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Xtrons Radio app Android 8.0 / 8.1

Hi,
Is there a possibility to get the xtrons Radio. apk from Android 8.0 /8.1 I had a Xtrons Head Unit ( TS708L) and the Reception of RDS Signal and AF / TP function worked very well. Because the sound of the Xtrons Head Unit was very bad, i am now the owner of a Pumpkin Head Unit (Android 8.0). Sound is much better now but Radio AF / TP doesn´t work very well. I think it´s because of the bad programmed Radio App of Pumpkin.
The crazy thing, both Units use the same Radio Chip and IC . But one has bad Sound, the other good radio reception. So i tought, maybee i can use the Xtrons Radio app in my Pumpkin. I have root and i think it should be possible. Both are PX5
Notation: MCU of my new Radio is CSN_2. I think the Radio.apk must be of a xtrons unit with the same MCU because otherwise it would not work.I am right?
Thanks.

Caixi 9” inch android 8.1 HU FM radio problems

I have this HU and my fm radio reception is very poor.
Already tried normal antenna and amplified antenna but nothing works.
When i try old radio its just fine.
Someone have a solution or another fm tuner offline app.
Its an android 8.1(go) system so i cant download any apps on usb or sd because it can t find the files.

I've had 3 Chinese head units already (on different cars) and they all seem to have this problem
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RADIO APP

Hello my radio does have a RADIO Tunner but it does not have TP or AF. also does not europe band selection
is there any better app than i can install ? thanks

What device do you have? Mine has both options.

hello
i have a unit i purchased from alibaba.
cpu info intel x86 octacore q.8 SC9853 2+32GB
MCU 2019.04.15 AYI_53_C63L_P48_F64
AFTER making factory reset i now have Europe bands but TP and AF do not show -(
i am having several problems with the unit...
now GPS does not work...damn
also Radio reception is very but very bad

mclaudio said:
hello
i have a unit i purchased from alibaba.
cpu info intel x86 octacore q.8 SC9853 2+32GB
MCU 2019.04.15 AYI_53_C63L_P48_F64
AFTER making factory reset i now have Europe bands but TP and AF do not show -(
i am having several problems with the unit...
now GPS does not work...damn
also Radio reception is very but very bad
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https://imgur.com/a/BU7fxzS

I have Chinese android head unit in my Honda City. It's radio app doesn't work in the background. For example if i want to listen to radio and use map at the same time, radio gets closed. Is there any app that can run in the background offline??

AlphaBravo said:
I have Chinese android head unit in my Honda City. It's radio app doesn't work in the background. For example if i want to listen to radio and use map at the same time, radio gets closed. Is there any app that can run in the background offline??
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How do you put the radio APP in background? My Android HU stops radio if i go back with back button, but if i tap home it keeps playing music on background

mclaudio said:
hello
i have a unit i purchased from alibaba.
cpu info intel x86 octacore q.8 SC9853 2+32GB
MCU 2019.04.15 AYI_53_C63L_P48_F64
AFTER making factory reset i now have Europe bands but TP and AF do not show -(
i am having several problems with the unit...
now GPS does not work...damn
also Radio reception is very but very bad
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I have a very similar unit and mine has both options, if you know anyway I can extract my apk and upload it to you I would gladly do
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AlphaBravo said:
I have Chinese android head unit in my Honda City. It's radio app doesn't work in the background. For example if i want to listen to radio and use map at the same time, radio gets closed. Is there any app that can run in the background offline??
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You don't give enough info so I can only give a general answer. On some of the older Android 5.1 units this happened when using google Maps in combination with the radio app in the background. The later 5.1.1 firmwares or updates to 6.0.1 solved this issue.

mclaudio said:
hello
i have a unit i purchased from alibaba.
cpu info intel x86 octacore q.8 SC9853 2+32GB
MCU 2019.04.15 AYI_53_C63L_P48_F64
AFTER making factory reset i now have Europe bands but TP and AF do not show -(
i am having several problems with the unit...
now GPS does not work...damn
also Radio reception is very but very bad
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Like mentioned before: Did you use the horizontal menu bar at the bottom to swipe left/right to activate the several RDS options and to use the settings (gear) in that bar to activate RDS and Europe band?
Radio reception could be that your antenna needs an amplifier. That depends on the car.
Only for @mclaudio: Please unzip the attached zip to a clean FAT32 formatted usb-disk/sd-card. you should have an Allapp.pkg and lsec6521update. Put it in your unit. It will flash my Joying radio mod to your unit. I renamed the radio app to the format your unit is using (other users: ONLY flash this to your unit if your radio app IS called 190001002_com.syu.radio.apk (and/or if you have a Sinosmart). Check the numbers up front correctly. It is not for a Joying)

