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[APP] SMART UNLOCK - XDA version - Bypass lock security connected to trusted devices.

Hello;
We have been working in Smart Unlock app and we would like to share with the community.
Smart Unlock has been developed by KuRouZu and HaZeX.
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With Smart Unlock you can skip the lock security while connected to a trusted Wi-Fi or Bluetooth devices. No slide, pin, pattern or facial recognition will be requested while connected to trusted devices. This app works on android 4.1+ and does not need root or any other software.
This app bypasses both the slide and the secure lock screen when enabled and connected to a trusted environment, meaning if you press the power button to wake the device, you're immediately shown your home screen.
We hope you can help us to find test our just released app in several diferent devices, and report any malfunction or bug if found.
A 7 days trial version of Smart Unlock can be found at google play, but after that time the app will ask to purchase the full version.
To avoid this issue and give a better app to the community, we have created a special version of Smart Unlock for XDA members. This XDA version is limited to 3 trusted devices , but you can use the app as long as you wish.
Download Smart Unlock v1.6 XDA version - HERE - (max. 3 trusted devices) Last updated 5-August-2015
Download Smart Unlock v1.7 Beta XDA version - HERE - Last updated 7-September-2015. Changelog beta here.
Download Smart Unlock from Google Play - HERE - ( 7 days trial)
IMPORTANT!!!!!: Some issues found with Samsung Galaxy series with touchwiz. We are working to find a solution. Please do not leave bad reviews because of this. On google play we have excluded the app for download for those devices on Google play.
To Do list: (our next things to implemtent for near future)
- BLE (bluetooth low energy) We will try make the app compatible with smartbands and smartwatchs that uses BLE.
- Add NFC
- Try to solve the issues with samsung and/ create a samsung edition of the app.
- Manual lock button without "close and exit" app.
UPDATE!!: We have been working on a new app Smart Unlock Universal - Compatible with Samsung and with some other devices that were causing issues.
Please note that this version does not support Patter Lock, only PIN and Password
Works with android 4+ and 5.1+ BUT DO NOT WORK ON android 5.0 , 5.0.1 and 5.0.2
You can try it now, we would appreciate your feedback:
Download Smart Unlock v1.5.3 UNIVERSAL XDA version - HERE - Last update 3-June-2016.
FAQs:
- Can I use Slide to unlock when connected to trusted devices instead of no lockscreen?
No, we can only set Slide to Unlock in secure areas if we configure the PIN inside our app, exactly like similar apps do. We do not like this because you can not use lock pattern for example. We prefer to keep the app without slide to unlock at secure areas but in addition you can select pin/pattern and use system default settings.
- Can Smart Unlock work with Smartbands and SmartWatchs?
We are working on it. We may have a working apk soon.
- The application does not work with my bluetooth device
Maybe you have a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). This kind of bluetooth are not supported yet, although some models works, we are working on it. In the meanwhile you need a normal bluetooth device like Car audio, Parrot or any BT loudspeaker. The bluetooth device must be paired/connected to the phone os tablet.
- Sometimes the app stops working or/and has been closed.
Make sure your are not using any task killer or memory optimizer that stops apps in background. If you are using any of those apps, you can add smart unlock in their exceptions list.
Here you have some of the detected incompatible apps but there may be more:
- Clean Master
- ES Task Manager
- SONY Smart Connect
- Llama (profile manager)
- ACDisplay
- Snaplock Locker
- Gravity Screen Pro
- Airwatch
- Is this app compatible with my SAMSUNG device?
Sorry but we can not make the app to work with most SAMSUNG devices due to samsung modifications in the native android lockscreen keyguard.
But the app is working properly on Samsung Google Edition or with custom ROM like CyanogenMod.
- When NFC and Location features will be implemented?
We can not guarantee an exact date. Actually we are working on improving the stability of the application before continuing adding new features.
Hope you can help us with our testing. We are listening for suggestion.
Thanks for your time
IMPORTANT!!!!!: We can not make the app to work with most SAMSUNG phone because they have modified the lockscreen keyguard native in android. Only working properly on samsung google edition or with custom roms like cyanogen.
Note: This app has been developed by KuRouZu and HaZeX. Please feel free to contact us in a private message if we can help you in any way.

I've been using on an M8 with Skydragon Lollipop ROM with no issues. Will let you know how it goes over the next couple of days. Much appreciated as Lollipop's Smart Lock isn't quite as good as I'd like.

davstir said:
I've been using on an M8 with Skydragon Lollipop ROM with no issues. Will let you know how it goes over the next couple of days. Much appreciated as Lollipop's Smart Lock isn't quite as good as I'd like.
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Hello, Thanks for your report. We created this app because the default android smart lock, as you pointed, isn´t as good as it seems at begginig. We have found Smart Unlock to be far more reliable for everyday use. Thanks for trying the app and we will appreciate any other feedback in the upcoming days.
For other XDA members: If you test our app please tell us the device model and if everything worked as it should. We need testing specially on Samsung , LG and Sony device models. Thanks!

To bad BT unlocking won't work on Z2, I hope you'll find a way to fix it.
In a meanwhile if you want, I can catch logcat so you could see what's happening with a BT on Z2.
I'm quite sure that a problem is in Sony BT security mechanism, as you probably know, we have stock app for BT unlocking and that could be the problem...

funky0308 said:
To bad BT unlocking won't work on Z2, I hope you'll find a way to fix it.
In a meanwhile if you want, I can catch logcat so you could see what's happening with a BT on Z2.
I'm quite sure that a problem is in Sony BT security mechanism, as you probably know, we have stock app for BT unlocking and that could be the problem...
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Thanks for your offert about the logcat, we may need to send a special apk for this purpose. I have a Sony Tablet Z, I have tested the unlock with wifi and it was working fine but I have no tested with bluetooth, I will do it as soon as I get home.
I hate personalization layers from manufacturers >.< , its a pain for developers.
Thanks for your testing time.

hazex said:
Thanks for your offert about the logcat, we may need to send a special apk for this purpose. I have a Sony Tablet Z, I have tested the unlock with wifi and it was working fine but I have no tested with bluetooth, I will do it as soon as I get home.
I hate personalization layers from manufacturers >.< , its a pain for developers.
Thanks for your testing time.
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Anytime...
Good luck with app I really hope you'll find a way to have all functions working on Xperia Z family...

