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[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
I think you missunderstood me, the TLINK or ZLINK has both Android Auto and Carplay because otherwise would users that have only a Iphone not be able to use the TS10 to use Carplay.

And i dont have any codes to give away its the sellers responsibility to provide to the buyers so like i wrote before to you- contact the seller that sold you the unit and ask for a working code for TLINK if you are not able to activate it using the two different versions i gave you links to.

I myself tried to get a working activation code for ZLINK and did everything from trying contacting zjinnova (Chinese developer of ZLINK/TLINK) to try to find a seller of codes, but it was impossible so i gave up and thats why i wrote to you its a real pain in the ass to trying to get a working code and contacting your seller is the best chance to get a activation code.

And to restart/reboot the headunit just pull down the top quick menu and choose RESET (see picture on newer firmwares is the name changed to the correct Restart)
[Android Head-Units] Sarsbucket:
@CyberSwede. I manually rolled back to 1.2_20220519-window (the firmware shown in the demo) and it didn't effect the theme activation. But it also didn't fix the problem. I still can't change the animation. I really wonder what the issue is.
[Android Head-Units] FriedTM:
Hey I just upgraded to a ts-10 and I am having issues with the resolution. I set it up correctly in the android environment at 1280x480 but upon restart it is still 1024x600. Then once it boots it goes to 1280x480 but in the screen size of 1024x600. I have tried this file from BOOT.zip that is my screen and bridging key1 to negative. Even after it does a upgrade it still is stuck at 1024x600. I am at a loss as to what to do. The flickering is because the panel is being run at the wrong refresh rate

It is running ts-10.1.2

EDIT: I figured it out you need a new firmware on the flash drive as well as the resolution change file for it to actually update!
[Android Head-Units] Munu75:
Thank you very much, I will try to find the code myself, but I know I will not be able to, if I make any changes I will inform you, thank you very much for your great attention
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Did you try to install the two TLINK versions i gave you links to? if not try this version some says its preactivated TLINK download and hopefully will your seller give or sell you a activation code for TLINK or ZLINK. There is soo many threads on XDA forum and other forums from users that trying to get a activation code for TLINK and ZLINK and everytime does someone write "I know how to get a code from China" and when people ask how they did it so does no one answer or give instructions that doesnt work.

I myself and a friend of mine tried using eachothers activation codes for TLINK on our headunits but it didnt work, so it seems the activation code is working the same way as for example iLauncher paid themes work. The activation code is locked to your headunit and will not work on someone else's.

Its also important that you are connected to WIFI or Cellular because otherwise will never TLINK or ZLINK selfactivate.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
I made two new bootanimations yesterday so will try them out on my headunit tomorrow and see if i get the same problem as you. I will start testing with a clean install of the latest 1.2 WINDOW-THEME1 firmware (unrooted).
[Android Head-Units] tlf55:
it didn't worked... How do you take the internal mic off ??
[Android Head-Units] divingmachine:
take of radio, you see where the internal mic and reset button is, on the back side of that there is a little lid , you can take it off and it will show you a little plastic plate with connections and you clearly see the mic, just take a soldering iron on the two little points on the back from the speaker and then you just can pull the speaker off, make sure you know how to work a soldering iron :)
[Android Head-Units] adasci:
Have you notices that it is impossible to update MCU if version number is same e.g. I have 220926, but app version is different, even though I click update nothing is changing. But if the main version would be different (bigger that 220926) update would pass...
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Its one of many bugs, and another one is that the developers have not yet fixed that Google Play Protect wants to disable/delete CarChoose so until this is fixed is it best to disable Google Play Protect when you want to update MCU.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Now have i tried to change the bootanimation (not the boot logo!) and i use same firmware as you, I put one bootanimation.zip file on the root of a USB-stick then entered the Boot animation app, pulled down the top quick menu clicked "Menu" and entered the password Topway (like in the video). Then did my Bootanimation.zip file showed up and i clicked it and restarted my unit (Need to do a full restart if you have the standby mode on). And the new bootanimation worked directly.

