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[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
I will in a few minutes. I'm currently getting ready to head out to the car

The app is Bluetooth settings shortcut

Install and open the app go to settings and rename the radio to your desired name. Leave everything else alone.

Remove your pairing from your phone's Bluetooth settings

Search for your radio you should find it.

Connect and use your last pin you had.

Open music player on your phone and play a song.

Go to the radio's phone/Bluetooth music section and press play.

It should have paused your phone. Press play again on the radio and you will be connected with audio.

If it does not connect. Restart both the phone and radio.

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
What file program are you using make sure you have hidden files viewable.

Does anyone know about HTC mirror link ? It's supposed to connect to newer radio's like vw and another android head unit.

I'd like to get it installed on ours if it's possible

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] B.Stromberg:
[MENTION=822076]shadowmike[/MENTION]

I downloaded the app BT Shortcut.

I rename it there in the Settings to "china"

Before i deleted pairing!

Now my S4 shows me again the Unit as "Car Kit" not as china like i change before....

And the Rest not work...

Where is my Mistake?
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
Do you have correct mcu and have picked your model in the model chooser

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] B.Stromberg:
Oh....so its a misunderstood!

I thought the way you discribe is a solution for all who have Problems with BT.

So i still have to search a right MCU :(
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
What radio do you have ? Do you know what mcu was on it from the factory ?

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] B.Stromberg:
no....thats my Problem.

I dont get clever out of the different MCU Versions......
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
What unit do you have ? Where did you get it ?

What navigation apps came on everyone's radio ? I go came on mine as well as another one but it only had 2 maps from the middle east so I ditched it.

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] PsychoMcSatan:
I think we had similar discussions a couple weeks back and determined that we appear to have the same unit. The problem is that the MCU you have installed, 4.2.13-7-10-6501 wrecks our bluetooth. We need 4.2.13-7-10-2501, but that didn't come with .96. Once I installed 4.2.9-7-10-2501 from the previous system version, bluetooth works again, but we lose the new knob customization.

It's actually pretty weird what it does to bluetooth. My phone will show that it has connected, but the radio doesn't see it. If I change the connection details on the radio, my phone will still connect with the old details when I reboot. So I suspect that bluetooth connection details are written to the MCU, but with this bad MCU firmware, we are not properly able to communicate with the MCU bluetooth subsystem.

I've consigned myself to live with backwards knobs for now and just hope that the next version will have a X.X.X-7-10-2501 MCU.
[Android Head-Units] brisk5181:
I am going to install .96 tomorrow. my current firmware is 2.6.60, and mcu is 4.0.6-1-10-0101. So how do I need to update MCU? or how do I know I don't need to update MCU? I do have BT issues with my current firmware and MCU.
[Android Head-Units] pasha_kost:
I got new stereo and broke it the same day.

Same stereo as on the 1 page of this tread.

The touch screen worked for few minutes, and then stopped to respond. Restart on the front of the stereo and power off did not help. I connected usb mouse and it was working. The firmware version was 2.6. So I downloaded 2.7 and update it. Update went through, but touchscreen still didn't respond. So I did the reset in the settings menu. The screen went black and didn't come back.

I tried to do the upgrade 1 more time holding menu and power on buttons . But it never goes to the screen to start update. Tried different memory card and usb.

When I turn one stereo screen gets white for a second then dims down to black. And in speakers only noise.

Can anyone help me unbrick my stereo.

Thanks a lot :)
[Android Head-Units] B.Stromberg:
After trying all MCU files out of the .96 Firmware i agree.

We need that 4.2.13-7-10-2501 Version. From where does those Firmware files come? I have mine from Ebay and the Seller told me he is unable to send me such files :(

Other Problem:

Since i flashed like a devil Root get lost....

Even Factory Reset and flashing Firmware again doesnt help :(

Is there any other way to Root that Device?

Sure i can try to flash oder Firmware but i am getting lazy after hours of MCU testing *lol
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
You have to reroot when you loose it.

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] B.Stromberg:
Sounds soooo easy out of your Hands here ;)

The Truth was different.

I needed to install the .70, then factory Reset and Root runs again.

Then update to .96 and Root again.

Now Root works on my .96 Version
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
Ok then a fix would help. Wow I'm out of the loop when it comes to Android gaming, last I check everything was pretty small (less than 100mb) and then the game itself would download additional data to the SD card.

