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[Android Auto General] loizos250:
Update play services and Android auto (woo!).

Install carstream (Android auto) from the github link above.

Then follow his guide step 1-8, I'll qoute...

"1. Start Android Auto on your phone (the phone is not attached to anything at this time)

2. Click on the menu on the top left (three bars)

3. Click "About"

The following steps may already be done. I am including them for reference for newbies.

4. If developer mode is not enabled, click on the bar "About Android Auto" 10 times.

5. Click on the three dot menu (on the top right)

6. Click on "Developer settings"

7. Click on Application Mode and set to "Developer". Also go to the bottom of the developers settings and make sure "Unknown Sources" is checked.

8. Click back, and then go to the three dot menu. Click "Start head unit server"."

Now connect the phone to your car and accept any permissions it may ask you for.

Disconnect the phone, click stop on the head unit server from your notification bar.

Then follow his steps 20-23, I'll qoute...

"20. Now, go to your apps, and start Carstream

21. Click on "Unlock[Root]" and grant Root access when prompted (screenshot below)

22. Reboot the phone

23.Once the phone reboots, connect the phone to your car, and start Android Auto. Go to the speedometer thing (on the lower right side of the screen) and see if Carstream is listed. If it is, give thanks below. If it isn't, I don't know what to tell you."

All done

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Guys i cannot have access to android auto from my phone. Its starts only when i connect to car so i cannot enabke developer settings. Any thoughts?
[Android Auto General] Mahmood:
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Guys i cannot have access to android auto from my phone. Its starts only when i connect to car so i cannot enabke developer settings. Any thoughts?

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Search in settings app for android auto 8f not there then just connect to car and in varus android auto menu open the icon that says open android auto in phone something like that and it will open only in your phone and then u can change android auto settings in phone
[Android Auto General] loizos250:
Guys i cannot have access to android auto from my phone. Its starts only when i connect to car so i cannot enabke developer settings. Any thoughts?

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Search in settings app for android auto 8f not there then just connect to car and in varus android auto menu open the icon that says open android auto in phone something like that and it will open only in your phone and then u can change android auto settings in phone

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Done it. Working ok. The only problem i cannot connect to my YouTube account
[Android Auto General] Sjhingan:
hi, not sure if its been discussed earlier, but does CS work with Android 11? Dont wanna update if it doesn't.
[Android Auto General] SuurTõll:
CS doesnt work with AA 6.0?
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Google added a new blocking logic for 3rd party apps.

Luckily, the solution is already out and it's part of AA AIO TWEAKER. AA Phenotype Patcher right now doesn't work anymore and needs to be updated, but AA AIO TWEAKER could totally replace it.
[Android Auto General] Cuongngo249:
Ok
[Android Auto General] Kkprathyaya:
Sir . In car stream I played a YouTube video, when car is not in motion then video and audio is perfectly working, but when car is in motion then audio is ahead and video is little behind. Is there any solution, or is it usb cable problem or phone problem?
[Android Auto General] soingamtrang:
You need to cut off hand brake wire ( or speed wire), disconnect to your HU. Or use AA AIO TWEAKER
[Android Auto General] yuri76:
With the latest update of android car you can no longer see carstream
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
If you just look up some posts in the thread you'd find out why
[Android Auto General] GuybrushThreepwood89:
Hi,

I have not a rooted phone.. but after some updates I suggested to a friend of mine with rooted phone to use AA AIO TWEAKER because Carstream disappeared from his AA. (AA 6.0) .

With enabled Developer and Unknown sources..

He followed this steps..

1) installed Carstream 2.0.5

2) installed AA AIO TWEAKER

3) Unlocked root Carstream

4) Selected the app on AA AIO TWEAKER.

No carstream icon on the car. any suggestion? :)
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
That's not the way to go.

After installing the app, don't do the unlock root cause it's totally outdated.

Just select the app and after you selected it you have to actually patch it with the "Patch custom apps" button.
[Android Auto General] GuybrushThreepwood89:
ok :) I installed the two apps on an old rooted phone and I realized that my friend didn't click on "Patch custom apps".

thank you, I'll try :)
[Android Auto General] Kemal zengin:
[QUOTE = "shmykelsa, gönderi: 84470483, üye: 5562025"]

Gidilecek yol bu değil.

Uygulamayı yükledikten sonra, kilit açma kökünü yapmayın çünkü tamamen modası geçmiş.

