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[Android General] TransAmMan:
I purchased one of the 5.1.1 units with the 10.1" screen. There are some nice updates. The biggest one is the screen dimmer. The screen will actually dim now when you turn your headlights on. Also the steering wheel controls can be programmed with both short and long presses so you no longer have to root for that ability. Bluetooth calling has changed. In the 4.4.4 units, the caller plays through all speakers, now they only play through the passenger speaker (must be for right hand drive Europe cars). The main benefit is before callers would complain to me they can hear themselves echo but not anymore. The media player has a nice skin now but I still prefer PowerAmp. I really wish the stock media player would have the ability to sort by artist, and not just music album name.

Some downsides.....

The unit seems slower. If I launch Google Maps and have a music player going, it really seems to drag the system down. I think it's a RAM issue. I only have basic apps installed.....Pandora, IheartRadio, Amazon Music, Weather channel, Torque and I only have 220MB of free RAM. I also have the Joying 7" 4.4.4 unit and a 10.1" 4.4.4 unit in other cars and both of them have the exact same apps installed but have around 400MB of free RAM. Must be the 5.1.1 software taking up more resources. My 4.4.4 radios feel lightning fast compared to it.

I have no idea if it can be rooted yet but I hope someone can figure it out in the future because I'm up for it.
[Android General] sterod:
Yeah, I just got mine too. This posts suggests the following to root it, (I'm citrus in the post) but it seems to be incomplete, I think more steps are needed. Also the 2GB storage partition is killing me. We need the original firmware IMG file to unpack it and resize the partitions then reflash.

http://www.forum.carjoying.com/thread-15-post-106.html#pid106
[Android General] TransAmMan:
I read the post and seems super easy but like you said, not complete. I don't know a ton about rooting, only did it once to a Samsung S4 phone with towelroot. Does 'superuser' maybe need to be installed or did you try that already?
[Android General] JEMShoe:
I'd rather keep 4.4.4 on my Joying and add just these two features. Hopefully someone can extract this and add it to the rooted ROM.
[Android General] TransAmMan:
I'm going to hold on to my 5.1.1 and see if rooting it is possible. If not, I may pull it and go back to 4.4.4. I really want some type of offline GPS navigation app. IGO is not compatible with the 5.1.1. I tried using the one from joying and I get a message "not compatible with 1200x528. Sygic actuall installed on it since it doesn't work on the 4.4.4 but after installation the radio ran ridiculously slow. I'd hit the 'home' button and it would sit there for 15 seconds. Uninstalling it didn't work either, I had to do a factory reset. I also found a bug in the reverse camera. Works fine on cold boot but if you have a shut down timer and use your car in the timer period, the rear camera will not activate, you just get a no signal warning.
[Android General] vwgti18:
Is there subwoofer control on these deck? I cant seem to find it...
[Android General] superbman:
probably a dumb question but I can't figure this one out.

I'm out of space in the main drive but have heaps of room in my sd card. Despite installing everything on the card, I can't update my apps because the main drive partition is only 1gb and has maybe 200mb left.

Can anyone help?
[Android General] TransAmMan:
No, there isn't any type of subwoofer control on it unfortunately.

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Since the RAM is pretty limited you have to really pick and choose what apps to install. You can try and manually disable some apps or shut them down then try to update. If that doesn't work you might have to uninstall an app or two. I really wish it had 2GB of RAM.
[Android General] superbman:
Thanks for that. No way to virtually increase the partition across the sd card?
[Android General] TransAmMan:
Eventually someone will figure out how to root the 5.1.1 and we should be able to repartition to 2gb of RAM. In the mean time, I haven't tried it yet but I know on android phones you can install apps to run off the SD card. It might be possible to do with these. I'll look at mine tomorrow.
[Android General] SurferJon:
Has anyone been able to use Tasker or some other method to automatically adjust the brightness during day/night?

Also do you guys have recommendations for an app that will automatically record the camera DVR without having to launch something or hit a button?

And also an app that reads notifications aloud and allows you to reply with your voice?
[Android General] morriseod:
Need some advice from someone who speaks english....

TransAmMan,

I purchased the joying JY-TN138, 8" 4.4.4 for my Tacoma. I like having access to google, google maps, and pandora in the dash. I use my phone as a hotspot so I am always connected.

