I am trying to setup the smart remote on the new s5 . TV setup goes smooth, everything's works properly. I go and setup my av receiver (Yamaha) and the setup goes smooth, third option works. The problem comes when I try to control the av receiver.. The remote app will not switch to the receiver. Smh I click where it says "TV" which if I remember correctly is where I should see an option for the receiver.. There isn't one. Also if I go to set it up again, there isn't the option. Am I missing something completely stupid? I've tried swiping in every direction, tried setting it up for "another room" nothing seems to work.
Screw it.. Found an app that works better, and even picked my specific model. For anyone who cares, it is called "anymote" end thread.
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I have the motorola ht820 headset and a ROM with A2DP installed (I have tried the last 2 ROMS from Summiter)..
When I detect the HT820, it is detected as 'hands free' only.
I check 'Wireless Stereo' and 'Headset' and save it. After that, when using the device, it sometimes loses the checkmarks next to any of those three items.
What could be causing this? Am I doing something wrong, or am I expecting something more than what you get? I want the phones sounds to come through the headset from ringtones down to music and movies without having to go to 'bluetooth settings' every time I want to do something different.
Sorry,
I can't answer your question and don't mean to threadjack, but maybe you can answer mine, or someone else with the ht820. I just picked mine up and have been able to pair them to the phone. I check both the handsfree and the stereo (I'm running the 2.25 with zoA2DP installed). The handsfree works, but I can't get the music to play. Is there something I'm missing? I went back in to check and make sure the settings were still there, thinking I may have the same problem you are having. But I'm still checked on both boxes. Thanks in advance for any help, and maybe someone will be able to help you.
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jdoiv said:
I went back in to check and make sure the settings were still there, thinking I may have the same problem you are having. But I'm still checked on both boxes.
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Mine shows the boxes checked until I hit refresh.. Once I do that, the boxes for the features that are not working are cleared.
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Mine shows the boxes checked until I hit refresh.. Once I do that, the boxes for the features that are not working are cleared.
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I just tried the refresh thing and both of mine are still checked, but still no sound when trying to play music...
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Mine shows the boxes checked until I hit refresh.. Once I do that, the boxes for the features that are not working are cleared.
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I just tried the refresh thing and both of mine are still checked, but still no sound when trying to play music...
I am fairly certain that I actually had to check a third box (headset) in order to hear any music. I can confirm that it played in stereo.. I am not sure why I had to check headset for it to work.
Are the instructions for getting this headset installed properly with this phone?
Ok, I'm only seeing two boxes, one for hands free and another for wireless stereo. Did you have to pair it to the phone once or twice? The directions are a little confusing. Since the phone is the audio device, it doesn't seem to make since to pair it twice, but what do I know?
Ok, I'm only seeing two boxes, one for hands free and another for wireless stereo. Did you have to pair it to the phone once or twice? The directions are a little confusing. Since the phone is the audio device, it doesn't seem to make since to pair it twice, but what do I know?
hit the right button on the headphones.
yeah, I do that. But no sound. The blue light comes on when it's charging, but not when I've push the right M. I turn the headphones on, hit play on the phone and then the right M and no sound. I just checked them by wiring them up to the desktop and both speakers work. Pretty good sound too. Just not getting it to work with BT. I didn't time the charge, and it says to let them charge for 2 hours. But it was close to 2 hours. Could that be the problem?
edit: changed the left to a right M... can't keep them straight
Ok, I got it fixed. I reinstalled the zoA2DP, rebooted, then set it as wireless stereo and it worked. Not sure if it was just one of those steps that needed to be done, or all, but it works... Now to see how it handles incomming calls.....
Can anyone please tell me where I can downoad the zoA2DP.cab from and how do I install it on my wizard. Cheers
i swear, people need to be hand-held everything. use the search feature.
Im tired of trying programs that dont work. Is there any working webcam software for our phones? If you have found one that works, please state the program and your ROM/OS
Nevermind, WebCamera Plus by Ateksoft works fine. However you must change the source from Camera+ to Camera
I am using NRGs rom the newest with the buttons at the bottom I forgot the number, but that video seemed a lot like Qik. Qik allows you to broadcast straight to the internet. Maybe go check that program out. I'm not sure if it is exactly the same thing, because the video is in french.
WebCamera plus works flawlessly with YIM/MSN so I'm good to go now... however it does heat our phones up fast so getting a proper phone mount and allow air circulation is advised. one of them car holders should work fine, just make sure u leave room on the back for air.
Is anyone else having an issue with Smart Lock? I've been attempting to use the location feature, and, for the life of me, I cannot get it to work.
I've tried it on stock, custom ROMs, you name it. I wanted to see if anyone else was having similar issues?
Very dodgy for me also.
It works with trusted bluetooth (in car) with no issues, and it works for my home location but it stopped working for my work location for no apparent reason.
The trusted faces never works.
