Blue Angle with HBH-DS970 Bluetooth Headset (A2DP) + other questions - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading

Hi all,
Im considering getting a Blueangle, the processor speed is 400MHz so im gussing its pretty fast? I currently have a Prophet and the specs of the phone look very similar.
Anyways I mainly use my Prophet for music and have a HBH-DS970. How well does the Blue Angle handle A2DP? Has anyone manage to get this headset working with this device?
Im not too worried about WM5 or WM6, which ever runs the fastest with a2dp.
Also can this device be overclocked? Does it give any RAM problems?
Thanks

Processor i fast enough to handle virtually all tasks - never needed to overclock (and yes, it's possible to reach 500MHz, and even 600MHz on some BAs). As it's possible to run WM5/WM6, if you take into account it has 128MB of RAM, this seems to be really nice device. But... Here we come to Bluetooth. A2DP and AVRCP work fine, but you have to remember about range, that is... VERY (and I really mean VEEEERY) limited in BA. In most cases if you have BA in your backpack, you can forget about listening to music. I used HP, creative and Plantronics Plusar A2DP headsets and all work fine, apart from the range. You cannot expect more than 1m of effective range in free air. If you keep your BA in a belt pouch (especially if you have a coat on you), expect a lot of cutting and broken connections.
This is the only device I know with such problems with range.

thanks for the info!
From a spec point of view this device seems excellent but the BT issues would be a major deal breaker for me

Ok my friend has brought his BA into work and its looks fantastic!
Im REALLY tempted to get one of these, at present my Prophet is really annoying me in terms of volume. The speak is just too low.
The keyboard on the BA seems really nice and the screen is fantastic!
Im going to upgrade his to WM6 and test the bluetooth range. If the device can be placed in a case on my belt and bluetooth stereo works then im really considering getting one of these. Has anyone tested this?
Just noticed it doesnt have a mini usb port on the bottom. Not sure how i feel about this at the mo

ceanth said:
Im going to upgrade his to WM6 and test the bluetooth range. If the device can be placed in a case on my belt and bluetooth stereo works then im really considering getting one of these. Has anyone tested this?
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The bluetooth is one of the weaknesses of the Angel. It's known to have range problems. Search the forums for examples of this to get a feel for it's limits.
ceanth said:
Just noticed it doesnt have a mini usb port on the bottom. Not sure how i feel about this at the mo
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Just wondering, why is this an issue? The hermes has a non-standard mini-usb port as well, same as the Angel.

ok ive got my friends BA working with a WM6 rom and noticed wifi issues and some stability issues
We are going to try WM5 roms but just wanted to know what the general opionion was on the stability of the device also how people felt about these wifi issues.
Stability for me would be the main priority over battery life (which people have been saying isnt too great)
Still not sure whether i should get one

ceanth said:
ok ive got my friends BA working with a WM6 rom and noticed wifi issues and some stability issues
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Can you give an example? I've found WM6 to be very stable on mine.
ceanth said:
We are going to try WM5 roms but just wanted to know what the general opionion was on the stability of the device also how people felt about these wifi issues.
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...and I found WM5 to not be as stable as WM6.
Which wifi 'issues' are you referring to? Aside from the lack of range (a known issue with the angel hardware), I've not had any issues with mine.

jakubd said:
Processor i fast enough to handle virtually all tasks - never needed to overclock (and yes, it's possible to reach 500MHz, and even 600MHz on some BAs). As it's possible to run WM5/WM6, if you take into account it has 128MB of RAM, this seems to be really nice device. But... Here we come to Bluetooth. A2DP and AVRCP work fine, but you have to remember about range, that is... VERY (and I really mean VEEEERY) limited in BA. In most cases if you have BA in your backpack, you can forget about listening to music. I used HP, creative and Plantronics Plusar A2DP headsets and all work fine, apart from the range. You cannot expect more than 1m of effective range in free air. If you keep your BA in a belt pouch (especially if you have a coat on you), expect a lot of cutting and broken connections.
This is the only device I know with such problems with range.
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about the range, i must say YEEEEES! if i wear a thick coat, put BA in inside pocket, then i have to connect the headset EVERY FIVE MINITES OR MORE FREQUENTLY!

