Another site has some guides in Portuguese, some demo Videos and APK files setup for loading on the Pilot: CMDroid

 

Would the other apps just work on it though? You have me interested but it may void your warranty

 

They would work as long as you can provide internet access to the vehicle, which I can via Tethering from my iPhone. And in regard to warranty, as long as you can put it back to stock, I can't imagine an issue here as it is all software.

The pilot guys on XDA were able to make a backup of their unit's restore SH file, so if you were to push that back via ADB and then do a factory restore of the radio it would be back to stock without root access.

 

Any progresss on this??

 

As an Android guy who has lost one device to stuff like this (known as a "bricked phone"), I would strongly advise against doing what you did. At least wait until some experts figure it out.

 

I hear you, but no risk no reward right???

 

That would be awesome. Having an iPhone here, one of the drawbacks of Carplay is not able to use my own maps app like Waze.

In any case, I'm looking at getting an EX-L so would I be able to take advantage of this, if a jailbreak does become available?

 

Thank you for starting this conversation. I am also interested in running other applications on the 2018 Odyssey. Please share any information you learn.

 

Anyone hack the 2018 Odyssey yet? waiting for this!

 

This sounds interesting!

 

Curious to see if anyone has gotten anywhere with this. I've been trying to look at guides for other Honda vehicles and year models, but haven't really gotten anywhere on the Odyssey. Some methods discuss accessing the browser. Things I've tried/found:
Enabled developer mode/USB debugging
Changed USB mode from "Apple Carplay" to "ADB"

I've never been able to get a laptop connected via USB to see any response to "adb devices" or any other adb commands.

Other users have discussed ways to get to the browser. I've been able to get the browser by connecting a keyboard and hitting Win+B.

 

As long as you have a back up of the original software there is no such thing as a bricked phone. Even if you don't have a back up, there are copies out there for the most obscure of phones.

 

I appreciate your bravado but it is worth knowing the risks: a) this is not a phone; b) know the cost of material (over $1,100) and labor involved if a replacement becomes necessary.

 

Did you figure it out? I didn’t see any updates on the XDA forum...

 

Attempted to play around with this to get access to the USB ADB as well... no dice. :/.

I also reached out to the developer of hondahack Honda Hack ? Learn how to root your Honda head unit and install apps. but he mentioned that his exploit only works for android 4.2.2. There are lots of root exploits available for Lolipop... I am just not a good enough developer to really run with this. Since we are able to open the chrome browser on the car, its possible it could be exploited that way.

There has to be a way to get USB ADB connected and working... all the settings/options are there to put it into the right mode. I think we are just missing something somewhere that enables the last step for it to be recognized by a connected computer.

 

Connected via USB and I tried this on my windows 10 laptop:

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failed.