Turn Your Old Android Phone/Tablet into the Ultimate Car GPS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- This video shows how to turn your old unused Android Cell Phone or Tablet into a dedicated Car GPS that far surpasses stand alone GPS units.
The guide will instruct how to sync the Phone or Tablet with the car using the app Automateit and enabling auto power on when USB Cable is plugged in. This makes it so the Phone or Tablet powers on when the car is started and powers off when the car is turned off.
You can use any offline GPS app (video shows Sygic Navigation).
A huge advantage of using a Modified Android Phone/Tablet as a dedicated car GPS is the ability to install Android Apps.
Phone/Table synced to the car allows for in dash installs.
Requirements:
Rooted Android Phone/Tablet
Moderate Computer Skills
Apps Needed:
Automateit
Sygic Offline Navigation (or your choice of Navigation App)
Video Overview:
1. Install Automateit
2. Install Sygic Offline Navigation
3. Set Automateit Rules
4. Enable Auto Power on when USB Cable is Plugged in
5. Test out GPS
Install Android SDK Tools Video:
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Great tutorial..!
As I always wondering what to do with my old phones..!
Thank you so much..
This is really interesting.
I hope to try it with a cheap tablet with GPS.
I really appreciate that people like yourself take time to make these videos.
i have gps devices for $300
A tablet that lacks cell data for GPS-A location refinement can produce odd routing information in locations with adjacent parallel expressways. Unaugmented GIS maximum accuracy is approximately 30 feet and that degrades when radio noise is intense or line of sight to one or more satellites is blocked by terrain or buildings. In areas like Chicago and Oak Ridge Tennessee, I've gotten absurd directions from my map's routing software, like making a left turn on a divided highway where there was no left exit, or being directed into a dead end because the software thought I was on a parallel road.
remarkable video with step by step set up man .... really enjoyed the process
Thanks man! used your guide to complete my Android Dash Install, my galaxy tab 3 is now a seamless head unit for my truck.
sm2by, do you know how to turn samsung galaxy into fastboot ?
nice video i like how its made to help understand clearly. great job dude
Well done. I was looking for this exact solution. You answered my questions. Thank you.
This is a brilliant solution, thank you so much for making this tutorial, and filming/editing it... I imagine it must have been quite a lot of work, but I most appreciate this.
Thanks!!! Worth the hours of unlocking the boot loader, rooting, setting up and everything. Awesome job.
Great video bro! Perfectly detailed for noobs.
Firs of all thank you for this in depth video.
I have one additional question for you. Would it be possible for automated to start the HUD display function in the sygic navigation automatically?
So i do not have to fumble with the menus inside sygic.
Thank you very much for your answer.
The very important text, you need to enter in the command window to turn on the device whenever the phone is powered through USB, says the following in white added onscreen:
fastboot oem-off-mode charge 0
however you typed the following in the command window:
fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0
notice the difference:
fastboot oem-off-mode charge 0
fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0
If this is so very important, a bit of consistency might be handy.
Nicely done 😄
Thank you 👍😝
Hi, thanks for the video. It was very clear.
what about, just in case, coming back to the normal phone functioning.....is it enough deleting the rules on aumateit? Or do I need some specific command on SDK ?
Great tutorial but my samsung tab A 8" will not fastboot and only has odin? I'm not sure how to do the last part with android sdk. In CMD window it keeps saying "waiting for any device" even though my tablet is in Odin mode. Thanks!
Hey I watched this video - thanks for taking time to do it. Do you still use your Nexus 6 as a navigation device? I tried to revitalize my old Nexus 6 to do the same and keep having issues with getting a GPS lock with the device. GPS connection is very intermittent. I am trying it on Lineage OS instead of stock firmware
Nice video
Every step having good detail
Thank you for this interesting video. I have a request for some information, I have a LG stylo 2 unlocked that I don't use anymore; I want to install 2 side view blind spot cameras in my car and I want to make this unsused android smartphone a dedicated display unit for these blind spot cameras. Any ideas on how to achieve this will be much appreciated.
Can you do a quick video on that DIY dash mount/holder please?
