We have developed an online radio app specifically for android head units, becasue the fm radio of the china devices are mostly utter crap.
We extend the country and station list continuously, but if you want us to add a specific country and/or your favorite station, drop us an email.
You find the app here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.threedmagic.carradio
UPDATE:
We updated the app.
Beside many small bugfixes we added RDS/Playing Now display, which means, you will see the actually played song's artist and title and any data the station is sending with the stream.
Available only where the station actually provide the data!
Is it possible to chance the app so it can use the FM antenna from the car instead of online data
It is impossible to create an offline radio for Android without hacking the OS!
All apps on the Play Store that claim to be offline FM radios, are scam!
Netuddki said:
It is impossible to create an offline radio for Android without hacking the OS!
All apps on the Play Store that claim to be offline FM radios, are scam!
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This is not completly true.... look at this app from @KoTiX2:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...t/dev-navradio-ported-to-mtc-devices-t4048899
royalhawk2002 said:
This is not completly true.... look at this app from @KoTiX2:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...t/dev-navradio-ported-to-mtc-devices-t4048899
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Thank you.
We will look at it and test it.
We spent weeks for trying to figure out, how to create an FM radio app with the current Joying systems and current tuner chips and it wasn't possible.
At least not without a huge amount of reverse engineering and hacking and we decided that it is not worth to create an app that can be used only with a few devices and which can break with a single update of the OS or part of it.
Maybe we missed something.
If we can figure it out based on this app, we will think about making it offline as well.
Netuddki said:
Thank you.
We will look at it and test it.
We spent weeks for trying to figure out, how to create an FM radio app with the current Joying systems and current tuner chips and it wasn't possible.
At least not without a huge amount of reverse engineering and hacking and we decided that it is not worth to create an app that can be used only with a few devices and which can break with a single update of the OS or part of it.
Maybe we missed something.
If we can figure it out based on this app, we will think about making it offline as well.
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look also at this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...evelopment/app-custom-mtcd-radio-app-t4040505
royalhawk2002 said:
look also at this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...evelopment/app-custom-mtcd-radio-app-t4040505
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Ok Thanks!
royalhawk2002 said:
look also at this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...evelopment/app-custom-mtcd-radio-app-t4040505
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Yeah, I tried both of those apps now and none of them worked.
That NavRadio+ works with one specific firmware based on the developer's explanation, which seems to be a very old firmware used by a handful of unknown radio manufacturers and not used by the biggest producer of Android Head Units called Joying.
It doesn't even open on a Joying device.
The other one is simply a piece of crap that opens, but can't do anything.
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Yeah, I tried both of those apps now and none of them worked.
That NavRadio+ works with one specific firmware based on the developer's explanation, which seems to be a very old firmware used by a handful of unknown radio manufacturers and not used by the biggest producer of Android Head Units called Joying.
It doesn't even open on a Joying device.
The other one is simply a piece of crap that opens, but can't do anything.
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Which Processor your unit has ?
This is for MTCD/MTCE : https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...evelopment/app-custom-mtcd-radio-app-t4040505
This is for MTCx (NavRadio+): https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...t/dev-navradio-ported-to-mtc-devices-t4048899
This is for Allwinner T3, T8 and IntelSC9853(TS9) head units (NavRadio+): https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...its/dev-navradio-app-allwinner-units-t4024701
It depends strongly from the Processor.... probably you don't have any of the previous units.
royalhawk2002 said:
Which Processor your unit has ?
This is for MTCD/MTCE : https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...evelopment/app-custom-mtcd-radio-app-t4040505
This is for MTCx (NavRadio+): https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...t/dev-navradio-ported-to-mtc-devices-t4048899
This is for Allwinner T3, T8 and IntelSC9853(TS9) head units (NavRadio+): https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...its/dev-navradio-app-allwinner-units-t4024701
It depends strongly from the Processor.... probably you don't have any of the previous units.
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I have a SC9853I Octa Core processor in my device, but the processor has nothing to do with anything.
The Radio Tuner chip is what it is about.
The newest radios have the chip TEF6686 and the older ones have the TDA7786.
There is no way to control the radio chip. Period.
I had a dozen Android Radios before this.
You don't even get my actual radio anymore, because the market develops so fast.
The old devices are sold and nobody cares for them anymore and exactly this is the point.
You would need to hack the OS for every generation of every manufacturer separately.
Nobody will do the work even if it is possible somehow, until Google creates an API or a plugin or whatever.
