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[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
I lodaded 1.3.4 onto my dev box and took it out when I went to dinner. No RDS.

there is a RadioJNI app that has some settings to experiment with RDS, but I couldn't get it to do anything on my short drive.

as a little FYI, Summer had reached out to Bokomaru, [MENTION=6472486]leonkernan[/MENTION], and myself with an offer to share the source if we could fix RDS for them. Of course we advised we would. Conversation died down after that, but we got word they would offer some type of API to access RDS. I think this is an attempt to do this. My best guess is that the have the RDS stream coming from the MCU into the kernel, but don't know how to decode it.

My fear is that rather than actually giving us source, they want to provide some type of API that we can use to get the stream, and then we have to decode it. I can only hope that one day they realize if they really want us to help with their product, they need to share all the low level code.
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
Wow thats unfortunate. I pop over here to see how ready the headunit is and things like this make me really apprehensive about buying. Have you tried asking your CC company to void the charge?

Seems Newsmy has a new unit but it doesn't seem the long boot time has improved. Pretty much a dealbreaker for me until it has a normal startup time for a headunit :x Anyone know of an alternative? I might just suck it up and buy a 4100nex for like 2x the cost.
[Android Head-Units] leonkernan:
It doesn't have working RDS.

The radio app has not been changed at all and the RDS code is in a separate test app that won't actually work for anyone.
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
I thumbs upped your post by mistake

I meant to quote and say this..... And I don't mean to be a jerk but:

If you actually read through the posts, there is great work being done for this device and it makes absolutely no sense for you to come in here not being an owner or have first hand experience with the device and request alternatives. There have been very few mentions of hardware issues and even in those situations we have no way of knowing if they truely exist or if there was an issue with the install or wiring. From the get go, we are installing an aftermarket device which is probably purched from overseas, and then expecting absolutely perfect compatibility? Not to say there aren't occasional defects but seriously, people have become too spoiled by what I call the Walmart Mentality.

On top of it, mostly everyone in here is installing non factory software, which is very well done, but your device never was and never will be an iPhone with an Apple Store down the street. So have realistic expectations to begin with and take ownership for your decisions to go messing around with hardware/software.

Sorry about the rant.... I just can't for the life of me understand why people who don't take the time to learn to dev or become familiar with hardware expect to throw money at something and not take responsibility for the outcomes they may encounter.

You'd get about 50 to 1 odds of someone in these groups recommending this device over alternatives. If that's leaving you feeling "buyer beware" than you should spend your money at a local install shop and let them sell you something in stock that they'll warranty.

My device has worked almost perfectly, and when there's been an issue, I read and research. And when I'm lazy :) or can't find an answer I ask for help. My issues have been few and far apart and they were resolved by me having a proper expectation that I purchased something from overseas without any previous knowledge of manufacturing quality, I did not anticipate much customer service from a Chinese company(I'm in the US of A) and I planned on driving this thing as hard as I could software wise and could potentially break it the day I got it and installed a custom ROM on it.

I'm sorry to those who have actually had legitimate hardware failures or manufacturing problems. But expect minimaly and you'll be incredibly pleased with anything more. If you can't afford to gamble with customizations, you should leave things stock.
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
I'm in the process of uploading a video of my NU3001 in action. Sort of a video demo showing my configuration. Had a few requests from friends and family.

Will post link when it finishes

---------- Post added at 01:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 PM ----------

https://youtu.be/b5CIGy7Yeq4

I am horrible at explaining things most of the time but I tried my best. Just a 27 minute walkthrough of the features of the NU3001 and some of my additional tweaks to make things the way I like em. No endorsements of any of the apps.... Except full credits due to TeamBlackOut from XDA for any of the themed Google apps you'll see. All other credits to the respective devs of the xposed modules. All I did was install and set things up. Wiki for potential buyers seeking a hand on experience?
[Android Head-Units] zanix:
Posted a link in the video section of the wiki. Thanks!
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
Wow what a hostile post. Who made you the police of the forums? Your cute little "sorry" doesn't cut how unwelcoming and rude you are. Your stance is entirely anti-consumer. No one should have to research and do "extra" work to make a product working. This unit is sold as a functional consumer product, not a development box. I doubt you will get similar complaints about something like the jetson because (surprise!) its suppose to be someone you tinker with. I fail to see how the fact that it comes from overseas excuses it from being a competent product. People should have realistic expectations but that does not mean zero. Who the hell expects perfect compatibility? Not even brand name head units claim that. Also expect the minimal? Are you kidding me? Seems like you have the walmart mentality. I hope you understand why your "rant" sounds rather trollish.

