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[Connected Car] tamernbl:
urgent help

I live in Egypt and SCT doesn't support Arabic language so I found method which need to replace framework. Jar file in system/framework folder by another one and put lipandroid_runtime.so in system/lib folder with another one the first one done OK when I tried to replace the 2nd file the system rebooted and stuck at Volvo logo and kept in this situation without entering to launcher screen so

Is my SCT is broken or there is away to recover I backed the original files to SD card prior to replacement

Any help is appreciated
[Connected Car] RichieB:
If your SCT does not join your wifi and you cannot reach it using adb you need to swap it for another unit. What you did (replacing system libraries) sounds quite reckless, even if you thought it might solve your problem.
[Connected Car] frankvanh:
Hello,

The output of option 3 & 5 are

Option 3 :

Making backups of /system/build.prop

215 KB/s (4196 bytes in 0.019s)

Changing ro.parrot.install.allow-all from false to true

Press any key to continue . . .

Option 5 :

Pushing rewhitelist.sh to /data/local/tmp

275 KB/s (1974 bytes in 0.007s)

Copying script to /system/xbin

Removing script from /data/local/tmp

Changing script permissions

-rwxr-xr-x root root 1974 2014-04-29 17:30 rewhitelist.sh

Making backups of /etc/permissions/whitelist.xml

242 KB/s (5457 bytes in 0.022s)

Excuting script

Press any key to continue . . .

And to answer your question.

The contents of /etc/init.parro.capabilities.sh is :

$ getprop ro.parrot.install.allow-all

getprop ro.parrot.install.allow-all

false

$ cat /etc/init.parrot.capabilities.sh

cat /etc/init.parrot.capabilities.sh

#!/system/bin/sh

#capchecker come from lucie package

if [ -f /system/xbin/capchecker ] ; then

if [ ! -f /system/capabilitiesDone ] ; then

mount -o remount,rw /system /system

chown parrot /system/lib/udev/*

capchecker -i /system/xbin/*

capchecker -i /system/bin/*

capchecker -i /system/lib/udev/*

[ -f /system/etc/init.parrot.capabilities.product.sh ] &&

. /system/etc/init.parrot.capabilities.product.sh

#validate cap changes

sync

touch /system/capabilitiesDone

mount -o remount,ro /system /system

fi

fi

$

So i dont know where it goes wrong. But the setting keeps getting stuck at FALSE. Altough the rest of the menu.bat works fine, and i have acces via the su. And youtube & play store have been installed.
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Are you using cmd-frama-menu-4.zip from the startpost? It looks like you are using an older version of menu.bat that does not work with your firmware.
[Connected Car] tamernbl:
broken sct

I followed guide in Arabic forum trying to solve Arabic language support as I followed the guide for rooting from this forum but it seems that not all forums are identical and it seems quite reckless as you said. the issue that it is stuck at Volvo logo and I don't know if it can be connected to WiFi as it doesn't go further from the Volvo logo screen
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Other android devices have a recovery mode that allow to flash firmware if you screw something up. The SCT does not seem to have such a recovery mode. This means you need to be extra careful not to brick it.
[Connected Car] tamernbl:
mistakes

You are right but mistakes cost time and money. So I need to go to dealer for another box.so my last question when I get new box it will be 1.47.96 and it shows update icon for last firmware 1.49.34 so you advice me to update first or root directly as I did in my old box as I noted you downgraded after update.thanks
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Upgrading the firmware reverses the rooting. So you need to root after a firmware upgrade. Personally I think 1.49.34 has too many bugs, so I am staying on 1.47.96. Most likely your dealer will upgrade the firmware to the latest version though. No worries, it is possible to downgrade.
[Connected Car] frankvanh:
That was the problem! Apparantly I had downloaded an older version. Now I have installed Aptiode, and flitsmeister, and both are working fine!

Now I have to look for Google Maps/Waze/Different start menu/Automatic start & close of programs etc. But I can find that in this forum probaly. Thanks [MENTION=798814]RichieB[/MENTION]! [MENTION=2984707]gekkekoe123[/MENTION] for the amazing work you have done for the SCT owners ;)
[Connected Car] tamernbl:
another question

I want to ask another question for owners of Volvo s60 with built-in Bluetooth function and they have SCT do you have one or two microphone?

