yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Head-Units] sinnedone:
Your post only quotes vivacious, as he/she is looking for a replacement unit. It mentions nothing of selling only for research work.

Does this mean Newsmy is finally going to work with developers to fix things like RDS etc?
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Summer did send me an e-mail opening a dialog about their products, but no indication of what they want to achieve. Personally, I think they made a big mistake with the Carpad 4 (1 GB Ram). I wish they would revisit the concept of the NU series. Having a solid 'in dash' component coupled to a separate android box that could be upgraded as technology advances has great potential.

In any event, I'm not interested in pursuing any more code collaboration with Newsmy unless they open source the whole shooting match. Don't know if they will be willing to do that.

I'm also neck-deep in another project that will take a lot of my free time:

[IMG="Miata"]http://i.imgur.com/SpkhdSN.jpg[/IMG]
[Android Head-Units] Summer-Newsmy:
Actually NU series already stop produce, we hope XDA techinicians can achieve the RDS on NU/NR series.
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Hello, Summer.

My interest in your proposition of nu5003 is really depends on price.

I have Nu3001 on bench and nr3001 in car, but both without hw buttons, so nu5003 is nice to have at least to make those working.

Let's discuss rest in PM
[Android Head-Units] Stormbringer!:
"NU3001 already stop produce"

I'm pissed with Newsmy. The whole point of me buying this NU3001 product was their upgrade path that they never worked on.

This is why we're interested in VBlack's work. He is picking up where Newsmy couldn't / doesn't want to...

Why would I ever buy another Newsmy product again?
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
Which is why mine is on the bench.. I have a joying in my car now, I will be upgrading it to the octacore with 2gb ram and using it, still not perfect, but closer
[Android Head-Units] Stormbringer!:
Which head unit do you recommend as of right now?!?!
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
Nothing with 1gig.. I have the Joying MTCD with the PX3 and 1gig and it is painfully slow.. So i really have no recommendation. once I get the new board in my MTCD unit I will have a better feel if it was worth it
[Android Head-Units] bernard69:
I honestly bought nu3001 device because I thought it would be a powerful and flexible android unit thanks to xda efforts, but i didn't consider careless newsmy
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
the XDA developers that have done so much with the unit will now require the source for the NU series to continue.. Are you at Newsmy willing to release the source to them now?

Edit: If the source was released to them, I would be willing to move back to my NU3001 newsmy unit for my car
[Android Head-Units] zanix:
I ordered a MTCD unit with a PX5 CPU for my other car and it runs pretty well. I have a few small issues with it but it runs well.

Edit: I didn't realize this was the CM13 topic, we should probably move this conversation to the other one.
[Android Head-Units] Dream Reality Syndrome:
I'm curious, do people truly buy aftermarket android headunits, equipped with a ton of expandability options, just to listen to their local radio stations? I'd be perfectly happy if these units lacked tuners!

Edit: off topic, my bad. Gonna continue watching the scenes in the background. Good luck!
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
To answer your question, yes I am guilty of that. but the reason I bought android was for other features on longer trips (unit is in my fun car) and to use my OBD app.

Newsmy NU3001 was my first unit. their intents were good, but I think they fell short in areas and do better in others. That said I think most units have their short comings. I am looking forward to what comes out of what vBlack is doing
[Android Head-Units] Summer-Newsmy:
What do you think of Carpad 4?

What do you think of our Carpad 4 series with our own Newyan app.
[Android Head-Units] Dream Reality Syndrome:
Where can I find the Carpad 4 listings? I'm curious of the specs. I keep hearing that ram was brought back down to just 1 gb? Any other differences from prior versions?
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
Details on the unit will help

I saw one video from an XDA member here.. base off that alone and a link to a page that does not completely translate but here is my list, since you asked

- Needs 2 gig of Ram, my current android ( no newsmy, was terrible with 1gig ram)

- I bought the newsmy originally since it was suppose to have RDS, this is a nice feature that Newsmy disappointed many

- BT in NU3001 was better than other units

- I missed having a volume knob on the universal unit (knob is a must for me) I have n older car with no steering wheel controls