Throwing money at something that a person does not want to learn or work with hands on is literally the way to deal with it. Know your local mechanic? Gee, I wonder how he stays in business. Unless everyone is having catastrophic failures on their cars, I'd imagine there are quite a lot of tasks that someone pays him to do. Your arguments are weak and unsubstantiated and your opinions are not even grounded in reality.

The fact that someone got treated poorly and sent a defective unit is of concern. You are certainly free to dismiss and blow it off. I simply made a note of it. Last time I checked, I am not breaking any rules by doing so.

Please tell me why I don't deserve to post here with an actual rational argument that has evidence supporting it. Otherwise you're just blowing smoke.

Given the difficulties I have seen people observe with this unit, I'm still on the fence. I don't think I even gave the indication that I'm adverse to messing around with a head unit. The #1 blocking factor for me right now is the fact that boot up takes 30 seconds in a use case where 5-7 seconds is thought of as slow. I'm still debating how much that would impact me and alas, my local shop does not have a demo car with an android head unit installed.
[Android Head-Units] Dream Reality Syndrome:
Isn't this a developer forum?
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
A good point if we were talking about specific issues. However, would you claim that the many phones on here require you to be a developer to get working? Blanket statements are dangerous. Just because you can develop and mess around with something does not mean that someone HAS to do that to get a working/functional product.
[Android Head-Units] Dream Reality Syndrome:
True. So wouldn't one communicate their product troubles with the company that produced that product?
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
Yes, in fact you can browse xda and see many people who did exactly that.

Forgive me if I'm reading too much into this but uh, what was the point of the question? I'd imagine if you own an android phone, you can see quite a lot of people who talk about their product's (s'?) issue on xda.
[Android Head-Units] Dream Reality Syndrome:
Just clarifying what the "process" might be concerning consumer affairs and why a previous post might be perceived as "hostile" on a developer forum.
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
Dude the guy who posted recently about a defective device was told by the manufacturer to send the device back and they would replace. He would have to pay shipping cost and and customs fees. He is not willing to do that. He did not receive poor customer service in any way. If you tested something in your garage, and it left your property as a fully functional device, and then mailed it halfway across the world and got told that it didn't work.... You would just erase your profit margin and end up losing money on the transaction without being able to confirm the condition of the device before replacing the device and taking on the additional expense of shipping which you hadn't originally been responsible for?

The outcome for that man sucks. Defective. But he had the purchasing power from the get go and assumed the risk. His own fault if he didn't consider what might happen if something went not as planned. And I don't blame Newsmy one bit for the route they took in response. I have family in business with companies in China and first hand knowledge of their culture and business mentality. If you can't prove an accusation or claim, they will not bend over backwards to satisfy you. If you can? They do!

And your sir, basically walked into this thread as if it were a family owned coffee shop asking where you could find a Starbucks. I'm a senior member with a long list of participated threads and I've made contributions to the forums and a handful of projects that have benefited the XDA community. I know how to show respect to devs and members alike, and I am admittedly over annoyed by people such as yourself. I apologize, I should have kept my mouth shut and let you find your Starbucks on your own. I don't agree with you or your logic. Nuff said.

Now let's call it a day and make room for actual discussion of development to take place. Thanks for being part of XDA. I wish you well
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
What in the world... Do you read what you write? This has gotten to the point of comedic. I suppose "showing respect" means twisting the words of what other forum members say. Here is the post by kwalsh24.

Seems like he was send a replacement board that was defective to begin with. How can we trust he is telling the truth? Well I believe we give everyone the benefit of the doubt else we'd all assume everyone is lying through their teeth. After that he would have to send it back to get it fixed and given the cost of shipping, I don't blame the guy for not doing so. You make it sounds like it was a perfectly functioning product that broke because he did something to it. Interesting that the Newsmy send him a replacement board then, guess they get an A+ on warranty coverage if a customer can screw up his own product and get warranty parts... Not sure what he has to prove if the product doesn't work. Damage during transit would still be on the seller to fix unless there is some provision on the sale that makes it the buyer's fault.

A company who sells products internationally needs to have a workable warranty logistics. We all took intro to business so yeah one reason the chinese firms can keep costs down is having warranty offerings such as Newsmy which makes it potentially prohibitively expensive to use. If you read my post, I don't call Newsmy a monster for it's customer service practices. Its expected and we all know it. Should we just roll over on it? No, which is why I recommended kwalsh24 to contact his CC company. I did take exception to your little outburst because you somehow want to claim that by virtue of this product's origins, we should have the lowest expectations possible and suck it up. Seems odd to be so exclusive.

