e-Ink phone - Page 2

ottischwenk · 02-11-2026, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ArizonaGuy

Not according to Hibreak support. They specifically told me that the Hibreak Pro can not do Android Auto. .

Did you not read the posts in the link, or did you not understand them?
I, for one, use my Hibreak pro with Android Auto.

ArizonaGuy · 02-11-2026, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ottischwenk

Hibreak Pro can do it.
Look

I have now checked out the Android Auto functionality on the Bigme Hibreak Pro. It does have AA functionality baked into the OS so you might think that it supports AA, but I was unable to get it to run on my 2022 Jeep Wrangler.

My Jeep has a good info system that is AA compatible and I run AA on it wired using both my old Motorola G Play and a Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Neither will run AA wirelessly and I suspect that the Jeep's system does not do wireless AA, but both of those phone work properly when wired. But every attempt to get the Hibreak Pro to run AA failed with an error code when the system tried to connect to the phone.

I can do a regular BT connection from the phone to the Jeep's info system but I can not get a working AA connection and I suspect that the protocol handshake between the phone and the info system fails because the phone is made for the Chinese and, perhaps, general Asian, market and not for the North American market. Perhaps the protocols are different.

I have a second vehicle which is in storage and I will check that out when I can. That is newer (a 2026 Ford Transit) and does wireless AA and I will see if the phone does any better with it.

One other thing that I have found out is that the phone is not 'fully compatible' with my carrier's (T-Mobile) network. It appears to be lacking band support for T-Mobile's most commonly used 5G band and I will have to see if I can get enough reception on the phone to be useful. If not I will end up returning it to Amazon.

ArizonaGuy · 02-12-2026, 05:22 PM

> Perhaps the protocols are different.

I updated this phone this morning using the latest and greatest Android security version, 3.1.2, and then out of curiosity checked to see if this updated version would connect to AA. And it did.

It is a very strange display, looking like it was designed for one of those very old low resolution displays with everything looking large and clunky, and I could not enter destination information on the info display, and there was no voice input icon on the info display, so everything had to be added using the phone. But it worked, and I will take what I can get ...

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02-12-2026, 05:22 PM	#18
ArizonaGuy Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 214 Join Date: Feb 2025 Location: Phoenix metro area Device: Kindle Oasis & Paperwhitre, Boox Note, ViWoods AiPaper Mini	> Perhaps the protocols are different. I updated this phone this morning using the latest and greatest Android security version, 3.1.2, and then out of curiosity checked to see if this updated version would connect to AA. And it did. It is a very strange display, looking like it was designed for one of those very old low resolution displays with everything looking large and clunky, and I could not enter destination information on the info display, and there was no voice input icon on the info display, so everything had to be added using the phone. But it worked, and I will take what I can get ...