I have a new Joying head unit. I have read several people on here reference that the set up a task on their phone so when their bluetooth connects to the head unit it turns on tethering. Unfortunately they glossed over the how to part of that. Can someone give me some instructions on setting that task up on an android phone. Specifically a LG G4 running Marshmallow.
i have a Joying unit that I love, and I have plenty of data on my Verizon plan. I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge running Android 6.0.
Every app I have tried to automate the wifi hotspot on my S7 Edge has failed. I have tried several. I read somewhere that Android 6.0 changed the logic for turning on a wifi hotspot and that causes issues for these apps.
CadillacMike said:
i have a Joying unit that I love, and I have plenty of data on my Verizon plan. I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge running Android 6.0.
Every app I have tried to automate the wifi hotspot on my S7 Edge has failed. I have tried several. I read somewhere that Android 6.0 changed the logic for turning on a wifi hotspot and that causes issues for these apps.
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Thank you for answering my question. Reading your posts inspired me to get the Joying for my Jeep.
I do have one other thing I would like to do that Joying said the HU couldn't do, that is voice calling. It seems there should be a way to do that.
drinkup4 said:
Thank you for answering my question. Reading your posts inspired me to get the Joying for my Jeep.
I do have one other thing I would like to do that Joying said the HU couldn't do, that is voice calling. It seems there should be a way to do that.
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Oh sweet, I hope you are happy with your decision. I posted about my Jeep/Joying everywhere I could find a relevant place to post. When I was reading about these radios for over a year, i had such a hard time finding information relevant to me. So when I had something for me, I tried to post it everywhere I could find so the next person could have some details.
Voice calling is not important to me, but from my reading on here, I dont think it is possible. I think the on these units Android and the physical side dont' play nice. That's why the hardware controls cant change songs in apps, etc.
now that one guy on here made MTCDtools to make the hardware controls work with Spotify. so maybe someone can make the calling work
I do really like my head unit. It is lot better than the stock HU that came with my Jeep. I have seen a lot of complaining on here and Reddit, but I think because of everything it can do they forget what they bought and want something in there dash with all the functionality of a flagship smart phone. For less than $400, this HU is amazing.
I also would like to change the few frustrations I have with it, but I know what I have and what I paid.
The only reason I thought there might be a chance of voice calling is because I saw a video of someone with a Pumpkin HU that could voice call. He used Parrat bluetooth. I thought there might be a way to get it on a Joying unit. Like I said not a huge deal compared to everything this HU can do.
I've been trying to achieve the same thing with mine. Joying sent a RFID chip with mine and I tried to use it to toggle between WIFI and tethering. I tried several different programs, it would turn the WiFi off and start the tethering process but could never complete it. I think it must have something to do with the message that pops up "please wait while verifying." One of the apps I tried, Power Toggles, has a feature on their widget where a double tap will take you to the Hotspot and Tethering page in settings. That's the quickest way I've found to turn on the hotspot so far.
Mike is also the one who inspired me to get this for my Jeep as well, I think Joying should be sending him for a check for referrals!
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I've been trying to achieve the same thing with mine. Joying sent a RFID chip with mine and I tried to use it to toggle between WIFI and tethering. I tried several different programs, it would turn the WiFi off and start the tethering process but could never complete it. I think it must have something to do with the message that pops up "please wait while verifying." One of the apps I tried, Power Toggles, has a feature on their widget where a double tap will take you to the Hotspot and Tethering page in settings. That's the quickest way I've found to turn on the hotspot so far.
Mike is also the one who inspired me to get this for my Jeep as well, I think Joying should be sending him for a check for referrals!