How to know what radio chip that is inside ones head unit ?
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I have a SC9853I Octa Core processor in my device, but the processor has nothing to do with anything.
The Radio Tuner chip is what it is about.
The newest radios have the chip TEF6686 and the older ones have the TDA7786.
There is no way to control the radio chip. Period.
I had a dozen Android Radios before this.
You don't even get my actual radio anymore, because the market develops so fast.
The old devices are sold and nobody cares for them anymore and exactly this is the point.
You would need to hack the OS for every generation of every manufacturer separately.
Nobody will do the work even if it is possible somehow, until Google creates an API or a plugin or whatever.
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All these units have the TEF6686 or the TDA7786 radio chip (i.e. my Xtrons has the TEF6686). The radio chip is controlled by the MCU that interface the Radio android app. To develop an Off Line Radio app, you need to know which informations/commands are exchanged between the MCU and the Android app, if you don't have this knowledge, you will never be able to develop an off line radio app. Period!
In this forum, several user has this ability and developed lot of alternative off line radios. This is confirmed by the huge number of people here using these app on their units.
There's no room for language and any kind of disrespect in discussions on XDA. You can disagree and still be civil. :good:
We updated the app.
Beside many small bugfixes we added RDS/Playing Now display, which means, you will see the actually played song's artist and title and any data the station is sending with the stream.
Available only where the station actually provide the data!
Netuddki said:
We updated the app.
Beside many small bugfixes we added RDS/Playing Now display, which means, you will see the actually played song's artist and title and any data the station is sending with the stream.
Available only where the station actually provide the data!
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Hello. I have been using your app for a few days now and it is great. Great work!
I just have a question and a suggestion.
Question: Would it be possible to make your app launch automatically and play in the background when I turn my key, like the stock offline radio app does? This seems fairly easy and I'm sure there must be a way, I am probably missing something...
Suggestion: Would it be at all possible to make a way for users to add their own stations, without the need to bother you? I don't mean add them to everyone, just add them to my own head unit.
DC69 said:
Hello. I have been using your app for a few days now and it is great. Great work!
I just have a question and a suggestion.
Question: Would it be possible to make your app launch automatically and play in the background when I turn my key, like the stock offline radio app does? This seems fairly easy and I'm sure there must be a way, I am probably missing something...
Suggestion: Would it be at all possible to make a way for users to add their own stations, without the need to bother you? I don't mean add them to everyone, just add them to my own head unit.
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I am glad that you like the app.
The app starts automatically when the head unit starts if you didn't close the app manually before. You need to check the settings in your device.
Adding stations only for yourself was something we were thinking about, but we skipped the idea.
Please bother us with station requests.
We have a long queue right now, but we are working on it intensively, so it shouldn't take too long to get your stations.
If you write an email to us, you will get the stations even faster.
Netuddki said:
We have developed an online radio app specifically for android head units, becasue the fm radio of the china devices are mostly utter crap.
We extend the country and station list continuously, but if you want us to add a specific country and/or your favorite station, drop us an email.
You find the app here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.threedmagic.carradio
UPDATE:
We updated the app.
Beside many small bugfixes we added RDS/Playing Now display, which means, you will see the actually played song's artist and title and any data the station is sending with the stream.
Available only where the station actually provide the data!
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Why do you add stations manually (on request)?
You could get stations from here:
radio-browser.info
www.radio-browser.info
There is also an API for app integration
API.radio-browser.info docs
with coding example
https://api.radio-browser.info/examples/serverlist.java
TorstenH said:
Why do you add stations manually (on request)?
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Because we have no interest in quantity, but quality.
Please read the description of the app on the play store to learn what stations we add to the app.
You can find dozens of radio apps on the playstore which have thousands of useless channels and playlists to wade through.
Netuddki said:
Because we have no interest in quantity, but quality.
Please read the description of the app on the play store to learn what stations we add to the app.
You can find dozens of radio apps on the playstore which have thousands of useless channels and playlists to wade through.
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That's exactly the reason I use other apps.
TorstenH said:
That's exactly the reason I use other apps.
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They are there for people like you. Our app is apparently not for you.
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Hi everybody,
there are some new Android head units around with a bigger screen than the current double din ones. The resellers often calls them "Tesla Style Headunits". Sadly I've not found much information about it, yet. So I bought one on the SinglesDay in China via Taobao to check it out.
