Hi,
I have a GPS Navigator for my car, which is GARMIN, but I prefer the Google Navigator and Google Maps.
My question is clear, Is there an Android-based GPS Navigator device?
Or
Can I flash Android to my car's GARMIN device?
Is there a reason you don't want to use an Android phone to run the Google Maps/Nav application ?
electricpete1 said:
Is there a reason you don't want to use an Android phone to run the Google Maps/Nav application ?
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My thoughts exactly. Why put Android onto a dedicated GPS device when you can have GPS within Android?
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I have the same question, I've got 3 Garmins and they are all giving out. New Garmin devices have reduced functionality and the prices are higher! Its completely retarded.
I actually did try using an Android phone as a GPS, as I've got a spare Galaxy device with dock, audio out, and hard wired power adapter. There is no way a phone will do the heavy lifting that my Garmin devices do. Here is a list of requirements that you need in a GPS that Android on phones don't meet.
Visibility with a matte screen. For use in a standard car or a convertible, you have to have a matte screen for seeing while driving.
Power on automation and reliability. The device needs to power up on its own and be ready to go without any user interaction. One of my Garmin devices starts playing my MP3 playlist on boot up through AUX in my stock head unit.
Rock solid GPS reception. I've never had a phone be near as accurate as a GPS unit.
Offline maps
I used Sygic on my Galaxy and the processor ran at full speed to keep the app running smoothly, overheating it after a while. Partially due to being in the sunlight on my dashboard. The screen was practically unreadable due to glare.
Here are some features I would love to have if I had a Garmin form factor and screen with Android:
Wifi auto connect to my house when I part, for map updates and to rsync my music collection
Better bluetooth connect and phone call interrupt
AUX input for an analog trucker style radio, to communicate with other cars and trucks
Any ideas? Maybe a device that supports custom ROMs, Android or non-android?
Pics of my setup:
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Wuvuzela is a little application that emulates the sound of the well known (and hated by many) Vuvuzela being used in the current Fifa 2010 World Cup at South Africa.
This is a freeware application brought to you by JDB Pocketware. Free to use with full functionality, but will show an advertisement after closing the app.
Features
•Two vuvuzela sizes (thin or thick).
•Two types of sounds (euphoric or traditional).
•Predefined volume setup.
•Sober design.
•Powerful sound.
•32 country flags skins.
•Play by tapping screen.
•Play by blowing your microphone.
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great ! and free. what's good !!
Very cool app, but it doesn't display correctly on square screens 320x320.
great app!!! it works good on omnia 2. thank u!!!
The App is Good and work Super on Blackstone one Suggestion.. When you bloow you hear one time LOOP so will be really great if the bloowing is real i mean if you bloow longer to hear longer the sound if you bloow shorter the sound to be short too not everytime the Wuvuzela to play the same way no matter how do you bloow
Thanks, this is amazing app, the sound is like hmm... african
It's great! Tested on my Treo Pro, some issues:
The app don't fit to the SQVGA screen, can you release a qvga version?
When I force to close the app I can't open it again without restarting my device.
After close the app there's no more sound system need to restart the device
Truly a great App.
But the microphone blowing doesnt work for me.
It says that my device is not supportet???
which device?
Its a Touch Diamond 2 Fake... T5355. ;-D
Well maybe because it is fake?
Does mic work for other applications?
Yeah in other Apps it works very well.
Have you calibrated the mic at settings? (check the option, blow straight into it and then tap Ok)
I have the problem that when I started Wuvuzela on Touch Diamond2 with Stock ROM, the mic will no longer work in phone mode. This sucks.
A soft reset seems to be the only workaround.
Maybe you need to close the app to talk... not the ideal but anyway its a fun app.
Anyone tried amplifying it?
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition does a lot of things really well; Here are five apps that make it a better, more functional device;
1. GMD GestureControl: Definitely worth $4.99, makes the tablet way more user friendly, and gives you a more intuitive way to control your Note.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontrol&hl=en
2.Dsploit: Gives you the ability to know more about your network, and do some pretty specific network admin stuff like deny certain people service, reroute everyone's internet traffic that is connected to your router to a site of your choosing, stuff like that. Check it out for yourself, but be aware that it is functional and does have features that may be legally and morally objectionable. (not a big deal, just needs to be said).
http://dsploit.net/
3. Clash of Clans: Free, and makes me happy I know, it doesn't add functionality, but I put it in the video anyway. (and if you remove this, you still get your 5 apps that add functionality!)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supercell.clashofclans
4. XBMC: its the Xbox Media Center app, coupled with Navi-X lets you watch pretty much any movie out there, and even some that have yet to come out....
http://xbmc.org/download/
5. Wifi Analyzer: My most favorite app, because I'm always setting up someone's WiFi. It gives you a more fine tuned view of the surrounding wifi environment. It also lets you connect to wifi access points through the app (well, you can after you download another little free piece of the app).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en
6. Pry-Fi: free, but gives you a chance to donate. Changes your MAC address, but needs root; It actually works, however I've found that it only works with DutchDanny's custom BinDroid kernel (v003 is what I have it running on), at least on this tablet. It also changes your broadcast MAC address when your not on a network, and withholds your known SSID list from being broadcast. Pretty useful, eh, I think it is
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.pryfi
ps: my cat is always in my business, so I just let him do what he wants to do; that's why his foot is in the picture
Ok, so XBMC doesn't work properly on our device (SM-P600) because it needs hardware acceleration, but only the nightly build has that. So, I about to start a thread on how to get the nightly build of xbmc to run Navi-X.
