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screen mirroring

I am mainly interested in this app for the purpose of screen mirroring. I use the Torque app while in my vehicle, which also has a touchscreen Windows 8 computer. I am searching for an effective solution to mirror the screen. Since this will be used while traveling I will have to use the phone WIFI tether to enable the connection.
Does Airdroid offer a USB tether option? It would be great to have this. My monitor only has a VGA connection. If it had an HDMI connection I could just plug in a cable from the phone but it does not. I am not really worried about the FPS rate as I am not watching videos from the phone, and the lag isn't really an issue either....
Thanks

I've moved your post to this new thread.
AirDroid does offer USB tether option, just follow these steps:
1) Connect your Android to your computer with a USB cable.
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2) Enable USB tethering. The detailed steps may vary for different devices, but should be similar: Go to Settings> WIRELESS & NETWORKS> MORE> Tethering & portable hotspot and check the box next to USB tethering.
3) Open AirDroid on your device, go to Tools tab, and press Tethering. A new AirDroid url like “http://192.168.42.129:8888” will be displayed.
4) Visit the full url above on your computer web browser to start using AirDroid.
You can find it in our help center http://help.airdroid.com/customer/portal/articles/1296187-how-to-use-airdroid-without-wi-fi-or-other-network-connection

If you don't care about fps, then TeamViewer might be what you are looking for. They offer screen mirroring, but it is really laggy and way to slow to play game on, but for torque it might do the trick
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Teamviewer will be a functional solution as a base, but I would wonder if the interface will be sufficient. It's gesture controlled with a mouse-style format. If you need to interact you may well find it difficult to drive and control the unit and maintain the focus necessary to drive safely.
I don't know enough about Torque or your specific needs in regard to it to make a good assessment but do try it as Gormsen suggested and please post back some thoughts and/or details so others in your situation or similar have some info to go on. I would imagine as someone thinking about implementing your type of setup having some input before dropping significant cash on it would be tremendously helpful
Good luck..

[APP][4.0+]WiFi Companion

I want to show you my new app: WiFi Companion, a new way to manage your WiFi.
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WiFi Companion switches your WiFi in a smart way by turning it on only when is needed in order to save battery power based on cell towers information. You can set when and where your WiFi turns on or turns off, how often it connects, at what time or even which days. It is all up to you.
Additionally, it records relevant information of every network you use so now you will not wonder where this "default" network is located, or when was the last time you used it. For every network you use, WiFi Companion (privately in your phone) stores:
- Name of the network.
- BSSID.
- Last IP address.
- Maximum speed reached.
- Precise location. This location is determined once per each network and uses GPS if available, so you can see its location on a map. You can also manually set its location.
- Last time of connection/disconnection.
In addition, for each network you can:
- Set a label to help you recognize it later.
- Set a password reminder, or even the password itself if you want it. Since Android doesn’t let you see passwords once you set them, now you can use them later or share them with someone else.
- Control its proximity calculation. Some networks are not related to cell towers location, such as mobile access points, so you can exclude them from near networks list.
- Control its precise location if you don’t want to show them on the map.
WiFi Companion provides a notification that shows you when your WiFi is turned on, so now you can easily check when you are wasting battery by not being connected. It also shows current network name, IP address and last time of connection/disconnection.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weavestudios.wificompanion

Now I'm looking for beta testers. A pretty improved beta version has been uploaded so if you want to help please join this G+ community:
https://plus.google.com/communities/109900803911277061839
And then follow this link:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.weavestudios.wificompanion
Please give it a try and let me know what you think. I'll be posting here and in the G+ page.

A new version has been published adding many features requested by you and fixing some important bugs.
It's been a while since WiFi Companion was first published and I think it's way more mature now, so please take a look and tell me what you think.

