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[Android General] emeres:
That's definitely 100% correct. I just wanted to have an option where when you enter your car with a fully charged battery and you DON'T HAVE TO connect it where it's charging again at a full battery. It would be nice to have a possibility of choice.
[Android General] Ludeape:
Yea i agree also. Even if you don't use often its nice to have choices :)
[Android General] ispofe:
Hi, there is a way to do this but it involves installing an app on the phone and your HU. The app is call Head Unit Reloaded. See this thread about the app.

https://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/android-4-1-headunit-reloaded-android-t3432348.

I hope this is what you are looking for and that it is compatible with your HU and phone.
[Android General] emeres:
That is very interesting. Do I have to run WIFI hotspot each time I want to use it wireless or is just about having WIFI ON on both phone and head unit? I don't have unlimited hotspot that's why I'm concerned. I would assume it's WIFI-Direct option. Thanks again for that link.
[Android General] phasearray:
It makes a ton of sense if you have a newer car that has a standard Qi charging pad. These features are becoming more and more common - one of my cars has one, and it's optional in another one of mine. Wireless charging is cool, but it's sort of pointless when you still have to plug your phone in to the USB jack in order to use Android Auto or Apple CarPlay.
[Android General] Ludeape:
I had a Qi charger in my last car, and stopped using it because my phone kept shutting off due to high heat.

Maybe new Qi standard is better with the heat, but if not, the phone would get real hot in the car with Qi charging and so much Wifi streaming going on for AA.

I'd love the option to test it though and see for myself..
[Android General] emeres:
That's a good point. Processor would probably melt :) Unless you're running 8 gigs of ram.
[Android General] calbear408:
Apps

What apps you all running in your head unit that work 100%. I would like to have the direct tv app but not sure what one will work with my head unit.

HONDA SI 2018

:)
[Android General] emeres:
I haven't really tried many. All I downloaded was that lighter version of youtube and Soundcloud. But my T-mobile hotspot works pretty slow so I just gave up. I'm still using my Youtube via AA ( with a workaround of course ) cause big "G" blocked it.
[Android General] ispofe:
You have to connect the HU to the phone via the Hotspot.

There is reference to your question somewhere in their post. I assume the Head HUR is running the app natively on your phone, so the data used to run Waze etc may not count as hotspot data, but I am not an expert on this so check their forum.
[Android General] shinemonmond:
I try to use tasker to create the task like he found in his LogCat and then export to app installer via another android 4.4 (MEmu). After I installed app (that exported via another android like I said earlier) to HU via hondahack, the app completely installed and appeared on app list. But it can not bring me to SyscomFreeMode screen when I run the app.

idk why but, I think because my HU have no SU app to grant the permission or maybe just my shell command is not correct.

btw, if anyone know about installing SU on HU. please tell me that we can install it or can't?

Ps. Sorry for my english, It is not my primary lang.
[Android General] DBY2018:
I have a 2017 Honda Civic EX-T sedan and have an issue with my radio that is actually my own fault. I updated my radio to a new software version that was technically supposed to be for the hatchback versions. I ordered the usb from a honda dealer and had it shipped to me. The update went smoothly but it screwed up Android Auto. The music apps will not work correctly and I tried 4 different phones to confirm its my car's problem and not the phones. I then bought a usb with the older version of the software that worked but the radio will not let me change it because it is a lower number and tells me I have the most current software.. Anyone know how to get around this and force the update to a lower version software?

Was hoping maybe there was a way to go back.

Thanks

[IMG="civic software update"]https://ibb.co/bvhJWJ[/IMG]
[Android General] andrea07pr:
What Version of Waze is it working on our car? I tried a bounce but nothing will allow me to load maps..

And can I install Google services somehow??
[Android General] ispofe:
Hi, I am using 4.32 version of Waze in my Accord, it performs the same way as the earlier versions I had, sluggish at times.

Also, I like the new display which is a bit similar to AA.

I kept an old Android 4.2 phone, so I upgrade the APPs on it and then extract and install them to the HU via USB and this worked for most apps, especially the ones that others are getting older SDK errors.