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Well this is pretty awesome. Joying should send me a check. I havent posted it yet, but on the Jeep forums and the Joying forum I'm going to post a very long post about how I got their Jeep unit to work with the Premium Alpine system.
my Samsung S7 has a quick toggle as well, I found that is the easiest way to get it on. And in the settings of that you can have it turn off after 10 minutes or so of not being connected. only problem is I forget to turn my wifi back on
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Does anyone know where you can find the APK for the hacked Torque app uses to get around the Bluetooth connectivity issues (for the JY-UL135 if it matters) in the app with OBD readers? After I updated my head unit a while back, the app vanished (along with some other stuff, like the MirrorLink and such, oddly enough). I tried replacing it from the app store, but obviously that didn't work because of their stupid handling of the Bluetooth stack. I've scrounged around and so far have come up empty. I don't care so much about the other stuff, but having Torque was one thing I was really hoping to utilize.
are you still using the Joying ROM? it is in there somewhere. I forget if they have an "OEM" app or if that was Malaysk. But you can also use the APK installer app that is there and if you look at the head unit memory it will find the apk in there
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are you still using the Joying ROM? it is in there somewhere. I forget if they have an "OEM" app or if that was Malaysk. But you can also use the APK installer app that is there and if you look at the head unit memory it will find the apk in there
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Yeah, still stock. I'd thought about trying Malaysk's ROM, but was wary of the unstable state that it said it was in. I'll take a look. I know the tool you're talking about, I'll go dig around on it and see if I can find it somewhere and report back. Thanks!
You were right. The APKInstaller had them under OEM/apk. Unfortunately, I got no love from my OBD adapter as I'd hoped, so I guess that was an exercise in futility. Here's hoping they realize this is pretty much an issue for everyone trying to use OBD on their units and they patch it.
has yours worked before? I got a cheap one from Amazon and it worked with the Joying version of Torque.
I got this one to work:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P...UTF8&psc=1
At first I could not see it. So I changed my Bluetooth password on the Joying to 1234 to match the OBDII. Then I had to disconnect my Samsung S7 Edge. Then when I searched I found the OBDII. I was able to connect it and reconnect my S7 Edge, and have both my phone and the OBDII adapter connected at the same time.
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has yours worked before? I got a cheap one from Amazon and it worked with the Joying version of Torque.
I got this one to work:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P...UTF8&psc=1
At first I could not see it. So I changed my Bluetooth password on the Joying to 1234 to match the OBDII. Then I had to disconnect my Samsung S7 Edge. Then when I searched I found the OBDII. I was able to connect it and reconnect my S7 Edge, and have both my phone and the OBDII adapter connected at the same time.
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I've never had it work on the unit, but I hadn't tried until now when I realized the app had vanished. I have two readers, one is a bit bigger, the other is a smaller blue one just like the one on the Joying website. The bigger one has always worked with my phone. The smaller one doesn't even seem to work with my phone, so it might be that it's just straight up cheap, defective, Chinese crap in this case. I'll try changing the pin though and see if that helps.
I do see the communications lights flashing on it when the stereo is trying to get going with it, but it never manages to hook up.
you have to change the password on the Joying to match whatever the OBD is
Yeah, so this is neat. I got it working.
I DID have to change the password to 1234. But the funny part is, it still didn't work with the little blue dongle at first when I tested it. I moved back to my bigger one and connected it (worth noting, the blue one identifies itself as OBDII in the list, my big one is CBT - I mention this only because I've seen others report that the reader needs to be name OBD or OBDII). The little OBD icon didn't show up in the status bar this time, but Torque did see and connect to it without issue. So, not exactly how I thought I'd get there, but I found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow after all.
Thanks for the suggestion, problem solved. Too bad I can't update the app. Part of me wants to see if I can get OBD Fusion to work on it (I like it better than Torque), but I suspect that'll be a fruitless endeavor.
I'm still trying to get mine to work changed password and see it as obdll but it just says paired device disconnected. Any ideas? I have the fy Android same as joying I guess thanks
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Does anyone know where you can find the APK for the hacked Torque app uses to get around the Bluetooth connectivity issues (for the JY-UL135 if it matters) in the app with OBD readers? After I updated my head unit a while back, the app vanished (along with some other stuff, like the MirrorLink and such, oddly enough). I tried replacing it from the app store, but obviously that didn't work because of their stupid handling of the Bluetooth stack. I've scrounged around and so far have come up empty. I don't care so much about the other stuff, but having Torque was one thing I was really hoping to utilize.