Extreme battery drain issue with Bluetooth

Hello,
I've had by Z5 since late 2015 and it's been a real trooper. Sadly it has recently (in the last few days) developed an issue where Bluetooth appears to be draining battery like crazy. I've dug around a bit on the internet and found a few people experiencing the problem but none too recently. One post suggested turning on the 'Enable Bluetooth HCI snoop log' and toggling Bluetooth on and off, then checking the log. When I turn that setting on, it creates the 'btsnoop_hci.log' which very rapidly starts filling with junk. In the space of about 20 seconds it took for me to toggle BT on and off and take a copy of the log, it had grown to 700 KB.
Below are some screenshots showing the battery usage of Bluetooth. I have a copy of my btsnoop_hci.log file too but I couldn't find a way to attach it to this thread. If there's some way I can share this, please let me know. If anyone can help me troubleshoot this issue, I would be most grateful. As far as usage / changes that might have cause this problem, I can't think of anything too crazy but here are some points:
I paired my phone with a pair of Taotronics BH22 headphones last week but have since forced my Bluetooth to "forget" this device.
I use my Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones pretty much every day to listen to music since March 2019.
I don't use my phone for anything other than messaging, and music. The apps I have installed do automatic updates sometimes -- I was actually suspecting that an automatic update that went on for one of my apps might be the culprit, but I have no idea how to check this.
Battery usage screenshot 1
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I think I've figured out what was causing the problem. It was an update to 'Google Play Services'. The version that recently went on was 16.0.91
I installed the beta version (specifically, 17.1.22 (040400-245988633) beta (040400)) and since then, Bluetooth is behaving.

Enabling mirrorlink option

Greetings XDA members.
All the progress I've made so far is based on Q&A from your site, so thank you right from the begining.
So here's what I've managed to do so far, starting with the device details:
LG G8S stock ROM (not rooted and boot loader still locked)
Downloaded Total Commander and accessed the root directory
Found two apk files named MirrorLinkServer,apk (the first in /product/app/mirrorlinkserver/ and the second in /system,/product/app/mirrorlinkserver/) - I'm Adding a screenshot of the search results down below
Installed both apk files (each after a factory reset to avoid duality or any other kind of interference)
Got the same result in both cases - When connecting phone to the cars USB outlet, the USB indicator at the notifications bar start flashing but nothing happens (phone screen or car screen)
When disconnecting - a mirrorlink menu appears showing the apps installed but saying they're not authenticated - I'm Adding a screenshot down below
If I'm trying to hit the back button the phone goes to settings but the mirrorlink menu doesn't show there
If I'm plugging the phone back to the car USB socket the "Connect via USB cable" option is trying to switch on automaticlly but goes back off and on again in an endless loop
Hitting the apps trying to authenticate them is doing nothing at all.
when I'm checking the mirrorlink server app in phones settings - It says under Permissions: "No permissions requested"
I believe that here lies the problem - meaning that if i could grant the mirrolink server the necessary permissions (internet access for authenticating the apps and later on for downloading data for the apps themselves; and location for navigation; and so on) then I think it would've worked.
So my main question is - How can I grant the mirrorlink server app permissions, even though none was requested?
However - If you think that I'm wrong or that I've made a mistake along the way - for instance that the mirrorlink server apk must get system app priviliges and therefore must be in /system/app/ folder - Please let me know
thanks,
Jacob
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PX30 dongle locked down

Hi, maybe somebody can help me a bit, just hope I post in the right forum. I have a C5 wireless dongle with a PX30 (RK3326-S) chip. Problem is, device is working perfectly except, that Google Assistant voice is cut (navi and music works perfectly). I already was in contact with their support, they send me an APK to change the Output from Google Assistant from phone call to music, but also didn't help. By the way, that's was the only APK I could install, all others will fail, see below.
So I wanted to try to install Headunit reloaded but regardless if tried via Play Store or direct, installation fails. That's the same for every other programm I tried (app not installed, regardless if via Play Store or direct).
I then thought, give it a try to disable USB Audio routing in developer options, but it's not possible to enable developer options the standard way. I the read that using "adbon" in factory settings menu should maybe enable Developer options, but when using that, device restarts, but the screen of the car stays blank. When using the root command (*#hct#root#) gives just a "wrong password" error. When using m123456, I can at least enter the additional settings, but that doesn't help here.
So I really would like to have a ROM where I can install my own Apps on, so if somebody could point me in the right direction, it would be great. Following thinks to take into consideration from my point of view:
1. as it's just a Dongle, up to now I only can get a graphical output in the car itself
2. on current ROM not possible to install additional apps (the one I got from manufacture support was the only exception)
3. even if it's possible to install another ROM, as it's not a Head unit, but just a Dongle, I would also need he programms for mirroring to Car screen (also I'm not new to rooting etc, I have no clue about this Dongles) - is this included in the MCU?
This C5 device seems to be sold under different brands, see 2 links below, attached also 3 Fotos from the board and current Software.
https://herilary.com/pages/如何操作
https://www.amazon.de/Carplay-Funkt...TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM&psc=1
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