Chinese Ca-Fi knockoff has been rooted! Torque works!

[GreenPants]

Originally Posted by coyote

As far as a rom goes, I'd like it to be as light as possible. Logos and wallpapers are something I think people can add themselves if they think they need them.

Don't worry. Given the size of the /system partition, there isn't that much bloat that could be added - even if I tried. I'll be more focused on just getting the out-of-box experience to be a bit nicer/better suited for our cars.

[GreenPants]

Originally Posted by ph0en1xtk

i had previously closed my "stock app" by holding the back button for 3 seconds. This prevented it from booting up and loading the stock app anymore, which was perfect for me. Now all of the sudden, this also makes it mute my sound and will not unmute.

I've been playing around with the unit some more, and have observed the same thing now. Not only that, but I issued an OS reboot command from a terminal session and the device booted - all while the radio kept on playing!

I am now more and more convinced that several subsystems are simply audio and/or video inputs, that the headunit switches between. (DVD, Reversing camera, AuxIn, Radio)

Out of the box, the only exception to this has been the Sygic navigation system, which 'dims' the background audio and then overlays the navigation directions.

From testing, I have found that this happens magically happens when you bind the Navi button to the app in the settings menu. If you set the Navi app to something else - like Angry Birds, then that app's audio starts working.

This may help out some of the other folks having audio issues with their Sygic replacement - make sure that the Navi button is set to your custom GPS app to get the audio mixing to work correctly.

[krikke]

Hmmm interesting...

Does anyone knows how to raise the volume of the voices in the Sygic app?

Everything works (sd card mp3 and/or radio gets volumed down when Sygic 'speaks', but I would like to have the speaking a bit louder... Now I need to really focus in order to hear the instructions of the Sygic app...

Been looking into all the Sygic sound notification options but I can't find a general volume adjust slider... (I use Sygic 13.1.4 with Europe maps)(also Sygic is linked with the Navi button)

[GreenPants]

Originally Posted by krikke

Does anyone knows how to raise the volume of the voices in the Sygic app?

Been looking into all the Sygic sound notification options but I can't find a general volume adjust slider...

In the main OS Settings menu, try:

• Settings->Sound->Navi Volume

[GreenPants]

Ok folks, I've been playing around with the firmware some more...

v3: here

v3

• Back out the changes made to ATBluetooth.apk to get Phone working again.

v2

• Move /cache to /data/cache (Cache Fixer workaround no longer needed)
• Boot animation defaults to spinning grey 86 (can still be replaced by putting a bootanimation.zip in /data/local)
• Adjusted all internal apps to red theme
• Fixed up broken English warning messages if trying to display video while driving
• Replaced default wallpaper with BRZ/FR-S/86 generic
• Replaced 3 of the selectable built-in wallpapers
• Cleaned up the default layout a bit - removed the music widget from the initial page, removed Settings icon (available via the menu)
• Removed all non-FT86 boot logos to free up some additional space
• Installed Google Car Home - for testing only at this stage. Not sure about keeping it.
• Installed ES File Explorer app - makes it easier to side-load apps without having to set up network connection first
• Installed Terminal app (makes it easier for me to test new images, may/will be removed later on)

Also contains all the previous changes, like a working Google Maps API framework.

This update required changes to uramdisk.img, as well as system.img. Rather than requiring Hal9k's file set to be downloaded, I have bundled all required files into a single archive, available here or here. [Links to v2 REMOVED]

To install the firmware, follow the excellent instructions in the first post of this thread, but use these files instead. If you have previously installed the MCU update, then there is no need to reapply it again.

Trap63 (or anyone else for that matter) - Feel free to mirror this file. I did a test the other day and found that I actually got better d/l rates from box.com, but it may have something to do with where the server is located relative to the downloader. If you PM me the details I'll update this post.

[Trap63]

this eve I will upload on my share dropbox, here I am firewalled!
let me know if you wish full torque and widgets to bundle in your image.


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[GreenPants]

Originally Posted by Trap63

let me know if you wish full torque and widgets to bundle in your image.

Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather keep things legit for now.

Anyway, if I bundle things in there may be problems down the line trying to get things to update properly.

[Trap63]

@GreenPants
a question..do you think could be possible to add an external microphone and manage it?

[GreenPants]

Originally Posted by Trap63

@GreenPants
a question..do you think could be possible to add an external microphone and manage it?

I think the best you can do is open up the unit, find the microphone, disconnect it and wire out another one from where it connects to the board. Not sure how practical this would really be.

It's not something I'll be looking into, I'm afraid - I'm not planning of having it paired with my phone.

You could ask the folks on the OUKU thread over on xda-developers if they ever got anywhere with their proposed MIC mods. Some have even thought of using a USB Audio mic without much luck.

[Trap63]

Originally Posted by GreenPants

I think the best you can do is open up the unit, find the microphone, disconnect it and wire out another one from where it connects to the board. Not sure how practical this would really be.

It's not something I'll be looking into, I'm afraid - I'm not planning of having it paired with my phone.

You could ask the folks on the OUKU thread over on xda-developers if they ever got anywhere with their proposed MIC mods. Some have even thought of using a USB Audio mic without much luck.

Great idea....I will use a Parrot MK microphone!!!... and build a mini stero female output on HU back!!!! Just ebayed!!!!!!

[Trap63]

Alternative link
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...enPants_v2.zip

[krikke]

Originally Posted by GreenPants

In the main OS Settings menu, try:

• Settings->Sound->Navi Volume

I don't have that particular option in Android Settings...
I guess the Ekoore unit I have uses a different rom then the units used here...

Anyway I did a reset of the unit and reinstalled Sygic and now the volume is louder...
So for the moment this issue is 'resolved'.

[2forme]

I don't really post on ft86club anymore, but I wanted to hop in and say great job to everyone who took this project and ran with it. Awesome work guys!

[allmotorrex]

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