As I already had one for Bluetooth fixed in ceiling but when I bought SCT they didn't put another one for SCT so there was no voice search for music and as most properly I will get another unit after I break the old one I want to ask dealer to fix a second mic or what for voice search
[Connected Car] RichieB:
I have two microphones now. One is for Sensus, one is for Sensus Connected Touch.
[Connected Car] frankvanh:
I have downloaded the APK and copied it to the APK folder in the menu.bat directory.

Then chose option 7 for installing the APK's that were downloaded.

But it gaves an error.

(aptoide was already installed)

Installing Android Packages from APKs folder

531 KB/s (6845126 bytes in 12.586s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/aptoide5.0.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

can't find 'APKs\Maps' to install

can't find 'APKs\Voice' to install

Press any key to continue . . .

Content of the APK folder.

aptiode5.0.apk

Maps 6.14.4.apk

Voice Search_2.1.4.apk
[Connected Car] RichieB:
First of all, menu.bat does not support spaces in the apk file names. Secondly, are you sure aptiode is not already installed? You can check with "pm list packages".
[Connected Car] frankvanh:
Yes aptoide was already installed ( was also mentioned ;) )

But it did the trick!! Removing the spaces helped, and apps are both installed. So thanks for the good tip!

Now I have some small questions, mostly app related.

Flitsmeister.

It crashes sometimes, mostly after noticing a "vaste flitspaal". The error message is : De app Flitsmeister (proces nl.flitsmeister ) is onverwachts gestopt. But it is the only app that is working at the time, and sometimes it doesnt give the error, and sometimes it does. So very weird, i can not relate it to something specific. Somebody?

Deezer

I have downloaded the original version, so not the standard app that was preinstalled in my volvo.

It works great! but when i go back to radio, and after that return to Deezer the sound has gone?! The songs continue but there is no sound. When i close the app, and reopen it works again.

And the app continues when i close down the car! So i park the car for an hour or 2 and when i return the next album is still playing ( no sound, but it is still playing )

Google Navigation

Works also great, but after an announcement the sound of the Radio or Deezer doesnt return, and there is complete silence, until the next announcement/next exit etc.

And zooming, the scroll button on the steering wheel doesnt zoom in or out, but places the map higher or lower. Is there a way to change that?
[Connected Car] noten093:
I noted that Flitsmeister crashes if the car is not moving. Like when parking with ignition on.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn GT-I9505 met Tapatalk
[Connected Car] LoveKull:
Is it just me

Is it just me or is SCT more or less useless?

I hade SCT + 4G dongle installed in my XC60 -13 about a moth ago and I can't say that I have used it that much.

First off all, I use Spotify for music and SCT DON'T SAVE THE PLAYLIST when turning off the car for some time (~hour), what's up w/ that? I have to tap my way back to the playlist every time I start my car. It can't be meant to work like this! Is there a fix I can use if I root the STC?

I have also tried to activate the wifi hotspot in SCT but it does not stay activated if I turn off the car for some time and start the car again. Very annoying. Is there a fix for this to?

I have searched the thread but can't find an answer :(

Best regards, L
[Connected Car] RichieB:
The SCT forgetting the playlist is a bug in firmware 1.49.34. If you downgrade to 1.47.96 it works fine. Please complain to your dealer so they can contact the responsible product manager. This is the only way to get it fixed.

I use SCT every time, all the time I drive my car. I use Tomtom for navigation and I have a 500 GB USB drive connected to the SCT for music. The SCT can only handle about 20.000 tracks per partition, so I am using 3 partitions to store my 45.000 mp3 files. All of them can be reached using voice commands which is absolutely brilliant. The only downside to this setup is that you cannot use playlists that span multiple partitions.

Overall the SCT is the best in-car multimedia system I even owned.
[Connected Car] LoveKull:
I see, strange that Volvo in Sweden didn't know about this problem when I reported it. I'll give it a try! Many thanks for the info!

EDIT: Where can I find older firmware?
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Please ask Volvo Sweden to contact the SCT product manager regarding this bug. It is really annoying, and the more complaints they get, the more likely they are to fix it.

Here is SCT firmware 1.47.96 EU. All settings will be erased when doing a downgrade, so be prepared to reenter your passwords, etc.

Let us know if this fixed your playlist problem.
[Connected Car] chapeau_melon:
Hello,

Is there a difference between the Waze from the parrot store and the one 'generic' from the play store ?

Does any one has the apk of the parrot store (as it is not officially supported by our SCT) ? Is more 'compatible' with the SCT ?

Does the parrot version also reset's itself when no shutting down as it should ?

