iPOD

[ROGUEPLANET]

Im considering jumping ship, and getting the galaxy s4, from an iphone4s.
My rogue has the special edition package. It has a small screen that displays the playlist and songs when you plug your iphone up
with the usb cable in the center console.

I was wondering what function and features a android device would have if you plugged it into the same usb port?
Im guessing its a apple only feature???

Has anyone tried this?

[shyRogue13]

Im considering jumping ship, and getting the galaxy s4, from an iphone4s.
My rogue has the special edition package. It has a small screen that displays the playlist and songs when you plug your iphone up
with the usb cable in the center console.

I was wondering what function and features a android device would have if you plugged it into the same usb port?
Im guessing its a apple only feature???

Has anyone tried this?

No luck there I believe (at least for me). I have an S3 and couldn't get it work through the USB port. I've all my music on a 16G microSD card that's in the phone, but that seemed inaccessible to the car. To sync the phonebook I had to copy all the contacts to phone's sim (i had them all on phone's internal memory) which makes me believe that apart from your sim the car can't access much of your phone. I now have a tiny 32G memory stick plugged into the USB port that has all my music. This is the most convenient way for me as playing your phone's music via AUX cable is very annoying because it doesn't allow you to control the tracks from the audio controls in the steering wheel. You have to reach to your phone for all operations other than volume +/-

Do let me know in case you crack it somehow

[rdub2k4]

Yeah the headunit isn't Android friendly. Even changing the way the S3 acts as a media drive, our Rogue won't read it. My S2 however read just fine. Probably because it only acted like a storage drive instead of a Media Device.

[ras_oscar]

I have a 2012 SV with the in-dash satnav. My USB port will play music from an ipod or from a thumb drive. I believe the device needs to be formatted as FAT32, not NTSC. Obviously you're not going to reformat your phone, but I have considered getting a small hard drive and reformatting it. I hesitate because I'm not sure if a USB HDD would survive the relatively harsh environment of a car with heat, cold,vibration, ETC. The thumb drive presents the data as it appears in the mass storage device. Mine is organized first by artist, then by album, and then by track. I can scroll down to a particular artist, then to an album, then to a list of songs, and, selecting (for example) the first song, will play through the album in order. If I do nothing, it will then select the next album in order, or if the last album, the next alphabetical artist followed by the next alphabetical album.

[darylzero]

Im considering jumping ship, and getting the galaxy s4, from an iphone4s.
My rogue has the special edition package. It has a small screen that displays the playlist and songs when you plug your iphone up
with the usb cable in the center console.

I was wondering what function and features a android device would have if you plugged it into the same usb port?
Im guessing its a apple only feature???

Has anyone tried this?

No luck there I believe (at least for me). I have an S3 and couldn't get it work through the USB port. I've all my music on a 16G microSD card that's in the phone, but that seemed inaccessible to the car. To sync the phonebook I had to copy all the contacts to phone's sim (i had them all on phone's internal memory) which makes me believe that apart from your sim the car can't access much of your phone. I now have a tiny 32G memory stick plugged into the USB port that has all my music. This is the most convenient way for me as playing your phone's music via AUX cable is very annoying because it doesn't allow you to control the tracks from the audio controls in the steering wheel. You have to reach to your phone for all operations other than volume +/-

Do let me know in case you crack it somehow

The S3 wouldn't let you enable Mass Storage Mode without rooting it and installing an APK file. Maybe the S4 will let you enable Mass Storage Mode without rooting...

[takeshi]

Im guessing its a apple only feature???

The iPod/iPhone interface is certainly Apple only. From looking at your manual the USB interface should support mass storage devices (thumb drive, hard drive, smartphone that supports mass storage mode, etc) as well.

I believe the device needs to be formatted as FAT32, not NTSC.

Should be NTFS above. NTSC is a video standard.

[ras_oscar]

I believe the device needs to be formatted as FAT32, not NTSC.

Should be NTFS above. NTSC is a video standard.[/quote]

That's what I get for working from memory. Thanks for the correction.