[conandrum]

Originally Posted by Shamanix

The main feature of the launcher is the ability to display one or two applications on the home screen at the same time, changing their size and scale. https://t.me/carcarlauncher

Have you tried it? Stable? Fast after boot?

[Shamanix]

Originally Posted by conandrum

Have you tried it? Stable? Fast after boot?

It works perfectly. Without brakes. The download is fast. I am currently using it as an addition to the main launcher, for programs in split screen mode - it is ideal, when switching to other applications, going back works perfectly. At the same time, he is also friends with Carplay/Autokit. At the moment, I can say must have. Convenient and practical.


First, you can create presets on the screen
�� It is possible to have two screens on the screen, where you can make preset sizes from 50/50 to 70/30
�� You can adjust the percentage (larger or smaller) of the map scale in each window, and so on.
�� Regular automatic updates and additions
�� Chic minimalism with a combination of maximum possibilities
It is very convenient when navigation is 70% on the driver's side of the screen, and 30% on the right (for example, Yandex Music, and you can go to any application with one swipe and launch it in one of the screens without going to the general menu, without unnecessary gestures. This is cool!
�� Car launcher works very fast and has an instant response, which was very pleasantly surprised
It's also amazing that you can put it in one of the windows!!! Another launcher! It's a shock!
And have two in one, three in one! And they are "friends"!
�� There is not enough space to describe all the advantages and advantages. Just take it, put it on and use it! And you won't go back to the past!

Instruction manual https://telegra.ph/Instrukciya-po-na...Launcher-07-05

[conandrum]

Originally Posted by Shamanix

It works perfectly.

Looks like this is only available on Telegram.
Can you give us a direct link to the apk?

[Shamanix]

Originally Posted by conandrum

Looks like this is only available on Telegram.
Can you give us a direct link to the apk?

There is a link in the post

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...postcount=2603

After that, you can enable automatic updates in the launcher settings

[conandrum]

Here is how I dealt with my USB ports in my E71.

Passenger Footwell
The 2 cables carrying the USB ports were redirected down the passenger footwell. (I did the same with the audio out cable from the HU harness, even though I am not using it atm. I tucked it away.)

I removed the cover on the passenger side. There is a large fabric acoustic pad on the underside of this cover. I used fabric glue to glue 5 strips of velcro (soft/loops) every few centimeters. I left it to dry for a day.

Meanwhile I took my Anker hubs and stuck velcro (hard/hook) on their bottom side and velcro (soft/loop) on their top side and all round their sides. I made sure that the ports would point towards the passenger before sticking anything.
I did the same with the Cyrus Soundkey - velcro (hard/hook) on the bottom.
Then I took fabric tape and covered the Cyrus Soundkey top and sides. Finally using the same fabric tape I wrapped and tidied up the wires.

The Soundkey connects to one of the 2 hubs.
2x USB 3.0 extension cables panel mount go to the armrest compartment (one connects to each hub).
1x Audio cable goes to the armrest compartment.

Note: Get 2m USB extensions. I got 1m and they were too short, so I had to get extra extensions (to extend the extensions LOL) to complete the job.

Note: Using velcro is a sure way of making the hardware stay in position, in an area where ample room exists but would otherwise remain unutilised. I did not want to lose any space anywhere else (e.g. my glove box).

WARNING: If you need to detach your hardware from the velcro, push down on the fabric while lifting the hardware, otherwise you risk detaching the fabric padding's top layers!

Armrest Compartment
The compartment's front cover was removed and these holes were drilled:
1. 2x rectangular holes for the panel mounted USB extension cables
2. 1x circular hole for the audio cable (2 rubber grommets were used to pluck the hole with the wire going through them. The grommets are very flexible. I could not believe it when I managed to get the audio jack through the smaller grommet. The small fits within the larger one, sealing the hole)

Note: Please remove the gear selector & iDrive controller to get all these cables though otherwise you will be wasting your time.

Here are some photos.

[sahan.d]

Hello, I bought a HU from Aliexpress and failed. I'll be returning it soon. I would like to know the best option out there. I'm aware of AvinUSA. Any other recommendations? Your help on this is highly appreciated. I don't want to end up buying another wrong unit.

