yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Accessories] edsub:
Based on the pictures this carkit is the same as the QTek2020 / T-Mobile MDAII carkit.

It is said to be of very good quality.

BUT: It is also said that when using ie TomTom Navigator (or the like) your car-audio will be muted permanently.

This carkit was sold in Germany for approx 170 euro (about 110 gbp). So I would say the current auction price is rather high . . . .

I was not aware that O2 sold this carkit. I am using the XDAII carkit that is/was sold by ie. Expansys. The quality of that thing is not as good. Especially the mic sound is horrible for 'the other side'

BTW there are many threads on this (all approx 1 yr old)
[General Accessories] David Young:
Car Kit Query

Hi Ed

>>Based on the pictures this carkit is the same as the QTek2020 / T-Mobile MDAII carkit. It is said to be of very good quality.

Yes I agree, part of what drew me towards this one is the look of it.

>>BUT: It is also said that when using ie TomTom Navigator (or the like) your car-audio will be muted permanently.

I have considered this, and I'm not sure when or if I would use anything other than 'Pocket Streets', (and its maps of this area aren't that good either).

Most of the mapping I have been able to view provide street level detail, only in Larger Built up areas, and main routes connecting these.

Fortunately I already know my way between Belfast and other towns, As a result I dont know if TT or indeed any of the others would be of any real use. As a result, I really am more curious about the Call audio from the Speaker and Mic, during calls.

>>This carkit was sold in Germany for approx 170 euro (about 110 gbp). So I would say the current auction price is rather high . . . .

yes I found it on the T'mobile (D) site still on sale,

fully agree re the price but .... if it works ... then ... maybe ..

>>BTW there are many threads on this (all approx 1 yr old)

Yes and I think I managed to read most of them, I was sorta looking to see if someone else has lived with one of these for while, and have a experienced opinion on the it, any Rom Upgrades needed etc ...

I'm not sure how much more stress I am prepared to endure to get various aspects of this great unit to work as I hoped it would, (can't afford to be pulling on my hair much more these days)
[General Accessories] macca:
I have yesterday just bought this car kit from the company advertising it on ebay, first of all the compnay are absolutly brilliant to deal with and would recommend them highly.

As for the car kit i have found three little niggles:

1) it isn't as easy as other car phone kits to place the xda2 into the holder, this is probably the case for most xda2 car kits due to the body of the xda2 itself.

2) any sound from the pda will mute the car radio, this so far hasn't been too much of an issue, but you can always just disconnect the car radio mute lead, but side effect of course is that you would have to turn the radio down when you recieve a call, however it is nice that the tomtom directions etc come out the car phone speaker loud and clear.

3) now this one may not be the car kit itself and maybe just that i haven't managed to find optimal settings or have missed a setting up procedure (if there is one). Basically there is a lot of background noise through the microphone, speech can be heard ok but i haven't experienced this amount of noise from any other kit, however i am going to try and relocate the mic to the middle of the car instead of up the windscreen frame near the driver door, this may solve this.

Apart from that it is a very easy kit to install (would recommend a professional install due to problems of bodged installs and car air bags!), it is of a very good physical quality and have seen it advertised for over £150 in the UK.
[General Accessories] David Young:
O2 car kit query

see now thats what I was hoping for.

thanks macca

I'm just about convinced

now just need to know where my wife hid my c'card ???
[General Accessories] edsub:
macca: Just a tip for the mic: Make sure the airstream from then vents does not reach the mic. I read several threads on background noise and most of them appeared to be created by the airstream blowing over the mic.
[General Accessories] macca:
thanks edsub, i'll investigate that furthur, i maybe moving over to a orange m2000 soon as i have been offered an upgrade, unfortunatly it won't fit in my car kit, so i may have to sell it and get a xda2i instead. xda2 is great, i just miss the wlan.

david young, glad to have helped.
[General Accessories] forumjunky:
Brodit kits

I wonder if anyone has any experience of these Brodit Car Kits at pdahut? I do like the idea of ProClip Brodit have so you don't have to drill holes anywhere in your car. Any other suggestion?

http://www.pdahut.com/store/home.php?cat=378
[General Accessories] griffog:
I have Brodit and Carcomm cradles installed and they are both excellent. At the moment I have my XDAII in a Carcomm cradle which is powered and has a serial input cable to which you can connect a GPS Mouse or charge a BT GPS.

