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Hello XDA. No real question or in-depth review in this thread, I just like to share an observation over a Chinese Android Head Unit I just bought last Saturday.
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I'm sorry there's no picture. As this is my first post, I am prevented from posting outside links.
Priced at USD $214, the unit came with the following specs (Generated from Settings and CPU-Z):
Code:
Model number KZCAR
Android version 4.1.1
Baseband version v0.4rc1
Kernel version 3.0.8
[email protected] #241
Fri Mar 28 18:30:52 CST 2014
Build number crane_kzcar-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C
20140619.140400 dpt911C_6.75
MPEG Version Number[I] [EMPTY][/I]
MCU Version Number V0.77 2014-06-16
Bluetooth Version v.6.6.8
Serial Number 140603116236709
Code:
[B]SOC[/B]
Cores 1
Architecture 1x ARM Cortex-A8 @ 1.01 GHz
Revision r3p2
Process 55 nm
Clock Speed 60 MHz - 1.01 GHz
CPU 0 1008 MHz
CPU Load 100 %
GPU Vendor ARM
GPU Renderer Mali-400 MP
GPU Load 0 %
Scaling Governer unknown
[B]DEVICE[/B]
Model KZCAR (crane_kzcar)
Manufacturer unknown
Brand SoftWinner
Board crane
Hardware sun4i
Screen Size 5.83 inches
Screen Resolution 800 x 480 pixels
Screen Density 160 dpi
Total RAM 812 MB
Available RAM 330 MB (40%)
Internal Storage 0.98 GB
Available Storage 0.11 GB (10%)
[B]SYSTEM[/B]
Android Version 04.01.01
API Level 16
Bootloader unknown
Build ID crane_kzcar-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20140619.140400 dpt911C_6.75
Java VM Dalvik 1.6.0
OpenGL ES 01.00
Kernel Architecture armv7l
Kernel Version 3.0.8 (20140619.140400)
Root Access Yes
System Uptime 01.40.45
Features
Disc slot for DVD Audio, Video CD, and Audio CD.
Analog TV and its extendable antenna.
Front AUX input.
Two front Micro SD slot.
Reverse camera input.
A single bluetooth module dedicated to phone calls (Along with a dialer app). Inaccessible from Android system.
Since it's still at Android version 4.1.1, some application that requires API beyond level 16 cannot be installed.
Installed apps
Code:
Google Maps 6.14.1 Google Play Store
Google Play Music Google Play Store
Nova Launcher Google Play Store
AutoMate - Car Dashboard Sideload (Google Play Store says it's incompatible with the device)
Quirks
Hardware
Only 4 hardware buttons; Eject disc, Mute/Power, Volume Up, and Volume Down.
Hardware buttons are hard to press and made a loud clicky noise.
The external storage cover fell easily.
The bezel surrounding the screen protrudes too far which made navigation around the screen's edge difficult.
Too slow to even load Google Play Music's cover art properly (Blank grey boxes).
Software
Lags, even when doing simple activities e.g. volume change and notification bar swipe.
Applications that requested immersive mode can't go back since the Home-Menu-Back buttons are presented as softkey only. Swiping from the top does nothing.
Radio app opens automatically at every boot (Cold and standby). Undesirable as I have Automate running at startup.
Brightness level reset itself to max level at every boot (Cold and standby).
Google Maps Navigation still uses the old 2D UI due to the API limitation.
The unit's rootable using KingRoot with a bit of a glitch. The app states that the process failed; but at the next reboot, root is present.
The home screen are slow, unintuitive, and full of system-crawling animations. Fortunately, there's Nova Launcher.
I'll fix the post's formatting and write more information as I go, but so far I'm not yet impressed and considering getting another unit. But for now I would very much appreciate any input however trivial from XDA.
Thank you and sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes.
Update : For future references :
Android version 4.3 (Jelly Bean MR2, API 18) is the bare minimum for a head unit as Google Maps Navigation with the latest UI requires it.
Knob volume buttons are so much easier and safer to use on a car head unit.