However, I am not happy with the JOYING technical support. The emails are broken english and make no sense, my biggest issue is I CAN NOT get sound out of the rear speakers. The app for speaker control (where you can slide to dot to focus sound at a specific point) has to be slightly in front of middle or behind middle. If it is directly in the center, there is NO sound. If its forward or rear of center, the sound comes out of the front speakers. It's crazy.

the point is I want to get root access so i can utilize some better apps I have read about, like the ones you mentioned. Joying is completely advising against it and even if they wanted to help, I wouldn't understand them.

So, my questions are: did you root the 4.4.4 Head unit, if so, were you able to keep the joying functionality (the interface with the steering wheel controls, the screen buttons lighting up when the headlights come on, etc....)

If you were able to root this, can you point me in the right direction for an appropriate file? I found this website:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2660662 and i feel like i can follow the instructions

and this one for pre rooted images:

http://huifei.fs-fileserver.de/content/firmware/

Here is a link to a pic of my system info:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9umEt2musrnVWlTRnNwU3hzWlk/view?usp=sharing

Thanks for any insight you have
[Android General] TransAmMan:
Actually since my original post I've also bought two of the 8" 4.4.4 units. I love the new software on them so I have not rooted it. I have noticed a little strangeness with the speaker control but not as bad as you are experiencing. I have a subwoofer hooked up so when I move the speaker control all the way to the front speakers, the subwoofer increases in volume as well. I've hooked mine up originally with the speaker output wires through the factory wiring but just recently installed a 5 channel Rockford Fosgate amplifier and ran RCA cables. The sound quality is incredibly better but that's most likely due to the fact that my stock Trans Am Amplifier from 2000 isn't the best to begin with.

The only real software flaw I've found is if I turn my car off before my headlights, the lights on the car radio will stay on forever. Sort of annoying but easily fixed by just turning my headlights off first before shutting my car off.

I don't know if our units will get anything in the way of a firmware upgrade either since they are sort of hybrid units. I'm a follower of Joying and have had many radios. They recently just went through a series of upgrades and merged them all together in the newest line.

Originally 4.4.4 with 1GB ram, 1.6ghz processor and old firmware - I had 2 of these and they worked great

They came out with 5.1.1 with 1GB ram, 1.6ghz processor and old firmware - I had one of these....extremely slow response, it sucked

4.4.4 units with 1GB ram 1.8ghz processor and new firmware - the 8" units we have....extremely short lived. They only sold them for a couple months

5.1.1 units with 1GB ram, 1.8 ghz processor and new firmware - never had one

Finally the 5.1.1 units with 2GB of RAM, 1.8ghz processor, and new firmware. I'll probably be swapping out to these units soon. I'm normally able to sell my old radios on Ebay and recoupe 75% of the cost of the new one. Switching to the new radio might solver your problem.

Since our 8" units are sort of the bastard child I doubt there will ever be rooting available for them either. I personally love mine as is. It's extremely fast and has never messed up on me. I also love the fact that it has a 48 hour hibernation mode and that you an actually skip tracks with steering wheel control buttons in apps.
[Android General] morriseod:
Sounds like you have some serious history with this company. Thanks for letting me pick your brain.

I think my rear speaker issue may be a function of the stock JBL amp that's in the tacoma. I'm not really a "stereo guy", but I'm an electronics guy. Looking at the tacoma stereo pinniut, there's only on R+R- and one L+ and L-, not one for front and back. I'm thinking that the split between front and rear is supposed to happen at the amp and right now it's not happening. I'm looking for a good stereo guy in my town (San Diego, in case you know one) to help me with the sound issues.

Are there some good apps you can recommend to really use the functionality? Problems I'm trying to over come:

Not being able to use he full functionality of the steering wheel controls. (I'd like to be able to program long pushes as well)

Dimming the screen at night. It dims a little when the headlights come on, but not enough.

The Bluetooth echo problem. I read that in lollipop, you can get sound out of only the driver door. I think that would solve my problem.

I haven't figured out how to play from an iPod plugged into USB.

