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[Android Head-Units] alaninsitges:
Has anyone made any progress with this? I reported the same problem a dozen or so pages ago. The last ROM that had functional 3G for at least some of us was Red's 1.09. All others, including the stock Newsmy ones, are not working. I have tried replacing the (huge) xml file with the list of apns in it and changing the permissions but no difference. I think this should be escalated to Newsmy so they can fix it.
[Android Head-Units] alaninsitges:
I have tracked down the source of the jumping/flickering screen and accompanying popping/buzzing, at least in my car. I mentioned before (and posted a picture) of the problem occurring mostly when I was going through a tunnel and and it was correlated with a drop in coverage. I did some more testing and narrowed it down: it occurs when my phone drops from 3G coverage outside the tunnel to 2G GSM coverage inside the tunnel. When the 2G radio wakes up it switches to full power and negotiates a time slot with the nearest tower. This high-power negotiation results in 1 to 2A peak draws from the phone's battery, occurring at 217 times/second. This of course generates a huge amount of EM radiation at 217Hz and it appears the Android box isn't shielded at all (what with Wifi and BT radios inside). If the phone is in proximity to the Android box this EM will cause the noise in the audio and interference on the screen. It's the same thing that causes radios etc. to buzz when you place an old GSM phone next to them.

This is all related to the current draw from the battery. At first, I was using a 3G/Wifi router and had this problem. Then I switched to a 3G dongle and the problem went away (no battery). Now that one of the ROM updates broke 3G dongles, I switched to using an old Galaxy note and Tasker with wifi tethering enabled, and of course there is that battery again and the problem is back worse than before.

The real solution is for Newsmy to fix the problem with dongles. In the meantime, I've had pretty good luck minimizing, but not eliminating, the problem by locating the phone away from and perpendicular to the Android box. Or you could always be sure not to drive through an area without 3G coverage if you're tethering.
[Android Head-Units] scott_lai:
MCU V38 will brick your head unit

Warning: V38 will brick your head unit. If you are bricked, connect hdmi to box with head unit in order to flash mcu with old version.
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
That right there is important information to have! (in the words of Ron White).
[Android Head-Units] sam275:
The MCU app no answer when i connect via HDMI whats the problem?
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
I'm pretty sure what he means is that if you flash V38, your Head Unit will no longer be responsive, and you will need to connct BOTH THE HEADUNIT and an HDMI MONITOR to be able to flash back to V35.

Note that MCU app WILL NOT WORK UNLESS CONNECTED TO HEADUNIT. Thus, if you have a bad flash, it's going to be difficult to fix.
[Android Head-Units] sam275:
Who is know how can i flash MCU at home without my car?)))))
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Take the radio out of the car and bring it home!

The MCU *IS* the part in the car. That's why the MCU app doesn't work unless you are connected to the Head Unit.
[Android Head-Units] leonkernan:
Confirmed, same thing has just happened with mine.

Back on v37 now but not good if you don't have a HDMI display to plug in.
[Android Head-Units] nestortoledo:
V37 is working fine for you? If you torn ignition off android box stay on for 2 hours ?
[Android Head-Units] leonkernan:
It works in the sense that the unit is operational again after v38 broke it.

It still has problems with ignition delay and turns off as soon as the ignition does.
[Android Head-Units] leonkernan:
I was referring to the recent MCU change log which (if you trust the translation) refers to:

I read that as it's got nothing to do with the Android box though but refers to uploading images to the MCU flash which probably then handles the overlay internally. I know it switches away from Android to another input for the camera
[Android Head-Units] Tuatara:
Ah ... d-oh! That's what I get for skimming the information instead of reading it in detail. :silly:

If they do have a SPI FLASH available for the Video inputs (i.e. a Video Overlay capability) in the head unit, then it would be possible to have an overlay placed on the video signal. An SPI FLASH is just a serial flash memory, and the data is used (at the video dot-clock rate) to generate the overlay on the video. It's very simple, and can be reprogrammed - but I'm certain that this too would need to be done through a MCU interface (if it's even available as yet). The cameras I purchased from DealExtreme also use a SPI Flash to produce their overlays (3 colour) - so to remove the overlay in the camera I was just going to disconnect the SPI data lines. :)

Maybe we'll get an interface for writing to the flash in a future update? Allowing an (any) overlay to be placed on the video in signals. That'd be kind of cool - as I could then adjust the overlay in my cameras within the head unit, instead of reprogramming the SPI FLASH myself.
[Android Head-Units] nestortoledo:
LoL. I spell your nick bad not only one time, but two or more, I really sorry, mate.

