2010 w/Nav Bluetooth and Android

[several]

Any G1 Android users here with a Gen III yet?

I get to pick up my 2010 Prius w/Nav Thursday and or Friday and I'm wondering if the A2DP which was added to the Android bluetooth stack with cupcake (aka v1.5) means that I'll be able to use the cars nav interface to fully control the music player and/or phone interface on the G1.

Anyone here been down that road yet? If so, how's it working for you?

[kennyaustin]

I have a G1 and a 2010 with nav. Here's my experience with the combo so far:
- won't transfer the address book
- streaming works, can play, pause, and next and previous I believe.

The problem I've had is that it seems like the G1 can't be connected as a streaming device and a phone at the same time.. .if that makes sense. When I go to the BT audio tab and try connecting the device it says that it is already in use. The only time I've ever gotten it to work for steaming was when I disconnected it in the phone settings menu first.


I had dreams of being able to use the nav screen to browse my music etc (AVRCP 1.4) then found out afterwards that neither support it (I think the prius only supports 1.3). Now I'm hoping to get the ipod/usb adapter once it comes out since controlling my music from the g1 while driving can't be safe.

If you have better luck, please let me know.

Kenny

[several]

thanks for the reply Kenny. Not transferring the address book sounds like a drag.

Are you running the T-Mobile over the air cupcake or a rooted/dev build?

I'll let you know If I get any futher.

Oh, one thought comes to mind, if you're running any 3rd party BT, address book or music apps try uninstalling them in case they're somehow interferring?

[jestoy7]

Kenny is right on the money. I have an unrooted G1 and my experience with the JBL (non-Nav) is the exact same. I cant push my contacts and streaming audio conflicts with the phone.

I'm kinda bummed by not being able to push my contacts and really use the full capability of the car.

I haven't looked too hard in the android market, but does anyone know an app that would allow to push contacts?

[kennyaustin]

As soon as I hit "transfer contacts" in the nav system, the G1 loses the bluetooth connection. Maybe something missing from the android bluetooth stack. A rooted G1 running JFv1.51 with the BlueX marketplace app has the same result.

Kenny

[jestoy7]

Good to know because BlueX seemed like the closest app to being able to do it, but it specified file push not contacts.

[several]

Damn. I'm rooted and running JFv1.51 too.

Just googled to "2010 prius bluetooth g1 android" and the first result is already this thread. *sigh*

[kennyaustin]

Originally Posted by jestoy7

Good to know because BlueX seemed like the closest app to being able to do it, but it specified file push not contacts.

There's feedback on BlueX saying that they were able to send their contacts to their car by sending a .vcf file with it, they just didn't say what type of car.

vCardIO is a free android app that will export your contacts to a vcf file. The Android Marketplace has a 24 hour return policy and BlueX can send without a rooted phone. Try it, maybe you'll see something I'm missing.

[several]

thanks. sounds like a possible route. will try it this weekend. (I get the car Thursday :-) )

[kennyaustin]

I did it but if you have a Windows laptop, it'd be easier to follow the instructions for that.

The good news is that it's likely to work from an unrooted phone. The only thing that required root was copying obex_test from the sdcard because it was mounted noexec. I imagine there'd be some way of executing it on a unrooted phone, I just didn't waste the time looking for it.

- exported the android addressbook via vCardIO
- downloaded obex_test for android - tinyurl.com/lszkge
- started the contact transfer from the nav system
- followed these instructions from the android terminal - tinyurl.com/lt3s9r


Sorry about the tinyurls, can't post links yet