CarPlay CarPlay adapter to convert to wireless CarPlay?

[Azazel1988]

"a lot", not really, just enough to make my device work properly I shouldn't even have to fix their sh*t

The reboot issues many people have can be related to logs which are stored in RAM and can rapidly grow to few MB depending on the car headunit. The device only has 64MB of RAM and can start killing processes if not enough RAM is available (and finally reboot). They removed the way to disable logs from 192.168.50.2 since August (I don't remember exactly, but recently). The custom firmware completely disable logs so all the RAM is used for running processes not saving logs.

Concerning the rest I can't help you, as told earlier, all interesting things (Carplay things) are packed in binaries and we don't have the source

a very interesting reflection. If someone check this please confirm us!

 

[dca78]

a very interesting reflection. If someone check this please confirm us!

I think you already have the confirmation from VLud

 

[Azazel1988]

I think you already have the confirmation from VLud

I think VLud tested on his peugeot, not on mazda. And i think he haven’t reboot issues

 

[llzell]

my 2019 Honda Accord was rebooting with the 11/10 update. Switched to 12/10 and so far so good...EXCEPT how to change back to English? It's now in Chinese

 

[marck1991]

my 2019 Honda Accord was rebooting with the 11/10 update. Switched to 12/10 and so far so good...EXCEPT how to change back to English? It's now in Chinese

Put your phone into airplane mode so your unit is not connecting.
Plugin your module into your car and turn it on so you will see the main menue. Now navigate onto the world icon and click on it to change the language.

 

[mopac01]

2018 Chevrolet Silverado LT Posting video of my problem. I'm hoping @VLud or @2018 Denali can help.

https://youtu.be/DVW9ZxErbKY
https://youtu.be/zB8IaFuWZCM

Part 1 and Part 2 of video log of my issue - in a nutshell I've read all 202 pages and tried follow the ideas on developer mode, removing all existing connections (wifi, wired CarPlay, bluetooth) on both head unit and iPhone (12 Pro Max iOS 14.3) reset headunit and reset network settings on iPhone. I did finally get the connecting screen from the dongle on the headunit after flashing the dongle to 11.10 firmware from this thread's post 1 and connected to dongle's bluetooth on iPhone and got CarPlay to work for like 5-6 minutes. Then while trying to change tracks with the steering wheel controls CarPlay stopped and haven't been able to get it back. Have used OTA back to 8.04 and OTA up to 11.10. Have also flashed 12.10 and tried various combinations of the settings on the dongle in the 12.10 firmware. I've reset the head unit many times. I've only occasionally gotten the connecting screen on the head unit for a mere second at a time. Once the projection icon turned to a CarPlay icon and stayed there but no CarPlay showed up. I've reset the iPhone and I can still connect to the dongle's wifi and use the reset on the settings page or OTA update check. But I've never seen the dongle's bluetooth connection reappear after resetting the iPhone's bluetooth.

 

[401]

I think VLud tested on his peugeot, not on mazda. And i think he haven’t reboot issues

I’ve just tested this on my Mazda 6 (2016) and unfortunately still getting the reboots after about 30 secs.

 

[Azazel1988]

I’ve just tested this on my Mazda 6 (2016) and unfortunately still getting the reboots after about 30 secs.

this is very frustrating and annoying. I hope they solve it soon because there are many of us with this problem.

anyway i’m in contact directy with carlinkit via whatsapp (+86 181 9841 3811) you could do the same and complain

 

[mr2joe]

I have been struggling with support since last May. Except that I always get the same prefabricated mails, no one there has really helped me. Now I have received the promise that my adapter will be replaced, because they suspect the defect in the adapter. It is now on its way to China. But I have no hope that I will ever get a working adapter for my Mazda.
Is there any other manufacturer that offers adapters like this but which are based on different hardware? In CPlay2air and Carlinkit are yes the same components inside.

 

[Azazel1988]

I have been struggling with support since last May. Except that I always get the same prefabricated mails, no one there has really helped me. Now I have received the promise that my adapter will be replaced, because they suspect the defect in the adapter. It is now on its way to China. But I have no hope that I will ever get a working adapter for my Mazda.
Is there any other manufacturer that offers adapters like this but which are based on different hardware? In CPlay2air and Carlinkit are yes the same components inside.

I tested mine in mercedes A class of my syster and it works perfectly. I don’t think your device were broken.

 

[mr2joe]

I think so too. I have also successfully tested the adapter in a Corolla. I suspect it will never work in the Mazda. At least not with a general firmware. Probably have to write custom software for the Mazda. But I'll wait until the new adapter arrives. Then I will test again. If it doesn't work again, I'll sell it to my friend with the Corolla. Then the case is done for me... :-(

 

[VLud]

I’ve just tested this on my Mazda 6 (2016) and unfortunately still getting the reboots after about 30 secs.

You installed the CFW ? Not the regular December update ? (the version displayed is 28.12.2020.0001 when you are on the CFW)

 

[401]

You installed the CFW ? Not the regular December update ? (the version displayed is 28.12.2020.0001 when you are on the CFW)

Hi VLud, yes, it was the custom fw. The official fw was doing the same thing.
I had actually noticed the date difference and was wondering if it was a different version.