-xDAuto is what got me by on newsmy, I would running it now if the screen did not all of a sudden have issues

- MCU integration, there seems to be a disconnect on the audio side, many offer a nicer more polished solution for the audio side

- DIMMER control, the Illumination input really needs to control the display better, it was still too bright at night ( or add a sensor to detect light along with the wire)

- Antenna control, I have an older powered mast, it would be nice if when the radio was on the antenna would get power, radio app off, no antenna

- I personally would prefer to set my own background image on the system and apps. I had the modded MTC flat radio on my last unit, I liked that and miss it now that I changed the core of the last unit

- accessing aux in without needing video, xDAuto made this possible

- HDTuner (for US) would be nice, although the FM chipset in NU3001 seemed better than most.

- Optical output, for those that want to use a DSP directly and all audio choices can feed through that

There is a start, if I had a working touch screen I would consider putting it back int he car, but the dimmer on the screen also keeps me from doing it
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
Summer sent me an email today offerings sale prices on the carpad 4 units.

From the info on the spreadsheet she sent me, pricing was at or below $200. It also did state that RAM was 1gb

---------- Post added at 05:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:36 PM ----------

Lol in my reply to Summer, I basically listed all of what you just described as shortcomings of the NU3001 2gb model I owned. I no longer have the car it was installed in(engine blew) but I did keep the box.
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
Hmm $200 or less, that is more reasonable I guess.. still not really worth it with only 1gig ram though
[Android Head-Units] blacklistedcard:
Why would they put only 1gig of ram into their new units? The NU3001 has 2 and I'm completely out of space.

It's really a no deal with so little storage.
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
SD card or a small nano USB flash dongle is what I did for additional storage. I also used a KitKat Xposed module that let me treat the external SD as internal storage. So my box always thought it had 64gb of storage

The Ram going down.... Now that I can't tell ya. Poor choice for sure. I am almost certain they did it so they could offer a 2gb ram version shortly after at a higher price point
[Android Head-Units] blacklistedcard:
I wonder if you could replace the 1gig chip with a 2gig chip.
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
They start off soldered on. More likely to break something that be successful.
[Android Head-Units] Danny.69:
any progress?
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Ported many of Bonovo changes, now stabilizing build.
[Android Head-Units] sinnedone:
Nice! :good:
[Android Head-Units] Danny.69:
thanks for information
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Most of Bonovo changes ported, new build ready.

https://jenkins.nc.org.ua/job/nu3001_cm13/20/artifact/build/cm_rk3188-ota-20.zip

This build contains zip file which should be flashable via twrp, but I not test it this way.

Issues remaining so far(most noticeable):

1. Display flickering (my suspect is to vsync/fence mechanism slightly changed in Android 6.0, need to investigate)

2. HW Volume buttons not working on device

3. No audio In
[Android Head-Units] sinnedone:
Nice!

Glad that you've kept up with this project. It's interesting to keep up with the progress. :)
[Android Head-Units] Stormbringer!:
Wait, is this an actual beta rom?
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I'd rather said alpha, not beta, with annoying issues, but it is bootable and somehow working.
[Android Head-Units] hejden:
Wow great work VBlack!

I'm interested to know if google assistant and android auto will work?
[Android Head-Units] wayfactory:
Thank you very much for your work.
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
For this need to fix Microphone in first place... But otherwise do not see the reason why it could not work (if add Google Apps package)
[Android Head-Units] WolferyPwn:
Following these posts

Hello VBlack,

Great work so far, I flashed it to my deck this morning. Still noticed that the flickering screen is an issue, But very very fast, much faster then XDAuto. I noticed that programming buttons for steering wheel controls isn't working either. Not sure if your car is equipped with those or not.

Keep up the good work, can't wait to see a Stable release :)
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Hi, Thank you for confirmation of flickering issue, so this is not only my board (i have small hope previously). I am returning back from business trip to Japan, and will try to make some progress soon. My car also has resistive SWC (wheel buttons), but now I'm developing on second setup on the bench, so I didn't test it yet.
[Android Head-Units] yakupA:
Hi, Guys i was desperately looking forward for such exciting project since found it a shame that my 400€ device got deprecated within 2 years...And Newsmy even worst than Huawei don't get support for their customers who will for sure turn back to real manufacturers providing support. However, at least we have a contact point like Summer and hope that they could provide support to Devs like VBLACK and ZAPHOD (also BONOMO) who contribute a lot to the Newsmy Brand and by indirectly their advertising by supporting Android updates.

