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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
I am sure there is a way. I know I could root it if I took the head unit out. That's why I want the Renasas R-Car m2-w board. There is a serial connection that can be made through microusb. From what I have read on elinux is that the onboard storage is for the bootloader only. I download documentation on the Koelsch R-Car board and it looks like android is just stored on an sdcard. The documentation states there is 2 full sized sdcard slots and 1 microsd. It has already been confirmed that navigation is stored on an sdcard which Honda used to sell that part by itself, but no longer does. Also, if you look at the vold.fstab it specifies that there are other usb ports that can be used for adb. You can only go so far with wireless adb. I can go on and on with the knowledge I've gained in the last week digging through source and documentation. I'm definitely not going to rip apart my wife's dash. She will probably stab me in the neck. If anyone feels ballsy go for it lol.

You can see below it's on sdcard because mmcblk in linux is sdcard :)

ls -l /dev/block/platform/sh_mmcif.0/
drwxr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 19:00 by-num
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0boot0 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0boot1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0boot1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p4 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p5 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p6 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p7 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 19:00 mmcblk0p8 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

Here's a link to some comparison between the models

http://elinux.org/images/a/af/R-CarM2-KOELSCH_PORTER-B_PORTER_C_Comparison.pdf

1. disassemble HU

2. remove sdcard

3. insert in linux pc

4. open terminal and run 'lsblk' to get sdcard block name

5. dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=sdbackup.img (this assumes lsblk returned mmcblk0)

6. put original sdcard in safe place!

7. insert new sdcard in pc

8. dd if=sdbackup.img of=/dev/mmcblk0

9. add Superuser.apk and su binary for armv7

10. insert sdcard in HU

11. profit??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
We don't want any domestic violence problems, lol. I was thinking about making my own usb A to A cable with the 5v + and - pins cut leaving only data pins......
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
Here is a huge doc a just got from Renesas. This is way beyond my knowledge with memory addresses etc.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-DT2Bq_hbLucXNlUklKaXRqSUU
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
Lol like 4000 pages huge.. I just saw your edited post. I would be willing to yank out my head unit and try. Only problem is I don't know when I could get around to it.....

Purchasing a salvage head unit might be easier but I don't know if it will boot without canbus connection. It will look for a Vin number.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
The board inside the unit is what holds the magic :) If you look at the board it is just a 12v connection that powers it. Here's an image of the porter version which is slightly different from the koelsch according the compare sheet I linked a couple posts back. Really though all we care about is the sdcard.

http://www.digikey.com/product-sear...t=0&page=1&quantity=0&ptm=0&fid=0&pageSize=25

Look on page 12 of this pdf you will see the sdcard slots

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...YcuF1m5QyNazdlG3ObGZibuw&ust=1475600668581892

BTW you can register for the R-Car Consortium and request an evaluation board here:

https://www.renesas.com/en-us/support/partners/r-car-consortium.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
Now we're talking????
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
Looking at the clarion kernel source there is an apple usb driver. It might be needed for CarPlay to actually work. That could easily be ported over though to the pilot kernel source. I really only want CarPlay on my pilot. If I can get that I could give 2 ****s about root, but it will probably be necessary.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
So as of now the only potential way to root or modify system files would be to remove the head unit and physically disassemble the cage to access the SD card containing the Android OS?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
Even if you can get ADB over USB some of those one click roots could brick the unit or have no way to roll back changes. Removing the sdcard and basically cloning it to another sdcard gives you a way to roll back anything. At this point I don't see a safer way. Yes it's more invasive and still might not even work. I have been out of the android game for a couple years now so maybe someone with more current knowledge has a better idea of a way to exploit the unit. Back when the nooks came out iirc they were rooted the same way by JesusFreke.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
I agree this is the safest way. I was thinking about KingRoot via usb, but it's a role of the dice........

---------- Post added at 11:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:51 PM ----------

Btw there were over 9000 pilots sold in September, who knows how many for the year, how is it possible we are the only people discussing this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jersacct:
Anyone have links to head unit removal instructions? I may be able to give it a try - it's mine, not my wife's so I don't have that factor to deal with :).

Edit: it's not that I'm lazy, but I can't find any good instructions for the Pilot. Some stuff for Odyssey and Civic, but zero for Pilot and I'd rather not guess at what trim pieces require removal.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
I haven't found any instructions. All I know is that the AC vents are attached to the HU when removed.