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Weak IrDA

Does anyone know if it's possible to strengthen the IrDA port on the Trinity?
It's reduced my range from a good 10 feet to a mere 3-6 feet when using Novii remote control software...
I was wondering if the IrDA strength is something that can be adjusted.
Thanks for your time.
I see no-one else cares for using their device as a universal remote control...
Why would they? It's not like that ultra-cool WAWA utility is of any use, what with the wake yourself up using the TV option.
forcedalias said:
Does anyone know if it's possible to strengthen the IrDA port on the Trinity?
It's reduced my range from a good 10 feet to a mere 3-6 feet when using Novii remote control software...
I was wondering if the IrDA strength is something that can be adjusted.
Thanks for your time.
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Hey!
What do you mean by 'it's reduced my range' ? Did it use to have a 10 feet range before?
You may find the following advice helpful:
You may try a remote extender like
http://www.smarthome.com/8220A.HTML
I bought it a year ago. Its cost was $50. It worked!
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(http://www.novii.tv/up/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1143)
Sorry, I should have specified that my last phone was the HTC Wizard. So, going from Wizard to Trinity, I lose several feet in range.
Thanks for the link, but I'm afraid an external device would defeat the purpose for me as I'd like to have everything in one device.
I sure hope the Kaiser or whatever's going to succeed the Trinity has a better infrared range.
Edit: Oh, great! It seems the Kaiser doesn't have IrDA, period. HTC: .|.
IR woes
Hey,
I been playing round with my HTC Trinity trying out some remote softwares.
Promixis Netremote www.promixis.com doesnt work at with the IRDA, I assume it will work with the girder features but I havent decided how I would try an implement this in my house, I would need a USB UIRT which would have to have like a 10 metre cable.
Anyway so Ill get back to that some other time.
I first came across netremote when I was playing round with my HTC Magician. I was dissappointed when it didnt quite make the range I needed, short by about 1 metre, and the magician didnt have Wifi and you couldnt get wifi + storage cards so the girder option was kinda out the question.
So I got my Trinity and was looking around for general software to add to my new baby and found Novii remote deluxe www.novii.tv by accident and thought what the heck ill give it a go and see it goes, I was dissappointed by the range on the trinity (atleast it actually picks up the IRDA on the trinity unlike netremote), but just for kicks and because I still have the magician kicking around I thought I would try it on that. heres the funny bit, It actually gives me the extra distance I need for the magician to work.
So I was wondering in my not very hardware savvy head, and after reading some of the other IR threads in the XDA II and alpine forums.
If anyone know if the IRDA modules are the same in the magician and the trinity? I noticed when using the camera view finder on the devices that blink rate is not seen when the same signal is being sent on the magician when compared to the trinity, and the magician seems abit brighter (I guess that could also be related to the different cams on the devices, I dont have a third cam to test both with). Is it possible in theory to increase the power output via HW/SW control?
Has anyone tried replacing a IR emitter on a magician with a normal tv remote emitter? is it even vaguely possible? would it be something as simple as just changing the Emitter, or would you have to delve deeper into the board?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/files/naked-magician-insane.jpg
Is that the emitter on the edge of the board at about K 17?(see .jpg)
Hold me back I might actually try changing to a normal TV one on my magician if I get bored.
Really just bumping the thread, but if anyone can increase my knowledge in the area I would be most thankful.
SpeedN
Hi,
As far as i know, for 10 feet and above C(ustomer)IR is required and Trinity has only S(erial)IR/F(ast)IR, used only for close range transmission of data, so sorry, but no love - unless you don't mind changing channels next to the TV.

Bluetooth stereo headset prob, wm6

I appear to be having problems ever since i changed to wm6 for Trinity. My itech blueband bluetooth stereo headset is often losing sound when playing music. any way to solve this?
same problem with my logitech stereo headphones
i noticed it with the Motorola S9
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alexk said:
i noticed it with the Motorola S9
on 3.00.07.09 PDAVIET
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Great... I look forward to getting my second S9's now, after on ongoing battle with the first supplier for advertising genuine and supplying fake.
How hard is it? Aren't there any decent engineers/programmers left in this world, or are they all working for themselves? But then again, if they huge corps can't design a toaster that doesn't spill crumbs, what chance has bluetooth got?