Thank you very much Zaphod and VBlack. I'm kindly inviting users like me at least to pay a beer by donating, to contribute a bit to devs who are taking their freetime to provide SW to the Community with a lot of hard work.

[MENTION=229050]VBlack[/MENTION] and [MENTION=222011]Zaphod[/MENTION] Guys, i'm a java dev haven't yet build any Android ROM however i've read some documentation on how to build and was also planning to dive into it.

I got also a heavy family workload so to be realistic i'm not sure whether i could contribute to the code.

However, i can and i will test VLack ROMs on my NU3001 2GB version and give feedback.

Thank you a lot for this very exciting project which i see as a resurrection for my NU3001.

KR,

Yakup
[Android Head-Units] yakupA:
[MENTION=229050]VBlack[/MENTION]

I guess you already saw there is also a great ROM by Malaysk for MTC-based device and it definitely has very nice features and L&F....especially the launcher with the weather widget and radio...but I know it is not compatible with our Newsmy. However, it might inspirate us for apps....and also the Kernel that he is using is for Android 7.1.2 and you probably already know this tool by Sergio which allows extracting the whole ROM (system etc).

I don't know if the Kernel is coupled to the MCU ?

I don't know whether could be just easier to take Malysk ROM 7.1.2 and just adapt to the MCU API ?

Anyway, these are just technical curiosity questions...having a finctional Android M will already be a REVOLUTION !

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] Black6spdZ:
very promising! I just flashed build 22 and other than the screen flashing it looked and ran smooth. do you have an image for the new twrp 3.0.2?
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
When trying to flash #22 with twrp 2.8.5.0 I get an error saying it can't update from incompatible system. Do you have a full install package as I have been unable to figure out how to install from the tar.gz?
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I will try to prepare full package to flash from scratch
[Android Head-Units] Black6spdZ:
mine said incompatible data, just make sure you have a good backup of your data in case you want to roll back but as I remember the data partition must be wiped going from major android releases 4.4 >5,6 etc. Just formatted my data partition and install went smooth.
[Android Head-Units] Goonish:
This is great news! Seems a massive waste by the creators of this device to let it lay waste due to not open sourcing it. It's a fantastic little unit just let down by software.

Best of luck everyone!
[Android Head-Units] Black6spdZ:
why would they do that? to make sales of the newer pathetic 1GB CarPad 4 even worse? I think this unit still can hold it's own hardware wise, especially those of us that bought the 2GB models for "future proofing". It just needs this LOS13 port fine tuned, maybe even give some OC options to help it cope with newer G-maps.
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
I did a full wipe

I did a backup and performed a full wipe before trying to install. Tried wiping everything but my external SD, still no go.
[Android Head-Units] Black6spdZ:
thats odd, I also used TWRP 2.8.5.0 but just had the data warning. Did you format each partition prior to attempting to install the new image?
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
I just used the advanced wipe in twrp, but I can try formatting each one...
[Android Head-Units] yakupA:
The same here...wiped everything from advanced and attempted to install cm_rk3188-ota-22.zip from external sd both from TWRP 2.8.5 and RK Tools 1.8 and couldn't success to install. [MENTION=304291]Black6spdZ[/MENTION] which file did you install ?

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
Hi VBlack

Any luck on the full install package? :)
[Android Head-Units] yakupA:
Hi VBlack,

do you know whether Santa Claus foresees anything for the good boys we're here at Newsmy community ?

At least, if you could provide the full package so that we could install it ?

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I'll try, but have a lot of things to be prepared for CES'18.
[Android Head-Units] sinnedone:
Lol, can't believe you replied. :)

Patiently waiting here. Hoping it comes to fruition, but if not then it's ok.:good:
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
Really nice if you find the time. Waiting patiently... :)
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
[MENTION=229050]VBlack[/MENTION] I see there's a new build, is it an update or a full?
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
It is both.

