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[Android Head-Units] adit9989:
When you stop the ignition do you see a pop-up telling the unit is shutting down ? If you don't see it the unit may be in stand-by mode only. Also when you start you should see the full boot sequence (takes 12-15 seconds to boot).
[Android Head-Units] Franky692:
Yes! when i stop ignition I see the pop up with the message switching off or something similar., and when I switch on I see the Car Logo, Android Logo and after about 12 seconds boot is at the end. So I suppose the android section on the board is off. I suppose there is some problem on the amplifier section.
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
I had battery down last year too and it was 3 Years old, i replaced it and till now is fine. A guy on the kia sportage forum misured the amps too on his S100 and it was around 30mA shut off from power button, 10 mA with car key turned off and 1.6 A with radio playing on volume set to 5.
[Android Head-Units] Franky692:
So 420mA is a bit too much i suppose.

I hope I will have a board repalcement soon...

If somebody has contacts or e-mail addresses of sellers that can supply board V1.2 for s150 with 7 channels equalizer please PM me!

My board version is 1.01 of 2012 with TDA7415C DSP bought a the begin of this Mount. Very lucky!
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
Are you shure about the dsp ? I have 3 band eq plus 3 filters but in the adversiting of my unit is written that has the dsp. Further with poweramp I see a full working eq with 22 bands. It could be only a sw limit in the original UI

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[Android Head-Units] Franky692:
I have the same that you have, probably same main board, with the last boards you can get 11 equalizer frequencies + 3D sound, loudness and more: see here

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showpost.php?p=15818056&postcount=6

The TDA7415C in datasheet has only 3 band equalization, I suppose in new main boards there is a different chip or something more...

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Any body can comment the current drain of my unit when off?

This morning I opened the head unit: very simple to do....but I see nothing wrong.

Later I will post some photos....
[Android Head-Units] np27np27:
S100 installation

Hi,

Thanks for an excellent thread guys. Keep up the good work.

I wanted to ask about the S100 units. I see that some of you have installed the new beta firmware onto the S100 units? Were these units android 2.3 from purchase? My unit came with Windows CE 6.0 (and is S100...i think), can this firmware be flashed to my unit? I know this is the S150 thread but here seems the best place to ask. Or maybe someone like KoTix2 of Stief can create a new S100 thread to deal with that unit??

Thanks.
[Android Head-Units] ildiko2:
Calibration problems solved with 4.03 from KOTIX2

I managed to upgrade to KOTIX2 4.0.3 Beta - and calibration problems are gone.

1000 x thanks to kotix2 !!!!

now i can normally use my Car-Radio, just following small bugs were left in KOTIX2 4.0.3. dated 24.01.2014

- GPS-Slot not found by NAVIGON (need to use right slot)

- RDS missing (maybe there is another App, someone knows to see RDS?

- Reversing Camera View is cutting outer boarder (no full screen)

thank you for developing!!!!
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
Glad for being helpfull :)

Regarding the three bugs... I don't have a rear camera, my knowledge is not that good to fix RDS, maybe we could fix the gps slot one but I'm already busy with other things and for the time they'll be fixed i beleive an official 4.0 fw will be out :P

[MENTION=1597906]np27np27[/MENTION] you have already all the infos on this thread and once your S100 has android there isn't really a lot of more to say about S100, it become an S150. Maybe will be necessary to open a separated thread after an offical android 4.03 fw will come out but for now this one is enought. Just send me a pvt if you have any question.
[Android Head-Units] Franky692:
Here the photos of my s150 disassembled. As you can see it’s very easy disassemble the unit, you have to remove the front display module and then the CD/DVD unit and you can access the main board….

Today I tried to disconnect the CD/DVD unit and the display leaving the unit in standby… I get again 0,42A of current so I suppose the problem is on the main board! (pretty easy to remove flat connectors only a lot of patience and soft hand)

Now the only problem I have is how to get a new board possibly of the last version.

