Discovered Clarity Hidden Diagnostics and Settings Menu

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Arctiic said:
Why pay anything at all?? Just root the head unit and install Google Maps. If you don't have the technical knowledge to do it yourself, there's an auto-root app you can buy for $5 basic / $20 pro, just Google HondaHack. You can find a guide on XDA for how to enable developer mode.
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Anyone that I know of who has tried using anything web based on Clarity finds it pretty much useless due to slow processor speed and incompatibility with most websites. Using Google Maps on Android Auto or Apple Carplay on the other hand works great.
 
2002 said:
Anyone that I know of who has tried using anything web based on Clarity finds it pretty much useless due to slow processor speed and incompatibility with most websites. Using Google Maps on Android Auto or Apple Carplay on the other hand works great.
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I use Apple CarPlay daily and it works great. I’ve been using it for Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps, iMessage, WhatsApp, Books, Spotify, Music, Phone, Siri. Safer too without needing to hack anything. I heard the new CarPlay update coming will be quite an improvement. I only wish that it could work wirelessly.
 
V8Power said:
I use Apple CarPlay daily and it works great. I’ve been using it for Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps, iMessage, WhatsApp, Books, Spotify, Music, Phone, Siri. Safer too without needing to hack anything. I heard the new CarPlay update coming will be quite an improvement. I only wish that it could work wirelessly.
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I’d imagine using wireless carplay would be a HUGE battery drain. Charging my phone while using carplay is a huge bonus. And wireless charging speed probably wouldn’t keep up with the drain from CarPlay.


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I downloaded my telematics .json file to a usb drive. I think it was under Vehicle diagnostics. (See first post this thread)

With a text reader, it's just a bunch of random alphabetic characters. Does anyone know how to read a Honda telematics json file?
 
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2002 said:
Anyone that I know of who has tried using anything web based on Clarity finds it pretty much useless due to slow processor speed and incompatibility with most websites. Using Google Maps on Android Auto or Apple Carplay on the other hand works great.
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I agree, but I'd still resort to that before purchasing the "premium navigation" service. It'd be a different story if it offered exclusive features or functionalities not obtainable through other means, but just navigation? And yeah, I currently do use Maps via AA, but I've been curious how that works on the backend. Is it rendered through the phone's hardware? Or is it a resource-"lite" variant? If it's the latter, I'm hoping to be able to find/compile an .apk to install directly.

NocEdit said:
I’d imagine using wireless carplay would be a HUGE battery drain. Charging my phone while using carplay is a huge bonus. And wireless charging speed probably wouldn’t keep up with the drain from CarPlay.

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Not sure about CarPlay, but I know AA has wireless functionality, have to enable Beta (see here). It's not a feature I care about myself, so I haven't gone through the trouble to use it. However, I think you should be able to just use a power inverter with a higher amperage charger (within spec)? If it still drains faster than it charges, then I don't know what to say.
 
sniwallof said:
I downloaded my telematics .json file to a usb drive. I think it was under Vehicle diagnostics. (See first post this thread)

With a text reader, it's just a bunch of random alphabetic characters. Does anyone know how to read a Honda telematics json file?
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I noticed this too, was curious but couldn't find any information on how to deobfuscate the output.
 
Arctiic said:
Why pay anything at all?? Just root the head unit and install Google Maps
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I think you are neglecting another key point here... Even if you could install Google Maps, and even if it didn't bring the lame processor to it's knees, you still wouldn't be able to do this because you won't have any bandwidth to work with. No WiFi (unless you are parked in your garage), and the cellular telematics (if it works at all for this) will be extremely slow. They are not providing these vehicles with 4G service. Then you would be faced with somehow trying to store maps locally and that's another can of works.
 
MrFixit said:
I think you are neglecting another key point here... Even if you could install Google Maps, and even if it didn't bring the lame processor to it's knees, you still wouldn't be able to do this because you won't have any bandwidth to work with. No WiFi (unless you are parked in your garage), and the cellular telematics (if it works at all for this) will be extremely slow. They are not providing these vehicles with 4G service. Then you would be faced with somehow trying to store maps locally and that's another can of works.
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Yeah, it was just wishful thinking. Just confirmed AA processing is powered by the mobile device, not head unit. And even if you manage to hard-tether for data and circumvent the bandwidth quality/speed issue somehow, you need Android Automotive 5.0+ (these come in 4.2 off top of my head I believe?) to even run your own dev apps, which currently aren't distrubuted through official channels anyway.
 
Redirecting an old forum. Was looking around and hit the LaneWatch feature. Well, now it’s keeping the camera active and asking to “push LaneWatch SW”. Turning the car on and off doesn’t clear it. So... be careful and does anyone know how to get back out of this?
 
turtleturtle said:
Redirecting an old forum. Was looking around and hit the LaneWatch feature. Well, now it’s keeping the camera active and asking to “push LaneWatch SW”. Turning the car on and off doesn’t clear it. So... be careful and does anyone know how to get back out of this?
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Apologies. After a mild panic attack, and opening and closing the driver door to make it think you left the vehicle, it came back.
 
Landshark said:
Does Lane Watch not deactivate when you press the Lane Watch button a second time?
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It does, but this was with the car stationary and fiddling under the config. It was asking for software to be loaded. I tried using the blinker or getting to other settings, but it was just stuck in waiting for a SW update. It thankfully cleared.
 
Just for reference -

If you happen to get hopelessly stuck and are unable to recover, we have found that a 'cold boot' by briefly disconnecting the negative side of the 12V battery will likely get you back to 'normal'. It causes a variety of ominous-sounding errors / lights, but they will clear up after driving a short distance.
I wouldn't do it routinely, but if you think your car has been 'bricked', do the battery disconnect before crawling to the dealer with your tail between your legs !!

Don't ask me how I know this !!
 
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