I finally able to prepare image for full flashing. But I could test it not earlier than Dec 26. If somebody wants - you are welcome to try.

Small agenda on builds.

Starting from build 23 following images available:

cm_rk3188-ota-XX.zip - update to use via TWRP

nu3001-la-cm13-XX-userdebug.tar.gz - build image for flash via command line rkflashtool under linux (full or partial flash)

rkflash_nu3001-la-cm13-XX-userdebug.zip - Full image to be flashed via PC GUI RK Batch Tool.

kernel_nu3001-la-cm13-XX-userdebug.tar.gz - just kernel with debug symbols for debugging purposes.
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
Do you have a link for the latest PC GUI RK Batch Tool to use?
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I believe you could download it here:

https://www.chinagadgetsreviews.com/hot-download-rockchip-batch-tool-v1-8.html
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
I already tried upgrading it. Unfortunately my box won't boot it. just boots directly into recovery :(
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
That not good, thanks for trying, but as I said - I could check it on dec 26
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
Did you change the partition layout or something? When I try to restore the backup I took just before updating it it stalls after 2 percent and if I try to restore the second latest backup it finishes, but still boots into recovery
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
No I didn't change partition layout. It was taken from xdauto build. You should be able to flash back full xdauto build anytime using same tool
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
I don't know if it should run a config script when restarting and going into recovery, but it desn't run anything and says that no OS is installed. :) I've restored my old system, but looking forward to next try...
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I fond out that in whole image something wrong with kernel, so I update it correctly (I believe). So if you want - you could try build 24. But if it is still fails - I could only check on real HW on Tuesday.

PS. If my understanding is correct - it is should enter recovery after full flash to do wipe all (userdata, cache). But after that - it should just work. If it is not doing wipe, I could suggest do wipe cache and userdata manually.
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
I tried #24, but it's the same. When it is done uploading the rom with the toolkit and reboots into recovery, it does nothing. This time I manually wiped the dalvik, but still when I tell it to reboot, is says "No OS installed. Are you sure you want to reboot".
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Thanks for the information.
[Android Head-Units] nitropollo:
This rom is compatible with nr3001??thanks
[Android Head-Units] Surgent:
Has anyone flashed this straight over an XDAAuto yet?

Thanks again VBlack!
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I dies not test it yet with nr3001, so I don't know for sure. AND it is still with issues.
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I figured out problem with recovery, and started Build 25 . But i still thinking we have issue with system.img..
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Finally build 27 has working traditional full image.
[Android Head-Units] -=Jeff=-:
Something cooked in the screen/ display driver of my NU3001, in power on, I smelled it in the display box.. Android I believe to be fine if anyone is looking for a second box.. 2gb ram, let me know
[Android Head-Units] Dream Reality Syndrome:
Pm sent
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Build 28 includes OTA updater.

So far it is stable, but with annoying flickering. So flickering is my main focus for now, without it fixed I don't see any chance it is usable.
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
So I had some time to test out #28 and here's my findings:

Screen flickering

Bluetooth not working (wont turn on)

Steering wheel controls not working (no response when in the key editor to SW button press))

No root

Screen auto rotates even if rotation is locked (Spotify for instance)

SD card wasn't fount (I will see if it is because it was used as system memory without asking)

No possibility for soft buttons for volume in the navigation bar (my system is a NU5502 so no hardware buttons)

The rom is looking stable with above mentioned things aside.

Looking forward to updates ;)
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Thank you for testing.

I build new build 29, which should have root and should helps with screen auto rotation issue.