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I have been struggling with this with my OBD Eleven by Voltas since I've had it. It will pair nicely with my Teclast T10 Master tablet and cheapie M706 tablet, as well as my ZTE Axon Elite mobile 'phone. I have changed the Joying to 1234 and it starts to pair then it pops up another window for 2 seconds before it disappears, not long enough to do anything.
Any ideas welcome. I have a Joying UK-JY-VM130N2D
Up. I'm also looking for the modified Torque.apk from older Joying ROM
Please share download link.
Hello xda people!
I recently purchased an eonon head unit for my E46 316i from ebay. Specifically a GA6150 (rk3188), which was sold together with a reverse camera.
I am really happy with my order, and pleased with the HU's performance. I managed to connect succesfully my OBD adapter, my bluetooth phone and my wifi hotspot and all is working great.!
Although, I found out something which bothers me. I have purchased a Bluetooth RGB LED controller from ebay, in order to DIY install some LEDs in the interior of the car, and I wanted to control them from my eonon android HU. I can control them through my S7 Edge Android phone via the app called Happy Lighting. I have found out that the manufacturer of these controllers is called Triones. So my problem is, that when I open the app, it asks me to turn on the bluetooth, and allows me to press one of two buttons, allow and deny. If I press allow, a message will appear saying: "Turning on Bluetooth" or something like that, with a spinning wheel, indefinately. It will not stop and it will stay like this all the time, making the app useless, making me press home button to exit. All this happens, even though I know that bluetooth is actually on (I havent yet found an on/off switch for Bluetooth, so I suppose it is always on). If I press deny, then I can enter the app, but I am not able to see any of the bluetooth controllers, is there any way, to make the app think that the bluetooth is on? Or actually turn it off or anything? Would you please help me figure out what should I do? And one last question, is how can I change my screen orientation from landscape to portrait?
I will attach a photo of the details for the version of my Head Unit.
This is the link of the HU I purchased from ebay: http://r.ebay.com/aegMSa
And this is the link to the controller: http://r.ebay.com/aDfflI
While this is the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qh.Happylightgoogle&hl=en
Thank you very mych for your time!
Yep had 3 Paypal disputes with Eonon about that issue a year ago on a MTCB unit, I would imagine it would be the same with the MTCD
I think they route all Bluetooth information through the MCU and use non standard configuration of their Bluetooth drivers. So applications that ask to turn the BT on cannot as it is not configured that way.
This is something they were not willing to fix or were unable to.
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First of all thank you for your reply, i really appreciate it.!
Second, damn it. Damn them! That is really frustrating, i've managed to find a bit more info digging around here and in russian forums. It's sad that i cannot use anything else via bluetooth other than a few OBD adapters and my phone..
I will shortly contact Eonon for my MCU update file and see if anything can be done there. Otherwise, i will see if anything can be fixed via a custom rom and xposed stuff.
P.S.: If there was any other android HU that could support full BT, i would gladly return my Eonon and buy that instead..
DeejayTelis said:
First of all thank you for your reply, i really appreciate it.!
Second, damn it. Damn them! That is really frustrating, i've managed to find a bit more info digging around here and in russian forums. It's sad that i cannot use anything else via bluetooth other than a few OBD adapters and my phone..
I will shortly contact Eonon for my MCU update file and see if anything can be done there. Otherwise, i will see if anything can be fixed via a custom rom and xposed stuff.
P.S.: If there was any other android HU that could support full BT, i would gladly return my Eonon and buy that instead..
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Joying intel Sofia units is a bit better with the BT, but do some research first.
Good luck with Eonon
From memory it to do with kernel drivers and BT stack and they would not fix
Also be careful with Eonon and returns, additionally PayPal protection does not cover car audio products.
