As in the title. Is this possible to do on Android head unit.
As we know we have various different physical button options and ways to link steering buttons to different apps. But as far as I know there isnt a way to shuffle running apps to bring them to the front or in focus with just 1 simple button (steering).
As we know using our phones we can press the left list button on our phones and scroll through recent apps and select the one we want to use to bring it back into focus. Well I generally have less than half a dozen main apps I might use any one time in the car and its a bit of a faff doing this with the screen. Id rather do it with just any easy dedicated button. And possibly assign the apps I want to switch between such as navi, radio, music, phone etc.
So can this be done ?
Its already done. I got a pumpkin px5 that has a mod button where in hal9k rom i set any numbers of apps i want and i scroll with that perfectly. Also i had assign for it a steering wheel button that works also fine.
I highly recommend the Hal9k rom as well. It does exactly what you want.
If you don't want to flash a new rom though I did this originally by using an app called MTCD Tools. I don't have a link but it's mentioned a lot in here.
I ended up using a combination of that and Tasker to get apps like Spotify or Pocketcasts to start playback automatically at different volume levels when cycled to.
But again, much less effort with Hal9k
Thanks guys, i thought perhaps mtcdtools might do it. But it is a bit scary as i dont understand most of it.
Good to no its possible tho. The more I think about it the more I like the idea.
Ive only just installed malaysk's rom which is very good + all my other apps so dont really want to wipe n flash again just yet. Did you also use Malaysk rom or go straight to Hal9k. I thought they were much the same.
I did install at 1st malaysk but it was too altered for my taste because i like just root and some extra options and hal9k rom fit the bill perfectly.
You sure malaysk doesn't have this option? Better ask in malaysk thread if you don't find it.
Yes I could do. Where did you find it in Hal9ks rom. Is it under settings?
Yes
Settings -> mod settings-> apps that cycle throw mode button.
If i remember right the last setting
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I like the O2 ROM on my phone, although there are a few niggles. I'd like to be able to assign the buttons better. Turn off the side volume switches and things..
I do use the Office software. So I would like to keep that.
What ROM is going to fit my needs ?
Thanks
don't believe a rom changed is required
there are programs you can manually install
which will give you a lot more power over button assignments
I've tried a few of these 'tweak' programs but none seem to change the things I find annoying. I know its a very personal thing as to what we like and dislike on our phones.
Thanks.
Any names of these apps in case theres one I've not tried ?
Hello everyone,
My AT&T sales guy sent me to this forum. I have been looking around and searching and realized that I am in over my head to be honest. I just got a Fuze and like it for the most part. There are a few things that I do not care for that maybe you guys can tell me if I need a new ROM and if so, which one. The things I would like to change are:
1. I would like quicker/easier access to my Tasks. I use Outlook tasks A LOT and it is not easy to get to them (not as easy as contacts and messaging anyway)
2. The notifications are not obvious. I was running an 8525 with WM6 and the notification would pop up at the bottom of the screen. I have to click the tiny notification bell symbol on the Fuse, which is annoying.
3. Scrolling is an issue. I am very used to my scroll wheel on the 8525. Is it possible re-map the volume control buttons to scrolling arrows?
Also, dragging my finger on the screen is a pain. I almost always call someone inadvertently when I try to scroll.
4. Battery life is MUCH better than my 8525 (probably due to the 8525s age + the better technology), but battery life could always be better.
5. The ring and speaker phone volume is pretty low, even with my volume control maxed out.
6. I don't like that the screen turns off when someone answers. It is great for everything except voicemail.
So, all in all, I am happy with it and hopefully the short list above is comprised of things that are easy to fix. What do you think, can I fix these issues with registry changes, or do I need to change the ROM? If I need to change the ROM, which one (I have found dozens)??
Thanks!
Can't answer most of those.
#6. Get Touch In Call Screen Tweak
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=488991
This is a good page to start looking for answers:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/
Yes - a custom rom will (probably) make it easier to access the parts you want quickly, however some 3rd party apps may give you the same control without the hassle of flashing (however, if you do decide to flash - its not difficult, just make sure you read the guides carefully before you start!
As for the audio volume - (sorry if this sounds dumb) make sure that the screen protector has a cut-out over the speaker. Crazy i know - but from reading some old threads on here - not all of them did, so you end up blocking the speaker & not being able to hear properly.
Battery life - depends on usage of course, also a different radio may make a difference for you. Unfortuantly there isnt a magic one here, different radios seem to give different performance & battery life in different areas (and of course usage patterns)
Re-mapping buttons? google for AE Button - can remap buttons in anyway you like.
