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Thoughts on this?
Anyone think this is stored as clear text?
Some of those presents are useless (super bass for example).
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Did you also run the bluetooth update? I had the same issue with my Droid 3 after upgrading my 930bt to the 940bt firmware.
The bluetooth update is a separate process and described somewhere - I can find you the link if needed ...
Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Georg
Is this the update mentioned here?: http://www.pioneerel...ions_v3.001.pdf
That .exe is no longer hosted... anyone have it locally?..
Nevermind, found it on the interwebs here: http://www.lookwhati.../ahgbjjlfo09pg#
Gonna give it a shot. Hopefully this wipes the bluetooth data, my unit already has that fw version.
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Yea this didn't work post 940 upgrade. It didn't even recognize the fw upgrade sd was inserted, it's likely looking for the 940 version. Is there a 940 fw upgrade package?
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Anyone have this binary locally? Pioneer doesn't have this hosted any more.
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found it here: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/35911-cannot-connect-aha-or-pandora-over-bluetooth/
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Please delete this topic. More answered in thread in Hacks/Mods section
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Sorry, I realize this is a cross post to where I originally submitted this question: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/35911-cannot-connect-aha-or-pandora-over-bluetooth/
After my 930 -> 940 firmware upgrade I'm unable to use the bluetooth Aha or Pandora feature from my android.
I have enabled bluetooth connection in the avic settings menu and though I can connect bluetooth phone and normal audio.
At first I thought it had to due with the fact that my android is running Sense4.2, which has a partial implementation of the bluetooth protocol. HTC develops the Sense libraries for their phones (including bluetooth packages) and for some reason they still haven't fully implemented things like VRCP v1.3 which is needed for some of the features of the headunit.
Last night I flashed a CM, which has its own drivers and kernel and bluetooth software that handles VRCP v1.3 and all the other latest stuff, and stlil no-dice. On the avic I can now see the name of songs I'm playing when connected via the normal bluetooth audio, but switching to Aha or Pandora modes drops my bluetooth connection and says "Not Connected".
Has anyone else worked around this? Or does anyone have Aha or Pandora connected via bluetooth on an android running Sense (specifically a HTC OneX)?
Now I think the issue is due to having old bluetooth profiles from the 930 firmware stored in my avic unit, but even after a factory restore I notice the bluetooth module settings persist.
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[FIXED: Just requires manually running the bluetooth firmware update with the \Firmware copied onto the root of an SD from the Z140 upgrade package]
Hey guys,
After my 930 -> 940 firmware upgrade I'm unable to use the bluetooth Aha or Pandora feature from my android.
I have enabled bluetooth connection in the avic settings menu and though I can connect bluetooth phone and normal audio.
At first I thought it had to due with the fact that my android is running Sense4.2, which has a partial implementation of the bluetooth protocol. HTC develops the Sense libraries for their phones (including bluetooth packages) and for some reason they still haven't fully implemented things like VRCP v1.3 which is needed for some of the features of the headunit.
Last night I flashed a CM rom to my android, having its own drivers and kernel and bluetooth software that handles VRCP v1.3 and all the other latest stuff, and stlil no-dice. On the avic I can now see the name of songs I'm playing when connected via the normal bluetooth audio, but switching to Aha or Pandora modes drops my bluetooth connection and says "Not Connected".
Has anyone else worked around this? Or does anyone have Aha or Pandora connected via bluetooth on an android running Sense (specifically a HTC OneX)?
Now I think the issue is due to having old bluetooth profiles from the 930 firmware stored in my avic unit, but even after a factory restore I notice the bluetooth module settings persist. -
It's nice to have hardware buttons and not rely on just touch controls IMO. I also second previous comments about being wary of the moving face plate.
You can also pick up the X930 for ~400 and do a software upgrade if you're techie, but it sounds like you're willing to pay for quality.
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Time to audio varies with which source it first attempts to continue playing. I forget right now which one is the fastest (MP3 CD is pretty speedy) but consider that when you're comparing times across companies.
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Congrats on the purchase, hopefully you like the sound.
1) Bluetooth controls don't typically include a fast forward or rewind, just a skip, so this is a limitation of Bluetooth... unless I misread your question.
2) Sounds abnormal, both my Bluetooth sound and NAV are deafening.. What did you do with your Mute (yellow/black) wire?
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What are you talking about? Maybe your unit is in Demo mode, I don't believe there is a screen saver for avic X units.
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goooo hokies!
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Just browse around the forums and look at the other current active threads. There are a few things in development but for the most part hacks are compatible across the 920/930/940 series.
