Hi guys,
as the title suggests I'm after a solution that allows me to move from a 3G connection to a Wi-Fi connection easily, perhaps through a widget or even a separate app.
Currently, I have a Telstra 3G modem connected to my Eonon GA2167 Head Unit (Allwinner T8 - rooted thanks to @****-jones) and when I arrive home and am within range of my Wi-Fi hotspot I'd like to have the head unit begin updating apps, and downloading new songs off Spotify. I thought it would be as simple as selecting the Wi-Fi network to connect to again, but my head unit stops me from connecting and I have to physically unplug the modem everytime I want this to happen.
So, is there a solution out there that enables me to switch easily? Also as an added bonus, is there something out there that can monitor my data usage on 3G only? I'm not really sure how the head unit treats my modem, but when it's plugged in I see an icon similar to this: "<-->"
Any help would be appreciated!!
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Hello guys. i have 8227_demo brand head unit. i have a problem with wifi.
I seem to be connected to wifi or hotspot, but I cannot receive any data. The page opens the you first connect. However, after that, ten seconds later the internet connection is gone (by the way it seems connect to wifi). Does anyone have a solution?
I tried different wifi points, but the result is the same.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Partly solutionI have now removed the GPS port and use it this way because internet c
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had a wifi connection problem. For now, I have solved the wifi problem in an interesting way. I have a YT9612c model device. I disassembled the device and checked all the connections. In the meantime, when I removed the GPS input, I noticed that the wifi works without any problems. However, the internet connection was lost again after connecting the GPS antenna input again. I have now removed the GPS port and use it this way because the internet connection is important to me.I have now removed the GPS port and use it this way because the internet connection is priority for me.
I reported the situation to the seller. Let's see how we will solve the GPS status.
Hello,
I have a Wifi problem with a YT9213AJ tablet.
I bought it to install in a boat and go fishing, I bought a SonarPhone SP200 probe that connects via Wifi but there is no way to maintain stability in the connection, with other mobiles it works well but what I want is to see it on the screen of the boat. Everything works perfect, except a problem in the WiFi when the connection does not provide internet access as is the case with this link. Constantly (every 30sec approximately) it drops the connection and reconnects automatically and then, disconnect from the APP.
I have tried all the possible configurations of the WiFi and the versions that I could of the firmware for the YT9213AJ (until having to restore a dump by leaving it as a brick with no sound or lights in the bones “thanks iceblue1980 for your post - [SOLVED] YT9213AJ and YT9216B - Full brick recovery / custom mods - ROOT, TWRP, VIPER4Android— “)
Are there any settings for that version that fix the problem and always keep the WiFi connection even if I don't have internet access?
Version installed:
Thank you very much in advance
Jesus
Hello,
I have a Wifi problem with a YT9213AJ unit.
I bought it to install in a boat and go fishing, I bought a SonarPhone SP200 transducer that connects via Wifi but there is no way to maintain the connection, with other mobiles it works well but what I want is to see it on the screen of the boat. Everything works perfect, except a problem in the WiFi when the connection does not provide internet access as is the case with this link. Constantly (every 30sec approximately) it drops the connection and reconnects automatically and then disconnect from the APP.
I have tried all the possible configurations of the WiFi and the versions that I could of the firmware for the YT9213AJ (until having to restore a dump by leaving it as a brick with no sound or button lights “thanks iceblue1980 for your post - [SOLVED] YT9213AJ and YT9216B - Full brick recovery / custom mods - ROOT, TWRP, VIPER4Android— “)
Are there any settings for that version that fix the problem and always keep the WiFi connection even if I don't have internet access?
Thank you very much in advance
Jesus
ansareo said:
Hello,
I have a Wifi problem with a YT9213AJ unit.
I bought it to install in a boat and go fishing, I bought a SonarPhone SP200 transducer that connects via Wifi but there is no way to maintain the connection, with other mobiles it works well but what I want is to see it on the screen of the boat. Everything works perfect, except a problem in the WiFi when the connection does not provide internet access as is the case with this link. Constantly (every 30sec approximately) it drops the connection and reconnects automatically and then disconnect from the APP.
I have tried all the possible configurations of the WiFi and the versions that I could of the firmware for the YT9213AJ (until having to restore a dump by leaving it as a brick with no sound or button lights “thanks iceblue1980 for your post - [SOLVED] YT9213AJ and YT9216B - Full brick recovery / custom mods - ROOT, TWRP, VIPER4Android— “)
Are there any settings for that version that fix the problem and always keep the WiFi connection even if I don't have internet access?
Thank you very much in advance
Jesus
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This is a common problem with these units. The reason is that there is no WiFi antenna. All there is is a loose cable on the back. You can also see that your download speeds are probably around 1-3 Mbit/s instead of 40-50 mbit/s.
I'm afraid there isn't much you can do with software. You need to add antenna. You can check out the video in my signature for some tips and PM me if you want in-detail instructions but be prepared to open up the unit and solder.
iceblue1980,
Thank you very much for your quick response. That may be it, although normal internet connections work reasonably. However, I will try to follow your advice and increase the WIFI gain by improving the antenna. I have seen your signature, but I do not see details of how to do it, I am writing you a PM in case you can give me any indication for it, I thank you very much for your help.
