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[MTCD Software Development] Shadow128:
Hi there

My feedback after using this ROM for 2-3 weeks.

It's almost cool, and almost every functions I need are working ->

- Mirroring via USB from my smartphone

- Torque via OBD-USB-Adapter

- Poweramp with automatic start after switch on and saving position with switching off (in 95% of every turn, so its ok)

But, one more question.

Sometimes, after switch on, I've only sound on the front right speaker (I'm using only both front speakers).

If I change the position in the sound app (one step left and back), the sound is correct.

This behavior occurred in every ROM I tried (Malaysk, Hal9k, Stock, ...) and also in every music app (Stock music player and Poweramp)

Anyone knows this problem, and maybe has a solution for tasker, to switch after switch on the sound position? :confused:
[MTCD Software Development] Radzią:
Is it a radio https://www.joyingauto.eu/joying-10...avigation-system-autoradio-with-4gb-32gb.html is compatible with this rom?
[MTCD Software Development] Lum_UK:
Sounds like you need an MCU update.

If you fancy a sound quality boost at the same time, look at Cs-x(ru) or Wadzio's threads.
[MTCD Software Development] Shadow128:
Sorry, I forget that fact.

I got that problem with stock LM-MCU (in my mind v2.52), newer v2.81 and also v2.88sp (CS-X).

But I'll test also the MCU from Wadzio.

Thanks for that hint :)
[MTCD Software Development] g-member:
I can't get poweramp yo resume where it left off.....did whitelist the app, checked resume after sleep in settings but still no go....

Maybe it's already mentioned here somewhere but i could't find anything, all other thirt party players do resume...... am i missing something here??
[MTCD Software Development] Hal9k_:
This is the reason.

This is a known bug. It appears if the balance is not set by default.

I will try to do something with it.

No
[MTCD Software Development] psyko_chewbacca:
I have a small annoying problem with this ROM.

When device wakes up, after a few seconds (when SD card is up and ready?), the HCT Music App will launch and try to read audio files that are most likely stored by Google Play Music on the SD card in my Head Unit (Had Google Play music setup that way).

This is annoying because it cuts out whatever audio was playing (most of the time the Radio in my case) and begin to shows a ton of pop-up notifications about unreadable MP3s (most likely because Google Play Music encrypts them).

Long story short, I want to disable the launch of the music app when the head unit wakes up from sleep (or when SD card is back online?); but I don't see anywhere I could do so.
[MTCD Software Development] Hal9k_:
Is this problem really only with my ROM?

Does it work differently on stock?
[MTCD Software Development] psyko_chewbacca:
Quite frankly I don't know. My head unit has spent most of its lifetime running your ROM.

Also, I only started using Google Play Music a few days ago and I was already using your ROM. But the problem with the music App, I described in my previous post definitively started happening when Google Play Music was introduced in the mix! Before all that, I had no audio file stored on the head unit.

Bottom line, I cannot comment if the behavior is specific to your ROM but it does have something to do with external storage getting ready after waking up (SD Card in my case) and having audio files on it. I'm quite sure that if I remove all audio files on the SD card, the problem will dissapear. It's a temporary solution until I use Google Play Music once more tho...
[MTCD Software Development] erkme73:
Apologies if I'm way off base here, but I recall seeing a setting under car/driver that said auto play when external storage is plugged in. I don't recall if it was stock or after I installed Hal9k, but I had the same issue when my USB was connected. I also don't know if that would be the case for microSD cards, or just USB. Just thinking out loud.
[MTCD Software Development] fuzileirobr:
If I put the SD card on GPS slot, the unit stay in a black screen and don't shows nothing.
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
I spent a considerable amount of time and effort getting this to work. Here are a few tips:

1. Format SD card to NTFS (the SD card check runs faster)

2. Buy and install Tasker. Once you have Tasker installed, you can automatically pause Poweramp before the unit goes to sleep (this is key).

3. Also using Tasker, you can have the unit automatically "un-pause" Poweramp after the unit comes out of sleep and mounts the SD card.

