[FYT Android Head Units] Wreckingball911:
Good morning! Newbie here with a new android head unit with some frustrating problems! I have a 2009 Lexus GX470 and I picked up an Ekiy T900 with climate controls from Aliexpress. GX470s with navigation have limited radio options unless you do a non navigation climate control swap because the nav models have climate controls partially integrated into the factory head unit. The radio has been pretty good and is definitely a nice upgrade from the factory head unit since it has carplay and bluetooth but it still has a few issues that I'm hoping someone here can help me solve.

First:

When first turned on, I had no audio. This seems to only be related to turning the car off and on as when the car stays on and I just reboot the unit, the audio functions properly. I can’t really remember how I figured this out but there was an app labeled “Car UI.” I clicked on it first and within the app is a radio, CD player, and something else, I forget. I clicked on the CD player and hit shuffle and then I all of a sudden started getting sound. It is not specifically the "shuffle" button, just hitting random buttons in "Car UI" gives you audio. I have no idea why this occurs but I have to do it every time I turn the car on. I can only assume that somehow this triggers the car amp? I have waited several minutes without pressing anything to see if it was just a time thing…but it wasn’t. I have also pressed lots of other buttons to see if that got me audio…but it didn’t. So for some reason you have to hit the Car UI button and go from there. This has been confirmed with another Reddit user who bought one at the same time I did. There is a factory setting for the amp which I turned on but it appears to have no play in this situation.

Video attached for reference:

Car UI/Audio

Second:

So I feel like this is pretty major considering this is an Android. I cant access anything Google related. Crazy right? I cannot log into ANYTHING google. Everything crashes at "checking info." Not just dedicated apps like Youtube, Play Store, etc but also if I try to log into Gmail when accessed through the browser. I also cant log in through the head unit settings. I have tried numerous fixes online such as deleting Chrome updates and updating Webview. I have also updated the head unit.

Video for reference:

Checking Info Crash Loop video

Apparently this is a super common issue with newer FYT units? I found some update files from other manufacturers that seem to be universal. I'll give that a whirl and report back.

Third/Final:

This is more of an annoyance rather than issue. the climate controls work great and have a clean UI. That being said, there is an issue with temperature adjustment. You have a full range of temperature selection but unfortunately it will only ever read “low” or “high.” Every time you press the button it most definitely changes the temperature a degree like it should, you just don’t get a specific degree reading. I don’t know why it does this or if it is 470/prado specific as I have seen similar radios with the same UI display degree changes (at least in Celsius).

Temp Control Video

And just in case this pops up when someone searches for GX470 radios, here is my review from ih8mud.

Review: Android H/U with Climate Control

Good morning everyone! Longtime reader, first time poster. I recently acquired a 2009 gx470 with navigation. I was super excited to get one of the “Tesla” screens…until I got one and realized how horrible they were. More on that later. Bear with me as I’m writing this on my phone while I have...

forum.ih8mud.com

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