 

[emarcin]

It is not a "version" of flash since the flash is the same, it is just the way it is partitioned (and I will not try to expand the rootFS due to high bricking risk), using the custom firmware (any version) you can put U2W.sh at the root of your USB Key with that inside:

#!/bin/sh

df -h

Plug it on the device, wait 5 seconds, plug it back to the computer and you get the result inside U2W.txt

Thank you very much, my appetizer...

Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                12.5M      9.4M      3.1M  75% /
devtmpfs                 60.2M         0     60.2M   0% /dev
tmpfs                    60.3M      5.1M     55.2M   8% /tmp
/dev/sda1                 7.4G     20.0K      7.4G   0% /mnt/UPAN

 

[ByteCrawler]

my 2019 Honda Accord was rebooting with the 11/10 update. Switched to 12/10 and so far so good...EXCEPT how to change back to English? It's now in Chinese

Just curious what version of Android is your infotainment system running? Trying to get this to work on my 2021 Acura running 5.1.1 and it would help providing this information to CPLAY2air (I'm working with their limited tech support). I know the infotainments aren't the same but should be similar enough (one would hope).

I can't ever get the pop-up to come up for the bluetooth connection and manually connecting to the AutoBox WiFi doesn't allow me to do anything but check the firmware from the update page (192.168.50.2). They provided me a "new" firmware but appears to be the same December update that fixed the Subaru's (2020.12.10.1057). Unless my unit just won't update anymore. What's odd is I have to wait for the device to power up now before inserting the USB stick as opposed to the directions that state to plug in the stick first then plug it into a power adapter. If I follow the directions I get a steady RED light. If I put the stick in after the RED light comes up I get the alternating RED/GREEN for about 20 seconds and then steady RED.

 

[Mavro]

"a lot", not really, just enough to make my device work properly I shouldn't even have to fix their sh*t

The reboot issues many people have can be related to logs which are stored in RAM and can rapidly grow to few MB depending on the car headunit. The device only has 64MB of RAM and can start killing processes if not enough RAM is available (and finally reboot). They removed the way to disable logs from 192.168.50.2 since August (I don't remember exactly, but recently). The custom firmware completely disable logs so all the RAM is used for running processes not saving logs.

Concerning the rest I can't help you, as told earlier, all interesting things (Carplay things) are packed in binaries and we don't have the source code.

@VLud -- is it possible to hack their firmware so it "silently" boots into the CarPlay vs the Chinese text I get. The colors and fonts are not like my infotainment system so a simple black screen is all I want... the only time you see anything is if it errors out.

 

[THX723]

@VLud -- is it possible to hack their firmware so it "silently" boots into the CarPlay vs the Chinese text I get. The colors and fonts are not like my infotainment system so a simple black screen is all I want... the only time you see anything is if it errors out.

If your beef is the Chinese text, then change the language to English per the earlier post...

Put your phone into airplane mode so your unit is not connecting.
Plugin your module into your car and turn it on so you will see the main menue. Now navigate onto the world icon and click on it to change the language.

 

[Mavro]

If your beef is the Chinese text, then change the language to English per the earlier post...

it's the overall look and feel that bothers me the most -- nothing or just a spinner would be better and more "Apple-like"... I know how to change the text (but it keeps defaulting to Chinese for some reason).

 

[Kodiaq]

Anyone with a Skoda Kodiaq from 2019 had success with the Carlinkit v2? MIB 2.5 I think

 

[buck1127]

I am have quite a strange issue. when i any navigation app combined with playing apple music the dongle disconnects.But if I only use the navigation app it works fine happens on multiple vehicles. i am thinking it’s a bug in ios14 or a dongle issue? Has anyone else had this issue?

 

[arman4s4]

Hello Everyone,

Still having rebooting issues with latest Original 2020.12.10 firmware. So want to try [mention]Ludwig-v [/mention] custom firmware "wireless-carplay-dongle-reverse-engineering/Custom_Firmware/2020.12.10_BASED/U2W_Update.img".

"Readme" of the above Custom file says Install 2020.11.10 version before this.

My doubt is I need to flash Original 2020.11.10 or Custom 2020.11.10 before I flash Custom 2020.12.10??

Thank you.

Carlinkit CPC200-U2W-PLUS
Original 2020.12.10
2018 Honda Accord Touring.

 

[VLud]

Doesn't matter (official or CFW)
You can flash directly from 2020.12.10 too

 

[rckstwrz]

I got the CPLAY2air working on my Subaru 2019 Crosstrek! The latest firmware (posted as 2020-12-10) did the trick. Woot!

Index of /U2W

 

[arman4s4]

Doesn't matter (official or CFW)
You can flash directly from 2020.12.10 too

Thank you

Will try soon

 

[cambookpro]

My CPC200-U2W-PLUS from Amazon arrived today. Plugged into my car (2019 Mercedes A Class with MBUX) and it says “The connected device is not supported”.

Solid red light is on, but isn’t emitting any WiFi or Bluetooth signals.

Any suggestions before I send it back?