[Q] Two questions for Incredible S users

Hey guys,
I'm seriously thinking about swiching to the Incredible S, but there are several things I'd like to find out.
How is the gps? I own a Galaxy S atm and the gps is the worst ever. I've never had any such problems with my HTC devices, therefor the switch.
The second question is a little tricky. I'm using Monster Beats By Dr. Dre Studio headphones and they come with a special cable for "iPhone and other music enabled phones". Well the guys at Samsung thought it was a good idea to change the standard wiring. So I have to use a standard cable without a microphone else it won't work. (Thanks Samsung! You're the best.)
How is the wiring in the Incredible S? Will I be able to use my headphones?
Thanks in advance,
DaanJordaan
Hi
You'll be pleased to know that both are as normal.
Sat Nat GPS wise is great, it gets a lock from cold start within 20 seconds, and seams to hold the signal well.
Headphones wise i've tried various pairs of standard, and a couple of bose and all work fine.
Hope this helps
Thanks for the quick reply.
Just thought of another question.
I really wan't to be able to put the phone down on the table, without it wobbling.
So is the backplate flat, or is the camera sticking out just a little bit? Couldn't make it out on a vid I saw on youtube. In the pictures it looks like it's flat though.
bob2k4 said:
Hi
You'll be pleased to know that both are as normal.
Sat Nat GPS wise is great, it gets a lock from cold start within 20 seconds, and seams to hold the signal well.
Headphones wise i've tried various pairs of standard, and a couple of bose and all work fine.
Hope this helps
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Agreed.
Sansung always garbage on the GPS.HTC did it best in all Android & WM drivers.
The wobbling is acceptable I'd say.. on my HD2 it was terrible..
DaanJordaan said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
Just thought of another question.
I really wan't to be able to put the phone down on the table, without it wobbling.
So is the backplate flat, or is the camera sticking out just a little bit? Couldn't make it out on a vid I saw on youtube. In the pictures it looks like it's flat though.
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Would you trade for a new Galaxy Tab?