Reassemble and the unit work again:) but with the same two problems (current to high in stanby and Pre OUT gone) :(

Thinking about my problem (to much current adsorbed from the unit when off ) I can try to connect the backup 12V to the accessory power of the car. In this way every time I switch of the car the HU has no power at all. The only settings I lose are the FM radio station and time. But Time is reloaded after few seconds from the boot in two ways: via internet connection if you have one and in this situation you get date and time. Instead with the GPS antenna connected and satellite available you get only time no data. This happens after every boot.

I can add e capacitor on the 12V backup so when the car is switched off I get few seconds more to have the proper shutdown time.

Here a photo of the new version of the board (what i should have) from russian friends:

Now I can start playing with OS and so on, while waiting for the end of chinese new year day, hoping to get something from my reseller (canadvdgps)!

My last agreement with him is to wait for the end of china holidays end then, if in stock, he can send me the new MoBo, but paying more money. I’m not agree because in my opinion my unit was fault from the begin, but no way to get the board free. I can also pay because better than nothing to have a good unit but this in my opinion is not correct and I don’t know how to operate with him. If I pay for the new board and it will not work, I can think to spend some holiday in Shenzhen looking for mr. Kevin
[Android Head-Units] Franky692:
If someone has any idea or Chinese contact to get the new main board for S150, please PM me!
[Android Head-Units] TheSmoker:
Allen@witson.com

Bob@witson.com
[Android Head-Units] w3bm4n:
Hi

the first time I updated to the firmware 4.0.3 of Kotix, I forgot to insert my original folder Config, and the rearcam was not started.

I updated again by entering the original Config and after, the rearcam was running again, ;)

I think you have to look at some options in the config file.

Byee
[Android Head-Units] np27np27:
Hi, thanks. I'm keen to install android as Win CE is rubbish and the stock player are awful

I will PM you with some questions. Thanks ;)
[Android Head-Units] sammybarlow:
[MENTION=2734955]KoTiX2[/MENTION] great work with the 4.03 works like a charm.

I'm currently doing some work trying to figure out how to sort out the audio output as my player (Spotify) does not work without first running a stock app. Fingers crossed the official 4 firmware will be out soon though :)

One question, for me the * # 98723 to get into the service menu no longer works after upgrade. Is there another way in or am I doing something wrong.

I have also asked this chap to send a link to his stock radio app in the hopes we can replace ours.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49789965
[Android Head-Units] stief:
If you go to the settings menu there is an option 'Engineering'. You can enter the numbers there.
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
I'm trying to fix the audio focus/priority problems using "llama location profile". It will take some time but i beleive i am on the right way.
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
I got the modified radio apk from Stanjkof in this thread :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=49789965

It is from a different unit and, may be , it is not working on our units....but a try is free ! :D

Probably KoTiX2 or someone with a good Android skill, could analyse it and get the inspiration to improve the stock FMradio.apk.
[Android Head-Units] sammybarlow:
I've installed llama on my tablet and had a quick look. Have you identified the service that needs killing to stop the Radio?

I suppose a quick but not inelegant workaround would be to use llama to create a task that starts then stops the stock video app before starting the music player of choice.
[Android Head-Units] ildiko2:
Thanks!!! I will try! (will report if it works)
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
That was my idea too :) I'll look into wincaservice.apk for the the stop service.

Easyer is to stop/pause the music/video player when turning on the radio and would be even more easyer if there was a profile editor for PC.
[Android Head-Units] niton:
Your HU had old FW, flash the newer FW and everything will be ok!!! Try 02/11/2013 firmware, as for me it's more stable
[Android Head-Units] DSGVW:
Ok I have a number of stupid questions - I apologize in advance!

I have an S150 Android unit and loving it so far, just a few issues.

1) What do I connect the radio antenna blue wire to? The only loose wire in the back in a yellow one with a sticker on it that says "SPEED". Can I hook the blue wire into this for the amplifier on the antenna to work? Blue wire is from a dual fakra type connection as my VW GTI 2012 has 2 antenna inputs.

2) iGO - I updated to the latest version and also tried to skin it with DimkaWRV skin. The only thing that bugs me is the search by address button does not work. It will depress, but nothing happens and you cannot search. POI searching and map searching works fine but when you go to put in an address, nothing. Any suggestions? I'm going to try removing the skin, maybe I screwed something up. On that note, how do you properly skin with Android iGO? I replaced the ui-android 800x480 folders with the skins, as just placing the skin in the "/content/skin" folder does absolutely nothing and it will not recognize.