P.S: I've tried to do some research and go through this forum, it just confused me more on what to go with :/

[conandrum]

Originally Posted by sahan.d

Hello, I bought a HU from Aliexpress and failed. I'll be returning it soon. I would like to know the best option out there. I'm aware of AvinUSA. Any other recommendations? Your help on this is highly appreciated. I don't want to end up buying another wrong unit.

P.S: I've tried to do some research and go through this forum, it just confused me more on what to go with :/

The recommendation of this forum thread is any KSW unit designed for your particular car model. Android version is currently 13. Processors available on these units are Snapdragon 662 (and maybe 685? not sure). Choose RAM and internal memory as you see fit.
Find more recommendations on the discord channel here:
https://discord.com/channels/7024375...49254037241936
Join the channel and once inside, find the heading 'headunit discussion' and choose the car make your have from the topics under the heading. You can search within the topic, or chat live with other members.
I saw people discussing aliexpress units yesterday so give it a go.

[conandrum]

Just a quick step by step on how to restore your apps/settings etc after a factory reset.
NOTE: you need to have Google Back up enabled and run it at least once for a backup to be available for restore.

What can be restored:
1. Apps
2. Contacts
3. Device Settings (WiFi passwords & more)
Not all settings are backed up / restored. e.g. I noticed that I had to specify settings for Google maps/assistant from scratch. Also even though apps are restored, their setttings aren't and have to be reconfigured. In any case, it saves you much valuable time.

1. You need a connection to the internet to proceed.
2. From Play store, download 'Activity Launcher' and open it.
3. Search for com.google.android.apps.pixelmigrate.migrate.compo nent.D2dWizardManager and launch it.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions and click 'Restore'.
5. You can follow the restore process from the Play store 'Manage Apps & Device' section under your profile. There you can see each app as it is being restored, by clicking on 'All apps up to date'.

See photos:

[conandrum]

Last week I noticed that my reversing camera was not showing properly.
It had red colour everywhere and loads of distortion.
It all started when I had to replace my original Android harness because it was not transfering audio correctly via the harness itself (audio would play on some speakers and when moving it around the sound would return).

After replacing the harness I noticed this camera problem. In a similar way, the camera picture would sometimes return when the OEM harness was moved around.
I removed the OEM quadlock connector from the Android harness and then removed the X13814 plug. I noticed that the pins were loose from the factory. I extended their locking mechanism and reinserted. I put things back together but the problem persisted.

To cut a very long story, short, I unraveled the tape surrounding the RGB wire all the way to its root (8cm or so) and noticed that the white wire (GND) was severed and the black wire (SHIELD) was nearly cut too. These wires are soldered onto 2 separate layers of braided mesh wires surrounding the 3 RGB wires. Each layer of braided mesh is separated by non-conducting transparent film. These braided mesh wires are very thin and can become brittle at the solder joints. Moving the quadlock in, out and about had a detrimental efect on these joints.

So I went ahead and soldered new wires with new pins to each layer and did the same for the RGB wires also. I used shrink tubing individually and another for all 5 wires and wrapped everything in fabric tape.
I put every pin back in position and replaced the plug in the quadlock.

When connected to the CCC, the camera finally worked properly.

Unfortunately I only took a photo of one side of the X13814 plug before removing the black shield wire. So when I followed a diagram I found online, I place the shield wire into pin#12 instead of pin#11. Even so everything works properly, but I think I should replace it tomorrow ).
ALWAYS TAKE PHOTOS!!!
And always check your own wiring diagrams in ISTA - do not rely on online diagrams!
Thanks @RedErik for helping out with the connection diagrams!

Here are some photos!

PS. Next afternoon, I just bit the bullet and moved the pin from #12 to #11.
Took me about an hour from start to finish. see last photo

[Sage_kaa]

Originally Posted by conandrum

My HU Specification:
MCU Ver:6150eALS-C&C-KTL-DC-230107G
APP Ver: Witstek-Ksw-T-M600_OS_v1.4.8
System Ver: Witstek-13-662EA-868927052938789
Snapdragon 662 (SM6115) Android 13

Hi!
I need help. My firmware is broken 6150A0eALS-C&C-KTL-DC-221105G
Where can I download the MCU firmware as in your message?
Thanks!

