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[Android Head-Units] ildiko2:
Rear View Camera

I am now on Original I001 (with configs from my original I008) without root and all works OK.

using now Copilot Live Navi Software, due to recommendations from this thread, which works fine too.

the only thing, i cannot find out is my rearview camera view:

- in original 2.3.4 it shows wide screen,

...seems like aspect ratio might be wrong, but i see everything.

- in 4.0.3 it shows smaller view,

...seems like it caps something from left and right - for aspect ratio to be correct.

i loved the total view, even if it was squeezed. Does someone know where i can adjust the view?

maybe in FactoryModeValue.xml ? there is a line called: "ReverseRearView="1"

does someone know, what values i can try.

Or is there another way to change the view, without flashing?
[Android Head-Units] Franvior:
Known problems of firmware

Great!!! THANKS [MENTION=954993]TvBIFI[/MENTION]!!!!!!

Can anyone list the known issues of this version? So everyone can decide if it is better to upgrade to this version or wait with the current one?

For example: Smaller view in the rear camera, steerwheel buttons doesn't work with Poweramp, white screen (solved via workaround), etc... By the way i don't know if these ones are really issues of this version so i think it is better if [MENTION=954993]TvBIFI[/MENTION] or [MENTION=2734955]KoTiX2[/MENTION] prepare the list as you are the ones who really know what works and what doesn't.

Thanks in advance!! You are doing a very valuable work!!!!

Regards,
[Android Head-Units] deemag:
AFAIK KoTiX already did it.

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Winca-Roadnav_S100/S150#Common_problems

We need this wiki link in the first post.

Anybody know is there are 128 Gb SDXC microSD card support in S100/150 ?
[Android Head-Units] Franvior:
Correct me if i am wrong but i think it is not updated enough as it contains old errors. i don't know if they still apply or more errors should be included...

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] KoTiX2:
Those bugs still apply and probably more has been discovered (?).

Everybody is free to update the wiki with everything that seems to be important to him.

I'm glad to have done my part on the wiki but it cannot be a single man work so please contribute keeping the wiki up to date.

BTW more than anything else please... PASTE THE WIKI LINK ON FIRST PAGE!!!!

Thank you!
[Android Head-Units] Allen Wong:
To whom it may concern, I just tested the firmware for I305 on this product page:

Android OS Navigation Radio Player For Volkswagen All Series

Everything goes well. Here are some pics FYI:
[Android Head-Units] niton:
But nobody can flash it, you can read about it on russian forum.

Is this FW especialy for new i305 with DSP board?

you saw the video I send you?

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Here is the link: I305 flash trouble v4.04.08
[Android Head-Units] Allen Wong:
No, it is not fw for DSP board.

I suppose the units to Russian come with another customized firmware to provide dealers' Russian market(Very common practice).

PM me the identifying number on the top of the head unit, I will check it.
[Android Head-Units] niton:
My HU installed in my car, I really don't want to take it off ;)

I don't have any problems with flashing VW Touareg on my i305, the only problem is that i can't save radio stations, but everything else is ok
[Android Head-Units] Allen Wong:
Another member from USA upgrade the FW for I305 successfully 10 minutes before.

The FW is OK from www.carnaviplayer.com

You guys from Russia may need to contact the dealers who sold you the units or PM me the identifying number.
[Android Head-Units] gochapka:
Hi Allen, on 4.03 FW (I001) now Radio to store stations are only 6? before, on FW 2.3, was 15!, is it?
[Android Head-Units] niton:
I bought HU as i004 but my dealer send me i305 FW and it always flashes w\o any errors
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
You're more than welcome to try it. I attached the S150's radio's apk as an attachment to this post. Though, I doubt it would work even if the radio tuner chip is exactly the same. It would be separated from the Android system by an MicroController Unit (MCU). The MCU actually facilitates the activities of many "low level" functions that Android isn't handling directly. Read more: MCU Explained: Native Apps and integration with Android.
[Android Head-Units] dom_christo:
I have the same issue with 4.03, Have not been able to figure it out yet.

The "Reverse" values you seen in FactoryModeValue.xml are just toggle on/off with 1/0 I dont think any of these settings change the aspect ratio.

I don't think many people have reverse cameras which is why this issue hasn't been addressed yet.

