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[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Xiaomi Mi 9T, Android 11, MIUI 12.5

Android Auto 7.0, AA AIO Tweaker 4.0.2, Screen2Auto 3.6.1

I want/need and that's the way I use:

- Automatic brightness disabled

- Manual brightness set very high, at about 90%

However, now upon installing S2A I have the following issue:

- If I open S2A from AA in the car (and keep it opened untill the screen darknes)

- Then upon disconnecting from the car, my brightness goes very low, like 10% and with that (when stepping.out of the car) I see almost nothing on display and I have it very hard to unlock the screen and to slide my manual brightness back to the right to be able to use the phone

I really don't want to use Automatic brightness, I just want that on exiting, S2A restores the manual brightness to some high value (as it does for e.g. screen orientation)

Screenshots with my S2A Screen and Screen restore settings are attached:

- Unfortunately, it cannot be seen correctly but for Screen brightness value (0-255). I put 250

- Nevertheless, when I click on top to Following mobile devices... will be restored..., it says that it shall restore the brightness to 2410 - where from is that number 2410 (?)

- No matter how I define the Screen brightness for restoring at the bottom of the Screen restore menu, clicking to that icon on top always repeats the same value 2410, and in reality screen brightness restores to the useless low cca 10%

Sorry if something like that was already instructed, I tried to shortly go through 89 pages (a lot) and Search in the thread for the last days does no more work (no matter what you search, it lists almost every post as the 'relevant' one - our XDA)

Thanks in advance
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Honestly speaking, I propose you to use Tasker for this topic.

You can set the brightness based on a profile with UIMODE eq car.
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
I know for but I never used Tasker.

Anyway, it seems you are telling me to force brightness while I'm using AA, but:

- I have no problem while I use AA, but only when I stop using it and I disconnect from AA

- Moreover, I have not that problem if I just use the AA itself, I have only the described problem if I open S2A while in AA (if I just use Whatsapp, Maps, etc, without the need to open Screen2Auto, manual brightness will not be affected upon disconnecting from AA and I have no problem then)
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Here you can also use Tasker.

For this case you can only define an exit task when car mode gets disconnected. In the task you setup the correct brightness.
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Thanks. I will try one day

For now I just checked to:

/data/data/ru.inceptive.screentwoauto/shared_prefs/screen2auto.xml

Everything reads exactly as I did set-up in the S2A app:

reset_brightness_value=250

brightness_fix_amoled=true

(I have Xiaomi Mi 9T with Amoled) and

reset_autobrightness=false

I wonder why it doesn't follow to reset (as it successfully does for orientation)
[Android Auto General] wyt18:
side question, how did you get your s2a to be in dark mode?
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Did not set anything special (and frankly didn't pay attention to), I'm using datk mode (and by default, it applies to all apps if a particular app is not excluded by More dark mode options - S2A was not excluded)
[Android Auto General] Mastiff:
Can somebody please tell me a combination of S2A and AA versions that works with the touch screen for a Samsung S10 with Android 11? Unfortunately I found out that it's not possible to downgrade to Android 10, which is just annoying. Edit: I had it working for a few minutes, then the phone screen turned off, and since that it hasn't worked.
[Android Auto General] dead4ngel:
Hi all. I have a mi 11 (Venus) running latest weekly miui Rom (21.11.17). So in the past on my older I used this app then suddenly one day Netflix would have a black screen.

In this new version of the app has this been fixed? Or is there a work around? Amazon video would also have a black screen. YouTube worked fine though.
[Android Auto General] keops68:
Thank you very very much
[Android Auto General] BarackMitzvah:
Ever hear anything regarding this update? Is there a telegram channel to join for this sort of stuff?
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
@dead4ngel

I think there will perhaps never be a fix for Netflix due to copy protection.
[Android Auto General] dead4ngel:
:( It sucks cos on my old phone the custom had Disable flag_secure and it allowed screenshotting in any app. Also when I used to use s2a and AA it worked fine with Netflix and Amazon prime video. On my new phone I don't think this option can be enabled.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
That's the same s*** with the new APIs for the app Tasker. With Tasker you could make a task to accept and reject a call. With the new APIs from Gooogle, it is only possible to accept a call. Rejection is not possible any more.