[conandrum]

Originally Posted by Sage_kaa

Hi!
I need help. My firmware is broken 6150A0eALS-C&C-KTL-DC-221105G
Where can I download the MCU firmware as in your message?
Thanks!

6150A0eALS-C&C-KTL-DC-230107G
Just remove the pdf extension.

[conandrum]

Originally Posted by Shamanix

It works perfectly.

Hey Shamanix. I have 2 questions:

1. I noticed it is a trial for 30 days. How do you buy this app?
2. I noticed that the system apps DTV & AUX do not appear in the list of apps.
Can you ask the developer to add these 2 KSW apps to his list if possible?

[Shamanix]

Originally Posted by conandrum

Hey Shamanix. I have 2 questions:

1. I noticed it is a trial for 30 days. How do you buy this app?
2. I noticed that the system apps DTV & AUX do not appear in the list of apps.
Can you ask the developer to add these 2 KSW apps to his list if possible?

Hi! For beta versions, the trial is extended by updating. This application is currently in beta testing and cannot be purchased. Turn on automatic updates in the settings, Today I have updated to the next version in this way. The period of use has been reset to zero.

Car Car launcher is a banal program. Without connection to the car. The program is universal for any car and HU and tablet. This program is convenient for split mode and no more

[MysticMan]

Originally Posted by ypolyachenko

kentodessa

Yeah. Factory reset did the trick.

My previous update attempts were made without KSW tools and factory reset.
I installed KSW tools recently, like 2 days ago to check what's there etc.

So...
I've prepared a 16Gb USB(FAT32) drive with all key updates for A12. Also, prepared some stuff to downgrade to A11(in case of any bad attempt) and start from scratch.

Right after factory reset the first update went successfully.
Here is my path:

A12_1.0.7Nexai -> factory reset!!! -> update to 1.2.0 non-nexai -- OK
update mcu from 220920G -> 230913G -- OK

Then
Attempt to update to 1.2.1Nexai - OK
MCU update - the same version - OK

Attempt to update to 1.4.4Nexai - OK
MCU update - no upgrade found

Attempt to update to 1.5.6Nexai - OK
MCU update - the same version - OK


A13
Attempt to update A12_1.5.6 to A13_1.1.3 - OK
MCU update - the same version - OK

Attempt to update to A13_1.4.0 - ОК
MCU update - the same version - OK

Attempt to update to A13_1.5.5 - In progress...



One thing that I noticed on A12_1.5.6 is that the steering wheel buttons Next/Previous acts in reverse, ArrowUp - previous song, ArrowDown - next song. subject to investigate.

PS1. The boot logo and boot animation were not affected by the update procedure

PS2. You can put all updates to any folder and then just copy/paste the desired update file to the root of the USB. And not to plug/unplug your USB stick just restart the device.

My seller gave me these instructions: A11 2.4.4-->A12 1.2.1NEXAI. Did you really have to do A12_1.0.7Nexai and 1.2.0?

There's also Ksw-T-M600_OS_v1.5.8-ota.zip available

[Sage_kaa]

Originally Posted by conandrum

6150A0eALS-C&C-KTL-DC-230107G
Just remove the pdf extension.

Thanks! You've been very helpful!

[conandrum]

Originally Posted by Shamanix

Hi! For beta versions, the trial is extended by updating. This application is currently in beta testing and cannot be purchased. Turn on automatic updates in the settings, Today I have updated to the next version in this way. The period of use has been reset to zero.

Car Car launcher is a banal program. Without connection to the car. The program is universal for any car and HU and tablet. This program is convenient for split mode and no more

It has a couple of problems with maps.
A.
I have a preset (preset#4) with a single application - Google maps
I click the preset button and maps open full screen.
I ask Google assistant to navigate to the closest petrol station.
The map shows the path and navigation begins.
I press the HOME button which takes me to the carcarlauncher.
There, I see a split screen (preset#1 poweramp with maps) where maps section is just a black square.
If I press preset#4 again, the whole screen is black (because Google maps opens in full screen)
I have to kill Google maps to reset it.

SOLUTION FOUND: Disable 'Picture in Picture' in Apps/Google maps

B.
Disable 'Picture in Picture' in Apps/Google maps.
I have a preset (preset#1) with poweramp and maps.
I ask Google assistant to navigate to the closest petrol station in maps.
I have to specify 'in maps' otherwise navigation won't start.
Full screen maps opens and navigation starts.
I have to press the home button to return to split screen.