I have been testing on Xperia Z tablet and is working as fine everythink. Probably is a Z2+ issue... I will try to solve it! Im working on it.

Seems to work on my n6, way better then stock, since trusted places doesn't work.
tappin from my Nexus 6

sway40 said:
Seems to work on my n6, way better then stock, since trusted places doesn't work.
tappin from my Nexus 6
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Thanks for your feedback, We are glad to listen that is working for you better than android native trusted places!!

Hi, If you find any bug, please send us the exact device model and the steps to reproduce this bug.
Currently we have detected some issues only on Xperia Z2/3 using bluetooth and Galaxy Note 4. We are working in a debug apk and we will send it to anyone interested helping us to debug for the incompatible devices. We would like to support as many devices as posible. Thanks in advanced.

Such a wonderful app, i like the material design and how simple to use it, and its working just fine on lg g3 custom rom 5.0
But the only thing i didn't like about it is the screen never locks up!! In Google smart unlock when u r connected to trusted device and wants to unlock the screen it takes u to the lockscreen and then u swipe to unlock or tap the locker to lock the device !!
I hope u give an option to do that , it will be perfect ☺☺

Aboody Zomar said:
Such a wonderful app, i like the material design and how simple to use it, and its working just fine on lg g3 custom rom 5.0
But the only thing i didn't like about it is the screen never locks up!! In Google smart unlock when u r connected to trusted device and wants to unlock the screen it takes u to the lockscreen and then u swipe to unlock or tap the locker to lock the device !!
I hope u give an option to do that , it will be perfect ☺☺
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Hello! THanks for trying Smart Unlock!
Showing a slide when connected to trusted devices is not possible for an app without root (at least as was as we know). We will investigate more deeply as we think this would be a great feature.
We appreciate you noticed the materials design, we have done more work on interface than we are used to.

hazex said:
Hi, If you find any bug, please send us the exact device model and the steps to reproduce this bug.
Currently we have detected some issues only on Xperia Z2/3 using bluetooth and Galaxy Note 4. We are working in a debug apk and we will send it to anyone interested helping us to debug for the incompatible devices. We would like to support as many devices as posible. Thanks in advanced.
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Hi again.
We have bought a Sony Z2 for testing. After some tests, Smart Connect is not what generates de issues (as we belived).
In sony Z2 with android 4.4 there is an option at settings "unlock with bluetooth devices" , Make sure this is disabled because this will create issues with Smart Unlock app and sony xperia models.
We have also to notice that SWR10 smartband es a BLW (bluetooth Low Energy) and this can also be responsible of the BT interruptions and the unlock request after switch on the device screen. This issue is generated for the BLE devices and we will try to find a workaround for this kind of devices.
Anyway, on Z2/Z3 and other sony models should work fine under wifi and/or normal BT devices (not BLE) as far as the native sony unlock solution in "settings>system>security" is disabled.
Hope this helps!

There is a new update on Google Play with some visual improvements on low resolutions and the problems with Z2 and Z3 are solved. We will keep on working on this app, hope you like it.
Regards

Just tried this on my S4, GPE 5.0 rom. Works great! Thank you.
Just wondering whether it would be possible to have the option of it not completely killing the keyguard? I kind of like it (as long as it's swipe to unlock at home).

Just tried this on my Nexus 4, on version 5.0.1 and works
Thank you.

mooyaart said:
Just tried this on my S4, GPE 5.0 rom. Works great! Thank you.
Just wondering whether it would be possible to have the option of it not completely killing the keyguard? I kind of like it (as long as it's swipe to unlock at home).
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Hello, is not posible to keep the swipe to unlock only at home. We tried this but is not possible (as far as we know) without root. We will investigate deeply. Thanks for your suggestion.

hazex said:
Hello, is not posible to keep the swipe to unlock only at home. We tried this but is not possible (as far as we know) without root. We will investigate deeply. Thanks for your suggestion.
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Then add root support
Sent from my SM-G900F

Thanks for posting this, although unfortunately it does not seem to work with my phone.
OnePlus One on CM11S (44S) 4.4.4 with Pinlock using trusted WiFi.
When screen is on/unlocked, the icon shows "Device Unlocked," however when I hit the power button and on again, the pin screen comes up and I can see the Smart Unlock icon in the "locked" state until I enter my pin.
It does however work fine on my tablet using the same Wifi (Samsung Galaxy Note 8 on CM11 Nightly).

There was also mention of a potential debug build for troubleshooting? I'd be happy and willing to run this to collect some information if you are interested in making it work on the Oneplus One. I'd really love to have this functionality on my phone!

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Push notifications
Hi all,
I have add the likes of Viber and Whatsapp to the protected app list, but still once the app is closed it stops getting push notifications.
Have played around with the battery manager, but still no luck.
Has anyone got a fix or workaround for this?
Thanks
Paul

Hi, how can i move apps to sd card?? I have enabled the default storage to sd card but my big games don't have any move to sd card option

NEM-TL00H: Only EDGE connection
Hi,
I have an imported Honor 5C which I am using in Germany (T-Mobile network). Although I'm using Sim Card slot 1, I don't get a 3G (or 4G) connection. Does anyone have a guess what could be the problem? I know that 4G is probably not supported because of the not supported German LTE bands, but 3G shouldn't be a problem I thought.
Thanks in advance and best regards

HI guys. Anyone know how to remove nav bar at the bottom of the screen. Is it possible without root device? Thanks to advance.
Sent from my H30-U10 using XDA Free mobile app

nabi3003l said:
HI guys. Anyone know how to remove nav bar at the bottom of the screen. Is it possible without root device? Thanks to advance.
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Yes, from play store GMD Immersive, here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive&hl=en_GB I'm using it right now on a non-rooted 5c and it works pretty well. Won't remove it but will hide/unhide it as needed.