And its nice to hear from you again on board

Waiting for your new rom.
[Android Head-Units] Cruiser_541239:
You are damn right about traffic support: with Google maps and navigation, I trashed all other traffic tools. Google maps use every enabled android device to report traffic status in real time.. This is unbeatable: every device is a moving sensor on the street.

And about AF, I don't know in other countries, but here in Europe not only is very useful but even required to experience a good radio feeling.

I will wait for some news.
[Android Head-Units] alaninsitges:
Yeah I know how to choose reset from the menu. The point it that this doesn't work. Neither does adding them manually. This isn't a problem with your ROM, it seems to have been introduced by Newsmy about the time you built yours. Subsequent stock ROMs have the same problem. It seems that there are some files missing, but I'm not sure: there is an apns.xml file in /etc, but according to everything I can find it should be named apns-conf.xml. I created this file and gave it permissions but still no luck.

Incidentally the APN settings are not read from the SIM card. When a new SIM card is inserted, Android checks the MCC and MNC and looks for a match in apns-conf.xml then uses those settings. If one isn't found it's left blank. The real problem for us is that when you add your own APN setting this should get saved someplace and it's not happening. Save fails and so the settings never get persisted.
[Android Head-Units] Kevinkuensken:
wheel control

Hey,

Which adapter i need for wheel control for my hyundai i40 with normally radio?i have heard the same how pioneer?

Thx
[Android Head-Units] Tuatara:
Sorry ... I didn't mean it to come across like that.

I had the same problem with my Huawei dongle, did the reset, rebooted, and its been working ever since. I presumed it would work for you too. It appears to be a common issue in Android builds for some reason.

Saving the manual APN information seems to be troublesome (from Google search). Possibly the only answer is to get a universal apns-conf file for everyone. Do you have one available with your MCC and MNC listed? I'll check why my version and dongle are working by doing a comparison.
[Android Head-Units] [Bob]:
3G stick issue

I have a 3G stick that works perfectly, with only a slight issue. After the unit starts I have to unplug and plug it back for it to connect.

Is this a knows issue ? Any workarounds ? Thanks !
[Android Head-Units] nestortoledo:
May be getting the apn.conf from cyanogen or similar ROM, that include almost all most used carriers APN
[Android Head-Units] alaninsitges:
Neither did I. :)

The apns-conf.xml already in the ROM is enormous and has thousands of settings listed, including dozens of test networks and generic settings. It also has Chinese encoding. There are at least six different MVNOs that match the network I'm using (Vodafone ES) and previously they all showed up and allowed me to choose the one I wanted. No more. I created a new, clean apns-conf.xml (and apns.xml for good measure) that just has the settings for my network in it. I replaced the existing ones with the new one and...same thing. None listed, can't save, resetting does nothing. I also tried converting the existing XML to unicode but still no luck. I've changed permissions on all the various permutations of the file to be rw for everyone. So while I think it's related to the file I don't think it's the file itself and wonder if something else is missing or broken.

Since this is a problem that's affecting a lot of people and since it started after 1.09 I think maybe the best approach is to do diff between the ROMs and figure out what changed that could be related. I'm without a computer this week so it's not going to be me though.

I mailed Summer and she told me they have tested 1.14 and dongles are working for them. Curiouser and curiouser.
[Android Head-Units] nestortoledo:
I have the usb dongle that come with my vodafone adsl router (huawei) will try to test it with vodafone simcard today or tomorrow when get on car
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
Anybody know the size of the microphone plug? I need to find one that works.. the one I got with the unit does not

NEVERMIND.. I think it is 2.5mm, I found a few adapters so I can use the 3.5mm mic from my App Radio
[Android Head-Units] renedis:
Did that too.. Even packed it with factorytool 4.4 and flashed it clean.