3) Some apps won't recognize the system from Google Store (i.e. Waze Navigation). Will an update to Android 4 help this? Is the firmware upgrade solid now or still beta from this thread?

4) My iPhone hotspot tethering will ONLY work if I get the head unit up and running and then turn the hotspot off and then back on again. It will not auto recognize no matter what I do. Is this just an apple issue or can I fix this somehow? I'm jailbroken on my iphone 5 so maybe a Cydia tethering app will help me - any advice?

5) MUSIC on SD cards. I finally figured out to just put the music in a folder entitled "music" .. but can I organize the music by folder inside music? Right now the only way I could get it to play was just to put all the MP3 files inside the music folder directly, but hoping I can put them inside 'music/skrillex' and still have them recognize by album/artist/genre???

Thanks in advance everyone - this forum seems to be a great place for answers and tweaks for these units. :good:
[Android Head-Units] niton:
Llama can't force close the apps,

I configured another way, just start the installed player after the stock player has started.

I mean, click on stock player and istalled player will run, and you'll hear it.
[Android Head-Units] mihaiolimpiu:
How to solve incompatible app in Google Play?

I've seen this question pop numerous times here, so here it is a proper way to edit build.prop file to mimic Nexus device and here is another tutorial explaining how to use Market Helper App.

I like the first method because it's permanent... and simple, keep in mind you need root to do both.
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
Which device is suggested to be inserted in build.prop for our S150 ? :D
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
My 4.03 rom already has the buil.prop fix you can take a look at it.

I installed llama on my samsung GS3 and configured it to start wifi tethering when it connect to my car bluetooth and stop it when it disconnects. Let me say it's working great!

For question N°5 i guess you'll have to use a third party player, winca music player see only "one big folder"...
[Android Head-Units] ildiko2:
My battery went down twice in the last days, so i was not sure if it was beacause of low temperatueres or bad battery. So i checked with amperemeter:

total consumption at Battery:

- Ignition off : 10 mA - 20 mA

- ignition on an Radio playing: 1,8A - 2,2A

seems, like Radio is OK, so i check battery now.

(but maybe battery went down, because i am playing around very long with firmwareupgrades in the car, and this may drain battery :D )
[Android Head-Units] sammybarlow:
Regarding the iPhone the way to get it to regnise the hotspot is to go into settings->personal hotspot. That screen has to be open while the devices connect then you can close it.

I downloaded a WiFi manager so all I have to do is activate this screen and the head unit aotomatically connects.

I have tried using activator from Cydia to turn the hotspot on another way,but the only way it will connect is when that "personal hotspot" screen is showing.
[Android Head-Units] DSGVW:
Link to said Wifi manager? How does this work?
[Android Head-Units] sammybarlow:
I was using this wifi manager:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kman.WifiManager

On android 2.3 and there is an option to autoconnect to the strongest network (ie. Personal hotspot)

However I'm now on Kotix2 android 4 update and it automatically connects to my phone as long as I have the hotspot screen open.

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[MENTION=2734955]KoTiX2[/MENTION] I managed to use a tasker-style app called "condi" which allows you to start a stock audio app and force close it (thereby turning off the FM radio) then start another music app (in my case spotify) all linked to the press of one home screen icon.

The problem is I'm using smart launcher and you can't add icons to the home screen so have to use the stock launcher!!

Another problem is my neighbours probably think I'm crazy spending hours sat in my car on my drive :)
[Android Head-Units] amkarfan:
Please help, I install 4.0.3 on my s100, everything great, but steering wheel buttons, doesn't work(hard buttons on head into work great), I try to reinstall firmware many time, try to change wheelvalue and adset files, try to change config folder, but only one button start work, I don't know how it is possible, have you got answer? I try to read all pages of this thread, but it is difficult to me, because English is not my native language. Thanks for reading. You doing great work, keep on going!
[Android Head-Units] stief:
Haha....

It gets addictive doesn't it?

Wonder what KoTix's neighbours are thinking :laugh::laugh:

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Sorry just had to try this:angel:

I can verify that it works!!!.