Will this phone have custom roms and other customisations available?

What about camera model?

Does anyone know where to by the device online which has the fingerprint scanner included and works with a UK sim card?

Hi everyone,
I received my Honor 5C two days ago and I have noticed an annoying behavior, related to RAM management: Emui tends to close my apps very quickly, even the ones I have configured to be protected (both in the settings and in the task manager by using the trick of swiping down to lock the app).
All of this with still 700 Mb of unused RAM...
If I open a web browser for instance, then go check my email, then look at a couple of pics in the gallery or wathever (I haven't done anything heavy on the phone yet), and then coming back to the browser, it turns out the latter has to reload completely. Like I said, it does so the same way with protected and unprotected apps and even without shutting down the screen in between.
Edit: it's ridiculous, I tried using the timer in the built-in clock app, and it got killed before the end of the time I'd set. Twice.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.

Reg : VoLTE support in ASIA model
Hi Guys,
I m planning to buy this honor 5C. I m from India.
Have 2 doubts about the device.
1. I heard that Memory Management is not gud in this mobile. Is it a (ROM) or (Kernel) problem ? Can it be rectified with any official update (ROM) from Honor ?
2. Do anyone know if the Device could get VoLTE support in Future ?
Thanks.

Rajalogu said:
1. I heard that Memory Management is not gud in this mobile. Is it a (ROM) or (Kernel) problem ? Can it be rectified with any official update (ROM) from Honor ?
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Yes, memory management is just terrible. I'm experiencing it more and more every passing hour and it's a PITA, if not a deal breaker. Apps are killed mercilessly which leads to missed notifications, alarms and timers not ringing and general displeasure swapping between apps. It's a real pity because hardware-wise, it really IS a fine phone, fast and with a really decent camera for the price. I also like the general EMUI experience as an interface.
I have spent hours browsing the net and haven't found any solution yet, official or unofficial, apart from either rooting and disabling the Emui Phone Manager app, or installing a custom ROM.
I was not planning on fiddling with this phone just yet so am expectantly waiting for an official update. But if that's not coming in the next days, I think I'll just end up returning it. I just don't know which phone to get instead...

imrock said:
Hi, how can i move apps to sd card?? I have enabled the default storage to sd card but my big games don't have any move to sd card option
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I've got the same request. Does the phone have to be rooted ? Please help, someone must know...
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cdltbz said:
Yes, memory management is just terrible. I'm experiencing it more and more every passing hour and it's a PITA, if not a deal breaker. Apps are killed mercilessly which leads to missed notifications, alarms and timers not ringing and general displeasure swapping between apps. It's a real pity because hardware-wise, it really IS a fine phone, fast and with a really decent camera for the price. I also like the general EMUI experience as an interface.
I have spent hours browsing the net and haven't found any solution yet, official or unofficial, apart from either rooting and disabling the Emui Phone Manager app, or installing a custom ROM.
I was not planning on fiddling with this phone just yet so am expectantly waiting for an official update. But if that's not coming in the next days, I think I'll just end up returning it. I just don't know which phone to get instead...
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I haven't experienced any memory management problems...especially as bad you are experiencing! It sounds to me that your phone is just plain faulty.

iantechie1979 said:
I've got the same request. Does the phone have to be rooted ? Please help, someone must know...
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I haven't experienced any memory management problems...especially as bad you are experiencing! It sounds to me that your phone is just plain faulty.
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changing the default storage to sd card makes the system install big apps automatically to sd card but it wont transfer already existing apps, atleast thats what happened in my case
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cdltbz said:
Yes, memory management is just terrible. I'm experiencing it more and more every passing hour and it's a PITA, if not a deal breaker. Apps are killed mercilessly which leads to missed notifications, alarms and timers not ringing and general displeasure swapping between apps. It's a real pity because hardware-wise, it really IS a fine phone, fast and with a really decent camera for the price. I also like the general EMUI experience as an interface.
I have spent hours browsing the net and haven't found any solution yet, official or unofficial, apart from either rooting and disabling the Emui Phone Manager app, or installing a custom ROM.
I was not planning on fiddling with this phone just yet so am expectantly waiting for an official update. But if that's not coming in the next days, I think I'll just end up returning it. I just don't know which phone to get instead...
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The memory management isn't as bad as you are describing, just go to phone manager>protected apps and enable it for the apps you want running in the background, you can also go into settings>apps>advanced>ignore optimisations and allow it for the apps that are being killed, and i dont think you'll miss alarms and timers because they are system apps

imrock said:
The memory management isn't as bad as you are describing, just go to phone manager>protected apps and enable it for the apps you want running in the background, you can also go into settings>apps>advanced>ignore optimisations and allow it for the apps that are being killed, and i dont think you'll miss alarms and timers because they are system apps
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I have similar problems, even system apps, e.g. Health will be killed in background while doing nothing. Unfortunately you can't even add system apps to the protected apps list.
And even apps on the protected apps list are being killed in background on my phone.

imrock said:
The memory management isn't as bad as you are describing, just go to phone manager>protected apps and enable it for the apps you want running in the background, you can also go into settings>apps>advanced>ignore optimisations and allow it for the apps that are being killed, and i dont think you'll miss alarms and timers because they are system apps
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I did try and use these settings, with absolutely no effect at all.
But contrary to what I said in that initial message, I ended up unlocking and rooting the phone. Like I said I really like this phone, especially compared to my friends phones in the same price range. It's a fast little thing and pictures in daylight (the only kind I take) are excellent, way better than my 300€ compact camera. Plus battery life is good. So I didn't want to give up on it.
After rooting I freezed the phone manager app and a few others, installed Kernel Aduitor, fiddled with the settings, and now I'm quite happy with it. Apps can finally use more RAM and stay open longer... it still has a tendency to kill them a little bit too fast to my liking, I'm guessing this is an Android 6.0 "feature", but at least it is now usable.

