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[Droid Incredible Accessories] SoCalMiles:
I would stay away from FM transmitters for streaming music...****ty quality. Often sounds muffled and distorted not to mention inconsistent. Often switching between channels to find the best quality and then five mins it sounds like hell again...
[Droid Incredible Accessories] earlymorninghours:
My 2007 Prius has a line-in jack right next to a 12V DC input in the center console. I've tried numerous solutions, figuring that anything I use will be nicely hidden away in the center console. Unfortunately it seems that anything you plug into 12V DC will give you horrendous sound.

I have not gone so far as to find and try out something that is powered off AA batteries, but it would be an interesting test to show whether or not the DC adapter is what's killing sound quality.

For reference, I tried the Nexus One multimedia desktop dock (when I had an N1) and a Belkin unit which I should have known better as anything with the Belkin name on it sucks.

The other issue for me is that even if the sound was crystal clear and perfect, Android 2.1 (and I'm willing to bet 2.2 as well) will not auto-connect to A2DP. Only headset or hands free profiles. So I'd end up spending a minute getting the thing setup before even going anywhere. Too much hassle for anything but a 30+ minute drive.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] drPheta:
FWIW, I have the Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit.

2007 Honda Element, Aux/12V plug on the passenger side dashboard (roughly 4 feet away).

See: Amazon.com: Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit with Remote for Music Phones: Cell Phones & Service

MP3 and music audio sounds pretty clear, though audiophiles will be disappointed. I'm used to listening to internet radio and satellite radio, so audio quality only needs to not hiss and pop for me to be happy. Besides, my car has a boat load of road noise, so no biggie.

Call quality sounds crisp for the incoming portion, as in I can hear the other party loud and clear. Unfortunately, the other party has a hard time hearing me. If you know what the speaker phone gives the other party in terms of call quality, imagine it being SLIGHTLY softer sounding to them. So, I can hear them perfectly fine, but they have a slightly harder time hearing me (compared to me being on speakerphone, and they on regular headset). Being closer to the microphone doesn't improve anything, and I could be 1 foot from the microphone or 5 feet from the microphone. It sounds the same to them regardless. They describe me as sounding muffled. Speakerphone already sounds muffled, and bluetooth with the Kensington sounds softer and still muffled.

The remote is a nifty feature, too. It controls the native audio player for play/pause/fwd/rwd. It also controls Slacker for play/pause/skip. AWESOME! Voice dialing doesn't work (though I hope FroYo fixes this).

Overall, I'm happy with the product and will use it while driving and simply speak a bit louder and slower while on the phone. Maybe FroYo will improve call quality enough to make this a better headset, but at least it's great for bluetooth audio playback.

Sorry, no pictures as of yet, because it's dark. I'll try to remember to take some tomorrow.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] castanza128:
motorokr t505

motorokr t505 FTW.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] mahkee:
Looked around with no luck. Was wondering if there are any reports of the OTA leak solving some of the BT issues.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] spotmark:
+1 for the Motorola T505. I've been using mine for well over a year, and I love it.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] drPheta:
Here are some photos of the Kensington LiquidAUX

http://androidforums.com/accessorie...w-kensington-bluetooth-liquidaux-car-kit.html
[Droid Incredible Accessories] The_Tech_Ninja:
I have a Arkon car dock. Could I plug in my Liquid AUX in my cig lighter under my arm rest, and just dock my car with my ARKON car dock?
[Droid Incredible Accessories] o2l8:
I have the one just like the one from ebay. Very happy with it just a few limitations, the bt has to be connected manually reach time

Pause and play don't work on all apps. Volume had to be down a little on the phone to get it to stop over saturation. But then its clear, loud pauses when in a call (have a plantronics975 for the phone)
[Droid Incredible Accessories] dweidman:
It's very good. No difference between it and the line out directly.

I just removed the "calling" part of it so I could keep a bluetooth headset (for calling - plantronics pro) from the bluetooth profile - works perfectly.

