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[Android Auto General] rafalucas:
hi, i've got the Note 3 (SM-N9005) running stock lollipop 5.0 (baseband N9005XXUGBOI2). my phone was previously running 4.4.2 kitkat with root.

the connection is very hit and miss. it will keep trying to read my phone when plugged to the car and the phone will keep shifting between "connected as a media device" or "connected as a USB accessory". When its connected as usb accessory, the phone screen will black out for a second and then goes back into the previous screen which is usually home page of the launcher. i think the "blackout" might be the phone trying to boot or load android auto app but gets disconnected as it tries to get in.

i have to plug the usb in and out a few times and sometimes by lottery, it will establish a successful connection and AA loads on the car screen. i've found that if i open the app first on the phone and then plug in the usb, it will have higher chance of getting a successful handshake.

hope this makes sense.
[Android Auto General] TheTaj:
I have the exact same issue: VW App-Connect in a new 2016 vehicle with a Galaxy S5 running Lollipop. Very annoying because once the two are connected it does work reasonably well.
[Android Auto General] mikereidis:
I believe Verizon phones were having USB connection issues because of some special app they had that did stuff over USB, and an update fixed it.

Some USB connection issues can be solved by changing the mode of USB: MTP, Charge Only, etc.

Some issues can be worked around by enabling (or disabling) USB debugging. This is under Developer settings after Dev mode is entered by tapping Build number 7 times.
[Android Auto General] rafalucas:
Hi Mike, I've got an Australian stock unbranded note 3.

i've spoken to the vw dealer and apparently vw is working diligently for a software upgrade to the car's infotainment system which may or may not fix the connectivity issue.

it's just frustrating that in order to get a consistent connection, i have to go into the app and "forget" the car, then it will go through the new connection prompts.

i'm hoping the next app update might fix the issue but at the moment its unclear whether its the app, or my phone or the car's problem.
[Android Auto General] K-Jay:
I have similar issues with my 2016 Skoda Fabia Combi. I'm guessing the infotainment system in the Skoda is pretty much the same as in the Volkswagen. Many parts are because Skoda is owned by VW. After tons of trial and error, I've had some success connecting my LG G3 but first let me tell you how I ended up in the current situation.

I have tried to connect thee different android devices (LG G3, HTC One M7 and Nexus 7 tablet all running Lollipop) with bunch of different USB cables. The result is always the same. On the phone I see black screen flashing before it returns to home screen and nothing else happens. From the recent apps view I can see that the black screen was AA trying to launch. CarPlay with iPhone works fine.

I live in Finland so I have sideloaded the AA app and at first I thought that the issue is caused by AA not being officially available here yet. After searching this forum and other android forums I found out that other people are having the same issues in countries where AA is supported so maybe this is not the case. Obviously it's not also a device problem because I get exactly same results with different devices from different manufacturers. Only common nominator seems to be the VW/Skoda infotainment system? Correct me if I'm wrong here..

In the Skoda smartlink menu you can choose your preferred connection protocol from Android Auto and Mirrorlink. This affects the order the car attempts to establish the connection. I read from a Skoda forum that someone had a successful connection after he had changed these options around so I tried it. I checked Mirrorlink as a preferred method and tried the connection: no luck. I changed back to AA as preferred method and to my amazement after this the AA launched on the phone and I had a successful connection! If the VW has similar option I suggest you VW guys also try this.

My current situation is that most of the time the phone does not connect at first try but after changing the preferred method around it does. I have also other issues with AA. After connecting I cannot adjust the volume first from steering wheel/stereo volume knob. Spotify audio goes to a wrong channel at first (I can hear it only when i activate voice command) After changing music app to Google Play Music and then back to Spotify it starts working normally and I can also adjust volume. And of course the restriction on browsing your Spotify library. It is the most stupid thing I've ever seen at that level of software development.
[Android Auto General] mikereidis:
Auto dealers tend to know almost nothing about software and smartphones. They know how to sell cars, and the mechanics tend to know how to fix them mechanically, more or less.

