[FYT Android Head Units] ajrestifo:
Sorry I haven’t had a chance to get on here and get back to you. So I ended up just exchanging the entire head unit (display and radio itself, less the frame and accessories). iDoing had me send it back and sent me the new one soon as I showed them the tracking number for the one I returned, and I had the new one in about 1 week, which was pretty fast. For reference, I included some photos of how this thing is attached on the back side. Construction is actually higher quality than anticipated. There is no glue, there are 4 screws attaching the unit to the display, and then another 4 attaching the display to the frame/trim that mounts into the car. Also attached photos of how the display connects to the radio – there’s just a single ribbon connector. Removing the unit wasn’t too terrible. The key is to have a second set of hands and some plastic trim removal tools. I started at the top (that was easy) then started working at the two middle clips near the top of the display. Those are where the tight fit is. I had to press on both VERY hard to get the clip to release (they are very stiff clips), but they did release and I’m happy to report there is no marking of any kind on my dash or the head unit frame where the tools were forced in. That soft touch dash material bounces back just fine. Anyhow, the new unit has been working swell for the past week and a half. It does not have the issue the other unit had, thankfully. My other unit didn’t have it from the start either though, so really hoping it’s not a ticking time bomb. Also included some photos showing software and MCU version. Both are newer than the previous unit you will see if you compare to my previous post (especially the MCU). It could be in my head, but I do think it seems to run smoother than the other one. Also worth noting the collection of factory UI’s available are slightly different. There’s a couple new ones I didn’t have before, some old ones I did, and some of the old ones I liked are not there. Does anyone know if it is possible to extract those APK’s from an iDoing update archive? I happen to have an update file from my previous unit, but I only want those launcher APK’s since the update is actually older than the version the new unit has. Figured if I had the APK’s I could just install them as any other app (maybe I’m wrong about that since it wouldn't have system level permissions?). I have explored the archive, but do not see any APK extensions, I’m guessing it has to be compiled somehow from the .bin files or something like that? Any ideas on that would be really appreciated. I can share a link to the archive if interested.

On an unrelated/yet somewhat related note – has anyone found a good spot to put their external mic/ had any luck with BT calls? My wife tells me I sound distant and at times there are lots of road noise. I have it mounted right on top of the steering column facing me. Any way to adjust mic gain on this thing? Also, call volume is pretty low on my end and I have to crank up to like 20 or more to hear someone while driving, although quality is OK. I already have BTPhone cranked all the way up in the Volume Balance Settings in Factory Settings.

One other incidental thing I’ll mention because I discovered it by accident and may be useful to others - if while reversing you tap on the display, a menu comes up where you can adjust image color and brightness, but you can also adjust/calibrate the reverse lines! It even has two different styles/themes for the appearance. Finally got mine looking normal as it didn’t look right at all out of the box and was useless.