Car stereo USB not recognizing Galaxy Nexus

[ntowell]

Is there any work around to get my stereo to recognize my gnex because it doesn't have an external sd?

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[pimfram]

Try using MTP connection. It's an option within the USB menu thingy.

 

[ntowell]

Try using MTP connection. It's an option within the USB menu thingy.

No go.

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[jdbower]

Your car seems like it may only recognize mass storage mode, which to me is worthless anyway since I stream most of my music. Can you connect via Bluetooth?

 

[davidsnoodles]

I thought I had posted a response to this, but I guess it got deleted. The Galaxy Nexus doesn't mount as a USB drive, instead it uses the Windows MTP (media transfer protocol) which most car stereos do not support.

 

[NCX]

I actually had the same issue in my 2011 Chevrolet Camaro, I was using AOKP rom and Franco kernel with Fast Charge, I had to disable Fast Charge within the kernel itself because of issues I was having with USB on the computer, to make a long story short, I decided to see if my USB jack in my Camaro would recognize it, to my delight, it did after I disabled Fast Charge. It started indexing and shortly after it let me access it like it was an iPod, including playlists, artists, songs, albums. It loaded up the name of the phone and used a weird mode called PFD (PlaysForSure Devices (PFD), I never saw it before, and I tried looking online to see if others had the same thing happen to them but apparently no one has tried. The Camaro has a pretty powerful radio since its one of the only cars to support ZUNE natively like an iPod

In my opinion it works more efficiently than MTP and Mass Storage, I like it better than my iPod lol I just wish I could get my playlists to work, but I read somewhere that the radio only can play up to a max of 166 songs per playlist or it won't recognize it.

My main reason for being happy about this is because I get to see my song info on my windshield HUD when it goes to a new song, with bluetooth i don't get that option since apparently it doesn't support AVRCP 1.3 (only 1.0

Those are my findings so far. I think Google made a good choice by going to MTP because if its used right, all Android 4.x devices could work like iPods in the future. (one reason why people still want an iPhone over Android devices, atleast my guess anyway, convenience)

 

[stylinlp38]

Anyone know which of the new 2012 or 2013 car stereos support Windows MTP (media transfer protocol) on the USB port? Im looking to buy a 2u bay version and cost is no object.

 

[wtherrell]

Having same trouble with 2012 Camry. Unchecked Fast Charge. Still does not connect. Car USB media tab grayed out. Bluetooth works but no music info shows up. Only play, pause, next track and repeat track. Sure would like to get this USB working.

 

[Erisdenile]

I've honestly never had USB to work on my aftermarket stereos with any cell phone. It will charge but that's it. I just make it look like I'm trying to make a bomb and have an aux cable and then USB plugged in to charge it.