(car audio) Parrot ASTEROID Smart

[albert.r]

Just installed the same as above albert, did you copy the play store apk to system/apps too?

I believe that you *have* to copy both of these packages to /system/app directory. Remount it R/W before copying.

-albertr

 

[sneakk]

Still force closing.on me when I try to download or install an update from google play store,

 

[fatdoggie]

I have a few problems sometimes the smart doesn't see the unika. The works leds sayes it's working.
Restarting the car would solved and make the steering wheel control wrok.

Another problem is that the unit sometimes gives a message about crash reports.

Do u guy's experience simulair problems?

I just saw this happen to mine for the first time tonight. The wife was in the car playing with the Smart with the engine off but ignition on, and then started the car without turning the ignition back to the "off" position and the Unika did not respond. I wonder if the power drop during the car starting caused the Unika to drop and not be detected when it came back. I will mention that I had to bypass the Unika's apparent control of the switched +12V line and run it direct to both the Unika and the Smart. I was unable to get the Smart to power on until I did this, and this may be the cause of this problem in my instance.

I went into settings and disabled/reenabled the Unika and it came right back.

An even odder thing happened to me this afternoon - I came out and very briefly turned the car on and then back off within a space of about 30 seconds. Just long enough to detect the USB drive and start playing a song. Clean shutdown w/Goodbye message.

Hours later, I came back out to leave and the Smart wouldn't power at all. No signs of life from the power LED or anything. Tried disconnecting and reconnecting faceplate a couple times, holding power button, etc. Nothing. Then as I was looking for something to poke the reset button with, I popped the SD card out and back in and put the faceplate back on, expecting to drive home with no radio and have to rip it out and RMA it. Voila, as soon as I put the face back on after the SD card reinstall, it powered up just fine.

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Yep, this is exactly what happens - I was able to replicate it at will today. If the Asteroid warm boots/wakes while the Unika is dropping out or rebooting while the engine is starting the Asteroid will lose the Unika. A deactivate/reactive from the settings menu is sufficient to return control, but it sure would be nice if this could be done automatically during the wake up process if the Unika is not detected but should be active...

 

[danger355]

Here are the connections I made - you can either wire them up directly, or make another "tap" connector with some bullet connectors just like the one on the Unika's red wire and insert it on the switched +12v line.

• Red on the Unika is connected to the +12v battery line in your harness
• Red+Yellow on the Unika is connected to switched ignition source
• Black on Unika goes to ground
• Blue+Yellow on Unika was taped up and left unconnected.

For the resistive controls, I connected:

• V1 to the switch source in my wiring harness
• V2 and Unika Ground (Gray wire) to each other AND the switch ground from my steering wheel. The instructions did not indicate this was needed, but the Unika did not see button presses until this was done.

Somewhere I had read conflicting info about the LED as well, so this contributed to my initial frustration as I thought the unit was DOA.

In resistive mode, the LED blinks red ONCE when you turn the ignition on and when it sees key presses (IF you have the resistive controls wired correctly!). I noticed that the Asteroid was able to see and download code to the Unika prior to the key programming being complete, but, of course, the buttons didn't do anything and the LED status did not change.

Once I got everything connected correctly, I programmed the Unika to recognize the controls on my steering wheel - the Unika does "learn" the resistance values of your keys so if you press your buttons out of order, you'll need to poke the reset button and re-learn them in the correct order.

Ok, so I'm trying this again with weird results.

The power was easy and seemed to work how you listed.

The resistive controls on the other hand are where I'm getting mixed results:

First, I have three wires coming from my steering wheel (see uploaded schematic).

Buttons are: Vol Up, Vol Down (top rocker); Seek Up, Seek Down (bottom rocker); Mode (left middle button); Power (right middle button).
This is also the order that I press the buttons when trying to program the UNIKA.

So, if I connect the three wires up to the V1, V2 & GND the unika sees my button presses, but only every other one.

Swapping V1 and V2 makes the UNIKA see the other buttons not recognized the first time.

Anyone with some more electrical experience than me have any advice as to why this is?

Edit: I also tried combining the V2 and Ground... it didn't work. (could you clarify exactly what you did here?)

 

[wessel99]

Still force closing.on me when I try to download or install an update from google play store,

Same here..

 

[sneakk]

Same here..

i can sideload apps no problem, and with google play services and framework it has no problem validating the license, but still would be cool to download directly from the play store, would like to see a video of someone actually doing this, and a small write up on how to accomplish it, Keep us posted on your progress

 

[EmphasiS]

Parrot Asteroid (tablet)

Hi all,

As Asteroid Tablet is similar (hard and soft) to Asteroid Smart, I just wanted to confirm that I managed to get Sygic working on it, as well as other applications (a REAL Spotify App, ADW Launcher, Root Explorer, etc...).

For those encountering problems with Google PlayStore, which I did not spend to much time on (crashes, probably not good version, but don't care), just use Aptoide instead. If you bought the products you download, then you should feel good to go (as Parrot doesn't provide support for Google PlaySore, at least for the moment).

