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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
OO yeah man.. thanks to a realy hard work of those guys who made it possible.

btw is colors, battery life and performance realy faster in Android Revolution 2.0.6 ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CitizenLee:
Dunno about colours but battery life and overall speed and performance are way better than stock :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAkS1:
I was in the exact same position Dutch vodafone branded 1.75 softwareversion. I somehow managed to create a goldcard, downgrade, root my device and then S-OFF. I used the provided tutorials in the Android development section. Before that I just read alot untill I convinced myself I could do it. After that I used generic 1.72 RUU.exe via pc to flash my DHD. My device is now unbranded. Creating the goldcard was the hardest part, pay attention as you need to write mmc2/mmc2 instead of mmc1/mmc somewhere in the process.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
Sounds odd but i have decided to go with the generic htc rom... so i downgrade, i root, then s-off.. but do i still flash the latest radio or after s-off i just flash the unbranded rom ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcfc4eva:
I was just about to start the first process above (downgrading) when I noticed my current Build number = "1.39.110.1 CL278886 release-keys". Now I don't know what most of that means, but in the downgrading forum it says this;

Does this mean I don't need to downgrade? Is my current build number 1.39?

Regards,

--Mike
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CitizenLee:
Yeah man ;)

EDIT: This was a reponse to LeatherFace's question Android Revolution having Sense UI. My forum view must have tripped out :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
dude did you flash radio or something?? or not. i need to be clear cuz im going to unbrand my DHD tonight
[General Questions and Answers] sniffertobi:
hi i wanna know is there any way to change the windows or reset mda vario 2 phone but while mobile phone is turned off....im asking this question cause my mda vario 2 freezed when i wanted to turn it on (i downloaded game for windows mobile and then my phone freezed,i reset it and than he was asking me for my password,and when i would tipe the password the phone will reset it self and he would ask me for password again,and then i put the baterry out and put it in and since then he freezes on the HTC logo when i turn it on)

please help me if you know hot to fic this
[General Accessories] AndyCr15:
Anyone know anything about this stereo -

http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/bluetooth-hands-free-car-kits/parrot-asteroid

Even, where it can be bought, how much it is? What OS it runs for that matter?
[General Accessories] Infoport:
well it says that it has Android embedded, so the OS is Android

it looks pretty interesting too...

as for when/where/how much, the site says "Coming soon in 2011", so I'm guessing that it is yet-to-be-offered and they may not have decided their MSRP yet.

William
[General Accessories] Xephik:
First, I don't know if I can post links yet. Second, I'm too lazy to dig it up. They had an article on Androidpolice during CES that included a speaker from Parrot showcasing it. I think he said a Q2 release. I'll be getting this the second its released, regardless of price.
[General Accessories] ogg1e:
anyone have any more details on this? Q2 is all they're saying...

I want one now!!
[General Accessories] HellDesk:
For the European markets, they say May. Hopefully the beginning of May :)

Hope they didn't get a developer team from Motorola, then it's going to takes at least another year :P
[General Accessories] twallis:
next week

i was infomrmed dynamicsounds expected to be stocked next week

:):):):):)
[General Accessories] vgt:
wonder if its worth getting

i am currently considering getting it as i need a car kit any way

apperantly they are avalible as of today at 289 euro in the netherlands
[General Accessories] Dysphoria:
I have one

I currently have an Asteroid sitting on my desk here :)

When I find some time tonight I'll take it for a testdrive and let you guys know!
[General Accessories] Norbullitt:
Excellent. Please let us know.

What apps are available at the moment?

Im hoping for Spotify and proper navigation once the sdk is released...
[General Accessories] HellDesk:
Yay, someone that has the Asteroid!

Please, let us now!

And, tell us how the music player works.

I want to hook a big memory card, or if there's room a 40GB laptop harddisk to the unit.

Also, streaming from Bluetooth from your phone. Btw, what kind of phone do you have?

(And hmm.. Gorinchem.. That's not that far from my weekly commute.. :D)
[General Accessories] Dysphoria:
Asteroid

Been driving around with the Asteroid for a while now and it's a pretty neat radio but not perfect.

Building it into the car was a breeze. With the radio came all the needed cables, like a 3,5mm jack, iPod cable, USB cable for usb-sticks, GPS dongle and microphone for the carkit. All cables were pretty long so you should have no problem routing them to whatever place you want them in your car.

Soundquality is pretty good and there are plenty of connections for subwoofers and external amplifiers so it should suffice even for cars with loads of fat speakers.

Connecting my phone, an HTC Desire with CyanogenMod 7.1 (nightly build), was easy through bluetooth and streaming music over bluetooth went without problems. Answering phonecalls and navigating the menu is pretty easy.