Codeage has discouraged installing play services to avoid problems. Even with the rooted HUs people have not been able to get Play services to work properly, problems with login in.
[Android General] jjc_01:
Is anyone unable to access Android Auto after installing the Hack app? When I plug in my phone I'm not getting any recognition on either end.
[Android General] transmico:
I am having the same issue with CarPlay. I think you can only load one at a time. Meaning either use

CarPlay or access apps. Example running Waze on headunit and listening to iTunes on CarPlay.
[Android General] shinemonmond:
Finally, I can create (//export) the app from Tasker that automatically changing DSP to DSP Flat. I just use the code that Panchox's provided and then combine it with tap screen code in Shell-Command.

After you run the app, the system will change to DSP flat automatic. It's easier than doing it manually. You will see the process by this video

[YOUTUBE]k3BYTubpqgY[/YOUTUBE]

I think after you create the app like I created, you can bring it to init.d to set it for running at startup the system (//I mean when you ignite your car). OR JUST USE THE PAID VERSION OF CODEAGE APP.

btw, YOU NEED TO INSTALL THE ROOT (SuperSU APP) MANUALLY. idk why but when I installed with hondahack.exe (from codeage), the SuperSU app didn't appear on app list. And all the code that I mentioned earlier need the ROOT permission (So that why you need the SuperSU app). If you root with hondahack.exe, you need to root again via manual method (see the github).

ps. thank [MENTION=6358862]panchox[/MENTION] to provide the code. Thanks so much !!

ps2. sorry for my English, it's not my primary.
[Android General] flashpointp:
can this be done with a MacBook?
[Android General] cttw1980:
Can teach me step by step? Noob here. Thanks.
[Android General] Ludeape:
Anyone install any ip camera apps?

I installed Tinycam but I was getting protocol errors with mjpeg and h264 streams. I was able to get jpeg stream working with it but it's low fps. Its better than nothing but looking for something a little better.

Thanks
[Android General] litobirdy:
Is this hondahack exactly what I should be looking for if I want to install that popular Car Launcher Agama?
[Android General] arkzrlo:
Hi

Anybody knows how long it takes [MENTION=495426]codeage[/MENTION] to send the pro key of hondahack. I sent the PayPal payment on May 10th and I haven't heard anything from him.

Thanks
[Android General] dr_drache:
can you just supply the file to install?
[Android General] boosted180sx:
you have to email him your paypal ID and your device ID. I got my key the next day after I sent payment.
[Android General] litobirdy:
delete
[Android General] arkzrlo:
I got the code. I sent the email again and got it within an hour.

By the way, I'm having trouble installing a apk on my 2016 Pilot. Everything works apparently correct until it tries to install after rebooting the unit. Installing crashes and HondaHack gives the error shown on the pictures.

I've reset whitelist already and it doesn't make a difference. Install button outside of HondaHack does not work after the app is whitelisted as well.

Anybody has an idea of what could be happening?

Thx
[Android General] transmico:
I thought the hack was only for CRV and Civics?
[Android General] ramram:
Anyone experiencing slowdowns after installing apps on the head-unit ? Second screen is taking much time to show up and to display the compass.

Will anyone recommend google services files including play store, google maps apks that would be compatible and tested on the head-unit for Jelly bean 4.2.2? Slowdown started after trying different version of googles services apks :S

If I factory reset the unit what will happen to the whitelist file, and the root files?

I disabled all apps from the startup, cpu usage is around 27~37 on idle, is it normal ?
[Android General] blowtorch:
Please provide the APK file for the rest of us to install please!
[Android General] zhxq:
CR-V 2018 root

Hi there - this is my first post in XDA - I used XDA thru out the years (I believe since 2013), but I never had a chance to get involved.

The thing is, I found a way to do this on CR-V 2018.

CR-V 2018 blocked the browser (and some other apps) by default. However, there is a way to unblock it, and then use the online DirtyCoW loophole (using codeage's website - which can be get by contacting him via Email: codeage@hotmail.com) to gain root access.

Step by step:

Follow this to get into diagnostic mode: youtube video id: 4FNgD0L8X_Q (I'm a new user so I don't have the rights to post links). For those who prefer to read the text instead of watching a video (like me!), here are the steps:

First, press "brightness+phone+power(which is the button that also labels vol and audio)" at the same time and hold, then you'll see a menu with two options.

