Hi,
a friend of mine has received as a gift an android radio unit for his car. I'm asking him about but he don't knows brand, model or anything else about it. He just knows it's android 4.4, and as far as I found it's an Ouku head unit.
The fact is that I LOVE its layout (4 big buttons to the most used applications with real time information...) not the background itself.
I'm looking for a similar radio unit, but I don't want to buy without the knowledge that I will get what I want.
Is this screen layout included in all android radio units? Including the 5.x or 6.x or it's a concrete ROM?
I really don't know about android units and sure will have further questions.
Thanks in advance.
Sorry I can't still attach screenshots if I'm not well explained:
"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0yxMkysUywJc001bUFEZjIxbTQ/view?usp=sharing"
"https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0yxMkysUywJQUIwUFd0aFhOYzA/view?usp=sharing"
Hello everyone!!
I was hoping to have some guidance and/or advices as far as MTK2502C development goes, most acurately the KingWear KW18 Smartwatch.
Let me explain,
Looking for a better and more updated firmware I flashed the official one from this page:
http://www.king-wear.com/download (KW18_UI2_B_V1_20161128) the "B" options seams to be multilingual in most of the official firmware sites I found, and this is supposed to be the manufacturators official website of my watch, however, when I turn on the watch after flashing, I'm having some display issues, seems that the display is not lined up and I have a white/colorful (Like TV noise) at the bottom of the display where the soft action/virtual buttoms should be. And the touch screen seems to be misaligned too, since to select an option I have to select the one is right below to actually trigger the option I desire. The rest seems to work fine, Bluetooth, Pedometer, Heart Rate, etc, all of that is working fince.
Does anyone know what cause this? Is it a hardware issue? Is it something I can configure on the scatter file?
I also tried to flash the No 1 G3 latest firmware, since I saw G3 and KW18 have pretty much the same specs and the G3 have a much nicer overall ROM visuals and UI, but when I turn on the watch after the flashing, the display doesn't turn on or responds, but if a click the On/Off hardware button on the side, the watch actually makes a bip sound, telling me that the watch actually works, the G3 firmware went through and I'm supposedly turning on and off the screen but it's just that the display doesn't light up, no image, no light not even super deemed, anything, just unresponsive black screen.
Any idea of what could be happening? Is the KW18 not compatible with the No 1 G3 firmware? I honestly do not know.
I made a back up before flashing anything and after each flashing error I have to go back to the stock KW18. It's ok, but I'd like to have a nicer User Interface. The official site shows "supposedly" real pictures of the product and the firmware showed ther looks upgrated to the one I have. Still trying to update through the Mediatek Smart Device or the FundoWear App shows that I'm running the "latest firmware". I and recall watching a video on Youtube where a guy was making a Review of a Smartwatch pretty similar to the KW18 and the watchface showed up the weather and the virtual action buttons where blue and not orange. Watch faces also look more useful and cooler.
I finally got tired of googling for a Official/Custom Rom for the KingWear KW18. The only MTK2502C development I've seen so far is for the IWO watch which has a squared display. I don't think it could work on the KW18 round display, but I don't know for sure.
If anyone have a Custom firmware or a more recent update for the KW18, or point me in the right direction to where to get it, would be espectacular and deeply apprecieated it.
Thanks for your attention. I hope someone could help.
http://www.king-wear.com/download
KW18_LK_V1_B_1710161831 is suitable update or it is for differebónt hardware version?
ReNo05eront said:
Hello everyone!!
I was hoping to have some guidance and/or advices as far as MTK2502C development goes, most acurately the KingWear KW18 Smartwatch.
Let me explain,
Looking for a better and more updated firmware I flashed the official one from this page:
http://www.king-wear.com/download (KW18_UI2_B_V1_20161128) the "B" options seams to be multilingual in most of the official firmware sites I found, and this is supposed to be the manufacturators official website of my watch, however, when I turn on the watch after flashing, I'm having some display issues, seems that the display is not lined up and I have a white/colorful (Like TV noise) at the bottom of the display where the soft action/virtual buttoms should be. And the touch screen seems to be misaligned too, since to select an option I have to select the one is right below to actually trigger the option I desire. The rest seems to work fine, Bluetooth, Pedometer, Heart Rate, etc, all of that is working fince.
Does anyone know what cause this? Is it a hardware issue? Is it something I can configure on the scatter file?
I also tried to flash the No 1 G3 latest firmware, since I saw G3 and KW18 have pretty much the same specs and the G3 have a much nicer overall ROM visuals and UI, but when I turn on the watch after the flashing, the display doesn't turn on or responds, but if a click the On/Off hardware button on the side, the watch actually makes a bip sound, telling me that the watch actually works, the G3 firmware went through and I'm supposedly turning on and off the screen but it's just that the display doesn't light up, no image, no light not even super deemed, anything, just unresponsive black screen.
Any idea of what could be happening? Is the KW18 not compatible with the No 1 G3 firmware? I honestly do not know.
I made a back up before flashing anything and after each flashing error I have to go back to the stock KW18. It's ok, but I'd like to have a nicer User Interface. The official site shows "supposedly" real pictures of the product and the firmware showed ther looks upgrated to the one I have. Still trying to update through the Mediatek Smart Device or the FundoWear App shows that I'm running the "latest firmware". I and recall watching a video on Youtube where a guy was making a Review of a Smartwatch pretty similar to the KW18 and the watchface showed up the weather and the virtual action buttons where blue and not orange. Watch faces also look more useful and cooler.
I finally got tired of googling for a Official/Custom Rom for the KingWear KW18. The only MTK2502C development I've seen so far is for the IWO watch which has a squared display. I don't think it could work on the KW18 round display, but I don't know for sure.