I already did a lot of research on the Internet about these things. But until now, I've not figured out who the actual manufacturer is. I think with these units it is the same like the MTCB/D, one manufacturer and lots of resellers. Here is a Link to a site that lists lot of theses units with the specs. But of course they are nearly the same. The only difference I saw was 1GB vs 2GB Ram and 16GB vs 32GB Rom. http://www.cusptech.com/index.php?c=products2
I tried to get to recovery mode, but no luck until now. But just in case something bricks while testing or to optimizing the Rom, it would be great to have the update.img. For that I contacted the reseller, but get the normal bla bla bla. Its stable (yes of course :silly and no updates are planned and so on.
On youku.com I've found a video, where someone did the update http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTU5NjkwNDEyNA==.html. So it must be possible somehow. But my Chinese is not the best, so I can't contact that guy
So if anybody has more informations of any type about these units, would be great if he shares.
For anyone who want more informations, here is a review on YouTube in Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pa0T8AsY5k. If someone knows Russian, maybe he could contact iqnavi.
Thanks
i dont have any info, but i would like to see more units made for newer cars
There are some small updates.
First: Rooting via Kingroot is possible.
Second: I've managed to get the SystemApps and found the Bundle ID's com.choiceway for the launcher and com.szchoiceway for other apps like radio. But google it, did not bring any results
Further I was able to decompile the settings APK and extract all factory Pin codes. For now, I won't post it public, to keep the risk that the manufacturer maybe changes them, as low as possible. But if you are interested in them, you can PM me anytime. If interest is increasing, I will post them here of course.
Update 3
With the root I've found some config XML Files. The files are all called "customer_***.xml". There are 12 of them. I think they control the GUI for the different resellers. So I have merged all options into one XML-File and got all the GUIs available. The two "Customers" with the bigger XML-FIles are OCCAR (奥车凯) and Carcool (车酷时代). I don't know if they are manufactures or resellers, but my circuit board is also labeled with OCCAR, so I think they are manufacturers. Searching with the Chinese names I found the websites of these two. http://www.occar.cn and http://www.carcoolera.com / http://www.sz-carcool.com. I tryed to contact them via the WeChat App, but they did not response. Maybe they don't speak English.
Is there anybody here, who speaks Chinese and could contact them for me, please?
HI Airwin13!
I just ordered the same device for Ford Kuga 2014. I ordered it from other seller then you. Now DVD is on the way to me, but i got the firmware update.img from seller.
I have unpacked it with RKTOOLs and looked inside. Now there is 20 customers.xml files.
The first question is - can we add other languages then china and english?
Hi bonez,
thats awesome. One of the best news in 2017 until now Since the start of this thread and today, I contacted nearly 12 resellers and manufacturers, without any luck. Could you please upload the update.img somewhere for me? I also would like to inspect it. Maybe i can preroot it, so that Kingroot is not needed anymore. Did he also tell you how to get into the recovery mode?
So they managed to get 8 new Resellers. Lets see, maybe they also added some new Interfaces.
Adding languages should be possible i think. I decompiled some Apps Like the Launcher.apk and Navisettings.apk. These two are building the main GUI. And there are lot of strings to translate . Examples are at the Attachments. Then there are of course even more Apps like the Radio, Music, Movie and so on. So I think its possible, but means a lot of work.
I will send you a PM with the pin codes for the factory settings.
Great to finally see another user with these units :good:
Hi Airwin23.
I also purchased these Tesla Head units for my 2017 Toyota LC.
I too wanted to try and optimize these units as with 1GB ram things can get slow.
However I would like to note that out of the box my unit was already on version 5.1.1 however still shows up as KitKat ? It also has a date of 201612xx which is later? Hope this helps.
Also how did you root ? Really don't want to brick my new unit.
Also a interesting note is the ram mention 625/2G where on your screen shot shows 1GB. However when I look into running apps, my total ram is 1GB so not sure what is happening here.
Wadyas2009 said:
Hi Airwin23.
I also purchased these Tesla Head units for my 2017 Toyota LC.
I too wanted to try and optimize these units as with 1GB ram things can get slow.
However I would like to note that out of the box my unit was already on version 5.1.1 however still shows up as KitKat ? It also has a date of 201612xx which is later? Hope this helps.
Also how did you root ? Really don't want to brick my new unit.
Also a interesting note is the ram mention 625/2G where on your screen shot shows 1GB. However when I look into running apps, my total ram is 1GB so not sure what is happening here.