BTW. I have been able to compile the kernel and most of the modules. A few of the modules in the mmpdriver directory require the full aosp source tree to compile. Will play with that later.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
http://metraonline.com/part/95-7811B

PDF instructions on this page
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
btw if that works something like this would be ideal so the unit would really only need to be opened once. https://www.amazon.com/48cm-Card-Co...g_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4T2C1A1V5FKJH370BEJ7
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jersacct:
Fantastic suggestion, thanks, and God bless Prime. I probably won't get a chance to tear it out until this weekend, I plan to look at a few android exploits in the mean time and see if there's anything juicy there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TWINTRBO:
2500 people signed the petition to Honda but not everyone is here as well. Maybe i should make sure all the others know.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TWINTRBO:
Fwiw, the units are available in junk yards. Looks like the going rate is ~$350. I'd post a screen shot of the LKQ locations but I'm too new to post pictures.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jersacct:
Well I got a wild hair and tore my dash all apart and managed to get the head unit out without too much trouble. Getting the unit apart was a bit trickier, but I managed to get a cover off to see what I believe is the main board. This guy connected up to the touch screen and button panel, had a decent heat sink on the cover, so I assume this is the motherboard.

What I couldn't immediately locate was an SD card slot. The enclosure is also a bit difficult to work with - a large number of screws holding multiple boards together, and I didn't have enough time tonight (or the inclination) to get everything out into the open. Unfortunately even with the mounting screws out, there's something else preventing the board from being removed.

There are some interesting traces on the visible side of the board - any of those look like an SD footprint to anyone?

h t t p: / / imgur.com/a/oziM6

(BTW I got it installed back in again and everything works, in case anyone was worried :) )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anekin007:
looks like you took apart from the bottom. The sd for the navi is on the driver side panel but if you don't have a navi unit then its just an empty hole. no sd reader on the board.

h t t p : / / i.imgur.com/AONk3l2.png
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
Supposedly honda used to sell the sdcard for navigation as a spare part. I'm curious if the sdcard is just missing or like you said if the sdcard slot itself is gone. The software is on the non-navi units it's only the navi sdcard that gets mounted to /mnt/navi and if the data is there the unit will now have navi. The unit has 2 full-sized sdcard sots. 1 is dedicated for navi and I'm betting the other has android.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
The image shared by jersacct, back of the renases board possibly? I did a quick Google search for 039-4407-00 came up empty..... Those with non Navi units could essentially get an image of a Navi sd card then install...

Profit?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
Yeah that's why they discontinued the part. I used to have the part number and could not find anywhere. That image [MENTION=3242718]jersacct[/MENTION] shared looks like the bottom of the board or it's another board :). All I know for certain is it isn't the top of the koelsch lol.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anekin007:
I have an EXL non navi and I open up the panel to check out the sd slot so I can mount an a sd card but all I found is a hole that I can see into the board on the bottom. This is why Honda says you can't have navi on a non navi unit there's no hardware for it. If the sd card goes bad Honda replace the whole unit as they don't have the ability to edit the whitelist keystore.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyce9:
If we can obtain root, and there physically is 1 sd card containing the Android OS why couldn't non Navi owners just install a different navigation app, preferably with offline maps?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_r0dd:
There could also be an sdcard adapter cable that runs from the sdcard slot on the board to that panel on navi units for ease of access. The software is there. I can't see honda re-manufacturing the koelsch board for different models. That would cost way more than a simple software limitation. I could be wrong, but from a business standpoint that would make more sense. Maybe after the holidays I can pick up a unit from the junk yard.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatcyl:
I just tried using the Google Cardboard App. When using it, everything jumps around slightly, as if I was shaking. This happens even if I set it up on a table and is perfectly still. Anyone else have this issue? Could it maybe be a bad sensor?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirtydarko:
The phone needs to have a 3-axis gyroscope as well as accelerometer. otherwise it won't work right. You can test augmented reality apps or photosphere to see if that works
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatcyl:
Could you elaborate?

Does this phone not have a 3 axis gyro? Does everyone with this phone have the same problem?

What apps and functions can be used to test this?
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dirtydarko:
Get sensor box for android from the play store and check the sensors.
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatcyl:
I did, the orientation one is jumpy.