A few problems I ran into though. To use internet on the radio (for google maps, internet radio, coyote speed camera alerts) you can either use a 3g USB dongle (which costs you at least 10€ a month where I live) or tether your phone through bluetooth (maybe usb works, haven't tried yet). To do this, your phone needs to support the bluetooth DUN profile which android lacks. Nokia phones should be no problem though. I've tried using 3rd party apps like PDANet but to no avail.

Furthermore I found that the device lacks some tweaking capabilities. For example, when i'm navigating my contacts from my phone, the device tries to "read" the contacts for me using text-to-speech. I've found no way to turn this off. Furthermore I could find no option in the settings to turn off the traffic announcements from radio. The device now switches to radio when i'm listening to music from my SD card to bring me the traffic information (Which can be skipped by pressing the "back" button). Finally, the device came with a Dutch language setting and i've found no way to turn this to English, which is the language I prefer.

Please note, I have only used this radio for a short while and I might've missed some things! I think this is a very nice radio though and since it is the first model and only out for a week or so now I think there will be some updates from Parrot's side, perhaps expanding the capabilities of this device. The only major drawback is the lack of internet connectivity if you have an Android phone. This is not Parrot's fault though but rather Google's. I heard though that Honeycomb supports Bluetooth PAN and I think the Asteroid supports this for Internet tethering so i'm keeping my hopes up for Android Icecream to bring this feature to my phone.

Pro:

- Lots sources for music: Radio, USB stick, SD Card, iPod, 3.5mm Jack line-in

- Android with Google Maps

- Speed camera Alerts

- Large screen (for a single DIN radio unit)

- Lots of cables came with the Radio (With a Pioneer your need to buy overpriced iPod cables separately)

- Its a handsfree carkit, and Parrot knows how to make those by now :)

- Lots of tweaking possible with the sound

Con:

- Internet does not work with Android phones (yet)

- Lacks certain tweaking possibilities in the settings menu

Feel free to ask any questions :)
[General Accessories] Norbullitt:
Thank you for the excellent review.

Those drawbacks are major issues,

but Im hoping Parrot will come up with some patches

soon.

The Asteroid is not on sale here yet, and it might take a while.

But I am going to Holland later this month..

Anyone know a place close to Schiphol that sell Parrot equipment?
[General Accessories] RobertR21:
I also have the Parrot Asteroid for a few days now. But I can't get thetering trough Bluetooth working on my HTC Desire Z (Android 2.2).

I used an app called "PdaNet" or something, with that I can enalbe "Dun - Dia-up Network". And I can make a connection with the parrort trough Settings > Network > Bluetooth. But as soon as I try to use an application that uses internet, it won't work and says I need a internet connection.

Anyone know how I can use DUN or PAN, because an Asteroid doesn't have WiFi and can't tether trough USB ??

Thanx!
[General Accessories] Dysphoria:
RobertR21,

Android does currently not support PAN or DUN so using that is probably not possible without any 3rd party software. I tried PDAnet aswell but it did not work.

You might try connecting your phone to the 3G dongle port on your asteroid through USB, as android supports USB tethering, I have not tried this myself. I can verify though that DUN works, I tried it with my Nokia and it worked flawlessly.

I hear there's rumours on the Internets though that Android icecream is going to support PAN though, so maybe then we can use our android phones. Maybe before that time Parrot will find a solution.
[General Accessories] Zapod:
Does anyone know which 3g USB dongles work with the Asteroid?

In my case: I have a Trekstor/Huawei MiFi which can also be used as a "Stick" - Will this work via USB? My Asteroid Device ships in (wish me luck) tomorrow. Pimpin' my Ride is planned at Saturday ;-)

ThX
[General Accessories] lonewolf2nd:
Hi, I've got the this Parrot Asteriod also.

And For you guys I can use bluetooth internet though my old HTC Hero. I can do it also with other phones. but there is a trick for it.

First root your phone, this is absolutely nessasary.

Then download from the market 'Wireless Tether for root users'(it is a free app).

This one has internet tethering through bluetooth.

Go to menu and select bluetooth instead of wifi.

then go to access-control and eneble it.

Make the bluetooth visible in the tether program.

On the asteroid go to setting and then network and then bluetooth is will find your phone(again) and press the nice parrot butten and it connects.

then on your phone again give it authorization to use the tether and you have your internet.

One problem is that you have to connect manually every time. (your carkit does it automaticly) but not the internet. But at least you can then enjoy your live radio and google maps if you want to.

You only have to have the tether active and connect only through the radio other steps are not needed anymore after.

Internet through usb with your doesn't work, to bad.

One issue that I've encountered with this radio the front panel will become pretty hot after playing an half hour on a high volume. does anyone else have this problem also?
[General Accessories] karlv:
Hi,

I am also considering getting an Asteroid. I have several questions:

- Is there also offline navigation available?

