[Q] Android based car navigation -> external touchscreen 400x240 - possible? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I hope I am in good part of the forum - I have a question to Android geeks -> I have an idea on the project (which in case of WinCE based navi units is explored - but not in Android based ones) - to put an Android based tabled with GPS or GPS navigation unit as a navi unit in my VW RCD510 device... My first question is -> is there a possibility to connect external screen with touch-screen which will be different resolution than the native one on the Android based unit... In particular - the RCD510 unit has a screen resolution (with touch) of: 400x240 pix (6,5") screen...
Is there a possibility to connect that to the tablet or navi unit with Android and to use that screen to controll (completely) the unit??
The main screen of the unit may be not used - it does not make me difference - I only ask about such thing, as I am not really good in Android...
Just one more thing - I do not think about "on-the-go" - it may be some dismounting etc stuff - just to make it work (if possible at all)...
I will appreciate your help...

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I have had my Advantage 7501 for over a month now and love it except for a couple of features.
**One is the key baord is hard to use in a low light situation.
** Another is the lack of a DEDICATED phone button on screen
**Third is the camera settings ie shaky images
maybe a little experience is around that has not found me and my personal issues yet...........
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Hi there
Nope, no blacklit screen dedicated to the Athena that I know of.
BUT having the same needs, here is how I do with my Athena + Black dual PK 3 ROM:
- sound settings: play a soft "tick" when pressing a hardware key. This alone makes the Athena keyboard, in my opinion, infinitly more usable as it provides you with a "feedback" stimulus, even if it's not a mecanical one. You *know* when you have pressed a key "successfully";
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- Use AEButtons to redefine the FLAG button as a phone button, that's what I did.
HTH !
I use AEBPlus and have the Win key single-press assigned to the Green key function, but mostly I use the Jabra BT8010 to answer and software like PocketCM to dial.
I have PKs AP Dual 3.0 ROM which includes Teksoft's FingerTouch soft keyboard which I use in the dark. (If you're doing that much with the keyboard in the dark, maybe your spouse is right. Put *that* thing away for a while....)
The camera is HTC. And it is, after all, a phone camera. But yeah, one would hope HTC would learn that just a great camera on a unit like this would sell a million more of them at a much higher price tag.

[Q] 180-degree Screen Rotation

Coming from WM6, I find it odd that there's no manual screen rotation options in Android. Odder still, that there's no 180-degree rotation mode.
I have a universal Car Mount from my old phone that I like, mostly because it attaches to the air vents. I find this positioning is better than a conventional windshield mount on my car, and avoids the typical issues with suction cups continuously falling off (or melting into place).
The problem is that the dock blocks the USB charging ports on the corner of the Atrix. I can get around this issue by putting the phone in upside down, however to do so I need to 'flip' the display.
The Motorola Auto-Rotate feature does not support the 180-degree position out of the box. I've found several posts asking about this feature, but no answers except a vague reference to Cyanogen Mod, implying that this will take more than a standard app/widget can do.
So, is it possible to do this on the Atrix now that we have root and deodexing options available? This is my first Android phone, so I'm not yet familiar with its innards.
Alternatively, is it possible to flip the display on a given application, specifically Nav or one of the offline GPS programs?
Ideally, what I'd like to see is:
A Widget or shortcut to manually set and/or toggle screen rotation like what was standard on WM6. Outside of the car dock, this is also useful when using the phone on a desk or bed at odd angles.
Script/Shortcut/Icon that sets a specific rotation and then launches the car dock (or GPS app).
Use Launcher Pro.
Gives you full 360 screen rotation.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
No, unless I'm missing something, it does not.
LauncherPro does allow the home screen to be rotated (which is not what I care about right now), but it does not support rotating it 180-degrees (upside down).
Ahh you're right.
The dock will flip to 180, but the screen stops at 90.
Any ideas?
I don't mind playing with Androids internals (time permitting) if this is possible , but as I said my experience with Android so far is minimal (particularly compared to the xda experts).
According to http://developer.motorola.com/docst...at_runtime__Allow_the_user_to_set_preferences, the only options for application preferences are landscape or portrait. Not sure if this is applicable though.
I've found an old related thread for the G1 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=449688&page=2 added screen rotation to that device. It does note though that not all rotations are implemented, and is probably also talking in the context of 2.1.
Another related thread at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...e-rotations-by-90-but-enable-rotations-by-180 seems to imply that the 180-degree rotation won't work until we get the Android 2.3 update.
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It appears that CyanogenMod 7 adds this capability: http://nightly.posterous.com/rotate-180
Clearly we're not going to see CM on the Atrix for a while, but is there anyway we can backport this feature into the Atrix, or will this have to wait for the fabled 2.3 update?

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Hi Guys,
i bought a card 2DIN unit with android - for Toyota RAV4 - which is actually based on the android HW which is used from TV Sticks.
Model Number: TCC8925
Android Version: 4.0.4 ( V2.2 2013-08-30 SAMSUNG K9GBG08U0A )
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Kernel Version: 3.0.8 - tcc [email protected] #194
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In DVD menu the screen is clear. The same is when i'm doing android reset - the frist green picture with the android is clear - and directly after that, the screen starts to flicker - or how to say - it is kind of white noise or sync noise on the screen - but only in the android. Switching to DVD module - and the screen is ok - so it is not the screen what is faulty. I'm assuming as well it is not the android module faulty (hope) as the first android screen directly after reboot is clear.
See attached picture and video file.
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Hello,
i have special question.
do someone know if is possible to sent android phone notificaions to arduino or raspberry with connected small display?
What i want - it is just idea - i want to made small display for my car for show notificaions from phone - incomming calls, messages and (that will be best) navigation arrows from google maps route.
...so all notifications what are on locked screen.
External display will dont have any buttons or touch....just display connected via bluetooth.
thanks for help and ideas

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