The Brodit cradles also have the option of an amplified speaker, in the photos you'll see my 2210 on the right of the steering wheel is connected to this type.

In the UK TotalPDA sell Carcomm and Handnav are the appointed Brodit resellers.

See here for images of the cradles in my car.
[General Accessories] edsub:
I too liked the idea of not drilling in my (leasecar) dashboard.

Afaik there are two options then:

Brodit Procip (plastic)

MTU dashmount (metal)

I opted for the MTU and decided to imitate it myself from a metal plate strip. Its quite easy from the MTU specifications:

http://www.mtu.no/english/DashMount/DM_pdf/70224.pdf

I managed the get the cables through the airvent that is now blocked by the carkit.
[General Accessories] cruisin-thru:
Now did I get a bargain or did I get a bargain.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5196552992&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1
[General Accessories] griffog:
So long as you want it for an XDA rather than an XDAII then yes.
[General Accessories] Anton.Valleyman:
I have my 2i in a Brodit kit connected to the cigarette lighter and then a bluetooth Motorola HS810...works a treat. Luckily the 2i fits perfect as I got the cradle originally for the XDA2.

I've also got my TomTom wireless BT receiver on the dash...all work nicely (other than ongoing issues with phone mast transfers causing TT lockups)

Aww hell, I'll just take a picture and show you...my only wish is that on the Mini the holder was locked in a bit higher to show off when people drive past ;)

A

PS - yes that IS a Care Bear...that my girlfriend puts there to "watch over me". I have one of those little dog things that Clintons Cards do (the ones with the big heads and little bodies) in the other cup holder. Thought I'd get that in now to avoid the "errr....is that a care bear?" questions!!
[General Accessories] Anton.Valleyman:
Errr....just how many PDAs and phones do you want in your car?? Hehe...
[General Accessories] griffog:
They're not all used all of the time but I need them when performin comparison testing :)

Actually I tend to use TT Mobile 5 on a C500 most of the time now!
[General Accessories] cruisin-thru:
Griffog, yes it is for xda however I had an official car kit, the original I think for xda in the past and that would take an xda 2 quite happily although I never tried it out in the car it charged the xda 2 on the bench ok, what are the issues, is there a wiring difference preventing it working?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Antonz 85:
Hi guys just recieved my s4 today in the uk.

Its locked 2 three i dont like it branded.

can anyone tell me which firmware i should flash to

sim free version uk

And the newest 1 plz
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixon2001:
Tbh don't bother unbranding it, if you want updates quick then your better off staying with the 3 firmware you have already got installed.

Updates on Simfree are painfully slow, compared to the networks we are still waiting for the update that 3 got a month ago.

If you still want to go ahead and unbrand your S4 then there are guides on here to help you do it, first of all though before you can install a unbranded firmware, I think you gonna need to have to unlock it first before you can do anything else.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Antonz 85:
yea thats fine i know how to do all of that :)

i just would like to know which firmware i need for the UK simfree i9505 version just so i know im flashing the right 1

can anyone guide me to the right 1.

theres so many im confused
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixon2001:
This one

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/209462137/82c78b1/I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_BTU.zip.html

But you already have the more up to date one on your phone already.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cirian75:
Join us other UK peeps here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2191766&page=240
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Antonz 85:
Ixon2001 that file is rather huge lol.

is that defo the latest unbranded firmware for uk sim free
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixon2001:
Yip that the latest and yes they huge files for the S4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Antonz 85:
ok cheers much appreciated :)
[General Questions and Answers] jw54:
Hi

I took the plunge and bought the S4 clone/knock off No1 S6. It arrived in the UK from Hong Kong (day after it was posted! great service from Android-Inside). First impressions are that it is a good phone with a great screen. I wanted to post a reply in Manuxo's thread but as a newbie I'm not allowed. If anyone has any (basic) questions about the phone/spec etc please feel free to post.:laugh:
[General Questions and Answers] cubergamer:
Hi jw54,

Can you use a normal s4 case on this phone?