Notifications - i believe you can get the balloon preview at the bottom of the screen using advanced config (search for it on here) [dont have my phone with me right now so i cant check what the setting is]
Hope it helps a little and welcome to the forums
Thanks for the info guys. I like the looks of the in-call tweak, but think I'll wait until I get the rest of the stuff and do it all at once.
Beeble,
I admit that I am a little worried about flashing it for a new ROM, especially since there are so many out there. If I do it, I want to make my choice, do it and be done with it. I do not want to be flashing it every 2 or three days until I find a ROM that I like.
As with the phone tweak, I think I'll try the the AE Button one when I do the in-call tweak.
Couldn't find a setting on the notification bubbles. Maybe I am not looking in the right place.
How do I get a new radio? I assume this is a software thing. Does this require flashing? Is it an ordeal to do this?
Thanks!
Unfortuantly you will almost certainly flash more than 1 rom once you start!
You'll (probably) spend hours and hours reading about them and trying to decide which is right for you. Then 3 days later you'll start grabbing random ones and just trying them out!
Before you flash anything you'll need to hard spl your phone. This is very important, but really pretty simple (if you dont hard spl, you can only flash official roms from your phone supplier - once you have hard spl you can flash any rom from any carrier, aswell as custom roms)
This is the guide to flashing and its very simple to follow - just take your time & dont skip steps.
If you do get the flashing bug - check out this UC thread it'll tell you how to automate about 95% of the setup of the phone after a flash (or hard reset).
Flashing a radio is the same process as flashing a rom, although it wont perform a hard reset (so you dont have to set everything up again) - But as always backup first just in case!
Radio thread here - remember, once you have hard spl'd your phone you can flash any Raphael radio. If you want to use a radio from another device, you'll need to Security unlock it first
Backup - you can use backup software like sprite, but if you are changing rom dont restore the old backup - you'll get all kinds of problems! Instead use PIM backup (free) which you can use to restore numbers/meetings/calls etc regardless of rom
If you get problems - or want some help - just let us know whats stumping you, make sure you've had a good read first - and please dont ask what rom you should get without listing exactly what you want the rom to do for you! most roms come down to preference.
Finally - good luck! and remember you have a GSM phone - so stay away from CDMA threads & downloads, otherwise you could brick your phone (follow the links in the guides and you cant go wrong)
So I'm getting back into the smartphone game again after being away awhile and I got a Nexus S today basically free of cost, practically brand new without a mark on it. Previous owner had it as a temporary phone during a warranty repair job of his primary phone and when he picked up the repaired one they said he could keep the Nexus S (wish I could get that lucky).
Anyway, while I know there are a ton of different ROMs available for this fantastic (albeit older) device, here's what I really want and I'm not sure it's possible. I've used CM in the past on several devices and one of the things that I always loved first and foremost was the ability to change tracks during music playback by holding the volume up/down button(s) (long press as a short press adjusts the volume). Now, I'm not a coder, not a developer, not a ROM builder, etc - I basically enjoy the work of others provided by their ROMs and so on.
This time out I've decided to try and stick with a pure stock ROM (which I'm not sure of at the moment, the NS has 4.1.2 on it but I plan to do testing with the factory 4.0.4 and 4.1.1 images as well just to see what's going on). Since those are factory images they're obviously not rooted so I can use WugFresh's Nexus Toolkit to handle the rooting for me.
So here's my question: is the ability to use the volume controls for changing tracks during music playback (with the screen off) a ROM-specific thing or is it kernel-specific - I've never been able to find an accurate answer to this question and I've asked it several times on different forums over the past 4+ years and still nothing of substance has ever been given as a response.
I know that some music players advertise they can do it (I've seen PowerAMP mentioned a few times but it just doesn't appear to work for me, ever, on any device). Again, I'd prefer to stay stock as much as possible, save for rooting the device, and then hopefully find out either a) I have to use a custom ROM with this feature enabled in it, or b) it's kernel related and I can just install a custom kernel which I can tolerate since it'll help on several aspects.
Sorry to make this so wordy but that's just how I am.
tl;dr version: I want to remain as stock as possible, with root only, and be able to change tracks during audio/music playback with the screen off by using the volume control buttons. Is it possible with just installing a custom kernel (given this Nexus S is bootloader unlocked) or not?
Hopefully someone can offer an answer that'll put a smile on my face but, if not that's fine too I suppose, I can just drop back to CM10 (4.1.1) stable and stick with it, not sure 4.1.2 really does all that much to improve things and 4.2.2 apparently is just too big for the limited 512MB of RAM in this NS to be smooth sailing.
Thanks...