Got a NC for son and it's awesome on CM7 on eemc and OC at 1325 Mhz! Enjoyed it and the community and just ordered a refurb for myself (overstock.com $185 with coupon).
Then I saw Galaxy Tab 3g refurb for $270 and had some buyers remorse. Read some more reviews and comparisons, and tab usually comes out ahead (don't think their NC's are fully optimized to latest).
Can live w/o camera and GPS (have GPS tether). Get buy with soft buttons. NC has better screen (actually liking the dpi now after adjusting), better build and better dev I think (CM7 and such). My Sammy Epic's dev is limited by their touchwiz framework...
What would u say?
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the tab is a better tablet, BUT its not $100 better, if your spending the amount for a tab then spend a little more for a real tablet.
does the NC not do all that you wish?
Personally, no. Yes, the Tab has a better CPU/GPU, but not enough to sway me (my nook plays all my games quite well); like you I don't need the camera and GPS, so there is nothing else for me.
Now, if both tablets were the same price when i was shopping, the decision might have been different. But as it is now, i do not regret the nook one bit.
I was going to say "of course" because I thought by "New Galaxy Tab" you meant the new galaxy tab.
But - you mean the old galaxy tab. So, no, I wouldn't trade. I like the Nook build and screen better. Even though I nerd out on nightly builds and custom kernels and the like, I use my nook primarily as a reader with bonus features, and I really don't think it gets much better for my purposes.
NewZJ said:
does the NC not do all that you wish?
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I'm thinking that bluetooth is a bigger issue for me which is why I'm still on the fence about the NC vs other Tablets (including the Tab). I would like to watch movies/videos on the NC but the sound is so terrible that a BT headset or external BT speakers would satisfy me. I could never get the BT to work though. Thoughts on that?
angelostudios said:
I'm thinking that bluetooth is a bigger issue for me which is why I'm still on the fence about the NC vs other Tablets (including the Tab). I would like to watch movies/videos on the NC but the sound is so terrible that a BT headset or external BT speakers would satisfy me. I could never get the BT to work though. Thoughts on that?
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Good pt about the speakers. I poot "nook tweaks" on my son's and the sound seems better. Haven't tried with headphones but it will prob be ok.
Check the dev thread... I think bluetooth is comming around. Not sure what capabilities are.
The week I was setting up my sons... I found myself using it a lot, instead of my phone... saving battery.
Question: what burns more phone battery, using it for surfing, or keeping the screen of with wifi tether on?
Question: I wonder if that Tab required some kind of Sprint activation? That's a deal killer when I have wifi-tether!
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I have both the NC and Galaxy Tab 7 (wifi) and am selling my galaxy tab...there is virtually no support for it (the wifi version) in any community, the bluetooth is so locked down that you can't do much more than a headset (no HID) and the interface looks pretty cartoonish in my opinion (along with no launchers working from the market). I know that there are 3 different versions of the Tab, so this is my experience with the wifi version, but I'm much happier with my nook. And with CM7.0.3 it's better than ever! The next version should be hitting soon, as the nightlys have reached right about 100, which should have a lot of upgrades.
As for bluetooth, I personally have no problem getting a headset to work (not the mic of course) in CM7 as long as you follow some of the "shortcuts" to get it to work.
Lol... No. Next upgrade will be a cheap tegra 2 (after prices drop during the holiday season) or a tegra 3 from Amazon ;p.
A big no. There are too many varieties and too few roms. There are more than one GSM version, more than one CDMA version and the wifi version doesn't even use the Tegra. I would be better to wait for the Amazon tablet.
angelostudios said:
I'm thinking that bluetooth is a bigger issue for me which is why I'm still on the fence about the NC vs other Tablets (including the Tab). I would like to watch movies/videos on the NC but the sound is so terrible that a BT headset or external BT speakers would satisfy me. I could never get the BT to work though. Thoughts on that?
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Huh? BT has been working for some time now. I use a Jabra SP700 with my nook every day to and from work. The nook is mounted like a GPS on the windshield, and the SP700 is clipped to the sun visor. Range has not been an issue, and the sound quality is great (i use the SP700's FM transmitter, so i have the nook playing over the stereo.