It is a mess as I had a task which speaks out the name of the caller to me and I could accept or reject the call by voice. Now I can only accept the call or let it ring until the call is forwared to the mailbox. It is really annoying as the phone keeps vibrating for 30 seconds before the call is forwarded to the mailbox. Just stupid.
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Xiaomi Mi 9T, A11, MIUI 12.5 Stable

AA v7.0.614134

I had S2A (v3.6.1) working (apart from the minor problem with darkening the brightness on the phone)

However, I received OS update - really a minor update (nothing visible) but it updated Google Play Services to Aug 1

Now, I have a problem:

- S2A icon showing on AA screen in the car

- When I click to S2A, it opens and shows the list of enabled apps

- When I click on any of the apps, list of availible apps moves from bottom-horizontal to left-vertical, phone changes the orientation and the app opens on the phone, but app does not 'project' to the infotainment

I have tried with different apps, experimenting also with settings in AA and S2A. I have updated to S2A 3.6.2, and even fully reconfigured AA, AIO Tweaker and S2A but I can no more obtain the app opened in S2A to display on the infotainment in the car (only the S2A itself displays)

Any other tip I could try?

Thx
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Have you tried without AIO tweaker?
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Without AIO Tweaker I didn't have S2A icon in the AA screen

I could Unpatch Custom apps (only S2A) in AIO Tweaker and reboot, but how could I then run S2A from the infotainment?

JUst by opening S2A from the phone?
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
For me I did not have to use AIO tweaker. S2A appeared without AIO and without Root.
[Android Auto General] Lisaaddic:
Tried the xposed module to disable flag secure and yes it doesn't work on android 12, i hope someone will find a way someday
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Maybe you used AAAD (root not required) and/or you have an old version of AA and/or Google Play Services

Anyway, no chance for me to have S2A icon without patching.

And there is no problem in AIO Tweaker/patching:

- It makes S2A enabled and I can start it from AA

- From S2A I can click on any of the apps I selected for S2A, apps (like YT, Music, Video) start playing on the phone and even audio goes over the car speakers, but apps do not 'project' to the AA

I tried even with an older S2A Beta v3.5 (somebody suggested me) but the same as with the latest v3.6.2

I'll check if I could see anything from the logs - if not, I'll uninstall S2A, no luck (most important is that official AA works properly)
[Android Auto General] Mahmood:
Still no one has solution for full screen YouTube videos ? If yes can u please show us step by step guide
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Giving up with S2A, tried different versions, different set-ups, always the same as described above

Btw, I tried also AAMirror - I can also patch it by AIO Tweaker to show in Android Auto, but when i open it, I cannot make it to 'project' to car (similarly as with S2A, audio plays through the car speakers but video does not display to infotainment)

However, CarTube works flawlessly: I also patched by AIO Tweaker to show in AA, and when I open CarTube, it plays (of course, YT only) and projects video to the car with no issues
[Android Auto General] Lisaaddic:
Don't have problem with full screen youtube, what exactly is your problem ?
[Android Auto General] Mahmood:
Videos on YouTube aren't playing Fullscreen tried all options of screen but still the same
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
So for me Screen2Auto vanished from AA completely.

Even reinstalling didn't help.

I will check Google play Services today in the evening and try to get it back.
[Android Auto General] bwhite757:
Same thing happened to me a couple days ago. Was working fine, then got in the car and poof... Gone. I've tried everything I can think of to get it back, rolled back AA version, still no luck. I did check and AA auto updated on 11/29, but I'm almost positive I didn't see the issue until 12/2 or 12/3..
[Android Auto General] wolfebaine:
Did a quick fix while in the car. Clear storage or reinstall Android auto and it came back.... Haven't had the time to figure out why yet
[Android Auto General] svgv:
I have exact same issue. Always worked, didn't update. Its on the phone which stays in the care. Automatic updates turned off. It just magically stopped working today just after midnight.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Google Play Services were auto updated even though I turned auto update off.
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Google Play Services = com.google.android.gms are not controlled by Google Play Auto Update On/Off - it applies only to the apps. Btw what is your version - 21.42.58?
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Same version.

Before I was on 21.24.