Cool, I live right up the road from you on Idlewood.
Nice work man. thank you
Great video tutorial ! Thanks for sharing
Brilliant Dexter! 😎
Hey thats great, ill give it a shot..question where did you get your car cell phone holder?
Can you tell me please exactly the model of the anroid phone. Is it a nexus ?
nice video dude! well explained. now i need to fix my broken android to be use as permanent GPS device:D
awesome video!! great job!
Thank you for this video. For me it was very usefoul.
Hey which version of automateit you're using?? In new version many options are missing like active,etc
Thanks, very interesting. Could you please write here the script to reverse the automatic switch on when powered. Just in case.
Hai.... I have successfully installed Nexus 7 on my vehicle... Thanx for the inspiration and information :)
Thank you, is it the same process for Google Nexus 7 tablet ?? Which is of Indian Version ??
Thanks great instructions. Unfortunately I am not up on SDK tools and my S4 does not have fast boot (from googleing) so how do I complete this last bit with SDK tools? I can boot to recovery is there something in there that would allow me to complete this final step. Thanks again has been a great learning experiance
Thanks for the video. Great help.
does this work with a wireless charger for the smartphone permanently plugged in a usb charger also?or the mini usb must be plugged in the smartphone in order to "read" the power supply?thanks!
Great video & thanks.
How does the phone perform in the extreme heat that often develops in cars? How about in very cold areas?
Do you have a guide to accomplish this with a Blackview A80pro Android 9 phone ?
Hi, i get every thing done and my tablet fits perfect in my car thank’s to you! I have just one more little problem: “brightness”! during the day i use 100%, but in the night 10%, it’s there any way to set a trigger for example between 7:00am-7:00pm brightness 100% and between 7:01pm till 6:59am brightness 10% ??? thanks
after watching this, I decided to buy a gps.
I have one in each glove box !--You can get them Cheap Now !
:))
Yeah this was a bit extensive for me too
lol?
Or use the one built in that infiniti
Hi, I would like to put into practice this project, I tried to do the procedure with LG G3 but I can not send the commands to boot from USB (5 volts) I would therefore like to know what type of NEXUS you used, it's been long since I'm looking for a procedure that allows this feature on a cellphone, however compliments for this project, who speaks badly does not understand anything! Thank you
I like the video. Please do a video showing it in action since many people including myself never used a car GPS before. If such video already exists, please share the link with me.
Thank you for sharing.
Do you have to use an active sim card / cell network? How is phone receiving GPS signal?
The automatic pro apps is not offered in the google play. How i wish to use my old phone for gps tracker like this, but i don't have the apps to download. Can you help me on this sir? Thank you very much!
Hello, I know it's an old video, but could you help me with something? How do I make my tablet/phone automatically open the reverse camera when I put the car in reverse? My camera uses RCA plugs
I have a question , my car is q50 like your car but how did you get the clock to show in the upper screen ? I hope you answer me because it's really important to me
pretty cool staff.. thans a lot for sharing. I personally was trying to accomplish something similar using tasker or event manager apps on my s4. However, I never really got it to work at my will. I will give it a try with your method. thanks a lot !!!
hi, is it working in your S4 ? how do you do the fastboot ?
could you explain a bit more please. How does the phone do anything with out service..i.e. SIM card? I have several phones that are expensive and work other than I upgraded. I am a Android and samsung guy. I have a S6, S5, S5 active, 2 rugby pros, and a samsung tablet. I even have a Motorola Xoom (which I loved so much)
I would love to have HUD , GPS and all my music stored one device.
I power these phones up and immediately am met with "no SIM" and I am sure a root would fix this. I just don't understand how do you download apps and stuff.
Hey what about also Installing and running a dash cam app!
You are one truly cooooooollll, dude.
Thank you very much
One important thing. The offline Maps i installed keeps the screen on. So rule#4 is useless. can you say an alternate rule in that scenario??
I have downloaded free version automateit. Does this work with moto G ?? I am not able to find shutdown icon.
google maps has offline mapping now. You just draw a box around how big an area you need.