I was trying to flash twrp image(from official twrp site with code name "nemo") on my boot loader unlockex Nem-L22 honor 5c and suddenly it went failed by giving this error. I chamged the file name to "recovery.img" to make it shorten and that too didnt helped me. Anyone please help me.
Check the attachment for the error i got!

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I was trying to flash twrp image(from official twrp site with code name "nemo") on my boot loader unlockex Nem-L22 honor 5c and suddenly it went failed by giving this error. I chamged the file name to "recovery.img" to make it shorten and that too didnt helped me. Anyone please help me.
Check the attachment for the error i got!
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Try to download twrp again and see if it works...

snowden_techy said:
I was trying to flash twrp image(from official twrp site with code name "nemo") on my boot loader unlockex Nem-L22 honor 5c and suddenly it went failed by giving this error. I chamged the file name to "recovery.img" to make it shorten and that too didnt helped me. Anyone please help me.
Check the attachment for the error i got!
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It looks like frp is still turned on.
Boot to Android and in developer settings, make sure OEM unlocking is checked and try again.
Should work then.
Cheers Paul
Don't forget to hit the thanks button

Tried but no use!
muradulislam said:
Try to download twrp again and see if it works...
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already tried many times. Its not working in my device. One of my friend flashed twrp with the same file in his pc.
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Liffeyman said:
It looks like frp is still turned on.
Boot to Android and in developer settings, make sure OEM unlocking is checked and try again.
Should work then.
Cheers Paul
Don't forget to hit the thanks button
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Its already checked, its enabled. Any other way to troubleshoot?

List of Features that are Confirmed NOT AVAILABLE in North America

Here are a few that I've seen demos on but could not get to work on my North American (Rogers) Huawei Mate20 Pro. Publish other features confirmed not working.
Build Number: 9.0.0.146(C792E15R1P17)
- Hivision. This feature covers the missing "eye" logo from the camera app, dragging up from the bottom corner of the screen to launch Hivoice and Hivision, the missing "eye" beside the search bar found after dragging down (in Gesture mode) to open the device search and the two finger press action to identify "on screen" objects. Hivision not available was
- Magazine Unlock: The ability to use and configure the Magazine Unlock features on the phone. you should be able to select through a list of feeds that get displayed in your personal "Magazine". The feature is supposed to be available under: Settings > Security & privacy > Screen lock & passwords > Lock screen style, and select the default Magazine unlock style.
- 3D Live Maker - You may be able to find this in the Google Play store. I did. It's called "3D Live Maker" - developer contact is [email protected]
Citations on Unavailable features:
Hivision. source huawei.ca online support chat:
Quote from Huawei Support Chat:
Me: the phone help system suggest that I can use Hivision to identify items on my phone's display, but when I try the feature (by two finger pressing on a website for example, as described, I get a system message saying "Install HiVision to access this service"
Support: Yes, I would like to share with you that some features such as this one are not available in North America.
Me: What about the AI Google Lens like feature where I can take a photo and identify what that is in that photo? Like types of food and what not?
Support: Yes, actually this is the same feature, from HiVision.
Me: So Hivision is not available in north america at all?
Support: As of yet, we do not have these feature available.
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Magazine Unlock.
source huawei.ca online support chat:
Quote from Huawei Support Chat:
Me: I was looking for information on how I can configure the Magazine Unlock features of my new phone. I saw a video online that suggested I should be able to click on Setting -> Home Screen & Wallpaper from there I should be able to see a screen like this one:
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as you can see, I don't have the "magazine unlock " button
Support: Please go to the main Settings menu screen, at the top, on the Search bar, input Magazine, and tell me the options you see.
Me: None. Nothing comes up when I input Magazine.
Support: After double checking this situation, if you could not find the option through the steps previously mentioned this will mean that function is not available on your phone yet.
But do not worry, at the moment there is an update for the Mate 20 Pro that will arrive Over The Air by the end of this month, that will help us to add some features. My kindly suggestion for you is to wait for this update to arrive and install it on your device, in order to check this feature. Also, please allow me to invite you to visit our consumer website, we have manuals, FAQ and other information that can be helpful for you: https://consumer.huawei.com/ca/support/
Me: I actually was on that site before coming to support. I downloaded the manual but it did not have any reference to Hivision, or magazine unlock, while all of the information on the rest of the internet does would you happen to have a list of features that are not available in the north american version of the phone?
Support: My kindly suggestion for you is to visit our consumer website, we have manuals, FAQ and other information that can be helpful for you
Me: Do you have a list of features that the end of month update will be bringing?
Support: Currently there is no information about the contents of this update, I kindly suggest you to contact us back once you receive it, so you are certain that we have all the information about it.
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Hola
Where in heaven's name is this Huawei online chat? I searched high and low on their site but I don't see anything. Were you using Facebook or Twitter maybe?

I have the LYA-AL00 version, the chinese version, it has these features. I'm the US, these works fine.

QAM said:
Hola
Where in heaven's name is this Huawei online chat? I searched high and low on their site but I don't see anything. Were you using Facebook or Twitter maybe?
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Lol.. sec. I'll post a screen shot of cdn site when I get back to desk

HiVision only works on the Chinese model. I haven't read any official word about whether it will be available on other models.. It seems to be linked to Huawei's Chinese alternative to Google Assistant.