Update: I could revert to the old Google Play Services. Afterwards, Screen2Auto apperead again in the app list of Android Auto on the phone. Unfortunately, Android Auto stopped working with the old Google Play Services. Moreover, after 10 minutes Google Play Services autoupdated again and I was in the same situation as before. So right now there is no solution. Let's hope for a quick fix.
[Android Auto General] gullzway:
Same here. Works in car, then doesn't work next time I drive(no S2A icon.) Uninstall then reinstall AA and it works again. What's causing this?

Still on Google Play Services 21.26.21 and AA 7.0.614103, haven't updated either recently.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I guess, Google sends us some updates through the backdoor. What I noticed, whatever I do to revert to an older version of Google Play Services, it takes a couple of minutes and the app size gets bigger and bigger.

The most crazy thing about all Google's policy is that I use Android Auto with Screen2Auto for my Fensens bluetooth parking sensors without having to take my phone into my hands.

Now I have to take my phone into my hands to see the parking sensor app. For me it was less driver distraction with Screen2Auto. Unfortunately there is no official AA version from Fensens as Google did not open all their APIs...
[Android Auto General] josef.fanta:
I can confirm after complete uninstall AA and installation back directly in the car, both S2A a AAMirror are working :) Pixel 5
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Give it some time and it will stop working again :)

I tried the same as you and for me it worked only 10 minutes.
[Android Auto General] Lisaaddic:
Same happened to me as you guys, those sneak update from google are pissing me off

Is there an ADB command or something to stop those backdoor update ?
[Android Auto General] gullzway:
Couldn't get mine to work earlier now at all.

Tried reinstalling Android Auto and S2A. S2A won't show up.

Edit: Went back to AA 6.9.613713 and S2A working. Though now I get the popup AA must be updated soon.
[Android Auto General] bobbyricha:
Also, when you re-install do you go through the developer mode stapes and Unknown sources?
[Android Auto General] josef.fanta:
Rooted, android 12, no need Developer mode and Unknown sources...
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
So you uninstalled AA and reinstalled it. Which version?
[Android Auto General] josef.fanta:
7.0.614134
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I will try the same in the next days.
[Android Auto General] gullzway:
No S2A icon again this morning. Nothing updated, so they're definitely patching something backdoor.

Switched to my Jailbroken iPhone to use carplayenable mod until they hopefully fix this issue.
[Android Auto General] thivamero:
Hello to you,

I have an "old" dedicated phone for my car which is under android 8 and rooted (with magisk 20.4 and S2A 3.1).

S2A worked fine with android auto (the latest version (I believe). But on Saturday, December 4th, S2A disappeared fromphone's AA (no icon) and I even lost my Sygic( patched) (no icon) . I tried every AA I could. , all versions of S2A and even upgraded to magisk 23 ... and nothing more from SA and more Sygic (patched) ... would you have a solution please?

thanks in advance

cordially
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Does anybody use CarTube app?

The app is independent of Screen2Auto, it shows its own icon on AndroidAuto, it serves only as a YouTube player (for AA) - but despite the troubles with S2A, that CarTube still works fine for me (btw, it was updated by the end of last week)

Hence I'm courious, if CarTube was somehow fixed to continue working with the new AA/Google Play Services
[Android Auto General] aringler:
AA Version 7.0.614154

similar for me here.

Did use before AA AIO Tweaker to patch Screen2Auto.

Was trying this all the time only with Screen2Auto. But no success.

Then added AA Mirror and patched them together with AA AIO Tweaker.

After they are patched:

(no need to be connect with the car)

- delete app data and cache of AA

- force stop

- deactivate it

- wait a bit

- reactivate it

- open AA, if you see a "Welcome to AA" promt of AA which to "start now"

- AA Mirror and Screen2Auto are shown in the launcher configuration

after some time:

AA Mirror and Screen2Auto are not shown anymore in the launcher configuration

Android 12, Stock, Magis(Zygisk)
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
Right now there is no solution.

Let's hope for a fix.
[Android Auto General] warpgatex:
Do you have a link for Cartube? I googled it and it seems like they are older version. You did mention there was a recent update and I would like to get that instead.
[Android Auto General] gullzway:
Thanks.

I can confirm that clearing Android Auto app data in settings works to get S2A icon back.(Used 2 different phones.)

No patching or developer settings fix required after that for me.

Not sure how/when they are doing something that causes it to go away.

