Actually android auto is the most stable of them all. I never failed to connect before. I just stopped using it because it limits other functions, but you can view your whatsapp chats on your monitor etc.

I am consistently getting 9L/100. About 420km every full tank, pumping 42 litres on average. It's only fuel saving if you drive real slow for me. Just enjoy your car and go for it. Also from RM72 full tank to RM80 now. Frack!

Exactly what I needed. Thanks Kenny!

Awesome! So he's made it an app! He's a very active and prominent contributor in the mazda3rev forums for our CMU hacks and have been following him since he started this project. Am glad that he finally made a legit app out of it. Just visited his website, turns out he's partnered with a Msia company? It doesn't seem like it is actually from Mazda though. Word of caution, it doesn't touch your firmware BUT as it is not from Mazda if something does go wrong (It does add certain scripts to your CMU so... Essentially the wifi option has been turned off with the newer firmwares and you need to use SSH to re-enable it for the mirroring to work with WIFI with a script you feed into a USB. Mebbe he found out how to do it wirelessly? I can't say for sure) you will need to pay Mazda to unboot it. Most probably won't happen though, the app has been in beta for a long time and it works for me like 60% of the time during those trials; probably tweaked it better since. If it happens there is a fix on the forum though but you have to really know what you're doing and it's not 100% apparently. Also if you're tech savvy you can actually DIY so you can save MYR22 I would probably buy it though. It's not expensive at all, worth the buy. Finally can use waze on our CMU without trying to connect to the mirror link like a bazillion times first like I did! If he successfully enabled touch screen not just from our phone but through the CMU display screen, even better! We were able to do that with the Android Auto but the functions were limited.

Sorry, forgot to add his web link here: http://www.lukasz-skalski.com/portfolio/smart-mzd-player/

This post has been edited by MissHanz: Jun 14 2017, 05:53 PM

It seems that the app has a lot of compatibility issues and you do have to manually insert the script via USB. I would hold off from buying full version. Read his website for the disclaimers.

That's great! I don't have an atas android phone because it's just my secondary line so it doesn't work most of the time . Share some vids if possible, I would really love to see how easy it is to use. What is your firmware version and what's your android version/phone?

My car's istop battery has malfunctioned for two months now and I'm still driving it. Touch wood still ok can start up etc. Can someone remind me if I can still get a battery change from Mazda FOC if I've had my car for more than a year? I read somewhere you can change the battery once but don't remember if there was a time limit. If not, what battery should I change, where and how much?

Anyway I suspect my car's battery effed up because I let it sit too long without starting the car coz I was away for 6 weeks. I asked my cousin to start it but she didn't so.. oh well.

Last thing, does anyone's steering wheel vibrate noticeably while braking/slowing down around 80-90 mph? I don't remember if it used to do that before, so I am not sure if this is normal or if I should bring it up the next time I service my car. Thanks for the help!

It needs to have something feeded into it by replacing certain scripts or changing its values. I looked at the coding before. Not sure what counts for not touching the firmware but doesn't really matter to me. I use the same thing you do except I did not pay for that app and got it for free in the forum. You don't have to have the script permanently in the USB, it is a one time thing. If you didn't have the USB with the script plugged in after the first time you did it, it will still work. If I am not wrong, if you keep it in, every time you start your car you are basically re-feeding the script again (I may be wrong). But glad it works fine for you!

You can just tell your service center about that (the kurk kruk etc). It's a known issue and they have solutions for it.

Bought a generic car battery in SS14 after having the battery warning light on since April (I love that the istop doesnt function..) but yeah I only went to change after my start up feels very, very weak. I know I'm playing a risky game. They initially told me to bring it back to service centre because it has the i-stop function and the battery they changed will disable that. I told them that's fine. Then they wanted to charge me MYR650 for a battery "specifically" made for my car size. I told them that's too expensive and ask them for a different kind. So they gave me some generic brand and charged me MYR477 including GST, one year warranty. iStop functioned again. Is that weird?

I thought since the istop wont work so it should not matter. I was hoping the istop would be disabled. Can I do that via the service centre?