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These units use a Rockchip RK3188/PX3 which can take up to 2GB RAM. MTCB/C/D units also use this chipset and several of us in the MTCB forums have bought new RAM chips and upgraded to 2GB, from the pics it looks very likely that these units would take the same RAM modules.
Hey Wadyas,
I too wanted to try and optimize these units as with 1GB ram things can get slow.
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you are right, 1GB of RAM is really not the optimum, 2GB would be way better. But I think typos1 is also right and an RAM upgrade should be possible. If you are interested in that, I can took a picture of the other side from the mainboard, there you can see the RAM.
However I would like to note that out of the box my unit was already on version 5.1.1 however still shows up as KitKat ? It also has a date of 201612xx which is later? Hope this helps.
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Where do you see thats its version 5.1.1? Could you make a screenshot? Until now I have only seen KitKat Versions of these units, would be cool if they updated it.
Also how did you root ? Really don't want to brick my new unit.
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I rooted with the Kingroot.app. But you should be careful with that, once rooted its very hard to get rid of the Kingroot App again. Factory reset does not help in this case.
Also a interesting note is the ram mention 625/2G where on your screen shot shows 1GB. However when I look into running apps, my total ram is 1GB so not sure what is happening here.
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I think you should trust the Android information screen. The YXZ/2G Info is, as far as i know until now, only a string inside the Navisettings.apk and outputs the info depending on the vendor set in the customer.xml. So I would say its fake and your unit also has 1GB of RAM. You could also check it with the CPU-Z App.
Andriod 5.1.1
Airwin13 said:
Hey Wadyas,
you are right, 1GB of RAM is really not the optimum, 2GB would be way better. But I think typos1 is also right and an RAM upgrade should be possible. If you are interested in that, I can took a picture of the other side from the mainboard, there you can see the RAM.
Where do you see thats its version 5.1.1? Could you make a screenshot? Until now I have only seen KitKat Versions of these units, would be cool if they updated it.
I rooted with the Kingroot.app. But you should be careful with that, once rooted its very hard to get rid of the Kingroot App again. Factory reset does not help in this case.
I think you should trust the Android information screen. The YXZ/2G Info is, as far as i know until now, only a string inside the Navisettings.apk and outputs the info depending on the vendor set in the customer.xml. So I would say its fake and your unit also has 1GB of RAM. You could also check it with the CPU-Z App.
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Spoke to the reseller. He mentioned they made the update to fix the issues with mirrorlink. Not sure about this as I could not get this working. Advisers to install MOB Interconnection service.??
Also how do I post the screen shots ? Usinf mobile version? Any other quick way?
Do you upgrade the Ram to 2GB?
So did the reseller send you an update file or it was already installed, when you bought the unit?
Sorry I don't know what the "MOB Interconnection service" is. But I did some research on Google. Looks like it's a Framework used by the Mirrorlink (EasyConnect) App. But I don't know, how to fix that.
That's a bit difficult, because the statusbar is hidden by these units. You could install an APP from the Playstore or just do it oldschool and took a picture with your smartphone
No, I'm still on 1GB. At the moment I don't have planed to upgrade.
I have two update files for these units. The units I ordered are 10.4" Vertical oriented for 2015 Mustangs. I was able to get the software from the supplier, and I would be happy to provide people with the files, but I'm not allowed to post links to my Google Drive or Dropbox.
Also, we have already extracted the img files and checked the build.prop and everything we could find, but I'm not savvy enough to know, is there a way to remove the password for advanced options on the unit, by using the img files?
Oh thats cool. Could you mybe send me the links via PM, then I can post them for you if you like.
Why would you like to remove them? I will send you the codes.
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Airwin13 said:
So did the reseller send you an update file or it was already installed, when you bought the unit?
Sorry I don't know what the "MOB Interconnection service" is. But I did some research on Google. Looks like it's a Framework used by the Mirrorlink (EasyConnect) App. But I don't know, how to fix that.
That's a bit difficult, because the statusbar is hidden by these units. You could install an APP from the Playstore or just do it oldschool and took a picture with your smartphone
No, I'm still on 1GB. At the moment I don't have planed to upgrade.
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No came pre-installed. I asked for the update file but he didn't have it. I've got screen shots in the below link which I hope helps.
dropbox.com/sh/is9en84yi7lilr2/AADVXVArAvkdIZQI7-4DyZhia?dl=0[/url]
You mentioned that it will be different unrooting. Are you saying this will just take time or impossible? I want to disable allot of the programs to save Ram is that makes sense or is there a better way to do this?