Then i thought i need to test this several times, because our units has a tendency to work only sometimes even if you do the same thing and now didnt the unit find the Bootanimation.zip file at all on my USB-stick. And when i doublechecked so did i realize that the Bootanimation.zip file was deleted from my USB-stick. So i tried again and confirmed that the Boot Animation app deletes ALL bootanimation.zip files even if they are named different like Bootanimation1.zip on the USB-stick.

Another problem that occurred is that if you install another Bootanimation.zip file so will this one add to the one you already installed so i ended up with double boot animations 😑 after this did i have enough! So this is another function that is messed up on several TS10 units - atleast on several 1.2 firmware version ones.
[Android Head-Units] Pedroc1999:
I believe Google Play Protect uninstalled the Car Choose apk required to change canbus settings, can someone quickly upload theirs of advise? Thank you
[Android Head-Units] orhan02:
Reset the factory settings and then uninstall the google protection and set the settings again
[Android Head-Units] Pedroc1999:
Reset factory settings will remove all default apps... Not what I want
[Android Head-Units] timido64:
Good morning,

I have a save from my CarChoose App.

I don't know if it works on your unit, mine is JUSTNAVI - QT10 6G 128G 1618
[Android Head-Units] Sarsbucket:
That's strange. The file on my USB stick is never deleted. Have you found the location where bootanimation.zip is moved to? I wonder if the system is having a problem actually moving the file on mine. I've done this from the internal storage as well in the storage/emulated/0 path. It will show up as a selection if you place it there as well, but for me it still didn't change anything. Ill also try renaming the file. It doesn't seem like it needs to be specific, but who knows?

Renaming had no effect. No matter what I do my system refuses to change the animation. Can you link the .zip you used?
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Here is a link to the bootanimation i used and worked on my unit - the difference from your unit and mine is that i have only a 1024x600 screen (and its a Citroen animated logo).

So my desc.txt is as follows:

1024 600 30

p 0 0 part0

And as you can see do i have only one folder called part0 where all picture files is.

LINK Citroen Boot Animation 1024x600

EDIT!: I noticed that depending of i use older firmware versions from year 2021 and the WINDOW-THEME1 or THEME1 so does not only the menus differs in newer versions it also blocks functions and makes it harder and harder to get to what we users want to easy access. So the developers of TS10 firmware seem to spend more time making it impossible for buyers to customize their units instead of add useful upgrades and new functions.
[Android Head-Units] Pedroc1999:
This worked great, thank you!!

I have steering wheel controls through canbus, I am trying to remap some buttons but struggling to find a way that works, any idea?
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
You can try going to FACTORY and use code 8888 and look for Steering Wheel (if you cant find it so try code 123456). Remember to take a picture of the settings before you start to try remap anything.
[Android Head-Units] timido64:
https://xdaforums.com/goto/post?id=87619809

Did you ask the seller?

Justnavi gave me the instructions
[Android Head-Units] Pedroc1999:
I believe this is only for the resistance style SWC, not canbus ones?
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Thats correct, but you cant change steering wheel buttons if you use CarChoose to setup the MCU because the steering wheel buttons are predefined in the same way as other functions. Not sure if you encountered a similar problem like me when i have to change to another car model in the Canbus settings because the one that was for my car model didnt work and the steering wheel controls was not correct and i didnt get any help from my seller so needed to use trial and error until i found something that worked for my car.

There is soo many different brands of CanBus boxes and cables and lots of them are pure junk (cheap copies). And if the seller clearly write that the TS10 unit should be compatible with your car so should he provide how to setup the CanBus and if that doesnt work and you cant use steering wheel controls correctly or other things would i myself demand money back.
[Android Head-Units] Munu75:
I'm going to try it, I'll tell you how it went, thank you very much
[Android Head-Units] Sarsbucket:
Ill have to try using .jpg's and see if that works. Maybe my files are too big? Lol, idk.