Not a huge issue, since we can long press the menu button on the iDrive controller to go home.

[conandrum]

FYI:
I was fed up with youtube advertising.
So I downloaded and tested SmartTube from here:
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTub...ses/tag/21.54s

I downloaded SmartTube_stable_21.54_arm64-v8a.apk from above, and installed on the HU.
Once inside, there is a section in settings letting you log in with your youtube account - just follow the directions on the screen.
Every time it blocks some advertising, it will show a message on screen for a couple of seconds. You can even disable those.
I like it.

[Shamanix]

Originally Posted by conandrum

FYI:
I was fed up with youtube advertising.
So I downloaded and tested SmartTube from here:
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTub...ses/tag/21.54s

I downloaded SmartTube_stable_21.54_arm64-v8a.apk from above, and installed on the HU.
Once inside, there is a section in settings letting you log in with your youtube account - just follow the directions on the screen.
Every time it blocks some advertising, it will show a message on screen for a couple of seconds. You can even disable those.
I like it.

I prefer this kind of software

youtube-vanced and music

[Shamanix]

Originally Posted by conandrum

It has a couple of problems with maps.

CarCar Launcher is convenient and hassle-free when used together with another launcher, only in one case - if you have configured your HU for use with Carplay. I don't know how things are with Android Auto. In other cases, there will be conflicting situations with the programs. Some programs will not work simultaneously in both CarCar and KSW, or on the contrary, you will get duplication and asynchronous operation of the application.

I set it up like this

[Mayerding]

Hi from Germany,
I'm new here. I have a Mercedes C180 W205 with Snapdragon662/8GB/128GB HU.
Android version is 13 (Kernel version: 4.19.157).
I've bought the HU from a German reseller (https://carhex.de/) who also installed the HU in my car.
I am using the HU with a SIM card; I don't use Android Auto/ Apple Carplay.

I have a problem with the voice commands from Google Maps.
The sounds from all Apps are played on the Mercedes speakers. But the voice commands from Google Maps are sometimes played on a small accessory speaker in the footwell on the passenger's side (see photo), but sometimes on the normal Mercedes speakers (it even changes during one ride).
The problem is that as long as the Google Maps voice commands are played on the accessory speaker, I don't get sound from any other (music) app. The sound from the other (music) apps can then only be heard superimposed on the Google Maps voice commands (on the small accessory speaker) for the short duration of the voice commands.
My reseller told me to disable the "FL Speaker" in the extended settings. This has improved the situation. But occasionally the Google Maps voice commands are still played via this annoying small accessory speaker.

The sound converter is in the center armrest and is connected to a Mercedes USB port there (see photo; sorry, I'm don't know a lot about the HU technique yet).

Has anyone else encountered this problem before?

Would it be helpful to remove the accessory speaker? Or will I not hear the voice commands at all then?

I've created a PDF file with my settings (translated to English).

Thank you for your help!

Philipp

[conandrum]

Originally Posted by Mayerding

My reseller told me to disable the "FL Speaker" in the extended settings. This has improved the situation. But occasionally the Google Maps voice commands are still played via this annoying small accessory speaker.

The sound converter is in the center armrest and is connected to a Mercedes USB port there (see photo; sorry, I'm don't know a lot about the HU technique yet).

I have not encountered this problem.
I have not connected the small speaker to my harness.
I have the "FL Speaker" enabled but never had sound come out of my FL speaker (it may work if I have navigation in progress and I switch to an OEM sound source but have not tested this).
I do not know what the sound converter is. I use a USB DAC connected to a USB port on the Android HU and all sound is coming out of it (except DTV & BT calls).

BTW. You may need to upgrade your firmware? We are on 1.5.5 at least.

[MysticMan]

My seller told me to go:
Ksw-R-M600_OS_v2.4.4-ota.zip
Ksw-S-M600_OS_v1.5.4NEXAI-ota.zip
Ksw-T-M600_OS_v1.5.6-ota.zip

That's a lot less steps than what other member are suggesting here. Does it really take one upgrade for each Android version?