This setup works REALLY well. The key is that you need to pause Poweramp before the unit goes to sleep - otherwise, it will restart from the beginning of the song when the unit comes out of sleep (instead of continuing where it left off in the song).

Hope that helps. Let me know if you need any help with Tasker. You can also use Tasker for a lot of other cool stuff as well. For example, I have it setting my phone to Hotspot mode automatically when my phone connects to the radios bluetooth - so I will always have internet access on the head-unit if my phone is in the car. It will also automatically disable hotspot mode and re-enable wifi after the phone disconnects from the head-units bluetooth. Can use Tasker for lots of cool stuff...
[MTCD Software Development] KAOS313:
So I have been running your ROM now daily with 7-hour trips and its rock solid. The only thing I have seen is that once ever 20 cold starts(about every 2 weeks first thing in the morning) it will hang on the "Hal 9000" screen and I will have to hold the power/reset restart the boot and it will boot right up. Don't know if this is a bug but I have had the unit for over a year and in that time the hang has only happened 2 times during a boot and it's only since I have installed your ROM that I have had the issue on a semi-regular basis. But its only with cold starts first thing in the mornings and like I said holding the reset butting fixes the issue and it does not happen again for about a week. Thanks for all your great work!!!
[MTCD Software Development] g-member:
To be honest, i think it's a flaw in Poweramp, all othet thirt app players resume perfectly. Anf if its key to install and setup Tasker for Poweramp to function properly i'am better off searching for a similar player that does work.

: edit Jetaudio works like a charm, and with the build-in widgets from Car launcher pro

Thnx for your input
[MTCD Software Development] Shadow128:
Can you please post your Tasker config for both points?

I've a "solution" for pause before go to sleep, but maybe your's is better :)
[MTCD Software Development] dankec2000:
Does "HERE Maps" work with Hal9K?
[MTCD Software Development] ab1702:
I have a fault with the rom.

I use copilot sat nav and I can’t lower the volume of the voice commands (it uses google TTS for this). I have tried the navigation mixing volume settings and it makes no difference.

When I try going into the settings for google TTS I can’t. The system crashes and says settings needs to close. I can’t access any text to speech settings at all, I have tried going through language and then TTS and I have also tried accessibility and then TTS and the same thing happens every time where it just crashes and says it needs to close.

It’s only happened since I flashed this rom, worked fine on stock GS rom. Px5 unit.

Edit. It’s with google TTS installed that it crashes, if I uninstall it then it lets me access the settings but obviously nothing is there. As soon as I install it again then it will crash if I try to access these settings
[MTCD Software Development] Clandaries:
I use Musicolet and it works nicely.

Regards
[MTCD Software Development] pjs_hull:
Try Macrodroid, you get 5 macros for free and I have mine auto start hot-spot when it's connects to HU via BT and shuts down when disconnected
[MTCD Software Development] xxhaimbondxx:
Hi, great improvement over my 6.0 buggy os. Quick couple of questions about whitelisting. If I want the dashcam to turn on automatically after restart, do l I have to whitelist recorder or add it to list of apps run after sleep or another option?

Also, wheelkeys sometimes don't fully function after restart, do I have to whitelist it as well?

Finally, the radio app sometimes doesn't automatically start playback, do I need to whitelist it?
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
Lets take the conversation out of Hal9k's ROM thread (since it's really not specific to his ROM).

I've created a new topic about this here:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=78092643
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
Anyone? I tried to get it working, but the option was always greyed out. Just wondering if it's possible to make it work or not (would be better than using wifi-based tethering)....

Thank you!

EDIT: HMm - I just realized - maybe the USB tethering is for sharing the units internet connection with another device (instead of the other way around). I have to remember that, being an Android device, you have to think of it in terms of a phone....
[MTCD Software Development] Boodro1:
Hey Guys, I have a GS PX5 running 6.0. So I decided to upgrade to 8.0. Upgrade went smooth but it boots really slow now. The first few cold boots took about 30 seconds. Now it takes 1 to 1 and a half minutes to cold boot. I have not changed anything from stock except to ad Waze GPS.