Thanks in advance !
[Connected Car] PlatCraft:
I tried the commands in menu.bat v4 - but I do get an error on (line 114 in menu.bat)

./adb shell su -c "sed -i '/^#!/a /system/xbin/setpropex ro.parrot.install.allow-all 1' /etc/init.parrot.capabilities.sh"

-> -bash: !/a: event not found

maybe there is a some wrong symbol due to mac/pc coding?
[Connected Car] RichieB:
The error indicates something is going wrong with the quotes. If you are doing this by hand, there is no need to use adb for every command. Try this:

./adb shell
su
sed -i '/^#!/a /system/xbin/setpropex ro.parrot.install.allow-all 1' /etc/init.parrot.capabilities.sh

While in the su session, execute everything within the " quotes.
[Connected Car] LoveKull:
Downgraded to 1.47.96 yesterday, still same problem. When I turn my car off and wait for say 5 minutes, everything is reset, spotify is not even running when SCT is started, I have to start spotify again and tap my way to the playlist :( Kind of useless. I have multiple times contacted my dealer. Volvo headquarters in Gothenburg does not have a clue :(

Is there something wrong w/ my system?!

Best regards, L
[Connected Car] RichieB:
I don't use Spotify myself, but downgrading to 1.47.96 fixed the problem for the Musicplayer (playing mp3 from a USB disk). Since Spotify is closely tied into the Parrot Musicplayer I thought it was the same bug. But unfortunately this seems to be a different issue.
[Connected Car] LoveKull:
To bad, I'll keep trying to get Volvo to do something about this.

//L
[Connected Car] bluesbroeder:
This is a known issue. If you shut down the SCT and start it again after several minutes every running app must started again eg. Spotify, IGO, Flitsmeister.

This is indeed very annoying. But so far as I know there is not a solution to solve this at the moment.
[Connected Car] RichieB:
That is very annoying a well, but the issue here is that the playlist is cleared. So if you start up Spotify after a reboot it should resume where you left off.
[Connected Car] bluesbroeder:
This will be the case for music on USB or Ipod but was never available for eg Spotify. Due to the fact that Spotify is shut down after sveral minutes and you should restart Spotify you also should choose your playlist again.
[Connected Car] RichieB:
I just noticed another annoying bug in the SCT music player: it does not support the ID3v2 TPOS tag. This is used to denote "part of a set" with multi-disc albums. For example, if you have 2 CD set with the following tracks:

CD1, Track 1 (TPOS=1, TRCK=1)

CD1, Track 2 (TPOS=1, TRCK=2)

..

CD2, Track 1 (TPOS=2, TRCK=1)

CD2, Track 2 (TPOS=2, TRCK=2)

The SCT will play the tracks in this order:

CD1, Track 1

CD2, Track 1

CD1, Track 2

CD2, Track 2

..

I usually have my music on random, or I use an m3u playlist which circumvents this problem because the SCT follows the playlist order. But when I play an album using the voice search, this bug is pretty annoying.
[Connected Car] santu001:
That's why I always rename them so that they become one album. So I delete the disk 1 and 2 part. Change the numbers in the titles and Id3-tag. It's a bit of work, but solves the issue.
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Thanks but I refuse to dumb down the tags in my mp3 collection just because one of my players does not support the id3v2 specification from 1998. The filenames of my tracks are fine. When sorted alphabetically they are in the right order. The SCT Music Player chooses to sort them using the id3 tags instead. That is great, but they forgot about the TPOS tag. That is a bug that should be fixed.
[Connected Car] santu001:
For me it's more a limitation of the CD, where they have to split an album in several disks. We don't need this when we use a different medium. So I do this not as a limitation of SCT, but just in general. I like to have everything as one album.

But I perfectly understand your complain and issues about SCT. But I really don't thing we can expect anything that will improve the matter. Luckily I use SCT mostly as a graphic music player, so I still use a third-party app as my main player. An occasionaly the stock player.
[Connected Car] tmahmoud:
Hi, i have just installed SCT on my Volvo S60 2012 and the service center want to charge me an extra 1000 USD for the map files for IGo , i tried to copy the igo files to the Volvo sd card (4gSD Card) that came with the system, i thought i could not even start the system but it installed but when loading it stopped giving me an error message (736x425 resolution is not compatible or incompatible theme) i tried to alter the sys.txt file but no success, any ideas how can i avoid buying 1000USD Volvo SD card , mind you that i have already paid 2000USD for the installatio.

thanks
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Simply root your SCT and buy any navigation app you like from the Google Play Store. Or use Google Maps navigation.
[Connected Car] PlatCraft:
thanks - this worked!

