Mirror screen on Android Auto - Disucssion thread

[Pedroenf]

Hi guys. Just leave you my experience with AA mirror Plus (and/or just AAMirror), AAPP and Android Auto in a Pixel 2 with Android Q (10). I had Android P (9) working just fine with AAmirror, then updated the phone to Android Q (the first betas) and all continued to work. So one day i decided to do another Android Q update (the latest 01-2020) but forgot to edit the flash.bat and remove the -w flag. So when all set with new update AAmirror plus stopped working!!! No matter what couldn't get it to work (black screen issue). Decided to downgrade to Android 9, install all, update to latest Android 10 not forgetting to edit the flash.bat file and remove the -w flag - voilá!! All working again!

So, if you guys want to have AAmirror working in android 10 just have it working in Android 9 and update to Android 10. Hope it helps.

 

[mustangl3]

Hi guys. Just leave you my experience with AA mirror Plus (and/or just AAMirror), AAPP and Android Auto in a Pixel 2 with Android Q (10). I had Android P (9) working just fine with AAmirror, then updated the phone to Android Q (the first betas) and all continued to work. So one day i decided to do another Android Q update (the latest 01-2020) but forgot to edit the flash.bat and remove the -w flag. So when all set with new update AAmirror plus stopped working!!! No matter what couldn't get it to work (black screen issue). Decided to downgrade to Android 9, install all, update to latest Android 10 not forgetting to edit the flash.bat file and remove the -w flag - voilá!! All working again!

So, if you guys want to have AAmirror working in android 10 just have it working in Android 9 and update to Android 10. Hope it helps.

What is the -w flag and where can it be found?

 

[Pedroenf]

What is the -w flag and where can it be found?

You have to download the pixel rom and you can find it inside the flash.bat file inside the zip file.

 

[zikmir]

May be the most stupid question, My S10 has to be rooted? I have the canadian S10 (G973W, Snapdragon) and i read that it is unrootable. I just got the new Mercedes GLB which has a cool screen in it and was hoping to get mirror through android auto. Is there no way i can make this work or have to buy a different phone?

 

[MerijnB]

May be the most stupid question, My S10 has to be rooted? I have the canadian S10 (G973W, Snapdragon) and i read that it is unrootable. I just got the new Mercedes GLB which has a cool screen in it and was hoping to get mirror through android auto. Is there no way i can make this work or have to buy a different phone?

Root is required.

 

[zikmir]

Root is required.

Since my phone is unrootable, i have to buy one that can be? Can you suggest a phone that would be rootable in my country?

 

[MerijnB]

Since my phone is unrootable, i have to buy one that can be? Can you suggest a phone that would be rootable in my country?

I'm not sure, I currently have an S10e which is routed, but where I have the 'black screen' issue. Before this I had a Sony XZ1c which worked fine for me.

 

[zikmir]

I'm not sure, I currently have an S10e which is routed, but where I have the 'black screen' issue. Before this I had a Sony XZ1c which worked fine for me.

Thanks for the reply. I am wondering is all Pixel phones in Canada have unlocked bootloaders. I can buy a used on for about $200 for just this. As i mentioned all other phones i am already sure would be with locked bootloaders just like my S10 which is snapdragon version.

 

[zikmir]

Anything any one?

 

[Note10.1Dude]

Thanks for the reply. I am wondering is all Pixel phones in Canada have unlocked bootloaders. I can buy a used on for about $200 for just this. As i mentioned all other phones i am already sure would be with locked bootloaders just like my S10 which is snapdragon version.

For an unlocked bootloader, you have to make sure you do NOT get a US phone sourced from Verizon. I think otherwise OK. Check the boards for the version of Pixel you are looking for- you can figure from model number what the source was/if bootloader is locked.

 

[wbrambley]

Anything any one?

Not sure it applies for you but I use my old Huawei p8 and hotspot from my main phone. Works great for me and I don't have to worry about voiding warranties, future updates etc.