For root you should first enable developer options, then enable root inside developers option.
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
Could you give an estimate of when there might be a version with Bluetooth and SW controls? Those two things are the ones blocking my daily use... :)
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I'll focus on them after CES. So no earlier than Jan 15
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
Any good (or moderately good) news? :)

Unfortunately I don't know much about the ROM creation, but testing I can do...
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I try to do quick fix for BT with no luck so far, so nothing to test yet. But because SWC and BT all should be handled by MCU, and both not working (as well as volume buttons) - I assuming maybe communication between MCU and Android is broken, so I will try to find out is this is the case...
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
So far no good news, but I keep trying...
[Android Head-Units] gatipler32:
A big 'thank you' for persisting Vblack
[Android Head-Units] estresao:
Hi VBlack,

Is can-bus working already? (rear gear for camera, doors, climate, etc...)
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
Hey :D

What's the word? :angel: I hope it's manageable....
[Android Head-Units] yakupA:
Dears,

i've bought a new PC especially for building this ROM.

Dear VBlack, i'm an experienced Java developper however i have no experience with building ROM.

Do you have any tutorial i could follow in order to get in building this ROM ?

If there are other ways i can help you please let me know as well.

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
It is very nice to have somebody to support this too, because I have very limited time now.

1. Register on Gerrit (gerrit.nc.org.ua)

2. Set short username in gerrit profile

3. Upload your SSH key to your gerrit profile (details here: https://gerrit.nc.org.ua/Documentation/user-upload.html#ssh )

4. add this into ~/.ssh/config file

Host gerrit.nc.org.ua

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

User <user name entered in step 2>

Port 29418

5. Do init & sync sources:

repo init -u ssh://gerrit.nc.org.ua:29418/manifest.git -b nu3001_la_cm13

repo sync -j20

6. setup & build:

source setup.sh

./make.sh
[Android Head-Units] yakupA:
Thank you VBlack.

I don't have too much time neither but as I am motivated I'll try to find some.

I don't know whether having Java skills is enough or should one have really Android rom development experience....I have read/watched some tutorial on the net but not sure is enough...at least I'll try.

Thank you !
[Android Head-Units] Trumpz:
Did all the builds get taken down on the repository? Did this project end?
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
No, just last build failed -it is happens from time to time (especially when I can't build locally first, so I use server builds for testing purposes). I try to fix keys and key editor.
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Builds restored new build 30 should have keys fixed (I haven't try it yet).

Regarding BT issue, could someone (Allan.Michaelsen ?) with working BT collect adb logcat for me, so I could compare without my logs. I am interested in adb logcat till moment you have activate BT.
[Android Head-Units] Allan.Michaelsen:
I'll see if I can find the time as I'm finishing a project at work tomorrow and leaving for the Philippines the next day. I'm really glad and thankful that you manage to find the time for this. :)
[Android Head-Units] Paolom_67:
Good morning, I tried to download the build but I can not see anything on the server. ?
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Is is still in very alpha stage, if you still want to download it - everything is on server (it is a build server):

https://jenkins.nc.org.ua/job/nu3001-la-cm13/30/

specific link;

https://jenkins.nc.org.ua/job/nu300...build/rkflash_nu3001-la-cm13-30-userdebug.zip
[Android Head-Units] amritpal2489:
Any progress here??
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
Well, I believe I could fight BT issue, but I am not so sure about flickering. I have one idea left, but it is require a lot of changes to do. I do not have to much time recently - has very tight production project to do, with many business trips...
[Android Head-Units] amritpal2489:
We all are confident that you will surely achieve what you are trying to achieve
[Android Head-Units] estresao:
Awesome!!
[Android Head-Units] Black6spdZ:
eagerly watching this thread for updates.. I wonder if the flickering is CPU thermal throttling similar to what the RK3188 TV sticks are seeing http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player...ssue-1080p-on-home-screen?p=266074#post266074
[Android Head-Units] VBlack:
I feel, that I owe everybody an update.

Currently I am very busy with another Android production for Vehicle at my primary job, so have almost 0 time to deal with this project right now. On the other hand for myself I change my Newsmy headunit to Hizpo 4GB 32GB Oreo, which actually works much faster and has more RAM (but it also has it's issues...) I still has two Newsmy units on my bench (NR3001 and NU3001), so I still have hope at least to fix major issues.
[Android Head-Units] sinnedone:
Sorry to hear that, but totally understandable.

I personally need something with an 8" screen that has no DVD player so I can custom mount the screen. It would be nice to upgrade but I'm stuck on this unit right now unless something good comes up that fits the bill.