I'd hate to get off topic; including on my own thread, but I don't want to clutter the subforum so here goes.
Can anyone tell me the differences between Joying unit model number JY-UL124 and JY-UL135? Spec wise I can see no difference. Are both of them MTCD? Both has :
Code:
CPU RK3188
RAM DDR 3
RAM Capacity 1 GB
Internal storage 16 GB
Version Android 5.1.1
Screen size 7"
Thank you.

all I can see about those Joying, is the knob is in a different place

CadillacMike said:
all I can see about those Joying, is the knob is in a different place
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Yeah that's the most I can surmise too.

Recovery and rom
Hi and thanks for your correct observations and info about this device.
Me too I found the same limitations, but before to change it I would try to change the rom. My questions are:
1) what is the exact botton sequence to enter into recovery mode? (I found it long time ago, but I don't remember anymore).
2) Do someone know a rom that I could add to the device to try to remove the limitation indicated below? "Malaysak" rom or CM rom?
Thanks to anyone that could help me..
Bye
Kerio G said:
Hello XDA. No real question or in-depth review in this thread, I just like to share an observation over a Chinese Android Head Unit I just bought last Saturday.
imagebam 93d3b0503078602
imagebam 1fa46c503078622
Geek Bench 1197804
I'm sorry there's no picture. As this is my first post, I am prevented from posting outside links.
Priced at USD $214, the unit came with the following specs (Generated from Settings and CPU-Z):
Code:
Model number KZCAR
Android version 4.1.1
Baseband version v0.4rc1
Kernel version 3.0.8
[email protected] #241
Fri Mar 28 18:30:52 CST 2014
Build number crane_kzcar-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C
20140619.140400 dpt911C_6.75
MPEG Version Number[I] [EMPTY][/I]
MCU Version Number V0.77 2014-06-16
Bluetooth Version v.6.6.8
Serial Number 140603116236709
Code:
[B]SOC[/B]
Cores 1
Architecture 1x ARM Cortex-A8 @ 1.01 GHz
Revision r3p2
Process 55 nm
Clock Speed 60 MHz - 1.01 GHz
CPU 0 1008 MHz
CPU Load 100 %
GPU Vendor ARM
GPU Renderer Mali-400 MP
GPU Load 0 %
Scaling Governer unknown
[B]DEVICE[/B]
Model KZCAR (crane_kzcar)
Manufacturer unknown
Brand SoftWinner
Board crane
Hardware sun4i
Screen Size 5.83 inches
Screen Resolution 800 x 480 pixels
Screen Density 160 dpi
Total RAM 812 MB
Available RAM 330 MB (40%)
Internal Storage 0.98 GB
Available Storage 0.11 GB (10%)
[B]SYSTEM[/B]
Android Version 04.01.01
API Level 16
Bootloader unknown
Build ID crane_kzcar-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20140619.140400 dpt911C_6.75
Java VM Dalvik 1.6.0
OpenGL ES 01.00
Kernel Architecture armv7l
Kernel Version 3.0.8 (20140619.140400)
Root Access Yes
System Uptime 01.40.45
Features
Disc slot for DVD Audio, Video CD, and Audio CD.
Analog TV and its extendable antenna.
Front AUX input.
Two front Micro SD slot.
Reverse camera input.
A single bluetooth module dedicated to phone calls (Along with a dialer app). Inaccessible from Android system.
Since it's still at Android version 4.1.1, some application that requires API beyond level 16 cannot be installed.
Installed apps
Code:
Google Maps 6.14.1 Google Play Store
Google Play Music Google Play Store
Nova Launcher Google Play Store
AutoMate - Car Dashboard Sideload (Google Play Store says it's incompatible with the device)
Quirks
Hardware
Only 4 hardware buttons; Eject disc, Mute/Power, Volume Up, and Volume Down.
Hardware buttons are hard to press and made a loud clicky noise.
The external storage cover fell easily.
The bezel surrounding the screen protrudes too far which made navigation around the screen's edge difficult.
Too slow to even load Google Play Music's cover art properly (Blank grey boxes).
Software
Lags, even when doing simple activities e.g. volume change and notification bar swipe.
Applications that requested immersive mode can't go back since the Home-Menu-Back buttons are presented as softkey only. Swiping from the top does nothing.
Radio app opens automatically at every boot (Cold and standby). Undesirable as I have Automate running at startup.
Brightness level reset itself to max level at every boot (Cold and standby).
Google Maps Navigation still uses the old 2D UI due to the API limitation.
The unit's rootable using KingRoot with a bit of a glitch. The app states that the process failed; but at the next reboot, root is present.
The home screen are slow, unintuitive, and full of system-crawling animations. Fortunately, there's Nova Launcher.
I'll fix the post's formatting and write more information as I go, but so far I'm not yet impressed and considering getting another unit. But for now I would very much appreciate any input however trivial from XDA.
Thank you and sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes.
Update : For future references :
Android version 4.3 (Jelly Bean MR2, API 18) is the bare minimum for a head unit as Google Maps Navigation with the latest UI requires it.
Knob volume buttons are so much easier and safer to use on a car head unit.
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Phoenix OS v1.1 Released