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Def. good information and a nice summary, thanks for posting it. I imagine this might become a sticky if we find more lost features.
Can you possibly summarize the gained features when going from the 930 to 940? I still haven't seen it concisely written somewhere from someone who has done the upgrade.
Cheers
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Will I copy this into Prg0 or into Prg1?
Thanks
Jimbo
1. do you have USER\PRG.FLG file present on your system?
(if so your unit boots from PRG1 folder, otherwise it boots from PRG0 folder)
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Well, there are actually several "testmode" modes. The one that has floated around here for a long time was the basic "service" testmode that i guess techs and service centers get. With the 40 series, they disable the copy feature, presumably to prevent the kind of stuff we like to do here.
Anyhow, I found a way to generate other testmode keys, and specifically a "developer" (aka super) testmode that does have filecopy enabled. There are alot of other dangerous items in that testmode, so do be careful not to slice your fingers on anything...
Nice work! Looking forward to trying this upgrade this weekend. Any reasons not to push the 940 on a 930?
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Which files or folders do I backup?
Jimbo
your USER\ directory
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Just to confirm, does upgrading a x930 to x940 firmware lose any testmode functionality? Can we still copy/paste even after the upgrade?
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A poignant example of this is the difference between the Valentine One and Escort radar detectors.
V1's own the patent to show you which direction the radar is coming from, and Escort owns the patent for flagging signals with their GPS location to mask out speed signs and automatic doors on stores.
Thus, even though the Escort radar detectors have forward and rear-facing sensors, they are not allowed to indicate to the user in which sensor the radar signal came.
This is also why you don't see any GPS action in the V1 devices.
By the way, for daily use, Escort's patent is far superior, it's just a shame you cant get all the features in one device!
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All of the things 'missing features' you guys mentioned are patents that the designers decide are not worth licensing.
Sorry
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Does this remove the bluriness when then input hits the video driver as opposed to the pre startup direct feed??? I'm using a backup cam and just wanted to know before I try it
Just checked, yea it still goes blurry.
TopCoder... effin awesome
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Screw the warning message, can you tell us how to get the gauges?? Lol.
'04 WRX here and would love that...
What else did it take besides hacking the unit itself? How is it getting all the readings?
Looks like torque running and outputting video to the HU. Is this through a tablet or a phone that you've got this set up?
Heh, thanks
Ya it is torque running on an Android device. I found out the original Samsung Galaxy S phones can output video through the headphone jack; a perfect 1-for-1 of what is on the screen is piped out an RCA-headphone cable (see for yourself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQBAx_BDfk). So I grabbed a scratched, used Galaxy S off Craiglist, and found the headphone-RCA cable off the internets. The hardest part has been getting the automation correct in Android to power down / go into airplane mode when the power is disconnected, and then bring everything back online when the power is back on. I'm using the app 'Tasker' to achieve this.
Torque, the app running on the Android phone, connects to the car using a standard OBDII to bluetooth adapter. Just search 'ELM327' on ebay and you'll find a bunch of different types that all serve the same function, to allow your android device to connect to your OBDII port over bluetooth. Having torque there is awesome for the logging capabilities, if you haven't used it yet PLEASE download it, grab an adapter off ebay, and support the author. It's probably the best app I've ever seen for android.
So far no negatives with the whole setup besides a lot of learning, and it definitely gets a good 'wow' factor from anyone that looks. I'm looking forward to using it on a track-day so that in-car recording shows a bit more of what's actually going on in the engine.
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Solved, see:Are you surrrrre?? I'm wondering if we can access the filesystem if we can modify the file that contains this string to just be blank. Thoughts?
And yes, the FPS is slower, before the unit 'boots up' the video is being directly pumped through the video driver, but once the unit boots it takes some processing to overlay that lame Caution message.
I would like this text gone too... I'm using this as an input for digital gauges and then toggling the reverse line with a switch.
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UPDATE: Confirmed for X930BT running 4.0010 Z140 firmware (unconfirmed on pure X940BT).
Background: I am using the reverse camera as a video input for some digital gauges I've managed to get working via a long string of hacks. I originally had the video driving the AV2 input on the X930BT, but I realized that I am not able to listen to music and display the (video-only) gauges, so I decided to try using the input for the reverse camera since it is just an overlay on top of whatever source is driving the sound, and then use an external switch to toggle the 'reverse / gauge' mode.
Well, all went according to plan until I realized the X930BT unit overlays a text CAUTION message which is useless and annoying for my digital gauge display. Enter this hack.
Thanks to Ralpharn to pointing me to the right files in the X930BT filesystem.