The other thing happening now is sometimes music from the thumb drive stutters for a few seconds every 10 seconds or so on certain songs. It doesn't seem to do it on all songs. Didn't do it before this upgrade.

I've tried downgrading the MCU by one but it didn't help.
[MTCD Software Development] Hal9k_:
[MENTION=1143298]psyko_chewbacca[/MENTION] I understood about MTCMusic. Added to the list.

[MENTION=5606894]KAOS313[/MENTION] I use sleep mode. And advising to you.

If you use the embedded application, it should be launched without additional settings. If third-party, then you can try to add it to the white list, if it is able to work correctly after sleep mode.

This is usually a hardware problem.

Embedded applications cannot be added to the white list.

[MENTION=5660993]Boodro1[/MENTION] Try to install everything again from the beginning.
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
Is there any way to adjust the phone ringer volume? It's crazy-loud...

Would be nice if there were separate volume controls for ringer, notifications, etc...

Thank you.
[MTCD Software Development] Clandaries:
Yes, i also wish a second sound source like on a smartphone to control navigation apps and so on. But is this possible without the help of the developers of the Android firmware for head units?
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
I've found that you can at least easily change the ringer sound. At least on my unit, I can simply repoint /system/mtc/ring.mp3 to whatever ringer sound I want (it's a symbolic link). You could also use this to just reduce the volume level of the current ringer sound as well... Can't adjust the volume level "on the fly" though.

So if you remount /system in read/write mode, you can change the ringer sound like this:

cd /system/mtc

mv ring.mp3 ring.mp3.org (saves original link in case you want to easily go back)

ln -s ../media/audio/ringtones/[sound_filename]

For example, I prefer "Ring_Synth_04.ogg", so:

1. Remount /system to read/write mode
2. cd /system/mtc
3. mv ring.mp3 ring.mp3.org
4. ln -s ../media/audio/ringtones/Ring_Synth_04.ogg ./ring.mp3

This works for me... I'm surprised that [MENTION=472138]hal9k[/MENTION] doesn't already provide a way to change this in the mod app. Or does he? I saw the setting in his mod app to change the ringer sound, but it says it's only for one type of bluetooth module (which is not the type I have). Never tried changing it through his app though - who knows, maybe this already works for other bluetooth modules as well?

Be careful - not sure what happens if you link the file incorrectly (would probably just be a "silent" ringer though).
[MTCD Software Development] Eumelchen98:
[MENTION=5092263]Hal9k_[/MENTION]

Hi I use your rom on my xtrons px5 head unit after testing malaysk. Yours I like more but I have some problems.

1.)

I want too install a different radio app but every way I try I get the error 'app is not installed'. I can't copy the apk to the system folder nor can I install the app via apk installer.

In malaysk there has been no such problem.

2.)

Is there a way to change the colour of the dynamic lines for the reverse cam which I can activate in the settings?

Thx a lot for help...
[MTCD Software Development] Ferdynand40:
Hi Hal9k_,

i'm with your ROM since it comed out.

Everything is working prefectly for me, but i'm missig only one setting - to set a wifi network as a mobile hotspot (metered network)

e.g. https://www.bestusefultips.com/set-metered-wi-fi-network-on-android-oreo/

I'm using a mobile wifi hotspot (huawei E5220) with free 100MB sim-card (its enough for TT traffic, send/receive emails and so on, but not for android at normal settings e.g. auto-update in PlayStore)....

It is standard option in Nougat and Oreo (on my smartphones) but i can't find it in your ROM - could you unlock/unhide this option?

Thanks in advance...
[MTCD Software Development] g-member:
My Xtrons PX5 has just one volume controll, is it possible to add multiple channels into this rom like on most phones?

My phone has 3 channels, system volume, ringtone volume and alarm volume..

In my navigation app i can select the preferred channel and set the volume indepentendly, but on my headunit i can't.

Now i can't set my nav volume seperate and it's to low with background music on.....

---------- Post added at 12:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 PM ----------

My Xtrons PX5 has just one volume controll, is it possible to add multiple channels into this rom like on most phones?

My phone has 3 channels, system volume, ringtone volume and alarm volume..

