Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Roadnav S160 customized and skinned ROM (31/12/2016 updated to 17/01/2017)

A new version of my custom rom is available under my "Gdrive pine tree" :D
UPDATE 17.01.2017:Full rom with all previous updates included is available now
UPDATE 13.01.2017: an even newer update is ready now as a Flashfire zip package (update_for_31.12.2016.zip). This update is intended to be used as an update of the 31/12 version (i'll not be responsable if you use it in other rom versions).
The update contain:
- a new base firmware dated 24 December
- Radio Stations listed by station RDS name
- Sligthly changed graphic in carsettings screens (Audio, SWC)
- S160keys fix

BUY THE ROM FROM MY SITE


Here is the main 31.12.2016 changelog:
Changelog:
- Update to firmware 21.12.2016
- Added option in CustomSetting to change colors in audio player text
- Various Kotix Skin re-styles in audio player, Bluetooth section, Radio
- Forced SD read cache to 8192 Kb
- Updated all apps to 24.12(Supersu,Google, etc..)
- removed reboot button from status bar that was causing more troubles.
- Fixed SU: no more update request!
- Added internal sd to settings->partition info (removed Cache)
Previous changelog:
 - Fixed Radio station focus color in list view
 - Fixed music widget artwork issue, changed background.
 - Added Color Customization tool for Radio text of Original and Kotix skins
 - Changed Settings icons with colored ones
 - Changed KoTiX Mods settings and added option to disable root permanently
 - Reduce text size of Stations Bookmarks
 - Added better translations for German, Italian and French languages
 - Fixed audio focus issue between radio and navi app
 - Updated to fw version 28.10.2016 (MCU: 61608200 / 01609290, FLASH: A009)
 - Updated all apps to 24.11
 - Changed various apps icons
 - Added Artist tag in music widget and fixed its layout
 - Added Digital Clock III widget
 - Changed radio screen layout
 - Added reboot button in status bar
 - Added Spectrum Visualizer in Notification panel and Visualizer settings
 - Added KoTiX security check. 

These are the pics of the latest changes:

Changed fonts in Radio

New AudioPlayer layout with background Album Artwork

Reskinned a bit the Player Menu

Color of Text in audio player can now be changed too

New Bluetooth dialer screen

New layout and fonts in Contacts screen

New Dialing layout and graphic

Dialing Keyboard


New Bluetooth audio player
Main features of the ROM:
- A new base firmware dated 24 December 2016
- All the Google apps are updated to 24/12/2016
- Radio Stations listed by station RDS name
- the Rom is prerooted
- Playstore error and playservices are  fixed
- 3 selectable Skins in Carsettigns menu: Original, Kotix, Navisson
- 4 different launchers: Original, CarMoD, MTC_Jy, MTC_KLD (MTC weather included)
- Icons changed in original launcher
- S160keys to remap buttons functions
- Music/Radio/BT widget has been improved
- Better Clock widgets
- The Audi/wince interface can be disabled in Settings
- Bootanimation can be disabled/enabled in Settings
- Music Visualizer with 6 graphics in dropdown statusbar
- Colorizer to change strings colors to match personal taste
- Added russian timezone
- Carsettings shortcut beside the clock
- The System partition is increased to 800Mb
- The Available user memory is increased to 2, 4 or 8GB
- Has Viper4android
- XposedInstaller, GravityBox and AppSettigns are available in Settings screen
- Partition Information in settings
- Manage Autostarts in settings
- Better language translations in main skin and in canbus applications
- Mirrorlink with easyconnected app
- Flashfire updates (no data loss)
- KoTiX Security Code :)

Here is a demo video:

KoTiX S160 ROM UNLOCK INSTRUCTIONS

To avoid sharing of my hard work, i added a security check in the ROM.

To unlock the security check in my ROM please provide me your unit model number (M***).

To know it simply go in Settings->System information screen on your unit.