Edit: nothing works. Its has to be my specific system, and some setting the seller may have changed. I have no clue. I even teied your Citroen animation and it didn't even try to run it.
[Android Head-Units] lunatiiix1337:
Hello, I bought a TS10 Tesla Radio for my Opel Astra J OPC.

So far so good. Everything works, but theres one problem:

When i take off the Car keys and the Volume is still over 1, the Speakers in the back make a loud kind of "Pop" sound

Does someone have an idea why this is happening? Or maybe faced the same problem?

When i turn down the Volume to 0 and Remove the Car Keys the Speaker doesn´t Pop..

I also took the same radio from a friend and built it into my car but the problem is the same

His TS10 Tesla Radio works absolutly fine in his car

Many thanks in advance :)
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Hope you will manage to sort it out! as we both knows so does the TS10 units comes in soo many brands that all differs in the installed firmware, menus, themes, preinstalled apps and hardware. So all the fancy instructions videos that get posted does in many cases not work at all on our units. Would be great if a developer started from scratch so we could get a vanilla version of the firmware that we can setup as we want without all limitations and irritating password protected menus and disabled functions.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Sounds by your description like you have a amplifier problem because you cant hear any loud "PoP" sound if the volume is turned off when you turn off the car. By the way when you write "speakers in the back" is it the subwoofers you mean?

Can you try to enter your headunit menus and look for "SLEEP" or might say "STANDBY" or similar because the names is not the same depending of which firmware you use. And when you find it enter that menu and check if its set to NO SLEEP. If it is set to NO SLEEP try set it to 1 hour, 3 hours, 1 day or whatever you have available in your menu. And then try again to turn off the car with the volume on and see if you still hear the loud sound.
[Android Head-Units] ninjasptifire:
For me, the options appear as in the attached photo. There is no specific option to enable Bluetooth. I've already switched to BC8 and it didn't work either. Is there a way to change this application that comes from the Bluetooth factory?
[Android Head-Units] Sarsbucket:
The last thing im going to try do tonight is manually turn all the frames to 720x1280. Ill then edit the desc.txt with both 1280x720, or 720x1280 if that doesn't work. Worth a try. Everything else boots in that aspect ratio, why not the animation? 🤷‍♂️
[Android Head-Units] jiritz:
Hello.

can anyone explain to me why MCU update is not working?
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
On TS10 headunits do you need to be in the Factory (Fabbrica) menu and use the password 8888 or 123456 to update the MCU you cant do it from SYSTEM (Sistema) because the developer disabled that menu function.

So to update do you need to enter Factory menu and do the changes in Choose Model (Seleczione del modello just like on your picture where you already have the canbus box Hiworld and the settings for Renault Megane 3) its also very important to disable Google Play Protect which several forum members including myself wrote several times in this thread because it will try to disable/delete CarChoose and if it does will you not be able to change/update at all.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
If you look at your installed apps do you have the Bluetooth app (see picture) ? and if you do what happens when you click it? and this problem you have did it start after you done a firmware upgrade? what was your orginal firmware version?

Can you also post a complete picture of your system hardware info.
[Android Head-Units] zasadd:
Hello guys,

I would seek some guidance and advice for a TS10 4/64 UIS7862 version, i need to burn new firmware to enhance the speed of startup time and to remove the "Android is starting" message each time it turns on.

I saw several firmwares with v1.2, 2.2 , THEME1, WINDOW-THEME1. I really not sure which one to use and if installing 2.2 (as suppose to be newer) will not damage anything.

Thanks in advance
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
If you look at your system info so do you see that your system version (firmware) is TS10 1.2_20211122.172817_KED15-GT-X and that means you should keep to 1.2 versions of KED15-GT-X firmwares and nothing else.