Does the battery last long?

Hope you do a review on it.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] jw54:
No1 S6 initial view

Had this phone a week now but will be trying to get a replacement for two main reasons:

1. Phone constantly freezes and reboots. I've done a factory restore but has made no difference.

2. Phone will not connect to mobile data - tried everything suggested by my network (vodafone UK) but nothing fixes the bug.

If the phone did the basics correctly I would be more than happy.

The next part of the adventure is to see what kind of customer service I get from Android-Inside:D

In response to your questions - battery lasts OK but obviously due to restrictions I've not used the phone at full throttle. I bought a cheap case from Ebay - the fit is not great but that's probably due to the case. I think better quality S4 accessories would fit fine.
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
You can ask your phone to be replaced but every phone with this version of android installed (4.2.1) have this issues so i think it is better to wait an software update.

If you ask for a replacement you can wait for a lonnnggg time until you have your phone back.

regards
[General Questions and Answers] jw54:
No.1 S6 thread

Does anyone know where the original thread started by Manuxo has gone to???
[General Questions and Answers] kaitoudark:
Seems the mods have gone on rampage and deleted alot of threads and closing them lately. :(
[General Questions and Answers] nanou770:
news

Hello,

dont worry manuxo set up a new forum for Chinese Phones:
[General Questions and Answers] ArnoJeroen:
Where??
[General Questions and Answers] nanou770:
manuxo website

GO TO http://www.mychinesephone.com/index.php

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If you like my posting, please hit the "THANKS"-button. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] mazanostra:
So is there a custom rom for this phone or at least root instructions? I'm not very familiar with the android environment, so I wouldn't want to brick the phone. Not to mention that its customer support would be pretty much non existant... :/
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
New stock software available

Hello!

There is an updated firmware here -> www.mychinesephone.com

It will fix every issue related on this thread.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] rancy0228@126.com:
where did you buy?

Did you buy from "CHINAPADMALL"
[General Questions and Answers] jw54:
update

No - i bought mine from android-inside.com which is now called anybuying.com????

Just a word of warning - after much tweaking and messing about it's now working reasonably well. However don't expect this to be a genuine alternative to a Galaxy S4 or iPhone, there are too many issues and problems. the best place to look is 'mychinesephone.com' where you will find loads of info. they also have a shop where you can buy the phone if you still want one:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] gerstavros:
Best shop to order it is http://www.chinapadmall.com/no-1-s6.

Android-inside (ex android-sale) or anybuying are scammers, very bad reputation
[General Questions and Answers] sker100:
here you found roms for this phone

http://www.mychinesephone.com/viewforum.php?f=18&sid=b7c7c60b1974999d97dc74a9e3f1186b
[General Questions and Answers] jimeno28:
S6 No.1 not start, bought the 24/09/2013

I have bought 2 phones to chinapadmall

The first cell is fine but the second I turn on the second day and will not start. I sent an email but they have not answered.

Does anyone know how to claim the phone?

Do you have warranty?
[General Questions and Answers] gerstavros:
Wait, they ll answer. Notice that till Oct 5-7 they have holidays. They had sent me the return address of chinapadmall, i don't see any reason they ll not help you. If they don't answer even after holidays in next week, open a dispute in your paypal transaction
[General Questions and Answers] jimeno28:
chinapasmall

thanks for the reply, I'll wait a bit
[General Questions and Answers] jw54:
why scammers?

ntta regnum

I received good service from them. I can only speak from personal experience and don't regard them as scammers.
[General Questions and Answers] jimeno28:
No1 S6 not turn

I've opened a paypal dispute, and see what happens, but they're informal I have replied to the email
[General Questions and Answers] biad3:
problem TouchPad

Hello.

I can't add new topic. Sorry for my post here.

I need help.

After flesching my No.1 s4 (mtk6589T, 1RAM, 4ROM) my touchpad decalibrated (when you want to select an option, the phone works in a completely different aplikacion in other place).

I didnt drop phone etc.. Think its software problem.