No effect :(
[Android Head-Units] zanix:
Everyone deserves a break, don't burn yourself out.

Ok, from looking at the script it seemed that it only ran once. I'm still trying to wrap my head around what is done when this device boots. I can live with not having the Android/data/ directory re-mapped to the SD card for now.

What I would possibly like even more is a way to just get rid of the internal SD card completely and have the external as the only SD card. For some reason certain Android Apps (Google Music) seem to be confused with 2 SD cards mapped on the system and can only see the internal SD.

How are you displaying all 3 cameras on the stereo?
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
I have opened "Bluetooth" in app drawer and connected to my cell phone. Seems to be working fine as a hands free device. However, when I attempt to sync contacts, it appears to sync fine, and reports sync completed successfully after writing contacts to database....

But if I goto "phone" and enter a number, it does not show contact details at all. Used the phone to place an outgoing call which routes through the head unit as expected. But again, does not show any contact details, or display contact photo at any time on the head unit.

Am I missing something?
[Android Head-Units] Black6spdZ:
Why not implement a method to swap the two similar to the AN-21U, solved many problems on that unit. vold.fstab change perhaps?
[Android Head-Units] zanix:
Yes, this would work too.

However, there doesn't seem to be a vold.fstab on this device. Or I just haven't found it.
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
That looks to be an AN-21u variant.

You can find all you want and more about those devices here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2528349

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Bluetooth contact sync sucks on this device and is likely to cause you to have duplicate contacts on your phone. It's mentioned in earlier in this thread, and also on the wiki I believe.

Others are using a 3rd party dialer (ex-dialer, etc) as a front end to the contacts search/dial. Don't know if that will help with incoming call though. I don't use BT on the headunit.
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
Yeah.... My google account contacts on my phone are now split: previously one contact with a mobile and home # saved = now have two separate contact entries.

And still.... No contacts are stored on the NU3001, it was misleading, me thinking that it would basically copy my phone book from phone to head unit.

EX Dialar was so ugly in the past, but I will look at it. Hopefully appearance has improved since a few years ago when I tried EX instead of ICS default dialer.

I'm wondering if you mean I'd have to use on both front end(head unit) as well as cell phone??

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For those of you wanting a possible internal/external SD path change, there is an xposed module called XinternalSD. Allows you to define the storage location for a device's internal storage. I have used it on an old tablet to set a 64gb USB flash drive as the internal storage
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Boot image/boot animation

[MENTION=1089542]nestortoledo[/MENTION] (or anyone who is decent with graphics)

How about a new kernel boot image. something Material Design/Android Auto styled. Maybe a small reference to the rom being 'XDA Community Edition" or some such. I can keep using the L bootanimation (as does [MENTION=260727]Tuatara[/MENTION]) or, again something Android Auto inspired might be cool.
[Android Head-Units] toologic:
А few words about my experience testing MCU firmware:

version 35

- It works, but there is a reboot during the day (one or more)

version 37

- Does not work color adjustment (brightness) hard buttons

- Full reset of the device after turning off the ignition. It does not work to sleep.
[Android Head-Units] joq3:
I have been searching for information about a head unit I found for a VW Tiguan.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-2...ion-for-Volkswagen-VW-Tiguan/32313737479.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Pure...r-For-Volkswagen-Tiguan-2013/32258178151.html

These two are specific for fitting in a 2013-2015 VW Tiguan. Is this rougly based on the same OS and has the same functions as the one discussed?

Will this integrate with the car, like when changing temperature it will show up on screen (like the original screen does)?

How fast is the boot time? Is it possible to boot it up quick?

Where can I find a forum that discusses these units?

Don't want to hijack this thread!
[Android Head-Units] Tuatara:
Re: 3G Dongles and APN Settings ...