---------- Post added at 07:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:09 PM ----------

Since finally I can install Apps - which Apps are you Using on you SCT?

At the moment I am testing

Be-on-road for navigation

DogCatcher for podcasts

Glympse for location sharing

Btw. did anyone manage to get Google Maps running?

thx
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Google maps works fine if you use the version posted in this thread. Use the search function of this forum.
[Connected Car] PlatCraft:
thanks - I've overseen this when searching for the first time...
[Connected Car] frankvanh:
Small bump for the questions above. Does somebody know how to help?
[Connected Car] giglesis:
3/4G dongle

Hi,

I rooted my SCT few months ago, and today I have a "small" issue.

I used a 3G Dongle before rooting it, and it worked perfectly.

Now, when I put my 3G dongle, the SCT just reboots and doesn't work when I put my 3G dongle. I tried to do a reset, but the problem is still there.

Do you know how can I unroot the device? I tried to reinstall the firmware but it doesn't delete everything root stuff.

My question is easy, how can I delete everything, like SuperSU for example and go back to normal?

Thanks by advance everyone,

Giglesis
[Connected Car] RichieB:
When you downgrade the firmware, everything is erased. So install an older version of the firmware. Or root it and delete the user data yourself.
[Connected Car] giglesis:
Thank you so much, I did it and everything is working fine now. I will try to upgrade it back to the newer version.

Thank you again, it worked and you solved a problem I tried to solve for all my weekend :laugh:

---------- Post added at 11:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:29 AM ----------

Hi again everyone,

Just for the record, it seems that new firmware 1.49.34 can't work with 3G dongles.

I have a Huawei E398 and a ZTE K-35xx which both works perfectly with the older firmware but not anymore with the new firmware.

When I plug a dongle with this new firmware it just reboots the SCT. I just downgraded (again) and it works fine now.

Now, you know!

Giglesis
[Connected Car] RichieB:
Thanks for letting us know. Rooting itself should not influence the working of the 3G modem, and you just confirmed that.
[Connected Car] giglesis:
That's what I thaught at first, but the only thing I did different was rooting it; I couldn't believe an official firmware update would break what was working :silly:

I don't know how to inform Parrot/Volvo about that issue, because there is no bug tracker for the SCT. Any suggestions? That would be cool if they could correct it in an update!
[Connected Car] RichieB:
You have to ask your Volvo dealer to forward your issue to the SCT product manager in Sweden. Keep bugging them until they do.
[Connected Car] giglesis:
Volvo Dealer...

I wish I could have avoided that... But I'll tell him.
[Connected Car] gebla:
Did you check if an firmware update is available for our dongle?
[Connected Car] giglesis:
I just talk to my dealer and told him about this problem. He said that he would have to ask about it; he couldn't say when the problem will be fixed. Guess we will have to wait and see..
[Connected Car] manucostrava:
Waze constantly asking for credentials

I tried your file for Tasker. It closes Waze, but still asking for credentials / login after restart.

Anybody else got it working fine ?

Really boring issue.

Manu
[Connected Car] RivoA:
Whitelisting

Hello all,

first of all, huge thanks to everyone involved with the programming. I got it installed almost a year ago and until now it was not rooted, so I used the unrooted version, but as there hasn't been not a single update that would change the use of it significally, I decided to root.

Currently I have it running on 1.49.34 EU and I rooted it successfully with cmd-frama-menu-4.zip. Also had success in installing almost every app I needed + using the Ultimate Rotation Control I was able to configure everything as I needed. Now one last thing remains - whitelisting so that I would be able to use the apps like Waze while driving. I haven't had Android devices before (using WP8 + iOS) + I haven't rooted any of them before so could anyone help me with details how could I whitelist the installed apps as easily as possible.

I understood that I should use Terminal, but should it be the Terminal app like Android Terminal Emulator in Android device (in this case SCT) or should I have it running in PC using ADB and SDK files? From zero, what would be the commands when I open up the Android Terminal Emulator to run the rewhitelist.sh?

It is a bit confusing for me as I have never done that before...

Huge thanks for everyone I really appreciate the new functions within my SCT.
[Connected Car] RichieB:
You can use a terminal app, but I hate typing on the touch screen, so I prefer a remote shell. Adb will do fine. The commands are:

su
rewhitelist.sh
reboot
[Connected Car] RivoA:
Huge thanks RichieB!