Basic fix would be a script that removes the /cache directory, creates it in the data partition then symlinks /cache to the new folder. Then choose a way to execute the script at the end of the boot process if the change is reverted at boot each time.
[Android Head-Units] Defender666:
Wouldn't it be possible to turn the unit 180° and turn the android desktop upside down, then you have your volume button on the right
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
Yea even the 200mb+ games want to then download another GB or so of data to the SD card.
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
Maybe - although the device has no way to tell which way up it is, and I haven't seen an option for it. But I would have to try and turn the buttons upside down too. I'm quite happy with it as it is, I have the steering wheel controls for volume anyway :)
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
That might be risky... some apps might expect the right stuff in there or even write files before the external card gets mounted and links are created by the script... It might be better to just simlink individual directories (such as Music Movies and whatever other needs more space)

Ah, so it's showing not compatible with the unit (or not available for your country? is it available for your phone?) I think I remember vaguely doing something about making the market think my ouku was a tablet.... look at posts #385 #1647 #1652 on the OUKU thread (handy hand written list of posts here)

ROFLMAO That'is awesome, the orientation can be changed in software I'm sure... that would be unique!! :laugh:

---------- Post added at 05:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:59 PM ----------

post #1811 on the ouku by you, still stands and works fine.
[Android Head-Units] bmj67:
Ok I ran ls mod with and without the usb adapter plugged in. There is no change. When I plug the adapter into the computer it comes up as FT232R USB UART. http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/FT232R.htm

Updated torque pro and freezing issue is gone
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
ftdi_sio should handle that... is it not present? (might have to reboot to get different results plugging/unplugging)...
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
I don't think so, it's not system storage, it's basically seen as an external sd card, so making it a link to the actual MicroSD card should make little difference. It's like on your phone, if you remove the MicroSD, the apps that are on it are removed from the menu until the card is replaced.

I purchased on phone and went to download on the unit, but wasn't available on there. So as you suggest, making the market thing the unit is a tablet may work.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
you can try, but you're not really removing the internal "sdcard" a folder needs to exist for you to mount a different filesystem there, apps might write to that folder before the mount... (Can't really verify anything yet as my unit hasn't even shipped from china... this is going to kill me!)
[Android Head-Units] mcsvt:
Just wanted to say I purchased this headunit about 2 week ago. Today I hooked it up to an old PSU and used the rooting process. There was a bit of a learning process, but it all worked out. I'm hoping to install it into the car this weekend. Looking forward to keeping up here. Thanks for all the input along the way.
[Android Head-Units] Orisai:
Excellent work to everyone involved with the rooting process!

Now, I'll have to wait until they come up with a headunit for my 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe I45.
[Android Head-Units] Defender666:
I ordered a DVB-T / DAB Stick to check if it works, actually the USB should accept OTG devices and driver from Google Play?
[Android Head-Units] chris.r.r:
For VW everything (parking sensors, climate control) is sent via Canbus. So I expect that there are no additional cables or hardware for that. The only difference I know between the universal AN21-U and the VW unit is that the VW unit comes with a Plug&Play Quadlock connector. There is also a canbus decoder box, is that one included with the universal unit?

From the app point of view: If it's the same as for OUKU the app is included on all units. It's the SBD.apk which is responsible for communicating with the firmware of the underlying hardware, like radio tuner, BT module and canbus. From what I've seen this app also handles the steering wheel controls as well as the auto start of the last used system application. So if we want to make steering wheel controls globally available or disable autostart, this app would be a good starting point. For parking sensors there exists a class RadarView.java, which shows the parking sensor viz. I will deep into that once I have my unit. In the meantime you guys could check if the SBD.apk system app is still available on the AN21-U. Thanks ;)
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Hey, [MENTION=1915855]KID52[/MENTION]

On second thought, I think I remember installing the tablet talk app after one of the many reflashes without doing anything. I wonder if Bluetooth is required for it, and market is smart enough to know whether your device has bluetooth or not... Something else that maybe worth looking into is a patched version of Market...

It would be helpful to know if users of the OUKU can see tablet talk in the market (stock rom and rooted rom).
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
The Android Market / Google Play isn't smart enough to know what hardware you have. It bases the filters on the /system/build.prop file and whether or not Google has the fingerprint blessed in their database. Besides, I do not understand what the big deal is with TabletTalk. If it is installed on his Android Phone just copy then he can copy the APK then sideload it onto the AN-21.
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Thanks,

Tablet talk is a paid app, it has a license verification check that isn't able to verify your purchase when you sideload it. Sure we could sideload a patched version, but that's ...well just a patch. In a quest to "make a list" of things to do now that we're rooted, I'm trying to figure out what that's about as I'm sure it probabli effects other apps too.

I need to hurry up and wait for mine to get here, that will make it easier :)
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
Interesting. I have sideloaded paid apps which weren't available through Google Play on my Parrot Asteroid Smart, like Next Launcher, and had no problems using them. The verification is still handled by Android Market / Google Play. The problem is if you are trying to sideload an app that you do not have a license. The only issue is that they are not updated unless you use an app to fix the market link.
[Android Head-Units] jakejm79:
You could always use Google Voice for texting, then there is no need to even link your phone and headunit, unless you need it for data purposes.
[Android Head-Units] Bawb3:
So for those of you that have one of these, what are your impressions so far?