Hello, everyone, the Phoenix system x86 version v1.1 released. We added several new features to this version. For example, root permissions support, keyboard mapping function, Ethernet settings, you may not know where to open these functions, I will give you a detailed presentation.
Download：http://files.phoenixos.com/os/PhoenixOSInstaller-v1.1.0.exe
Update：
System
Add root access；
Add keyboard mapping function；
Add Mirror output function like HDMI;
Add Ethernet settings[font=宋体]：[/font]Boot default Ethernet connection
Add Resolution adjustment function;
Add Graphics adapter, mainly contains GTX700\800\900 series;
Repair Game can't connect network;
Optimized Reduce the maximum volume of the broken sound models;
Optimized Reduce the probability of crash by Atom processor;
The task bar & Notification Center
Revision notification center icon
Start menu
Optimize the display of large screen devices;
Browser
Optimizing UA display logic;
Update ad blocking list;
CZ FileManager
Increase picture and wallpaper images (Picture directory);
Network neighbors will pop up after the addition of success;
Repair the bug that desktop icon disappeared after the application upgrade;
Fix the bug that APE format file has no playback application optional;
Application of the market will not prompted to upgrade of FileManager;
Fix the bug that native music applications failed to add music;
Fix some other bug;
Enhanced stability;
More info:
http://bbs.phoenixstudio.org/en/showthread.php?tid=1716

Official mirror uploaded by @Dante_xu - it will soon be added to the official download site and it's already added on the official forum:
https://mega.nz/#!VgNCGJTD!y62XM6nge9OTkKMp-nRbZoGKYoHqGB0nYiLyxhbBN7I
It is worth mentioning that in this release, if we toggle the root ON, we can freely modify the system partition! No need for any custom files!

Does "Pokemon Go" app works with this version?

good update but remix os is still far superior.

@slybunda At what? I can also say my bike is superior without listing it's pros.

more stable and better 3d support

It all comes down to specific hardware @slybunda . On my devices Phoenix is more stable and has more features at the same time plus a better design. I personally don't care about 3D acceleration - android-x86 would be enough for games because those are usually ran in fullscreen, so no desktop UI needed.
Sent from mobile

I love your rom so much @Regnas I updated a port that already existed for the vzw gs4 just so I could keep using it for my own personal use. It's the best rom ever, 10,000xlove. Sorry that's a little off topic because it's not really the same rom. This is just the first post I've seen from you and had to shoutout some love

@tdct12 do have in mind that this is an official release by Chaozuo @Regnas does deserve the love for publishing it though

tdct12 said:
I love your rom so much @Regnas.....
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Lol...... see post above....

Still playstore not included?

It is included
Sent from mobile

Has anyone had any luck booting this from USB? I have tried from USB and SD, but have had no luck. I was able to dual boot from my SSD drive, but it seemed to make my Win 10 OS lag a lot. I ran the installer and selected install to U, and let it install. I do have bios setup to boot from USB first and even tried it through the boot menu. It almost seems like the drive is not bootable though. Any ideas or thoughts?

Verification failed error 15. Any work around?