And they can almost always say that there is likely an update due at some point.

If you, or anyone having a problem on the car/HU side, has a USB OTG cable and a bit of time to test, you should consider trying my Headunit app; see my sig.

If you get it working you can get a better idea if your car HU is at fault.

I wonder if there are car stereo shops where you can plug your phone into a Pioneer AA unit, like 4100NEX, and see if it works OK on that.
[Android Auto General] nimdy:
I've had my 2015 Seat Leon (also VW group) for four months now and also having trouble with Android Auto through the SEAT 'Full Link' connection. It seems to be russian roulette whether it'll make a connection and start AA when you plug it in. Sometimes you'll get a 'Connection failed' message, other times you will see the system try AA, fail, then try MirrorLink then fail on that too (as my Nexus 5 doesn't support MirrorLink). As others have said you see the phone screen go black then crash out and goes back to the home screen.

The only solution I have is to restart my phone and try again. Its almost my routine now to restart my phone just before I know I'm about to go for a drive. It beats having to sit in the car watching my phone reboot before I set off!

I didn't know you can change the USB settings on the phone, so I'm going to go through the various settings in developer options to see if any of these help. I'm thinking 'Charge only' might be useful, unless AA needs MTP or network connection to operate?
[Android Auto General] rafalucas:
seems like i'm not the only one! sounds to me its more and more likely to do with the vw made headunit (could be the firmware). I just tried a mate's phone with the AA app but it also went in a connection loop before finally establishing a handshake with the phone. hopefully next firmware update to the car's headunit may be able to fix but but i won't bet on that happening anytime soon.

guess everyone has to trial and error and find ways to establish a successful consistent connection. for me is to forget the car and establish a new connection to the car.

still frustrating as ever and i don't want to have to spend 2 - 3 mins each time before i drive to wait for AA to load.

anyone else having connection issues with other car makes?
[Android Auto General] mikereidis:
With my Pioneer or my Headunit app, one of the biggest issues is quality of the USB cable and USB connections.

Testing with different/known high quality cables is worthwhile.
[Android Auto General] mikereidis:
"Charge Only" is what I try to aim for. Despite it's name apps like Android Auto can use the USB in this state.

AA does not need or use MTP or network connections via USB. Trying to use USB for other things, like network connection, would only be possible via a USB hub, but it's a crap-shoot whether that would even work.
[Android Auto General] rafalucas:
i've tried various cables but i find the original samsung cable that came with the phone the most "consistent" in establishing a successful connection.
[Android Auto General] rafalucas:
i'll give this a go tonight
[Android Auto General] jonboyuk:
PHEW. I thought maybe it was just me. I have just purchased a Skoda Fabia 2016 with Android Auto (I imagine this will be the same underlying system for VW/Skoda/Seat/Audi). I find that sometimes, I plug it in and then it magically works fine. Other times it can't connect to the device and tries to connect to MirrorLink instead....which also fails. I'm using a Samsung Note 3 official UK lollipop build - but rooted. When it fails, I have to go through the process of telling it that I want to connect to the device.

Incidentally when it has connected, it's rock solid every time (well with one random crash & reboot of the car's entertainment system).

It's just annoying. I want to get in my car, plug it in, AA to launch and that's it!

What's also slightly annoying is that there's no button to go right to AA on the dash. I have to go to 'Menu' and find Android Auto in that menu to launch back into it if I go to something else within the car's entertainment system. Grr! Not anything anyone can do on here, but just venting!
[Android Auto General] war1:
Galaxy s6 Stock firmware and my octavia android auto 1.4 work very well.
[Android Auto General] ITGUY10101:
No luck with LG G3

Good day everyone, I just purchased a 2016 VW GTI and I have an LG G3 with Lollipop 5.01 rooted. and I can not get it to work with mirrorlink or android auto. Mirror link default or AA default. I tried different cables, plugged in car on before the car was on. MTP, PPP, charge. The head unit does see it as an LG phone but nothing works.. usb debugging on or off.. Kind of bums me out. Oh I keep getting a make sure the phone is unlocked message I turned screen lock off, and the phone is awake when I try to connect.
[Android Auto General] manos78:
Yes! This is the best option for check if the problem is the HU/car or the phone.