Sadece uygulamayı seçin ve seçtikten sonra "Özel uygulamaları yama" düğmesiyle gerçekten yama yapmanız gerekir.

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[Android Auto General] Vu Hung Mazda 6:
Carstream 2.0.5 android 7.0 on my device faulty too big picture can not select video manipulation. Video transfer function on the steering wheel keys has no effect
[Android Auto General] Maiitje:
Unfortunately AA blocked all site loaded apps like carstream and stream2auto ,i tried also with AA A10 tweaker but it it not work anymore on my rootes samsung ,its also not possible to downgrade AA or Playstore , Im waiting any response from experts to solve this problem
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
What do you mean by "It not work anymore on my rootes samsung"?
[Android Auto General] Maiitje:
I mean that carstream or screen2 auto not show on Android auto anymore on my rooted phone carstream worked perfect but suddenly it was gone ,I contacted some expert and they confirmed that Android Auto blocked the side loaded apps.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
You can use AA AIO TWEAKER. The patch works on newer versions too
[Android Auto General] Maiitje:
No it not work we tried everything ,I will wait for solution or think about to buy an android head unit for the car.
[Android Auto General] Maiitje:
I downloaded also aa tweaker 3.01 and latest AA version 6.0 but still the apps not show
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Have you got a green status on the patch apps tweak?
[Android Auto General] Maiitje:
I reinstall AATweaker and now eveything works perfect,thanks for your response
[Android Auto General] Jaihoidundso:
I tried with the option over my postings with that Google Play Services App, but this doesn't work. It tells me, that I have to update service, because Google Services works not correctly. And Androdi Auto shows too, that it has an error, because old versions... so now it's time to wait for news.
[Android Auto General] noidea24:
Can anyone tell me exact what update they took that disabled it?

It's either Android auto or play services .
[Android Auto General] Jaihoidundso:
It is Play Services.
[Android Auto General] wrecklesswun:
Finally got it working. The only twist is i left the cable plugged in when unlocking, and bam started working. Rolled back play services, then disabled ability for it to call out to google, and it won't update
[Android Auto General] Sjhingan:
Hi, Which version of gps should i roll it back to? currently using 12.6.85 but having issues with some apps misbehaving. Thx
[Android Auto General] pmbabu:
How did you do this?
[Android Auto General] onkelfeix:
So, you needed to unlock while plugged in into your cars headunit?

And same like pmbabu , I'm interested in the solution which helps the gps to not update themselves.

I'm personally thinking about some kind of firewall.... just block services and apps to communicate with google servers, even if I cannot update all other apps via playstore.... wouldn't bother me too much ...
[Android Auto General] tengtengvn:
The older version stopped working yesterday so I grabbed a rooted phone and installed the latest AA and GPServices 12.6.85 (thx to previous commenter).

Since the phone is rooted, I use AFWall+ to block internet access from GPStore.

Previously with the older version and a non-rooted phone, I disable background data from GPServices to prevent update to the newer version but that broke Google Assistant. The current setup is more ideal.
[Android Auto General] pmbabu:
thanks for the excellent suggestion - this seems to annoyingly slow down searching on Google Maps on the phone (it works, but it is way slow behaving like the app is almost hung) - do you observe the same?
[Android Auto General] Sjhingan:
Unlock while plugged in to head unit

Can someone please confirm if unlocking while plugged into the head unit is working? if yes then what combination of AA and GPS versions are you using? also best way to get gps to not update is titanium pro.
[Android Auto General] tengtengvn:
I haven't seen that behavior on my phone.
[Android Auto General] 2coolium:
I have downgraded GPS and blocked playstore , but when opening AA , GPS crashes and AA starts looping , only way to stop it from crashing /opening repeatedly is hard reset .

Anyonr else experience this ?
[Android Auto General] samdeluxjones:
Just to confirm,

GPS 12.8.7 ?

Android auto latest ?

Carstream 2.0 ? Carstream 2.0 won't install on older GPS

Follow OP's instructions except unlock carstream while connected, then re-boot while connected ?
[Android Auto General] wrecklesswun:
GPS 12.6.8

Latest AA

Latest Carstream.

CS did work with 12.6.8. Now i'm having to roll it back, and/or block it's ability to reach out to gms, but it does work.

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I used 12.6.8. Tried on Nexus 6, Pixel 2XL and Essential PH-1

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I used the 3c toolbox to block, but it also causes the app to crash after some time. I'm working on modding the hosts file so the url will point to 127.0.0.1
[Android Auto General] pmbabu:
Thanks, I got over that issue somehow, and had CarStream working.

