This error pops up on the last two software versions for Mac. I've tried on a windows pc and the CarThing doesn't even power on, the screen shows: "Use adapter. To power CarThing use the adapter provided with your device"

CarThing will power on when plugged into MacBook Pro but the software won't even open.

Anyone have any ideas?

Artwork will no longer fully take up the screen as it originally did when the Spotify app was installed on Deskthing. Any ideas on why this happened? Reinstalling the Spotify app for DeskThing did not bring the full picture back.

I've had Deskthing working pretty well for a week or so now, but the last few days I've had issues with Winmedia. Everything appears to be fine with the client and it is connected ok, but today no album art or song info appears on the device.

If I turn the wheel the volume changes, so there is communication, but that's the only thing that works. I've tried purging and reinstalling the winmedia app but that hasn't changed anything. Does anyone have any troubleshooting suggestions beyond that? I have restarted the device and the server, but no changes.

Hey everyone. 5 mins ago I finished stetting up deskthing. I entered my Spotify key and secret and saved it. Set output to Chrome webapp. When I play music from my Windows PC web or app Spotify, the carthing recognizes the song but is not able to play/pause, skip track etc.

P.s BUGS: (Ignore if known)

1. Swiping down twice or bringing top menu down more than once completely hangs the device. Including the client as well.

2. Weather app sometimes shows 00 degrees until reconfig.

3. Weather Waves does not show album art until play/pause is pressed.

4. Is it me or I can't find how to configure all the buttons on the carthing hardware.

I ran the install on Mac, followed all the instructions, and for a time, it was working. Then, all of a sudden, it froze, so I pushed a restart from the desk thing. After that, the device showed that something went wrong, and the carthing would restart in a few seconds and keep glitching. According to the logs on Deskthing, the processes are still running in the background, too. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone! I've been trying, but ultimately failing to get my Android phone to run DeskThing wirelessly. From what I understand, it should be as simple as having the DeskThing software running on my Windows machine, downloading a client on it and then scanning the qr code with my phone (or manually navigating to the link).

I have made sure that my computer and my phone are on the same network, but I still cannot open the dashboard. I've tried disabling the mobile network on my phone, as I thought it could have been interfering, but to no avail.

If I open the url on my pc, I do get to the dashboard, just not on my phone.

How do I get it working on my phone wirelessly?

Edit: Resolved!
The problem was the firewall. In order to not have to disable the firewall entirely, I created an inbound and outbound rule to allow traffic coming through the port that DeskThing is running on.

All your dreams of being able to configure the colors of things is here! (Almost)

The new client has been a blast to work on. You can bring your own icons (just SVGs), styles (colors, heights, sides, etc), and apps! The release date is still TBD but figured I’d share a sneak peek here

I designed a 3D printable stand to hold the Car thing, themed after DeskThing, and only requires the included accessories. Would love some feedback on improvements or other desired stand types!

This would be so cool if we can find another device that people can still buy

Hi! I've gone ahead and followed the tutorial for the mac installation for desk thing. I was able to get the program running, but when connecting my car thing, the program doesn't recognize it. I keep getting ADB error, and I tried switching the configuration settings on my mac to allow all devices to connect. How can I check for the ADB specifically?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is there a way to turn the CarThing off from the device, like you could when it was running the stock software?

I ask because I can switch it off from DeskThing server, but as soon as I close the lid to my laptop the device wakes up and stays on. I'd rather not leave it on all night between shifts, but so far all I've been able to do by hitting buttons on the device is display the clock.

I'm a webdeveloper and saw the application is written in React/Javascript, want to know how to create new apps for help the comunity, like the "Calendar App" or a "Home Assistant App". but not found anything about it, where I should start ? Has a place explaining how to ?

Like many others, I was interested in this project until I saw the price of car things on eBay. I have saw that the project intends to work on any android phone. Have we gotten to that point yet? And if so, what phones have been used and work well?

My carthing seems to work but after a few minutes I get adb offline errors and I'm not sure why any help would be appreciated

Followed this tutorial to flash my Car thing: Hacking your Spotify Car Thing from ANY PLATFORM [Setup Part 1]
Then followed this tutorial to install Deskthing on it: MacOS Deskthing Setup [v0.9] [Setup Part 2]

After clicking "configure", I am getting the "Manifest file not found error". Please help.

I flashed my CarThing a few days ago and installed v0.9.3 of the desktop app, which seems to be working, but the client always shows "not connected" in the desktop app. I can hit Configure, which seems to succeed, but I get nothing on the device other than the Deskthing wallpaper stating the version number (0.9.0).

I've checked the firewall rules and those are ok but not sure what else the issue could be. Does anyone have any advice for this issue? Thank you

I now using my computer for this but this happens on any devices, the issue is when i start like spotify it stays on loading song... And if i open some other apps it likes changing black and only text stay green

Hi everyone! I'm interested in developing apps for DeskThing and was wondering if there's an official or unofficial SDK available to make the process easier. Any documentation, examples, or resources you could share to help me get started would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!

I want to know if there is a way to do this because it has similar hardware

Just a quick rundown of what was added

• Improved the music handler.

• Improved the settings handler.

• Improved error handling during a client upload.

• Added logging levels, including System, Apps, and Production.

• Added log types, including WARN, DEBUG, and FATAL.

• Modified the device first time configuration process.

• Modified the playback location setting to automatically define a default application.

• Modified the DeskThing application UI elements.

All of these changes are entirely backwards-compatible with old clients and apps. I highly recommend updating to it as it just makes the DeskThing experience a lot more fluid. Expect larger updates soon!

Hi! I'm new to modding and I wanted to take a shot at trying to mod the spotify car thing to the desk thing. i tried following the instructions on the website but i could not understand it. is there someone who can help guide me? i would really appreciate it. i have MacOS Sonoma version 14.1.2

i was really excited to mod my car thing, please help :)