From my point of view typically the most issues are related to the phone (ROM, AA app, etc.). For example, with my previous Lollipop 5.0 one month ago... the AA was inestable. With a new 5.1 phone and with the last AA app version (upgraded 1 week ago) I don't have any problem.

Please, try this before post about problems. Sometimes the problems isn't the car or the Head Unit. :angel:
[Android Auto General] nimdy:
Hi all. Further to my last post, I'm also sure it is a device/ROM issue. It doesn't work all the time, but most of the time the workaround for me is to open the open apps list, swipe them all off to close them, including AA app, then re-open AA. This increases the chances of my phone connecting to the car, but every so often I get a connection error and have to try again a second/third time.

I think I may have asked before, but is there anywhere we can report these bugs to? AA is technically beta (as with most Google products) so I'm sure they would welcome our bug reports.
[Android Auto General] suzpel:
Connection Memory ?

Hi,

I have the same experience as many others that the connection to AA is very random. I've tried:

Different phones (Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 on stock Android 6.0)

Different USB cables

AA app on and off

Screen locked and unlocked

All without being able to see a pattern. Sometimes it connects automatically in 15 seconds, sometimes automatically in 1 minute and sometimes I need to manually push the connect on the HUD (VW Passat 2106).

The only thing that is consistent is that once you are connected to AA and then disconnect, if you re-connect the phone it works flawless every time ! It seems to be working even if the re-connect happens after a few minute (e.g. not rigth away). So it seems that either the HUD or the phone has some sort of connection memory. Once it expires the connection problem reappears.

Anyone else that can confirm this ? Any ideas on where the problem can be ? I guess this rules out the USB cabel as suggested by many.

// J
[XDA-University] KAUSHDROID:
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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] asctony:
I have lost my 1-calc cab file on my MDA and tried to locate a copy on the Internet. I can only download the Demo or Trial versions. I do have my serial number and with these versions, I cannot find where to enter my serial number. Thus, I can only use these on a limited number of days basis such as 15 or 30 days. Does anyone have a link to the 1-calc cab file, not lite version, that I may access to obtain such?

Thank you in advance.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] newbie2:
I just posted this cab a few days ago. . .
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] asctony:
Thank you very much! It did work. What is the value added pack? Tried to get that and it is no longer valid. Send me an email please. Thanks again.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] mbollon:
I installed this CAB as well, but I can't get it to prompt me for the serial number I have. Any thoughts about why?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] flooter:
Later version?

Does anyone have a link for a later version of this, including the expansion pack?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] pir8man:
just download the demo from their site. as soon as you enter your registration code, you have the full product.
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Hi,

I recently purchased a Huawei GX1S and overall found it a good phone except for one thing: the ROM. It uses a Huawei customized ROM which I personally find horrible as it doesn't have any of the regular apps like Play Store or Chrome. It uses Huawei update servers, EMUI, as its system update download server so therefore I can't get any of the Google official updates.

I've Googled up several times to try and find the original Google custom ROM and haven't found anything related to it. The best I could find were 2 tutorial sites that had survey locked download links which I honestly don't trust and wouldn't waste my time on. There seems to be no information at all for this product. Are there any available custom ROMs out there that I can use with this device?

Thanks
[XDA Assist] Droidriven:
Hello,

Welcome to XDA.

I'm not finding anything at XDA for your device.

Try posting your question in the forum linked below.

http://xdaforums.com/android/help

The experts there may be able to help.

Remember to register an XDA account so you can post and reply in the forums. Good luck.
[Elephone P8000] BlueFlame4:
Hey folks!

Today I'm announcing my kernel editor app:

vTool​

My main goal here is to simplify setting kernel parameters so you don't have to type in terminal code anymore!