Android Headunits - UI comparison thread

I'd like to start this thread hoping that as many of you as possible will chip in with useful info. I personally researched a lot before buying a HU, especially interested in how the default UI looks like, launcher, radio app, music app, EQ app, settings, etc... Got some useful info from different sellers, re-sellers, Chinese support staff, etc, but nothing compares to a real community, and i wished this info would have been available in a single thread...
My reasons were various: noticed some HU have subwoofer controls in EQ app, some not. Waze looks different (text scaling) on identical sized displays...Some radio apps displayed RDS text, some not... Some launchers and apps look simply horrible, some almost OEM-like...you get the idea Until we can claim that all HUs can be rooted and custom FWs can be installed, many of us will be stuck with whatever you get out of the box.
So i'll start.
To keep things somewhat organised, please post following info besides UI screenshots:
- Make/model
- Source of purchase (which online store)
- HW specs (RAM, ROM, display size, CPU info, etc.)
- SW specs (Android version, MCU, etc.)
- UI images (DEFAULT radio app, media app, eq app, bluetooth app, settings menu, about screen, launcher, etc..)
One more thing: there's many versions of the same thing running around under different store names, etc. If you have a HU that's similar to whatever's been posted here, just link to an existing post. Create new reply only if there's different UI elements or FW features, etc. Thx!

Umecity - model for VW
Allwinner T3 Quadcore @ 1.2GHz
2GB RAM / 16 GB ROM / 9" / Double DIN
Android 6.0.1 (FW dated 2017_03_25)

Infidini - for VW/Skoda
Allwinner R16 Quadcore @ 1.6GHz
1 GB RAM / 16 GB ROM / 8" / DoubleDIN
Android 6.0.1 (FW dated 2016_12_29)
// EDIT: New Android 6.0.1 FW received, dated 2017_03_17
// FW LINK HERE
// Contains New Launcher
// added 2 more shots

i like this thread, I will have to compile pics of my joying

@zerozoneice - I see you have prints for two devices. What would be the main differences between them? How is the audio quality? I am thinking of buying the second one(cheaper) for my MK5 Golf to replace the standard stereo.

tzeus said:
@zerozoneice - I see you have prints for two devices. What would be the main differences between them? How is the audio quality? I am thinking of buying the second one(cheaper) for my MK5 Golf to replace the standard stereo.
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some differences are:
- screen size (advantage 9")
- settings customizations (advantage 8")
- possibility to set standby time when ACC is OFF (10min, 20, 30, 1h, 2h) - advantage 8"
- proper voice-over-navi implementation in the 8" (music volume fades but doesn't stop, navi notifications play, music volume goes back up) - advantage 8"
- audio quality is the same
- big advantage of 9" is that it has subwoofer control (volume/gain, frequency cutoff), whereas the 8" has only a "bass" slider and you need to globally adjust the woofer volume (gain) from the amp itself in the trunk
- working display brightness better in 8" than in the 9"
- better looking radio APK in the 8", but both display RDS info.
as you can see the 8" has more advantages, but somehow i'm running the 9" one now they're both good....
the perfect unit would be the FW of the 8" combined with the screen and UI of the 9"...go figure..

Unbranded - model for Toyota Fortuner, purchased on Taobao China (Aliexpress’ sister site).
Allwinner T3 Quadcore @ 1.6GHz
9” Double DIN
1GB RAM/16GB ROM
Android 5.1.2 (4.4.2 based)

Hi, I have one with these characteristics:
Allwinner model: T3-P2
Board: exdroid
Hardware: sun8iw11P1
Build number: KOT49H
Android runtime: Dalvik 1.6.0
Kernel: linux, armv 7l,3.10.65
android version : 4.4.2
compilation number: K2101
Do you think you can install your ROM in mine?

zerozoneice said:
Umecity - model for VW
Allwinner T3 Quadcore @ 1.2GHz
2GB RAM / 16 GB ROM / 9" / Double DIN
Android 6.0.1 (FW dated 2017_03_25)
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A couple of questions:
1. Can you run Android Auto as a standalone apk/launcher on this unit?
2. Did you try connecting a front dashcam to the Composite video input?
I wonder if the 6.0.1 FW will work with other T3 units. I spoke to my seller’s tech support, he claims that the factory hasn’t deemed Android 6 stable and ready for public use yet.