If anyone have a Custom firmware or a more recent update for the KW18, or point me in the right direction to where to get it, would be espectacular and deeply apprecieated it.
Thanks for your attention. I hope someone could help.
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How do you made your smartwatch backup? and what steps did you follow to upgrade the KW18?
kisger13 said:
http://www.king-wear.com/download
KW18_LK_V1_B_1710161831 is suitable update or it is for differebónt hardware version?
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None of them worked for me. There were misplaced UI issues in the three.
Syoenth said:
How do you made your smartwatch backup? and what steps did you follow to upgrade the KW18?
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I used the Universal ReadBack Extractor from Golem_
Original post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sm.../readback-extractor-mtk6260-firmware-t3289272
I made a backup from the original firmware, (the one that came pre-installed), and install it back when none of the original firmware versions from KingsWear worked for me. All of them gave me screen misplaced UI issues. I googled a bit more and discovered that the K18 I had was some sort of prototype and that's why I had a lot of issues with the official firmwares from KingsWear. :\
It doesn't matter anymore. The is one of the most common problems when buying this type of chinese devices. If you pay more for other devices, you're ensuring everything will work as expected 99.99% of the time.
To fix my problem let's say I didn't keep the KW18 and I bought a First class smart watch with a cute Apple Logo on the back.
If you have the money and believe on the recommendations and user rating, then go for a more expensive, better-designed device.
Works better than a charm.
Firmware KW18
You placed that you had backed up the Clock before updating it, exactly the same happened to me with my KW18, but the problem I have that does not support the Firmware and I could not recover it. You would be so kind as to send me the original firmware to my email [email protected] I would be eternally grateful. From already thank you very much.
Firmware Original KW18
Syoenth said:
How do you made your smartwatch backup? and what steps did you follow to upgrade the KW18?
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You placed that you had backed up the Clock before updating it, exactly the same happened to me with my KW18, but the problem I have that does not support the Firmware and I could not recover it. You would be so kind as to send me the original firmware to my email [email protected] I would be eternally grateful. From already thank you very much.
pbastidas said:
You placed that you had backed up the Clock before updating it, exactly the same happened to me with my KW18, but the problem I have that does not support the Firmware and I could not recover it. You would be so kind as to send me the original firmware to my email [email protected] I would be eternally grateful. From already thank you very much.
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Can you upload a Fullflash Backup please?
I can try to edit
Thanks
Greetings all,
Feeling very let down by Xtrons for not providing a mechanism to upgrade their headunits with releases of Android. Android is an ever improving OS and must be honest I did believe at the time of purchase that I was buying a piece of hardware that could be updated as and when. I found no suggestions this was not the case when I was choosing it and again felt confident that anything that runs Android would be upgradable.
Anyway clearly I was wrong. Xtrons do seem to bring out new units every 15 mins with newer versions of Android. Does anyone know if this unit can be upgraded?
Although I haven't opened the box yet and thus it could go back, can any user tell me if a USB hub can be used to increase the number of cameras connected. I was wondering if I can have a reversing, a rear view and a front view connected.
Many Thanks for any help.
Hi I purchased this s8 model double din from amazon a few weeks ago and ever since i have been looking for a community like this to modify it. The few issues i am having rn with it is that the softwares a little slow ,touch screen is unresponsive, and that sometimes itll over heat. Im not sure how far i am able to go with the double din since i dont know where to look for the actual model number. The product itself has a S8 marking on the front and it comes with a reverse camera. Its also one of those models that display your cars logo but i couldnt find lexus in there .
yeet1232 said:
Hi I purchased this s8 model double din from amazon a few weeks ago and ever since i have been looking for a community like this to modify it. The few issues i am having rn with it is that the softwares a little slow ,touch screen is unresponsive, and that sometimes itll over heat. Im not sure how far i am able to go with the double din since i dont know where to look for the actual model number. The product itself has a S8 marking on the front and it comes with a reverse camera. Its also one of those models that display your cars logo but i couldnt find lexus in there .
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If there are problems, consider sending it back or at least contacting the reseller for support.
well im not looking for for support with the issues i just to see if anyone else here was able to modify the unit and add some programs etc.
marchnz said:
If there are problems, consider sending it back or at least contacting the reseller for support.
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yeet1232 said:
well im not looking for for support with the issues i just to see if anyone else here was able to modify the unit and add some programs etc.
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What we can read out of your first posting is. that there are serious problems with it...
Overheating, unresponsive touch screen and little slow are serious issues which needs to be addressed to the supplier.
Apps are to be downloaded via Google Play Store... or any other source.
Before you didn´t post the exact unit including:
MCU version
Android version
built in CPU
...none can help.
I had a unit build in, half a year ago. That one was fine in terms of android and such, but it had problems, so, after half a year, it was replaced with a "brand new one". When I found out it wouldn't apply an other launcher, I started to dig into the specs.
See attachments.
Now, the biggest issue why I am hesitating to try anything with installing an other rom, is that the system hasn;t been placed next to the original, but in between the cars system (mercedes GLC) and Android. SO if android fails, my complete system is gone, including car settings.
SO,. is there a possibility to change the rom without messing with the canbus?
The person who placed the unit has zero knowledge of Android, and claims I am doing experiments he won't support (referring to installing a launcher), and he doesn't believe me when I tell him the system is NOT a android 9, 32GB with 1280x780 res. but android 7, 24GB , 1280x480, and the processor, no idea, was never mentioned on his own site.
I send him, screenshots of the app but he refuses to look at it, and to solve this issue.
I hope anyone can shine his light in this, as I am not sure what to do: make an issue out of this (then I will need a laywer), or do nothing. Would allmost remove it myself and buy an other, but because of the canbus I am not sure.
Anyone?