Edit: I went back to my car 15 minutes after this post and S2A was no longer there. Cleared app data on Android Auto and it's back.
[Android Auto General] zgfg:
Unfortunately, developer provides installaton/update only through his small aastore app (but it's not that bad, no registration, no ads, just that you need to install CarTube app from his 'store"):

GitHub - croccio/Android-Auto-Store: Android Auto Store - AAStore

Android Auto Store - AAStore. Contribute to croccio/Android-Auto-Store development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[Android Auto General] RKCRLR:
I've got to ask. Why can't an Android Auto "clone" be made. An app that works similarly to Android Auto and makes the car think it is connected to Android Auto but is completely independent of Android Auto?

Otherwise, this cat and mouse game will go on forever.
[Android Auto General] SOFO888:
I wondered myself about the same.

The reason is indeed clear: AA works only with Google Play Services. And the services are deeply integrated into Android. For example: if you receive a messenger message it has to pass through Google Play Services. That means: no Google Play Services, no instant messaging apps...
[Android Auto General] gullzway:
I found this post on the AA subreddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidAuto/comments/raelqc

I've installed Adguard and disallowed Android Auto(and Google Play Services,AA alone didn't work) from using cellular and Wifi data. Will see if it works.

Edit: This didn't work, S2A still disappeared.

I'll just keep clearing Android auto app data or using my jailbroken iPhone in the meantime.
[Android Auto General] giginogigetto:
you can try to untick the USB debug mode in android developer options
[Android Auto General] aringler:
Did try so, but unfortunately no success...

After some time Screen2Auto is not visible any longer in the launcher configuration..
[Android Auto General] TOMMYX2:
Thanks for the answers.

I will try my luck with the Tasker app and automate everything.

I installed the latest version of Android Auto, but I can no longer find the option Launcher Setting from Android Auto where I can adjust the order of the apps.
[Android Auto General] Uksus17:
Yes, you can try Tasker but it will run s2a on smartphone not on AA, I think.
[Android Auto General] yuri76:
Energy saving is turned off. In magisk has access. I have no idea it's just a samsung problem

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[Android Auto General] mdang84:
Can you show me how to use this feature ?

Thanks !
[Android Auto General] andason:
Hey, thanks for the reply.

I was just wanting to mirror my android 10 onto android head unit and thought would be best way.

Good work!
[Android Auto General] Uksus17:
Yes I can :D ↓↓↓
[Android Auto General] Bartekk942:
Is it possible to run floating apps? I tried to open google maps plus the second app which has a floating widget but that's not possible because I get the error:
[Android Auto General] yuri76:
[MENTION=4263401]Uksus17[/MENTION] It's working now. What resolution do they have?

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[Android Auto General] Uksus17:
930 x 480 JPEG
[Android Auto General] tosonny:
I have tried this app (V 2.3) today for the first time. I have to learn a bit about the settings because it didn't look like those screenshots on page one at all.

But my main problem was that the screen of my car didn't react when I touched it. Am on Xiaomi Mi 9. Is there any setting/permission I have missed?
[Android Auto General] yuri76:
[MENTION=4263401]Uksus17[/MENTION] Hello in the car the screen is not seen. What can be

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[Android Auto General] XDALPR:
Hi, I have a problem with the screen in the car. After connecting, I see the image but it is dark. Android car works properly.
[Android Auto General] Garfieldhug:
Screen2Auto does not appear on AndroidAuto

Hello. I have two smartphones (Xiaomi MiA1 with android 9 and Xiaomi MiA3 with android 10) with AndroiAuto and Screen2Auto.

Until yesterday everything worked very well. But after yesterday the MiA1 smartphone updated AndroidAuto, Screen2Auto no longer appears on AA. I've tried to uninstall and reinstall and I can't get the S2A to appear on AA.

Someone can help me ?????

On the MiA3 smartphone everything is working fine.
[Android Auto General] Uksus17:
What is your smartphone and android version (maybe Xiaomi?)
[Android Auto General] Uksus17:
1. Did you re-unlock the S2A?