In the picture you can see it’s a M171 model.
Once you tell me your model number i'll send you a file with the unclock code that you will need to add in the folder WINCACFG on sdcard before flashing the rom.
If you try to run the rom without the unlock file or with the wrong code you will see a picture like this:



If you'd like to have more informations and to buy it, please go visit my site:

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

KoTiX S160 custom ROM and skins 09.12.2016 (updated)

A new version of my custom firmware and skins for Roadnav S160 android units it's available now.
This are the main new features and changelog:


 - Fixed Radio station focus color in list view
 - Fixed music widget artwork issue, changed background.
 - Added Color Customization tool for Radio text of Original and Kotix skins
 - Changed Settings icons with colored ones
 - Changed KoTiX Mods settings and added option to disable root permanently
 - Reduce text size of Stations Bookmarks
 - Added better translations for German, Italian and French languages
 - Fixed audio focus issue between radio and navi app
 - Updated to fw version 28.10.2016 (MCU: 61608200 / 01609290, FLASH: A009)
 - Updated all apps to 24.11
 - Changed various apps icons
 - Added Artist tag in music widget and fixed its layout
 - Added Digital Clock III widget
 - Changed radio screen layout
 - Added reboot button in status bar
 - Added Spectrum Visualizer in Notification panel and Visualizer settings
 - Added KoTiX security check. 
New Widget with Artist tag 
New Apps Icons

New clock
New Radio

Reboot menu
Mods Settings

KoTiX Mods

Custom Colors tool

Custom Colored KoTiX radio

Custom Colored original radio
Music visualizer



Other features of the ROM:
- the Rom is prerooted
- Playstore error and playservices are  fixed
- 3 selectable Skins: Original, Kotix, Navisson
- The Audi/wince interface can be disabled in Settings
- Bootanimation can be disabled/enabled in Settings
- All the Google apps are updated to 20/09/2016
- The System partition is increased to 800Mb
- The Available user memory is increased to 2, 4 or 8GB
- Has Viper4android
- XposedInstaller, GravityBox and AppSettigns are available in Settings screen
- Manage Autostarts
- Better language translations


Here is a demo video:

KoTiX S160 ROM UNLOCK INSTRUCTIONS

To avoid sharing of my hard work, i added a security check in the ROM.

To unlock the security check in my ROM please provide me your unit model number (M***).

To know it simply go in Settings->System information screen on your unit.

In the picture you can see it’s a M171 model.
Once you tell me your model number i'll send you a file with the unclock code that you will need to add in the folder WINCACFG on sdcard before flashing the rom.
If you try to run the rom without the unlock file or with the wrong code you will see a picture like this:



If you like it and you'd like to see more picture and a demo video, please go visit my site:



Tuesday, October 18, 2016

November 2016 - S100 skinpack: some fixes and new stuff (UPDATED)


Here I am presenting a new update of my famous Skinpack!
This time there are a couple of news and some fixes here and there..
The biggest news are:
- Patched software for 1.3.11.0 firmwares
- New Mirrorlink App (EasyConnected)
- A new audio player with internet radio support (SinglePlayer)
- Radio stations Icons for Skin5
- Skinned internet setting in skin2

Once again tnx to our russian friend Alex for this 1.3.11 patched version of the last s100 firmware.
Without his patches most of the s100 new features would not be possible.
To be able to use this patch you need first to update Skinmanager:
  1. Delete the old Skinmanager folder from your SD or USB that you normally use for it
  2. Put the new version on sdcard and paste the skinstall.code in it as usual.
  3. Insert sd\usb and start skinmanager
  4. If you had the autoupdate feature enabled in the Skinmanager Settings, it will update itself before starting. If the autoupdate is off, you will need to press the "Updates" icon on bottom left of the SM main screen or use the skintool proper option. 
Once you have SkinManager v2.4 running, you can use skintool to do a Firmware switch to 1.3.11




The new mirrorlink application is called EasyConnected and it is a a lot of more efficient and has less compatibility issues than the standard S100 app.
It work on android 6.0 via usb cable.
There is no need to enable mirrorlink in skinmanager>customizations, just run it from apps.
Running EasyConnect from apps won't allow to use the bluetooth audio.
I'm currently working on a fix that will let the user choose  between the normal mirrorlink app or EasyConnect during the first install.
The choice is not reversible because once you choose EasyConnect, the original MirrorLink will not work anymore and the only way to fix it is to reflash the firmware.