In my navigation app i can select the preferred channel and set the volume indepentendly, but on my headunit i can't.

Now i can't set my nav volume seperate and it's to low with background music on.....
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
I'm an idiot... The phone ringer volume *is* adjustable! You just have to adjust the volume while it's ringing - and it remembers that volume level for the ringer. There is no way to adjust the volume until the ringer is activetly ringing (no volume slider for the ringer).

Now only if that was the case for navigation voice volume as well! :) Actually, with iGo Netgen, you *can* set what audio "stream" it uses for voice - maybe I'll try setting it to the same stream as the phone ringer so that I can adjust the nav volume as well (would be the same volume level as the phone ringer though). I'll give that a try and report back.
[MTCD Software Development] maniac2k:
What a great rom. I have a problem with the rear view ruler not being aligned correctly. Im not sure if its a rom error or if the alignment is different for each car. If so, it would be great to be able to adjust the line placement.
[MTCD Software Development] scorillo_ro:
Actually there is an option in the car settings for navigation called something like "mix" where you can select from different levels. Try this first...
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
Yeah, I do use the "mix" function already, but it would still be nice to be able to adjust the navigation voice volume independantly of the music volume - that is how it worked with all of my previous WinCE head-units and I became used to it... If I have my music REALLY loud (which I do a lot), I really don't want the navigation voice to be so loud...

But it's something I'm going to have to learn to live with I guess, becuase changing the the iGo audio stream in sys.txt does NOT allow you to control the navigation voice volume indepantly like you can with the phone ringer volume (even if I set the navi to use the "ringer" audio stream)... Oh well, it was worth a shot...

Does anyone else get automated notification sounds? For example, if I set a Gmail new mail notification, the music quiets, but the actual notification sound doesn't play (but it plays fine in the Gmail settings when you select it). Not a huge deal (especially for Gmail), but having notification sounds for some apps would certainly be useful.
[MTCD Software Development] scorillo_ro:
I think you can try to add those apps in the navigation apps list to also use the mix feature.

Hal9k added such an option.
[MTCD Software Development] Toto1365:
which app do you mean?
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
Ahh - that is a good idea - I'll try that and report back. Thank you.

He's saying that if I want to get audio notifications from an app, add that app to the list of navigation apps (so that the unit will "mix" the notification sounds from that app with the normal radio sounds, just like it does for navigation apps)
[MTCD Software Development] Toto1365:
Normally it would have to be so, if the navigation makes an announcement, then the radio would have to turn down or mute, I would like to do that, but I've already tried all the settings and can not get it. The radio volume is always higher than that of the navigation app.
[MTCD Software Development] Clandaries:
Yes, but we need an option to adjust the volume of the navigation app. Now it is always as loud as the musik. If the musik is very loud the voice is also that loud.

Pioneer is using its own Android firmware. There you can change the navigation volume when the voice is talking then push + or -

They have two adjustable sound sources.

We need this :)
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
What navigation app are you running? I run Google Maps and Waze (online-based nav) and iGo Nextgen (offline-based nav) and all of them automatically "mix" their voice instructions with the music (after specifying the apps in the Hal9k mod app ("muffle" option).

That doesn't work for you?

Like I said, I'm curious what nav app(s) you are using...
[MTCD Software Development] Clandaries:
Yes, this is working but like i said, the voice is as loud as the music.

Regards
[MTCD Software Development] Toto1365:
I use TomTom, I'll look at Hal9k Mod again, maybe I missed something.
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
I understand that issue - but it sounds like the person that I was replying to isn't even getting the "mixing" - that's what I was trying to understand/help with.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a solution for the lack of independant navi voice volume - I think that is more of an MCU/Android integration issue that only the manufacturers can solve. Although, who knows, maybe some really smart person out there can solve it too - but I think it would take considerable effort.
[MTCD Software Development] Toto1365:
Hi Clandaries,

can you please explain exactly where you have set this.

Thank you
[MTCD Software Development] ikkuh007:
Today received the radio. Looks good till now!

Only one thing. When the auto is off and I put the auto on contact, the FM doesn't start immediatly.

How to set this it would?

