I would really like to get torque (the obd II car ECU monitoring app) smartwatch extension working properly on the smartwatch 2. Right now it works just fine, but shows up smaller than it should (in the sw1 resolution. Is there a quick way to fix this or do I have to go bug the developer?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jvckenwood.HID_ThinClient.KWD
Kenwood released this app that will allow head unit control of your smartphone using HDMI and Bluetooth Input connections. Right now, the only supported devices for the S3, S4, Note II and Sony devices.
Is there a root tweak or hack that can be developed that will trick the app so that any device can work with the app?
sshams95 said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jvckenwood.HID_ThinClient.KWD
Kenwood released this app that will allow head unit control of your smartphone using HDMI and Bluetooth Input connections. Right now, the only supported devices for the S3, S4, Note II and Sony devices.
Is there a root tweak or hack that can be developed that will trick the app so that any device can work with the app?
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Found this via a random google search. As of now, 02/19/2016 Kenwood has not updated this app to support Android 6 Marshmallow. If you have this app installed on Android 6, it will just force close. I have an idea that it won't work because of the permissions restrictions on the new Android OS. Once Kenwood updates the app to request permissions for us to grant we'll be good again. If you rely heavily on the touch screen options over the MHL/HDMI then stay with Android 5 (lollipop).
I have the following setup in my vehicle and it works quite well:
My Physical setup:
HDMI cable run from back of of my Kenwood to my center console where I have a coupler to plug-in my MHL cable. The idea is to make it easy to plug-in a Miracast device someday. Right now the wireless mirroring is far to buggy and slow, so connecting directly is the only way to go here for me. I cut my Parking SW (switch) greenish wire and wired it into the ground wire (black). This allows me to bypass the restrictions of use while driving and easily control other apps that Kenwood won't otherwise let you run, like Google Maps or a Drive app like HTC Drive. If you choose to NOT bypass then so long as you open WAZE first, you can trick the unit into letting you open other apps, but you can't go the home screen first. You'll have to open the app via recents menu.
My Software setup:
I have a rooted Android device and use an app called "second screen". I have it configured to auto turn off my phone's backlight when I plug-in to the mhl cable. This saves my battery greatly by not having to light up the display. I lose about 1% every 30 minutes or so running waze and Spotify together, very doable. Once I remove the MHL cable everything is back to normal and back-light returns.
Before I bypassed restrictions by moving my parking switch wire to the ground, I was using an android app called "overlays". (still am actually because its awesome) Its free and allows you to put an app shortcut over an running program. You setup a profile per app. For example, in Waze, I put an app overlay for both Spotify and Pandora. All you see are 2 tiny icons, size and placement of your choosing, in the corner of waze. All I have to do is tap it and it opens Spotify. I did the same for Spotify and Pandora and placed tiny app shortcuts to both Waze and Google maps to allow seamless back and forth between apps. Takes a bit to setup, but so worth it in the end.
All in all, it greatly improves enjoyment while driving. The Head units, so far, have far less appealing GUI than your cell phone. Google and Apple do great jobs of making their UI appealing to the masses and there really is no better choice, even the built-in head unit GUI, which I'm happy to bypass and show my phone instead.
Hi everybody,
i'm looking for a smartband whose bluetooth is disabled. I'm talking about IT'S bt, not the one of smartphone i'll pair with.
atm, I only found the Samsung Gear Fit (it has a settings menu about bt where u can turn it on and off as u want)
Do u know other smartbands with this features? (with display if possible)
Thank you so much
I'm looking for feedback/reviews/opinions on the latest Pioneer Appradio 4 as I'm interested in replacing my current dated GPS system in my car with a "smarter" system that can easily connect to my phone (Note 3) and enable the following 3 main functions:
BT streaming to play music from my phone, receive and make calls
Be able to run Google Maps or Waze from my phone and just use these from the device without having to keep my phones' screen on (so via BT essentially, not necessarily via cable as I hate loose cables in my car)
At least 4V pre amp outs for my upgraded stereo system
Connection for my existing rear view camera
I don't care so much about mirroring my phone to the device.
It appears that the Appradio meets the requirements above, but I'm interested in users opinions as well for its pros and cons.
Thanks in advance!
With Android L and M, this problem seem to be more prevalent.
I have a Bluetooth headset, 4.1 and all that. it works fine, except on Android, it registered itself as an HID device, not as BT headset. (In BT settings, it shows as keyboard) though it works fine as a headset it is very problematic as this also means the phone will not show me the soft keyboard until I go into IME and turn off hardware keyboard.
I've since seen other people reported this happening with Selfie sticks (BT version) and possibly other devices.
How can this be resolved permanently, i.e. ignore hardware button on device X? Or does this require a patch, Xposed module, etc.? If replacing the device is not practical? Or is there something in Bluetooth settings that can be manipulated? Root / tasker / Xposed?
kschang said:
With Android L and M, this problem seem to be more prevalent.
I have a Bluetooth headset, 4.1 and all that. it works fine, except on Android, it registered itself as an HID device, not as BT headset. (In BT settings, it shows as keyboard) though it works fine as a headset it is very problematic as this also means the phone will not show me the soft keyboard until I go into IME and turn off hardware keyboard.
I've since seen other people reported this happening with Selfie sticks (BT version) and possibly other devices.
How can this be resolved permanently, i.e. ignore hardware button on device X? Or does this require a patch, Xposed module, etc.? If replacing the device is not practical? Or is there something in Bluetooth settings that can be manipulated? Root / tasker / Xposed?
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Actually I answered my own question:
Regarding the headset, I went into bluetooth device settings (the little gear next to the device in Bluetooth) and turned off "input device" profile.
Selfie stick is another problem. Turns out those are ONLY meant to work inside camera apps, preferably Stock camera (not Google Camera, which can be a problem on Nexus devices). They HAVE to act as input device. No other way around it, unless Bluetooth SIG want to define a category just for remote triggers / selfie sticks.
Hello,
I have a simple case:
- I have PX5 radio in car
- and Huawei Mate 20 Lite as a phone
Both devices are paired with bluetooth.
Since PX5 radio is full Android device that can run Google Play apps itself.
I would like to use bluetooth only for calling and as trigger for Tasker(start WiFi hotspot).
But since it is possible my phone sends also multimedia sound(but it won't be played on radio, since specific app for A2DP is not working - and I'm fine with that), I would like my phone to simply play multimedia itself, not via bluetooth.
I know it is possible in vanilla Android(https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/6983662/image/androidpit-lollipop-bluetooth-forget-w628.jpg) but since Huawei has it's "awesome" custom settings menu it is not there, do You guys have any idea how to change that settings?
ADB or any application would be great.
I'm not interested about any solution with root.
Apparently there is small "i" button on the right of paired device in bluetooth settings - not that easy to click(because when I tried to hit it for a first time I couldn't hit it correctly - that why I created that topic) - where You can change what sound is passed via bluetooth.