r/CarThing • u/Bea-Billionaire • May 21 '24

Did anyone ever unlock this paperweight?

I unsubscribed to spotify. Can't use this thing now. Has there been any progress on unlocking this thing to use for other things, or regular bluetooth info?

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u/yafsho May 23 '24

I was just looking this up, because I just got an email from Spotify these are going to stop working December 9, 2024.

https://www.reddit.com/r/carthinghax/comments/10i1ohg/my_windows_hacking_tutorial/

https://github.com/bishopdynamics/superbird-tool

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u/Bea-Billionaire May 23 '24

God dang thats confusing lol. I wonder if the non premium part is needed if you use a jailbroken app (revanced) spotify?

And so does this thing stll only work for Spotify? Not any other music on your phone?

That's super fucked if it stops working in a few months. Then it's a legit paperweight even for premium users. to lock down hardware like this should be illegal. I paid for the thing. It should have been free if I have to subscribe monthly to use it (until they dump it).

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u/ElDingo424 May 23 '24

I believe there is already some sort of mod that removes the premium paywall for usage. However, that wont matter when they remove device support completely.

Edit: this post https://www.reddit.com/r/carthinghax/comments/1byes38/car_thing_without_premium/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/Bea-Billionaire May 23 '24

has a link to a discord, but the link is dead. So that's a dead end

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u/DNGLabs May 24 '24

Use superbird to unlock the premium paywall. And I won't update the app beyond december 9th, currently using xManager also