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Re: Show HN: Honda Civic Infotainment Reverse-Engineering

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>2021 Honda Civic >2012 software and hardware Oy vey.

Par for the course in automotive. Once something works, it is not getting modified unless bugs appear.

Or, as for the Subaru Starlink head-unit, even if it is so buggy and crashes all the time, once the car is out the dealer's door, there is nothing the consumer can do.

Even class actions don't mean they would be recalled or even fixed. They did offer a discount on a new car.

Re: Show HN: Honda Civic Infotainment Reverse-Engineering

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I wonder the year of its touchscreen. 5 years old car? Almost brand new. 5 years old touchscreen and software? It's going to be painful.

Probably a resistive type like on really old tablets running Android 4!

I have serious doubt there were any tablets shipping with Android 4 that used a resistive screen. At least not any that didn't come from some no-name manufacturer for eighty bucks.

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>2021 Honda Civic >2012 software and hardware Oy vey.

Par for the course in automotive. Once something works, it is not getting modified unless bugs appear.

Being hackable considered a "bug": if someone founds a way to tweak the infotainment, they will "update" it in no time to block such tweaks. They all pretend to have their own apps, yet they never do. Just in case, block users from creating their own and sharing them. E.g. https://mazdatweaks.com/

Re: Show HN: Honda Civic Infotainment Reverse-Engineering

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I wonder the year of its touchscreen. 5 years old car? Almost brand new. 5 years old touchscreen and software? It's going to be painful.

I have a 2017 Civic, and based on the info in the OP, it's the same as the 2021 models, and yes, it's severely dated. Though it's Android 4.4, which gives me some nostalgia from my Nexus 4 and the Holo era of Android

Nexus 4 was a great phone. Honestly I don't remember it being particularly slower than my more recent phones, since most of what I do is browse the web, listen to music, and watch YouTube videos.

I bet on today's web it would feel quite slow though, because everything is terrible.

Re: Show HN: Honda Civic Infotainment Reverse-Engineering

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a 2017 Civic, and based on the info in the OP, it's the same as the 2021 models, and yes, it's severely dated. Though it's Android 4.4, which gives me some nostalgia from my Nexus 4 and the Holo era of Android

Nexus 4 was a great phone. Honestly I don't remember it being particularly slower than my more recent phones, since most of what I do is browse the web, listen to music, and watch YouTube videos. I bet on today's web it would feel quite slow though, because everything is terrible.

I still have my Nexus 4 as a backup device, now running whatever the latest version of Lineage is offered for it (15.1, based on Android 8).

Still works okay, a little slow, and the battery only lasts a couple hours. A great phone back in its day.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder the year of its touchscreen. 5 years old car? Almost brand new. 5 years old touchscreen and software? It's going to be painful.

Probably a resistive type like on really old tablets running Android 4!

I have the same system in my 2017 Civic. It's definitely a capacitive touchscreen. Essentially just a Android tablet from 2012, and it's responsive enough.

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Probably a resistive type like on really old tablets running Android 4!

I have serious doubt there were any tablets shipping with Android 4 that used a resistive screen. At least not any that didn't come from some no-name manufacturer for eighty bucks.

i'm probably thinking a bit older. I had an "Arnova 10G2"[0] tablet back in the day which had a resistive screen!

[0] https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Archos-Arnova-10b-G2-Ta...

Re: Show HN: Honda Civic Infotainment Reverse-Engineering

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Would love if this ported to the 2021 Honda Accord as well. I would love a custom button to turn on the rear camera for easier parking, longer dwell time after shifting into drive, etc. Keep up the good work!

What would be really nice is to use the rear camera as a dash cam when driving.
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