Unsupported in Civic?

**RLLangley** · 11-12-2012, 02:18 PM

Tried hooking up my gs3 to the USB port in my civic and the radio says "unsupported". Anyway to fix this?

**facedown41** · 11-12-2012, 07:55 PM

I remember hearing a while ago that the usb plug in cars was only for ipods. Not sure if that was fixed in newer cars for it to include android but that could be your issue.

**bjboucher** · 11-12-2012, 08:10 PM

A little more info about the car and type of stereo would help. Civics have been around for a while.

**brucedbr** · 11-12-2012, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by bjboucher

A little more info about the car and type of stereo would help. Civics have been around for a while.

I have a 2012 Accord and my best friend has a 2012 Honda CRV. It's only iS**T that is supported. I LOVE my Hondas, but come on...really?

**derichio02** · 11-12-2012, 11:35 PM

Just use Bluetooth streaming. I use it in my 2012 with Google music every day

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**paintdrinkingpete** · 11-13-2012, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by brucedbr

I have a 2012 Accord and my best friend has a 2012 Honda CRV. It's only iS**T that is supported. I LOVE my Hondas, but come on...really?

In their defense, iPhones have a standard API that can be used to interface with the device, whereas with Android there are a lot more variables between manufacturers, software versions, etc...not to mention device driver management.

Not saying it's impossible for automakers to include the technology to play your music over USB...but I kinda understand when some don't bother messing with it.

**Reciprocal** · 11-14-2012, 05:08 PM

I also tried it in my 2012 dodge charger and got the same "unsupported" message, but it works perfectly for my old iphone 4. I'm still looking around for units that support android, but pretty much all of them are designed for ipod/iphone.

**bjboucher** · 11-14-2012, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Reever

I also tried it in my 2012 dodge charger and got the same "unsupported" message, but it works perfectly for my old iphone 4. I'm still looking around for units that support android, but pretty much all of them are designed for ipod/iphone.

Toyota's entune works great with Android via bluetooth. Haven't even bothered trying with a USB cable because of it. Why use a wire if you don't have to?!

**Reciprocal** · 11-14-2012, 08:16 PM

Because I didn't want my phone to die. The usb port would allow me to charge and sync at the same time.

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**sloan31** · 11-14-2012, 08:38 PM

2010 Acura and get the same Unsupported message. I believe all Honda lines require the file system to be either FAT or FAT32 otherwise it won't work. Certain I've read that somewhere before when I couldn't get my USB stick to work in my car. Sure enough it didn't work with NTFS...when I reformated the stick to FAT32, it worked.

Not an issue anyway, I just use the bluetooth connection and not worry about draining the battery cause I can have the phone plugged into the lighter outlet for that.

**mattpinzer@yahoo.com** · 03-01-2013, 12:11 AM

It's unfair and ridiculous that Acura/Honda don't get it together with this particular topic. I have a brand new Acura that doesn't work with my brand new Samsung Galaxy Note 2. It works with a palm pre, htc evo & various other Android devices. the iPhone excuse is ridiculous because Acura and Honda both make claims to support Android devices via usb including Pandora within them and again not by bluetooth alone. when I pay 4K extra for a technology package that doesn't work with a brand new Android device it really pisses me off.

**worwig** · 03-01-2013, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by mattpinzer@yahoo.com

It's unfair and ridiculous that Acura/Honda don't get it together with this particular topic. I have a brand new Acura that doesn't work with my brand new Samsung Galaxy Note 2. It works with a palm pre, htc evo & various other Android devices. the iPhone excuse is ridiculous because Acura and Honda both make claims to support Android devices via usb including Pandora within them and again not by bluetooth alone. when I pay 4K extra for a technology package that doesn't work with a brand new Android device it really pisses me off.

The failure is on Samsungs end. The car is expecting to see a standard USB mass storage device out there, and Samsung requires custom USB drivers and such that the Honda doesn't have.
I'm not sure why Samsung has such a goofed up USB. I can't get my S3 to work on half of the PCs I've tried it on. Luckily, wireless works well for me.