Pretty hit or miss here too. Have my android wear watch as a trusted device, and only detects it about 10% of the time (even though the watch is connected, sync, and working fine). Probably because it is Bluetooth LE.
Seems to work more reliably in the car when connected to its Bluetooth.
Trusted devices
works really well in my GMC car connected to Bluetooth. The Bluetooth also happens to connect much quicker than previous devices.
Trusted places
works really well at home, because Google Maps has my address located accurately.
It doesn't work at all at my office because Google Maps has my location about 1 block off. I've attempted to submit a correction to Google Maps team, no idea if that's going to work. If you're having issues with a location check and see where the device has you located vs. where Google Maps has your trusted place. It doesn't have to be very far off to not work. I think Google's engineers over thought this one and should have simply made it "Trusted WiFi"
edit: I went ahead and set a custom geofence as opposed to using the predefined address of my Work.. it's working now
Trusted face
haven't tried it
I've only used the trusted device, and only with my Lg G Watch. Seems to work very consistently, the only thing I've noticed is that if I don't touch the phone for a while (eg. When I'm sleeping), it will re-lock even with the watch paired. Not a huge deal, considering once I type in my pw once in the morning, I'm good to go for the day.
I don't really trust people enough to allow trusted places/wifi/faces.
no problem here at all. I am running it at home and work. I would check your GPS.
A few weeks ago I ordered this unit direct from xtrons, and just tested in with a bench top power supply. It's running lollipop out of the box. This weekend I finally got around to installing it into my car. Everything works great, minus these issues:
There doesn't seem to be anyway to remove paired bluetooth devices. There's no gear cogs for each listing, and holding down on the device doesn't give you any options to remove or forget the device.
The Xtrons OBD2 dongle pairs with the head unit, and a blue OBD icon appears in the top status bar, but both Torque and Dashcommand see no OBD2 dongles.
When in the radio app, it will display the station and volume on my cars dash board (via canbus). But these messages don't always update, and get stuck with stale data - like after exiting radio app, whatever was last displayed will be stuck there. Also the volume adjusts don't update when I adjust them... it seems random... but when the radio app changes stations, it seems to work correctly.
Radio reception isn't as strong as my stock radio. Which is fine... it is what it is, but would be cool if it worked the same.
Steering Wheel app doesn't show any buttons to map/remap. Only shows save and reset. So I can't change any of the button functions....
Other than those things I'm pretty happy with it.
links to head unit for reference:
http://xtrons.com/pf75attar-7-inch-...-mirroring-function-obd2-for-audi-tt-mk2.html
http://www.ugsage.com/default/7-and...-mirroring-function-obd2-for-audi-tt-mk2.html
I figured out issue #2 after I did a factory reset. Before the reset, there was a list of about 6-7 mac addresses. after reset, there were just 2 (phone and OBD2 dongle), which made trial and error easier.. would be nice if it listed device name rather than mac address. Also, sometimes the list will be blank.. then only option is to close torque, or other app you use, then retry.
Also, grab one of these http://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Co...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 so you can use your car's build in GPS antenna (the shark fin on car's roof). Works good
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There doesn't seem to be anyway to remove paired bluetooth devices. There's no gear cogs for each listing, and holding down on the device doesn't give you any options to remove or forget the device.
The Xtrons OBD2 dongle pairs with the head unit, and a blue OBD icon appears in the top status bar, but both Torque and Dashcommand see no OBD2 dongles.
When in the radio app, it will display the station and volume on my cars dash board (via canbus). But these messages don't always update, and get stuck with stale data - like after exiting radio app, whatever was last displayed will be stuck there. Also the volume adjusts don't update when I adjust them... it seems random... but when the radio app changes stations, it seems to work correctly.
Radio reception isn't as strong as my stock radio. Which is fine... it is what it is, but would be cool if it worked the same.
Steering Wheel app doesn't show any buttons to map/remap. Only shows save and reset. So I can't change any of the button functions....
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Hi, thanks for the quick review, I bought the same and wanted to add some information as yours was helpful to me.
Bluetooth - same, I can't remove them from the list however, tapping them allows to "disconnect" them.
The only app I got to work with the OBD dongle from Xtrons was Torque Light. The pre-installed dashcommand did not work (I tried many times), also I'd like to use dash.by -- which also does not work unfortunatly.
With the radio, I have the same "problem" for the info area in the main dashboard. Some other apps (eg. CD player also seem to display stuff, but as I never use the radio, I don't really care. Would have been nice however to have the master volume displayed.
Radio reception seems okay to me. However, I loose the saved stations after restart. No problem, since I almost never use the radio and would invest in the DAB+ if I was.
Steering Wheel app -- same, I got the left part running with MTCD tools (here in the forums) to skip tracks. However, I can't remap the voice button and the mode button.
After updating the google app, the "voice search" feature is really slow.
Original shark fin GPS does seem to work fine with the adapter you linked, thanks!