Then, after clicking the bottom option, you'll get into a menu with more options - these options are all useless to us, what we need to do is to hold the phone button, and then wait for another menu with blue background on the bottom and transparent background for each option.

Lastly, click "Special function setting", then click "cancel android restriction". Though there will be no notice at all, the restriction will be stopped, and the browser can be found in the app list (However, if you reboot, the restriction will reapply again, so you need to redo the steps above to reenable the browser app after each reboot). I was so disappointed when I found there is no notice at all after clicking - but the other two options under the same menu do have effects...... I thought I failed, so I clicked the "cancel android restrictions" button several times (a perfect word in Chinese will be 死马当活马医), and after I get into the app list with no hope at all, the browser was there, and I was able to root my stereo with codeage's website!

Now you know what to do: contact codeage, get a free/pro version of Honda Hack, open the page he gives you on your car browser, follow the steps (it may take a while to get the root access and the system will get stuck sometime, since DirtyCoW is a system-level-copy-on-write loophole that requires some "lucky" time in order to make effect by making tricks during race conditions), and after you see the browser exits and HondaHack appears, you're done!

Again, many thanks to codeage! I bought a pro version before I got root access because I hope that I will use all my abilities to root this little thing and make the money I spent worth it - and as a programmer, I know it's hard to maintain such a project for a single person, so I hope this project can help some more car owners. Kudos!
[Android General] Ludeape:
In case you didnt know, if you make a shortcut of the browser on the home screen it will stay after reboot.

It will stay there until you go back into the apps screen then it will disappear again.

But if you dont open apps screen the shortcut will stay there on desktop.

Or you can just install chrome :)
[Android General] zhxq:
Android Auto Failure after Root

It's me again...... It seems there is something wrong with the Android Auto after I root the stereo.

After I get into Android Auto, everything worked fine except for the navigation of Android Auto. After clicking navigation, the stereo screen will go black, and only the Android Auto menu bar on the bottom will stay there. Clicking other options on the menu bar does nothing - the screen will stuck on black.

I installed waze on the stereo, and I decided to uninstall it to see it can fix the problem. I also uninstalled other apps (except for HondaHack itself). However, I got no luck.

Luckily, this thing only affects the Android Auto itself, and it does not affect the locally installed apps on the stereo. I can return to Home screen by pressing the Home button on the stereo. Nevertheless, I do hope that I can access Android Auto navigation in case I need it...... Anyone got any idea?

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Thanks for the shortcut way - I'll definitely give it a try!

The reason I decided not to install Chrome is that Chrome is the RAM killer...... and we only have about 200mb free RAM after boot. In order to run waze smoothly, I need to kill other apps such as Garmin and the "settings" itself in settings (which is ironic - that is kinda like a suicide).
[Android General] litobirdy:
hacked succesful but what radio "app" can we use to use the internal radio, when using a car launcher like Car launcher AG?
[Android General] kwalsh24:
Delete. United fired up after 30min
[Android General] minicover:
How about finalcam app

i use with my autobot ip camara

work well
[Android General] brochet06:
needing help

Hello,

would anyone have explanations or instructions for use of all the available features of the honda hack?
[Android General] Ludeape:
I managed to get Tinycam working pretty good but only when i connected to my Blue Iris software at home, but its working.

will have to try finalcam also.. thanks!
[Android General] ascrackool:
I wonder if anyone else here is on a CRV, have you made any progress to fix this?
[Android General] kwalsh24:
What's everyone using for an audio player? The factory one is kinda annoying to use. I was using PlayerPro but it seems to have issues finding my music folder on my external SD card at times but the factory player finds it fine.

Anyone else have that issue with the program they are using?
[Android General] kwalsh24:
I second this... Would love to use a different launcher but no way to create shortcuts for radio, Bluetooth n what not, this even possible? Any way to unhide these programs from the app drawer?
[Android General] zhxq:
Followup: I tried on my CR-V 2018, and I found this way does not work...... Seems that I need to install another browser instead LOL

And another thing is, by deleting Garmin navigation, which ships with the stereo itself, the speed of the stereo just sped up a lot!