I did not encounter any install (nor launch) difficulty for any app other than Google Play Sore. I used last Framaroot to get root access.

 

[AL-d82]

Play Store / Market ROOT on Parrot Asteroid Smart

Hi i just did it like this way

You try it in u'r one risk

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893410


1. Root your Parrot Asteroid Smart - Framaroot --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
2. Downloaded and install the GoogleServicesFramework.apk
3. Download Vending.apk. (its the Pkaystore APP)

4. Using a file explorer app on the Fire with superuser permissions AND the system file permissions set to Read-Write, move Vending.apk to /system/app.

5. Change the permissions of Vending.apk to User - Read/Write, Group - Read, Others - Read

6. Install Vending.apk (playstore APP from /system/app )

Reboot your Smart ( reset button)
Now u can start pkaystore and add u'r Google account


For the latest Vending.apk (playstore APP) just Google playstore.apk

I used ES File Explorer - 2 change permissions , copy & install the playstore APP


Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 2

 

[sneakk]

Hi i just did it linke this way

You try it in u'r one risk

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893410


1. Root your Parrot Asteroid Smart
2. Downloaded and install the GoogleServicesFramework.apk
3. Download Vending.apk. (its the Pkaystore APP)

4. Using a file explorer app on the Fire with superuser permissions AND the system file permissions set to Read-Write, move Vending.apk to /system/app.

5. Change the permissions of Vending.apk to User - Read/Write, Group - Read, Others - Read

6. Install Vending.apk (playstore APP from /system/app )

Reboot your Smart ( reset button)
Now u can star pkaystore and add u'r Google account


For the latest Vending.apk (playstore APP) just Google playstore.apk

I used ES File Explorer 2 change permissions and copy & install the playstore APP


Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk 2

Thank you this worked for me, followed it and all is well now, no more force closing when trying to update or download apps
can we get this post moved to the first page for those who are just getting there smart

 

[fatdoggie]

So, if I connect the three wires up to the V1, V2 & GND the unika sees my button presses, but only every other one.

Swapping V1 and V2 makes the UNIKA see the other buttons not recognized the first time.

Anyone with some more electrical experience than me have any advice as to why this is?

Edit: I also tried combining the V2 and Ground... it didn't work. (could you clarify exactly what you did here?)

It sounds like the Unika is only seeing one of the resistance ladders. When you swap V1 and V2, you are swapping the resistance ladders the Unika sees - half your buttons are on one ladder and half are on the other. The Honda resistive interface is a little different than the Nissan in that I only have one resistive ladder to contend with.

In my application, I connected V1 to the single resistive control wire and joined the V2, Unika GND (they have mating bullet connectors), and the resistive network ground from the car's wiring together.

One bit of research I did was look at how other brands of control interfaces connected (to get an idea of the way the wiring worked) and compare that to the closest Parrot doc I could find.
Metra AXXESS module for Nissan
Parrot Unika for some Nissan

I would probably try connecting V1 to the first resistive switch line, V2 to the second resistive switch line, Unika GND to the resistive GND and see if that works.

 

[djeresia]

Finally works!!!!

Finally the tutorial of AL-d82 works, but i changed permissions after copying the vending to system/apps.
ES Manager has not changed the permissions, i used Root Browser.
Thanks Man!!!!

 

[fatdoggie]

Finally the tutorial of AL-d82 works, but i changed permissions after copying the vending to system/apps.
ES Manager has not changed the permissions, i used Root Browser.
Thanks Man!!!!

This worked perfectly for me as well. I was able to download and install my purchased apps.

 

[sneakk]

This worked perfectly for me as well. I was able to download and install my purchased apps.

I cant download any of my purchased apps, they all show as not compatible work this device, curious how you were able to accomplish that, I can only sideload apps and update those.

 

[dustbarb]

Got the Play Store working, downloaded a few apps, etc. Replaced my vehicle's battery, Play Store no longer showing up in the apps drawer. Using Root Explorer dug down to the system/app folder and Vending.apk was still there, permissions unchanged from before. Going to reinstall the software, but still... confused.

Has anyone else had this occur?

Sidebar:
XDA needs a forum dedicated to this device.
Any music players available for Android that can access an iPod? Default app is mediocre at best.

 

[fatdoggie]

I cant download any of my purchased apps, they all show as not compatible work this device, curious how you were able to accomplish that, I can only sideload apps and update those.

I didn't download *all* of my purchased apps, as I know many of them have special requirements. The ones I did download worked OK, I did not do anything special?

I did not use ADB at all, just used Root Explorer to copy the APKs from the SD card to /system/app and change the permissions. I also did not attempt to install any of the APKs that were copied into /system/app, just reboot and let Android find them.

I did not install the newer "Play Store" apk - I just copied the Framework and Vending APKs and rebooted via reset button.

After reboot, I ran the old "Android Market" app and input my gmail account info. Then went to "My Apps" inside the Android Market app and clicked on an item that was displayed as "Purchased" and installed it.