I have Hivision here on the Australian LYA L09 Single Sim.
Have the eye top left of camera in photo mode. Also 2 finger hold down on screen for search in website and other applications.
Sent from my HUAWEI LYA-L09 using XDA Labs

jhs39 said:
HiVision only works on the Chinese model. I haven't read any official word about whether it will be available on other models.. It seems to be linked to Huawei's Chinese alternative to Google Assistant.
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This is inaccurate as I've heard UK users are able to use this feature. I only know confirmed not currently in North American regions.

QAM said:
Hola
Where in heaven's name is this Huawei online chat? I searched high and low on their site but I don't see anything. Were you using Facebook or Twitter maybe?
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So from the Huawei Canada site:
www.huawei.ca
click Phones and more, this should take you to the consumer site consumer.huawei.com/ca/support
Click Support
Then you'll see a contact us button lower right corner of the screen, click on that
should launch support options, click on online chat
fill in information and you should get an attendant. If not, try back later. One popped up really quick for me during business hours.

giz02 said:
So from the Huawei Canada site:
www.huawei.ca
click Phones and more, this should take you to the consumer site consumer.huawei.com/ca/support
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Click Support
Then you'll see a contact us button lower right corner of the screen, click on that
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should launch support options, click on online chat
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fill in information and you should get an attendant. If not, try back later. One popped up really quick for me during business hours.
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Hola
My appreciation mate for going through this. Interesting that I don't see this widget in my browser. I must have some security feature turned on or similar that may be blocking this. I will look into this tomorrow. Again THANK YOU very much! :highfive:

It has been explained to the OP on several occasions that the 'Magazine Unlock' feature is fully implemented and working - just not in the settings themselves. You go to 'themes', and then 'me', and then 'cutomize', and you are free to choose 'Magazine Unlock' as your style of lockscreen. You don't need to even have a Huawei ID in order to do this. To actually customize the Magazine Unlock, you do it from the lockscreen itself. It all works, and it is as perfectly useless and horrible as one could imagine. Can someone please tell me what the point of having a lockscreen at all it? I pick up my phone, and it unlocks. WHY would I want to flip around to various backgrounds, or fudge my way through clunky and broken notifications, or do anything else from the lockscreen?

QAM said:
Hola
Where in heaven's name is this Huawei online chat? I searched high and low on their site but I don't see anything. Were you using Facebook or Twitter maybe?
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Look for hicare app that comes bundled with phone.

kaibosh99 said:
It has been explained to the OP on several occasions that the 'Magazine Unlock' feature is fully implemented and working - just not in the settings themselves. You go to 'themes', and then 'me', and then 'cutomize', and you are free to choose 'Magazine Unlock' as your style of lockscreen. You don't need to even have a Huawei ID in order to do this. To actually customize the Magazine Unlock, you do it from the lockscreen itself. It all works, and it is as perfectly useless and horrible as one could imagine.
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It has never been accurately explained - and, with all due respect, you are posting more rubbish (ie your last inaccurate post saying Hivision was Chinise fw only). You are confused. You are customizing the lock screen image for Magazine Unlock within the Theme, not the Magazine Unlock functionality. You are modifying a THEME configurable customization, not the Magazine Lock feeds. As quoted from Huawei - the feature is not available in the North American software load. You will not get a hit if you launch settings, type in Magazine into the search bar, AND have a North American software load.. Could someone who has a non-N/A version of the phone
Can someone please tell me what the point of having a lockscreen at all it? I pick up my phone, and it unlocks. WHY would I want to flip around to various backgrounds, or fudge my way through clunky and broken notifications, or do anything else from the lockscreen?
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While this isn't the thread to be posting a question like that, I'll entertain you, just this one time. Not everyone wants their phone to unlock immediately after looking at it, they may have personal, confidential or sensitive information behind the lock screen. This is precisely why there is an additional configurable "slide to unlock" after facial recognition. You have chosen to disable it, but I believe it's enabled by default - to each his own.
I'm not sure if you have been personally offended somewhere along the way or not, but i'd appreciate it if you would stop following me around, unless, of course, the unlikely event occurs where you are able to post some accurate or helpful information.

rakesh2002 said:
Look for hicare app that comes bundled with phone.
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Are you on N/A model? Do you have it?

giz02 said:
So from the Huawei Canada site:
www.huawei.ca
click Phones and more, this should take you to the consumer site consumer.huawei.com/ca/support
Click Support
Then you'll see a contact us button lower right corner of the screen, click on that
should launch support options, click on online chat
fill in information and you should get an attendant. If not, try back later. One popped up really quick for me during business hours.
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If you're in US, you most likely won't see the chat support considering the products are not being sold here

giz02 said:
This is inaccurate as I've heard UK users are able to use this feature. I only know confirmed not currently in North American regions.
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Quick question. Just to make sure I understand. By Magazine unlock do you mean the ability to have a different lock screen every time you wake up your phone or do you mean something else?

mrnovanova said:
Quick question. Just to make sure I understand. By Magazine unlock do you mean the ability to have a different lock screen every time you wake up your phone or do you mean something else?
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Yes - however the feed selection option is missing. Currently you can only select images from downloaded themes
The missing functionality is the ability to select/configure new feed streams.
See:
https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/...-mate-20-pro-tips-tricks-emui-9-software-help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okVsL-g6JLI&t=70s

giz02 said:
Yes - however the feed selection option is missing. Currently you can only select images from downloaded themes
The missing functionality is the ability to select/configure new feed streams.
See:
https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/...-mate-20-pro-tips-tricks-emui-9-software-help
&t=70s
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OK. Now I see what you mean. Cause I was going to say that it does work but to your point in a limited capacity.
Sent from my LYA-L0C using XDA Labs

Hivision?
Any updates on HiVision in Canada?
I'm with Telus and on 9.0.0.127. No HiVision yet.
Is there a way to install it manually?