After all this little stereo only got 1 GB RAM...... Before uninstalling it, the free RAM will only be ~150MB (because it will start with the system, and it is not possible to stop it from auto start otherwise - there is no option to stop it from autorun in Honda Hack, since the Honda Hack only supports user-installed softwares to be disabled from auto start), causing other apps to be really slow (especially waze). However, using Root Explorer, I was able to delete the Garmin Navigation, and the free RAM after I launch waze is like ~200MB+. Now my waze can finally run smoothly! ;)

What's even better, the "MAPS" button can be remapped to waze flawlessly - if you don't uninstall Garmin nav, then even if you remap the MAPS button to waze (or some other app), it will still call Garmin navigation (making the remapping useless). However, this worked find after I uninstalled Garmin, and there is NO ERROR MESSAGE after I do that (even if I click MAPS button, it will not tell me there is no such app - it just opens waze, as I configured).

I forgot to say: the Garmin app is under /vendor/apps folder, with a Garmin Navi logo - and the filename does not contain Garmin at all (the first letter should be something between A to F). Just look for the Garmin Navi logo, which is very obvious. It should be something similar to the image below:

[IMG="Garmin App Logo"]https://static.garmincdn.com/en/products/010-D1092-02/g/cf-lg.jpg[/IMG]
[Android General] Briscvo:
Anyone find anything for the 2018 Honda Civic. This code won't work. Is there a trick to it now?
[Android General] kwalsh24:
Anyone with the Civic unit see if the Garmin app exists, would love to speed this up at up as it's quite laggy at times
[Android General] Ludeape:
I have had a few apps running including chrome. Honda hack, tinycam, and waze and performance was not bad in my 2018 crv.

I do not have a navi model though.

One thing which i think helps is to go into each app and turn off notifications.
[Android General] zhxq:
I updated my post since I forgot to mention the path of the APK (really sorry for that, I tried to remember to write the path of APK when I was writing my post, but after I finished the previous paragraphs, I forgot that) - the APK is under /vendor/app which has a Garmin Logo on it, and the file name does not contain Garmin. The file name should start with some letter between A-F. Just install a root explorer (which is like 3.5MB), and you can do it yourself :D
[Android General] zhxq:
Well...... I made no progress on it, but at least I found a way to delete Garmin Navigator, and I can use Waze smoothly on my CR-V stereo :p
[Android General] transmico:
Are you using the Waze that came with the Honda hack or did you install a more recent version?
[Android General] zhxq:
I used 4.30 and it's working find (the latest is about 4.38, but there are a lot of bugs - you can see there are many complains in Google Play, and the map on 4.38 will be black on CR-V stereo), so I did not use the HH version.

Another thing: I bought a cheap Huawei phone (~$250 incl. tax), installed Tasker ($2.99 on Google Play), connected with the car USB port for charging purpose, and did some settings:

Tasker is an app that can detect system changes, and trigger some events on changes. So, if the car starts and the USB port is getting power, it will trigger "When Power" hook. When the car is from on to off, the port will stop powering, and it will trigger the "When Not Power" hook.

When Not Power (which means the car is powered off, and the cable will not transmit any electricity to the phone)

- Turn on Flight Mode

- Turn on Power Saving Mode

- Turn off Wi-Fi Tether

- Turn off Bluetooth

- Turn off Wi-Fi

When Power (Which means the car is on, and the USB port is transmitting electricity):

- Turn on Wi-Fi Tether

- Turn off Power Saving Mode

- Turn off Flight Mode

- Turn on Bluetooth (if you want to use this as your mp3)

- Turn off Wi-Fi

I tried it, and I found that the phone will not consume much power when the car is off - it will consume about 1% per one to two days, so there is no need to worry about the battery will die if you do not start the car for a long time. If we suppose that it will consume about 1% per one to two days, the math expectation of the days the battery could hold will be ~150 days. That is about 5 months, and I can tell you guys: the car battery will die in less than 3 months from my personal experience: I'm a student in USA, and I'm from China, so I will go home for summer vacation, which is usually 3 months. After I get back to the United States, the car battery died, and I need to jump start it. So there is no need to worry about the phone battery will run out.