Greetings
Fixed up!!!! Now the connection is stable, it was not because that connection did not have internet access, it was a gain problem in the Wifi signal.
Thank you so much for everything
So today I installed my new Eonon GA2185. I was hoping it would be able to tether my phone's internet on bluetooth automatically, without ever having to manually activate bluetooth or hotspot or something like that. It's a mythical function. Some say it's impossible, you'll always have to click at least one button to connect your head unit to the interwebs, some say it's a built in function.
When turning on the radio for the first time and connecting it to my phone's bluetooth I was so desperately hoping it would also borrow its internet, and apparantly it did! There was no wifi network, just bluetooth and I managed to visit some webpages and perform a speedtest (< 1Mb/s, but hey it was something!).
Unfortunately, after customising the unit with all my preferences, apps, accounts and appearances, I lost the bluetooth tethering. It simply stopped working. It only works on wifi now. Anyone know how to get it back or enable it in the first place? I've already reset it to factory settings but that didn't do it.
This unit works on bluetooth 4.0. Does the difference between 4 and 5 matter a lot in this aspect?
iLikePizzas said:
So today I installed my new Eonon GA2185. I was hoping it would be able to tether my phone's internet on bluetooth automatically, without ever having to manually activate bluetooth or hotspot or something like that. It's a mythical function. Some say it's impossible, you'll always have to click at least one button to connect your head unit to the interwebs, some say it's a built in function.
When turning on the radio for the first time and connecting it to my phone's bluetooth I was so desperately hoping it would also borrow its internet, and apparantly it did! There was no wifi network, just bluetooth and I managed to visit some webpages and perform a speedtest (< 1Mb/s, but hey it was something!).
Unfortunately, after customising the unit with all my preferences, apps, accounts and appearances, I lost the bluetooth tethering. It simply stopped working. It only works on wifi now. Anyone know how to get it back or enable it in the first place? I've already reset it to factory settings but that didn't do it.
This unit works on bluetooth 4.0. Does the difference between 4 and 5 matter a lot in this aspect?
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Ive got the same problem, I have the same unit as you.
I had it working when I first installed the unit, it just came on automatically when I entered the car. But since a firmware upgrade I cant get it to connect anymore! It was great for Spotify and maps.
If you manage to find a way let me know!
I believe I factory reseted everything again after updating. Then I tried connecting bluetooth first and then WiFi. For some reason that worked (after I rebooted the device, it would turn on wifi but my phone's wasn't broadcasting, and then it automatically switched to bluetooth).
I also noticed that whenever the unit was powered on, an extra setting in my iPhone appeared called 'Ethernet', which apparanly means that it's tethering through bluetooth. Not sure if Android has a similar way of showing.
Trying to get internet access on my head unit without paying for a hotspot. I'm aware of PDANet and have used it, but it's sometimes unreliable to get a connection at first and requires restarting it several times. I'm looking for a more automatic solution that will connect as soon as I start the car. Any advice?
I bought a Huawei E8372 LTE stick. It provides both a WiFi access point and a USB ethernet interface that works with my Eonon GA9498B, so I basically disabled the WiFi entirely for the time being. Setting up the stick can easily be done by inserting the SIM card, plugging it into your computer, navigating with your browser to the IP address mentioned in the manual; it's advisable to deactivate the SIM PIN so the stick can just boot and establish the mobile connection without having to enter the PIN every time you turn off and on your car. Boot time for the stick is 20-30s max, so the connection is basically already available as soon as the radio's main screen appears.
Just watch out: I haven't yet found a possibility to mark the ethernet connection as metered in Android, so apps which have different data transfer behavior depending on whether you're on a WiFi or a mobile connection will go on full data blast mode if you don't tell them not to. Take Spotify, for example: If you have marked songs for download, the app will synchronize all changes right away via the LTE connection, even if you've configured Spotify to only do that on WiFi connections. So what I do is putting Spotify in offline mode by default, and only change that when I'm at home and the radio is connected to my WiFi (which luckily takes precedence over the USB-ethernet connection). Same goes for my HERE WeGo offline maps: I configured it to download them manually, so it only checks for map updates and notifies me, and I can download them when I'm home. Google Maps is pretty spare about its data usage anyway, so no need to change anything here. I also disabled automatic updates in Play Store, so it just notifies me of available updates which I can then install when I'm back home.
This COULD be avoided by activating the stick's WiFi hotspot, connecting the radio via WiFi and then, in Android's data usage settings, mark the WiFi network as metered. I tried that once, and it wasn't all too reliable - Android keeps forgetting these settings irregularly (the WiFi is shown as metered in Android's settings after I changed that setting; will stay like that for a while whenever I take a look again; and at some indeterminate point will show "Automatic" again, which means it's being treated like your cable router in your living room again) and doesn't tell you so at all, so apps might first behave correctly (i.e. like they're using mobile network), and later recognize their environment as being in an unlimited WiFi network and download everything they do in the background, eating up your mobile data. Thus I rather control each app's settings in this regard manually.