-D
[Droid Incredible Accessories] generic.imitation:
Yeah, I got the liquid aux one and disabled the phone part too. I use tasker with it to turn bluetooth on automatically when I pop it into the car mount. I am loving the bluetooth sound, same as line in.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] generic.imitation:
Anyone know of a widget or some other way for my phone to connect to my bluetooth? It doesn't connect every time, I have to dig into the settings and connect manually 50% of the time.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] anicotra:
I have the LiquidAUX installed in my Z. For some extra punch, I also installed a Boostaroo between the LiquidAUX and my Sat Input. I think the audio quality is quite good. However, My ears aint what they used to be, and I do have a really nice BOSE system in the Z, so those two factors have to be considered.

The LiquidAUX connects to my DInc as soon as I start the car, so it seems well integrated. The only manual step I have is to launch Slacker, which I listen to exclusively.

One thing that needs to be fixed is, when I initiate a call via bluetooth, Slacker is not automatically muted, so the music really screws up the voice recognition. I have to pause Slacker before I initiate the call. I'm sure this will be fixed at some point, seeing how voice dialing just started working with 2.2.

All in all, I'm pretty please with how this setup works, and I have no issues with audio quality.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] FredMan:
I have the Dual-XHD6425 with the Bluetooth Module works great. Sorry cant post links yet.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] will survive:
+1 for the motorokr T505

i had the opportunity to play with one for a couple of days and at first i was a little skeptical about it but after a few days with it i was really impressed with the quality not only with the on-board speaker but with the fm transmitter clarity. of course u have to find the right station to get the best reception but it does take long to set up. definitely gonna pick one up in the next couple of days...
[Droid Incredible Accessories] tdiman:
Based on the advice of this thread I picked up a (questionably) "new" Kensington LiquidAUX off Ebay for $30 (steal). So far it works perfect. Audio sounds crystal clear, minus some car interference noise (which I'll get to in a minute). Hands free phone on the remote works great with Skyraider 2.5.2. Others do get that "far away" feeling from my voice, however, so we'll see if I actually use that part.

Concerning the interference, there's a couple of solutions. First, I picked up a ferrite clip at a local electronics store for $3 and this helped with 90% of the noise, as it likely comes from the power source. This is advisable for any aux input device.

Second, Kensington will ship a better solution free of charge to you for noise. See kensington dot custhelp dot com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1113/ . In 10 days I should have an excellent solution.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] anicotra:
Noise was an issue but has nothing to do with the liquid aux. I had to buy a noise suppressor. Don't remember where but search for alternator noise or engine noise. There are several solutions out there. Mine looks like a big capacitor that's in series with the 12 volt line. There might be an inductor in there as well. All I know is I have NO engine noise, or noise of any kind.

Edit: This is NOT the exact noise filter I have, but it serves the same purpose.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_003S15A/American-International-S-15A-S-25A-15-amp-250-watt.html?tp=1282
[Droid Incredible Accessories] tdiman:
Thanks for the info and link. There's always something else to do ehh?

I'm going to try to avoid taking the dash apart, if possible!
[Droid Incredible Accessories] tihs:
If your radio has Aux in or RCA In - what i used is the Blackberry Music Gateway.

it works Great it is usb powered so i wired up a usb outlet behind my radio and connected all back there.

i have never been a big fan of the FM stuff.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] csilvest:
DI Bluetooth Observations and Frustrations

Hi All. First post regarding my DI. Had both a Hermes and Kaiser before this so was well aware of the wonderful XDA. On to the subject at hand...