John Lord explain so you can highlight a area on your map when offline and still navigate?
Justin Johnson yes but i just got a notification that my offline maps were expiring. so i guess you need to redo it every year or so
Google maps only lets you highlight a select area on the map up to a certain size. What I haven’t found it able to do was download maps of every single location you want to go and save them like a standard car mounted GPS system. There are better apps available that let you save all the maps you want and then use them whenever you want offline
what is the right command for samsung. no fastbooth like nexus and does not recognize "fastbooth" on cmd
Hi, do you need to root your phone for this to work? Could it not work with just automateit?
Can apply this on new android versions like android 10 or 11 ?
Hi can l use the free "automateit program as l am trying to use but it does not do the same things yours does. Do l need the Pro version to do it? Thanks
Thank you
Sorry. Basically will my Y cable that has USB and Aux cables run all the sound through the speakers of my R56 Mini Cooper S? Will it work with my steering controls which also has a call button and voice button?I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.4 Pro Tablet which when in a mount in the car I want it to act as my car info system.II have the Automate app. I have found it very confusing knowing how to approach all this. I suppose to use Google Navigation I will have to tether to my phone for the data? Otherwise I suppose I can use offline maps.Do I tether through wifi hotspot? Automate mentions that I need an OTG cable? Why? Why should I need one?As I said it is confusing.
can i set it to automatically play music if external power is connected?
after i type fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0 it said like it dont know what fastboot command is??
this would be great along with the android auto launcher
Very cool but I'll just put my phone in its cradle and use here.maps and take calls as usual I think.Zero start up time because my phone is always on .I'd be halfway there before yours has started up for a local destination.
What car mount is that you are using?
useful video thanks
+ResQ166 Hi im responding to your email through here since it might help other people as well. the auto power on can be done through fastboot. however for powering off you need to use a task management app like automateit (shown in the video) or tasker to my knowledge there is no other way to automatically shutdown the phone without using a task management app. i show on the video how to do the auto shut off. also sorry for the grammar i typed this up in a hurry lol.
with automateit:
The important triggers for automateit are
First
Trigger: Battery below 40%
Action: Shutdown Device
Delayed Execution: 15mins
Cancel Delayed Execution Trigger:
Battery Above 43%
this makes it so if for whatever reason the car charger is not charging faster than the phone/tablet battery is draining. it prevents a totally dead battery. if you do a dash install the only way to fix a totally dead battery is to
remove the phone from the dash. its high unlikely to run a load that drains
more battery than it charges but it can happen. so this rule makes sure that the battery never completely drains and your stuck with a bootloop.
Second
Trigger: External power is disconnected from device
Action: Shutdown Device
Delayed Execution: 15secs
Cancel Delayed Execution by Trigger: External power is connected
this basically means the moment you shut off the car and power feed is stopped on the usb port. the device shuts down. if you turn the car back on
the delayed execution trigger prevents the shutdown from occurring. this makes it so powering off the car powers off the phone/tablet.
Third
Trigger: Device Screen is turned off
Action: Shutdown device
Delayed Execution: 1min
Cancel Delayed Execution by Trigger: Device screen turned on OR external power connected
this adds another trigger specifically for dash installs. automateit app does not start right away so if you shut off the car before the app starts it will miss the first shutdown trigger leaving your phone on to drain battery. to add an extra layer of security this rule is created for that situation.
hopefully this answers your question. the only disadvantage i see is having to spend 4 bucks on the premium version of automateit to use the composite rule. if i find a way to do the auto shutdown without an app ill do a video on it. but that's highly unlikely. there's also ways to make the shutdown automatic with other apps. i picked automateit because its much easier to use.
Cauchypotato I went through the whole process and it works except one thing - when I disconnec the usb cable and the task's been triggered it always asks me for permission do I want to shut it off or to deny it and the deny option has a countdown and I don't press the Allow button it would cancel the trigger
what kind of phone mount do you have?
whats the car phone mount you are using
while typing in sdk tool
can you please write the code which you entered to check mine,
and If mine is correct the PC tell me "waiting for any device"....... so what does it mean???? please help
Shutdown option isnt' available in the app at my both devices old android 5.1.1 new android 11
Can I use this to send my phone straight to my Agama home page rather than my Nav App.....
