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Codename_Falcon said:
Does anyone know if it is possible to roll back the coolwalk interface to the previous one?
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Give this a try, it should disable CoolWalk,
but requires root to be able to access the file:

1. Go to "/data/data/com.google.android.projection.gearhead/files/phenotype/shared/com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb"
2. Rename the "com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb" file to "com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb.bak"
3. Close, Force stop + Re-open Android Auto
(Reboot if TaskBar Widgets / CoolWalk still showing)
 
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Rikj000 said:
Give this a try, it should disable CoolWalk,
but requires root to be able to access the file:

1. Go to "/data/data/com.google.android.projection.gearhead/files/phenotype/shared/com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb"
2. Rename the "com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb" file to "com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb.bak"
3. Close, Force stop + Re-open Android Auto
(Reboot if TaskBar Widgets / CoolWalk still showing)
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I tried this but it didn't solve the problem. Also I noticed the file gets recreated automatically. Any other suggestions?
 
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Codename_Falcon said:
I tried this but it didn't solve the problem. Also I noticed the file gets recreated automatically. Any other suggestions?
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Okay, then let's try this:
1. Make a backup of the "com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb" file
2. Instead of changing the file-name, change the file-contents, it's a binary,
but just open it with a text editor and add some random characters in there.
I know that AA will reject that file if it has been modified.
3. Change the file's owner + group from Android Auto => Root user,
that way AA should not be able to touch the file again.
4. Close, Force stop + Re-open Android Auto
(Reboot if TaskBar Widgets / CoolWalk still showing)
 
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Rikj000 said:
Okay, then let's try this:
1. Make a backup of the "com.google.android.projection.gearhead.pb" file
2. Instead of changing the file-name, change the file-contents, it's a binary,
but just open it with a text editor and add some random characters in there.
I know that AA will reject that file if it has been modified.
3. Change the file's owner + group from Android Auto => Root user,
that way AA should not be able to touch the file again.
4. Close, Force stop + Re-open Android Auto
(Reboot if TaskBar Widgets / CoolWalk still showing)
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Thanks for the response. This did work once. However for some reason after that one time and having to go into the settings for it on the phone and then relaunching it later it reverted back to the coolwalk ui. Any other suggestions?
 
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Codename_Falcon said:
Thanks for the response. This did work once. However for some reason after that one time and having to go into the settings for it on the phone and then relaunching it later it reverted back to the coolwalk ui. Any other suggestions?
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Hmmm sadge.
At least we know that we're fiddling around in the right place.

I do have another suggestion,
but it's way more complex to pull off.

You can try de-compiling AA and/or GMS (Google Play services)

Find the function which overrides the .pb file.

Then write an Xposed module to hook into the end of that function,
and add some lines of code,
to programatically add some random characters to the end of the .pb file.

With such a module, each time AA (or GMS if that is the culprit) tries to refresh the .pb file,
then the Xposed module will automatically make it invalid (= disable CoolWalk) again.
 
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shmykelsa said:
The patch app function will allow android auto-compatible apps to be shown on Android Auto. Whether it is a sideloaded music app, and for some reason you don't want to enable unknown sources in developer settings, or whether it's an app that uses the custom SDK (such as: Screen2Auto, Fermata Auto, CarStream etc.) this app has got you covered.

If the app you'd like to patch has no support to Android Auto, this tweaker won't help you gaining it.
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Hi,
So I am trying for s2a to work on my Mi11x. I have followed the following steps
1. Enabled dev options in aa and checked unknown sources, Application mode to developer, enabled debug overlay
2. Installed s2a and enabled all permissions
3. Installed aa aio tweaker
4. Selected s2a in the tweaker
5. Patched custom apps and rebooted

But the app still doesn't show in AA. Help.
Phone is rooted. Running Android 13.
 
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kkoolkaran said:
I will try these steps. Hope it works.
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Rikj000 said:
Check my post in the S2A thread:
forum.xda-developers.com

Screen2Auto - New app for AA smartphone mirroring (only for root devices).