Unfortunately, if I reboot the phone, before AF+ blocks, the GPS seems to be upgrade itself :(

Got over that by enabling "Prevent Data Leak during boot" option...
[Android Auto General] MarkSnijders:
I got it back working on a OnePlus 6 by installing play services 12.6.88.

After installing I blocked the play store automatic update feature using titanium backup. (not sure if that keeps it blocked though)
[Android Auto General] samdeluxjones:
Cheers wrecklesswun

Got it working too on brand new Volvo sensus after at least 20 attempts.

I had to patch carstream with https://xdaforums.com/android-auto/android-auto-general/app-simple-utility-to-patch-install-t3758294

GPS 12.6.85

AA 3.2.58

Latest Carstream 2.0 patched with above link.

Follow OP instructions, leave phone plugged while unlocking/root access carstream and after reboot it appears on speedo button.

Titanium backup blocking GPS & AA
[Android Auto General] quailallstar:
Wish there was a working fix for non-root phone users :/ Time to sell my T-Mo S9+ and get something I can root.
[Android Auto General] rikin93:
Has anyone figured out how to get it to work with good instructions? Thanks.
[Android Auto General] 2coolium:
Whenever I downgrade GPS it just fc over and over. How are you getting it to not crash?
[Android Auto General] liber:
What version of AA are you on ?
[Android Auto General] Maiitje:
Version 6.1.610544 this is preinstalled on samsung newest phones
[Android Auto General] liber:
With that version it doesn't work on my Pixel 2 XL (nor CarStream 2.0.5 nor Screen2Auto 3.4.5 appear in the AA app list), latest version working for me is 5.9.604644.

Do you make any special action ?

what version of carstream are you using
[Android Auto General] Maiitje:
I use carstrean 2.05 and AA A10 tweaker and ofcourse a rooted device thats all I did ,succes.
[Android Auto General] ajay315:
Is carstream can be used in android auto with a non root phone
[Android Auto General] whatsup90:
ONLY ROOT
[Android Auto General] kobol1:
Hi, when I try to search something in web browser pressing the search button, the google page doesn't show any result, showing the home page. The only way to search something is by using the voice search function.

Android auto version: 6.1.610544-release

Carstream 2.0.5 (already teste d previous version), patched with AA AIO TWEAKER v. 3.2 (already tested with 3.1)

Any idea?

Thanks.
[Android Auto General] kobol1:
I've also tried with Fermata Auto... Same identical problem...
[Android Auto General] Fishcat7:
Download the last version of AA AIO Tweaker and reapply the patch to fermata or carstream. The apps are working perfectly on my phone
[Android Auto General] kobol1:
Already tried with last version of AA AIO tweaker (v. 3.2)... No luck🤷‍♂️
[Android Auto General] Fishcat7:
In AA AIO tweaker try to remove the patch to your apps, reboot the phone, re apply the patch and reboot again
[Android Auto General] Kkprathyaya:
I have installed car stream in android auto . when I played YouTube video,videoand audio are perfectly working when car is parked hand brake up or down no problem but when car is moving then audio and video is not syncing there is a delay in video the audio is ahead and video is 9-10 seconds behind is there any solution..😢
[Android Auto General] an0therus3r:
Did you uploaded it to Github already?
[Android Auto General] Fishcat7:
To download the app there is a link to Mega some pages ago...
[Android Auto General] pdario:
Hello! I just installed CarStream 2.0.5 on my NON rooted S20+; I don't seem to be able to edit bookmarks, is this due to lack of rooting? Anything I can do?
[Android Auto General] seanbwoi:
Does anyone know how to disable split screen in Android auto 5.9.60 I have a 7inch touch screen and carstream is almost useless in a 2 inches screen that they provide because of the split screen option now
[Android Auto General] AugustoGio:
is there any way to keep videos maximized while playing?

