Phoenix Android Radio 4th Gen PX6

[rayofsi]

just ordered a px6. thanks for all that information in the thread

 

[lateralis]

I’ll tell you...

sergey firmware with Car web guru is a great combination.

I'll need to check that out. I put Nova launcher on for a bit but I honestly didn't know what to do with it. Like cool I can access apps easier but pretty much everything I use is already programmed to the main buttons up top.

 

[melvimbe]

@melvimbe What kind of crazy apps are you using that aren't continuing to work with Android 8.1? I figured I'll have at least 3 years before I even remotely think about upgrading the unit and at that time.. hell maybe even to a new Raptor.

Life360 is the app I recently looked for, but wasn't available in the appstore. It is on my android phone. This a gps tracking app I use to track where my kids are, and I thought it might be useful to track the truck. (I know that can be done with the Ford Pass app)

I have noticed that apps I do have never get updates the way they do on my phone. I did not see away to turn on auto updates, or manually update. I could uninstall and reinstall, but that will wipeout app configurations, or it may not eve be in the store?

Personally I don't use probably 75% the functionality that this thing offers. Mostly big ole maps and a music player. I mean... playing videos is cool but I'm not using it while I'm driving.

This is the same for me. I use a 3-4 different music apps, 2 nav apps, most of the time. Never really watch videos. I occassionally use some fast food apps, and there's some smart home control apps I use occassionally.

Before sergey's software, the launcher was a must. Took too long to get to apps, and most of the toobar icons were useless. With sergey software, I rarely go to the home page/launcher screen. I could live with using the firmware's method for getting to apps.

 

[Guy]

my beef with the top toolbar is that it has a bunch useless icons. Is there a way to remove them? I’d rather not look at it!

CWG launcher works pretty seamless and does some pretty cool functions like a weather widget, has some nice trip gauge functions, etc. it’s more than just a launcher. You’ll have to install it to see what I mean.

Life360 is the app I recently looked for, but wasn't available in the appstore. It is on my android phone. This a gps tracking app I use to track where my kids are, and I thought it might be useful to track the truck. (I know that can be done with the Ford Pass app)

I have noticed that apps I do have never get updates the way they do on my phone. I did not see away to turn on auto updates, or manually update. I could uninstall and reinstall, but that will wipeout app configurations, or it may not eve be in the store?



This is the same for me. I use a 3-4 different music apps, 2 nav apps, most of the time. Never really watch videos. I occassionally use some fast food apps, and there's some smart home control apps I use occassionally.

Before sergey's software, the launcher was a must. Took too long to get to apps, and most of the toobar icons were useless. With sergey software, I rarely go to the home page/launcher screen. I could live with using the firmware's method for getting to apps.

I'll need to check that out. I put Nova launcher on for a bit but I honestly didn't know what to do with it. Like cool I can access apps easier but pretty much everything I use is already programmed to the main buttons up top.

 

[lateralis]

my beef with the top toolbar is that it has a bunch useless icons. Is there a way to remove them? I’d rather not look at it!

CWG launcher works pretty seamless and does some pretty cool functions like a weather widget, has some nice trip gauge functions, etc. it’s more than just a launcher. You’ll have to install it to see what I mean.

I'm not positive but with Sergey's FW I heard you can remove top row buttons if you wanted. If you straight up don't want to see it just go into settings and toggle on auto hide top bar. I have mine auto hide top and bottom when the nav is on. After that if you need it just swipe down/up at where the bar used to be to get it to pop up if you need something. Only thing tricky is it stay up for like 5-10sec even if you are scrolling through so it can be a little annoying.

 

[melvimbe]

my beef with the top toolbar is that it has a bunch useless icons. Is there a way to remove them? I’d rather not look at it!

CWG launcher works pretty seamless and does some pretty cool functions like a weather widget, has some nice trip gauge functions, etc. it’s more than just a launcher. You’ll have to install it to see what I mean.

You can remove some of them in the configurations. I can't remember exactly where they are, but the descriptions for these are pretty good. After this and picking the theme I wanted, I pretty much have the icons I want without having to swipe to the other screen.

I will give CWG a try. Nova Launcher is fine, but it would be nice to get something a little more auto oriented. I saw that it also had a music player, which would be nice, since the one in the PX6 isn't to my liking. I pretty much use Amazon for that though.

I'm not positive but with Sergey's FW I heard you can remove top row buttons if you wanted. If you straight up don't want to see it just go into settings and toggle on auto hide top bar. I have mine auto hide top and bottom when the nav is on. After that if you need it just swipe down/up at where the bar used to be to get it to pop up if you need something. Only thing tricky is it stay up for like 5-10sec even if you are scrolling through so it can be a little annoying.

I vaguely remember seeing that. It's several pages back now, but there are instructions on how you can create your own icons to add and remove the toolbars manually too. I have them setup, but never use them anymore, since I like my current toolbars. I was mainly hoping they would fix an image formatting issue in Amazon music...but it did not.

 

[Hush Car Audio]

If you guys are interested in gear from Phoenix let me know I'm a dealer for them as well. They are literally within 30 minutes from me so getting stuff quickly will never be an issue.

 

[Guy]

you are one connected guy. Is there anything you don’t carry?

If you guys are interested in gear from Phoenix let me know I'm a dealer for them as well. They are literally within 30 minutes from me so getting stuff quickly will never be an issue.

 

[lateralis]

If you guys are interested in gear from Phoenix let me know I'm a dealer for them as well. They are literally within 30 minutes from me so getting stuff quickly will never be an issue.

I just want to know where the damn KEY1 wire is on my harness since my random wires aren't labeled lol...

 

[Hush Car Audio]

I only sell parts at a discount sorry. All the tech questions like this have to be directed to them. I don't carry NavTV products since the owner won't allow me to sell products online. I can pretty much sell every other brand out there.