Smartphone screen on Anddroid Auto HU car screen For root devices only! Application features: - The main reason for creating this application is working with Android 9 Pie 1. Сompletely new application combining AAMirror & AAStream...
forum.xda-developers.com forum.xda-developers.com
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Thank you. It worked :love:
 
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Codename_Falcon said:
Thanks for the response. This did work once. However for some reason after that one time and having to go into the settings for it on the phone and then relaunching it later it reverted back to the coolwalk ui. Any other suggestions?
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Frankly, I was also stumbled first time with the Coolwalk UI, but later accustomed to

When I connect AA, it opens with split screen - Maps on the left (cca 70% of the screen) and YT Music card on the right

I tap to the Maps and it enlarges over the full screen

I tap left-down to the Apps icon and it opens in full screen

I open S2A - it opens with the full screen or if needed, I tap to enlarge S2A and to hide the (Maps or YT) card

Then I can open apps from S2A and use them again over the full screen

It's not that bad - few more taps here or there if I always want full screen or otherwise I can have a YT Music card on the right while working with S2A on the larger, left part of the screen

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I read that by minimizing resolution (AA Developer settings) split screen can be suppressed (AA stops forcing split-screen on the too low resolution) but I don't want to affect the projection quality
 
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zgfg said:
Frankly, I was also stumbled first time with the Coolwalk UI, but later accustomed to

When I connect AA, it opens with split screen - Maps on the left (cca 70% of the screen) and YT Music card on the right

I tap to the Maps and it enlarges over the full screen

I tap left-down to the Apps icon and it opens in full screen

I open S2A - it opens with the full screen or if needed, I tap to enlarge S2A and to hide the (Maps or YT) card

Then I can open apps from S2A and use them again over the full screen

It's not that bad - few more taps here or there if I always want full screen or otherwise I can have a YT Music card on the right while working with S2A on the larger, left part of the screen

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I read that by minimizing resolution (AA Developer settings) split screen can be suppressed (AA stops forcing split-screen on the too low resolution) but I don't want to affect the projection quality
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I actually use Waze which doesn't appear to support split screen ATM. What I really miss is the weather information overlayed on top of the AA display which looks to be fine with coolwalk. Do you know how to get that back?
 
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Codename_Falcon said:
I actually use Waze which doesn't appear to support split screen ATM. What I really miss is the weather information overlayed on top of the AA display which looks to be fine with coolwalk. Do you know how to get that back?
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Yesterday I browsed about Coolwalk and found somewhere/something about that missing Weather info

Seems to be a bug (then, why Google did not akready fix?), and that it works in AA portrait mode (who on Earth has a portrait infotainment screen?)
Google for more info

I think I've seen in the AA AIO Tweaker some patching options for disabling Coolwalk (I'm no more sure, I stopped using AIO Tweaker)

But frankly, I have two phones, both rooted, with AA 9.1 and with the S2A installed the same way and on one phone (newer), in my same car, AA always works in the old mode without the Coolwalk/split screen

And I have Coolwalk as described only on the other phone

I cannot figure out what caused the difference but on my newer phone I installed AA earlier and updated through several versions till 9.1, and back in time used AIO Tweaker (and maybe patched to disable Coolwalk?!), whereas on that older/spare phone, where AA works in Coolwalk mode, I just installed AA/S2A recently when I additionally wanted to test something
 
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    Meet AA AIO TWEAKER, the new Swiss Army Knife for a less restrictive and more feature-ful Android Auto!

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    How do I use it?
    Allow root access, choose what you want, reboot, and then forget about it :)

    How does it work?

    This app uses SQLite commands to override some flags related to Android Auto into the Google Play Services.

    Google Play Services control a lot of features inside Android Auto. Some of them are core functionality of Android Auto, some of them are upcoming feature that are simply not yet released.

    What this app does is making some SQLite queries in order to alter some features of Android Auto. It contains the trick inside AA Phenotype Patcher to patch custom apps in order to work in AA (and the same script is contained) and with the same principle it unlocks some other things in Android Auto.

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    • (BETA) Disable Bluetooth auto connect

    Hopefully more to come :)

    How is this different from AA Phenotype Patcher?
    It just contains more features, the project is actually a fork of AA Phenotype Patcher, and share a lot of core functionality under the hood.

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    Yes you can, but if you have already patched apps with AA Phenotype Patcher, you can leave it like that and simply apply the other tweaks. This app won't check if the apps are already patched via AA Phenotype Patcher, so you won't have a green check status at the start.

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