I have searched through most of the config files without finding anything directly linking to the reverse camera.

I was hoping [MENTION=1074904]Allan Wong[/MENTION] would be able to shed some light on this issue.
[Android Head-Units] ildiko2:
don't you think, that value might be the aspect ratio? there are 3 settings in FactoryModeValue.xml:

ReverseRearView="1"

ReverseMute="0"

ReversePowerOn="1"

It seems like the "view" settings is not to "enable/disable"

Does anyone have an idea of the possible values. If not, i will make some testing.
[Android Head-Units] cretu_24:
This values are not for aspect ratio.

View activate rear camera, if you have one.

Mute is pausing radio, media player, in case you have sensors, to hear it when using rear camera.

PowerOn activate rear camera even if the unit is off.
[Android Head-Units] royalhawk2002:
Same problem for my I802.

Here is:

In original 2.3.4: rear view was fine

in updated 2.3.4 (11 2013): rear view was zoomed

In Official 4.0.3 for I001: was back to fine

In rooted 4.0.3 (Kotix and Tvbifi): rear view is zoomed

In 2.3.4 from russian: rear view is zoomed

To be noted that:

In all the "zoomed" cases, if the unit is Off than the rear view is fine, if the unit is On the view is zoomed! :confused:

I see also a running process "BackCar.apk"...is it the responsible ? Probably if the unit is Off, then the rear camera is manged directly from the Hardware but, if the unit is On, the rear view is manged by the previous application that could have a different setting.
[Android Head-Units] maxxxis123:
Need help kia picanto

Hello,

I want to buy a nice android unit to my car, i own kia picanto model 2014, i saw this unit on ebay -

_ebay.com/itm/Android-Car-DVD-GPS-Navigation-for-Kia-Picanto-Morning-Naza-Suria-Euro-Star-/181261415375?pt=US_Video_In_Dash_Units_w_GPS&hash=item2a3405b3cf_

(remove the first and last _ from the link)

as it seems it is the S150? so i am posting it here.

is it good unit to buy? it is supported and i can install updates that were talked in this thread?

i want to get the unit with the 4.1 android with the 1gb and A9 processor, but i am not expert with electronics/cars. and this one seems to be 100% compatible with my car.

Also, how is the sound quality? compared to the most stock units that comes with the car.

Thank for any help i really want to decide and order one already.

Edit -

i found it also here - http://www.carnaviplayer.com/android-os-navigation-radio-player-for-kia-picanto-morning-p-1012

Model I217?
[Android Head-Units] Allen Wong:
Navigation For Kia picanto model 2014

If you want a stable head unit and only need the basic functions(Navigation, Radio, DVD, iPod, Bluetooth, SD, USB, WiFi and TV), then C217 is the best for you.

If you are an Android fans and want to DIY your head unit, then the I217 is better for you.

We've tested some units with A9(1.2GHz) CPU, 1GB rom before, but they are actually a half Wince and half Android unit. Radio, DVD, iPod, Bluetooth, SD, USB are based on Wince, only Navigation is based on Android and allow you to install some apps.

Some units come with capacitive screen. But as we know, the capacitive screen does not work properly once the temp is higher than 40 degrees Celsius.
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
With all due respect Allen, I know you are trying to encourage a sale for the S150 but your comment above is balderdash. As far as I know, there are only three "fundamental" head units from China out now with an A9 based processor and they are all "pure Android". That is an Android running on an Cortex-A9 ARM board and an MCU controlling I/O of the Radio, DVD, iPod, Bluetooth and TV components.

Maybe you might be confusing the generally misadvertised head units with the Allwinner A10 which is actually a Cortex A8 processor. Some resellers misrepresent it as a "Cortex A10" processor which is interesting since there is no such thing according to ARM. Many of those head units come with the A10 processor come with a hybrid dual OS as you pointed out with WinCE controlling the stock multimedia and Android for everything else.

In some cases this is true, especially when referring to older capacitive technology. However, that's like someone else saying, "resistant screens are incapable of multi-touch controls." These were the properties of original technological differences and are still only being propagated by either ignorant or dishonest salespeople trying to encourage the sale of other technology.