I would be perfectly happy configuring one of these units but the long boot up (which I have asked about in the past) is something I am apprehensive about so I'm curious if there was another offering that had faster start up times. This was all covered in my response to kwalsh24. So pray tell, what's up with the Starbucks analogy. The time to make a coffee between a family shop and Starbucks is not a big difference. I've been to both and I don't think I waited more than 3 min (just for me) for them to give it to me. If anything, it's like me disliking how slow the service is at one restaurant and asking if there was a similar one with faster service. Also if you got poisoned at one of the shops, you should not feel bad about filing a lawsuit even if the health report of the family one is low. We can play find the metaphor all day but I really don't understand the aggression you have towards me. Unless you get annoying by anyone asking anything, I fail to see how a rational person could perceive what I said to be what you are implying.

You don't get to just say "nuff said" when you falsely accuse someone of intentions or actions that have nothing to do with the truth.
[Android Head-Units] Kasush:
The only flaw in your argument is the fact that kwalsh24 accepted the shipment. The item should have been inspected and if it looked used the delivery should have been rejected with the reason given. He then would not have to pay the return shipping. All shipping companies will tell you this as well.
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
Not true. Just because it was not doa does not excuse the seller. A component could become damaged but not fully break down until later. In addition, how does someone know if a head unit has issues until you actually try using it. Not everyone has the technical know how but it the screen goes out the obviously something is wrong. In addition, why would a person open the circuity of the head unit during inspection. Sounds like a good way to void a warranty normally and is not what I would imagine the accepted norm. Again I have not bought from Newsmy nor anything from Aliexpress that would require me to inspect the internals like this so maybe I am wrong and they require the customer to thoroughly inspect for damage upon receiving the order.
[Android Head-Units] Kasush:
I was referring to the replacement board he received under warranty. It was a single board and he stated that it looked used when he received it.

Obviously you wouldn't open a unit to inspect the internals. You would inspect the packaging and the visible condition of a unit and accept or reject delivery accordingly.
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
Ah, I see. Sorry for misunderstand. I think the issue was he needed to send his carpad unit over for repair, not just the board. You do bring up a good point. If it looks damaged he should have refused delivery of the motherboard. The one issue I can see is ( at least in my neighborhood) unless your order is over 1k, the delivery guy just drops it off. Although even if he did not refuse delivery, I think he is still eligible for the warranty given the part was sent to him faulty.

Unrelated: I've now spend around 2 hours looking at android head units and it seems Newsmy has the best unit available (with the possible exception of the bluetooth/radio). Only thing to do now is try simulating not having a head unit for 40 or so seconds and see how I find it >.<
[Android Head-Units] ElfinJNoty:
You continue to bounce all over the place and miss some very important points....

kwalsh24 purchased his device from a third party. He did not buy directly from Newsmy and was not entitled to any customer support. He then opened up his device which voids any warranty, which he never had to begin with.

He chose to purchase(as he's stated) a replacement part, and then was not satisfied with the condition. Complained again to an already accommodating representative of the company(Summer) and she said sorry, I can't help you anymore unless you send us the device.... We can't fix something blindly.

(PARAPHRASING so you don't try and pick apart comments you obviously don't understand). That's all I have to say about Mr. kwalsh's circumstances.

You have stated that your reason, aside from the above which you seemingly don't understand 1 bit, for not purchasing one of these head units is because of boot up time. If you'd read as expected before posting, you'd realize that the device has a programmable "low power state" which can be set up to 24 hours so that the device does not need to do a full boot wverytime you start your car. If you go a full day without starting the car, you will have to wait a full minute for it. Otherwise, you turn the key and the device wakes up exactly where it left off. Some don't set a full 24 hr low power state for concern about battery drain. Some do. Its preference. But your point or main complaint is invalid. And that setting can be done straight out of the box with the proper current factory software. No custom ROM required.

Nobody is liking any of your comments or agreeing with anything you are saying. And all you've done is prove my point.... You are being disrespectful to this community with your continued comments that offer nothing in regards to use of the device, development for it, or discussion related to the software developed for it. I'm going to contact a moderator and ask that you stop mentioning my name in your comments. I have tried to be informative and have apologized for the comment I made which attacked you for contributing nothing and pointing out that your request for alternative devices was not appropriate. Again, I hope you find a device of your liking and encourage you to ask about other alternative android head unit devices in the their respective threads or other websites. Please do not ask about them anymore in here.... Regardless of what else you say, I've made my point and I am done. I wish you well. Take care
[Android Head-Units] Soul0Reaper:
I own a hybrid vehicle, therefore it is undesirable for me to risk having my starter battery die because I extended the head unit standby time. While the wiki (yes I did read it..., so kindly stop assuming everything again) said that power drawn was quite low I would like not to be caught flat footed to risk doing so. A time sensitive matter where it died cause quite a bit of panic. Now instead of jumper cables I have one of those fancy battery packs that can start the car but I still err on the side of caution. You could have pointed it out without your posturing but instead you choose to attack me. I would have been happy to explain why I had concerns about the long bootup. AFAIK this thread is not a development only thread and is a place where people can ask questions. If it was changed to one then I will gladly take the blame and apologize for asking an irrelevant question.