nobody use headphones anymore?
I have a review unit for the (actual) new Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I still don't know if I'd replace my personal Nook color with it. It is very impressive spec wise and plays things great, but the Nook being at most half the price of the new Tab means the Nook is a great value for a basic tablet.
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Are you running CM7 from the sd? I suppose I will check the forum again, but as I said... I could never get my headset or speakers to pair.
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nook
Well, I guess nook is more fun... and the body style is so much better and thinner than galaxy tab.. and i did play with the honeycomb. it seems honeycomb still got a lot bugs and not being develop as well as gingerbread...
Donny
angelostudios said:
Are you running CM7 from the sd? I suppose I will check the forum again, but as I said... I could never get my headset or speakers to pair.
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No, i am running on eMMC; and have been able to pair it since BT support came out. I am not sure what device you have specifically, but i know for sure others have used headsets with ease. I would try again..
I had some trouble getting BT to turn on when I was running CM7.0.3 from SD--sometimes I had to turn off Wi-Fi, reboot the NC, then turn on BT, then Wi-Fi, at which point they would play nice. Since I moved to eMMC (and have also been running the CM7.1beta + recent nightlies), BT has been flawless with no more jumping through hoops and reliable connections to my phone and wiimote.
As for the two different questions in the OP, would I trade my NC for the new Galaxy Tab? Probably, because I could sell the Galaxy Tab and buy a new NC and a new phone with the proceeds However, would I return a $185 NC and then buy a $270 Tab refurb? Probably not. My number one use for the NC is still as a reader, including comics, and you can't beat that screen.
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I had some trouble getting BT to turn on when I was running CM7.0.3 from SD--sometimes I had to turn off Wi-Fi, reboot the NC, then turn on BT, then Wi-Fi, at which point they would play nice. Since I moved to eMMC (and have also been running the CM7.1beta + recent nightlies), BT has been flawless with no more jumping through hoops and reliable connections to my phone and wiimote.
As for the two different questions in the OP, would I trade my NC for the new Galaxy Tab? Probably, because I could sell the Galaxy Tab and buy a new NC and a new phone with the proceeds However, would I return a $185 NC and then buy a $270 Tab refurb? Probably not. My number one use for the NC is still as a reader, including comics, and you can't beat that screen.
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Thanks for the feedback... I haven't tried installing eMMC so I may give that a shot. I listen to a lot of audiobooks WHILE I read or while I cook. The BT really will make this what I want.
As for the Tab vs NC - I like the way you put it. I think I'll stick with mine until the Asus Transformer has been around a bit longer.
angelostudios said:
I'm thinking that bluetooth is a bigger issue for me which is why I'm still on the fence about the NC vs other Tablets (including the Tab). I would like to watch movies/videos on the NC but the sound is so terrible that a BT headset or external BT speakers would satisfy me. I could never get the BT to work though. Thoughts on that?
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Caveat: I don't have a NC ...YET!
However, from my research , have you or anyone else tried the program in this thread?
Snoshrk said:
Caveat: I don't have NC ...YET!
However, from my research , have you or anyone else tried the program in this thread?
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Yes, I think 99% of the people here use it or apps like it. Overclocking to 1300 (and beyond for some- 1200 is most stable all around). The Nook tweaks app is more for customized stepping and more importantly, LOUDER sound. A huge complaint was that the speaker was way too quiet, with or without headphones. I can confirm this fixed that easily...and for free.
A rooter NC (stock rooted or CM7) is still hands down the best bang for your buck.
Nope. The only feature I would want is the webcam. With the 1200 MHz kernal 512 megs ram and cm7 nightlies, I cat imagine anything more fun. Cheap too!
Besides, I really don't like Samsung either. From what I've heard, they make Foxconn look like a day at the beach.