You cant install a 2.2 firmware version because its made for different hardware, and i would not recommend to try to install a THEME1 or WINDOW-THEME1 firmware on your unit. Because there is a reason you have the special KED15-GT-X one. And in worse case scenario could you brick the headunit or lose functions of if with wrong firmware.

The latest available firmware for the KED15-GT-X i could find is TS10.1.2_20211227.113419_KED15-GT-X which you can download here Firmware Link

NOTICE! but if everything works as it should right now on your unit would i think both one and twice before upgrading the firmware. Because i dont think it will speedup your startup time and for sure not remove "Android starting" from startup. It can instead give you more problems than bringing anything useful.

Try instead to go to the SLEEP menu on the unit and change it from "no sleep" to a setting you like for example 3 hours or 1 day . Which will make the unit startup quick because it will be in standby mode for that period of time.
[Android Head-Units] minus3:
Hi Everybody.

I have lost my TLINK activation for car play after updates.

who can help with this issue?

TS10. 1.2_

Android 11

4/64Gb
[Android Head-Units] zasadd:
Okay, i wasnt patient and installed the firmware TS10.1.2_20220915.141042_WINDOW-THEME1 before your post :S , everything worked good but i accidently turned the display night mode to ON from settings, and the screen went black, and now it is stuck on black (the screen looks off). i tried the reset button and turn off the car and on again nothing so far worked. any chance it survives ?
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Like i wrote to you so will usually not the functions and menus work as they should when you install a not recommended firmware. And the Display menu where you been changing things can you choose Auto, Day or Night but it will never turn off the screen so its totally black it just dim it to around 30% in the standard night setting (and this can be changed deeper into the password protected settings to a minium of max 5%).

If you cant get the screen to get back to normal so would i recommend you to "force" upgrade the firmware i gave you link to by following this:

1. Format usb flash drive to fat32 file system

2. Unzip the firmware files to the root folder of the formatted flash drive

3. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port of the radio

4. Start the car, wait for the system to boot

5. Press reset with a needle or paper clip (it is not necessary to press it for a long time) and as the radio turns off (it starts to reboot, a normal boot screen may appear), immediately turn off the engine (turn off the ignition)

6. Wait 5-10 seconds (car off)

7. Start the engine (turn on the ignition) - the system boots in flashing mode. The total firmware upgrade time is around 10-15 minutes. The main thing in the firmware process is not to turn off the engine.

8. After the firmware process is completed, the system will reboot itself.

9. The first startup can be long so you have to wait.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
First of all try to be connected to WIFI (or Celluar) when you start TLINK because if you had a working activation before should it self activate again if you are connected to internet.
[Android Head-Units] alan_garnica:
someone know if is possible move the data (downloaded songs) of dezeer or spotify to pendrive usb? or move the app with all data?

my hard drive is full :P
[Android Head-Units] cismasclaudiu:
Stupid question, how do I do a factory reset?
[Android Head-Units] timido64:
Hello,

Assuming that the menus are like in the images, I find it here:

> System

> Restore factory settings

By entering the password provided by the seller in the example in the photo: 7890

After confirmation it could be irreversible ...
[Android Head-Units] ninjasptifire:
1. Yes, I have the bluetooth APP. When I click on the app it opens normally but when I perform a device search it doesn't find anything. No name or password appears in the options. This problem started to appear in the original firmware that came in the headunit, after I changed cell phones and deleted the cell phones that were paired. After that it never worked again. Then I updated the firmware to see if that fixed the problem. It remained the same. I reset it to factory settings and it still does.

But today when I updated the MCU and changed the canbus options after restarting the carlink name and password reappeared. But I changed the canbus to try to find my car and it disappeared again. My car is a hyundai crete (ix25) and I couldn't find that model there. I think the problem is there in the MCU with the correct model of the car in the canbus. What do I do?
[Android Head-Units] zasadd:
Thank you very much CyberSwede, Well.. the screen was really dim i thought it was off :-/ so i managed with a flash light to turn the brightness up. Then installed this firmware TS10.1.2_20220723.134654_KED15-GT-X. The startup time is faster now (i changed the sleep time to 1 day also) Everything working fine except for the reverse camera video it looks weird not sure why
[Android Head-Units] timido64:
Hello,

Maybe you need to change settings ... NTSC, PAL, etc.

