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03-22-2024, 06:23 AM | #1344 | |
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Anyone who would like to give it a try, I suggest to read the RedErik post on the first page of this thread related to PX6 units. My 8259 unit was only playing "android" glowing logo at the boot start. Confusingly, I did not find this being a dedicated bootanimation, it appears the system has none, so this is Android OS default. You need to be able to establish adb connection to your HU. Follow the guide to the point where there is Code:
adb root Enter the following commands: Code:
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su @#zxcvbnmasdfghjklqwertyuiop1234567890,. remount Insert the USB disk with your bootanimation.zip file and check how is this udentified under your HU (you can use ES Explorer or similar file epxlorer on your HU). Reconnect back after remount, you should now have RW access to your HU. Code:
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cp /storage/udisk1p1/bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip You can now reboot your unit and your effort be rewarded by desired bootanimation playing. thanks to RedErik for his work, I hope my bit will allow few more guys to enjoy it on their units too now. Last edited by pinkycz; 03-22-2024 at 06:28 AM.. |
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03-23-2024, 07:49 AM | #1345 | |
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03-25-2024, 01:22 PM | #1346 | |
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At first, I successfully changed the boot animation part. The rest of the attempts were with a "Success" message, but no real effect. Then I reset the current boot animation with bootanimation_clear.zip. Reboot and one more attempt with success for both bootlogo and bootanimation parts. The content of the OEM folder in my case was OEM\ imagefv.bmp <-- image created using MaPaint bootanimation.zip <-- archive created using BootAnimator tool voila you can check my bootlogo and bootanimation here |
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03-25-2024, 01:28 PM | #1347 |
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Possibly this recent guide will help in your case
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04-28-2024, 05:11 AM | #1350 |
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If you have a native Android 10 unit (i.e. not updated from Android 9), then you can update to the latest A10 version and use the fully unlocked factory config file to enable all UIs. Everything is explained in the first few posts of Android 10 thread.
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04-28-2024, 07:36 AM | #1351 |
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Hi RedRrik, thank you for the info. I didnt see it sorry, i will have a look. And it is defintive a native android 10 head unit.
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Thanks, i have install it
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06-11-2024, 11:28 PM | #1353 |
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Hi all,
I'm new to this so wondering if anyone could help. I have an ksw-T-M700 OS v1.1.8 running A13 unit in my F87 and managed to change my bootup animation last week following this thread's guides. I'm now wanting to change a few tiles in the ID8 OS which I have done using KswLauncher and kswOverlay-master to repackage the apk after changing the images I wanted to modify locally on my mac. What I would like to know is weather KswOverlay or the Reworked overlay package installers can work in pushing the apk to the unit as it says they are for versions up to Android 12? Many thanks in advance. |
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06-12-2024, 01:22 AM | #1354 | |
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Hello to all and thanks a lot to you pinkycz!
I'm new to this forum and you were very helpfull with your information, especialy for my "new" 825X_Pro unit bought, not for a BMW, but for a Chrysler PT Cruiser. It has two USB cables (only the 6pins is actually working) and 2 micoSD slots. Fake android 13 on real android 9. 4GB RAM and 64 ROM. Small 5" screen with physical bottons on both sides (very usefull to me). It was not very clear, and still is not, if my unit has a resolution of 800x480, 1280x720 (what Device Info app tells me) or 1024x600 as seller was pretending... I think once booted it's emulated 1280x720. Nevertheless, I found out that boot logo has to be 800x480 .bmp or .png to be used. I can confirm that putting the boot logo(s) with whatever name and the extensions .bmp or .png, made with MSPaint on Windows 11, in the root of the USB stick or microSD will make them recognised by the system and added to the list of boot logos. In my unit, it's under Settings / Onboardtainement / Common / Boot Logo - PIN: 5678 hit the "search" icon and you'll find the new usable logo(s). Only the ones with the right resolution, for me 800x480, will be displayed. So that's it for the boot logo, pretty easy stuff once you know the basics (no really usefull info from the seller, beside the PIN code... / But very usefull info here!) Now to the boot animation. I have made a few for my car for another unit (AC8227L JCAC10003, 9" screen, 2GB + 64GB, 4 cores, 1024x600) and adapted it with less images, as the 825X_Pro boots faster (8 cores, more RAM), and resolution of 800x480. Since it's on android 9, no way to switch to wireless adb debugging as the option is not even listed in the developers options. So I thought I'll try with a cable. USB_A (unit) to USB_C (Windows) didn't work -> laptop was displaying "Not enough power to recharge" ;-) I had a spare USB_A male to USB_A