It's really difficult to find any actual feedback on these things, and it's really frustrating that there are basically no actual name brand companies making anything] like this. I feel like if one of the big car audio makers would release a full android stereo with essentially all the functionality of an actual tablet, it would be a huge hit with the right marketing.

I want use one of these for a few things:

-Google Maps/Navigation

-Google Music

-Audio Books

-Torque Pro

-Escort Live

(Both of the latter require BT, so I guess that's a no go?)

How well would this work for everything else though?

Thanks!
[Android Head-Units] KID52:
Very interesting to know, mine didn't come with any sort of box so I will assume CANBUS does not work on it, but perhaps it would if this box were included. Definitely given me some things to look into.

Thanks, will take a look.

It was more the calls side of things I was hoping to improve, that being the ability to quickly find a contact, rather than searching through the entire contact list.

The video review I made is a good place to get initial impressions and thoughts of the unit from.

Some of the apps you've mentioned have also been asked about, such as music and navigation.

If you want further detailed answers then take a look at the ones given previously. But, in answer to your questions, maps works perfectly. Music works fine, but steering wheel controls do not function with it. Audio books I have no idea, but will assume works perfectly fine, I see no reason why they wouldn't.

Correct on the last two apps, they do not work yet. Torque should work with certain USB scanners though.
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
I have only factory reset my device once and that was before I rooted the first time.

I've downgraded upgraded, system and mcu. I've rooted 20 times + with the screen black bacause I didn't want to waste time by opening aux.

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] j2gifted:
I've been searching and searching and can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I want an Android stereo with CD\DVD, capacities screen, and most of all buttons with either green buttons as is or changeable Led color with buttons. Double din of course... prefer 4.0 or higher but it's not a must I guess. Android market support and possibly rootable. All of the eBay and alibaba listings are very generic with copied and pasted specs. Can someone point me in a reliable right direction?
[Android Head-Units] B.Stromberg:
I now installed Navigon Europe on the Unit

But its not running pretty good.

Compared to Sygic UI is very slow and I also have had some crashes.

Somebody running Navigon here on the Device without Problems?
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
I run igo, as that's what was fully preloaded on my device. I have sygic but not USA.

Igo runs perfect with no internet needed. Very accurate, compares to TomTom and other GPS units.

I have a full 2.3gig zip but can't upload it yet.

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] brisk5181:
help

I installed .96, Bluetooth is working now with phone.

But... i have following problems:

1: youtube not working, has video, but no audio. It was working before the update.

2: play store not working. The busy icon spins, never stops. It worked before the update.

3: cd/dvd tray not working, cd doesn't go completely inside the slot, never tried it before.

BTW i did not update MCU. Because Bluetooth is working.

Any advice?

ThAnks
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
1. Did you check audio settings and make sure its set to system, and not intelligent.

2. I would say restart, WiFi connection.

3. You removed the 2 screws from the top of the radio that said remove to screws before installing.

Those screws keeps the laser in position during shipping. When you don't remove them they act essentially as a gate. Blocks by the CD.

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] brisk5181:
Thank you!

I am going to try the youtube thing now, for #2, I know I have wifi because youtube plays video. For #3, I forgot ... maybe I did not, I will have to remove it and take a look tomorrow... it's getting dark now.

thanks!!!

Update:

Playstore is working, not sure it didn't work before

youtube audio is working now, just change audio to System

I will take it out tomorrow to check the screws... but big thanks to shadowmike!
[Android Head-Units] sciallo:
Got my replacement board in today, let's see if I can make this one last :p

It does have a couple of differences from my original and the one for sale on aliexpress... I would like input from anyone who has different versions and has phisically looked inside their units.

In case some don't know, I've had a hardware thread open to keep hardware specific things from cluttering this already long and packed thread. See my post there for differences and pictures.
[Android Head-Units] spaceman99:
Ipod, Clock, Root .96

Hi, first time poster, long time reader.

I've have a number of questions.....sorry, I've spent a long time working my way through this thread and have saved all my questions up for one post :eek:

1. I've just updated from rooted .70 to .96 and am having trouble re-rooting after the update. After I initialise step 2 and reboot, the launcher is all black icons and the keyboard is blank so taking the final step of removing a file via terminal is impossible and I do not seem to have root access. Tried factory reset and downgrading to .70, rooting, upgrading to .96 and re-root still fails.

2. My iPod Video 80GB does not play the correct song - e.g. when I select a song from a list it seems to play a random song (shuffle etc is off). I can't see a pattern to it.... does anybody else have this issue?

3. Even after updating to .96 to enable the shutdown timer feature, my unit still powers off after 15 seconds on accessory power. Is this controlled by the CAN bus?