This feature is build in with the app "Uber Music" its a setting called "Use volume buttons to control media"
It works great and its awesome if you don't mind putting in a few dollars to get the app
Cheers,
Luke
UberMusic looks nice, sure, but it doesn't do what I was hoping it would (and was suggested in the post above). The setting preference says "Enable headset controls" and I already have that ability: I have a cord from Apple earbuds where I removed/desoldered the original factory earbuds (because they're crap) and then replaced them with a pair of Koss IEMs that I like. So even though the cord looks like I'm using Apple earbuds I'm not.
Having said that, I can already control the Play (single click), Pause (single click), and Next track (double click) functionality, but obviously the dedicated volume buttons on the remote don't work for whatever reason. The Nexus S has a proper TRRS jack but it seems like no Android phone makers care enough to actually allow for such volume control through that jack. And the typical triple click Previous track functionality doesn't work either, sadly (and that's with any remote I've ever tried, even earbuds/IEMs that claim to work or are "designed for Android."
So again, I'm trying to control changing tracks (Next and Previous) with the volume rocker on the phone itself and when the screen is off, that's it. Since the phone is in my hand 99% of the time and my thumb is on the volume rocker, it's infinitely more efficient to change tracks with a slight movement of the thumb than trying to grasp the inline remote and double click or whatever.
Sure is odd why this question is so difficult to get an answer to over the years...
Most custom roms support this. It's not a kernel thing afaik. You may be able to find a mod to get it working on stock. It seems like I've seen it before in the ns4g themes & mods but I could be wrong.
As for triple press on the headphones, it's always worked for me with poweramp on multiple headphones.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk 2
Is there any way to decompile, edit, and recompile the MCU image file? I know it's risky and not for everyone. But wondering if the utility exists to make the later version HA a better fit for my JY unit.
Phredeee said:
Is there any way to decompile, edit, and recompile the MCU image file? I know it's risky and not for everyone. But wondering if the utility exists to make the later version HA a better fit for my JY unit.
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There's no difference between ha and jy MCU. Im confused by what you mean by 'better fit' as all options configurable by factory settings.
It sure looks to me that there is a difference. One example would be the ability to adjust the panel LED color and brightness available on JY but not HA. Maybe there is some other setting or ? to enable the settings?
It works 99.5 % the same. BT is better. But there are minor differences. I suppose HA never marketed a unit with hard knobs or didn't care about it.
Going on recent first hand experience.
Phredeee said:
It sure looks to me that there is a difference. One example would be the ability to adjust the panel LED color and brightness available on JY but not HA. Maybe there is some other setting or ? to enable the settings?
It works 99.5 % the same. BT is better. But there are minor differences. I suppose HA never marketed a unit with hard knobs or didn't care about it.
Going on recent first hand experience.
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Interesting, I came from JY and have latest HA. Did you realise that when LED type is correctly set in factory settings then led colour can be set in android settings menu?
So I can set LED brightness just fine. Ive analysed earlier HA and JY, they're identical per my thread. What is different is the factory settings config the resellers custom set in the MCU code.
Same for 'knobs' all - configurable via factory settings, in fact ive programmed my hard home button long press to turn off the display. All fully customisable. I had the same issues coming from JY, if you read my thread its all covered in the thread.
Youre welcome
Maybe custom settings in the MCU setting variables in the code rather than a different code per se. But different beyond the normal user settings none the less.
I am able to set day and night composite led brightness thru normal settings but not separate rgb as before in the JY settings.
This is not simple key mapping here as used for setting hard button short and long press. Nor is it selecting one of 3 full on colors.
You refer to a thread where you have information on this, but I have not read every post on xda nor did a search reveal any pertaining tags.
Perhaps a link would be worthy of thanks, only then maybe a "your welcome" would be deserved. Maybe not.
Phredeee said:
Maybe custom settings in the MCU setting variables in the code rather than a different code per se. But different beyond the normal user settings none the less.
I am able to set day and night composite led brightness thru normal settings but not separate rgb as before in the JY settings.
This is not simple key mapping here as used for setting hard button short and long press. Nor is it selecting one of 3 full on colors.
You refer to a thread where you have information on this, but I have not read every post on xda nor did a search reveal any pertaining tags.
Perhaps a link would be worthy of thanks, only then maybe a "your welcome" would be deserved. Maybe not.
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Let's break it down. Two issues (1)led and (2) hardware button settings. No argument the issues you have are configurable and the mcu code is identical minus reseller specific customisation of settings.
See my signature or search for mcu cross compatability.
marchnz said:
Let's break it down. Two issues (1)led and (2) hardware button settings. No argument the issues you have are configurable and the mcu code is identical minus reseller specific customisation of settings.
See my signature or search for mcu cross compatability.