I also have a T505 and it does work very well, especially considering the issues the DI has with Bluetooth. Most of you know or have read about problems with the Bluetooth stack in our phones - I have experienced it first hand. I had a little device for in car bluetooth calls/music called a Soundfly BT. It is very similar to the one referenced in post #5 by ckirkp79 and it worked flawlessly with my Kaiser, so I know the issues I had with it when I tried to use it with the DI were not with the SoundFly. It would only pair after several attempts, and then only the Media Audio side. Trying to playback music through it resulted in constant dropouts every few seconds. Couldn't even pair it with the phone side to try that. Again, let me repeat that the problem lies with the DI as it worked flawlessly with the Kaiser, a 3 year old phone.

Now I love my DI (as I'm sure you all do too) and I was hoping that the 2.2 updates would solve this problem. So I rooted my phone and applied Skyraider 2.5.2 with Sense UI along with the 2.15 radio and gave it a go - no difference. Some postings had speculated that the Bluetooth stack problems were due to conflicts with the Sense UI, so I also tried flashing to the Vanilla Skyraider - again, no difference. I'm beginning to wonder if this is a hardware issue, not a software issue. Whenever the OTA update finally hits I'll check into this again to see if it's solved, but I'm not holding my breath.

All this to say that yes, the T505 does work well with the bluetooth-challenged DI, but the physical design of the SoundFly is much more compact and just fits better in my car. I'll keep using the T505 but it's pretty bulky by comparison.

C'mon HTC - I happen to think you're one of the best cell phone makers on the planet! Fix this stupid little issue with the DI so it can take it's rightful place among the cell phone elite.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] tdiman:
FWIW, I'm running Skyraider 2.5.2 and bluetooth pairing with the LiquidAUX works perfectly every time, pairing as soon as I get in the car, for both phone and music (although the phone quality isn't great, thats because of the kensington device). I used it for 12 hours over the past week on a car trip with skips only once, which resolved themselves after about 20s. I do wonder if it is a hardware issue, or a hardware compatibility issue.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] dbaps:
2011 Toyota Avalon Limited :)
[Droid Incredible Accessories] joblabbo:
for anyone that has an ipod connector you should look to pickup the sprint anycom fipo, sounds great only thing is the volume is lower. Mine connects via kenwood head unit > ipod cable > sprint fipo.

http://www.amazon.com/Sprint-BlueTooth-Receiver-Connector-Speakers/dp/B003V1619E
[Droid Incredible Accessories] stigmato:
I would not recommend the first motorMOUTH from Scosche but the successor they just released is fantastic. I received the motormouth II last Friday and have been using it daily since then.

http://www.scosche.com/products/productID/1919

It gives you a lot of flexibility in where you want to put it. If you have an aftermarket head unit with an AUX jack on the front, you can just pop the microphone/BT receiver in the AUX jack and be done with it. If your car is like mine and the AUX jack is in the cup holder area or glovebox, they include an extension cord with a base that you can screw or sticky tape to your dash where ever you want.

Once its plugged in, you just pair it like any other BT device. Streaming music gets routed to your radio via bluetooth to the BT receiver then to your radio via 3.5mm cable so no more FM transmitter garbage. They actually include a Y splitter for your jack if you don't want to lose the ability to plug in iPods etc. Incoming calls of course take priority over music and the microphone is excellent. I mounted mine near a vent and no one can tell I'm in my car let alone have the air on settings 1-3 out of 5. 4 they can notice and 5 they hear a hurricane.

I will take pics of my set up and post tomorrow. Its the next best thing to a factory integrated solution IMHO.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] MarkyD311:
I can't find it anywhere. Where did you get it?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
mySlide-1.0.2

YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT THIS...DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!!!!!

This is just what I want, not necessarily what you want :)http://www.mediafire.com/?tstgikwhfezj6ph

This Rom will mostly be unsupported and unmaintained.

Flash at your OWN RISK.