The Bluetooth music player app sucks. Horrible sound quality.
[Android General] TransAmMan:
Yeah it sounds like it's just the stock Tacoma setup. There's probably not much you can do about that except for 2 things. Run fresh wires to the speakers directly from the Joying stereo or get a 4 channel amp and use RCA outputs. Install the amp close to the factory amp and just cut the wires and connect to the new amp.

For the brightness issue, you can go into display settings. Turn night time mode to zero. It's as dim as it goes but helps.

No way to do long press on steering wheel unless you root it. The joying 5.1.1 radios have the ability built in.

I never tried the IPod or bluetooth music. I tether my phone and use it as a wifi hot spot so the radio itself hooks up to Pandora, etc.

Call quality is pretty bad in this unit. I had the 4.4.4 7" with the old processor and it worked great but my wife hates when I call on the 4.4.4 8" unit.
[Android General] morriseod:
You have no idea how d pressed this post makes me.

I wired in a 4 channel RCA filter and an alternator power filter.

I need a stereo guy and an android guy to help me solve this problem.

Thanks for your time bro. If you're in San Diego between now and June, hit me up, I'll buy ya a beer.
[Android General] Fabri2io:
I have an application for changing the volume, which works perfectly on my Android phone but it does notting in the Joying unit; I have the Android 4.4.4 firmware. Does anybody know why? The application uses the AudioManager.setStreamVolume API with all possible "streams" but none of them seem to work.
[Android General] flash_xx:
Hi,

I have a joying 4.4.4 headunit. Previously I had internet using a usb dongle from one ISP. Our company switched ISP's and they no longer offer USB dongles, just WiFi modems. I can't use my old dongle because both carriers use different frequencies. The old dongle was a huawei, so I figured if I bought another Huawei with the correct frequencies it should work, but no joy. It works fine in Windows, but will not connect to android. I've already bought two different models and none of them work. The new ISP's frequency for LTE is 1700/2100. Does anyone know of a USB dongle that will auto connect to Android and use those frequencies? Or is there some misterious setup I haven't figured out. The old Huawei (huawei e3372) worked right out of the box, the new one (Huawei E397BU-501) will connect to Windows through software but not to Android.
[Android General] Dvalin21:
Sounds like the lack of a driver. Not sure on which one you could use. Try getting in contact with them via Facebook. They usually answer fairly quickly
[Android General] flash_xx:
Ok, I contacted them, let's see what they say. I put the dongle in Modem mode and windows recognizes it without the need to install the app that comes with the dongle. I've been playing withthe very limited options to see if I can get Android to recoognize it

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[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] donare:
Hi ,

If anyone saw my thread about the group buy so I hope one day we will be able to do it for many products such as this one ..

Till then I've bought it from Amazon like the rest of us :)

I must say I was skeptical but no doubt , the Montar by WinnerGear is really the best !!

[IMG="Galaxy S6 Edge Car Mount"]http://oi57.tinypic.com/4idcnr.jpg[/IMG]

Amazon links :

Amazon UK

Amazon US
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Lil B Rules All:
Looks good! What temperature does it get where you live? I get nervous about leaving stuff like this in my car in the summer cause it's 120F here in the summer and gets a lot hotter in a black car in a parking lot lol. I've had all kinds of plastics melt(ID covers, plastic cards etc..). I'd be worried that the plastic that attaches to the window would warp in the summer heat here..
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] devilsxcrunner15:
Very nice car mount. I'm picking up my edge today and I might be purchasing this soon! Now... is that a Silver edge..? I'm kinda disappointed that it isn't being offered in the US
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Jonbo298:
That'd a gold edge. The lighting is causing the color to look different.

Sent from my SM-G925V
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] devilsxcrunner15:
Ahh, I see it now. I just picked up a gold one yesterday and wow is it GORGEOUS
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Cr4z33:
What's wrong with buying just a Samsung car holder? :confused:

I have it since the Galaxy Note and is stable and working as intended.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] donare:
It's the Gold one .. probably just the lights made it look like the Silver
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] donare:
emm...not the same quality ?
[MX Player] whise1:
In new version 1.7.39 you can search for online subtitles using opensubtitles, but it only searches for the filename. If the filename is wrong or doesn't match (streams usually provide a random filename like: video.avi) it doesn't work.

So I request that it is made possible for the user to input the title of the subtitles it is searching.