surfer63 said:
Like mentioned before: Did you use the horizontal menu bar at the bottom to swipe left/right to activate the several RDS options and to use the settings (gear) in that bar to activate RDS and Europe band?
Radio reception could be that your antenna needs an amplifier. That depends on the car.
Only for @mclaudio: Please unzip the attached zip to a clean FAT32 formatted usb-disk/sd-card. you should have an Allapp.pkg and lsec6521update. Put it in your unit. It will flash my Joying radio mod to your unit. I renamed the radio app to the format your unit is using (other users: ONLY flash this to your unit if your radio app IS called 190001002_com.syu.radio.apk (and/or if you have a Sinosmart). Check the numbers up front correctly. It is not for a Joying)
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hi there @surfer63
thanks for this hint. i will flash it tonight
yes i swiped the bar and still very bad reception. with OEM radio the reception was ok, now is poor, so i orderer an amplifier from ebay...but 3 weeks to arrive.
regarding the radio:
> if i use factory firm without updates, Europe appears but when i do update of firmware - automatically downloads 19000xxxx than europe disapears, maybe the updated the radio. i need to update because without this update i cannot use SWC...

surfer63 said:
Like mentioned before: Did you use the horizontal menu bar at the bottom to swipe left/right to activate the several RDS options and to use the settings (gear) in that bar to activate RDS and Europe band?
Radio reception could be that your antenna needs an amplifier. That depends on the car.
Only for @mclaudio: Please unzip the attached zip to a clean FAT32 formatted usb-disk/sd-card. you should have an Allapp.pkg and lsec6521update. Put it in your unit. It will flash my Joying radio mod to your unit. I renamed the radio app to the format your unit is using (other users: ONLY flash this to your unit if your radio app IS called 190001002_com.syu.radio.apk (and/or if you have a Sinosmart). Check the numbers up front correctly. It is not for a Joying)
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hi there @surfer63
thanks for this hint. i will flash it tonight
yes i swiped the bar and still very bad reception. with OEM radio the reception was ok, now is poor, so i orderer an amplifier from ebay...but 3 weeks to arrive.
regarding the radio:
> if i use factory firm without updates, Europe appears but when i do update of firmware - automatically downloads 19000xxxx than europe disapears, maybe the updated the radio. i need to update because without this update i cannot use SWC...

ozvandroid said:
How do you put the radio APP in background? My Android HU stops radio if i go back with back button, but if i tap home it keeps playing music on background
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I haven't found any solution yet bro
surfer63 said:
You don't give enough info so I can only give a general answer. On some of the older Android 5.1 units this happened when using google Maps in combination with the radio app in the background. The later 5.1.1 firmwares or updates to 6.0.1 solved this issue.
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My android headunit model is 8227L running on Android 8.1.0

mclaudio said:
hi there @surfer63
thanks for this hint. i will flash it tonight
yes i swiped the bar and still very bad reception. with OEM radio the reception was ok, now is poor, so i orderer an amplifier from ebay...but 3 weeks to arrive.
regarding the radio:
> if i use factory firm without updates, Europe appears but when i do update of firmware - automatically downloads 19000xxxx than europe disapears, maybe the updated the radio. i need to update because without this update i cannot use SWC...
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HI
already flashed and now TP and AF are working ok.
radio is somehow better in reception also...
thanks a lot !
if i root all the mods will be automaticall installed with your app, is this right?

mclaudio said:
if i root all the mods will be automaticall installed with your app, is this right?
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Nothing automatically. Via the menus you can select what you want to install or tweak.

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Yt9213a (8227L) NextRadio app can't access FM radio reciever

I was looking for a different radio app, since the built-in one isn't very good and does not store stations persistently. I downloaded NextRadio, but when it loads it says "FM Radio is Unavailable...... NextRadio doesn't have access to the FM radio receiver in your device". How is it that the stock Radio app works but not this one? Anyone have a good radio app that uses the FM tuner? (Not internet radio). Thanks.