What it is:

Stock slide rom.

added busybox

added netcat (busybox nc isn't good enough for me)

added bash

added htop

removed link toolbox->df (prefer the one in busybox)

removed link toolbox->rm (prefer the one in busybox)

changed the default animated boot ADVERTISEMENT and jingle

pngcrushed and zipaligned apks (with the execption of one) to save some space

Kangs:

what isn't.

maybe a few more little changes I forgot.

changes:

from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1:

added a2sd (from eugene373's smr5r1. breaks boot animation)

added default themes back.

from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2

added e2fsck

mySlide-1.0.0-signed

mySlide-1.0.1-signed

mySlide-1.0.2-signed

Themes in this are broken (1.0.0 only). If you want the default themes back then flash this...

themes-signed.zip
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] jriv:
hey dumfuq glad to see you over on the slide section now. can we expect some overclocked kernals from you like on the g1?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
I sure hope so, but only time will tell.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] jriv:
That would be sick wonder how high this processer can go?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] NiN39Z:
Is the IM app erased in this and the tmobile app pack? i hate those apps
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] NiN39Z:
Nevermind i used ur rom and erased the files and signed it again. Thanks for the rom
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nbetcher:
Not sure why you say that (in those words), but this does look decent!

Also, noob question, but are the stock ROMs (apps included) not zipaligned by default?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
Yup they were already zipaligned. At least the ones I just checked :)

Honesty I didn't even look first. The crush actually takes off about 10Mb though.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
yo dumfuq quick question... what exactly is required in editing a kernel to allow for overclocking and undervolting?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
Not exactly sure if this is what your asking but basically...

You need the kernel source code to edit (the legend kernel source has the espresso board files),

A handy dandy text editor (like vim),

a cross-compiler (There is one under prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain in an AOSP or cyanogenmod build environment),

and a linux environment (cygwin might work not really sure).

1. download source

2. unpack source

3. edit source

4. set environmental variables

4. compile source

5. make a boot.img or an update.zip

Obviously that's incredibly simplified, but hopefully you get the idea.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] NiN39Z:
Ok quick question to the maker of this rom... How can i add the themes back to this rom? I want to put the themes back but i dont kno which folder to put them in. Also which folder is where i can change the boot animation you have installed to stock? Thanks
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
this actually seems like exactly what i want. My only question is does it support a2sd. if so.. i have a new rom
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] 2girls1cup:
good question. a2sd is a plus
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] epeets:
you don't put them in anywhere. you can download and install them. there's a thread already with a small pack of themes to download and install. You install like any other APK. Search this forum section for them.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
The PNG crush killed the stock themes. If you want them back you can either boot to recovery and push the original ones to /system/app/ or just flash this...themes-signed.zip. That is just an update.zip that will copy the original themes back to your phone.

Nope, no a2sd.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
any plans to add a2sd? I mean seriously... this would be PERFECT for my needs if it only had a2sd. I'm happy with a stock rom... i just want a2sd.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
Nope. Currently I don't use a2sd, or this rom really. I made this just for an optimized stock rom to bounce back to when needed. Currently I'm running a customized version of eugene's cm6 as my daily driver.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
in your experience.. how hard would it be for a novice to add a2dp to this? I did a quick google and found about 3 good pages of data.. but it seems pretty complicated (packing and repacking boot.img looks to be pretty intense on a windows machine without any experience from what i can tell). Do you think i should attempt this? LOL.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acejoker25000:
what is the difference between your customized version and the regular?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acejoker25000:
what were the links they seem like the ones i have been looking for lol! i can already unpack and repack a boot.img im just looking for the steps i need to add to get aps2sd to work! i had a link explaining it but i cant find it anymore or google it!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
Boom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705479
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
i MAY have successfully added a2sd to this rom. flashing now. After re-reading that instructional thread (how to add a2sd... etc) i realized I missed the part about using a boot.img from a rom that already HAS a2dp. I swapped the one from SM5R1.