I can sense the Cheshire Cat grinning with mischievous glee. :D

I've had a look into my ROM, and everything appears to be fine. My 3G dongle is working every single time from warm or cold boot. I've wiped it (full restore of my ROM), and the APN comes up immediately. Restoring from ClockworkMod, and it's still there. No issues. I'll find some time for further investigation.
[Android Head-Units] jpapadami:
The OS version has nothing to do with the similarity of the units, rather their specs. Based on their specs, none of the two you indicated have anything to do with this model.

For the first, it seems to be an AN21-U variant, so go here

For the second, it seems to be a HuiFei variant, so go here
[Android Head-Units] Tuatara:
It should be possible to repartition the device and remove (or make negligibly small) the internal SD partition and then change the fstab to use the external SD card as if it was the internal SD card.

Can you tell me what is the benefit of doing this (other than removable memory)? Is there anyone else who would like to have this type of partition/volume layout & organization?

Backdraft (Reverse Camera), AVIN (Left Front Camera), AVIN2 (Right Front Camera) ... no issues since there are 3 channels available.

- Although, I'm thinking of connecting the AVIN (and audio) for use with a Dashcam output. I'll then make a video switcher circuit which can switch between the two front cameras.

I need more time to work on my hobbies!!! :crying:
[Android Head-Units] Tuatara:
I've grown quite fond of the Android L startup animation myself ... something 'serene' about it.

As far as a boot splash goes, I've replaced mine (awful as it was) with my car logo - I assume most others would have done the same too.

It would be great if a boot splash could be installed through an app, but I'm not sure how easy that could be done.

Anyways ... I had a few moments to flex my Photoshop chops (in-between doing other artwork) ... whipped this up. Comments?
[Android Head-Units] leonkernan:
I'd love to have the first one in my car.

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Did you adjust all three sliders? I had to do that to get mine to do anything with 37
[Android Head-Units] Tuatara:
Ok ... hang on ... making some PNG quality ones ... right ... done.

These are 1024 x 600 resolution, and you can just download them. Using Factory Tool, just replace the boot logo (select the PNG and import), make a ROM, and you can have that logo in there.

BTW: coming up with android xdauto was just a crazy idea I had while doing the graphics ... but I guess it could work. ;)

Hmmm ... attachment images were converted to JPEG by the forum ... adding a ZIP file of PNG images instead - download the ZIP for all images.
[Android Head-Units] leonkernan:
Now that's service! Thank you sir :good:
[Android Head-Units] alaninsitges:
I think it should say "android nauto" :)

Summer sent me what is supposed to be a 1.14 ROM that they have working with dongles. I'm going to install it today or tomorrow and see what difference it makes.
[Android Head-Units] renedis:
Yes, I changed it to my own car logo too.

We should have something like this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.socaldevs.bootflash

But then a own version, built in and not paid :P
[Android Head-Units] trusky77:
Beatifull!!! Good work.
[Android Head-Units] renedis:
And here are the car logo's
[Android Head-Units] renedis:
Please let me know if it worked :)
[Android Head-Units] trusky77:
Is not DACIA???? OOGHHHH ****.... LOl It's Joke.
[Android Head-Units] toteki:
I have followed this thread for a while now, and this thread made me order this HU. Wanted to build in my N7, but this is an easier way.

I received my package about a week ago and built it in my car last monday but my screen flickers, and the tape that protects the cable from the motherboard to the screen is very loose and dust can come in easily.

Anybody else had this problem ?

Here are some images : imgur.com/a/bLDjg

And here is a video of the screen flickering : dropbox.com/s/qp8salo9zj19enm/VIDEO0006.mp4?dl=0

I am in contact with the seller (the Spanish seller mentioned in the OP), he requested some more pictures, I hope he will send me a new unit because this sucks.. Spend 400+ € for this..
[Android Head-Units] nestortoledo:
OK will play a litle with photoshop and upload some samples

For you that liek Android L, and almost others.