I downloaded to the global 171 firmware from my Optus Australian firmware and lost all the magazine lock functionality as well.. it's technically still there but the images and categories that you could change before are gone.. had to aslo download some Huawei apps. Huawei ID up the top in settings is missing as well . Strange... Maybe because this firmware isn't technically really for public yet...

giz02 said:
It has never been accurately explained - and, with all due respect, you are posting more rubbish...
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The very last thing anyone needs is for us to get into a pissing match about this. I just want to say that I have never said anything about Hi-Vision, so direct that particular witch hunt elsewhere. As for the Magazine Unlock, uhhh... What is your continued argument on this subject? It works, perhaps not in the way the the brochure promised you, but it works and the irony is I left it enabled and now I love it. The pictures featured are incredible, and the real power of it is that you could give your phone to someone else and they could do a variety of things with your phone without being able to unlock it. They can obviously take pictures, they can set alarms or timers, they can use a calculator, they can record audio, and they can use the flashlight. The ability to 'customize' it comes in the form of adding pictures to the gallery it uses to rotate through.
This phone is pretty new, so by all means contact Huawei and plead the case for Hi-Vision to be unlocked here in North America, but... So far, we have received timely updates via OTA, and we have even been given stuff like the crude beta implementation of IR scanning, which I hope they develop further. I'm still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, either way I doubt you will force an official answer out of them. A year from now, if we still don't have Hi-Vision we can talk about abducting the children of their CEO out of an airport to hold as hostage... Er, wait never mind.

[Win/Mac/Linux] One-Click Custom Rom installer

Hey guys, I'm looking for some testers for my Free-Droid application. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and is perfectly compatible with the Galaxy S5.
This software should be most useful to people new to custom rom installation. It takes from you the hassle of looking for TWRP and a Rom, it downloads everything for you (including magisk, microG and F-Droid) and does all the flashing on autopilot. For those users starting from scratch, it also helps setting up the drivers on windows machines.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
You can download the application from the original/general thread here.
Feel free to leave some feedback or suggestions for improvement.

@imska have already posted on your main thread. .....
As far as the "Odin" look. Well, Odin, is much easier to read. Seems that some things, are Under others. As if the display is 1 size, with more info to actually have space for. (e.g. In Expert- towards the bottom , " -install google sync" is actually, Under the words "Only change these setting if you really know what you are doing" ! So yes, need to clean up this Free-Droid a bit.
What is confusing a bit, is where to work and where to look. Terminal has all the major things running like Passwords, IS the phone connected, etc.
one more Issue... Info- Sprint Galaxy S5 (SM-G900P Sprint KTLEDV ); Currently, Running LineageOS 16.0 (build date 22Jul19) w/Magsik!
Terminal says I am running a custom Rom. The Free-Droid Windows says that it does not know how to deal with my phone....
So Do I take that it only works with "Stock" images?
Oh, On Github, I did not see the galaxy S5 code name KTLEDV in your approved list??? could that be the issue here? Just not added into the system?
Hopefully you can get this cleaned up. Willing to try test it out again.
Just give me a shout, when you have a newer build out....
Tanx

Thanks for testing!
It does not need a new build to fix device detection... I did not know of a SM-G900P variant of the S5, but I just added it to the codename lookup table. Now it should recognize your device as the kltedv and know how to deal with it. The tool finds LineageOS, RR and AEX for the kltedv
Unfortunately, there is no official release of TWRP for kltedv and therefore Free-Droid will not be able to install stuff if a user is still running stock rom. Which TWRP do you use and where can I find it?
About the terminal output:
The stuff that gets printed there is just logging. You can just ignore it. A terminal window does not even open on windows or mac. Entering sudo password in terminal is only relevant for linux users and could only be avoided by setting up udev rules...
The "running custom rom" detection is there for the tool to decide whether to look for a TWRP image or not. So in your case, the tool should work now. For other kltedv users running stock, I will need to add a TWRP image to my archive.
Window layout / text positioning:
I have no idea why things do not display like in my screenshots... Can I send you a .jar to test if the layout is better?

imska said:
Thanks for testing!
Window layout / text positioning:
I have no idea why things do not display like in my screenshots... Can I send you a .jar to test if the layout is better?
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Hey there! Please, was not "*****ing nor Complaining" about your app. Had read this thread, and the Link to another. Only had 1 person say it worked. I am always on the lookout for just about anything, that makes me life a bit easier!
Was on me laptop, Toshiba P55 (15" 1080 screen, no touch, 4th gen i5, 16GB Ram, and 1TB SSD running upto date Ubuntu 18.04.02) and was not running any other programs ( I had seen that I would have to use Terminal for password. That's OK with me, like a bit of control. Had some error there, popped up twice, both times trying to run it. Before asking about password. Everything seemed OK from there.
But the layout was not as Pictured in Pic 3, in the OP.
Oh, me phone. Actually I am on Virgin Mobile, which is that same the Galaxy S5 from Sprint on same network. TRWP, currently on build 3.2.2, there is a newer build out, but this still works well, believe it came out back March or April of this year.
I just thought, that it needed a bit better layout, so others, do really get into a mess by missing a line or 2. That would stink!
IF you would like me to test something, I am "OK" with that. Just send through PM message.
I can see, how this really can be nice, am not sure where it looks for ROMs and such.