Use the tool to create a SD and copy latest WinCE firmware files to de SD.

Edit the XML.

Put the SD card in the GPS slot, turn on the unit and follow the instructions on the screen.

Takes about 15 minutes to flash WinCE..

I will probably go back to Android tomorrow but had to try it.

It will probably also work for the S150 users who want to try WinCE!!.

My unit originally was a S100 before I flashed Android.
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
Well i'm having good results with llama, "niton" was right about launching your player using the default one as conditon and viceversa i can set on pause or stop the player when swithcing to the radio.

I tryed to force stop the radio service with some terminal commands but with no success, so i'll stick with llama for now ( it works on all launchers).

About your neighbours... My wife think the same about me :p

Edit: @ stief you are crazyer than both of us! Surely braver. Good work man!
[Android Head-Units] sammybarlow:
Aha I see that sounds good I'll give Llama a go tomorrow then...makes sense when you put it like that. I've also tried and failed to force stop the radio app I'm sure it shouldn't be this hard!!

[MENTION=3335872]Steif[/MENTION] I think you may be crazy :) All of the winca owners have been trying to get Android and you're doing it the other way round!!
[Android Head-Units] stief:
:D:D

Well I think I was the first to Flash Android on a WinCE unit, so I think It's fair to be the first to flash WinCE an a unit running Android :p

BTW: If someone else did it before me.... don't worry I won't hold it against you;)

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Hey Guys,

I've gotten different messages from people asking me to help them to create a bootable SD card.

Most of them are not comfortable using a linux and a lot of them are having problems using the SD-Flasher and SDboot tools mentioned in this thread.

I've tried all the tools I could find on different systems.

It seems that they often don't work correctly on computers running Windows 8.x. The tools run fine but the created card isn't bootable in most cases.

I also tried it on computers running Windows 7. There the SD's were bootable every time I've tried..

I haven't tried using the compatibility mode on Windows 8.x though.

For now I advise you to use a computer running Windows 7 or older if you're having problems.
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
Using sd-flasher be sure you have only one card in your pc, i flashed 2 SD and 1 USB flash disk all togheter with it....loosing my data. :(
[Android Head-Units] np27np27:
Thanks for confirming this works. It's very handy for those of us with the s100, so we can revert back to the stock firmware if we don't like android!

So will this work on any s100 unit, I take it the xml file allows the install to be configured to be car specific??
[Android Head-Units] hititup:
Sorry guys i know u as dont want to here about S100 here but i dont know where else to ask this question..

Can i use the above method to flash android 4.3 to s100 ?

I am trying to find a easier way to do this.
[Android Head-Units] deemag:
Hi KoTiX!

Is there a possibility that you will release firmware with built-in llama software? :p
[Android Head-Units] niton:
It's very simple to install Llama and import config, as for me, it's not necessary to buily it in
[Android Head-Units] tommern_nor:
Install this software on S100

The s100 and s150 is the same unit, have anyone tried to install android on s100?

If so how can I do it?
[Android Head-Units] amkarfan:
Read this thread. It is easy. But my steering wheel buttons doesn't work on android.
[Android Head-Units] np27np27:
KoTix2, do your steering wheel buttons work? If so, how did you get them working??
[Android Head-Units] djbros:
thanks :d
[Android Head-Units] tommern_nor:
Config files S100 VW 004 unit.

Thank you, I found the information about flashing.

It says here that I could change the config files for my spesific device, I have a 004 for VW, do someone have the correct config files so that canbus and steeringwheel control works? My car is a Golf GTI 2005 mod.

On the windows CE I am using IGO Primo 2.0 will this work on the Android version or do I need to get IGO for Android?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
Yes on my C001 steering wheel work, try doing a reset, maybe they start work.

Regarding the config files, you need to download the original 2.34 fw for your model and extract the config.

Look at top of page here:

http://4pna.com/showthread.php?t=12544

there is a collection of fw there.
[Android Head-Units] tommern_nor:
i004 configuration files

Hi.

Do you have the configuration files for i004 that you could send me?

