm going to have to play around with the kernels to find one that has a good governer on it. I've had my HTC M8 for just a few months now, and am still a bit of a Rom switching whore, so as I switch through Roms, I'll play around with the kernels and see which ones scale best to combat heat. Are there any that you have had good success with in particular?
[Android General] pumacat311:
Hey peoples. So I have a pioneer AVIC 5000NEX. This is the only one of the new NEX series head units that doesn't have the feature of allowing Android phones to connect and run App Radio Apps. Only iPhone is said to work with Apps. Android however is supposed to work with mirror link. The manual states that to use IPhone Apps the additional cable needs to be plugged in to USB 1 to work. This works perfect. To use Android Mirror Link the accessory USB cable needs to be plugged into USB 2. However no matter what I do I cannot get mirroring on screen, I can't even get the screen to stop saying "checking format of USB reading usb, do not unplug" or something like that. The message never goes away.

My questions are this. Does anyone have any suggestions for me as to how I can either get the mirroring to work or better yet get the App radio apps to work. Drive Link will not get past the warning screens if the phone is plugged into the stereo, and arunchained won't properly connect. I have been working at this for weeks now so any help would be great. Thanks and sorry for the long post.
[Android General] Meriem:
Finally it works

Well, I may say I followed this sequence to get full touch controls on my HU screen:

1) in my phone I enabled BT

2) in my HU I searched and then touched my phone in Settings/BT (it connects phone, audio and SPP);

3) hooked up my phone to MHL cable powered with HU USB;

4) in my HU main screen I touched Apps icon.

My phone is on my HU screen with complete touch controls in full glory.

My phone is: Samsung Note2 with DN3 v5.2 rom.

My Hu is: AVIC-F60DAB.

My MHL adapter is: Samsung genuine HDTV adapter (the white one compatible for Galaxy S3/S4 and Note2/Note3.

Mu ARU version is. beta 6 (the lastest up today 9th August 2014).

My next step is now going with a Android stick in place of my phone.

Further step will be with ARU-Reloaded (gives me error on license expired).

Stay tuned.
[Android General] stupink:
Phone audio defaulting to bluetooth.

Great app, working well now on my Nexus5 and AR2.

Only issue is im struggling to get the right audio sources/outputs..

So far I have Use bluetooth mic ticked for google now.. she now hears me "ok google". and will do what i want.

Google play music plays music nicely.

However in google now she can't talk to me.. If i go into bluetooth settings for appradio and untick "use for phone audio" she can then talk to me, but i've yet to make a phonecall, surely this will dissable that ability?? if not how do i get this tickbox to stay unticked.. currently each time after connecting i must manually remove it as something (possibly ARU) is re-activating it, and the nice google lady can't talk to me anymore for feedback such as satnav or google now.

This is the last part of the story, it works so well though im so happy thankyou for the software :)
[Android General] pyearick:
ARU .16, S3, 4.4.2 Touch Working

Setup:

Verizon Galaxy S3

4.4.2

APU .16

Towelroot

SU

Samsung MHL 2.0

this fix:

Possible fix 1:

First install an app called Android Terminal Emulator then open a terminal and type

the following lines pressing enter after each line:

su

pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid

Now wait a bit till knox is killed and finally type:

setenforce 0
​

I ruined my root after a recent Verizon update.that I didn't think through before accepting to an update to 4.3. Therefore I've not been running ARU for several months. I saw about rooting it using Towelroot this morning and got rooted again, fired up SU again and promptly lost touch like a lot of other folks.

Read the messages here, did the fix above - and waited a while. The fix didn't work. I spent more time catching up on all the posts.

When I was even trying to connect BT this morning, I would have both phone and media before hooking up the MHL. In the past I always needed both of those for touch to work. Then after putting the cable in the phone today, I kept seeing the Bluetooth drop off the "media" connection but not "audio". In fact was going to post that I could *never* get them both on when MHL was connected. I unpaired/paired a bunch, rebooted and restarted the radio...

I was getting ready to throw in the towel but saw a post that if I cleared ARU app data, I could get back to the calibration screen.

I thought "cool". I always wanted to know how to do that anyways. So I went out to try it. It worked, I got my dots and figured I'd lose touch again as soon as I got done just like before. This time I didn't lose touch. I did lose my BT "media audio" connection. I still had touch. Hmm, that's weird as I didn't think *that* would work. I shut the car off and did it again. I disconnected and reconnected twice. I still had touch - but no "media" connection.

Ok. So before I posted this I went out restarted the car/radio connection just to make sure I wasn't going crazy. I didn't reconnect automatically but hooked up ok after bouncing BT. I still have touch and I am doing it with only "Call Audio" checked. I can play music, open browser/email - ARU is working.

Question? Does the fix above knock out the other check box even if it's working??

Well, I'm happily confused.

Your mileage may definitely vary :eek:

Pat