We all know that technology does not stand still and though not apparent to everyone, there have been many advances in touchscreen technologies. Advances which allow higher operating temperatures for capacitive screens, as well as, multi-touch capabilities for resistive screens. It all depends on the individual components used in the individual unit. So, please stop trying to encouraging your sales based on fear mongering and negative campaigning.

I suggest you concentrate on the positive properties for your product rather than implying the negative aspects of others. Especially, since the S150 are based on a single core processor. So at best, the highest version of Android that can be expected to run on your products is a partially disabled Android 4.1 since the more recent versions of Android are rich in features which require multi-core technology. And since your technical staff is having a difficult enough time trying to get a working version of Android 4.0.3 out for your product range, I don't expect Android 4.1 coming out for it anytime soon.
[Android Head-Units] TvBIFI:
But its Possible on our CPU see link below

http://pjlee-em.blogspot.de/2012/07/android-411-jellybean-on-mango210.html
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
Yes, of course it is possible. I did not mean to infer that it wasn't. There are few Android 4.1 devices running on a single core processor already, like the Sony Xperia E. However, as far as I know not all features are enabled due to the lack of symmetric multiprocessing. Since the release of Jellybean, Google has been "encouraging" the manufacturer's progression of Android towards symmetric multiprocessing which requires multiple cores (at least two).
[Android Head-Units] cybertix:
Hi all,

I am about to buy the S100 for Seat Ibiza (c246), because the S150 is not available. Do you think I will be able to install Android firmware from I305SE ?

I ask because I know that this unit is suitable for VW Polo, which is very close to the Seat Ibiza.

Thanks !
[Android Head-Units] dom_christo:
So I guess the next logical step would be to compare the "BackCar.apk" from 2.34 and 4.03 firmwares.

I have no experience with this and wouldn't know where to even start.

I wonder if Great Master [MENTION=2734955]KoTiX2[/MENTION] would be able to take a look for us :D
[Android Head-Units] rnp614:
Really interested in the unit for the 2007 audi a4. Anyone experience these units? Is this website carnaviplayer legitamate? It seems like certain websites say that its not reliable?

Do these units have any kind of warranty?
[Android Head-Units] Allen Wong:
I never want to encourage anyone to buy anything in this forum. I came here just because I saw many members were talking the S150 head unit here. I think I can help some of them.

There are more than one hundred manufacturers of DVD Navigation head unit in China at this moment. We research products from our competitors. We should know what is good and what is bad on their products. Sorry I did not see such "fundamental" pure Android head units from China with A9 based processor, if you know them, please provide us more info, we will be glad to buy some of them and have a look at.

Most of the time I laugh it off when I see these products.

I just gave a real comment from the products I had tested. If there are some advanced products with capacitive screen and works well even in Summer, we are glad to learn from them. And many other members may know they have a better choice in the future.

We never imply the negative aspects of other products or anything else. Just like we never said how great our product is.

The only thing you are thinking are hardware and software like a mobile phone or tablet PC. You should also consider bad working conditions, temp, compatibility with original car info, steering wheel controls etc.

Sorry if I offend you!
[Android Head-Units] belciugc:
S100 - mp3 player

I have a problem with mp3 player from S100 unit

When i play a mp3 from sd card, and then i switch with radio or other program, i then i come back to mp3 player - the mp3 player hangs when it try to access the mp3.

Does somebody know what is the problem?

Should i use a sd card with a better speed?

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] cretu_24:
Radio

Hi there,

I made a customiziation for Radio app, something like Kotix2 did it, but this is for Android 2.3 version.

Kotix2, thanks for help (finally, i did it with Virtuous Ten Studio (deodex, decompile, compile, resign, zipalign).

.

:good:
[Android Head-Units] mihaiolimpiu:
Finally something nice! That is one of the major gripes I had with this unit! I've tested the mod, works as expected.

Not really interested into updating the unit as I've had very bad experience with my mobiles when I went up to 4.0. It looks nice but the performance hit is far too great!
[Android Head-Units] Rapidon:
GPS signal lost

Hi Everyone:

I got the Android S150 head unit I001 with 2.3 os. I have a question: When I switch the igo primo navigation to main menu/radio/music, there is a sound "gps signal lost", when I switch it to primo, the navi app will get gps within 2 secs. Is this normal?
[Android Head-Units] gochapka:
Congratulations, now please tell me, since I am very new to this, how to install? given that the file is a "* zip." and inside it has everything lost, is not a "* apk." file!

