Month: March 2013

  • SL-8268 bluetooth tether to phone

    Phone is galaxy nexus running JB. On the phone, on the ‘tethering’ screen, enable ‘bluetooth’. Make sure phone is paired to SL-8268. On the SL-8268, find the MAC address of the phone: # hcitool inq Then run: # pand –connect <MAC> # netcfg bnep0 up # netcfg bnep0 dhcp # setprop net.dns1 8.8.8.8 and we…

  • More bluetooth…

    I needed to install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stwh.bluetooth in order to get to the bluetooth settings. In ‘hcidump’ i see output when i set to scan / pair etc.

  • Image to root SL-8268

    Take the attached file, rename it to ‘.tar.gz’. Open it in the root of your sd card (the one in the gps slot for me), and boot the device. It will wipe your current install, and you will be rooted with the same version of SW I have. rooted-image-rename-to-targz  

  • Alsa defaults SL-8268

    Since we’ll want to mix the radio and the navigation, we’ll probably be using alsa for that: # alsa_amixer Simple mixer control ‘Master’,0 Capabilities: pvolume Playback channels: Front Left – Front Right Limits: Playback 0 – 127 Mono: Front Left: Playback 118 [93%] [-3.00dB] Front Right: Playback 118 [93%] [-3.00dB] Simple mixer control ‘Master Playback…

  • Inserting bluetooth usb is not reliable

    Debugging, the diff shows (lines w/ -) which is the port that is the cable on the back: # cd /sys/bus/usb/devices lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-30 18:46 2-1 -> ../../../devices/platform/tcc-ehci/usb2/2-1 lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-30 18:46 2-1:1.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/tcc-ehci/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0 lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-30 18:46 3-0:1.0 -> ../../../devices/platform/tcc-ohci.0/usb3/3-0:1.0 -lrwxrwxrwx root root 2013-03-30 18:52 3-1 -> ../../../devices/platform/tcc-ohci.0/usb3/3-1 -lrwxrwxrwx root root…