Want USB control of your in-car music? Don't buy a Galaxy Nexus

[rajputwarrior]

Android owners with a USB-equipped vehicle might not get all the connected benefits of their iPhone-touting friends, but at least they could plug in to access their tunes. Now it seems that Google's latest flagship won't even do that.

Speaking with the throngs on Reddit, Android engineer Dan Morrill confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus can't support USB mass storage. Unlike other Android devices equipped with an SD card, your vehicle's infotainment system would mount your smartphone and recognize it as a drive. That's not the case with the Galaxy Nexus due to a new partition setup.

Thankfully, other devices upgraded to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) won't be affected by the issue, so Nexus S owners can sleep soundly. Of course, Bluetooth playback will still be supported, so that long drive to Grandma's house on Turkey Day won't be a tunes-free affair.

Interestingly, one automaker should be immune from the issue: Ford. The automaker's SYNC 1.0 and 2.0 infotainment systems supports MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), which the Galaxy Nexus uses to transfer files with Windows machines. And as you'll recall, Microsoft co-developed SYNC with Ford. However, representatives from Ford haven't been able to confirm if the new Nexus works with their system, and we've yet to receive word from other automakers about the issue.

News Source: Reddit via The Verge

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this sucks hard for people who like to do this. one of the biggest reasons i use an iphone because the comptability with my pioneer deck is near flawless...

[Hollow.Droid]

It's already been enabled by Paul o Brien, the same fella who gave a nice superboot method reported on Neowin. However this shouldn't be necessary and both MTP and Mass Storage should be available by default to the end user. Seems like a backward move.

[farmeunit]

I would think that most decks would have an AUX input if they support iPod or USB? My Kenwood has iPod control which I use with my iPod, the AUX which I use to stream music from Subsonic.

[rajputwarrior]

It's already been enabled by Paul o Brien, the same fella who gave a nice superboot method reported on Neowin. However this shouldn't be necessary and both MTP and Mass Storage should be available by default to the end user. Seems like a backward move.

that's great for people who mod their phones, but for the other 99 percent that don't, this sucks. MTP support on 3rd party decks is next to non-existant and with most stock decks too. Didn't the zune use MTP? that's why the Ford's have MTP support?

[AbandonedTrolley]

Don't most head units have Bluetooth built in now anyway? I've been using my android phones on a Sony head unit for a while now and works great.