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Here is the link to the full howto: http://wolfebaine.blogspot.com/2014/12/control-computer-from-android-wear.html
So I'm now the proud owner of an LG G Watch. After reading all the flame wars on whether Android Wear was the greatest thing since sliced bread or the worst thing since un-sliced bread I decided to be conservative and opted for a first gen watch before dropping too much cash on the "newest-greatest". I'm not going to add to the already gigantic pile of Wear reviews, suffice to say I'm satisfied with it for what it is and what I paid for it.
But that's not the point of this post. 90% of the reason I bought the watch wasn't for what it did, but rather what can I make it do??? So I got it, rooted it, and started sideloading apps (xda). What I ended up with was an android smartwatch that could also:
Play a movie (QQPlayer + ES File Explorer + Bluetooth Headset)
Run an NES Emulator (NES-FC Lite + Bluetooth controller)
Open my garage door (V1_Bluetooth_Arduino app + my bluetooth/arduino garage door setup)
None of these were really way out there as far as plausibility so I continued my hunt to push the limits of what this thing can do.
The one place I feel Android Wear falls short is the 'control' aspect of things. It is a fantastic little devices for providing you with information, but at the end of the day I should be able to tap the thing on my wrist to control my every day life.......
The closest thing I could find right now is the IFTTT integration. Bravo in general to this website and moreso for making it compatible with wear. They get it. Tap a button to cause an action somewhere in the real or digital world.
So after playing around with existing recipes (https://ifttt.com/android_wear) I remembered a post I saw a while ago about controlling your computer with IFTTT and Dropbox vis SMS.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-issue-a-command-to-your-computer-with-a-text-message/
The premise is exactly the same except instead of using SMS as the trigger, you'll use android wear as a trigger.
Click the link a the top for the full howto plus a nice video of my watch starting my Christmas tree light show.
Happy Holidays!
Yesterday i received my moto 360 and i was very excited about it's possibilities. I
I bought this remote control app a few hours ago: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Relmtech.RemotePaid&hl=de
Only the full version of the app has android wear support, but it's worth it
Within the app you can create statusbar shortcuts which looks like this:
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There are various actions you can assign for these shortcuts but the most useful i think is the Remote File Manager option. This allows you to start a batch located at your computer.
Personally i have created 4 shortcuts for changing the sound output and the mouse speed of my pc with one touch on my moto 360.
On my moto it looks like this: (only the symbol for the shortcut is correct, not the colour)
You can also control your mouse with your wear. But it's not working 100% smoothly for me.
Hi XDA,
New member with low-level coding ability looking for some advice.
I've just bought the Stratos and amazed with its features, and also the quite poor app market for it. I'm a big windsurfer/surfer and looking to customise the watch for these activities.
Questions 1:
Is there any ETA on adding a new sport to the watch? SUP/Windsurfing/Surfing? Its basically just the Ski setting without vertical.
Question 2:
I've read up on how to create a custom watch face. How do I have this watch face display data from a website/API? I'd like to display data from magic seaweed/windguru on the watch face ideally to create something similar to the Surfline app:
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How is this possible? Or is it possible to install Android Wear apps onto the Stratos (meaning I could use the Surfline face)?
Thanks!
To start with, you have to get these data somehow. I suppose there are sites displaying those characteristics based on the location? If this is true you could make a widget displaying these features pulling the data from your phone's internet connection.
Take a look at Quinny's Train schedule widget...
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Hi XDA,
New member with low-level coding ability looking for some advice.
I've just bought the Stratos and amazed with its features, and also the quite poor app market for it. I'm a big windsurfer/surfer and looking to customise the watch for these activities.
Questions 1:
Is there any ETA on adding a new sport to the watch? SUP/Windsurfing/Surfing? Its basically just the Ski setting without vertical.
Question 2:
I've read up on how to create a custom watch face. How do I have this watch face display data from a website/API? I'd like to display data from magic seaweed/windguru on the watch face ideally to create something similar to the Surfline app:
How is this possible? Or is it possible to install Android Wear apps onto the Stratos (meaning I could use the Surfline face)?
Thanks!
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Did you ever get anywhere with this? It is so much harder than I thought to find a tide app for an Android or Tizen watch!!
I inherited for work an android board that moves 2 motors, I have to basically move the motors trough software,
How can I find out how the current system is moving the motors?
I have rooted the OS to have more control, the system is running with a custom launcher, there is a button that activates google assistant after that is active, the order to move the motor can be given.
I need to find the way that the DC motor is being moved?, can I intercept the method?
is looking at the pins that go to the DC motor any help?
the board runs android and is like a normal tablet, it just moves 2 DC motors, I took it apart to see how the motors were moving?
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- USB port?
- other technique?
I hope this is the correct place to ask for help?
Thanks
I have images of the board, but as I have less than 10 posts, cannot add linik
mako343 said:
I inherited for work an android board that moves 2 motors, I have to basically move the motors trough software,
How can I find out how the current system is moving the motors?
I have rooted the OS to have more control, the system is running with a custom launcher, there is a button that activates google assistant after that is active, the order to move the motor can be given.
I need to find the way that the DC motor is being moved?, can I intercept the method?
is looking at the pins that go to the DC motor any help?
the board runs android and is like a normal tablet, it just moves 2 DC motors, I took it apart to see how the motors were moving?
- USB port?
- other technique?
I hope this is the correct place to ask for help?
Thanks
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what techniques exist to send a signal to turn on a dc motor with android embedded system?
I mean the driver chips that turn the motor, the signal will come from somewhere right?
does it matter at the hardware level?
like addressing a pin or a GPIO in a raspi?
the software that moves the motor is an activity that interacts with the googlesearchbox
that could be other way to intercept the command turning the motor on/off.
Any ideas, please?