 

[djeresia]

Got the Play Store working, downloaded a few apps, etc. Replaced my vehicle's battery, Play Store no longer showing up in the apps drawer. Using Root Explorer dug down to the system/app folder and Vending.apk was still there, permissions unchanged from before. Going to reinstall the software, but still... confused.

Has anyone else had this occur?

Sidebar:
XDA needs a forum dedicated to this device.
Any music players available for Android that can access an iPod? Default app is mediocre at best.

Before you have to copy the vending to system/app, after with root browser change permission " Owner read write excute" Groups and Others only read.
Bye

 

[danger355]

I would probably try connecting V1 to the first resistive switch line, V2 to the second resistive switch line, Unika GND to the resistive GND and see if that works.

The first thing I did was try it this way (sorry, should have been more clear). The only way the UNIKA sees anything at all is when it's connected one-to-one like you mentioned above, but I only see half of the button presses this way. This is also only while switch #1 is up and all others are down. You're spot-on with it only seeing one resistance rail, only... I don't know why this is.

I actually tested it with my cheap-o multimeter and I can see my button presses on both rails all the way to the bent pins just before it reaches the actual board.

I read another in another forum somewhere that switch #1 on enables V1 and switch #2 on enables V2, so I tried it that way. Nothing.

Switch #1 up, all others down and: Combine Ground/V2 - nothing. Combine Ground/V1 - nothing. Combine V1/V2 (for SnG's) and leave Ground separate - nothing.

So... I emailed Paser again with the schematics/pics I posted last time, and they got back to me this morning - told me to try V1 and AUX 1, with only switch #1 on. I'll try that tomorrow and post results.

Thanks for all your input though. It helps that at least someone out there has been able to get this working in resistive mode. I'm gonna get this damn thing figured out eventually

Out of curiosity, what DIP switch setting are you using?

 

[fatdoggie]

The first thing I did was try it this way (sorry, should have been more clear). The only way the UNIKA sees anything at all is when it's connected one-to-one like you mentioned above, but I only see half of the button presses this way. This is also only while switch #1 is up and all others are down. You're spot-on with it only seeing one resistance rail, only... I don't know why this is.

I actually tested it with my cheap-o multimeter and I can see my button presses on both rails all the way to the bent pins just before it reaches the actual board.

I read another in another forum somewhere that switch #1 on enables V1 and switch #2 on enables V2, so I tried it that way. Nothing.

Switch #1 up, all others down and: Combine Ground/V2 - nothing. Combine Ground/V1 - nothing. Combine V1/V2 (for SnG's) and leave Ground separate - nothing.

So... I emailed Paser again with the schematics/pics I posted last time, and they got back to me this morning - told me to try V1 and AUX 1, with only switch #1 on. I'll try that tomorrow and post results.

Thanks for all your input though. It helps that at least someone out there has been able to get this working in resistive mode. I'm gonna get this damn thing figured out eventually

Out of curiosity, what DIP switch setting are you using?

I am fairly certain I used the DIP switch settings for non-OEM radios (sw1 ON, others OFF).

Hopefully Paser will get you headed the right direction - I remember reading that the AUX lines were for additional resistance lines, but never saw any documentation that indicated how to wire them up.

I had seen someone, somewhere (I can't remember if it was on here, the Parrot official forums, or the Parrot dev forums), mention having a better/more complete manual from "an Italian company that makes the Unika", which I assume to be Paser. Have you seen such a manual? I've searched and been unable to find such a thing.

 

[dustbarb]

Easier way to reboot: install a power widget. I used Power Toggles and when I hit the reset toggle on the widget, I get a sweet "Your phone will reboot" with Cancel and Yes options.

 

[danger355]

Success!

... I emailed Paser again with the schematics/pics I posted last time, and they got back to me this morning - told me to try V1 and AUX 1, with only switch #1 on. I'll try that tomorrow and post results.

Thanks for all your input though. It helps that at least someone out there has been able to get this working in resistive mode. I'm gonna get this damn thing figured out eventually

Out of curiosity, what DIP switch setting are you using?

I am fairly certain I used the DIP switch settings for non-OEM radios (sw1 ON, others OFF).

Hopefully Paser will get you headed the right direction - I remember reading that the AUX lines were for additional resistance lines, but never saw any documentation that indicated how to wire them up.

I had seen someone, somewhere (I can't remember if it was on here, the Parrot official forums, or the Parrot dev forums), mention having a better/more complete manual from "an Italian company that makes the Unika", which I assume to be Paser. Have you seen such a manual? I've searched and been unable to find such a thing.

So I hooked it up like Paser said, and it worked :victory:

For anyone else who searches for this:
Pathfinder > UNIKA
GND > GND
Down > V1
Up > AUX1
DIP Switch Setting: #1 Up; #'s 2, 3 & 4 Down

I'm pretty sure I remember seeing that same post about the manual this past weekend. I tried retracing my steps earlier today with no luck. I'll look in my google search history later this week and see if I can find anything. But fwiw, I do remember looking at the manual that (s)he mentioned, and unfortunately it was par for the course from what I can remember and didn't help much at all.