Look in the settings.

I had the same problem ... NTSC setting. ;)
[Android Head-Units] minus3:
Thanks for reply.

FYI, Im use wifi connection. I'll go to the seller today and let you know)
[Android Head-Units] zasadd:
Hi, i tried all the values in TV norm from factory settings (also with reset), nothing changed :confused: may be a hidden setting somewhere?
[Android Head-Units] timido64:
I don't know this, I'm sorry

It could be...
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Just press the distorted screen so will a menu show up on the screen where you can change to NTSC (usually works) and if that dont work do you have several other to choose from.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
If your seller dont help you or want money for a new code even though you already paid for it when you bought the headunit try this TLINK version that all credits goes to the forum member that shared it to me. https://easyupload.io/ddtjlo
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
First of all delete all saved connections in Android Auto on your phone and old saved Bluetooth connections. And did you take a picture of the orginal Canbus settings before you started to try new ones? i myself needed to use a totally different Car model in the canbus settings because the one that was made for my car didnt work at all. And this is the same for lots of people - like you wrote did you have a working connection, so try to get back to the settings you had before. And dont care if its not your car model the important thing is that things work.

For an example i have a Citroen Berlingo but no settings worked for me until i used the settings for a Citroen CL4, i tried over 100 different settings and this one worked best for me. On some cars will General settings or Binary works best and on other not at all.
[Android Head-Units] zasadd:
Sure i will try this, however i figured it out, the option found in the Settings > Reverse > Reversing system selection

i guess this is part of the experience 😜
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Yes, if you want to go to the menu so is that correct. But it works the same to just press the disorted screen when you reverse the car so will you get a menu and i myself prefer this way because then do you see the changes directly. Good luck!
[Android Head-Units] zasadd:
Do you guys have an idea how to change the default music player? i want to make it the vivid launcher music player (I just want it to run when pressing the mode button on the steering controls instead of the default player)
[Android Head-Units] ninjasptifire:
Many thanks for the CyberSwede replies. I got a configuration that appeared the name carlink and the password. But it still doesn't find any device to connect to. I took a different cell phone and a bluetooth device to try to find the headunit or the headunit find the device but it doesn't find anything. When I enter the bluetooth option in the android options I see that it is always disabled.

And when I activate it after 3 seconds it deactivates. I think this is the biggest problem I'm facing. follow attached photos.
[Android Head-Units] Munu75:
I don't know how to thank you, I will be eternally grateful, the last link you sent me worked very well, millions and millions of thanks
[Android Head-Units] Dogger12:
Any chance you know what changes are in this version?

I'm currently at 1.8.9 and see that version is 2.0.12
[Android Head-Units] magma2000:
hello guys, where do i find a firmware for my tesla style android headunits. thank you
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Well, there is no changelog available (as always with the TLINK versions) but i tried all versions back to the oldest to this latest one and i can say the latest version works great!. And in this provided version from a forum member (Thanks again!) is EVERYTHING pre-activated. For those of us that been trying for months to get a working activation code from sellers who sometimes demands us to pay again for something that we already paid for or searched internet until our eyes bleed is this a real blessing.....
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Well first of all Vivid Launcher is a great car launcher (not just a music player) - but its not made for TS10 headunits even though some functions works great on our units (hopefully will it get full support one day). So you cant get that music player to work instead of the inbuilt music player.

And the stock themes or now called iLauncher or Infinite Launcher in our head units has no support yet to handle different mediaplayers (we asked for it, but still nothing) the only music player it recently get support for is Spotify which works with the steering wheel controls and shows album art and song titles. But same problem here you cant get it to open a different mediaplayer other than the crappy inbuilt one.