I try flasch some other rom's (s6 rom) but al time the same problem ;/
[General Questions and Answers] gerstavros:
it's probably hardware problem. Digitizer is faulty, you may buy a new one
[General Questions and Answers] biad3:
Ty :)

It's posible after flashing touchpad dead?
[General Questions and Answers] gerstavros:
can't know..maybe bad luck.
[General Questions and Answers] rikink2:
Hello, this smartphone works IR smart remote or whatch on, the images I saw qie he has an infrared port equal to the Galaxy S4. Has anyone tested if it works?
[General Questions and Answers] commonwarrior:
digitizer bad touches

Hey bro'

Flash a cwm recovery, boot the phone in cwm and plug it to the computer. Download and install MTK droid tools, and ADB drivers. Open MTK droid tools, leave the phone in recovery mode and copy the LCD Driver IC from the MTK droid tools info, to a google qwery like this

"Lcd driver ic: serial you found" + "firmware"

Download the right firmware and just flash the uboot file.

You flashed a bad uboot for your device, you don't need to send it back to the producer

Try many uboot as you can from different firmwares but same LCD driver

In some cases I discovered that some USB 2.0 cables with ultra speed connections may cause digitizer's ghost touches
[General Questions and Answers] bigrammy:
Inverted Touchscreen

Hi did you find a solution to this problem :confused:

Quite a few people have this problem and I have tried every ROM/boot.img and uboot.img available.

I think the problem is in the corrupted nvram after a bad flash :(

To restore the phone we need a ROM that contains a full nvram.bin or for someone to kindly share a backup of the nvram. :fingers-crossed:

The nvram contains all the phones configuration files and until we can flash a clean nvram.bin to test it seems we will not know if this is a hardware issue or software one. I really hope it's software :fingers-crossed:
[One (M8) General] hth2813:
​

Apparently HTC may be considering launching a refreshed HTC One model later this year, a device that could pack different internal components when compared with the current model.

One likely change is the move to a Snapdragon 800 processor instead of the Snapdragon 600 that’s currently powering the HTC One, but nothing is confirmed at this time.

Since we’re already approaching mid-July, it’ll be interesting to see when such a model will be launched, if the rumor is accurate.

If this sounds all too familiar, that’s because HTC did the same thing last year, with a HTC One X+ (October 2012) being released a few months after the HTC One X (April 2012).

Read more: http://www.androidauthority.com/rum...refresh-plastic-one-replace-butterfly-242200/
[One (M8) General] AttachedSilver:
Ohh yea this would be awesome! Because the One X+ sold so well and was such a big success! HTC's logic makes perfect sense!
[One (M8) General] Aerys:
Im definintely gonna upgrade my One to a slightly updated version.. yes..............:silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly::silly:
[One (M8) General] MrKudinGTO:
Nice.

Sent via my HTC One™ using XDA Premium
[One (M8) General] j3ssejamez:
Couldn't the refresh be the HTC one max? Because HTC would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did a repeat of last year
[One (M8) General] IINexusII:
They do it again, create rumors out of thin air with no source
[One (M8) General] paniro187:
And they wonder why they are having the financial difficulties they are having......
[One (M8) General] Rusty!:
It's pretty much a sure thing really.

2011: Sensation => Sensation XE

2012: One X => One X+

2013: One => ???
[One (M8) General] trashcan:
2013 One => Two

2014 Three
[One (M8) General] gunnyman:
Isn't trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result the definition of something?

Now what was that?

wait a sec it will come to me...

Oh yeah INSANITY!
[One (M8) General] aimetti:
Didnt HTC say they were going to have ONE flagship this year and on a yearly cycle?

If they do this crap again I swear its the last htc phone I buy.
[One (M8) General] Rusty!:
Well they've already failed at that since they have the One and the Butterfly S
[One (M8) General] Dan37tz:
It's cool guys.

Samsung is boning us S4 owners too by releasing the Galaxy S4 LTE-A with the S800.

I'll be very happy if HTC made a ONE PLUS with an S800 and at least an 8 "ultra pixel" camera.