godofsalt said:
Hey there! Please, was not "*****ing nor Complaining" about your app. Had read this thread, and the Link to another. Only had 1 person say it worked. I am always on the lookout for just about anything, that makes me life a bit easier!
Was on me laptop, Toshiba P55 (15" 1080 screen, no touch, 4th gen i5, 16GB Ram, and 1TB SSD running upto date Ubuntu 18.04.02) and was not running any other programs ( I had seen that I would have to use Terminal for password. That's OK with me, like a bit of control. Had some error there, popped up twice, both times trying to run it. Before asking about password. Everything seemed OK from there.
But the layout was not as Pictured in Pic 3, in the OP.
Oh, me phone. Actually I am on Virgin Mobile, which is that same the Galaxy S5 from Sprint on same network. TRWP, currently on build 3.2.2, there is a newer build out, but this still works well, believe it came out back March or April of this year.
I just thought, that it needed a bit better layout, so others, do really get into a mess by missing a line or 2. That would stink!
IF you would like me to test something, I am "OK" with that. Just send through PM message.
I can see, how this really can be nice, am not sure where it looks for ROMs and such.
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No hurt feelings. Can you please replace the Free-Droid.jar file in the "bin" folder of the application with this one and report back if the layout in the expert pane is still messy? And you could help me investigate the issues on startup if you click "Report bug" in the help pane of the application and send me the created zip with the log files.
Thanks

@imska
You asked about an email. Did you want that sent through the link on your other thread (something like bug at Free-Droid) Or a PM here through XDA?
Asking, ahead of time, have yet tested. Will be very soon, but, because I am not sure where to send you an email.
Tanx
Edit- Forgot to throw Git-Lab into the mix, as places to report any sort of Bug. (yep, I always try and look up what ever Srcipt, On Github, Git-Lab, and/or LineageOS Gerrit!)
Tanx Again.

godofsalt said:
@imska
You asked about an email. Did you want that sent through the link on your other thread (something like bug at Free-Droid) Or a PM here through XDA?
Asking, ahead of time, have yet tested. Will be very soon, but, because I am not sure where to send you an email.
Tanx
Edit- Forgot to throw Git-Lab into the mix, as places to report any sort of Bug. (yep, I always try and look up what ever Srcipt, On Github, Git-Lab, and/or LineageOS Gerrit!)
Tanx Again.
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Send it however you prefer. Thank you.

Version 0.7.0 released
stability improvements
fixed a few bugs
added button to rescan for roms
added driver installation help button
preparing ability to choose MoKee and /e/ rom
support for oneplus devices
Happy flashing!

OH man.....
Seems rather S L O W... on the download. 2 days trying to get their Latest Free-Droid......and counting!!!
Always get "Timed out" by there Sever, just trying to get the darn thing!
Still working on it! let ya all know when and if it goes....or comes

I'm sorry but after a short power shortage in the building, the server is not reachable. Since I will not get back home before the weekend, there is nothing I can do for now. I am pretty sure to have that solved on Saturday though, so patience please.

Problem fixed, sorry for the downtime...

Hi,
I'm looking to install the kitkat 4.4 os onto my samsung galaxy s5 and was very excited to see your new app written for people like me with not much experience in doing this sort of thing.
I thought it would be a good idea as there is a lot of apps on my phone that i don't use and I can't uninstall them and I'm running out of room.
Unfortunately this program couldn't detect my phone after plugging it in to my computer via usb and following the instructions to turn on debugging via usb.
Here are my phone and machine specs:
samsung galaxy s5
SM-G900I
Android Version 6.0.1
Baseband version G900IDVU1CQD1
I'm using windows 7 to install
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers.

Alright. I am a noob that has been reading the forums for a long minute. I have no idea what I am doing as far as flashing, rooting and customization goes... and I need to learn. So instead of using my S8+ I have decided to use my old beloved S5 as my test subject to try and understand what is what ect, ect, ect.
Is this a good place to start? I have a MacBook Pro I can use and/or a Lenovo with Windows 10 that I can use as well. I guess I am hoping that maybe I can get a Thumbs up from someone that this may be a good place to start.
I can do my best to report any thing back if it might help...
Thanks.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+ using XDA Labs

Fellofftheporch said:
Alright. I am a noob that has been reading the forums for a long minute. I have no idea what I am doing as far as flashing, rooting and customization goes... and I need to learn. So instead of using my S8+ I have decided to use my old beloved S5 as my test subject to try and understand what is what ect, ect, ect.
Is this a good place to start? I have a MacBook Pro I can use and/or a Lenovo with Windows 10 that I can use as well. I guess I am hoping that maybe I can get a Thumbs up from someone that this may be a good place to start.
I can do my best to report any thing back if it might help...
Thanks.
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It depends on what you aim for... If you just would like to install lineageos on your S5 then you're welcome to use free-droid for that. If you would like to really understand what everything means and how things work, I think free-droid might not be the right starting point, because it is meant to hide all the (more or less) complicated stuff from the user and make the installation as easy and convenient as possible.
If you choose to use it and something does not work as expected, you're welcome to report back here.

3DRea said:
Hi,
I'm looking to install the kitkat 4.4 os onto my samsung galaxy s5 and was very excited to see your new app written for people like me with not much experience in doing this sort of thing.
I thought it would be a good idea as there is a lot of apps on my phone that i don't use and I can't uninstall them and I'm running out of room.
Unfortunately this program couldn't detect my phone after plugging it in to my computer via usb and following the instructions to turn on debugging via usb.
Here are my phone and machine specs:
samsung galaxy s5
SM-G900I
Android Version 6.0.1
Baseband version G900IDVU1CQD1
I'm using windows 7 to install
Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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If you are on windows then this is very likely a problem with drivers. Have you tried the "still not detecting" link below the instructions?

For those of you who also own a Sony device: Free-Droid is now compatible with Sony devices!
0.7.5 update should also fix an issue for some variants of the Galaxy S5 like the kltedv (SM-G900P)

Has anyone hacked the new AA APK to support phone mode?

Now that I stupidly upgraded to Android 12 on my Pixel, I can no longer use AA on my phone. For those who don't know, Google replaced AA's phone mode with Maps' "driving mode", which is a portrait-only mess of mostly-useless widgets. My car is never going to be able to have real Android Auto, so I'm stuck with phone mode, which has worked great for years.
Anyone know what would be involved in getting an older APK for run on Android 12? Or hacking the current version to show the phone mode UI again?

