Legionofone
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New issue! Hazard lights are asking funky.
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My hazards don't ask questions, they just do what they're told.New issue! Hazard lights are asking funky.
Same thing happened to me and actually killed my battery. After I jumped my car, hazards were still doing it. I unplugged all the connections to the rear of the head unit, took the negative battery off the battery terminal, plugged the connections back into the rear of the head unit, then put the negative back on the battery. Problem solved and no problems since.Turn on randomly, it seems if you press them they come on by themselves 3-4 times.
Hopefully it doesn't kill your battery. I was pretty frustrated when it happened to me. After I did that unhooking rehooking thing, no more frustration. Hope it works out for you.Uggg, well I got a manual for a reason! I need to tear into the dash again at some point to do some rejiggering on a few connections... guess I will use that time to fix the flasher issue.
Apparently, if it wasn't purchased through eBay, they have no desire to help, because you can't leave them bad feedback. I have had the host (brain) out of my car for 4 days now, waiting for them to send me a replacement, so I could send them the one that doesn't work, but he keeps making excuses. Once he saw I filed a claim with PayPal, now he's saying the unit connects USB to a computer to load the software (which I already knew) but he says the company who actually makes the unit "patented" the information on how to fix them with a computer (which again is B.S.)So what would have happened if someone in this group buy ended up having a bad unit, would China have left them high and dry? Seems rediculous that they have no way to get another brain for you, a man who earned them plenty of cash. If they take returns for replacement, I or someone else could mail your unit to them advise that it was DOA.
Or maybe StangATX will come up with something. I'm willing to give you $20 towards a new unit. Maybe you could "sell" me the A/C On/Off board with white LEDs from your broken unit.
Doesn't seem right you being out of the game like this.
I believe 0805 is the next size up.Victory!!
But with every battle, there are casualties. I lost the LEDs on the top two buttons. The solder points pulled off the board :( I'm not overly upset, I prefer nothing over having mismatched green. If I find myself caring enough, i'll get some strip LEDs and do that fix, so nothing to worry about.
BTW, the LEDs for the 2 buttons are 0603 SMD type. The toggle switches are a little larger, probably the next size up. I was able to get the 0603 LEDs I ordered to work on the toggles though.
Side note.....I suck at soldering.
This would make sense, and if you install Torque on the unit, you can't touch any of the spots you're trying to touch, you have to touch about 1.5 inchest high, and 1/4" to the left of where you actually want to touch for it to work. I would take a video, but... Well.. You know. ;)Yes, I believe I know why... Whenever I was looking into the build.prop it says the portrait mode was forced. Which means every app they designed is setup portrait but they codded them to make it look like landscape lol. I don't know if that makes sense to you... :headbonk: (However, I'm not really sure if it's what's happening here...).
Okay, now that you're rooted, install "Root Uninstaller" [RU] (I recommend spending the few bucks on the Pro version) Make sure you have a copy of whatever apps you want to replace somewhere (on USB or in the download folder) then go in to [RU] and BACKUP THE EXISTING APP then Force Stop it, and Uninstall it. Now shut the car (or run power) off, and open the door, then power the unit back on. Now go back into [RU] and make sure the App you removed isn't still listed, and you are free to install the "updated" versions from StangATX. With the Pro Version, you can convert it back to a System App, and prevent accidental uninstallation later, and it won't take up space in your app list!So how do we fix these APKs, even with root I wasn't able to do anything. Do I need to SSH into this thing or something?