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shanetrainST said:
Joying intel Sofia units is a bit better with the BT, but do some research first.
Good luck with Eonon
From memory it to do with kernel drivers and BT stack and they would not fix
Also be careful with Eonon and returns, additionally PayPal protection does not cover car audio products.
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Digging up an old thread
I would like to connect bluetooth accessories to my eonon new android 10 head unit (2020) - the above looks familiar as i cannot seem to 'find' the devices when searched for using the strange bluetooth 'app'.
Is there anything that can be done? I'd like to add a bluetooth remote (alternatiev to steering wheel controls) - but its not detected by the HU
Hey, I bough a new HIZPO head unit running android 7.1.2 (so the system says) for my GMC car.
So far so good, and everything seems to work fine, except for the internet connection.
I can tether my phone (iPhone 7) internet by wifi tethering, but every time I get in the car i need to worry about turning on the hotspot and connect the head unit.
Bluetooth tether are usually smarter, in my android phone, in the bluetooth config I can choose to get internet connection from the iPhone, and when the devices connect I get internet automatically.
Unfortunately, this option is not available on my head unit as it is on my nexus 5x.
Any idea how to enable it on the car stereo? Any app that might do the trick?
Thanks
Nothing?
Not possible?
Any other means?
AFAIK there are no units that will do bluetooth tethering. The bluetooth implementation on most of them is pretty hacked together and not very standard.
Your best bet would be a Tasker profile on your phone that automates the wifi hotspot when it's connected to the head units bluetooth. If you're trying to do it with an iphone I guess you'd need whatever the ios equivalent of Tasker is, if it exists.
There's this one, but its for Joying units, maybe it will work for you?
https://github.com/lbdroid/JoyingIntelStuff
luciusfox said:
There's this one, but its for Joying units, maybe it will work for you?
https://github.com/lbdroid/JoyingIntelStuff
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I read in another page that for intel units is working flawlessly.
The reason behind is that the manufacturers did not removed essential BT functions, just hided it, don't ask me why....
No one yet tested to the rk3188; but I gonna try it for sure and post results here.
Thanks!!!!!
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AFAIK there are no units that will do bluetooth tethering. The bluetooth implementation on most of them is pretty hacked together and not very standard.
Your best bet would be a Tasker profile on your phone that automates the wifi hotspot when it's connected to the head units bluetooth. If you're trying to do it with an iphone I guess you'd need whatever the ios equivalent of Tasker is, if it exists.
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For iPhone only if you are jailbroken, what I'm not because of the version of my cel.
Considering going back to Android because of this locked **** Apple does.
Either way, there might be a light here, let's try
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Considering going back to Android because of this locked **** Apple does.
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If you do, there's a couple of threads in the Tasker area:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/u/tasker-tips-tricks/how-to-off-wifi-hotspot-bluetooth-t3621934
https://forum.xda-developers.com/u/...ect-hotspot-connect-to-car-bluetooth-t3594736
It may vary slightly depending on the phone/ROM, but it's relatively simple. :good:
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For iPhone only if you are jailbroken, what I'm not because of the version of my cel.
Considering going back to Android because of this locked **** Apple does.
Either way, there might be a light here, let's try
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Have you gotten this to work?
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Been out of the car audio game for a while, but looking for something new for my 2012 Nissan Frontier. I'm currently looking at the XTRONS 10.1 units.
I like that the older version with Android 7 has the rotatable face (side to side), but wondering if that's really necessary. I like the look of the newer android 8 version better.
These are the two I'm considering.
https://www.amazon.com/XTRONS-Andro...ie=UTF8&qid=1527797324&sr=8-5&keywords=xtrons
https://www.amazon.com/XTRONS-Andro...pID=51e38bbtwLL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch
Does anyone have any input on which would be better (or should I be looking at Joying or another brand instead)? Is the price worth it for the extra RAM? The videos I saw of the android 7 unit didn't seem to be laggy or slow at all. Would primarily use FM Radio, Android Auto, and GPS, but I do like to tinker so who knows what else i'd get into. Ability to somewhat easily update it would be nice
How about the ability to rotate the screen left to right? Would it be of any real benefit?
