I am about to buy a ridiculously expensive car. Of course it has an iPhone connection so that my wife can contol her iPhone via the cars controls.
Since it is a USB connection, would it be possible to make an Android app that emulates the iPhone so that I could connect it the same way?
playa_boy said:
I am about to buy a ridiculously expensive car. Of course it has an iPhone connection so that my wife can contol her iPhone via the cars controls.
Since it is a USB connection, would it be possible to make an Android app that emulates the iPhone so that I could connect it the same way?
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In a word...no...sorry.
The android has completely different connection to the iphone so you wouldnt be able to connect it, also i dont think anyone has ever emulated an iphone (or would want to XD) Id buy a different car
If it is that expensive, you must demand a Android compatible device!
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If it is that expensive, you must demand a Android compatible device!
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Good idea
Well, haven't found any Android compatible cars so far... And since the iPhone is a ridiculous piece of equipment it is not an option to switch. So I guess I am stuck with the jack cable.
For some reason the USB connection refuses to treat my Nexus One as a storage device like my USB stick with MP3 and Flac files. That way at least there would be the possibility of controlling the music from the car controllers.
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While I know that Apple has all of their information locked up tighter than Fort Knox, I was wondering if it would be feasible to create an application to "act like" an Ipod with other hardware. IE my head unit in my car that works wonderfully with Ipod but cannot even "see" my Android phones.
If that's not possible at all, is there a way to get my head unit to see my N1 as an actual jump drive (which is supported by the unit)?
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While I know that Apple has all of their information locked up tighter than Fort Knox, I was wondering if it would be feasible to create an application to "act like" an Ipod with other hardware. IE my head unit in my car that works wonderfully with Ipod but cannot even "see" my Android phones.
If that's not possible at all, is there a way to get my head unit to see my N1 as an actual jump drive (which is supported by the unit)?
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I hope I don't get beat up over this, but... "Head Unit"? I can assume you mean a Bluetooth stereo headset possibly?
My Kensington Bluetooth Stereo headset works fine with my nexus... But again, not sure if this is what you are referring to.
I think maybe he is referring to an audio in port that recognizes ipods, but not his nexus one maybe?
Im sure by head unit he means his car's stereo. and If you can get the nexus into USB drive mode your stereo should recognize it.
I am referring to a USB connection to my "car stereo". Not using Bluetooth.
When I am connected to my g/f's iPod, it works so seamlessly it's insane. Shows album art, all things are controlled directly from the head unit ....
I guess looking for an interface to communicate between the head unit and the N1. Would presume it's possible since the interface protocol is in the wild for devs. I just personally don't know a darned thing about it.
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Im sure by head unit he means his car's stereo. and If you can get the nexus into USB drive mode your stereo should recognize it.
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It doesn't... Not on mine or 3 other USB equipped head units I have tried it on.
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I am referring to a USB connection to my "car stereo". Not using Bluetooth.
When I am connected to my g/f's iPod, it works so seamlessly it's insane. Shows album art, all things are controlled directly from the head unit ....
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What head unit do you have, and how do you like it? (Offtopic, yes, but I'm looking for a new, good head unit for my car that has great iPod functionality. )
Well I have a double din and not sure what you require. I am running the Pioneer AVH-P3200DVD. It really has come a long way with integration. Just wish others would realize there is much more out there than Mac-n-Crap.
try and mount the phones sd card when it is plugd in to the Head Unit
and use bplayer or meridian as music app Works for me
The problem isn't the phone, it's the unit.
I have a Pioneer as well (http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Premi..._6?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1274031647&sr=1-6)
And it's the same ****. Won't recognize my Zune at all through the USB, and it sometimes recognizes the android phone when it's set to USB, but then it grabs every audio file in the phone, which is a bunch of crap i don't want.