So, I will assume hardware issues only on my phone. Back to Amazon goes ...
[Onetouch Idol 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hulkpop:
Hello , I had the same problem and tried lots of solution and it was only fixed when I flashed Marshmallow ROM from "http://xdaforums.com/idol-3/development/rom-firmware-android-6-0-marshmallow-t3398038"
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aung Ye Kyaw:
Should I buy this phone?? I heard that there is battery drain issue. And how many no contract varients are there? I'm a flasholic. I'd love to mod my phone and get the latest android! Is that snapdragon 801 processer future proof? I like this phone bcoz it shoot lasers!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cum:
No, i came from Nexus 5 and I miss it very hard. G3 is still laggy. N5 worked like a charm. I'll switch to the next 5" Nexus.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aung Ye Kyaw:
Wutttttt? It is one year and still lag? After all this custom karnels and custom roms??
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datCalata:
I came from a LG Optimus G and there's no Lag in custom Stock Roms. Install Cloudy G3 and you'll see the true potential of an Stock Rom. Although i hadn't tried yet an AOSP based Rom.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmmmmmmma:
Ditto
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heraSK:
stock rom, rooted, TWRP installed. flashed modified stock-based kernel, cleaned some bloatware, installed 2g-3g switcher (via exposed) and I get day and a half of moderate usage with 3-4 hours SOT and no overheating... not bad, but also not ideal. one should not have to tinker with a new phone to get it working properly. but that said, now I'm satisfied. and it cost me half of the price of G4....
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ramsey:
I bought it used for cheap. I like it but it's very laggy compared to my S5. Everything takes time to do. Taking a picture in low light automatically activates night mode so it takes a few seconds to be able to take another picture, sad. It also heats up quite a lot quite fast. Battery life is good but not while taking pictures, so I imagine when gaming it's terrible as well.

I don't want to install a custom ROM to make it run smooth and without overheating. LG did a bad job and are unable to fix it. Not sure why..

I'll keep my Galaxy S5.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madasalizard:
I just came from the galaxy S5. Rooted and flashed blisspop as soon as i got it and it is awesome. Battery life is equal to that of the S5 running stock, just much faster. Probably the fastest rom I've ever used. I personally prefer this phone to the S5, much better than I expected. I just love the big sharp screen. I say get one, flash blisspop, and you'll love it.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aung Ye Kyaw:
Well.. I think I'll be ok bcoz I love custom roms and kernals! I don't have enough money for a S5 [emoji16]
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aung Ye Kyaw:
Thanks you guys! I'll not play games with this phone as I've my mipad [emoji16] I like to mod my phone as much as I can! Is 2gb 16gb version ok?? I think this one also has a Fantastic Camera!
[Moto X Q&A] HmptyDmpty:
I have a Moto X first gen Developer Edition. I "upgraded" to Lollipop BIG MISTAKE for me!

numerous bugs and apps hanging up (either white or black screen). Not receiving Data over 4G LTE despite a topped up account and turning that on in the settings. Multiple times. Factory reset made things more buggy, not less.

Desperately want to downgrade to KitKat as phone is useless to me right how except as a pocket sized 'butt-let' sized wi-fi device.

Please, how can I downgrade.

I am sad, I this is like Microsoft in the 90's all over again. Uglier skin, moving stuff for no reason and it doesn't work well, all billed as an .. 'upgrade'.

thanks
[Moto X Q&A] helloimseba311:
You have 2 options

1. Flash another rom (stable) im on lollipop without bugs i can send you the link of my rom if you want

2. Download the motorola factory image and restore all things except motoboot.bin and gpt.bin, most users say it works but im not sure, it can be dangerous, if you choose this option you should wait a profesional

Enviado desde mi Moto X mediante Tapatalk
[Moto X Q&A] contactguruprasad:
Lollipop was a mistake

I also upgraded to Lollipop on my 1st Gen Moto X. It keeps crashing.

Phone has no contacts. The devic is getting overheater without mobile data or wifi or any location services.

Battery is draining out almost every 2 hours.

Please suggest me a way to go back to kitkat.
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
Contrary to what some might tell you there is NO 100% SAfE way to downgrade.

For more, see the thread link in my Signature.
[Moto X Q&A] samienemy:
Hi. I need tout Know how work 2method.i have factory image
[Moto X Q&A] Bhargav4591:
Guys . Use the search button next time .

http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/guide-faq-how-to-downgrade-5-1-to-4-4-4-t3182118

- This worked for me (XT1052 - unlocked BL). But again, you're doing this at your own risk .
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] DVG:
Hi all!

Search for Polish WM5 firmware ROM for O2 Xda Orbit (aka Artemis, aka HTC P3300, aka MDA III) without CID checking for repair my dead O2 Xda Orbit.

