[Android Head-Units] AhmedKhalifa:
upgrade of firmware for Mstar Cedric3 full AOSP 4.1 Jelly bean to 4.4 Kitkat

Hi Developers and friends ,

I bought a car android DVD from a distributor in Egypt I have no experience in android devices and found out later on it runs android 4.1.1 with an old user interface I would like to upgrade it to Kitkat 4.4.4 and install a new interface but have no idea how to the distributor says it is not up gradable so I decided to consult you guys to tell me what to do and is it possible to upgrade the device I managed to get the specs which is very similar to this device

General Specifications

Manufacturer	MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

Model	Full AOSP on MStar Cedric3

Android version	4.1.1; V1.0.1.0; SDK16

CPU	2 cores; ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l) cedric

Display	1024 x 600; DPI: 160; Evaluated Size: 7.4"

Touch screen	Multitouch 5 points

GPU	Mali-400 MP; ARM; OpenGL ES-CM 1.1; OpenGL ES 2.0

RAM	1024 MB (1014 MB available)

Flash	16 GB Build-in (14.676 GB actual); 8 GB (7.455 GB actual)

Communications

Phone	None

WiFi	ntfs_3g

USB Host	Yes

Bluetooth	no

GPS	No

Advanced Features

Front camera	Photo: 2.1 MP; Max: 1920x1080; Video: 2.1 MP; Max: 1920x1080; Focus: auto; Flash modes: auto

Back camera	Photo: 0.9 MP; Max size: 1280x720; Video: 0.9 MP; Max: 1280x720; Focus: auto; Flash modes: auto

Vibrator	No

Supported languages	47; Afrikaans; Amharic; Arabic; Belarusian; Bulgarian; Catalan; Czech; Danish; German; Greek; English; Spanish; Estonian; Persian; Finnish; Filipino; French; Hebrew; Hindi; Croatian; Hungarian; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Lithuanian; Latvian; Malay; Norwegian; Dutch; Polish; Pashto; Portuguese; Romansh; Romanian; Russian; Slovak; Slovenian; Serbian; Swedish; Swahili; Thai; Turkish; Ukrainian; Vietnamese; Chinese; Zulu

Battery	Technology: null; Voltage: 0

Owner's comment:	Breton Car AVN

KERNEL: Linux version 3.4.5 (john@john) (gcc version 4.7.3 20130328 (prerelease) (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.7-2013.04-20130415 - Linaro GCC 2013.04) ) #609 SMP Wed Apr 23 14:08:14 CST 2014

CODENAME: REL

Mainboard: unknown

BRAND: Mstar

CPU_ABI: armeabi-v7a

CPU_ABI2: armeabi

DEVICE: mstarcedric3

DISPLAY: full_mstarcedric3-userdebug 4.1.1 JRO03C V1.0.1.0 test-keys

FINGERPRINT: Mstar/full_mstarcedric3/mstarcedric3:4.1.1/JRO03C/V1.0.1.0:userdebug/test-keys

HARDWARE: cedric

ID: JRO03C

TAGS: test-keys

Processor	: ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)

processor	: 0

BogoMIPS	: 1790.77

processor	: 1

BogoMIPS	: 1784.21

Features	: swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls

CPU implementer	: 0x41

CPU architecture: 7

CPU variant	: 0x3

CPU part	: 0xc09

CPU revision	: 0

Hardware	: cedric

Revision	: 0000

Serial	: 0000000000000000

GL_EXT_debug_marker

GL_OES_texture_npot

GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture

GL_OES_standard_derivatives

GL_OES_EGL_image

GL_OES_depth24

GL_ARM_rgba8

GL_ARM_mali_shader_binary

GL_OES_depth_texture

GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil

GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888

GL_EXT_blend_minmax

GL_OES_EGL_image_external

GL_OES_EGL_sync

GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8

GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture

GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer

GL_OES_get_program_binary

GL_ARM_mali_program_binary

GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod

GL_EXT_robustness

# begin build properties

# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh

ro.build.id=JRO03C

ro.build.display.id=full_mstarcedric3-userdebug 4.1.1 JRO03C V1.0.1.0 test-keys

ro.build.version.incremental=V1.0.1.0

ro.build.version.sdk=16

ro.build.version.codename=REL

ro.build.version.release=4.1.1

ro.build.date=2014年 02月 09日 星期日 11:25:17 CST

ro.build.date.utc=1391916317

ro.build.type=userdebug

ro.build.user=john

ro.build.host=john

ro.build.tags=test-keys

ro.product.model=Full AOSP on MStar Cedric3

ro.product.brand=Mstar

ro.product.name=full_mstarcedric3

ro.product.device=mstarcedric3

ro.product.board=

ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a

ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi

ro.product.manufacturer=MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

ro.product.locale.language=en

ro.product.locale.region=US

ro.wifi.channels=

ro.board.platform=cedric

# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device

ro.build.product=mstarcedric3

# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint

ro.build.description=full_mstarcedric3-userdebug 4.1.1 JRO03C V1.0.1.0 test-keys

ro.build.fingerprint=Mstar/full_mstarcedric3/mstarcedric3:4.1.1/JRO03C/V1.0.1.0:userdebug/test-keys

ro.build.characteristics=nosdcard

# end build properties

ms.mstplayer=1

ms.mstplayer.logless=1

hw.ms.display.destination=3

hw.ms.sc1_sync_sc0=1

hw.ms.hdmitx_timing=480_60P

hw.ms.hdmitx_color=YUV

ro.ms.System.bDualScreen=true

debug.sf.electron_frames=1

ms.subchannel.audio=1

hw.ms.sytem.audio=0

persist.service.adb.enable=0

#

# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES

#

ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy

ro.config.ringtone=Ring_Synth_04.ogg

ro.config.notification_sound=pixiedust.ogg

ro.carrier=unknown

ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg

ro.sf.lcd_density=160

qemu.sf.lcd_density=160

dalvik.vm.heapsize=128m

ro.opengles.version=131072

mstar.mstplayer.bd=1

wifi.interface=wlan0

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15

dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold=500

net.bt.name=Android

dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

8188eu 581869 0 - Live 0x00000000

ntfs_3g 186713 0 - Live 0x00000000 (O)

mali 94915 18 - Live 0x00000000 (O)

ump 26175 25 mali, Live 0x00000000 (O)

RAM: 1024 MB (1014 MB available)

System RAM: 1014.000MB

Flash: 16 GB Build-in (14.676 GB actual); 8 GB (7.455 GB actual)

mmcblk0: 14.676 GB

sda: 7.455 GB

can anyone help me please.