[Q] Help With new BMW and USB input - Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

I have a new 2012 BMW 335i with the advanced bluetooth usb option and premium sound package. I do not have NAV.
My trouble is finding the music stored on the microSD card in the phone when plugged into the USB input for the BMW. I can have the phone "sync" to the car by putting it into PCSync mode but when I browse the file directory with the car I cannot find the music on the microSD card.
My friends iPhone 4S with the white apple cable works great. Music, album art, the whole enchilada .
Anybody have any ideas?
TIA

200Duece said:
I have a new 2012 BMW 335i with the advanced bluetooth usb option and premium sound package. I do not have NAV.
My trouble is finding the music stored on the microSD card in the phone when plugged into the USB input for the BMW. I can have the phone "sync" to the car by putting it into PCSync mode but when I browse the file directory with the car I cannot find the music on the microSD card.
My friends iPhone 4S with the white apple cable works great. Music, album art, the whole enchilada .
Anybody have any ideas?
TIA
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What happens when you connect the phone? Does the phone prompt you to enable the hard drive mode? If not I would try just pairing the phone via Bluetooth and see how it goes there. I don't have a BMW but I have a Genesis and everything works well with the Bluetooth pairing.
Try connecting the phone with USB debugging on (you can find it in the development options of the phone.)
Let us know more details of what is the reaction of the phone once you plug it in the car.
Also, is your music on the internal phone memory (/sdcard/ if fully stock and unmodified) or in your physical microsd card? That may have lot to do as well.
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It pairs and plays via the bluetooth no problems.
The music is on the mircoSD card and not the internalHD.
I plug the phone in and it defaults to charge only. I pull down the top notification bar and change the setting to the External Hard drive... the car doesn't redognize that the phone is plugged into the USB port. I then change the setting to PCSync and then the car USB icon lights up and I can browse into the phone's directory. But the directory is not the one on the microSD it is the internal phoneHD
All the music file are located here...
/mnt/sdcard/ext_sd/music
according to ASTRO FM
my phone and card are all stock

try it as media sync

connected as a EXT HD and USB debugging selected I can find the music files on the microSD and play them just no album art. getting closer

Get a vishnu piggyback system and chip your car, do a bit of tuning and you will be having so much fun whipping around town in a 400hp beast that you would have forgotten about this little problem all together,

I wish I had a BMW.
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You should sign up the the bmw forum's. They are extremely helpful, helped me figure out all sorts of bizaare questions and concerns.
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First world problems
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Burkettacb said:
You should sign up the the bmw forum's. They are extremely helpful, helped me figure out all sorts of bizaare questions and concerns.
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I'm all over them. The car is still a little too new and everyone has an iphone. XDA has been the gospel when it comes to phones.

shadowxaero said:
Get a vishnu piggyback system and chip your car, do a bit of tuning and you will be having so much fun whipping around town in a 400hp beast that you would have forgotten about this little problem all together,
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Waiting on the new JuiceBox

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Anyway to stream to car stereo via USB or ipod adapter?

My car stereo has a USB adapter to play mp3s on a usb flash drive, and it has an ipod connector. No bluetooth or AUX input. Is there anyway to stream music from my 8525 without having to buy an ad2p stereo? What I am looking to do is stream internet radio with GSPlayer.
thanks in advance
I'm kind of in the same boat. I purchased one of these,(VRFM8B - MP3/WMA FM Modulator) located on this page http://www.roadmasterusa.com/fmmod_vr3.php. I figured, heck, it's got a USB port, so why couldn't I stream my music through this from phone, since this is the same port the headphones use. No dice though, just a bunch of noise. Oh well, guess it was worth a shot.
It would be nice if it the Hermes could be recognized as a USB Mass Storage device If that were the case, you'd be able to do it. Other suggestion to try would be to get a micro sD reader and try plugging it into the stereo. That way you'd still have all the music with you. BUT, if you're like me, taking that micro sD card out is like shooting the phone.
That makes sense to me. So there is no way to make it respond as a mass storage device? Oh well, it was worth a shot. Thanks for the reply.
Softick makes a product for wm5/6 called Card Export. It lets you set your microsd card as a mass storage device. Probably will work for what you are wanting.
http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/
Thanks for the heads up! I'm going to give the prog a try on my lunch break. My hunch is that this will work with the native controls on the FM Modulater (Play, Rewind, etc...), but I probably can't control it through the Windows Mobile interface such as Audio Manager. I'll report back after testing. Thanks again!
Well, nevermind, that didn't work. The program will not run correctly in WM6 on the 8525. Keep getting errors after installing. Anyone else know of a similar program?
Search for WM5torage
Thanks for the tip. I tried that prog too, and still no dice. I guess I give up. I sure was hoping I could just use the phone as an MP3 player in my car, but guess I'll just have to get a dedicated MP3 player or a bluetooth deck and stream them, or just do nothing at all. Tired of spending money on this junk!
WM5torage requires that the "Enable advanced network functionality" flag is turned off on the "USB to PC" tab under "settings, connections". Did you turn that off?
I believe I did, but I could be mistaken. I finally just gave up on the whole idea. Just seemed like to much trouble. Thanks anyways for the reply.
Nysul said:
My car stereo has a USB adapter to play mp3s on a usb flash drive, and it has an ipod connector. No bluetooth or AUX input. Is there anyway to stream music from my 8525 without having to buy an ad2p stereo? What I am looking to do is stream internet radio with GSPlayer.
thanks in advance
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Hae you try to use your phone as usb drive using wm5storage.?