every time a video ends and starts a new one, the window reduces in size...everytime i need to touch screen over and over...any ideas?
[Android Auto General] seanbwoi:
what version of android auto should I use in order to use carstream. Most of the versions I used requires updating when I connect it to my car.
[Android Auto General] bartekboro:
Hi everyone. I have installed Carstream 2.0.5 using AAAD on my Pixel 3 with Android 11 no root, AA version 6.3.611334 - all have been working perfectly fine, but just today I have noticed that the video search button and browser search button don't work anymore? I can click on them but nothing happens and no keyboard is popping up? The only thing that works is voice search now? Any idea what can be wrong? Thanks!
[Android Auto General] bartekboro:
Now i wonder - is it maybe related to the fact that AA doesn't allow typing while driving? I have noticed on other apps that for some reason my head unit sometimes tells me that "Park to use keyboard" even when engine is turned off and handbrake is on - is it the case with Carstream? Anyone can confirm?
[Android Auto General] dinamo1975:
The new AA 6.7 (beta) work fine with Carstream 2.0.4 by kristakos.
[Android Auto General] gururoop:
Can you please share the AA and CarStream apks? I tried AA 6.7.112744 and CarStream 2.0.4 which was posted a few pages back and it doesn't show up. I tried using the unlock (root) option in Carstream and patching the app through AA Phenotype patcher too.
[Android Auto General] icem8n:
Agreed I've been using this combo for now I think a month and no issues!

What I'm using:

AA AIO Tweaker 4.0.2

Carstream 2.0.4

And so you basically patch the Carstream app via the AIO.

Oh yes and you have to have root for this to work.

Am using the Mi11 Ultra in this combo.

Hope this helps!!
[Android Auto General] dinamo1975:
Hi,

My phones are not rooted (test it on Galaxy S9 & S10):

1. Instal AA_6.7.112744_minAPI23(arm64-v8a)(nodpi) - LINK

2. Install AA Store 1.0.2 and give permission to install unknown app

3. Enter in AA Store 1.0.2 - search and install Carstream 2.0.4 by "Kristakos"
[Android Auto General] SFNMutt:
thanks, this worked on my non-rooted AT&T S21 Ultra & a brand new GMC Yukon. have a bad ausio delay issue but it looks like that's common. thanks again.
[Android Auto General] Luigi197828:
Nonriesco a scaricare
[Android Auto General] Sjhingan:
So ive been using CS for a long time. I have a op3t rooted with Magisk and running PE plus latest ROM. i have CS v 2.0.5 patched with AA tweaker.

Lately i have experienced that while playing a video on youtube the browser refreshes every few minutes and ends up on home page. Its quite annoying to keep going back to the same video every time. As far as i know i have not changed any settings. has anyone else experienced this? any help to fix this will be appreciated.
[Android Auto General] Eightkiller:
I have the exact same behavior since 6-7 months. I'm using the 2.0.5 version on my android auto (in a Suzuki Baleno with 1870 firmware). It's not usable anymore, sometimes it behaves properly for 10 min, and after that impossible to watch any video. As soon as I start one It reloads the same video over and over again, not being able to watch even 1 sec. Sometimes it also goes back to the homepage.

It was not "behavioring" like that before, I don't know what happened and why no one is talking about this. You are the 1st person I read to have the same issue as I do...

I have been forced to use "CarTube" in beta 0.1, no news from dev since march. It has a lot aless functionnalities than CarStream, but it is working. You can watch videos, but it's a pain in the ass to search for videos, and you can't access your subscribed channels.

If someone could help us investigate on this, you will really be blessed !

Thanks in advance guys.
[Android Auto General] alex71184:
hello is there a way to use it on a mazda cx 30 no touchscreen, with manual controls Central rotor
[Android Auto General] gaduaxe:
Hi,

I am newbie so latest now how can make CarStream work on root phone?

Tks
[Android Auto General] rmrbpt:
@paesani

Hi.

Could you upload the code to GitHub?

Im trying to change the user agent from your "Desktop Mode" to a user agent that allows Android TV website access.

However I don't know how to add that change to the 2.0.4 version. If you could make that change or could upload the code I would try to mod it, thanks.

The user agent should be: "Mozilla/5.0 (SMART-TV; Linux; Tizen 5.0) AppleWebKit/538.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 NativeTVAds Safari/538.1";

Thanks.
[Android Auto General] munecito:
Are you still developing this project?

Not long ago the speed controls stopped working on it so it crashes everytime I try to change the playback speed on a video.
[Android Auto General] luca.costantino:
Hi

I am using Android Auto 9.2 + CarStream 2.05

I receive a no new messages during this drive message on my car unit :/

Any hint?
[Android Auto General] Dagrusve:
Is there a way to use these apps while driving? Not only stationary..?
[Android Auto General] phamine:
Same here. I think the new Android Auto broke the apps. Fermata doesn't work either.
[Android Auto General] drumber42:
AA OP6

Hey! OnePlus 6 here too, do you think you could help me out?
[Android Auto General] MarkSnijders:
I can tell you how I did it.