Features:

* toggle DT2W
* toggle dynamic FSync
* toggle PocketMod
* change vibration strenght

Screenshot:

Download:

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Enjoy using vTool and leave feedback or a donation if you like it!
[Elephone P8000] Bradco:
Hi

Thanks
[Elephone P8000] Baron1971:
Hi, after updating to Eragon 6.5.1 the V Tool didn't start anymore. I only get blank white Screen.

Can you have a look a this?
[Elephone P8000] tiltkoko83:
you are using a stock kernel then. you need to reflash a custom one.
[Elephone P8000] Baron1971:
I installed the Kernel 3 Times, and nothing happend!

Edith: I gleard Cache,from thr App, and it stark s again. But when i makes the settings, and press the apply Button, it crashes again. The V Tool do not stark.
[Elephone P8000] BlueFlame4:
That weird. Are you rooted and are the settings applied?
[Elephone P8000] Baron1971:
I found the Problem. Su was broken. I installed it new, and it works again! Sorry for my post!
[Elephone P8000] BlueFlame4:
No problem - Great that you could fix it!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tony_tsai:
Hi，

I am a green hand in porting cwm recovery img.

Recently I built my first CWM recovery, but entered into recovery mode, the screen was black. And less experience with debugging recovery img made me so boring. So anyone can give me some skills or guides about how to tackle these problems, thank you~

Here's log:

http://xdaforums.com/chef-central/a...overy-black-screen-help-t3243883/post63735878
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronoc:
Hey guys, so I've been loving the phone in almost every way until today when I finally used it to take video for the first time. I bought a tripod attachment for my MXPE and was trying to film a short video of me talking in front of a blank white wall. When I went back to look, the video was constantly refocusing with a terrible zoom in/out effect. Now that I've done some testing it happens whether on a tripod, or in my hand. Even on a static background, it will eventually refocus. If there's any movement, whether I'm panning from side to side or something is moving on the video it will refocus. Here's a short example. Don't be fooled by thinking I'm doing some crazy trick with my hand here, it will noticeably refocus for any reason, including me just moving my hands while talking in front of it. Also keep in mind the phone is on a stable tripod, so any movement is entirely the camera or software. I just didn't want to get on camera or show significant parts of where I live. I've searched to see if anyone else has this problem and unfortunately all I found was a reddit thread with almost no responses. I should say I'm on stock, no modifications to my phone. The camera is set to save to internal memory so micro sd shenanigans aren't a factor either. I've used the stock app, Google Camera and Open Camera and they all exhibit this refocusing behavior.

So what's up, are other people experiencing this also, or is my otherwise great phone working with a somehow busted camera? It takes photos just fine, though now that I think about it, it does the same zoom in/out refocusing when I move the camera photo mode too. I remember trying to take a picture of a spider and the camera wouldn't stop trying to focus long enough for me to get a clear shot. Is this a software deal, or do I need to talk to Motorola? If it's a software deal, why is no one else talking about this?

Edit: I used the "focus lock" shortcut in Open Camera and was able to make it stop. But that means I can't use the default app or Google Camera. What the heck guys?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Restola:
Its an issue in low light (indoors) when the subject moves. I submitted a complaint with video sample on the official forums and moto responded it was expected for thr camera to re-search for focus when the subject moves.

However I later received an email from the moto camera team asking them for more information which I provided. Who knows maybe they are trying to improve it.

This issue exists on the nexus 6 also and is much worse btw.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tulipcorp:
I've made the same test and got similar results.

It seems that each time a new element appears the camera tends to change the focus, it looks like it trying to adapt to the new situation.

I'm also no happy with this issue.