2. Have you activated the developer mode in AA and is the "Unknown sources" item active in this menu?

3. Did you give all possible permissions again because MIUI has a million different permissions.

4. What version of AA is currently installed?
[Android Auto General] yuri76:
Ciao. Non riesco a vedere lo screen sulla mia macchina

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[Android Auto General] Uksus17:
give a screen please
[Android Auto General] yuri76:
Here

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[Android Auto General] Garfieldhug:
Uksus17 thanks for the quick response.

1. Yes, I have unlocked the S2A again. I even uninstalled and installed it again and then unlocked it.

2. In AA I uninstalled and installed again, I always checked the programmer mode if "unknown sources" was active.

3. I gave all possible permissions. My system is Android ONE and not MIUI.

4. Current aversion is 5.3.501644, but I also tried versions 4.9.594934 and 5.2.501054. They didn't all work. The S2A versions I tried were 1.2 and 2.4 (currently installed). but none of this was successful.

BUT I HAVE DISCOVERED SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT SEEMS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

When uninstalling and installing the AA, he verified that the programmer mode always had the same selections as the previous AA that he had uninstalled. This made me think that the Smartphone or Google was saving some data from the AA. I did some research and read somewhere that the problem happened after an update of "google play services". So I uninstalled the AA and S2A (including the patcher), went to the "Google Play Services" APP and cleared the cache and storage.

I installed the AA again (this time the programmer mode no longer had the selections of the previous AA), the S2A and unlocked the S2A.

After all this, I verified that the S2A already appeared in AA applications.

Now I just have to try it on my car.

I hope this helps other users to solve the problem and the developer to work around the problem in the next version.
[Android Auto General] BostonDan:
Hi All,

Just a question I had about screen casting with Screen2Auto. Does anybody else's phone get hot (e.g. temperature warning for the processor) when using this app and using youtube or other streaming video? I like to listen to music over youtube (due to the availability of music that have corresponding videos on the YouTube platform) and when streaming the music to my phone over YouTube my processor typically declares a high temperature condition after about 10-15 minutes.

As a side note, I am also typically using a navigation app (for best route due to traffic) when this occurs.

I have tried video playback from the phone to see, and this typically does not cause the problem, however if I stream video (for testing this condition, I do not advocate watching videos while driving) from another source (e.g. Xfinity Stream or Hulu) while running Screen2Auto , I also see this condition.

Awesome program In any case.

Cheers,

B.D.
[Android Auto General] jimikoukou:
The only way (similar method from the Fermata player thread) I found to overcome the problem for now is:

- Use Android Auto version 7.0.614104 (tried v7.1.614554, it does not work in any way).

- Rename the Screen2Auto app v3.6.2 (change the ru.inceptive.screentwoauto name) with Lucky Patcher or any other rename apk app.

- Uninstall the original Screen2Auto and install the renamed one.

- Enable Unknown Sources on AA and patch/add the newly renamed app to AA with AA IO Tweaker as you normally would.

I tried turning off/on the car, disconnected and rebooted the phone, Screen2Auto hasn't disappeared yet.
[Android Auto General] 0LDST4R:
Would you upload this modified apk? Thanks in advance...

Or better pm. Just for another " new blacklisting " when it's public.
[Android Auto General] eralxda:
Thank you for the solution, It's work for me。
[Android Auto General] gullzway:
From the Developers Website

"Google has attempted to block third-party apps. I am currently developing an installer for screen2auto. Coming soon."

Screen2Auto - Программа позволяет дублировать экран смартфона и управлять им из Android Auto.. Вы можете запускать любые приложения для удобства управления автомобилем.

Лучшая программа для зеркаливания экрана смартфона на ГУ. Более 1 000 000 скачивания. Постоянно развиваемся.

inceptive.ru
[Android Auto General] thivamero:
hello how do you rename the apk with lucky patcher ... i'm interested thank you
[Android Auto General] thivamero:
Can you send me this modified apk please?
[Android Auto General] jimikoukou:
Lucky Patcher actually calls it "Cloning".

There are also other apps like ApkRenamer and Apk Editor Pro, but haven't tried them.

An example of cloned app, that has been renamed to ru.inceptive.screentwoautp using Lucky PAtcher clone operation ("p" instead of "o" at the end) (** I'm not responsible if Lucky Patcher has injected anything malicious in the apk, I hope not, I'm also using the apk **):

Screen2Auto.v.3.6.2.b.apk

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