jaytango said:
I was looking for a different radio app, since the built-in one isn't very good and does not store stations persistently. I downloaded NextRadio, but when it loads it says "FM Radio is Unavailable...... NextRadio doesn't have access to the FM radio receiver in your device". How is it that the stock Radio app works but not this one? Anyone have a good radio app that uses the FM tuner? (Not internet radio). Thanks.
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Radio chip is 6625

jaytango said:
I was looking for a different radio app, since the built-in one isn't very good and does not store stations persistently. I downloaded NextRadio, but when it loads it says "FM Radio is Unavailable...... NextRadio doesn't have access to the FM radio receiver in your device". How is it that the stock Radio app works but not this one? Anyone have a good radio app that uses the FM tuner? (Not internet radio). Thanks.
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The radio chip in these units is not presented to the Android system. Instead the radio app sends commands to a dedicated radio module on the amplifier board. The same for the Bluetooth unit, as it's not actually part of the Android tablet.
These head units are two devices that work together. The Android part is basically a tablet that has dedicated apps to talk to the Radio part. The two parts work separate, and that's why all the FM radio apps and stuff are such garbage. They have to send commands to the actual FM module on the Radio board and get back a response about what is happening. In theory it would be possible to see what commands and data the FM radio app uses and write your own to send & receive the same data.

pizzaboy192 said:
The radio chip in these units is not presented to the Android system. Instead the radio app sends commands to a dedicated radio module on the amplifier board. The same for the Bluetooth unit, as it's not actually part of the Android tablet.
These head units are two devices that work together. The Android part is basically a tablet that has dedicated apps to talk to the Radio part. The two parts work separate, and that's why all the FM radio apps and stuff are such garbage. They have to send commands to the actual FM module on the Radio board and get back a response about what is happening. In theory it would be possible to see what commands and data the FM radio app uses and write your own to send & receive the same data.
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Is this separation of modules also related to why the EQ/Balance/Fade functionality does not work on this head unit? I noticed a few reports stating the same problem I'm having... where the faders have no effect whatsoever. No front/rear fade, no left/right pan, and no EQ change.

pizzaboy192 said:
The radio chip in these units is not presented to the Android system. Instead the radio app sends commands to a dedicated radio module on the amplifier board. The same for the Bluetooth unit, as it's not actually part of the Android tablet.
These head units are two devices that work together. The Android part is basically a tablet that has dedicated apps to talk to the Radio part. The two parts work separate, and that's why all the FM radio apps and stuff are such garbage. They have to send commands to the actual FM module on the Radio board and get back a response about what is happening. In theory it would be possible to see what commands and data the FM radio app uses and write your own to send & receive the same data.
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By the way, I discovered something today... I was playing music files from a USB drive and lo and behold, the EQ and Balance functionality worked. I started to think about why and I think it has to do with what you said. The reason it wasn't working for me initially is because I was trying to use it with the radio, and since u said the radio is outside of the android layer, that's probably why it wasn't working. But it looks like it DOES work with any audio that's within the Android layer.

Can confirm what @pizzaboy192 has posted. You will NOT be able to use any sound processing, not even to mute radio during navigation directions because of this funky implementation.
All you can do is root and then replace the radio apk with the macnaughty one that does save stations and (for me) has HD information.
I used this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-head-units/everything-yt9216b-t4007063
BTW :you probably miss the HIFI flag in build.prop as in my case at least the built in equalizer and spatializer work with the radio app.. Viper4Android however, does not work, despite being complied in and having root access, simply because the audio path from the radio bypasses the OS.

Better firmware or app for my SC9863A unit

Hi guys, i have a Hizpo (Chinese) head unit with SC9863A with basic factory fw (details in screenshot). It is basically doing what it is supposed to do, however i cant find any way to get the traffic assist function to work.
FM Radio app is working, but when i want to listen to music player (or use navi or any other app), it will not interrupt it with traffic announcement from radio station. Unit of course has the TA function. The option is there in the radio app, looks like it is working, but in reality it is not.
I think that just the radio app isnt able to be shown on top of another app (music, navi...). However there is no such option in settings. Or maybe the fm radio app is just useless.
Is there any good app for my unit, which can replace original fm radio app? I have found the NavRadio app here, will that get the job done? Or maybe, is there any fw which i can use instead of the original one? I can imagine that the unit will work better with some better firmware.

rockerao said:
Hi guys, i have a Hizpo (Chinese) head unit with SC9863A with basic factory fw (details in screenshot). It is basically doing what it is supposed to do, however i cant find any way to get the traffic assist function to work.
FM Radio app is working, but when i want to listen to music player (or use navi or any other app), it will not interrupt it with traffic announcement from radio station. Unit of course has the TA function. The option is there in the radio app, looks like it is working, but in reality it is not.
I think that just the radio app isnt able to be shown on top of another app (music, navi...). However there is no such option in settings. Or maybe the fm radio app is just useless.
Is there any good app for my unit, which can replace original fm radio app? I have found the NavRadio app here, will that get the job done? Or maybe, is there any fw which i can use instead of the original one? I can imagine that the unit will work better with some better firmware.
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This is not a FYT unit. I will request to have it moved to the general Android head units sub-forum