Sent from my HUAWEI ALP-L29 using XDA Labs

 

[zikmir]

For an unlocked bootloader, you have to make sure you do NOT get a US phone sourced from Verizon. I think otherwise OK. Check the boards for the version of Pixel you are looking for- you can figure from model number what the source was/if bootloader is locked.

Thanks, i will go to my local shop and see some used Pixels. I will see if they can help me with the model number and i can figure out where they are from. As i said they are all canadian/usa models so do not know if that will help or not.

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Not sure it applies for you but I use my old Huawei p8 and hotspot from my main phone. Works great for me and I don't have to worry about voiding warranties, future updates etc.

Sent from my HUAWEI ALP-L29 using XDA Labs

Thanks ill try to check that brand as well.

 

[wbrambley]

Thanks, i will go to my local shop and see some used Pixels. I will see if they can help me with the model number and i can figure out where they are from. As i said they are all canadian/usa models so do not know if that will help or not.

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Thanks ill try to check that brand as well.

Make sure it's already unlocked boot loader tho, Huawei stopped giving them out last year.

Sent from my HUAWEI ALP-L29 using XDA Labs

 

[Note10.1Dude]

Thanks, i will go to my local shop and see some used Pixels. I will see if they can help me with the model number and i can figure out where they are from. As i said they are all canadian/usa models so do not know if that will help or not.

I spotted this:
https://www.xda-developers.com/unlock-bootloader-verizon-google-pixel-xl/

You may be OK with any North American phone if this still works. I have a Pixel 3, so the details are different.

 

[IAmScorpionz]

Since my phone is unrootable, i have to buy one that can be? Can you suggest a phone that would be rootable in my country?

Well I'm not sure about that. Have you tried looking for solution in the s10 threads?

I'm using mi right now. So I'm not sure what can I suggest for you.

But I do have samsung galaxy note 3 rooted. But still prefer the AA in the mi. Because my note 3 not working well with nowdays apps.

 

[mine420]

For me if I had a choice I would get a android head unit rather than a android auto head unit. Reason being is ;
1. I don't like online navigation.
2. I prefer osmAnd or maps.me
3. Android head unit could be used without gapps.


Reasons to consider android auto;
1. Better hardware/software/support
2. More OEM like less bugs
3. Better audio or Bluetooth


I prefer my navigation to not require internet and not require accounts I use android auto mirror so I still get osmAnd with android auto but can be buggy at times. There were two times where I got pretty lost because android auto had no internet access and I was on a mountain with the road on the map closed so I had to detour ended up 1.5 hours out of the way because android auto with Google maps is online unless you remember to download sections of the map that it needs. If my trucks head unit didn't have so much stuff tied into it to change things in the truck I would swap it out for an android unit. Still might one day if mirroring stops working.

 

[zikmir]

I cannot change my headunit. It is a new GLB250. So all i can do is buy an android phone that can be routed and install AAStream. Issue is i cannot find any phone that is able to be routed in canada.

 

[stingerid4]

i don't have a device with Android 10 at this time.

This worked so well for me with Android 9, upgraded to android 10 and now this script doesn't work anymore.

Would you be able to help point me in the right direction how to get this to work for android 10?
The error that frida posts is:

(frida:7771): Frida-CRITICAL **: 17:13:57.709: Unable to locate the Android linker; please file a bug
Aborted

I've been trying to update the "frida" executable, I've seen some conversations on the github for frida that they fixed some issues for android 10. Would that solve this issue?
I'm not sure which version you used for this script. Can we use one of the binaries available at the frida github, or do we need to build one from source?

 

[Note10.1Dude]

I cannot change my headunit. It is a new GLB250. So all i can do is buy an android phone that can be routed and install AAStream. Issue is i cannot find any phone that is able to be routed in canada.

Pixel 3a straight from Google (not from a service provider).

 

[zikmir]

Pixel 3a straight from Google (not from a service provider).

Thanks for that help. It is about $549 for me + taxes in from google store. Are there other cheaper models/brands i can get instead of 3a? Or is this the only option? Thanks.