Thank you.

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HI!, I have the same drive, has plenty of other problems, but that no, sorry, I can not help you.

See, your car is a Nissan? you've installed the fontal DVR camera?

Greetings.
[Android Head-Units] cretu_24:
What zip file ?

First, u need to root ur unit, for 2.3 you can use Framaroot (google it).

After that, i used Total Commander (file manager) app from Google Play.

You need to go to root of the unit, then system folder, then apps folder. First, i deleted fmam.apk and fmam.odex files. Total Commander ask me to leave folder RW, i said yes, then just copy fmam.apk from attachment to that folder (apps).

EZ file explorer make me trouble with root explorer, that why i done it with TCommander.

No need to reboot, just find Radio app and run it.

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Rapidon, try other version of iGo Primo. I tried 3 versions and only one works without that signal lost message.

Cheers !
[Android Head-Units] gochapka:
Fxxkxxg FW 4.03 & S150 & ...

Hi guys!

How I've said several times my unit is a S150 (original) with 2.3 FW (I001).

How said Allen Wong, shop around for your web site (carnavi) I updated the FW to 4.03, but then reports that he is not my original 2.3 may be modified to 4.03!

I'm very happy with FW 4.03, only in the aesthetic and stable touch screen, as the BT, VCDV, access to USB or SD or HD is very cumbersome, the image quality of the DVD is terrible (zoomed) , the radio volume is normal in 3 but when I switch to DVD NOTHING listening, I turn up the volume to 18!

And how I'm coming bothering a while, the front camera DVR is a nightmare (or is that HW or FW or S150 HU!)

Therefore, it is possible to downgrade to 2.3? or KoTiX2 version??

Thank you.!
[Android Head-Units] cretu_24:
Remember, it is for 2.3 android version. KoTiX2 did it for 4.0.3
[Android Head-Units] gochapka:
His attachment, I have downloaded and on my pc a "fmam.zip" file instead got a "fmam.apk" file!:confused: :silly:

OK, thanks!!!
[Android Head-Units] cretu_24:
The file is an apk file. I'm sure you have managed winzip to open that kind of file (file associations), practically apk file is a zip archive.

:good:
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
Actually, some web servers will cause certain browsers to rename the extension of APK files to ZIP files during download. It should be the same file, you just have to rename the extension back to .apk for it to work appropriately. This will happen on web servers which do not have a MIME-TYPE mapping setting for .apk files so it will fall back to .zip because of its similarities. The web server administrator will have to make the appropriate changes to the MIME mappings to be more consistent for the different browser clients.
[Android Head-Units] cretu_24:
Thanks for your info. Next time i will make an archive with apk file inside.

Cheers!
[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Big thanks for that one !

I too don't mind the 2.3 OS, but the too-small-to-be-useful location and size of the RDS data was incomprehensable.

A BIG thank you, sir.
[Android Head-Units] taly:
preset list

Hi great great work the small RDS display was one of the things that bugged me about the radio, do you think it would be possible

to have the names instead of frequency in the preset list

thanks
[Android Head-Units] DSGVW:
Need some expert advice..

Upgraded my S150 to 4.0.3 and has too many problems for my liking. Went back to 2.3.4 with the firmware from Allen for my device and I had to use the boot loader to downgrade to get the files to load at all.

Every time I install firmware the radio freezes at the beeping stage and it beeps endlessly. I wait 5 mins and then force reset and all is fine. BUT, if I leave the GPS card in (after deleting firmware and boot loader) while booting my unit it goes into a brief boot sequence and deletes all saved user data and starts me fresh with a touchscreen calibration too. If I leave the GPS card out everything starts normally.

My guess is there is some boot file left over on the system itself. Can anyone point me in the right direction to remove it? I only have problems if I leave the gps sd card in while booting. If I leave it out everything starts and runs fine so it's just recognizing there is a card in and thinks it needs to boot from it for whatever reason. There are NO boot files or anything on the GPS card hat should cause this. Just igo primo map files in fact. And I formatted it after the boot loader file so that's not hiding in there.