Wow! The days before google maps.
Did you say 2 days downloafing??
Can U tell me,what kind phone holder U have in the car?
which type of holders that keeps the phone in this position ?
This looks cool. But, that startup would be a long time when it comes to GPSs booting up.
Anyway to have an Android phone hibernate? This would make the start process much shorter.
but in the summer the heat can fried your battery. it gets beyond hot in the car with engine off n windows closed
at least if the phone is in total shut down as long as its not getting direct sunlight its ok
"fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0" won't work for my phone: the command just stuck at "..."
This is a gud vdo... I have done all that you have shown but in the final step where you use the SDK manager my mobile is not getting detected by the computer. It shows waiting for device. Can you help me out here...??
You can also download an app, called TomTom yes the same as the GPS TomTom, you download it, and you get 60 minutes offline use so basically, if you get lost and need directions you get 60 minutes of free directions. I think this is good because it is not that often that I need directions and 50 minutes is more than enough time for to get directions and that is just on your standard phone, sorry I forgot to mention you get 60 minutes every month, and put it on your SD card, no other things are required if and when you need directions you just tap your TomTom app and turn on your GPS tell it where you want to go and it will give you directions as good as a TomTom GPS would give you know other messing around.
amazing thanks!
Google navigation rocks. Accurate navigation, accurate ETA based on traffic, automatic rerouting if there is a faster route and satellite view gives you WYSIWYG
Amazing the solution for power on using fastboot!!! Congratulations master!!!
the command "fastboot oem-off-mode charge 0" works for all android cellphones? I have a Razr XT925.
I will try it soon!
I have bought the Automateit app but when I set up there is no shutdown device action option !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What can I do ?
I have htc m7
the process stops at "..." after i type fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0...
need help...
Did you ever get any help?
You put some serious time into this.. how is this any better than Google maps?
Hi I have done all the process as per instructions in the video. It is not booting up once we disconnect the USB power. My phone is MI A1 and while booting up it is standing in the MI logo, future it is not moving ahead.
Can any one help me out to rectify this issue?
Thanks
do you need to have a data plan for this to work
great idea
That's will be like a pro!
If you need navigation on your old phone or tablet, just download the area map from Google Maps where you live over wifi, on google maps, then use google maps as navigation in your car. It works just fine for a phone or some old 7 inch tablet you have, and does not need any data for the GPS to work....step 1. open google maps. step 2 save area map to you phone (very small file saves in seconds). step 3 run maps as navigation. The local map needs to be saved every 30 days. My local maps includes all most of NC and a good chunk of Tennessee, so not a big issue there. You can save more than one map for continuous function on an across-the-country-drive. If you use your current phone or have data access, you get live traffic updates as well. It is all free except for the very little data you use. The maps are searchable, without data, like finding a gas station, and address or a certain business.
Also enable Quick Boot to prevent long cold boot.
great video
what other option where i can download maps without any cost
can i change my tablet from gps to tablet again?Please answer
Great, so now you have a phone on display for anyone to break a window and steal.
Brilliant!
Depends on where you live.
any way to get it to automatically power on when power connected apart from fastboot? it would appear fastboot isn't supported on my galaxy s4
hi, do you have any solution for the fastboot ?
if i get the free automateit will it work properly ?
plz reply i can only use one action in which rule whyy ?
thank you but i want know how come back the phone like before when i connecting the cable
not turn on
fastboot oem off-mode-charge 1
now can i add predefined lat long in this and use it for early warning
how would you track your car with other device...?
What is that cool phone holder? Is it just jammed above the screen and under the dash?
I just cut a book shelf holder, glued a cell phone case on it and shoved it in a little opening on the dash.
Cauchypotato Looks like a good, stable mount you made, there. Is the glue still holding? I'd be worried about the bond's integrity if it had to sit in the sun for a while. What kind of glue, btw?
Great, what about gps tracker ?