NEWS: After more then a month looking for a way to properly integrate EasyConnect in the S100 software, finally I can announce that now it work properly.
To enable EasyConnect you need to go in Skinmanager->Customization screen, enable mirrorlink as usual and you'll be prompted to choose the standard one or EC.





The new SinglePlayer use  different  libraries for audio decoding and can play internet radio too.
I haven't found a good way yet to make it work as default player and i really didn't spent much time on it but i wanted to include it anyway in the package to let people try it out a bit.

As per request and suggestion, I added support for radio station icons to skin5 (carplay) skin, just like i did for skin2.
A new Radio Editor application is under development that will make easyer to assign the icons, labels and frequencies to the buttons, but for now you still have to use it as before.

P.S. SinglePlayer for now is available only for skin2 and skin5.


 




This is a sinthetic changelog of the release:
- Fixed mirrorlink button in skin1
- Skin2: Moved Temp to left side of screen.
  Added Shadow to BigTime in homescreen.
  Skinned Internet Setting section and fixed some glitches in settings.
- Mirrorlink: now wifi dongles work with EasyConnected enabled.
- Fixed USB lost bug caused by EasyConnected
- Fixed SKin1 Mirrorlink button
26.10.2016 - EasyConnected is now an option for mirrorlink

- Unified Patched Strings (unencrypted) for all firmware
- Added 1.3.11 patches
- Fixed Fonts in skin2 for arabic, chinese and Greek
- Added RadioBookmarks for skin5, Fixed some iconizer stuff. Updated languages in radioeditor
- Added  single player to extras (in skin2 and skin5 only)
- Updated all unencrypted languages to 1.3.11 version
- Added EasyConnect Mirrrolink in extra apps of skin2
- Added French radio bookmarks

- Skin2 radio now is default dark version (light one is in themer)
- New apps screen in skin5

Here is a Video showing SkinManager and my skins in action:

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I'm uploading some videos that show the update procedure and usage of skinmanager, i'll post them here as soon as they are ready.

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If you'd like to buy my software modifications, please visit my site:

www.navimods.tk


If you already have it, you can find the update in my gdrive folder.





Sunday, July 31, 2016

New S100 Skin "Android" is available now!

Finally the most awaited Skin for S100 is finally ready to be released for the public.
It taked me and my friend Jstelz almost a year for developing it, of course not of continuos work but we hardly kept us working on it without loosing hope to come to a final result.
I'm very satisfied of the job we have done and i beleive it's the best skin i ever made.
Here are some sample screenshots of the current developing state:

More images can be viewed in my gallery here: http://imgur.com/a/nGZXq

Here is a demonstration video of the new skin in action:


The skin bring to s100 even one more new feature: the possibility to set icons to the radio station  buttons. (I preloaded as usual some icons for Italian, Dutch, Denmanrk and Romanian radios, you 'll have to do  by your own the icons for your contry.)


Here is a Skinmanager short changelog:
27.07.2016
Fixed Id Faker issue 
26.07.2016
- Skinned Skin2 Photo section
25.07.2016
- Updated Mirrorlink script
12.07.2016
- Added "Iconizer" for radio stations icons in Skin2
16.06.2016
- Added new "Skin2 -Android"
15.06.2016
- Added Mirrorlink Icons copy in skin1 during install
14.06.2016
- Update HobDrive with right files with embedded net3.5

The skin can be purchased on my site in the S100\Shop section for 20 euros:
www.navimods.tk
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As many of you already know i apply different prices depending on the amount of skins you buy, giving discounts from 5 to 20 euros for the full 5 skins package.
I also want to make a special discount to those people who have recently bought my previous full package (40 euros), offering a special price of 10 euro for this new skin2.
This discount is valid only for purchases made not prior to april 2016 and must be requested to me by email.
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This release brings also a new update for Skinmanager and the apps included in it, so all people is invited to check their gdrive folder and download it.



Enjoy!

KoTiX ;)