Best function of the K2 - Side load Zwift

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Johnathan Freter
Finally figured out how to side load the Zwift companion app onto my K2. It’s bloody brilliant. Why didn’t I do this earlier and why hasn’t Hammerhead and Zwift teamed up to make this official (and maybe fix some of the minor spacing issues)? As we are coming into the winter months aka zwift season, this should really be a priority to make it a legitimate thing.
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    Brandon Babcock

    Yes, Please!!!!

    I haven't side loaded anything on my K2 - dont really trust myself to not screw something up. Would be great if this were an actual feature of the HH software.

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    Johnathan Freter

    It’s super easy once you figure it out. I kept getting hung up on the files being inside of a parent folder. Once I moved those out I was able to download a few android compatible apps without any effort.

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    Tyll Voigt

    Hi Jonathan, how does it actually work? Where can I find information about this link?

    Thanks

    Tyll

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    Stefan Popowycz

    Agreed: it would be great to have this as an automatic app for the K2.

    Cheers,

    Stefan

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    Paul Götzl

    I am using this for months.. but since the last update, its not working anymore. The ZCA version is to old.. as its not possible to simply update it, I deinstalled it and installed the latest version 3.34.1.

    Unfortunately it doesn't work either. Opening it the first time, you need to enter the credentials. Then it takes like for ever to check them and gets stuck. Since then, when you force it to close, whenever you open it again, it would just stuck in a blue screen with the Z-logo.

    Any ideas? Or is this really a K2 bug?

    Thanks

    Paul

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    Scott Sanchez

    Hi. I'm having the exact same problem as Paul. On April 19th, I tried using the Zwift Companion app and it said that my version was too old and needed to be updated. I updated to the then-latest version 3.34.1 and was able to enter my credentials, but it gets stuck. I force close and when I restart it's stuck in the blue screen with the Z-logo. 

    I tried going back to an older version of Zwift Companion and I'm able to enter my credentials, but then it comes up with the screen saying that the version is too old and I need to update. I did a factory reset on my Karoo 2 and the problem persists.

    I used the Companion app on March 28th without any problem. My next attempt was on April 19th, when it failed. So the problem seems to have started sometime between March 28th and April 19th. I regularly update my Karoo 2 software, so I'm not sure if one of the intervening updates caused this problem or this is a problem with Zwift.

    It's odd that I'm able to enter my credentials with the older version of the Companion app (even though it just says that the software is out of date and won't let me do anything). Could it be a problem with the new Zwift app not working with the side loaded Companion app?

    I posted something similar on an existing thread in the Zwift forum (https://forums.zwift.com/t/side-loading-companion-app-on-hammerhead-karoo-2/558000/10). Hopefully we'll get this figured out. Even though the screen size/formatting was a little bit off, I loved using the Companion app on the Karoo 2.  

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    Paul Götzl

    Still not working.. ZCA has a new version and also K2. But still same problem.

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    Sam Na

    Running into the same issue here. 
    The only option I see right now is for the Hammerhead Devs to update to later version of Android as the current is to old to support the latest ZC version. 

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