Anybody have? :rolleyes:

Give me the link, please. :o

Thank's a lot! :cool:
[P3300, MDA Compact III  upgrading etc.] DVG:
I need WM5, which at installation CID version does not interest.

Someone has told to me, that it saw such version of WM5 and it was Polish.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBaltazar:
So I have to use a third party app to post to instagram such as Layout from IG themselves. When I choose a photo from the gallery to upload to IG, it's zoomed in to 100% and I can't zoom out to get the full photo in. I've changed LCD density to 540. Could that cause the issue?

Thanks in advance. Photo attached of my issue.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BACARDILIMON:
Lol that is awesome.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newb35:
Hiiiii everyone, I am thinking about getting a S5 but after hearing about screen burn in I'm scared to buy a brand new one full price and it burns in like 6 months. I used my phone heavily and am a rootjunky BTW. Anyways I'm thinking of getting an LG g3 instead but its not as bright as I want it to be. Also I really want a fingerprint scanner but I don't want to get iPhone. Thanks for reply?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swimguy14:
Well are you planning on donating the phone to best buy for them to use as a display model? If so those have the same thing displayed on the screen for hours if not days at a time … That will definitely cause Burn-in in no time at all.

if you weren't planning on donating your phone for that cause, I can't imagine what you would possibly do that could cause Burn-in to be such an issue as you describe. It's not something that just happens for no reason you would have to deliberatively make a effort to in order for it to even possibly happen whatsoever.

In any event I would love to see any documented case of burn-in happening to anyone's s5... personally I haven't seen even a single person claim that their screen has suffered from it

Tl,DR; Your apparent fear of the screen burn-in being an issue with this phone is just silly.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moonsaghar:
hi, kindly suggest us, that either we should buy Samsung Galaxy S6 or not.....! :)

because already Samsung company's cell phones are not so good in this technological age... :)

cost is too much and features are not available... :(
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krelvinaz:
Starting a Spam thread?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
The S6 is probably the flagship with the most features so far in 2015. What else would you like really?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reza_v:
A flagship which can keep more than one app in its memory.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonathan-H:
Mine keeps around 10 in memory, unless one is a game. What's your point Troll?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ¿Will-it-Blend?:
Another pointless, troll thread. Someone get a MOD.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reza_v:
I'm just saying what i've read in forums, apparently s6 has aggressive ram management which acknowledged by samsung and didn't get fixed in 5.1.1 . S6 is a great phone but this issue is keeping me from buying one.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
well the S6 keeps more than one app in memory. So there you have it.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfgentleman:
I have searched countless times for a way to install KDE Active on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. The only thing I have come up with is dead threads with no resolution. As such, now I am posting here. I had a thought on how to do it, but I have no clue on how to go about it. The idea is to deploy one of the images from apps like LinuxOnAndroid and tweak it to run on Plasma Active rather than regular KDE. So how do I convert an img into an update.zip? I can mount the img in a VM to mod the packages, but that still leaves the question of the flashing. Thanks ahead of time.

P.S.: There is a Nexus 7 image available already. Will I be able to tweak it to work?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfgentleman:
Anything?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfgentleman:
Anything at all? You'd think with Android being built on the Linux kernel, it would be stupidly easy to replace the Android DE and runtime with KDE Plasma Active or Gnome... or add the Android runtime to Linux for that matter... it can't be impossible. There's many ARM builds of KDE PA...
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katoiam:
Sorry I am no help, but I would also like to have a play with kde on my device!
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfgentleman:
That's why I am trying to keep the thread alive. Hopefully it will do some good.

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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolfgentleman:
Bump

Just a small keep alive post...
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] keyur123rohit:
Try this!

If you're trying to root phone and so unlocking the bootloader.

Try latest kingroot it roots the T2 ultra now.

i just rooted my phone with it.
[Android Apps and Games] espacepub:
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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ambervals6:
Sent from my SM-G920F
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdjaney:
Yes. It just shows up as 4G (that's the European moniker for LTE.... Or something like that). I'm on AT&T in US on 920F.

Sent from my SM-G920F

---------- Post added at 02:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:11 PM ----------

Yes. It just shows up as 4G (that's the European moniker for LTE.... Or something like that). I'm on AT&T in US on 920F.

Sent from my SM-G920F
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Yes you do, using mine with Cricket which is ATT owned and I get LTE