But anyway, It's because Pioneer only made it support/look for apple devices. So anything else it just doesn't recognize. On mine the only thing that works perfectly is a USB flash drive. i have an 8GB unit pluged in with all my music and it works perfectly. but try anything else and it rarely works.
And unfortunately, just like you said, you'd need to make the phone look like an ipod and add all that software in, which just isn't possible.
So basically, your gonna have to get it to work by mounting the USB, or using another media player such as the ones jtz100 mentioned.
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While I know that Apple has all of their information locked up tighter than Fort Knox, I was wondering if it would be feasible to create an application to "act like" an Ipod with other hardware. IE my head unit in my car that works wonderfully with Ipod but cannot even "see" my Android phones.
If that's not possible at all, is there a way to get my head unit to see my N1 as an actual jump drive (which is supported by the unit)?
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Actually it used to work fine when android used 1.1 after they switched the way the usb connectivity worked it doesn't work well at all
get a usb mounting app and try
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Actually it used to work fine when android used 1.1 after they switched the way the usb connectivity worked it doesn't work well at all
get a usb mounting app and try
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A USB mounting app? As in the auto mount?
Going to test out Meridian in a few but I would love to see someone emulate the iPod interface so that our phones will work with any and all "Crapple" devices.
Is AVRCP (controlling the infuse with the car's audio controls) supported on the Infuse? So far, using BT, I have to use the phone itself to select songs, skip, etc.
I had an iPhone before this, and it at least allowed me to skip, if nothing else. I thought Android would do better than that.
**on another note, if I plug the Infuse to the USB port on the car, it prompts for USB storage mode, and the car doesn't seem to be able to handle that. (2011 Hyundai Sonata)
I have a fairly new Pioneer head unit and it only allows control over Bluetooth with the phone itself. Honestly, I have yet to plug it in via Usb; but I suspect the same thing. I also have an iPhone 4 that when plugged in can be controlled from the unit as well as the phone via Usb, but that is really because iPod functionality was built in since iPod has been around much longer than iPhones or Android. I also was one of those people who thought remotes for car stereos that were 1-2 feet away was idiotic, but now use mine like crazy, so I just think of the phone as my new remote.
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I have a fairly new Pioneer head unit and it only allows control over Bluetooth with the phone itself. Honestly, I have yet to plug it in via Usb; but I suspect the same thing. I also have an iPhone 4 that when plugged in can be controlled from the unit as well as the phone via Usb, but that is really because iPod functionality was built in since iPod has been around much longer than iPhones or Android. I also was one of those people who thought remotes for car stereos that were 1-2 feet away was idiotic, but now use mine like crazy, so I just think of the phone as my new remote.
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dont count on this with android for a while unless it is the reciever playing the songs. there is audio out throug usb or you can mount the sdcard as storage. unfortunately not all headunits will see storage on an android phone. i dont know if there is a universal standard for player controls, i think there is such a thing for phone calls but for audio players you will likely need to wait for proprietary software and accessory support. this is basically where the iphone/ipods rule. androidis too fractured and unless google comes up with some standards to follow and the radio manufacturers catch on it might not happen at all
Help please I just rooted my Asus tf700t and set up bluetooth tethering with my iPhone 4S , I was wondering if I could possibly use my bluetooth connection for Internet and yet also connect the tablet to my bluetooth stereo head in my car for streaming music like I do, yet do it simultaneously??? This would be awesome on road trips
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Help please I just rooted my Asus tf700t and set up bluetooth tethering with my iPhone 4S , I was wondering if I could possibly use my bluetooth connection for Internet and yet also connect the tablet to my bluetooth stereo head in my car for streaming music like I do, yet do it simultaneously??? This would be awesome on road trips
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Why wouldn't you just stream from phone to car?
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Why wouldn't you just stream from phone to car?