Does anyone think they could find out what a PIN code is by having the source files of the image? I have tried all of the common ones, to no avail.
You mentioned that it will be different unrooting. Are you saying this will just take time or impossible? I want to disable allot of the programs to save Ram is that makes sense or is there a better way to do this?
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Rooting is possible via Kingroot, like I said. It's just hard to get rid of it again, if you don't trust the Developer of Kingroot for example or because of any other reason.
If you only want to save RAM and not Space on the ROM, then I would recommend to first try to uninstall or disable the unwanted apps via the settings menu. If you don't know how to do that, maybe this helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puTFvKFNyH8
Many thanks to PatrickHenninger!!! He organized two images. Since he is not allowed to post links at the moment, he asked me to do that for him.
PatrickHenninger said:
Right now I have the "base" image on my Dropbox here
The more recent update is supposed to improve iPhone Mirroring functionality, and is here on my Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-1iB2_iueMEZml0VENyMU5XMVk/view?usp=drivesdk
I will try to get them both on Drive, but the older one seemed less relevant. ... and thanks for posting the links, hopefully they'll help someone on here.
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Until now, I have not flashed or inspected these images. So I can't give any further informations at the moment. If you decide to flash it, you are using it at your own risk. I'm not responsible for any damage at your units.
Airwin13 said:
Many thanks to PatrickHenninger!!! He organized two images. Since he is not allowed to post links at the moment, he asked me to do that for him.
Until now, I have not flashed or inspected these images. So I can't give any further informations at the moment. If you decide to flash it, you are using it at your own risk. I'm not responsible for any damage at your units.
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bad links
Sorry, my mistake. Please try again.
After spending time with those files this weekend, the first is just the 4.4.4 image that came on my unit, the 2nd file is the 5.1 upgrade. The downside is, they are designed around the Mustang, so it will have a Mustang-themed boot screen, as well as a Mustang in the launcher.
OK, not my favorite car in the world. But my mate showed off his new (to him) Volvo XC90 about 4-5 yrs old.
We sat in it for about two hours working out all the knobs n whistles and then we found the phone section.
Not only could we pair his phone, I then did mine. Plus it has option for about ten more - at the same time
Samsung S6 and Samsung S9, so nothing too special. But the realy cool thing, and I mean REALY COOL, and something I've been crying out for for ages for my humble px5 head unit, was at the click of a touch screen not only could you see recent callers, but also recent messages. This is where I would put the well n truly shocked icon !
No google crap, nag screens, warnings of the apocolypse or anything. Jjust a simple clear list of readable recent messages.
Not only that but at a simple touch of any message it was read out. No fuss or bother, no mods, plugins or crashes or freezes.
It just worked.
So why have we let google literally kick our asses for so long. Sob.
Hi, that might be because your PX5 is not Android auto but is a hacked chinese android.
Requesting mod move to Android head units section...
marchnz said:
Hi, that might be because your PX5 is not Android auto but is a hacked chinese android.
Requesting mod move to Android head units section...
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Android auto is an general overall head group of sub groups of posts of specific catagories including the google os Android auto.
But before you move it, how about you show me show me a dedicated (android auto) head unit I can buy, that fits my car.
Mercedes w203. That runs 'Android auto' and doesn't have a ton of usless junk like play store, tracking, feedback, Adverts, usage logs, heart monitor, nag screens, privacy notices and works flawlessly as my post above describes. Whoose system IS also a android 'hacked' based system. And I wont care who makes it.
PLEASE - I will buy it.
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Android auto is an general overall head group of sub groups of posts of specific catagories including the google os Android auto.
But before you move it, how about you show me show me a dedicated (android auto) head unit I can buy, that fits my car.
Mercedes w203. That runs 'Android auto' and doesn't have a ton of usless junk like play store, tracking, feedback, Adverts, usage logs, heart monitor, nag screens, privacy notices and works flawlessly as my post above describes. Whoose system IS also a android 'hacked' based system. And I wont care who makes it.
PLEASE - I will buy it.
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You're still confusing android auto with cheap Chinese headunits running modified versions of Android 6-10 - they are very different.
Android auto units basically mirror your phone display to the vehicle Android auto headunit display.
Official / REAL Android Auto units, without the 'junk' you describe are listed here: https://www.android.com/auto/
Since you're still not alive to the differences and comparing your PX5 hacked Chinese android headunit to an unknown type unit, mods moved your post to the appropriate android headunits sub-forum.