Please keep posting if there's any news from Motorola.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PythonNut:
Yes, definitely. I shoot a lot of videos of people playing piano, and it's constantly refocusing because the hands never stop moving. :/

Hopefully, this will be fixed in the future.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johndubya:
I have been having the exact same problem recently. For me, it's not even when the subject is moving. Take this video of my son for example ( drive.google.com/file/d/12BqfnL7OoEvV3CSWim-OCgxiHID4mrMeFQ/view ). Notice that it keeps refocusing even though he and the camera are barely moving. There seemed to be plenty of light coming in the window. Is there no way to fix this?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johndubya:
FYI, I finally contacted Motorola Support about this issue because it is so bad, in my case, and they instructed me to send in my phone for repair. Twelve days later, I receive my phone back, and the camera still has issues with focusing while using the camera. I wrote them back to find out what they are going to do now, so I will update here when I hear back. This is SO FRUSTRATING. I would not advise buying a Moto X Pure for the time-being, if you want a functioning video camera.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monterrey4ever:
You can lock focus on the stock camera app by long pressing the focus bracket. I don't know if this was added recently but I found this thread among several others on google search and none of them mentioned it. Cheers!
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johndubya:
I forgot to update here after my debacle finished.

Motorola Support had me send in my phone again soon after I got it back from them the first time. I asked them why nothing changed with the phone, and the tech said they mis-marked the problem in their system as a problem with the flash. /sigh So all they did was replace the flash and return the phone. What a waste.

The next time I sent in the phone, they just went ahead and replaced the phone entirely. I got back the new phone, and guess what? Exact. Same. Problem.

I finally posted the video on YouTube where the camera constantly refocuses, and a user suggested downloading a totally different camera app, like "Camera MX." I did so, and immediately noticed a huge difference! I couldn't believe the majority of the focusing problem was caused by Motorola's buggy Camera app, but that does seem to be the case. Unbelievable.

So if you have this problem, download another camera app like "Camera MX," and it should help the refocusing problem a ton.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalvinH:
Hi!

After some searching, I am sorry but I have to open a new thread. Today I have updated my i9505 with a new samsung update (my phone is XEO, the update is from november 10th).

Everything went Ok, but I have found my lock screen pattern has shrinked. It used to occupy the lower half of the screen, but it is now much smaller, making it more difficult to unlock the phone :silly:. The clock remains the same, the hang-up / camera sliders are there, but the pattern 'bullets' are stupidy small in such a big screen.

It is not rooted, and has been on stock ROM since I bought it.

Besides the 'common' solutions (change ROM, change unlock method, etc.), is there any new setting I am not aware of? Am I the only one 'suffering' this?

Regards.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t_E:
Hi there,

I updated my phone today and noticed the same thing. It's really tiny! I don't think it's supposed to be like that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalvinH:
I have tried clearing caches, reset, to no avail.:confused:
[Nexus 5X General] konsolen:
Hy to all Nexus 5X Users,

I want to give a little feedback to the N5X. On my first order i get

a H791. I was very dissapointed about the screen quality. A yellowish tint, really

ugly. I read in forums about that an thinked thats nornal.

After 3 days i send it back because i hate this yellow sh...

1 week later i give the N5x a new chance and get a H791F.

Looks complete the same but when turning on, i see a clear screen, sharp

with fine colors, no yellow tint.

So, there are really different screens built in. Some people know it build

differences or calibrate wrong. False, the yellow screen is also awful if

i calibrate it myself.

I will make photos to see the differnce.
[Nexus 5X General] ethanfel:
how to you check your display serial number ?
[Nexus 5X General] RedMaio:
I think the difference between H791 and H791F are just of supported bands and markets

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomparer&id1=9095&id2=9047

It would be intresting though to compare our display serial number to see if the yellowish ones are a specific series or different manufacturer.
[Nexus 5X General] konsolen:
Photos

Here are the photos.

Also the vibra motor is on the nexus with the yellow screen

louder. It feels as the whole nexus plastic body vibrate. hard

to explain but like a cheaper chinese phone.

The battery cover also feels not so smooth. My girlfriend does

not know a lot of smartphones but i asked her about the 2 nexus.

She said that the one feels like a chinese copy from the one with the bright lcd.

The yellow screen one has on the sticker outside the box standing 3GB, thats

also strange.

PS. how can i look for the display serial?