This way it is possible to search for subtitles for video streams.

Hope it is possible. I think its fairly easy do develop such a tool. I am a developer too.

Best regards,
[MX Player] josuearisty:
Sounds good, it would be good to have also a way to enter a url of a subs database.
[MX Player] emacrack:
I'd love to have this feature too!! Like [MENTION=3393970]whise1[/MENTION] said, it would be great when using streams. Hope they can add this anytime soon. :fingers-crossed:
[MX Player] whise1:
This is now included in new beta 04-05-2015, thank you very much dev. :)
[Asus Padfone X and S] BerayekZ:
Did any one try to dock the infinity A86 2.2Ghz to the new padfone s station? Is it working or not ?

Because i have the infinity a86 but didn't find its original 10.1" station to buy in Amazon or ebay or any other site.
[Asus Padfone X and S] BerayekZ:
Did any one try that ?
[Asus Padfone X and S] fbogdann:
I can confirm that it is working with padfone x station. Little bit tight but with small adjustments of the rubber it will fit and work well. No stereo sound and no microfone while docked - phonecalls thru bluetooth headset only.
[Asus Padfone X and S] XDA Fred dev:
hello.

So, can a Padfone S works with a Infinity station ?

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Ulefon Be Touch 5.5" HD (Full Review) AnTuTu 48500, Touch ID, 3GB RAM, 64bit MTK6752

Update: Ulefone Be Touch (Hands-on & Unboxing) Android 5.0, 3GB RAM, MTK6752 Octa Core, Touch ID, 4G LTE

[YOUTUBE]ylN5KWPgQA0[/YOUTUBE]

Full review video, that also list all the pros & cons

[YOUTUBE]ZW_oBrjpDJ0[/YOUTUBE]

Live GPS Navigation Road Test

[YOUTUBE]6RBWPK3bt9Y[/YOUTUBE]

Camera Samples here https://plus.google.com/photos/100582382505207418108/albums/6151076928263387489

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The Ulefone Be Touch is going to hit the market around the 5/5 2015. It’s supposed to be the most powerful of the series! and Ulefone’s new flagship! Rumors says that it can score over 45.000 in Antutu which is pretty good.

Also the design should be very close to the iPhone 6 design, but we have to wait and see it in details when it is ready.

It comes with following specs:

Highlights

• 5.5inch IPS OGS capacitive screen, HD (2.5D Arc screen)

• Corning®*Gorilla®*Glass 3

• MTK6752 Octa Core, 1.7GHz GPU:Mali-T760

• 3GB RAM + 16GB ROM

• Metal Flame Design

• Android Lollipop out of the box? that is still not 100% confirmed!

• Dual SIM card dual standby, Micro sim and normal sim

• Dual Cameras, 5.0MP front camera, 13.0MP back camera with flashlight and auto focus

• Support FDD LTE/4G/3G/GPS/Wifi/Bluetooth/Miracast/smart wake

• Dimensions 158.1*77.4*8.60

• 2550 mAh battery, Quick charger

• Front Fingerprint Sensor , Unlock in 0.3-0.5s

• Networking: 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900

• 3G: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100MHz

• 4G: FDD-LTE 800/1800/2100/2600 MHz

Antutu Score

Pictures from http://s7yler.blogspot.com

Size comparison to other phones

(Be Touch - Note 3 - Umi Hammer - Mi4)

Pictures from Ulefone.com
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Update! now with Ulefone Be Touch (Hands-on & Unboxing) video in post #1
[Device Reviews and Information] hichaam:
Thanks for your great reviews, they help us to decide which smartphone is worth buying.

Please can you answer these two questions about this phone:

what can you say about the screen? it's comparable to 1080p screens of other brands?

And how is the battery life? I saw an article in the ulefone website about the battery life, do you think it's real?

thank you very much.
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
The screen is good, I don't see any noticeable difference from a 1080p on other China phones.