Xcaptain said:
A couple of questions:
1. Can you run Android Auto as a standalone apk/launcher on this unit?
2. Did you try connecting a front dashcam to the Composite video input?
I wonder if the 6.0.1 FW will work with other T3 units. I spoke to my seller’s tech support, he claims that the factory hasn’t deemed Android 6 stable and ready for public use yet.
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1. Didn't try
2. Nop
3. dupdate.img might work across T3 devices, but don't touch MCU update, it has to be exclusively from your vendor

zerozoneice said:
3. dupdate.img might work across T3 devices, but don't touch MCU update, it has to be exclusively from your vendor
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What's the firmware update procedure?
I tried @velvetpig's instruction but fails for my 'Topway?' unit. Neither the System Update menu under the MCU Update in Settings work.

Xcaptain said:
What's the firmware update procedure?
I tried @velvetpig's instruction but fails for my 'Topway?' unit. Neither the System Update menu under the MCU Update in Settings work.
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yea because that's a different platform (R16)
for T3 i think you can try this method HERE
...at own risk though...

Joying- Software tweaks

Looking for maximum speed without hardware modification (no heatsinks etc).
Using GTX Rom on intel sofia unit.
I use a combination of spotify, waze, google maps, and pocket casts. Just these four apps. Are there specific versions of these apps that work best for Android 6.0?
Does nova launcher significantly slowdown the unit?
Does titianium backup slowdown the unit? Does freezing any additional processes through TB help?
I did search the forum for these specific questions, thanks for the help guys.

juandhi said:
Looking for maximum speed without hardware modification (no heatsinks etc).
Using GTX Rom on intel sofia unit.
I use a combination of spotify, waze, google maps, and pocket casts. Just these four apps. Are there specific versions of these apps that work best for Android 6.0?
Does nova launcher significantly slowdown the unit?
Does titianium backup slowdown the unit? Does freezing any additional processes through TB help?
I did search the forum for these specific questions, thanks for the help guys.
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There can be differences in Launcher speeds themselves in how they start apps, do screen animations (opening/closing windows, swipes), but once in the background with a running app in the foreground it doesn't make a difference at all, as the launcher just "sits" there. Only the memory footprint can have influence as a micro launcher of 50-250Kb will not take as much memory as Nova up to quite some MBs: 100 ~350 MB, depending on running services, features, etc. And these services can take slightly more cpu, but nothing to worry about.
Same for Titanium. A small portion remains in memory and just sits there waiting for the next scheduled backup (and only if you have that scheduled backup).
The GTX-Rom is already pretty optimized. There is not much too be gained. Simply do not use animated (3D) wallpapers. Even those do not take much resources, but if you want to use every % of the CPU/memory efficient, you should not enable them.
Note also that most apps have more then enough memory in the 2GB memory space on 6.0.1. And having quad-core/8-core CPU's will spread the load. It is not like in the "old days" with single core/dual core cpu's and a more primitive task manager on older Androids.

not sure what to do with a avh-4200 nex pioneer

I have a OnePlus 7 pro rooted and I like using Android auto with that headunit avh 4200 nex and I just updated to aa 4.5.592854 and I didn't get the new aa design so I played around with a preference editor looking for things about the new layout and u found 2 that I tried editing and I still didn't get it to show me the new layout. Is there anything else I can do to try and get the new layout? Also is there any way I can get the speedometer with speed limits from the aa app on my phone to display on my head unit because the head unit only shows speed limit not speedometer

spart0n said:
I have a OnePlus 7 pro rooted and I like using Android auto with that headunit avh 4200 nex and I just updated to aa 4.5.592854 and I didn't get the new aa design so I played around with a preference editor looking for things about the new layout and u found 2 that I tried editing and I still didn't get it to show me the new layout. Is there anything else I can do to try and get the new layout? Also is there any way I can get the speedometer with speed limits from the aa app on my phone to display on my head unit because the head unit only shows speed limit not speedometer
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As far as I know you have to make sure with the new Android auto
- you force stop the AA application on your phone, clear data and install the new 4.5.
- you have to select the new UI under settings in AA.
- it could still depend on your country server, but it seems this worked for many other people.
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