[Q] help with USB on head unit in car.

so i got a pioneer 5200 head unit today. it has a usb slot in the front, you can connect things to it and its suposta read them .. such as a ipod/iphone or any other phone with a sd card I WAS TOLD.
but i cant see to get it to work with my vibrant :-/ i know i had to put it in to debug mode to get it to work with my mac.. so i was not sure if i was missing something that i should of done.
any help? thanks.
Mount after plugging in?
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you would need to mount the drives on the phoen as samuel said... but there could be another issue... When you mount two drives will showup (internal and SD), can the head unit process two drives?
Not ALL radios have the ability to read every phone. I have a new JVC KW-NX7000 Navi and it would not read crap from my Cliq, but would from my G1. Haven't tried it yet with the Vibrant. Try taking it out of debugging and see if that works.
Another thing to consider is that the head units often have size limitations for the partitions they can read.
It also might be getting confused with the internal storage and the sd card since I doubt it can read more than one drive at a time.
Same problem with the stock radio on my 09 civic si. I believe it to be because of the way the phone provides access to the storage cards (USB hub)
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good call, i didnt think of the two drive thing.
checking there site it says
"Not every USB device is compatible with a Pioneer headunit containing an USB port. See more details at the following webpage: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/USBCompatibility. Pioneer headunits containing a USB port are compatible with USB MSC (Mass Storage Class) devices only, and are not compatible with DRM (Digital Rights Management) contents and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) connection devices. For size and other limitations, please see Owner’s Manual. Unauthorized copying of music or other files is strictly prohibited. Optional USB extension cable is available for use with front USB ports."
how ever when going to the site they say its basically a blank page ha. ill try to take it out of debugging mode.. and if that does not work ill pop out the sd card.
i tried, taking out one of the sd cards, turning off debugging mode, changing it so i have to select if i want mass storage, or media mode.
and still i get nothing sad but oh well.. still got the aux port ha
I wish I had an aux port, fm transmitters suck ballz! I have to remove my antenna to not get static and even then, sometimes I do.
badaphooko01 said:
I wish I had an aux port, fm transmitters suck ballz! I have to remove my antenna to not get static and even then, sometimes I do.
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These things work great! http://www.amazon.com/Scosche-FM-MO..._3?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1284670423&sr=8-3
And the magic question is... CAN WE PUT OUR DEVICE IN USB MSC MODE? (Mass Storage Class)
I think it's one thing we really need. Almost every device is compatible with it, not with MTP!
You have to enable mass storage device and then mount it once you've plugged it into your receiver. Theres an app called Auto-mount that will do out for you automatically. It will only transfer music stored on your sd you will have to use the headphone jack for Pandora and Slacker.
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I have the same problem with my Vibrant. I have an Alpine IXA-W404. When I plug in my phone via usb, it shows "searching" then "not supported" but on my head units screen it starts to show some random music files on my phone, but won't play them. I tried plugging in using two different wires, and tried with debugging on and off.
Any help? I even saw a video where the guy was doing it online with a similar setup, using a Droid and some other similar Alpine deck.
when i select "media player" from the usb settings on the phone, after about 20 seconds, the head unit starts to play a few songs but its very choppy. Any help is appreciated!
Also found this post that seems relevant, http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1283501

