well done mate nice job looks very neat.. I was looking at the number plate holder with the built in camera still not decided yet
I considered this option and decided against it, I don't remember why. Perhaps it's because the camera is sticking out too far and blocking the boot handle?well done mate nice job looks very neat.. I was looking at the number plate holder with the built in camera still not decided yet
Thanks for sharing the knowledge. It's what I thought of a few last weeks.
I've got an Android 5.1 unit and low memory was the only issue for me. The thing just freezes if I start the engine and, after the HU boots, play music (poweramp) and start an app that I use always during driving. That app uses more than 100Mb of memory, but I never drive without it (a speed cameras notification app). It works though if I start slowly: poweramp after a minut or two after the HU boots and that app after another few minutes. So I think that this is just lack of RAM issue. If I add Google Maps or Sygic to the mix, it can work or can not work. No guarantee is here. It doesn't add trust to the unit.
I tried an alternative ROM, Malaisky, but was not satisfied with it. Then I downloaded the latest version of the original Xtrons ROM, installed and rooted with Kingoroot. The Kingoroot installed its Kingo**** that still is installed as I don't know how to get rid of it.
I always wanted to throw away as many G-**** as possible, but I didn't know what my system needed to function properly.
I just emailed Xtrons support and asked them to send me the original ROM for my device. However, I doubt if its possible to re-install the original ROM and remove any traces of rooting and all that cr*p I put there when I was trying to optimise the system. I want to get a clean device, then root it and do as you suggest with the SU and stuff you mentioned in your post. The goal is to delete everything unnecessary to driving. I need only Poweramp, Fartkontrol.nu, Navigation (Sygic preferable with Google Maps as backup/supporting app), MTCD Tools, Car Launcher Pro, all the Bluetooth stuff. All the radio/dvd/video/email stuff I keep disabled as I never use them.
So, I need a blueprint and your post is very close to it Thanks again!
I've done it. I bought an used A4 boot handle off ebay for £30 shipped. It's the same as the A3 one, but with a nice difference: it has a key hole I installed a camera there (drilled the keyhole out with an enclosed bore, fitted and adjusted the camera(and put a 1mm rubber stripe under the rear part of the camera to get more back than down view), than filled the holes with black silicone) and connected it to Xtrons using wireless transmitter&receiver.
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I removed all kingo-stuff inclusive su, then I installed SuperSU which is a default su app now. Total Commander don't show any traces of kingo.Right, it won't be too difficult - I've played around with some old phones/tablets to see what it really does when you remove it.
The easiest method, download a root file explorer
Give it root permissions
Go to /system/app and delete kingoroot.apk, and if there's any other kingoroot titled apks, remove them too.
This will leave the su binaries there, and remove the app
You can then download supersu and it'll see that there are su binaries installed, and it'll take over and ask if you want them updated, and away you go.
After you've gone that, you could go into /system/app (as they're built into the rom/preinstalled) and look for any apps related to bluetooth, mtcd tools, radio, dvd, etc - to declutter the device.
If you go to Settings > About, can you confirm your MCU version + date? I can see if we can get the factory image back and pretend none of this ever happened, and start afresh.
EDIT:
I just thought; there are root apps to disable Google Services; so you don't have to go to the extreme of removing them if you don't need them. Just get a app disable-r from the play store, and then give it root permission, and disable the Google stuff you don't need.
I removed all kingo-stuff inclusive su, then I installed SuperSU which is a default su app now. Total Commander don't show any traces of kingo.
I installed Kernel Auditor again (I had it before) and set up it as you suggested. Nothing crashed yet, that's a good sign BTW, I saw memory management possibilities in Kernel Auditor, but they looked complicated to me. Did you do anything with memory optimisation in this app?
I still need to figure out how to install FakeGApps and microG stuff. Again, not being familiar with xda-dev, I have hard times to finding the right things on their pages.
My MCU version is MTCD_GS_V2.04_1
I bet it's a 64Bit system. At least Xtrons states it on their sales page.
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I removed all kingo-stuff inclusive su, then I installed SuperSU which is a default su app now. Total Commander don't show any traces of kingo.
I installed Kernel Auditor again (I had it before) and set up it as you suggested. Nothing crashed yet, that's a good sign BTW, I saw memory management possibilities in Kernel Auditor, but they looked complicated to me. Did you do anything with memory optimisation in this app?
I still need to figure out how to install FakeGApps and microG stuff. Again, not being familiar with xda-dev, I have hard times to finding the right things on their pages.
My MCU version is MTCD_GS_V2.04_1
I bet it's a 64Bit system. At least Xtrons states it on their sales page.
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Did you try the last version of MTCDTools?Anyone been successful in mapping their SWC after fitting a android HU?
I can't map mine, they work on a basic setup that seems to be predefined but I can't alter this.
Done a fair bit of reading on XDA fm I can't really find anything to help. Any ideas?
1. You can. Use the latest version of MTCDTools. It has a lot of new features inclusive setting up startup apps. You can even set then to start with delays of your choice. I tried and auto start worked, however I turned it off because of performance issues of the HU with 1GB RAM. The problem with mine was that when it booted up first time after full off-state it started slowly and I struggled even to play music. Add autostart apps to all the Google mix that wants to start first of all others... it's like ten people running together through a narrow door which is a low performance 1GB RAM HU.Hi All,
Couple of simple questions if anyone knows please:
Cheers.
- Can you set the Android HU to open up a certain app on start-up? (Mine goes straight to bluetooth which is fine but would rather it open the bluetooth player or Torque pro app as it's always my phone thaqt connects automatically)
- Can you disable the reversing camera on the 5.1 version? (I've gone into factory settings with password 126 like on the 6.0 however I can't see the option to do this like they do)
1. You can. Use the latest version of MTCDTools. It has a lot of new features inclusive setting up startup apps. You can even set then to start with delays of your choice. I tried and auto start worked, however I turned it off because of performance issues of the HU with 1GB RAM. The problem with mine was that when it booted up first time after full off-state it started slowly and I struggled even to play music. Add autostart apps to all the Google mix that wants to start first of all others... it's like ten people running together through a narrow door which is a low performance 1GB RAM HU.
2. There's a wire on the HU loom that you should cut. I can't say which one exactly. Contact your HU maker support and they'll show you.
I don't think the device needs rooting to use MTCDTools. Mine is rooted though. Ask the MTCDTools developer. You can also find all the information and download link to the latest version here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...ease-mtcdtools-control-music-players-t3436789
Read all of this thread and I think I am going to go for one of the new oct-core units but I have one question!
Does the standard Audi mic in the S3 8P fit into the back of this unit, as I would much prefer to use this instead of having to run the new mic up to the map lights.
Cheers
well, let's see how this plays out... on-order; android 7.1.2 unit, dvr unit, tpms module, dab+ module, license plate holder reverse cam, wireless transmitter for rear camera, dab fm splitter...
which one did you go for?
my fingers are itching for a new toy myself....I'm such a fiend :$