AppRadio Unchained can't work its magic without that permission, so if your phone isn't rooted or if you have no idea what I'm talking about just stop now and reinstall the standard AppRadio app. I'll leave the link for now. The Bad New: Glympse for Auto is next to worthless. The list of compatible phones in the 2016 Forester manual differs from the page in the Outback manual further supporting the 1. However, the phone's sound drivers were totally screwed and the phone wouldn't make a sound either through its own speakers or the car's.
After selecting mirrorlink, there are icons for whatever apps I installed on my phone. I did see a video where the Button Savior app did show the multitasking apps screen on the head unit, but I think that was a Panasonic unit. And I could change channels and everything. You can find a tool to do this here:. Subaru engineers are looking into the option of offering a possible update to the current Mirrorlink version found in our vehicles. Since Car Mode isn't allowed by the car, even though its MirrorLink certified, it gets blocked. It's not too elegant, but it is mostly functional and I can keep my phone plugged in and the cord is mostly out of the way to the right of the display.
I'm thinking my next step will be to root my phone and see if the Button Savior root version works differently where mirrorlink won't lock out the other screens, but I'm not that optimistic. Once installed, you can see and access the apps offered and maintained by Mirrorlink. The unexpected bonus is, the custom rom I used does not require the trouble of running bypasslmk. There are 7 or so phone models listed in the owners manual, but again I remember the first thing of it being non functional based on geographic location. When I turn on the phone, I run the app and everything works as expected. Something to look forward to asm Wow, getting the S4 to work with my 2016 Forester was quite a journey. I was able to get in touch with him and clarified the steps in his post, He also was kind enough to provide the bypasslkm apk to save me the trouble of trying to build it myself.
The Good News: MirrorLink is recognized when I used my S5 cable. The problem appears to be that the Mirrorlink unit in the Subaru uses Mirrorlink version 1. I was really disappointed when I got everything working only to find out that there is no way to just mirror the device on the screen. I poured over the phone's logs adb logcat looking for anything out of the ordinary. Have you tried a different cable? On my phone, I usually automatically get a message that mirrorlink is connecting and then the phone screen goes blank.
I was thinking I could try rooting my phone and install an old android operating system on it, but then I'll miss out on the features of the newer operating system. Looking around online, it seems that many of the other cars with Mirror Link have similar issues, so it isn't unique to Subaru. So far I've only been able to get maps working and can't seem to figure out how to get music apps connected. Site Admin Posts: 105 Joined: Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:00 pm Was just able to connect S6 active and Subaru Outback 2016, seems all the version issues described all over the internet are not accurate. Perhaps Google doesn't want to authorize those as they will likely be part of Android Auto which is a competing product. After less than a minute, the mirrorlink option on the car lights up and I can select it.
Now, load this version of Drivelink on the phone:. Subaru has the utmost respect for the environment and is a proud partner of Leave No Trace. After trying and trying to get it to work, and reading other forums posts, I came to the conclusion that I probably won't be able to get it to work. Linux is sneaky and zImage is actually a self executing decompressing kernel so you have to extract the payload and decompress it a bit further. I know a cheap cable didn't work for me, but my phone didn't say it was connecting then either.
When I plug in the phone for the first time, lots of magic happens and it auto configures and pairs Bluetooth with the car neat! Any post or comments requesting coupons will be removed. If you are aware of a fix, please share! I now have a magnet which holds my phone to the vent in the center of the dash. Ever since I used a Garmin unit, I decided I would never pay for a navigation unit in my car again although sometimes you have to get one now in order to get the other self-driving features you want in some cars - fortunately not Subaru. That's when I found this post:. Unsupported navigation apps such as , , or will be at your fingertips. Sygic seemed Ok, except that it wouldn't take any input once we were underway, and Rockscout started, but wouldn't do anything. At this point it is useless as I don't really need Glympse on the big screen, and Sygic doesn't work as well for me as Waze or Google Maps.
Site Admin Posts: 105 Joined: Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:00 pm First, you can't use a cheap cable. You can also check for Mirrorlink approved devices and the versions that they are running by visiting. A and Alcantara is produced by Toray Group. Site Admin Posts: 105 Joined: Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:00 pm I have been able to connect my Samsung S5, running Mirrorlink 1. I had Sygic and Rockscout loaded, and after choosing Mirrorlink on the headunit the icons for these two apps was displayed. Drivelink, running under Mirrorlink 1.