While your continued assumptions make this amusing I must admit I did not read everything that happened to kwalsh24. Based on his latest post, I simply suggested that he take the issue up with his CC company. If he indeed did buy from a third party, it seems the warranty is still intact if he could send the unit back for warranty repairs. The fact that the motherboard he bought (versus given) was actually damaged upon arrival was most unfortunate.

You did not apologize but merely disguised another hostile reaction to me (+bonus unfounded accusations) with dressings of an apology. Give me an actual rational reason how I've somehow wronged you and I will gladly admit fault.
[Android Head-Units] Kasush:
I understand your concerns about increasing the standby time, but consider this, most tablets can sit with the screen off and WiFi and Bluetooth on for two days or more on a comparatively tiny battery to the one in your car. The only thing sleeping is the android box/board depending on NU/NR model purchased. I would be confident that you could set the standby time to 24 hours without ever having a bad experience, but it is ultimately your decision.
[Android Head-Units] bas-r:
Could anyone be so kind to upload the standard 1.3.4 to Mega?

I cannot get it from baidu and I need to original to change the DPI to 240dpi, as my eyes cannot handle the smaller icons :)
[Android Head-Units] htc-rocks:
With regards to the long boot up time of the head unit... I experimented with having the unit stay in standby for 24 hrs but have actually just gone back to it just turning off immediately. I am a bit paranoid about my car battery going flat after I realized that the unit continued to power my usb camera when in standby (LED stays lit and dailyroad video carried on recording!).

Anyway, I've actually got pretty used to the ~30sec boot time. Its worth bearing in mind that the radio actually starts playing before the android part of the unit is fully booted (as long as the radio was playing when the unit was turned off). Obviously you cant control or change station but at least you aren't sitting in silence. I've not actually timed how long it takes for music to start playing from the keys being turned but its not much over 10-15sec.

If the clever devs on here could modify the code so that I was certain that the unit was only drawing the bear minimum amount of power when in standby (all apps closed, all external devices un-mounted etc) then i'd be happy to keep the device in standby for 24hrs - but I've quickly got used to the slow start up.
[Android Head-Units] zeroprobe:
I'll sort it.
[Android Head-Units] [Bob]:
** Call Quality **

I've searched for these two words a couple of times on the thread but it doesn't seem anyone is complaining. People have been telling me that they hear a buzzing sound when I speak, similar to what you would get when you set your phone next to a pair of unshielded speakers. So I have two questions:

1. Could this be because of a faulty microphone ? Has anyone else experienced this ? Any fixes ?

2. I've purchased a usb sound card and a standard microphone. Call quality is excellent on Facebook Call. Is there any way I can make use of it on a standard call ?
[Android Head-Units] zeroprobe:
MCU v101 Test is out. Seems to be RDS related.

https://mega.nz/#!qNMhDYgK!zfb1wG85rX_x0t692uBIvqm9guTw7CPQ9DclyBRKgHE
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
What repo did you find this from? It's not showing on any of the devs that I watch.
[Android Head-Units] zeroprobe:
This is where the updates seem to go first.

http://yun.baidu.com/share/home?uk=2703960092#category/type=0
[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Yea, I know about that one. I didn't see the MCU update as he added it to the 1.3.4 folder and not the main directory. Those files were not in there when he first pushed 1.3.4

My morning routine involves drinking coffee and browsing about 4 Newsmy Dev sites looking for updates (and source code leaks). I'm on the case for you guys 24/7. (well that, and I like my morning coffee).
[Android Head-Units] mureren71:
We're in good hands it seems :)

Thank you for all your work with this, and a merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!
[Android Head-Units] rendl:
Reproducible bug Radio Volume. I narrowed my issue down and can 100% reproduce it (had it in xDauto C2 and same in D it seems). While radio is on (Volume normal) then switch the device off without prior closing radio app, then switch device back on within standby period or instantly, then the radio volume output is only 1/4 or maybe 1/5 of regular volume. The volume bar displays normal level, but the output is kind of diminished. Sure you can increase volume bar to max and output will be somehow higher, but not enough to listen to radio well.

To remedy the symptom it is good enough to change into any audio app like Poweramp, or TomTomGo then the radio volume will be back normal. Or I close radio app and restart.

Can anybody confirm this please, or if not a guess how to solve? I already reset the radio app with no success. Thanks to this great team here and merry X-mas.
[Android Head-Units] ferdinandpc:
Hi, I changed the bootanimation and now only show the animation image. I can off the screen and look like it start ok, i can call, start radio but only show the boot image. How can I reset? My model is the NR-3001 and the pc doesn't found it...