Suggest learning the basics and differences and then ask questions.
I would say also, that head units supporting AA are not sold separately, but they only come mounted in new cars, as part of the infotainment system. They do not have and it is not possible to install apps on them, they only become alive when connected to a mobile phone (which will be then the brains of the system).
As marchnz said, they only mirror your phone's screen.
You are talking about independent head units supporting Android operating system (which do not need AA because they are already being able to download and run appps from Play store) , and that is something else.
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Not quite.
I know what android auto is.
I also agree some manufatures use android as alternative to win ce to build their quality radios like Pioneer.
This is different and why I posted. Please don't assume its an either or and that I'm an idiot for mentioning it.
Volvo have used Googles android as an os without the crap 'spyware apps' and intergration to develop their OWN system. called sensus
It does not mirror a phone and run apps from it.
Although the new version does have AA and much more google integration unfortunately.
It does not require a phone to work. It has its own built in for data if need be. But also runs off line.
Its an independent system that can link to multiple paired phones for messaging and calls.
Their are no agreements and nag screen pop ups every two minutes from google. All its functions are running at once and all work together. So easy to flick from one to the other without it crashing.
Its a great system and showcases what can be done and the potential of just android as an os without googles presence and interference.
Hello,
I recently purchased this unit:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001723766214.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.52f54c4dcVJLhn
The install was a little difficult but went okay. For some reason when I try to login to login to google playstore it automatically closes. I have tried allowing app permissions and clearing storage and cache. It says it is running Android 10 API 29 (qp1a.190711.l020). It has carlink installed but does not seem to recognize my phone. I have managed to get the Bluetooth working, but I guess I should have done more research and gotten a unit that other people have. Do I risk bricking the device if I try to flash another version of android onto it? I like the DSP and some of the features but I can't even log in to google. Also could someone tell me if this is MTCD or the other? The company is responding to my questions so far but it was really late in China when I told them I can't log in to google, so hopefully they message me with a fix tomorrow. There seems to be 4 instances of an app called "Launcher 3" and an app called "App store" that says it could ruin my device if I try to uninstall so I just disabled it. This thing seemed to have all the features on paper, 8 cores, 128gb ram, 4gb rom, DSP, dash cam, rear view cam, optical audio out, 4g antenna, external sim card, gps antenna, 5 g capability... you name it. They "accidentally" sent me the 64 gb version instead of 128gb but they sent me a free dash cam and tpms to make up for the mistake (which they denied at first). If anyone knows why google would be doing this and a fix please let me know. Big let down for 450 bucks.
Please post a picture of the system about screen for your unit, that would help determine if it is MTCD/E. You should be able to find such a screen in the settings.
You're pretty lucky that they're responding to your inquiries. There is a chance that your head unit is not running Android 10 and may be fake in many regards (e.g. running much earlier version and "claiming" to be Android 10)).
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Please post a picture of the system about screen for your unit, that would help determine if it is MTCD/E. You should be able to find such a screen in the settings.
You're pretty lucky that they're responding to your inquiries. There is a chance that your head unit is not running Android 10 and may be fake in many regards (e.g. running much earlier version and "claiming" to be Android 10)).
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Thank you for the quick response. Yeah, at least they are responding. If you click the add it looks so legit with the 8 core 64 gb 4 gb ram. But my home screen looks nothing like what they advertise.View attachment Home screen.webp
Please scroll the view up on the about screen and take another picture. It is hard to see with what looks like plastic film on the screen. Would like to see the MCU version and perhaps additional information. Thank you for posting the first picture.
Oh and my pleasure to try to help you. We need to determine for sure what the head unit is and if it's MTCD/E I along with others here in the forums would be glad to try to answer your questions and help you resolve the issues you're having.
Sorry it's super bright out. Here ya go.
The only units I could find that use that particular CPU (UIS7862) are Joying branded head units. Their units are not MTCD/E. That being said, this thread probably should be moved to Android Head Units as the discussion in that forum are for non MTCx head units.
I will offer you this suggestion regarding the Google login issue, try opening the YouTube app or Google search app and try logging in from one of those. Alternatively locate the Accounts section in the settings and see if you can login to Google from there. That may help with the Google Play launching issue. If you can get GP to launch then you will be able to get Play Services updated and other applicable updates to make the Google apps/ecosystem work.