Fingers crossed
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acejoker25000:
awesomeness!! just the thread i was looking for!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
good deal. I'm not sure mine is working.. quick sys info gives me "info no avail" under a2sd. i installed 3 apps... i'll continue running this rom for now. not sure how to check on if it's working or not now.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acejoker25000:
install root explorer or sufbs and then look for either the sdext folder or the system/sd/ folder if neither one of those then its a no go!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
Png crushed, add to blacklist from call log, themed.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acejoker25000:
are you getting info no avail for the internal memory or for something else?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
I dont' think it took. I have values for all other storage options except a2sd. I tried the "install a large app" method and sure nuff.. the 18mb for WSOP took residence on my internal memory. I shall best this beast yet...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] NiN39Z:
So.. I added back the themese and my own bootanimation and signed it with a few other changes and now I have my own custom rooted stock slide rom. Thanks for the link to the stock themes!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] 2girls1cup:
I am also trying to create a themed rom but i can't seem to get my framework-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk to flash right. just hangs. Specifically I am trying to port "Minimal Matte theme status bar." what signing tool do you guys use? I am using autosigning tool and resign both framework-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk and then resign the .zip.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] 2girls1cup:
any screenshots of this themed rom?

if you shall best the beast, would you mind sharing the rom update.zip? a2sd would make this perfect
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] bmfc187:
Lol you don't resign system .apks...that's prolly why you can't get them to work...try it without resigning them...you may hafta start with a fresh .apk...

-BMFC

Sent from my ROOTED myTouch3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
1.0.1

figured i'd just add it for you guys.

version 1.0.1 has a2sd from eugene's smr5r1.

It breaks boot animation.

I also added the stock themes back in this version.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Faud:
Just wanted to stop by and say thank you for this dumfuq, it is really nice to have a stock rom to go back to from time to time.

Much appreciated.

Is there a reason you would choose apps2sd from smr5r1 instead of mr1v4 since mr1v4 has a working boot animation?

Im not trying to be critical, just wondering if there is a reason that one would be better than the other?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
Didn't really look into it hard as I don't really use a2sd or this rom. Used the one from smr5r1 just because it was the one mentioned in this thread :).

Just looked at what he did, added it to this rom and installed to make sure it worked. Now I'm happily back on a cyanogen based rom.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
uploading a 1.0.2 now.

forgot to add e2fsck. That's kinda important for a2sd.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
Done, now you should have some filesystem integrity for your a2sd :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
might I ask who found that so quick. If you don't know what i'm talking about it wasn't you :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Faud:
Anyone else having trouble with this bootlooping or is my phone just trippin'?

Yea =) I wiped
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
because he used the sm5r1 method for a2sd make sure you're not using ext4.

is there another way to add a2sd? i was actually kind of looking forward to adding a custom boot screen. LOL.

(i'm never happy)

flashing now
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Faud:
Using ext 3

Im wondering if I should just get rid of the ext partition, try and re-flash and then once the rom is installed boot up to linux and then partition the card, followed by a reboot
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acejoker25000:
are you using the latest 1.0.2 and have previously flashed the ENG build?

just flashed and the phone booted 1st time in like 20 seconds so a bootscreen probably wouldnt work anyway. booted just fine signed in just fine but touch input force closed on me! i dont use it anyways so its not an issue for me! everything seems to be working fine for me! fast fast fast rom
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dumfuq:
I might have missed a lib or permission. I can look in the morning. Anyone with ext successful? I know 1.0.1 works but it cant check the filesystem for errors.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acejoker25000:
i flashed with ext3 and was successful but i also flashed the ENG build previously which might explain it
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] btate0121:
yeah son! apps2sd seems to work. did a complete wipe and install, restored my ext on my sd from my nand backup and all of my apps are there. Thanks! If we could just get that boot working it's 100% for me! thank you!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Faud:
Yea, it looks my ext3 partition was messed up. I reformatted my card and it installed without any problems
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
ok im lost how you guys got EXT3 i only have ext2 and how to upgrade to ext3

and are you guys using eugene update.zip?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Faud:
I just partition my card in linux using Gparted