- Can any app from the normal market be installed? Or is there a special Parrot market?

- What Android version is installed?

- Anyway to root it? (What ever functionality this would add?)

Greetings

karlv
[General Accessories] lonewolf2nd:
For disablieng the traffic information go to tuner, select a radio station then press the menu button there you can edit if you want traffic information on or of.

text to speech, try the menu button in the app contacts you can change it there. I like that so I didn't look at it yet.

The most options regarding a app can be found in the app it self. try to look for tweaking option there.

Everyone can correct me if I'm wrong:)
[General Accessories] gforums:
anyone already tried getting in touch with the radios file system?

I assume those usb ports only are usb hosts?
[General Accessories] gforums:
there's a new firmware out:

http://download.parrot.com/Parrot_Asteroid_soft_update/asteroid_update_fr_FR.plf

It's nearly 90 MB, so it looks as a complete android software build.

can we get this extracted? modders, come on :)

EDIT:

there exist some plftools for other Parrot Devices. Maybe they can be used to extract useful stuff out of the Asteroid firmware files...

Links:

http://embedded-software.blogspot.c...howComment=1311293537224#c8852365956008835373

http://sites.google.com/site/repurposelinux/df3120

EDIT2:

part of the firmware update file:

parrotparts=nand0:256K(Pbootloader),16M(Pmain_boot),4M(Pfactory),241408K(Psystem) console=ttyPA0,115200 loglevel=8 update

maybe it is possible to divide the plf file into parts and mount them somehow? (http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=478.0)

EDIT3:

Serial output of AR Drone Update, wich also uses plf update files and is based on linux:

http://kapejod.org/download/ardrone_install.txt
[General Accessories] browncoatdave:
Has anyone been able to get the spotify app past the login screen.
[General Accessories] hansemann83:
AW: Parrot Asteroid

I have the same issue as you. Tried it hundreds of times. Once it started playing my playlists, but the display still showed the spinning wheel. Don't know what to do about it.
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Anyone managed to get Torque or Dash command working? Easy to install but getting it to connect to the B ELM327 is a different story - it seems the Parrot expect you to pair from the phone/device and not the other way around. Tried BToolkit and BT Manager but no luck...
[General Accessories] esziszi:
No network for Waze

Since yesterday evening, I think, Waze does not connect to the network and the small globe in the top right corner is inactive. The GPS signal is active. It worked well for a few days.

I tried with the 3G stick, then Bluetooth tethering, the Asteroid connects just fine through both. Maps downloads, RMaps downloads, the Asteroid Market connects. Waze does not. I re-typed the login and password, still no go.

I tried unplugging and re-plugging the 3G stick directly and through a USB hub. Works as expected, except in Waze. I took the ignition key out, took the front panel off, took the SD card out, then put all back. Still no cloud Waze.

All that remains is to wait until morning, for a cold start. Is there a cold reboot app for the Asteroid, or the reset hole is for that? I don't want to go back to factory settings, plus the hardware reset discharges the amp into the speakers (or something similar happens, but it makes an unpleasant sound). I really don't want to take the unit out and unplug the power cable.

I have some favorites in Waze, I set them on my smartphone, while logged in to my Waze account. Shouldn't they show up on the Asteroid Waze (when it can connect)?

Oh and Waze on the web has nothing of what I have on the smartphone/Asteroid, it says I have not driven a single kilometer.

Edit: the mileage is there, if I log in from world.waze.com, since I'm not in the USA.

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I read in two different forums that the Asteroid's Bluetooth is exclusively for Parrot's use and cannot be accessed by third party applications. I don't know if it's true, my smartphone sees the Asteroid as having stereo music streaming and handsfree profiles, but maybe a laptop would see more.

I tried a USB Bluetooth dongle in the Asteroid, but it did not work.
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Thanks, it would be a real pity if that's the case because one of the main reasons for buying this radio was to get Torque or Dashcommand working.

I haven't tried Waze yet, but Google Maps is working great. Not sure which combination of things made it work 100% but what I've done was installed google services framework, then Google Books and Maps, restarted logged into google books and then Maps was working fine.
[General Accessories] wessel99:
Maps and navigate worked for me by just sideloading the maps apk. I got the maps apk by doing a titanium backup of it, and then opening the .apk.gz with winrar and extracting the apk. I did not install the google framework services and works out of the box (although I can not connect to my google account of course).

Waze works fine too!
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Cool, yeah I did it like that the first time but it crashed every time I tried opening settings. Signed in and it's working 100% now.

Haven't had any luck loading Play Store yet.
[General Accessories] wessel99:
Thanks. Will try sideloading the google frameworks apk later! :)
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Cool, how do you reboot this radio BTW?