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I have 64 gigs of music on my tablet and my iPhone only holds 16 gigs plus iPhone even tho its jail broken, still has all my music stored via iTunes and iTunes Match which sucks because iTunes Match downloads songs to my phone as soon as they are played causing my Internet to and GPS to run slow plus fills up my phone with music after a couple of weeks. It's a drag, apple is horrible with their " innovative" ideas.
beahrr77 said:
I have 64 gigs of music on my tablet and my iPhone only holds 16 gigs plus iPhone even tho its jail broken, still has all my music stored via iTunes and iTunes Match which sucks because iTunes Match downloads songs to my phone as soon as they are played causing my Internet to and GPS to run slow plus fills up my phone with music after a couple of weeks. It's a drag, apple is horrible with their " innovative" ideas.
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If you have a blank cd's or dvd's will Itunes let you burn them as mp3's? Then you can transfer them to other devices since they are mp3 files. I just bought a new class 10 32gig microSD card for 34 bucks at the store yesterday. That is another option. They had 16gig cards for about 12-20 bucks. You could store them on a card and just swap it out. Many of them come with the full size SD adapters. That would make it easier if you have the dock.
I don't think the bt hardware in our tablets will receive/send signals to two devices at the same time. I've never tried but would love if it did. Bt headphones will using a ps3 controler for games... sweet.
Connecting to more than one device via bluetooth is possible. I often have a bluetooth mouse and headset connected.
I love nexus 5 and google music ! but my car is manufactured by apple fan boys and the bose audio it has only has ipod menus and plays music out of iphone only.
The audio system does support playing music from a usb device but google music doesn't cache the music in a plain root folder for the car music to identity it.
I can get an aux cable but I want to control music off my steering controls and don't want two cables for charging and audio to my phone at the same time, its just not convenient.
How can i resolve this ? Is there an app which gets music from google music and puts it in music folder on the phone directly ? What are my options ? I am sure some other fellows here have been in my position before.
Even if you do put music directly on the device. Almost all car head units do not support the mtp protocol that the nexus uses to read the storage of your phone.
Your first step should be to drop an mp3 into your nexus and check if your car can even read it
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Also try both settings (MTP / PTP). As far as I remember PTP used to handle my Galaxy S2 as two seperated storages (one for internal / one for external). If I remember correctly they both appeared just like USB sticks when I connected it to the PC. The Nexus 5 should then bring up a single storage, since it doesn't have an external storage.
Hope this helps
Another question: Doesn't the device have the ability to stream music via Bluetooth? I use this method in my car and the music controls work great
EDIT: You could also try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer I know, it costs money but you can try it for like 15minutes and if you don't like it, just uninstall it and you'll get your money refunded
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Even if you do put music directly on the device. Almost all car head units do not support the mtp protocol that the nexus uses to read the storage of your phone.
Your first step should be to drop an mp3 into your nexus and check if your car can even read it
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You were so right. I placed mp3 directly in the Music folder it still doesn't play it.
Also try both settings (MTP / PTP). As far as I remember PTP used to handle my Galaxy S2 as two seperated storages (one for internal / one for external). If I remember correctly they both appeared just like USB sticks when I connected it to the PC. The Nexus 5 should then bring up a single storage, since it doesn't have an external storage.
Hope this helps
Another question: Doesn't the device have the ability to stream music via Bluetooth? I use this method in my car and the music controls work great
EDIT: You could also try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ususb.importer I know, it costs money but you can try it for like 15minutes and if you don't like it, just uninstall it and you'll get your money refunded
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you mean when I connect the phone via usb I get options to whether use it as media device or photo transfer ? I have tried both its not working.
The bluetooth only works with phone calls and not with music playing.
I may sound funny but aren't there any apps or even hardware device which can get connected to nexus 5 and makes car system consider it as an iphone ?
Could also try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169761
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How about over bluetooth audio?
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I don't have a solution for you but only a comment.
I think that it is complete crap that they manufactured the stock headunits in cars to be more compatible with iPhone than Android. Not everyone has an iPhone, believe it or not.
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How about over bluetooth audio?
