[Android Head-Units] dynamite647:
I am the owner of following unit: android-5-1-car-stereo/toyota-android-5-1-car-stereo/joying-newest-quad-core-plug-and-player-car-stereo-android-5-1-1-8-inch-head-unit-for-toyota-corolla-2007-2013-hd-1024-600-2-din-gps-navigation-system-support-wifi-9-color-buttons-obd2. SKU: JY-TL122 installed on a 2013 Corolla.

Before my purchase I looked around a lot and finally decided to go with Joying because they were really helpful before and after sale. Customer service is really good, I get a reply to my question next day. A lot of Chinese manufactures are making android based system, on Alibaba and express you can find a lot of different options. Shipping to Canada took 5 days or less and there is a $30 custom fee. Before buying I knew that this unit not Kenwood or pioneer so there would be issues here and there.

I installed my first unit in May of 2016, it was based on 4.4 kit kat. The shipping was really fast and packaged included a lot of extra goodies. Right out of the box it is a plug and play unit but for my steering wheel controls and Radio I purchased additional wire harness, for former you can also just splice the wires to OEM. My first unit was working perfectly until in July 2016 it started acting up, it would auto select apps, go through menu, screen flicker, in Navigation it would auto select places & zoom in/out without me ever touching the screen. The LCD itself had a dead spot in the middle as well. Multiple tries were required to select apps.

I informed Joying of the issues and sent them a video, they sent me a brand new unit without fuss and asked me to return old one. I got the replacement unit a week ago and just recently installed it.

New unit is working great so fast. With Play store, sky is the limit to customize the unit they way you want it. Now I will try to answer some of questions/issue raised on this forum.

Fit & Finish: Overall good, buttons feel solid, system is put together well, nothing out of alignment.

OS: This unit now uses Android 5.1.1 and boots in about 20 to 25s. Backup cam works when system is booting. System will start from the point where you left, for me that is Navigation/Bluetooth.

UI: Icons and big and easy to use, interface is very familiar to typical android. Going through settings and moving things around is easy.

Radio: Plugging radio Antenna in all the way in the back ruins reception, you have to play around with the Antenna to get better reception. Best is to leave the antenna plugged loose in the back.

Screen: Quality is good and touch is working great. Moving icons around and playing games is easy. Keyboard is easy to use.

GPS: Acquires signal almost instantly (much faster then my S4).

Navigation: Comes with iGO but I also installed Maps.me, Google Maps, and Here WeGo which work really well and fast, no freezes or anything.

Play Store: Just like any android device you can download any app(s).

Bluetooth: Connects instantly(specially with NFC) and works great, incoming calls are clear and people on other side can hear you loud and clear.

Music: Built in App is more then enough. You can play music through Bluetooth, SD card, USB, spotify etc. Sounds quality is pretty good.

Rear view cam and DVR: Backup camera works great, comes on instantly. Didn't try DVR.

Speed/Multi Tasking: I have tested with ruining a lot of Apps and system takes them really well. Speed is really good and servers the purpose.

Games: I tried Angry Birds 2, Fruit Ninja & Candy crush, all work smoothly and system doesn't freeze or anything.

OBD: Didn't try this yet.

Phone Mirror: Works great specially when connected to iPhone. Screen mirroring is much easier/faster on iPhone then Android phone.

Customer ROM/Rooting: Both can be done, I didn't try rooting but did try Google launcher which worked great. I also tried Nova launcher and it was working perfectly fine.

Voice Command: I used Google voice search with ease.

Wifi/Internet: Wifi is very fast, I was really surprised by this one. I am using Mozilla Firefox and it works great.

Screen/LED: Screen brightness is sufficient, it also dims when low beams are turned on. Unit comes with screen protector already applied but is really reflective so a Matt screen protector would help. Button colors can be changed to match factory lighting.

Memory/RAM: Comes with 1GB ram(this is enough) and 16gb of nand flash for pics,videos, map files while 2gb for apps(usually I move apps to SD Card). There are two SD card slots, I have the Joying provided one in GPS slot while my own 16gb is regular slot.

Hotspot: Works great.

These units are just like your regular android tablet or phone. Even though my first system had issues both of the units I used never froze or crashed. I have attached link to my installation video (apparantley cant post links until 10 posts) but another video is coming soon to review the unit.

I might have missed some stuff so just ask away!