I'm already dreaming of my next device...hmm... so many upcoming juicy choices. Galaxy Note 3? LG Optimus G2? HTC ONE +? Decisions....
[One (M8) General] bbedward:
I gotta say HTCs marketing team is good at being confusing with names
[One (M8) General] AttachedSilver:
Wasn't there like 5 Sensations? lol

If the next nexus has front facing speakers it'll be my next device.
[One (M8) General] Rusty!:
There was three of them... the original, the XE and the XL (which was just a big, over overclocked Desire HD anyway).
[One (M8) General] kirdroid:
What's the big deal? It's better if they upgrade to s800 processor. I'm definitely going to sell this and buy the new one.
[One (M8) General] AttachedSilver:
The upgraded one is what the current one should of been to begin with.
[One (M8) General] mitas35:
There is always something around the corner and HTC have to keep up with the rest or they are going to fall behind that's the way it will always be :)
[One (M8) General] nookcoloruser:
Sadly HTC's R&D budget doesn't cover the cost of building time machines.............

----

Also 1 speculative article on a site designed to drive traffic through that site does not = fact.
[One (M8) General] Cicinho:
All the little girls getting upset because their phones will no longer be the latest and greatest and bestest HTC phone on the market.

I could care less what phones HTC bring out next. I'll be using my One till my contract expires next June.
[One (M8) General] io53:
It's not so much about having the latest and greatest. It's more about splitting the community in my eyes.
[One (M8) General] barondebxl:
The HTC One will remain the flagship regardless of what's being released later this year.

I think it's a good thing that HTC releases a new phone but not an HTC One refresh. They should stick with the minis and the Max.

---------- Post added at 09:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:29 AM ----------

And why does this bother you? As long as you're happy with your HTC One why does this change anything to you?
[One (M8) General] Prod1702:
I am with you on this. It just means they will pull the crap they always have where they no longer support a phone that is only 4 or 5 months old. Going to 1 phone a year means better support for the long run. I will go back to a Nexus if they keep putting phones out over and over again dropping support for there last one.

---------- Post added at 11:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:04 AM ----------

This won't happen if they give good updates and put out a good product to began with. People want things that work. They do not want to have to upgrade every few months because the phone they have has problems that HTC doesn't fix but puts out a new phone which has the fixes.
[One (M8) General] hello00:
if u guys are upset because htc releases a new phone every 6 months then y dont u sell urs and buy the new one?
[One (M8) General] gunnyman:
Money htc is spending refreshing their phones so quickly would be better spent on marketing IMHO
[One (M8) General] EnIXmA:
I would definitely buy it if it comes with a 8 ultrapixel camera, otherwise no.
[One (M8) General] Rex2369:
+1 Same with me. if it's the same 4 ultra pixel it won't really appeal to me.
[One (M8) General] BarryH_GEG:
It would kind of make sense for them to refresh it (One+ ?) before the holiday selling season. Motorola's spending $500M to promote the "X," Samsung's launching the N3 in the fall, the LG OG2, Sony Honami, and LTE-A SGS4's all will have S-800, and an iP5s is launching in the fall, so bumping the specs to keep the One competitive is a smart thing to do. 95% of current owners don't even know what SoC is in their device and won't be any less happy if an improved version comes out. The days of any device from any manufacturer, especially high-end devices, staying on the market for a year without improvement or replacement are pretty much gone. And h/w performance has gotten so ridiculously high that in a blind test you probably wouldn't notice the difference between a S-600 and S-800 device anyway. So those that live and die by benchmarks and are concerned that people will think less of them because their device has a lowly S-600 chip (sarcasm) in it are the only ones that need to be concerned.
[One (M8) General] sasoq:
Already seen this coming when the phone released. I expect the camera to be improved up to 6 with a snapdragon 800.

If anyone wants to take advantage of all this, amazon dropped the price of the HTC one at 49.99. <<<<<<
[One (M8) General] barondebxl:
I actually said the exact same thing in the mega thread. It makes plenty sense for HTC to release a new device in order to compete with the iPhone 5s, Note 3 etc... But an HTC one refresh isn't the right device, the HTC one max is.