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It doesn't work. The car bluetooth only take phone calls and doesn't support music playback.
If theres a kit of some sort.. anything ! I'll get it but I haven't been able to play music while driving for days now. Shouldve got iphone 5s instead, what a shame !
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Shouldve got iphone 5s instead, what a shame !
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I hope this is ironic It's more like "Should've got an audio system which supports Android"
What about that app I mentioned before? Heard it does wonders
experience7 said:
I hope this is ironic It's more like "Should've got an audio system which supports Android"
What about that app I mentioned before? Heard it does wonders
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I know what you mean but the car is more like 30k and nexus 5 costed around 4 hundred. It worked perfectly with iphone, i would charge, play music, show playlists artists everything and would let me control tracks off my steering. This thing doesn't work at all. Not as a usb not as an iphone no nothing !
The app you mentioned, not sure how would that work considering that the app pulls up media from the usb or hard drive. Here we want to put the media from the device to the car.
Wonder if nexus 5 owners never had a car or what because this should be a very common problem. Why no one ever talked about it here on the forum ?
As far as bluetooth goes I am wondering how old your car is, and what is the make and model?
If the car is a 2012 model or newer then it really should work and if not it is the fault of the manufacturer. If it is older than that I wouldn't expect it to work. You will likely have to upgrade your factory stereo to something newer that supports today's Bluetooth profiles.
If it is a 2013 model I am shocked that it doesn't work, but if so you should have tested this before you bought it
But ya, the USB thing will never work.
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...Wonder if nexus 5 owners never had a car or what because this should be a very common problem. Why no one ever talked about it here on the forum?
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I have a Nexus 5, and, I have a car. I use an app called utter! for hands-free operation of my phone while driving. I highly recommend it.
Since your car came with iPhone technology, however, I suggest that you get a used iPhone just for use in the car.
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Wonder if nexus 5 owners never had a car or what because this should be a very common problem. Why no one ever talked about it here on the forum ?
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It's all gonna be based on your actual stereo unit because I have a Honda Civic that when I plug in an iPhone it charges and syncs my music, it even shows the album artwork. When I plug in my Note 3 or Nexus 5 I don't get any of those options except for charge BUT I am able to stream over bluetooth and it lets me control my music through steering wheel buttons.
Now I have noticed that on my Note 3 it doesn't display the right track information if I play music through Spotify but on my Nexus 5 it will actually show the tracks. I found that very interesting.
So basically, your stereo unit was made strictly for iPhone support.
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As far as bluetooth goes I am wondering how old your car is, and what is the make and model?
If the car is a 2012 model or newer then it really should work and if not it is the fault of the manufacturer. If it is older than that I wouldn't expect it to work. You will likely have to upgrade your factory stereo to something newer that supports today's Bluetooth profiles.
If it is a 2013 model I am shocked that it doesn't work, but if so you should have tested this before you bought it
But ya, the USB thing will never work.
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Yep its 2011 nissan altima having bose audio system. So I believe I am out of luck. Basically you select a car on basis of several other factors. Phone connectivity wouldve been the last thing I would notice and in those days I was connecting iphone 4 without a problem.
Its more of a problem of phone manufacturer to make sure that it is considered as a usb music player when connected to a device.
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It doesn't work. The car bluetooth only take phone calls and doesn't support music playback.
If theres a kit of some sort.. anything ! I'll get it but I haven't been able to play music while driving for days now. Shouldve got iphone 5s instead, what a shame !
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USB mass storage was so useful. I hate mtp. So I had to use bluetooth adapter and I love it. I got this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004CLYJ2I/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1388953809&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40 the price went up. When I got it, it was only 30+.