Regarding battery life I can't say so much yet. It always also depends on what you use (BT, GPS etc), and how much you use the phone during the day.
[Device Reviews and Information] hichaam:
Thank you very much, but please if you can make a geekbench battery test so that we can compare it with other smartphone it would be very helpfull.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Camera Sample

Here is some camera sample posted in ulefans.com.

http://www.ulefans.com/reviews/ulefone-be-touch-iphone6-plus-camera-comparison/
[Device Reviews and Information] Krystyna:
How can we root this device?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Anothoer Unboxing And Hands On Video. Looks very promising. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=543kAHxABVM [YOUTUBE]543kAHxABVM[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Have you recieved your phone?
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Gizchina has posted some benchmark score. http://www.gizchina.com/2015/05/18/ulefone-be-touch-benchmarks/
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
That AnTuTu score is not accurate, or he is using an engineering sample.

Here is the AnTuTu score from my Be Touch
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
I hope so. He has done the test after applying latest Ota. I have a question for you. You have posted some sample photos on another forum. On those pictures, edges are soft. I have downloaded one to check the exif data. The lens is F/2.8. But as far as I know, in the official spec it was F/2.2. Can you comment on this?
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
I guess the official specs are wrong then, or the info the camera gives is wrong. All the pictures with my Be Touch are with f/2.8 even after latest OTA.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
You can compare with your Jiayu s3 camera data. I am a bit disappointed now.
[Device Reviews and Information] Krystyna:
No, I have purchased this phone, wait two days can be received phone, here: http://www.pompmall.com/ulefone-be-touch.html
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Great [MENTION=5837440]Krystyna[/MENTION]. Do post a review here after getting it.

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Ulefone Be Touch vs Jiayu S3 from CooliCool Jody.[YOUTUBE]v4mFcvm5y70[/YOUTUBE]

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Ukefone Be Touch fast charging test. Looks good. [YOUTUBE]CqCPnzRtLvs[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] alresave:
Hi [MENTION=2105197]s7yler[/MENTION], I was wondering if you could check two things for me, I bought the Be Touch and while I wait for it, want to know as much as I can about it .

So,

Could you please check if there is an option to show the battery percentage on the status bar?

I saw on your video that on Settings there is an option to turn the device ON and OFF automatically, but I was wondering if you could please check that in the Sound setting are the standard Lollipop Interruptions control and if those are working correctly?

Thanks in advance
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
No you can not show the battery percentage on the status bar (only when you slide down the notification bar, it will show the percentage for the battery also). And yes in the Sound setting there are the standard Lollipop Interruptions controls available.
[Device Reviews and Information] alresave:
Thanks a lot, I hope my Be Touch arrives soon!! :fingers-crossed:
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Tear down Official Video.

Can anyone comments on the components used here if they are good or average quality?

[YOUTUBE]4gutVjqnRIQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] Maor545:
Do you know, how long it takes to ship the phone? I have not found any official shipping date and my order has not been shipped yet.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
Review comparing With Samsung S6. [YOUTUBE]uKDeoqYKcqQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] alresave:
Where did you buy it?

The shipping times depend on the store, in my case I bought it on coolicool and it took a week for them to send me a tracking number (that number still doesn't work for tracking, so I assume it just got ready for shipping and still has not been picked up by DHL).

I think the stores are sending the devices as they are getting them and delaying the delivery until they get more stock, because the demand seems to be high for this model, and given that many stores will be returning $15 if bought before May 31st (and doing a review of it), most of the possible buyers will try to get it before that deadline.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
another short review. HSAL7GlaHm4[YOUTUBE]HSAL7GlaHm4[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
First Written Review

Here is the first written review on XDA. http://xdaforums.com/android/general/review-ulefone-touch-5-5-ips-4g-64bits-t3116194#post60919329
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
Fine review but you should also mention the cons about the phone, not just all the pros. And prices and direct links to shops are stronly forbidden on XDA. If an admin see it they may delete your post, just saying.

Honestly the camera does seem to be a bit blurry in the corners. IMO the camera can not hold up to the one in the Jiayu S3. Regarding connectivity, WiFi is good but as soon your more than 10 meters away from the router, speed goes down pretty much. Also the screen is ok, but I have seen much better screens, and especially phones with JDI display are better and brighter.
[Device Reviews and Information] Maor545:
THX, good to know, that they are shipping. It will be like with the Be Pro, it took them almost three weeks to send it.
[Device Reviews and Information] r_kalar_2:
The review isn't mine [MENTION=2105197]s7yler[/MENTION]. :)