[Q] USB connect in 08' Jeep Grand Cherokee

I bought this car yesterday 01/04/12 and I noticed that it has a USB plug for my phone, so I connected my phone with my Jeep via USB and it does not recognize my phone. Just curious what I have to do to be able to connect the two. It would be pretty sweet because I can load up to 20 gb of storage on my cars hard drive and play music and view pictures and stuff.. so any help would be awesome.
Thank you!
Not likely that the Jeep will interface with your phone. USB ports in cars are generally for thumb drives that you put MP3 files on or for updating the Nav systems. Try calling a Jeep dealer for more info on what capabilities that USB port has.
Miami_Son said:
Not likely that the Jeep will interface with your phone. USB ports in cars are generally for thumb drives that you put MP3 files on or for updating the Nav systems. Try calling a Jeep dealer for more info on what capabilities that USB port has.
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Thank you, I'll just do it that way.
Might need to put the phone into USB storage mode - gotta tap on one of the notifications.
Can't help too much more - I haven't used USB mass storage mode in ages, being lazy I just adb push/pull.
Putting it in mass storage mode usually works. I haven't used it in a while either as I use bt now. But if you have an external card also the read time when you first plug it in could take a few min.
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If it has a USB connection then mass storage should work for mp3's and some other music formats. It does in mine. If for some odd reason it doesn't you should check if it has bluetooth. You can then stream your music and/or do hands free calling
Cozmo1 said:
If it has a USB connection then mass storage should work for mp3's and some other music formats. It does in mine. If for some odd reason it doesn't you should check if it has bluetooth. You can then stream your music and/or do hands free calling
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Well, I've got it connected via "UConnect". Does that also give me the ability to stream my music?
amaffey said:
Well, I've got it connected via "UConnect". Does that also give me the ability to stream my music?
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No. I also have an '08 Jeep GC with the Nav radio. In order to play music from the SG2 you will need to connect via AUX input. If you have the rear entertainment unit you can connect the SG2 to those inputs. (Of course you'll need a micro usb to RCA cable but you can get one custom made. Check the accessories thread as there is a member making them.) Else you'll need to connect the SG2 via the headphone jack to the 3.5" input on the radio. Another option is the Lockpick device for the NAV radio. You can google MyGIG Lockpick for more details.
Update: Here's the link to the thread for custom cable. Not sure if he's making anymore but you can check. I bought one and it works great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18839408#post18839408

Ford Sync users?

I am trying to get my device to work with my Ford Sync--which I like (so no haters, please).
When I connected my previous phone (iPhone 4) I could use it through USB. I use a music streaming service (Rdio) and it would be able to transfer the song's data (Track name, album photo) to the car stereo.
When I changed my phone to the Note and connect via USB, it says that the device is an unknown USB device and to disconnect it. However, it charges.
I know I can stream via bluetooth A2DP, but that's not what I want to do (plus the bluetooth stack doesn't sound anywhere as good as the iPhone's for some reason). Not to mention that I can't see song data on the screen.
I have tried connecting the device and setting it as USB mass storage (which is a b!tch, by the way, on a car radio) and all it does it see the device as a hard drive (again, not what I want it to do).
Does anyone know of a way to get the audio stream and control over the USB port?
Much appreciated to all efforts.
I do the same but stream my audio via BT. Will check again in my ford sync tonight to verify
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The sync system does require updates from time to time. Its possible you may need one. I got tired of plugging in my phone all the time so I eventually decided to use one of my old phones as basically an mp3 player. It stays in my console connected to USB all the time. I only take it out to add or delete music, update Pandora, etc.
I just tested my 2008 Fusion with Sync. It worked fine with BT.
I had to push the AUX button on the front of the radio to get to BT audio, to allow it to stream to the car radio.
I use A OK Radio app to listen to music.
The sync voice did say something about going to Media Menu to setup streaming, but that was not required.
Ah. Thanks for the responses. What I've been doing is exactly that--leaving my old iPhone as the music device. However, I miss being able to stream albums that don't reside local to the old phone. I'm thinking of rooting my Note just to allow my iPhone to pick up other albums.
Also, I forgot to mention that I have the My Ford Touch system (2011 Explorer) with the Sync interface if that bit of info helps.
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How to make music on SD card come up on car dash

Hi everyone I recently switched over to Android from iPhone for the first time and have been researching all kinds of stuff like crazy.
My issue is getting my music and playlists to pop up in my cars media system when I plug it in via USB. All my music and playlists are on my SD card because it won't all fit on internal storage. I'm not as knowledgeable as many of you here but after doing some research I think the problem is because I cannot put my phone into mass storage mode and adoptable storage doesn't exist on this phone. When I plug it into my car the only sound files are some weather notification tone and another type of beeping noise or something.
If there's an easy way to manage music on my SD card without having to remove it and plug it into my computer I would love to know that as well. A couple apps I tried could only connect to my internal storage for some reason.
Thanks in advance.
I use "Poweramp" (which I think is the best media player available for android):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer
and "Bluetooth Connect & Play":
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cp2.start.and.play.music.player
Bluetooth Connect & Play allows me to choose what app I want to launch when I connect to the media centre in my car (Power amp). Works perfect.
Stromma
Thanks for the reply but I don't want to connect with Bluetooth. I want a USB connection for the audio quality and so that all my media shows up on my car screen so I can search through playlists and sounds with my car not the phone
Does your head unit read your iphone like a hard drive? I think your head unit need to be android compatible for that to work on the G5 but I'm not sure.
My wife just told me hers does that. I'm not sure why it wont read from your sd card.

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