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Your comments did cause me to try every factory setting for the LEDs. Since there is no real descriptions available it is the typical learn as you go. One setting did cause the elements setting field in the normal user settings area to appear so LED control is solved.
Most things are configurable as far as the hard controls go. On that topic...
The knob rotation function is not changeable. Not really a big deal
The long press option settings are off by one about 1/3 of the way thru. Once you know this, just select one lower than what you really want but the last option is not able to be selected.
I'm trying to revisit my wish list before buying the PX5 upgrade. Maybe a different unit is better?
Things I'm still working on:
I would like to be able to assign the music app to one that has playlists. I use MediaMonkey. The problem is the third party app does not take control of the audio stream so two things are active together.
Repairing my faulty SD card slot. Trying to explain this to Joying is impossible. All they know "is send the unit back to us" which is more costly than a new unit. Still searching for generic parts. I work around and can live with only one slot if needed.
A2DP interface is my next test. Ultimately, with the upgrade, I would not need to rely on my phone and this would be less important.
Thanks for prompting me to double check the LED settings.
Is it possible to change the video out (rca) to full android interface from (only) dvd-tv output by editing mcu?
My problem is:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-head-units/informative-screen-t3650055/
Please help me
Just received this unit and I am very impressed! It is much more powerful than the PX5 unit (2G/16G) that it replaced, although this was a great unit for the time.
It comes with the option to factory unlock the bootloader. My question is, has anyone successfully rooted and installed TWRP on this unit?
No TWRP (at my knowledge) but Magisk Yes
MileHighClubAV8R said:
Just received this unit and I am very impressed! It is much more powerful than the PX5 unit (2G/16G) that it replaced, although this was a great unit for the time.
It comes with the option to factory unlock the bootloader. My question is, has anyone successfully rooted and installed TWRP on this unit?
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You don't want twrp.
marchnz said:
You don't want twrp.
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I will take your word for it. I ask because it is what I know and am familiar with. Haven't really tried anything else.
All I need is my stock firmware to patch for Magisk. I asked my seller nicely and looked on firmware.mobi with no success. If anyone has the stock T7 firmware, could you share a link please? Thank you!
So I took my first road trip with this unit. I "stumbled" my way into root. My seller sent me an upgrade firmware and I replaced my 6315_1.zip file from the firmware with a 6315_1.zip from someone's post who had a EKIY T900 and it worked. Although Magisk did not "turn green" making me initially think I failed to root the device, root apps ask for superuser access and work perfectly. I don't know how important it is for Magisk to "turn green" or why it isn't, but as long as I have root, I accomplished my goal. Also, 4G works great with the prepaid T Mobile SIM.
A couple bugs I've noticed are:
1. My button backlights aren't working. They turn on at boot and then turn off once the desktop comes up and nothing I do will turn them on. I asked my seller who offered up a couple solutions like "turn on your headlights" as if I'm driving around without lights at night. There were some menu options they wanted me to change but nothing fixed the button lights.
2. I cannot get notifications. When I pull down the notification bar there are no notifications although there are icons showing as if notifications are present. All I get is the buttons for wifi, data, and so on. When I swipe down again I get screen brightness, but still no notifications.
Overall, after the first road trip, I am extremely impressed. I am streaming DirecTV app and Waze in split screen for 6 straight hours and it did not skip, freeze, or crash a single time. It isn't completely installed into the dash so I can easily pull it out and the backside felt slightly warm but not too hot after I parked at the hotel. The couple little bugs don't bother me enough to lessen my excitement. This thing rocks!
MileHighClubAV8R said:
A couple bugs I've noticed are:
1. My button backlights aren't working. They turn on at boot and then turn off once the desktop comes up and nothing I do will turn them on. I asked my seller who offered up a couple solutions like "turn on your headlights" as if I'm driving around without lights at night. There were some menu options they wanted me to change but nothing fixed the button lights.
2. I cannot get notifications. When I pull down the notification bar there are no notifications although there are icons showing as if notifications are present. All I get is the buttons for wifi, data, and so on. When I swipe down again I get screen brightness, but still no notifications.
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1. Same for me on a Joying 9853i, which is also a FYT. I like to have the back buttons on all the time as it can be helpful as well on really sunny days. My "back buttons" are actually the small embedded ones in the panel. So I cut/disconnected the ILLUM wire and connected it to the ACC Contact wire, so that when I switch on contact, my back-buttons are always on.
2. The systemui implementation by FYT is, to put it friendly, quite peculiar. So indeed, some things don't work and it will not change by using another launcher as the underlying systemui will stay the same,
I did exactly as you did with my ILLUM wire and it works exactly how I wanted it to! Thank you for the help!
I just want to be able to use the unit for maps or another while on an active phone call.