I have a similar problem. I've also upgraded to android 12 so I can't use Android auto anymore. After updating it did launch at first but I guess it auto updated to a version that disabled it on Android 12. So it seems that android 12 can run it just fine.
I'm perfectly willing to try out the new driving mode but I'm living in the Netherland which is not a supported county at the moment.
So google basically removed a feature I used every day without providing me with an alternative.
So I'm hoping there will be modified asks that will skip the android 12 check or some way to enable driving mode In unsupported countries. I don't mind driving in portret mode (I'll take anything at the moment), but would prefer landscape.

I found an interesting workaround in running the Headunit Reloaded app in Self Mode.
Seems to work fine on Android 12 .
It provides the same interface that build in Android Auto car units would have, so it differs a bit from the mounted phone version.
Search the forum for more information.
It's a paid app though.

I think many have this issue with AA car mode. I'm in the UK and have this issue also my poco F1 won't allow AA to backdate an install without root.
All I want is for the 0hone AA to show calendar entries and weather would be awesome. I loved the original AA but it's very dull on current phones.
Can anyone help or assist with a custom apk or know of one, that can be installed normally and work as it used too. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks

can you uninstall AA and reinstall with older version?

They have cardashdroid. I'm still on eleven and this morning after the last aa update I seen it looked like aa aiontweaker was not working anymore or at least I didn't have split screen. I'm on OnePlus 9 pro and haven't updated because I didn't want to lose some features.

ahhl said:
can you uninstall AA and reinstall with older version?
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Hi thanks for the question, no an unrooted Poco F1 won't let you uninstall or back date to an older app.
I've tried the AA for screens but it doesn't do calender entries, so I have to input all the time where I'm going and weather isn't there, although not critical, I did love this feature.
It's just a blank screen and even texts aren't read now, so it's killed the app for driving. Older cars in the UK don't have onboard screens and I'd rather use the phone for traffic updates than an bad sat nav.
Itnwasnonce a great app but not anymore.
So any chance of customising the app for these basic functions would be great.
Atb

Also, I don't think an older APK will help. It seems to be a server side switch. My Android Auto continued working right after upgrading to 12, but after a couple of hours, it quit working and redirects to the "no longer supported" screen. I think we'd need to spoof the Android version somehow, which is something I can't begin to guess at how to do.

That's a shame I was hoping that at least the calendar could be integrated, I noticed that in permissions calandar is disabled, other permissions are allowed. So I was assuming that if the permission could be enabled that calendar entries could appear if encoded to display etc. I didn't think it was all server based as why would they remove the permission?
Just a thought anyway.
Atb

Guys, what about running AA on Android 10? I was using aa for phone screens on my huawei p30 and it just stopped working without any update

Yep ggogle have basically stopped any alterations or updates on my phone's to AA. So it's a dead duck it water I can't even use Waze as an alternative!
If a modded AA could be created, with local weather and calender shown that would be great, and the option of Waze again.
Atb

pieteckhart said:
I found an interesting workaround in running the Headunit Reloaded app in Self Mode.
Seems to work fine on Android 12 .
It provides the same interface that build in Android Auto car units would have, so it differs a bit from the mounted phone version.
Search the forum for more information.
It's a paid app though.
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How are you running 'Self Mode' on an Android 12 phone? Mine doesn't seem to work when I try to start it
That being said the only workaround I've found is to use another phone (Android <12) as the master by turning ON hotspot, open HUR on the Android 12 phone and click the wifi icon

$ilent Warrior said:
How are you running 'Self Mode' on an Android 12 phone? Mine doesn't seem to work when I try to start it
That being said the only workaround I've found is to use another phone (Android <12) as the master by turning ON hotspot, open HUR on the Android 12 phone and click the wifi icon
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Maybe you still need to "Start head unit server" in the Android Auto app?
I only found out about it after taking the time to read the instructions
You first need to enter developer mode:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After that you have a new menu option:

Follow. I really miss old AA for phone screens. New driving mode assistant is ****

What a despicable move by Google.
I upgraded S21 ultra from Android 11 to Android 12, worst mistake ever.
Apart from losing Android Auto for phone screens, I dont even have option for driving mode assistent.
What absolute bull****, taking a working product away, and making driving more unsafe.
No 3rd party solution comes near.
Would be so gratefull if someone found a workaround/hack to get AA for phone screens working again.

pieteckhart said:
Maybe you still need to "Start head unit server" in the Android Auto app?
I only found out about it after taking the time to read the instructions
You first need to enter developer mode:
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After that you have a new menu option:
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I did that, I always turn ON 'Headunit Server' , it's one of the pre-requisites to make HUR work

I have no idea then, #WorksOnMyDevice

So if goovle are crippling AA for phone users, are there any working good alternatives out there as I haven't found a simple talk to sat Nav linked to waze or Google maps, with text and voice answering hands free.
Most of the apps are crippled by Google so there's nothing out there that seems to give a decent stab at a navigation solution with calls and text response facility.
Any advice on this would be appreciated
Atb

There is no good alternative. There are a couple of apps like Automate or whatever it is called now, but they are truly terrible compared to AA. Google have been updating "driving mode" over the last six months, but true to form they have only made it worse. This week it removed the one icon I had to use to launch the music player and replaced it with SIX icons to random podcasts I have never heard of, about subjects I have no interest in.
Every single day when I get in my car, I hate Google more.

pgunning1 said:
So if goovle are crippling AA for phone users, are there any working good alternatives out there as I haven't found a simple talk to sat Nav linked to waze or Google maps, with text and voice answering hands free.
Most of the apps are crippled by Google so there's nothing out there that seems to give a decent stab at a navigation solution with calls and text response facility.
Any advice on this would be appreciated
Atb
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Try Roav Viva (radio connection) or Alexa (bluetooth/aux/USB connection) car adapters, they plug into the 12-volt accessory plugs and have always on microphones and wind canceling software.