Here is my version of a digital-gauge display on the X930BT, maintaining normal AV operation.
Removing the ‘CAUTION: SCREEN IMAGE MAY BE REVERSED’ message:
Thanks to:
condiczek, sebastian32, and Ralpharn, and the creator of WinHex
Head units and other electronics that have international markets will usually store text strings in separate files on a filesystem in order to look up different text-strings from different languages for the same message prompt. The idea is to find the English text string that drives the text for the backup camera CAUTION overlay, and replace the characters in that message with spaces.
Getting your original files:
- Enter Testmode, copy contents of your X930BT/X940BT USER directory to your SD and back this up on your computer
- Read the directions from Condi’s thread FYI, but all you're using is his compressed package (I used v1.4) during this procedure to enable Test Mode and gain access to the file system
[*]Copy the contents of the compressed file in Condi’s thread to the root of your SD CARD (need TESTMODE.KEY on the root of the SD)
[*]Insert your SD CARD into the X930BT and turn it on, it should boot into Test Mode (IF NOT, STOP HERE AND REFERENCE CONDI’S THREAD)
[*]Navigate to File Maintenance
[*]Copy the USER directory to your SD to back it up (need to enter the USER directory, select all, copy, navigate to you SD, paste)
[*]Turn off X930BT, remove SD card, copy USER contents from SD card to safe location on your computer (DON’T EVER LOSE THESE FILES, THIS IS THE ONLY ‘STOCK’ IMAGE YOU HAVE!)
[*]From your backup of your USER directory, determine if the file PRG.FLG exists in the USER\ directory. The presence of this file indicates your system uses the USER\PRG1 directory instead of the USER\PRG0 (these can be considered backups of each other). In any below references to USER\PRG0, use instead USER\PRG1.
- navigate to USER\PRG0\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\, verify there exists the following two files:
USER\PRG0\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\EUGBENG.LNGUSER\PRG0\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\UCUSENU.LNGPerforming the mod:
- navigate to USER\PRG0\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\, verify there exists the following two files:
- Open these two files listed above in WinHex. Search for the ASCII code for CAU by pressing Ctrl+Alt+X (or Search, Find Hex Values). There will be two instances of the string we want to ‘space out’ per file. Text string: CAUTION: SCREEN IMAGE MAY APPEAR REVERSED
- See before:
- And after:
- Here are the hex blocks (the specific bytes you're looking for so you can do a ‘search and replace’:
[*]Save these modified files somewhere on your SD CARD you can reference later
[*]Go back to your X930BT, enter the SD CARD, and turn on the unit (SD should still contain TESTMODE.KEY and should boot into Test Mode).
[*]Enter File Maintenance
[*]Navigate to USER\PRG0\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\ and delete EUGBENG.LNG and UCUSENU.LNG (must delete, will copy identical (but hacked) files from SD CARD)
[*]Navigate to your SD card and copy the 'hacked' EUGBENG.LNG and UCUSENU.LNG to USER\PRG0\Apl\LANGDATA\StringData\ (NAVIGATE, SELECT, COPY, NAVIGATE, PASTE)
Voila. No more CAUTION message overlaid on your screen.
Assumptions:
I'm assuming these files are different for each unit, and thus you need to use WinHex to modify your own versions of the file. In case these are just generic files, I have attached my 'hacked' versions of the LNG files which would allow you to skip step 3. We can disprove my assumption and thus skip step three permanently if someone sends me their LNG files to compare.
Download:
Below - password is avic411
HEX BLOCK for which you’re looking: 430041005500540049004F004E003A002000530043005200450045004E00200049004D0041004700450020004D004100590020004100500050004500410052002000520045005600450052005300450044
HEX BLOCK you want to replace it with:
200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020002000200020
- Enter Testmode, copy contents of your X930BT/X940BT USER directory to your SD and back this up on your computer
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I am fraid that this text IS text, not image.
Don't mean to derail the OP, but do you know in which file this text resides? Now that we have file access to the X930BT I'd like to try spacing out that string so it doesn't show up in the reverse camera feed.
Cannot connect Aha or Pandora over bluetooth
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3.22
... looks like I missed the manual step to apply fw upgrade, per your posting here:
http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/35230-2012-uscan-maps-cnsd-310fmuc-upgrade-updated-to-supereasymethod-beta/
And thanks hobbes, seems like I missed your point earlier.
I loaded the 3.24 from the fw upgrade package 'Z140 Files.rar' and it's working like a charm now..
Pretty rad, now I get to enjoy all these amazing bluetooth app features I've been hearing about.