Once you get Google Play working, I would suggest installing an app like CPU-Z to see what your system consists of.
One more thing, welcome to the XDA community.
jlbooth said:
The only units I could find that use that particular CPU (UIS7862) are Joying branded head units. Their units are not MTCD/E. That being said, this thread probably should be moved to Android Head Units as the discussion in that forum are for non MTCx head units.
I will offer you this suggestion regarding the Google login issue, try opening the YouTube app or Google search app and try logging in from one of those. Alternatively locate the Accounts section in the settings and see if you can login to Google from there. That may help with the Google Play launching issue. If you can get GP to launch then you will be able to get Play Services updated and other applicable updates to make the Google apps/ecosystem work.
Once you get Google Play working, I would suggest installing an app like CPU-Z to see what your system consists of.
One more thing, welcome to the XDA community.
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For sure, I have heard the Joying are decent. I haven't been able to get it to interface with my phone other than viewing it as files. I cant do the mirror screen split screen that is advertised in the AliExpress ad. I tried to download Zlink apk and install it (disabled third party app restriction) and it said not installed. Maybe I need an older version than 4.0.6? Unfortunately none of your tips worked, even the google one, but thank you so much for taking the time to assist me. Hopefully the seller has a fix for this, as I am not great with android.
Requested via report to move to Android Head units forum.
Sorry that my suggestions did not work for you. I have asked the forum moderators to move this thread to the Android Head units forum where maybe someone in that forum maybe has experience with the same or similar head units as yours. Suggest searching the forums here as I'm confident that somebody has solved the Google login problems you are experiencing.
Your head unit should just work out of the box. I would not recommend updating firmware or such major changes before getting your unit working at a minimum as you expect. Thing with that is how will you know if additional problems that you might encounter are from the update vs what you have now?
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Already done same before. Thank you.
By selecting one of the variants of launcher as the default launcher app you should be able to get the user interface to look as shown on the ad where you bought the unit. Since these devices are sold under many brand names, they often include many different launchers which is what provides the user experience seen when the system boots up.
You should find a default apps selection in the settings where you can pick the default launcher.
One more suggestion that might get it where you can login to Google would be to locate the factory reset option in the settings. Since you couldn't install any new apps on it anyway, not much to lose customization wise.
I believe there is a system patch for the FYT IS7862 units. My IDoing came working so I assume it was already patched, but if you head to the Joying thread you'll see posts about a system patch. Not sure that patch will work for your unit, I think that's what you need.
Actually, they are being pretty helpful. They just sent me an update I have yet to install (kind of afraid as it is working now and I realized I don't really need google integration. Here is a screenshot. Good to know it is a FYT IS7862 unit.
Here is the new firmware she sent me and instructions. Honestly kinda scared. She didn't tell me what I am upgrading to, she just said new version. Maybe someone could check this RAR out if they have time?
https://wetransfer.com/downloads/2f...6e4ab0a57f920b634846c7f920210515022252/aac7ff
Just for fun I went to the download page and did a screenshot of the page. I then ran the screenshot through the Google translate app. With the transition set to go from Chinese to English, the download link says "overseas system. rar".
You could possibly run the PNG file that you attached to your post thru Google translate and maybe figure out the filenames. The picture is not clear enough to do the same as the picture resolution is pretty bad. Was hoping maybe the download filename would offer some clues about what the rar file contains.
Maybe you could request from whoever sent you the link, an English version of the download if available. Granted they say something about English text showing up in green after the flash. I could totally understand your apprehension since you cannot read the filenames.
I could unrar the file and try getting filename translations, might be helpful.
Man, I really appreciate you looking into that for me. I went ahead and bit the bullet and did it and it booted up with a different theme and reset to factory settings. Seems to be dropping my home wifi connection now. I havent tried putting a sim card in the unit yet, as I only have a micro sim from my tablet. I asked her several times what we are upgrading and she said it's not the android version, but a fix to make google login work. So, I went to login to google and instead of getting hung up and crashing after the "checking info..." screen it actually had a box to type my gmail address and let me type it and press login. Then it said "Cannot contact google servers, try again later.
This 1.4 GB file seems large for a small fix. There were like three ZIP files in the rar. Also, when I look at what is using memory on the unit there are like 10 apps I didn't open in the background. Makes me feel like the mfg. has some spyware or malware on the unit. Isn't it commonplace to completely wipe one of these units clean and install a different version of android? Why couldn't I just install android 11? Is it becasue I wont be able to find the apks for unique apps and functionality on there?