1. Download the older GPs (I got version 12.6.88)

2. Turned off my wifi and data, just to be sure it wouldn't update automatically.

3. Removed GPs and rebooted my phone. Upon boot expect to get some error messages that it's missing.

4. Installed the downloaded version of GPs and rebooted my phone.

5. Using titanium backup I blocked the auto update of the GPs.

6. Setup carstream and enabled my data/wifi

7. Tested it and it works (and still does for me)
[Android Auto General] drumber42:
Carstream setup

Ok cool. Now I get stuck on carstream setup, step 12 when it says to navigate to the specified directory. It lists a directory on the phone, and I'm not sure exactly what it means by navigate to (in ADB? If so, I don't know how to do that). I tried just skipping that step, but then when I try to start the headunit server or Emulator or whatever, ADB gives me an error :/
[Android Auto General] MarkSnijders:
I used the steps in the first post of this topic.
[Android Auto General] drumber42:
Well that was annoying. I didn't even get to the second phase. As soon as I rebooted after installing the old GPS, I got CONSTANT notifications saying that GPS will NOT run unless updated, and they WOULD NOT stop, even after another reboot. So I updated back to most recent GPS for now.
[Android Auto General] pmbabu:
Install the downloaded 12.6.xx GPS, and these errors will stop. Download it before you uninstall/disable latest GPS as you would have turned off data/WiFi by then. No reboot is required, once installation is complete (for 12.6.xx version), errors will disappear.
[Android Auto General] paolocorpo:
Dear,

Can you clarify to me how use Titaniaum backup in order to block the auto update of the Google Play services ??
[Android Auto General] MarkSnijders:
Go to menu in the right top corner and look for the option play store auto-updates (note this is only for the payed version of titanium backup)
[Android Auto General] paolocorpo:
Thanks a lot

I got it

I can now block the autpmatic upgrade of GPS but ... What's happening to the others functionality of GPS ?

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[Android Auto General] MarkSnijders:
Functionality stays the same, it just won't update to a newer version.
[Android Auto General] sanemi:
Hey guys, can someone please explain me how should i downgrade google play services? I tried with titanium backup pro uninstalling the app but i keep getting "App not installed" when i try to install the old version (12.6.85) on my Axon 7 with crDroid Oreo 8.1.
[Android Auto General] paolocorpo:
I used Titanium backup free to uninstall GPS

The app disappeared

After I used the Pro version to inhibit it to upgrade

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[Android Auto General] sanemi:
In my case i used the pro version to uninstall it but the app is not going away, i can see it as 'uninstalled' on titanium but when i try to install the old version, i get a prompt first asking if i want to do an upgrade over the current version (then i get 'App not installed'), so it's like titanium is not really uninstalling it for some reason, right?
[Android Auto General] paolocorpo:
I faced the same issue

Going deeply ... the first attempt was OK but unfortunately I was initially not able to preserve the upgrade

Later I have complicated teh situation creating some backup with Titanium ...

Anyway ...

... It was not very easy to uninstall

I suggest to you this workaround:

1. Install last version of GPS

2. reboot device

2a. check into app menu section that the GPS has the last correct version

3. uninstall GPS with TITANIUM

4. reboot device

4a. If you receive message error by sistem it means that GPS has been correctly unistalled

Alternative: let try using a debloat different method (there are several solution on XDA too)
[Android Auto General] Dooouu:
Hi! Recently I tried to install Carstream following the steps of the original post but with GPS 12.6.85 and AA 3.2.x also I stop the upgrades with Titanium Pro (but the notifications where says that I need to upgrade still appears after turning off WiFi and install GPS 12.6.85) but the biggest problem is when I tried to open AA appears a message that says 'AA doesn't seem to be working at the moment'? I don't know what to do... I tried over and over and it's the same. Can anybody help me step by step? Also to make stop that annoying notifications that I have to upgrade GPS after a installed v. 12.6.85
[Android Auto General] paolocorpo:
Why don't have you used GPS 12.6.88 ?

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[Android Auto General] Dooouu:
Already tried with that one and it's same... Can you help me step by step?

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Ok... I'll try with that version of GPS and what version of AA do I need? And what are the exactly steps to avoid the upgrades with Titanium or another app?