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I have a 2010 Equinox and use this adapter. It works great for me as the audio in and a USB port are right next to each other in my arm rest. So I can basically have it charging all the time. Plus I never take it out so I mounted it with some double sided tape. The sound quality is great too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00727FE5U/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1388955765&sr=8-7&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70
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USB mass storage was so useful. I hate mtp. So I had to use bluetooth adapter and I love it. I got this one http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004CLYJ2I/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1388953809&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40 the price went up. When I got it, it was only 30+.
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ordered it not more than 10 seconds ago before you recommended. Infact it didn't mention anywhere nexus 5 so i just took a leap of faith. Glad its compatible with Nexus 5.
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I have a 2010 Equinox and use this adapter. It works great for me as the audio in and a USB port are right next to each other in my arm rest. So I can basically have it charging all the time. Plus I never take it out so I mounted it with some double sided tape. The sound quality is great too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00727...110_SY165_QL70
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Yes have been checking this one too. Lets see if the belkin works, otherwise will give this one a try.
I feel for you. Car stereos have been very Apple centric for a long time and I don't know why. I guess it stems from almost everyone owning an iPod back in the day. Things are finally starting to change though, thankfully. I'm seeing more an more stock and aftermarket head units specifically mention Android support.
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ordered it not more than 10 seconds ago before you recommended. Infact it didn't mention anywhere nexus 5 so i just took a leap of faith. Glad its compatible with Nexus 5.
Yes have been checking this one too. Lets see if the belkin works, otherwise will give this one a try.
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I use these:
http://www.amazon.com/FlexSMART-Blu...8620&sr=8-1&keywords=bluetooth+fm+transmitter
Both receiving Bluetooth, One cabled to AUX input in my car, sounds great, and the other in an old work truck via FM transmitter (stereo sounds great, but too old for AUX or bluetooth). It was the very first 'good' experience I've had with an FM transmitter, most are complete garbage. Cheers!
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I use these:
http://www.amazon.com/FlexSMART-Blu...8620&sr=8-1&keywords=bluetooth+fm+transmitter
Both receiving Bluetooth, One cabled to AUX input in my car, sounds great, and the other in an old work truck via FM transmitter (stereo sounds great, but too old for AUX or bluetooth). It was the very first 'good' experience I've had with an FM transmitter, most are complete garbage. Cheers!
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My wife and I have these as well. Except ours are Kinivo branded.
It works great and has decent audio quality for FM.
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Can the S6 be played through my car radio via USB? I don't have Bluetooth (or 3.5 mm) in my car and this is one of the reasons I've thought about switching to an iphone. I know this isn't possible with my Nexus 4 but I was wondering if Samsung has done anything about this.
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Can the S6 be played through my car radio via USB? I don't have Bluetooth (or 3.5 mm) in my car and this is one of the reasons I've thought about switching to an iphone. I know this isn't possible with my Nexus 4 but I was wondering if Samsung has done anything about this.
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I'm not 100% certain but I believe it still isn't possible even with the S6 to play music via a USB cable in your car. I'm not sure if you have a cassette slot in your car but you can get a cheap adapter for your cassette slot which gives you an aux input. They can be found quite cheap on amazon, maybe $15 or so.
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Can the S6 be played through my car radio via USB? I don't have Bluetooth (or 3.5 mm) in my car and this is one of the reasons I've thought about switching to an iphone. I know this isn't possible with my Nexus 4 but I was wondering if Samsung has done anything about this.
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Doesn't Samsung support USB mass storage? It should work
Sadly, a lot of the infotainment systems (that have USB ports) on cars are really optimized for iOS and not for Android.
eg. Toyota, Hyundai, KIA, VW, Benz, and many more. The systems on those brands usually only work with Android via 3.5mm audio jack or through Bluetooth.
Using a cassette adapter has OK sound quality, but it's not that great.
@ OP: It's unlikely that a Galaxy S6 will play its media through USB for your car.
This is Samsung's flagship android device??
This is a major disappointment.
With my S3 I was able to play music on my car's sound system via the USB cable but apparently this is impossible with the S6.
Another major downer is the inability to add additional storage.