They usually (never) provide system patches that fix one specific thing. By providing the whole system update it still makes it impossible to know exactly what's being installed.
Unfortunately it's not so simple to go from one version of Android to another as they intentionally make it difficult to do. It kind of puts a lifespan on these units. There's always gonna be something broken or something that will eventually break rendering the unit useless or just be a flaw that you end up accepting. Plus by limiting the Android version its planned obsolescence as updates won't always be available forever.
Maybe and it's a big maybe you can find an alternative ROM for your particular system right here on XDA. Those are becoming more and more rare because of numerous factors however.
I wouldn't recommend logging into the head unit with a Google account that has a payment method associated with it. Maybe create a whole new Google account just in case? Also you could try going somewhere that you can get free public WiFi (e.g WalMart, McDonald's, etc). All that would do is confirm it works, for what it's worth.
Regarding the wifi connectivity issue, was it able to connect to the same wifi before applying that provided update? Is the wifi signal strength good? It's likely connecting to the wifi but not getting an IP address and other connection parameters and disconnecting on failure. There is an advanced workaround that involves manually setting the network connection parameters (e.g IP address, etc) but you'd need to be comfortable with doing that sort of thing. Let me know if interested.
Despite the update essentially doing a factory reset as part of the firmware installation, I suggest manually doing a factory reset. Maybe even do the reset a couple times just to be sure. Truth is that the device should just work out of the box without the extra contortions.
Apparently the Google login problem is a common issue and there are claims of Google hacks on these units as well:
Post in thread 'New Joying Android 10 UIS7862 Octacore 1.8GHz (4GB RAM, 64GB flash)' https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...8ghz-4gb-ram-64gb-flash.4168069/post-85003075
I was looking at one of these on Aliexpress and found this thread. @CaliBurr, do you have any updates on how this is unit is working out for you?
Hi,
I have bought one of these, installed it ok with the limited instructions that came with it.
Does anyone know if there is a Klyne website with a download feature to download a user manual please.
I am particularly interested in the built in pre loaded radio tuner app, and how to save a radio station to favourites. I have tried all sorts, cant figure out how to store a channel / station into memory.
Thanks.
Anthony.
anthonyevs said:
Hi,
I have bought one of these, installed it ok with the limited instructions that came with it.
Does anyone know if there is a Klyne website with a download feature to download a user manual please.
I am particularly interested in the built in pre loaded radio tuner app, and how to save a radio station to favourites. I have tried all sorts, cant figure out how to store a channel / station into memory.
Thanks.
Anthony.
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or advice on what android tuner app is better to use, from an in car arial.
Many thanks.
unfortunately you can't change the standard radio app (so you can start it via the "radio" button).
I prefer DAB+ and use an app called dab-z
My radio app supports RDS, but I'd love to be able to properly favorite stations and name them, e.g. 101.1 = KWXX FM etc, that kind of thing. I can hardly remember what random number is what... Any ideas of a FM app that will do this?
what device? board? somewhere you can edit the name, somewhere save according to rds. it saves me according to rds
Use NAVRADIO+ if your unit supports this app, install lite version from playstore and see
dodo6 said:
what device? board? somewhere you can edit the name, somewhere save according to rds. it saves me according to rds
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Honestly not sure, I've tried to find out but can't identify it. That is the radio app I'm using though. Where are you saving, or does it do it automatically? I can see RDS at the top, but it doesn't appear in the list at the bottom.
I kind of want to somehow be able to 'save' stations w/ names that I like. The "Search" picks up things so close to one-another that I end up with say 91.1, 91.3 etc, but 91.3 is just a distorted version of 91.1 and then I can't delete it
add info about the system. add a photo of the radio application. I add info about my system. rds automatically loads and saves the station name. if not loaded, rds stores only the frequency
dodo6 said:
add info about the system. add a photo of the radio application. I add info about my system. rds automatically loads and saves the station name. if not loaded, rds stores only the frequency
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Here you go
Anton TNT said:
Use NAVRADIO+ if your unit supports this app, install lite version from playstore and see
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Sadly that one isn't compatible.. it looks great otherwise!
Using Android studio and some java knowledge you can do it yourself. Decompose UI extract radio app and mod it. And then compress it all back again.
try to play the firmware or there are different mods of the radio app, but to change the app you need the root system, it is still not sure if they will work with the fm chip