I chose the "portable" option which basicly means PC-free.

It was as easy as 1-2-3:

1. Download Android Terminal Emulator from Google Play Store on Your rooted(for rooting please check post 1 on page 1) SCT.

2. Open the Android Terminal Emulator under Applications.

3. touch the screen - the keyboard pops up

4. Type in "su" press ENTER

5. It should ask wether You allow Superuser or not, choose the "Allow" option.

5. Type in "rewhitelist.sh" press ENTER

6. Type in "reboot" press ENTER

After the SCT has rebooted, all of the apps You have downloaded previously are available during driving. If You have installed newer apps, just start the Android Terminal Emulator and follow the points from 2 to 6 again.

:cowboy:
[Connected Car] rendesp:
HELP

Please RivoA,

I've never had an Android System and I don't have any programmer skills... But I really want to root my Volvo Sensus Touch so I'm able to install other programs and run then while driving... Can you help me?

Thanks!
[Connected Car] RivoA:
Hello,

It is rather simple as long as You have the SENSUS CONNECTED TOUCH and a PC (prefer a laptop) which You need to connect to the same network.

How to:

1. Preparing

*Download the: cmd-frama-menu-4.zip from the page 1, first post attachments. LINK: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2449005&highlight=whitelist

2. Follow the instructions a bit below on the first post:

The instructions are rather simple.

-Connect your SCT to the same Wifi network as your PC. This wifi network can be your home network or your local hotspot from your phone.

-Unzip the (cmd-frama-menu-4.zip) and start menu.bat found in the folder "menu"

- After starting menu.bat on your pc it will ask:

Code:

Input {IP Address of Android Device} or USB:

Type in the IP address of the SCT,

can be found when You go to the settings on SCT -> WIFI -> and click on the connected network (starts with 192.-).

After that the menu look list this:

(Now just type in: 1 and wait a bit so it will say complete, then type in 2 and wait a bit until complete and so on, until step 6 when the SCT will restart itself)

Code:

1 - Copy Framaroot files and execute.

2 - Install remount.sh into /system/xbin and remount as writeable.

3 - Alter /system/build.prop to ro.parrot.install-all=true

4 - Install Google Framework & Android Market

5 - Install rewhitelist.sh/setpropex/patch init.parrot.capabilities.sh

6 - Reboot Android Device

7 - Install Android Packages from APKs folder.

8 - Android Debug Bridge Shell

9 - Save ADB Bugreport to Disk

R - Input connection information & retry ADB connect.

Q - Quit

Run steps 1 through 6 in order to root the SCT.

Step 7 is optional and will install all APKs you have placed inside the APKs folder in your unzipped menu.zip folder on your pc PC.

Step 8 is for manual commands or troubleshooting.

Step 9 is for troubleshooting.

Step R is only needed when the connection to the SCT seems lost.

3. You should have now a rooted SCT.

4. Installing applications

I noticed that lots of Apps from Google Play Store can not be downloaded directly to the SCT(because the SCT is not in the available list of the apps) so a easy way is to download the Applications as ".apk" files from the PC (You can find the desired app from: http://www.appsapk.com/ or http://www.androiddrawer.com/ for example).

Then copy-paste these .apk files(make sure they do not have any spaces in the filenames) to the folder "APKs" found in the downloaded unzipped folder "cmd-frama-menu-4". To install them, run the menu.bat again and once connected with the SCT again run the step 7 to install the applications You copied to the APK folder.

5. Enable displaying applications while driving (disable safety feature)

1. Download

Android Terminal Emulator

from Google Play Store on Your rooted SCT.

2. Once installed, run Android Terminal Emulator under Applications

3. touch the screen - the keyboard pops up

4. Type in "su" press ENTER

5. It should ask wether You allow Superuser or not, choose the "Allow" option.

6. Type in "rewhitelist.sh" press ENTER

7. Type in "reboot" press ENTER

Now You should be done. Happy downloading and drive safely. :)
[Connected Car] rendesp:
THANKS!

Thank you very much for you help! It's a really nice tutorial!!

Now VOLVO V40 CROSS COUNTRY with SCT in South America Rooted and working smoothly!

The only down side I'm seeing is with large video files, I'm using MX Video and VLC, videos with 100 Mb and up regardless the extension, both players aren't playing well. The video freeze sometimes. Anyone experience that as well?
[Connected Car] getiem:
I used your post to update the First Post instructions.. Thanks :)