male from an Android TV Box, used to update it, and "taa-daaaa": when plugged the right way - laptop side vs unit side - the radio was recognised as an Android device on the laptop! That made my day and I could use all your adb commands starting from adb shell su @#zxcvbnmasdfghjklqwertyuiop1234567890,. remount adb shell cd /storage/ ls I had already copied my bootanimation.zip to the root of the microSD card. My SD card was detected as ext_sdcard1. "As it has two partitions, storage list them as udisk1p1 and udisk1p2. I have stored my boot animation on the primary partition, yours might be different so modify the below to match your input device" -> wasn't working for me with ext_sdcard1p1 -> ext_sdcard1 was enough. cp /storage/ext_sdcard1/bootanimation.zip /system/media/bootanimation.zip That did it! After rebooting my unit I could enjoy my bootanimation playing! It's smaller than the screen size though, so I'll try with 1024x600 and 1280x720. That's why I'm guessing once the unit has booted, it is emulating another resolution than the native 800x480. I'll edit this post if I find out anything more. So again, thanks a lot pinkycz and the others that posted here for your help! Hopefully my little add-on will help some people. I can't imagine why it has to be so complicated to do so simple things like making these units fit our cars and likings...! Edit1: USB_A male to USB_A male has to be made specially to update via USB_A. I think the data wires are switched. You'll find those cables for sure on Al....ress, e..y, Am..on and others ;-) Edit2: Resolution for my bootanimation has definitly to be 1280x720 pixels to fully fill the screen size. I made it last for about 10 seconds as the boot logo stays on for about 15 seconds and then less than 10 sec. left for animation. My 2nd USB cable (4pins) actualy works fine, I just saw that I set it in USB debug mode in the Factory settings of the unit (Settings - Car Infotainement - About Device - Settings icon PIN 8878 - Others - USB2 Debug Enable). This must make it usable for USB debugging through ADB! Quote:
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06-23-2024, 10:05 AM | #1357 |
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I would really like to get the stock Android BT instead of the KSW one mainly to connect a OBD dongle and, why not, to connect wireless earphones as if it were a normal tablet.
From what I understand it is not enough to change the KSW BT apk with the Android stock one, would other system changes be necessary? |
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06-24-2024, 05:37 AM | #1358 | |
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/system/app/Bluetooth/Bluetooth.apk=com.android.bluetooth /system/priv-app/KswBt/KswBt.apk=com.wits.ksw.bt |
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07-15-2024, 08:46 AM | #1361 |
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RedErik Are the KWS style unit the better ones to get, or are there better units out there?
Was looking at this unit https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006398499536.html Is this one of those , or should I be looking at something else. Also for the EVO, they mention and AUX -USB. Do you know how that works, as in does it show up as a USB thumb drive on my iDrive? or is that the amp/dac like soundkeys Cyrus/ Fiio? |
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07-15-2024, 09:01 AM | #1362 | |
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That listing is indeed for KSW units, but pay attention to the SoCs as there are 3 variants (450, 662 and 680) and each has a few RAM/ROM options. As for the AUX USB, I'm not sure how it shows up in the iDrive menu, but it won't be a thumb drive, it can't be. It's an audio stream, not a file storage. |
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Cheers, yeah I was looking at the 680 version.
Do you know if there are any newer/ more powerful SoC's? and/or come with Android 14? I did reach out to a couple of the sellers and all said 13. I don't really care about the customization, other than been able to load my own apps. The only customization that would be nice if possible is to have 3 or 4 way split screen. But I know thats not possible. For me I just want the unit that is going to be the most stable/sorted that can run music(via usb), waze, ALP, Escort Live/Smarter, maybe a -> usb -> TOS or something (if i want to bypass the factory AUX+amp, and go direct from HU). Just seeing post of people and the crappy Android HU, that run like a dog, and faceplant at every chance. Don't want to go to all the effort of installing and having that. The $$ difference is near as makes no diff. Last edited by Chilled; 07-15-2024 at 11:39 PM.. |
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I think the latest is Snapdragon 685 and no, there is no Android 14 for these units yet... not that it matters at all, because these systems are heavily modified anyways, so whatever benefits you are hoping to see from new Android version are pretty much not there. To be honest, all Android units have some flaws. The only ones (to my knowledge) that are somewhat improving are KSW/ZXW units (basically Snapdragon models), especially the latest ones (680, 685) running ZXW firmware. We finally see some improvements in the code (mature, following standards, streamlining some convoluted processes etc.), but there are no really benefits form newer hardware. If you care about synthetic benchmarks, then you will see some improvements, but in real life 662, 665, 680, 685 and even 625 are pretty much the same. It's the RAM that matters the most imo, if you want to run many apps in the background. |
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