[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbuz:
CA-Fi Bought and installed a week ago

Hello people!

I am on Android since the Samsung's first Galaxy Tab was released. Since then I got so used to Google Sync and the customization options possible with the help of the Play (Market) and this XDA website that when I saw such a device for a CAR available for sale - I knew from the very first second, that I'm definitely gonna replace the damn WinCE terrible legacy past century's boring piece of s_it.

I knew this wil not be milk and honey for various reasons (unknown Chineese manufacturer, suspiciously cheap for such a list of options (if it was an Alpine it would probably cost a few $K or more, as they still sell WinCE for that money in 2DIN). The doubts deciding to suffer with the bugs of this device can be very easely resolved by taking into account the fact thet there is no other device better on the consumers electornics market at present. Simple as this - the best and affordable pricewise. I am not a fanboy of this creature, and it does need XDA development mpore than any smartphone they release nowadays.

I will hope the bright minds of this community will get interested and fix the thing. Fixing the thing is possible. For example rooting it with the attached below apk worked for my unit.

I have wrote a "customer feedback letter to the producer" wich describes my most disappointments. I will paste it for not to retype same things again here:

Dear Innotrends,

I have purchased a CA-Fi Universal 620800 and want to provide you with some customer feedback and requests. I’ve had several smartphones and 2 tablets on Android and consider myself an enthusiast.

First of all: thank You very much and the Russian CA-Fi office in St. Petersburg for making it possible for me to obtain an advanced Car Infotainment Device in Moscow that is unavailable on the local common consumer electronics market!

Nevertheless, there are a few complaints and requests for your kind consideration in order of importance:

1.	No Google Sync strongly diminishes the point of the Android philosophy. An Android that cannot sync Contacts, Calendar etc with its native Google servers is like a car without transmission. It was unbelievable to find out that you have cut out these common Android functions from Froyo on your system. I think that 99% of your buyers have experienced a great disappointment encountering this fact after receiving and installing the device (everybody was sure this will be among the basic advantages as usually having Android).

•	Request: please provide an update file with installation instructions to reinstall Google Contacts and Google Calendar (the “Accounts and Synchronization” option of the Settings menu).

2.	Your Phone application via Bluetooth is good and perhaps many would prefer using this option anyway, but – why not leave the fabulous Froyo Phone Dialer present in the system as well? Consider this: the predominant majority of CA-Fi buyers will want constant internet access (not Wi-Fi) – hence they will need a 3G modem, hence all will have a separate SIM card that has its own mobile number. Enabling GSM calls on a 3G modem SIM card is not a problem and a matter of the tariff plan with the operator. And convenience wise: to enable your application I have to remember to switch on Bluetooth on the phone when I get in the car; to enable receiving calls on my car phone number I would have to switch the phone to flight mode or switch it off (having call redirect enabled once with the operator) = thus same manipulations. But - having a separate phone in the car is an obvious advantage that your device is meant to provide but that you have deliberately excluded for some not understandable for the end user reason.

•	Request: please provide an update file with installation instructions to reinstall the native Phone Dialer on Froyo.

3.	You have provided us with very useful eight hardware buttons asides of the touchscreen. But then why do the software onscreen buttons duplicate the hardware buttons? This is unexplainable in my view and the worst is that there is no option to change the defined software icons assignments! They are duplicated, I see no logic in having Radio, Navi, and Apps on the Main Screen as there are similar functionality hardware buttons permanently assigned for those applications. Note that I have already installed “Launcher Pro” trying to resolve this issue but the APP and BACK hardware buttons kept reverting me to the native launcher – so I’ve decided to uninstall “Launcher Pro” to refrain from stupidity.

•	Request: please provide an update with installation instructions for enabling reassignment of the Main Screen five bottom software buttons.

4.	The kindly provided option for assigning audio channels for navigation tutoring and the NAVI hardware button select option are good. But in cities like Moscow where I reside currently, the navigation tutor speaks every minute for a next turn and often people would rather select “no sound” in the navigation software options because of this. But even if I do select “no sound” in the navigation software itself, the audio channel (as now - FL, FR or FBoth - depending on the setting of your System/General options) becomes muted if a navigation program is assigned to the NAVI hardware button. So I can’t have the NAVI hardware button assigned to a navigation program without having my music partially muted regardless of the settings of the navigation program – this is very bad. The best in my view would be to have the navigation speaking with the music playing in all channels simultaneously (e.g. if you wanna hear well the navigation tutor – just stop your music). For simultaneous mode to be practically adopted a NAVI to Audio volume ratio would be useful.

•	Request: please provide an update with installation instructions to add the option “No Mute/Mixed-up Sound for all channels” in the Settings/General/Navi Channel Select.

•	Request: please provide an update with installation instructions to add “Navi Volume” to the Settings/General/Navi Channel Select menu.

5.	Style is important for market acquisition – I would rather mark the hardware buttons as common with symbols (a house for HOME, a rounded arrow for BACK etc).

•	NA

Please understand my appreciation of your efforts in bringing Android into car systems. I am very thankful to Innosystems for you innovative approach and making it achievable for the people!

I hope my message finds your good understanding and I will eagerly wait for a reply. I understand that any adjustments to the factory-provided settings are at my own risk and void any warranty. I agree to risk my devise for perfection and technology.

Regards,

Egor Buz

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So, the described above exists, but nevertheless - there is nothing better for a car that I am aware of on the market to date! Think about everything else that does work - lots and lota of goddies!

Though the support is quite weak. For instance to start smiling you need data connection (by the way my device came from a Russian reseller with the Play Market already installed) but I had to search through russian forums to get to know that Android does not work with multi-tasked devices like all modern 3G dongles that are a modem, sdcard reader and a CDrom at the same time. So however you set your APN connection in the settings menu it wont connect untill you switch the modem dongle itself to "only modem" mode (very easy to do in windows PC, but the seller didnt bother to tell me about this so I sufered for some three days without good sleep...

My device after ingition is swithced on goes to the Android Media Player and starts scanning the tunes from the 32GB C10 microSD. Depending on if I have played music or not - it resumes playback. If I was on the radio when powered off - it goes to radio. Navigation does not require 3G connection, or, to be more accurate - this depends on the navigation program (one of mine does require for obligatory traffic jams updates they provide). iGO doesent require internet access for example.

So the thing pissed me off already very seriously for a couple of times - but if you like Android (and believe in XDA Developers) - order yours NOW!

If you will have any specific questions to me - please ask and I will try to respond some day (I am not often here).

Get this device and Suffer Well !!!

I like it really.