4. I have a Ford Mondeo and the unit is a nice custom fit. Today was the change to daylight savings (Sydney, Australia) and I am now wondering how to adjust the dashboard clock which was previously done from the stock head unit. I'm not keen on reinstalling the stock unit to change the clock.

5. I note some users have features like parking sensor display and climate control display.... I haven't seen this on my Ford model and assuming this is a feature of the CAN bus interface that might be lacking on the adapter I'm using.... does anyone have an experience with this?

6. TomTom Navigation app runs fine - but does not seem to receive a GPS location.... iGo and Sygic work fine, but TomTom is my preferred app.

With all that said, I have had some good experiences with this unit in the last few months;

Torque Pro and a USB ODBII cable - I highly recommend it.

My Bluetooth pairs every time with my iPhone 5s and call quality (built in mic) is good enough for a conversation even with the diesel chattering away and the window open in traffic. This is the first BT handsfree kit that I haven't had to fiddle around waiting for the BT to connect every time I get into the car - it just works first time every time. It's a shame the WIFI hotspot on the iPhone is not as reliable (iPhone issue, not the AN21U I think).

Sound quality is an improvement over the stock Ford Sony head unit - probably because the amp is driving a bit harder. Undoubtedly the speakers will be getting a thrashing, but that's something I'm happy to address later.

I'm looking forward to the Android Automotive Alliance stimulating some specialised head unit app development in the market - these units will only get better.

Thanks for reading, I hope someone can help with the above issues - or at least validate they are a common problem so I know it's not a localised issue on my unit.
[Android Head-Units] bmj67:
1. you must first open the AUX app and press home before you use the root app. Then when you reboot it will start in the aux app and you just press home a few times to get the normal screen. Also when I upgraded to .96 the root app worked but didnt install superuser.apk. So download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.superuser and manually install it after running the root app.

2. Make sure you haven't hit the shuffle button in the ipod app.
[Android Head-Units] spaceman99:
Thanks for your quick reply!

1. Manually installing superuser.apk did the trick!

2. Nope, shuffle is definitely off - I've restored the firmware on the iPod and checked every setting I can find. It seems that after a reboot, the iPod plays in the order of the "Songs" list in the head unit, but as soon as I select a playlist, it ignores it and for example, when I select song 3 on the playlist, the 3rd song in the "Songs" list is played

Thanks again for you help on the root. Perhaps I'll toss the iPod out and buy a 64GB Mini SD card and run a native android player app. Just annoying that the iPod will have to be retired (again).
[Android Head-Units] bmj67:
Good to hear it worked for you.

I'm not sure about the ipod then. I have never been an apple person. My brother has his ipod working correctly but it is on the .62 I think.
[Android Head-Units] booba5185:
If you are going to use a Android based MP3 player, I recommend Poweramp, 10 band EQ is nice.
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
And you can set multiple sources up for audio. Internal storage and external.

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] booba5185:
I have music visualizations going on from Poweramp as well, I forget the name of the app that gave me the visuals though, lol. Just a note though, you'll need Tasker or something of the sort to have Poweramp open and start playing on every start up. Easy enough to set up, but another step nonetheless.
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
No tasked needed.

If you set it up to play on wired headset I believe. It will autostart.. it agrivates me because I don't like anything autostarting on my radio

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] booba5185:
Really, I didn't know that. It will autostart poweramp itself (the app) AND start playing a song as well?
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
That's how it works on my phone. I accidentally had one of the options set on the car, and it started up. Pissed me off too. I'm pretty sure it autostarted..

Tapatalk autostarts, I get 100's of notifications instantly when I connect my phone's hotspot

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG

I'll test it out in a little bit
[Android Head-Units] booba5185:
Awesome, I'll try it out and let everyone know for sure. I'll also be installing my rear view camera today, they don't cause any problems with the MCU or anything, right? Just connect the correct wire for my back-up lights, right?
[Android Head-Units] shadowmike:
Correct

AN-21 DEV www.dropbox.com/sh/j6lx4vkoqcm6kow/MDs6vhsuHG
[Android Head-Units] typos1:
Your factory headunit will almost definitely use CANbus to communicate with the car and change the clock, so if your unit is specifically designed for the Mondeo then it should have CANbus lines to connect to the car and allow you to use any features the factory headunit allowed you to use. Have you connected them ?
[Android Head-Units] spaceman99:
Hi, yes I have a CAN adapter provided with the unit. The only functionality I can perceive is steering wheel controls. I noticed there is no track name or audio source displayed on the dash anymore, but that is no big deal.

This was provided in a pre-wired harness. I have not been able to find any specs on the internet for the adapter so I am wondering if there are better CAN units out there, and if other Ford users have any better experiences?

Obviously, in addition to the CAN adapter, the headunit would need to support these signals being output.

Cheers