I bought a Mint Mobile SIM card (MVNO using T-Mobile) - 10GB LTE for $25/Mo if you buy it annually (or 3 months for new users, but I decided to pay 12 months directly), and this is the best value I can get for data (I believe?) after a 3 hours research. This is because I cannot park my car near my home Wi-Fi, so I decided to buy a large data pack. (How I miss carriers in China - 10GB in-province data pack is only 10RMB=$1.6 per month for China Mobile, and the signal is much better than any carrier in USA)

Enjoy the in-car media center!
[Android General] transmico:
Thank you for the detailed explanation, have you or anyone tried using a HotSpot stick like this one?

https://www.thesource.ca/en-ca/cell...wei-lte-e8372-hotspot-turbo-stick/p/108036412
[Android General] zhxq:
I did not try it, but I have enough confidence that this will NOT work on the car stereo as a turbo stick, but it COULD work as a mobile hotspot.

The reason is very simple: unless there is some way to get the driver running for the stereo, it won't work as turbo stick since the Linux kernel does not usually contain this when being compiled - and I don't think Honda will choose to compile the driver of the turbo stick either.

If the driver files can be loaded as ARM compatitible (not really sure the arch of the stereo, but I suppose it would be ARMv7 or v6) .so files, then there might be a chance. Another possible way is to compile the Linux kernel by yourself and then somehow put it in your stereo and substitute the old one by Honda - but this is highly unrecommended. There is a possibility to brick your stereo.

I still believe it would work as a hotspot stick, since the USB port is only for powering the stick in this case. However, since I'm in USA, I don't really think there is a easy way for me to get one of those...... I think I might buy one when I'm back to China this summer. But beware, some MVNO might not work with the hotspot stick (since they have their own APN settings that must be inputted manually, and I don't think there is a way to do this on the stick). That is also a main reason I bought a phone directly instead of buying a mobile hotspot or a stick.

I just don't know why US carriers like to set up so many limits on phone/data plans (such as limitting Wi-Fi tethering, or weird MVNO APN settings). There is no such thing in China at all, and I was shocked when I found my iPhone cannot start hotspot when I moved my AT&T SIM card from an Android phone (and I need it desperately because I need to use it to finish up my coding assignments and the due was near (I did miss the due because of this, losing 1/6 of total points), and I don't have internet access - then I used 2 hours to explain to AT&T customer service, and then they finally enabled my Wi-Fi tethering. This was not the first time; it happened when I tried to move my SIM from iPhone to that Android)...... Comparing to this, I think the worst thing of Chinese carrier is the "in-province" data packs - some data packs are only for "in-province" use (but as I mentioned, they are relatively cheap as well: 10RMB for 10GB/mo, that is only $1.6!). If you get out the province and enter another province, then you need either a "national data pack" or you need to pay-as-you-go (which is super expensive). Luckily, they are cancelling the "in-province" data packs due to recent government regulations. Besides, I do hope they can give a coverage map just like US carriers do (but that is not a big deal, I tested my China Mobile 4G LTE worked with FULL SIGNAL in a village in mountains 4 years ago, coordinates: 40.7683754,122.8889516. AT&T and Verizon coverages still suck on the west coast, and T-Mobile coverage sucks on almost everywhere. Sprint? Haven't you heard that it's gonna be a part of T-Mobile?:D)
[Android General] Ludeape:
I also use tasker on my phone to turn on my wifi hotspot as soon as it connects to my car bluetooth so its pretty much like my stereo always has wifi connected.

Its a cool app.

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Has anyone been able to play a video or view pictures that are stored on your phone via usb cable?
[Android General] kblau168:
Hi all. Need help on this - . How to Install Honda Hack and other APKs from USB Drive. The error message this function is not available while the vehicle is in motion. Please try again when stopped. How should I go about it . Vehicle is stationary and put to P position.
[Android General] Factoryrat:
Anybody tried to load kodi or Terrarium Tv? Wondering if they will work on the headunit.
[Android General] Ludeape:
Thanks for the tip.. but i notice that Advanced Task Killer still doesn't kill some apps like Chrome, and some others even though they are not ignore list.

After i kill, they still show in the built in task manager as active.