Thanks in advance
[Android Head-Units] Gassi2106:
Heres the Config Files from I004.
[Android Head-Units] tommern_nor:
Thank you very much Gassi2106 :)

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Do you also have the IGO Primo software with the correct licence keys?

Thanks in advance

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Do you also have the IGO Primo software with the correct licence keys?

Thanks in advance

I appretiate all your help :)
[Android Head-Units] Gassi2106:
No, i use a TID-I087 with Navigon
[Android Head-Units] ildiko2:
S150 Original 2.3.4 - Calibration Files

I have allready written about by touch-screen-calibration problems with original 2.3.4 firmware (tested many versions)

With KOTIX 4.0.3beta calibration works, but in original FW RDS works, so i would like to fix the problem.

I found calibration file is written to /data/system/pointercala (see attached file)

it seems to me, like my file has wrong data. its only 28Bytes (how can it have 5 pointervalues saved with 28Bytes?)

Can anyone of you post his/her pointercala file which works, for you, please.

Or maybe my TsCalibrate.apk tool is broken.

Could anyone post a Titanium-backup of his "TsCalibrate system-apk" based on android 2.3.4

(its only 28KB small)

This would be a great favour and maybe the solution for my calibration problems can be solved with your backups.

thanx, thanx, thanx, ...
[Android Head-Units] amkarfan:
How do you think , can we install 2.3.4 on s100,?
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
As I understand the difference between the S100 and S150 is whether or not WinCE is installed as the main OS. Replacing the ROM with Android 2.3.4 would make it into an S150. Or, you can do one better and go into the beta 4.0.3 ROM that Kotix created.
[Android Head-Units] amkarfan:
I have s 100 with android 4.0.3, I like it, but steering wheel buttons not work, on wince they work excellent) i want to try android 2.3.4, that's why a ask this question)
[Android Head-Units] gochapka:
What?!

HI, looking at the specifications of the S150 unity in the Wiki says both inputs "Rearview Cam" as the "Secondary Cam" are not visible by Android, that means? I have the original unit S150 and I can see on those inputs which connect them? (the not yet tried).

Thank you.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
That means that (as far as we know - Please correct me if I'm wrong) the video inputs for those cameras is only displayed on the screen, but it's not available to the operating system as a tipical front or rear facing camera on a phone or tablet would be. While the "Aux app" can display the video on the screen, it's merely telling the mcu to switch video out from showing android, to showing the aux video. Same when you put your car in reverse.

Neither can be used by apps like Skype, Torque, or any other apps that would need access to the device's camera.
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
It' s already been told that the 2.34 firmware on S100 doesn't run because of bootloop, we should solder the otg cable and use adb to debug it but right now I'm not interested doing it.

What model do you have? and what model have all the people that have problems with the SWC?

Are you sure the config is right?

Did you try pressing reset button?
[Android Head-Units] amkarfan:
Thanks for answer, I have i062 subaru impreza/forester. I take config from Russian forum from 2.3.4 firmware. Only 1 button work, how it's possible?
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
Well I have no idea why...

I have a C001 so I can't tell you what is going on but remember that this is a beta firmware.

Winca as i know is selling just the I001 model with the 4.03 firmware right now so maybe at the time they have built this fw they just didn't test the SWC for all the models but they focused first on the most standard one I001.

I'm just supposing it and the only thing i that i can tell you is to be patience and wait for the official 4.03 fw to come out.
[Android Head-Units] amkarfan:
Thanks. Now I go in car, and last time will try to reinstall 4.0.3, if nothing change, I will try to install wince back, and will wait official 4.0.3) you doing big work for us, thank you! Sorry for my English )
[Android Head-Units] leoeekrj:
Isdb-T Digital TV

Anyone knows if this new 4.03 firmware works with ISDB-T (south american digital signal television)?

Or anyone knows how to make a s150 play digital TV in Brazil?

The Android 2.3 "Factory mode" (#*98723) only shows as TV options CMMB, DVB or Analogic...

My digital receiver manual says "dual mode" (DVB and ISDB) but TV app do not find channels.

Thanksss
[Android Head-Units] TheSmoker:
That might be an option for you. There are HUs which come with DVB-x optional onboard. For the rest you will need a separate receiver.