Check this xposed mod http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/mod-monsterui-theme-device-to-material-t3055569

It theme the framework, system ui ... to get Android L look

Work nice in out units
[Android Head-Units] leonkernan:
Thanks, I converted the image I wanted myself in Photoshop.

Biggest holdup was redownloading your latest ROM since I apparently lost the file!

Looks pretty good to me:
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
I really like those.

When I get time, one of those will be the default for our Kernel/Rom.

I agree with the desire to flash these and car specific ones via an app. Can anyone write a shell script to do this on device? I can hack up a simple UI to select the image and execute the script, I just don't know how to do it on device.
[Android Head-Units] renedis:
Something like this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6507176#post6507176

Or this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2273584
[Android Head-Units] Alphas:
Any idea when the RDS on radio is going to be fixed, it is taking too long.
[Android Head-Units] Tuatara:
Wow ... I wasn't expecting this kind of a response to a 20 minute Photoshop hack of an idea!

The backgrounds are from ChromeOS, Chrome and Android L inspired I grabbed off the web. A quick android font download, and resize, scale, correct & crop .... with a bit more time I could make them somewhat better. Let me know what text is best.

I might be able to come up with a script to add the image, but it would need to be appropriately scaled and converted before being called. Another thing to look into!
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
That you'll have to talk to Newsmy/Bonovo about. While we've made a lot of progress on their Android Source code, we have nothing on the MCU side. While we think they've implemented RDS on the MCU, we don't know anything about their implementation (or if they've even coded anything past a stub method for future use).

There are only 2 functions that I can think of that I still need Newsmy for: RDS, and an MCU mode for Aux-in (Audio only). Once we get those features, I suspect we'll not need any of their updates. So far, their updates have been unimpressive anyway.

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That second link shows some promise. I'll look into it soon.
[Android Head-Units] nestortoledo:
Some kernel boot logo
[Android Head-Units] spoks:
Bluetooth dialing

As Zaphod-Beeblebrox already said, it was discussed before. Use search and Wiki.

Do not use "Sync cotacts" from bluetooth app. Do use Google contact sync or other way (importing for example).

For dialing, use 3rd part dialers (ExDialer, pixel phone etc.)

;)
[Android Head-Units] zanix:
My main reason is because Google Music will only download to the internal SD and ignores the 32G SD card. I use the thumbs-up playlist to automatically sync music to my car and 3GB is too small.
[Android Head-Units] nestortoledo:
I also have this problem with google play music.

I have Google play music premium and download all my playlists to play it offline. And for some reason Google play music ignores external sd and store everything on internal
[Android Head-Units] toteki:
That is because downloading to external storage is still beta in Google Music and is not available for all devices unfortunately.. I have the same problem.. Tried to move the map with all the downloaded songs to my SD card but that obviosly does not work.. Was worthed a shot.. Haha
[Android Head-Units] deeznutz1977:
Had anyone tried using FolderMount https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
There is a xposed module... Dont know if it has been updated recently, but i beleive it was called "Music2sd" and can be found in the xposed repo. Changes Play Music /data location to the external sd. Again, not sure its been updated to current versions of Play Music, but worth a shot ?
[Android Head-Units] zanix:
I have tried it, did not seem to work

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Tried this as well, doesn't work either.
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
I know now lol

Thanks for the reply.

Will be hopefully completing my install of the HU tomorrow and will give EX a go. Thebapp itself has improved a lot from the looks of the PlayStore listing since I first tried it a year or more ago. Theming options are nice!

In regards to a script/GUI to change that boot logo..... That would be awesome!

From what I understand, currently would have to use the ROM tool to modify the ROM file, and then reflash the ROM. Could leave /data intact and just wipe cache/dalvik/system then reflash?

Will also give the material closed module a look. Once you've gone LP, it is tough to go back to KK looks lol

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BTW, development for AutoMate is moving along nicely.... New update appears to be working fairly well while adding in features. It is obviously still beta.

And another BTW.... Those .png's look great! Possible to made one with a "Mercury" car logo? My car is a mercury mariner and is black on black with grey/silver accents. Am totally digging the idea of customizing everything to look like a stock stereo