Sound quality is way better than I thought it would be (eg. with Apple Music) as people wrote about low volume of rear speakers, hiss and noise. I only have minor static noise when nothing is playing and that is acceptable for me. Rear speakers are fine and the equalizer works great (put on loudness for warmer sound). (I have the nine speaker non-bose setup.)
Overall after a fresh boot or reset, the device is -- compared to eg. an iPhone 6 -- quite slow. Loading stuff (especially Maps) takes really long. Not sure why that is, but the device is way slower as you would expect from current Android or iOS hardware.
I am going to add if I found out more. Please do so, too -- especially if you find out someting about the steering wheel buttons.
did you guys figure out how to change the panel keys?
can get to them via extra settings and 123456, and can see them but seem to be unable to change or do anything to them ?
I started a project to use my old galaxy S4 as a Google assistant and a chromecast all at once. I have the google assistant part working and the casting apps installed. Its just down to fine tuning now and getting both to work correctly. This project originally started with just using the phone as a google assistant and then I thought why not add chromecast. The S4 supports MHL so I figured ill get a dock and go from there (the dock has yet to arrive).
Here is my setup for all those who wish to follow, help or provide input.
-Galaxy S4 rooted with stang5litre Ediition 5.0 rom.
-Installed google assistant via google assistant launcher here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-google-assistant-launcher-google-t3614804
NOTE: The above app may not be needed cuz my limitation was getting an updated google to install on android 5, I got the assistant app fine. Your results may vary. I got updated google search via apk and was off and running.
Once I got the assistant installed I paired it with a bluetooth speaker and had 2 issues.
1. Bluetooth not staying connected & audio not coming through the speaker. It was just a matter of finding the right speaker and then playing with it.
2. I also had the screen off issue where assistant would not respond and had to get daydream to work. I also tried this app: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934495
The problem with screen standby is it wont respond to assistant calls when it triggers, but I might need to go back to it when the doc arrives. The daydream screensaver I have now is clock plus which has a dim to nearly dark features. So that works for assistant to stay active.
-Chromecast ability: I installed 2 apps for chromecast like affect. 1. Airpin (airplay) and 2. allcast receiver. I tried airscreen but that dev wants to much money for such a simple app. Now I know neither of these offer true chromecast support and airscreen is the only 1 that does offer the real deal (it even shows up in the google home app, impressive).
-My next step is to see if I can cast to the device and keep assistant around in the background. I know this will be the most challenging part because of the following:
1. Audio to both bluetooth and TV speakers or maybe I can use a wired speaker for when the TV is off. I'd like to be able to do this all without getting up to fix anything. Will see.
2. Google assistant popping up in front off chromecast app, I'm not sure if I can somehow address this and ask assistant to bring app to front. Maybe impossible and Ill have to use a bluetooth remote.
Input thoughts on this project?
I guess no one cares about this, the state of device obsolescence is so high that a new device is what everyone wants instead of looking for fixes and uses for old devices. Everyone rather move on and move up to something new, easier & better. XDA used to be full of mods, hacks and tricks to use old tech, NO MORE! Everyone seems to be falling for big tech BIG deception. Is it really this bad? Are we all just going to stab mother nature in the back just because we rather have something new, & throw away something old?
Enough of the rant: I got this working and its better then I could imagine. The unitek smart phone dock is great for the S4. Google assistant works via the hacks and keeps connected to my bluetooth speaker despite the tv turning on. The logitech keyboard also works via OTG perfectly. So I can keep assistant working and all I need to do is run allcast or airpin and the audio will continue through bluetooth up until I turn bluetooth off. I like that cuz all I need to do is disconnect bluetooth and TV (hdmi) takes over audio. One thing I noticed is that airpin will not work but allcast does fine, ill have to figure out why airplay does not work but I do know the difference between allcast and airpin is that chromecast is a handoff and airplay is not, so it could just need an update. I could also easily turn this into a android tv with a launcher swap and a few tv apps, but for now I prefer chromecast type device.
The best thing about this is that once I'm done using the cast features I can go right back to it being a google assistant without skipping a beat which I was concerned would cause some kinda hickup with the daydream screen function & MHL. I figured I might need something like screen standby (see: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934495) but I actually did not, which is a big surprise. The screen just goes off when MHL is used and back on (including daydream function) when tv turns off.
Anyway that's a wrap on this project 100% success. If anyone has any questions let me know I'll try to help.
No one interested.. YIKES..
This sounds interesting but if I need an additional accessory, its not really worth it cuz a chromecast literally costs 35 bucks.
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Also, this looks interesting.
https://www.howtogeek.com/307267/ho...io-from-only-a-specific-app-on-the-galaxy-s8/
If we can port that over to our device, then we can assign google assistant to the bluetooth speaker and every other sound should come out from the tv.
Google home app
Yes, Airscreen is the real deal and the only store app I've found that actually does work with Google on my old s5 android to stream from new note9 android. so I bought the cheap premium monthly subscription. However I can't get it to show in the home app, just in Google play and YouTube.