What is everyone doing for internet connection? Can I just run off my phone's hot spot? If so, do I need to connect every time or will it auto-reconnect.
Thanks
Based on the research that I have done, XTrons has some of the best services, including the head unit, customer service, prices and overall efficiency, so you're on track as far as the branding goes. :good:
I would definitely recommend going with the newer Android Oreo (8.0) unit because, while you can receive updates and most likely will, you will want the most up to date software for the longest amount of time to support all of the applications that you will be installing onto your unit.
No questions asked the more ram the better. More ram gives your Android unit more "head room" to think things through and have more applications without increasing the lag by much. If you can afford the extra $40 for the additional ram you may as well do it.
I too like the whole rotating screen idea but, I'm not sure that it is very useful. I think you may use it every once in a while for specific applications but, other than that it probably won't be that useful.
As far it goes for your wireless connection I recommend using your home Wi-Fi when you are at home doing updates and things alike. While you are away from home and need a wireless connection on the go I recommend either using your phones hot spot or a 4G dongle (requires additional purchase and a separate data plan from your carrier). Unfortunately, you are required to turn your hotspot on every time you step into your vehicle, because most phones will automatically disconnect and turn of the hotspot. There are some ways to get around this problem, applications like "Tasker" and "IFTTT" can detect when you leave your home and then turn on the hotspot. You also asked about if you had to login in each time, nope, each time the unit turns on it will look for previously connected internet connections and new internet connections.
Hope this helped! :good:
-Murf
Great info. Thanks!
Ever since I bought this head unit I cannot connect to a wi-fi and maintain in for more than 1-2 minutes. Also, the speed is too slow.
Before you ask, the wi-fi signal is strong, as even if I use my phone hotspot and position it right to the head unit it will disconnect after some minutes.
Please find the head unit specs attached.
Thank you for you help!
try asking the vendor to give you a firmware file/flash a new firmware. if theres no solution you might have to return it. maybe you can use usb tethering from your phone (if its android) to your head unit? it would eliminate speed problems and would be reliable, but it would still be nice to have working wifi.
PhotonIce said:
try asking the vendor to give you a firmware file/flash a new firmware. if theres no solution you might have to return it. maybe you can use usb tethering from your phone (if its android) to your head unit? it would eliminate speed problems and would be reliable, but it would still be nice to have working wifi.
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I have exact this build number on my device... He must ask his seller to provide him a link to download update.
TSKJ.xxxxx are know to have bugs and it is not stable.
Best replacment is firmware by build number CHS.xxxx (ALPS device) or XRC.xxxx (XTRONS device - but works on other 8227L chipsets - tested)
i have an alps one, all works well. never tried an xtrons unit though. you can never really tell what your getting, as they all look the same up front. what i do know, is that the alps rom is really nice.
PhotonIce said:
i have an alps one, all works well. never tried an xtrons unit though. you can never really tell what your getting, as they all look the same up front. what i do know, is that the alps rom is really nice.
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XTRONS UI is nice and fluent. I tried it and test it, it's better than CHS 8227L UI3 interface, one and only flaw is that sometimes when radio stations set are lost at next bootup.
Just went out today, needed another android system for a friend's car, went there and got the standard 8227l (2/16gb), though this one had a different type of firmware. It had customisable themes, and was runnign android 11. It also has picture in picture support for google maps, which i found to be a great feature. Not sure which ROM it is (as it isnt written), but the firmware was pretty nice, other than the fact that it does not have an "Apps" tab in th settings app, and there is seemingly no way to get developer options. Either way, first time I've seen android 11 on one of these head units (previous ones claimed to use android 10 but were actually running android 6+), and I have to admit that it was a great experience for the end user, as long as your not into rooting etc.
Look for this 8227L_8乐佳UI03-国外10_v63_20210726.zip