Any suggestions????
[Android Head-Units] bypo:
Please stop this war!

Allen is writing his opinions here and he is helping so much, as many other members in this thread.

(You too!)

I remember to everyone that this thread has been created to help everyone with S150 (and S100) devices.

So, don't go off-topic.
[Android Head-Units] np27np27:
Yes I agree, let's carry on with trying to improve our car units, keep the moaning for another thread!
[Android Head-Units] arashkhaan:
Hi , I have S100- C209 (santa fe ix45 2014) I'm looking for updated firmware I know I can find it in CarDCT but I can't log in ! anybody can help me pleaseeeee !!!!
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
There is no war, bypo. As you so elegantly quoted part of my response, I have no ill will towards Allen for helping people in regards to the S150 and S100 devices. In fact, I do appreciate and have thanked him taking the time to help members of our community. However, I will not turn a blind eye to false allegations which will mislead the community into thinking that the available Cortex-A9 head units have both Window CE and Android. It is simply not true.

There are no hybrid head units with a Cortex-A9 processor. So, this "opinion" is based on pure fiction. There is simply no evidence anywhere that points out that any hybrid head unit has an A9 processor. I have reviewed many of the Android Head Units both "pure" and hybrid with WinCE. And, every single hybrid had one thing in common, that is a Cortex-A8 or lower grade processor.

All I have asked is for him to simply refrain from posting any sort of negative generalizations for other products and to concentrate on the positive aspects of S100/S150. I have even assisted him in pointing out actual Cortex-A9 head units for him to evaluate since he was interested in advance products and asked for more information.
[Android Head-Units] plic157:
Hello guys

it would be useful to know if there is an emulator of the fw to install on our PCs.

Given that the FW for Android S100/150 seem to work well, it would be ideal to redesign the GUI on the home screen.

Some ideas might be to have interactive widgets for:

- Radio (radio station name and frequency)

- Mp3 player (song title and time)

........

Some help / idea on this?
[Android Head-Units] TvBIFI:
Do You really deleted the Boot-Partition from SD ?

I think its still there and thats why it starts to Bootloader Mode

Delete it with SDFlasher
[Android Head-Units] DSGVW:
I tried this with no success! I swore that would be the problem as I could not "see" the bootloader file but it would kick the unit into firmware upgrade mode.

This still is a mystery, maybe I'll try a different card just to see.

I did fix my issue regardless as apparently you can just load iGO Primo files directly on the hard drive and bypass the SD card all together. Now NAV works AND much faster than before AND I can just leave my GPS card out for the time being until I get this figured out.

Thanks for the advice!
[Android Head-Units] TvBIFI:
Start SDFlasher

Scan for your SDCard

Choose your SDCard

hit Reformat

Done !
[Android Head-Units] DSGVW:
no I mean I tried reformating it with sd-flasher and I still get the unit popping into firmware boot restore mode. I found some SD formatting program that claims to wipe and rewrite the card and kill partitions.. we'll see if that works.
[Android Head-Units] Gassi2106:
I use h2format to erase my sdcard after flashing. This tool is freeware and is easy To use

Gesendet von meinem HUAWEI U9508 mit Tapatalk
[Android Head-Units] np27np27:
Hi,

Can you please give us the steps to how you did this? I'd like to try :P
[Android Head-Units] DSGVW:
Simple, if you use ES FileExplorer just browse to your hard drive adn you will see "sdcard" folder there. That folder then leads to another "sdcard" folder in which the second one is your actual SD card files would be. If you simply install the "iGO" folder into the root of the first "sdcard" folder, I installed iGO Primo and it just recognized this folder without even choosing it in the NAVI settings option. Works nice and fast too!

Good luck!
[Android Head-Units] stief:
You can just use the windows diskmanager. If you look at your sdcard with windows diskmanager you'll see that there is still an extra partition on your sd

Too totally clean de sd I use diskpart.exe that is already on every windows computer.

Run disk part.exe

Then the following commando's

- List disk

(Remember the nr of your sd)

- select disk <disknr>

- clear

- exit

That's it.

You'll need to repartition and format your sd after that.
[Android Head-Units] donaldta:
Quick question. While you suggest to 'install the "iGO" folder', do you actually mean copy the folder? or is there some option in ES File Explorer to install folders?