TuneIn radio kept wanting to reboot for some reason so that's how I got it to reboot while fiddling with the google frameworks and maps.
[General Accessories] esziszi:
What do you mean "navigate" works? You mean Google Navigator or what it's called, the one that you can start from Google's Maps app, on Android phones? Which version did you extract the apk from? Any chance of sharing the apk with us, please?
[General Accessories] sav_za:
That is the one. I don't have it with me but I don't mind sharing at all - will upload tonight. Extracted the latest version from my Galaxy Camera.

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BTW.I see my Asteroid Smart is showing in the play store when I'm logged in on the website.

I'm using Appmonster to backup my apps. Works great.
[General Accessories] esziszi:
Thanks. I think the Smart has a newer Android version. Lucky you.

I will try the apk, although I have the Asteroid Classic (ironically, in a smart Fortwo), so we'll see.
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Could be, it's 2.3.7

I think the Asteroid 2 update is coming to the 1DIN as well if I'm not mistaken.

That is ironic btw. :)
[General Accessories] esziszi:
I extracted Maps 6.14.3 (Android 4.2.2) from my phone, the "com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk" was in /data/app, just like TitaniumBackup said. I suspect it's way too new for the Asteroid Classic, but I attached it here, anyway. Maybe someone is eager to try it out, I'll get to it probably tomorrow.

I'd still appreciate your apk.

I wanted to extract it from the TB backup like you did, but I forgot my backups are encrypted (for uploading to Box.net) and was too lazy to disable encryption in TB and do it all over, plus I noticed the apk's path in TB, so I chose the easy way. Will try in the car, probably tomorrow.

Oh and Android 2 would be swell on the Classic, especially when I look at the Android 4.2 tablets out there, for 60-70$. Definitely at the other end of the quality scale than Parrot, for sure, but all that hardware for so cheap.
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Thanks.

I have to agree and I also find it amazing that they're using such an old version on a brand new device such as the Smart but then again, they did do it properly so I don't mind. Radio before this one was a Chinese android 4.04 radio and it was absolutely horrible. Not the OS, just the way everything worked, or didn't work together.
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Here you go:

http://depositfiles.com/files/9dca1vj9o

I got a friend's ELM327 connected via Btoolkit, the catch is that the ELM's passcode needs to be 0000. All the ones I can find for sale are 1234.
[General Accessories] esziszi:
Got it, thank you.

Nah, The Snail (my smart) is a 2001 Diesel, the connector is standard OBD2, but the protocol is proprietary Mercedes. Trust me, I tried. The gasoline versions had the standard OBD2 since 2001, though.

I use a clone Star interface+software to connect to the smart for servicing, although some realtime engine info on the Asteroid during driving would be nice.

You found Bluetooth devices, using BToolkit on the Asteroid? Nice. Will try that.
[General Accessories] sav_za:
Here we go:

http://youtu.be/xwXyrxHbuNs

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Thats' a pity, I wonder why they are not sticking to standards?

Yep, can see any BT device and connect to them as long as their passcode is 0000. Found another BT manager which looks like it allows you to enter the passcode.
[General Accessories] jasoon:
Dose anyone know if there an alternative place to download the 2.0 update as ive downloaded it a few times and each time it tells me that its corrupt...

Anyone help of offer advice?

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Did you have any luck as im having the same problem as yourself....
[General Accessories] esziszi:
Nice! I'm starting to like the Asteroid Smart.

You are right about the Chinese units - in another car, I do have a 2DIN one with lots of functions, but the microphone barely hears me, the radio always turns on as default source, the touchscreen misinterprets the position when it's hot, the TV receiver works only with a huge antenna and it still cost me a lot, especially because the 9th gen Corolla has a curvy fascia and it had to match. On the other hand, the unit cost just over half of what they ask for the Asteroid Smart on eBay and I rarely use that car, although it's newer.

It's really tempting, though. Maybe after there will be more Android units on the market, I'll look for one. The best way would probably be to build a car PC with proper Intel hardware and dedicated car GUI (free or paid), then install and personalize to my heart's content. If I had the time I definitely would do that, the net is full of tutorials. Professional installation is too expensive for my taste.

However, all I wanted was GPS built into the dash and Bluetooth handsfree and I have that, albeit with a barely acceptable microphone, so I'm not really motivated. Well the microphone could be better, but if I had time for any installation, I would probably take the thing apart and replace the microphone. Like that would help.

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Hoping Blaze (original uploader) will forgive me, I reuploaded it to http://dfiles.eu/files/zcxipy0ai.

Please thank him with the Thanks button under post #157.
[General Accessories] jasoon:
Thanks for that...Downloading it now :)
[General Accessories] esziszi:
They are, in later models, but the 2001 Diesel did not have it yet. As far as I know, all Diesel cars used to be behind with tech, maybe because there were less of them. That's true also for automatic shifters, but probably another reason for that is a Diesel's high torque. I'm no expert in this.