Next week I will install this rom and try how it works!
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
Unfortunately, this does not seem to work (testing with Gmail notifications). The radio pauses the currently-playing audio player when a notification comes in, but the notification sound never actually plays. The sounds play fine while setting the norification sound from within Gmail, but simply do not sound when an actual notification comes in...

So standard notififcation sounds just don't seem to work for some reason. If anyone else has a different experience, please let me know.

Thank you.
[MTCD Software Development] vossibaerUAE:
Is here anyone, who got the whatsapp web app running on his Headunit? I am not talking from the website in any Browser, I mean the app itself which you can install direct to the unit. In my previous Headunit, I could easy download and install it, connect it to my mobile via QR-Scan code. But with my new Radio, I can't even download the app or find it in the google store, always the message that my device is not compatible. Anybody got a solution for that?
[MTCD Software Development] Oberbergler:
Whatsapp does not support tablet but there is a way to install the app anyway. Simply download the apk from apkmirror and install it manually :)
[MTCD Software Development] vossibaerUAE:
I'm not looking for whatsapp itself, I want the app which mirrors my whatsapp from the mobile to my headunit.

I can open that over Chrome under web.whatsapp.com

and also is an app for windows and android available to install whaysapp-web direct to the unit. But I can't find it.
[MTCD Software Development] ikkuh007:
A small problem.

Acc delay have I on auto sleep.

It works good when I out the car on contacr. After contact I start the car, it has a full startup.

How is that possible?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G935F met Tapatalk
[MTCD Software Development] gforums:
Hi guys,

I installed this successfully on a witson for my Citroen C4 II.

Just a question regarding the sidebar:

With this mod, it has gone and I can't find a way to bring it back. Any option or mod for this?

Thanks a lot!

Christian
[MTCD Software Development] nate94gt:
how do I get google assistant to work?

I downloaded then opened it, and it wanted me to say "ok google" to recognize my voice, but the headunit doesn't acknowledge it. I know the microphone works because I can talk handsfree when someone calls me, but the google assistant app doesn't hear it. Any suggestions?

also, how do you guys get text messages to pop up? What app are you using for that? I don't want to do SMS texting while driving, but if I could get the voice to work it may come in handy if I absolutely have to answer someone.
[MTCD Software Development] jtrosky:
I gave up on assistant. It did work for me (heard my voice during the setup phase), but when it talks, it only lowers the music very briefly instead of the whole time it's talking... Coulndt get it to keep the music lowered while it was talking for some reason...
[MTCD Software Development] ikkuh007:
Everytime when i start the car, it does a cold boot, also when its not in sleep.

When I put the car on contact its good, when I start the car, it everything time does a cold boot. How to fix this on a passat b7?

Who could please help me?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G935F met Tapatalk
[MTCD Software Development] vossibaerUAE:
Thanks to TOTO I could install the app I was looking for.

Just for the people interested in the same app:

Tablet Messenger is the solution working perfect on the Headunit.
[MTCD Software Development] XXX-Man26:
I have problem. If I restart unit from power menu, all my saved radio stations are deleted. Any advice?

Sent from Redmi Note 5 Pro using Tapatalk
[MTCD Software Development] catelusii:
BEST ROM EVER !!!!

I thank you becouse you are verry close to the stock UI and add MAGYSK (SUPERSU it is not so good)

Malaysk ROM has many problems in time.

Thank you for your work! :)

P.S. Can I update Magysk to 17.1 or up?
[MTCD Software Development] Nasty_z:
You cannot update Magisk right now. Maybe the developer will include updated Magisk in the next release. It was talked about a couple of pages back..
[MTCD Software Development] Brendo:
Works fine for me (can be slow when doing it's processing). Although i already had the voice setup stuff done through phone or google home

I use Join by Joaoapps for sms and other notifications
[MTCD Software Development] sean19661:
How do you go back to stock

If something goes wrong what do you do to go back to stock. Will a full reset bring you back to stock? Or do we need the oreo firmware? I have found the mcu firmware but not the oreo OS firmware for my px5 mtce octa core 4 GB ram with 32gb rom