Eonon, Xtrons or Joying?

Hi All,
Im thinking of buying a new head unit for my BMW E90, are there any preferences over these brands? Im swaying towards the Eonon GA7165/GA8165 but i believe most of these units are all the same but branded differently?
<--Update-->
Right so after carefully considering everything for 2 years I finally bought one!
I've just purchased the Xtrons PE9890BIPL
https://xtrons.co.uk/bmw-3-series-android-8-0-pe9890bipl
It is on offer for just £239.99 which to me was a steal as second hand units (if you can find one) tend to sell for around £150+ because most people paid £300ish.
it has a beefy specced system of an Octa Core PX5 processor with 4GB RAM and a 32GB ROM running Android 8.0. This unit also has a big 9" screen at the expense of losing a DVD drive and some physical buttons (all of which can be used from your own steering wheel controls) but they offer the same spec with a smaller screen and contains the physical buttons if you'd prefer the physical buttons and DVD drive.
the newer head units running Android 9.0 aren't as good, currently offering a quad core PX35 processor (same x64 bit architecture but runs more efficient) and only 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM so it's a downgrade really.
Then of course we move onto the brilliant XDA forum for custom ROMS, and it just so happens they've already managed to get Android 9.0 onto these PX5 units
So I chose Xtrons because from what I've read most companies buy these units from the same supplier and brand them leaving other factors to be considered, for me xtrons is UK based so next day delivery, plus clearence prices, they also offered the beefier head unit, support seems okay (some chaps hasd ssues with steering wheel functions not working after locking and getting back into car, long story short they sent people new looms and sorted) and then on top of this XDA developers providing custom ROMS which can fix a lot of the common issues. I'll provide another update when it comes on Monday
at the moment
8-core-px5 - Dasaita > All because of the different (stand-alone BT and WiFi chips)
4-Core-px3 - IMHO the only differnce is the OS. 7.1 has no custom roms yet, so yo probably have a bloated OS
difference at both to consider: AMP chip TDA7388 or TDA7850, clear recomindation is the TDA7850 because ist has way more power and sounds clearer and more crisp
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/Car-android-GPS-For-BMW-E93-318LI-E92-325-E91-320LI-E90-328LI-autoradio-navigation-head/32808481136.html
zapedge said:
difference at both to consider: AMP chip TDA7388 or TDA7850, clear recomindation is the TDA7850 because ist has way more power and sounds clearer and more crisp
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Hey I'm new here.
Is the selection of AMP chip important ? Seems there's very few manufacturers using TDA7850.
The few that do use TDA7850 seem lots more expensive. Is this normal ?
Example http://smarty-trend.com/13-2-din-universal
zapedge said:
at the moment
8-core-px5 - Dasaita > All because of the different (stand-alone BT and WiFi chips)
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1) BT and Wifi are going to be on the *same* chip, so don't need to pluralize that.
2) The positioning of that particular RF chip (whether it be on the SoM or the host board) doesn't *technically* matter. The downside to being on the host board is typically that the reseller may have a bigger part in writing software that interfaces with it, and reseller written software is always a very bad thing.
3) Intel Sofia units also have the wifibt and GPS chips on the SoM.
Even with the wifibt on the SoM, the resellers *still* manage to mess it up, however, it may be somewhat easier to clean up in this case.
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bgroper said:
Hey I'm new here.
Is the selection of AMP chip important ? Seems there's very few manufacturers using TDA7850.
The few that do use TDA7850 seem lots more expensive. Is this normal ?
Example http://smarty-trend.com/13-2-din-universal
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I think it may have to do mainly with your needs and expectations.
Neither is going to satisfy anyone who self-identifies as an "audiophile".
I think the main differences are that the 7850 is slightly more powerful (4x50 vs 4x45 watt), and is ok with 2 ohm speakers where the 7388 is 4 ohm only.
http://www.st.com/content/ccc/resou...df/jcr:content/translations/en.CD00179160.pdf
http://www.st.com/content/ccc/resou...df/jcr:content/translations/en.CD00145702.pdf
luciusfox said:
1) BT and Wifi are going to be on the *same* chip, so don't need to pluralize that.
2) The positioning of that particular RF chip (whether it be on the SoM or the host board) doesn't *technically* matter. The downside to being on the host board is typically that the reseller may have a bigger part in writing software that interfaces with it, and reseller written software is always a very bad thing.
3) Intel Sofia units also have the wifibt and GPS chips on the SoM.
Even with the wifibt on the SoM, the resellers *still* manage to mess it up, however, it may be somewhat easier to clean up in this case.
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I think it may have to do mainly with your needs and expectations.
Neither is going to satisfy anyone who self-identifies as an "audiophile".
I think the main differences are that the 7850 is slightly more powerful (4x50 vs 4x45 watt), and is ok with 2 ohm speakers where the 7388 is 4 ohm only.
http://www.st.com/content/ccc/resou...df/jcr:content/translations/en.CD00179160.pdf
http://www.st.com/content/ccc/resou...df/jcr:content/translations/en.CD00145702.pdf
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Which make and model has the 7850 chip? I've just had a look at the Eonons, Xtrons and Joying units for the E90 and the most I have found is 4x48w and all the rest are the same 4x45w.
Not sure which chip mine got but I do have the Octacore GA7165A and I'm really happy with it just a few setup things I need to figure out. I also installed Viper4Android which improves the sound greatly only issue I'm facing is it does not apply to the MTC radio.
nils_92 said:
Not sure which chip mine got but I do have the Octacore GA7165A and I'm really happy with it just a few setup things I need to figure out. I also installed Viper4Android which improves the sound greatly only issue I'm facing is it does not apply to the MTC radio.
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Probably because the radio analog output never touches the CPU. It goes RADIO --> BD37xxx --> amplifier --> speakers.
The BD37xxx is an audio processor/mixer. Bunch of analog inputs, bunch of analog outputs, i2c control from either the MCU or SoC depending in which vendor it is.
nils_92 said:
Not sure which chip mine got but I do have the Octacore GA7165A and I'm really happy with it just a few setup things I need to figure out. I also installed Viper4Android which improves the sound greatly only issue I'm facing is it does not apply to the MTC radio.
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Hi mate,
Good to hear that Viper4Android works on the GA7165A model, so you've not experienced any other issues? On a YouTube video I've read various things such as Audio quality being poor through Spotify which is one of the main things I'd want, and also phone calls sounding muffled, though I assume that's probably down to the positioning of the Mic itself. What sound system do you have as well mate, is it stock or upgraded?
luciusfox said:
Probably because the radio analog output never touches the CPU. It goes RADIO --> BD37xxx --> amplifier --> speakers.
The BD37xxx is an audio processor/mixer. Bunch of analog inputs, bunch of analog outputs, i2c control from either the MCU or SoC depending in which vendor it is.
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Very surprised you know information as detailed as that Knowing all that you do, what would you advise to purchase?
mrsweet1991 said:
Hi mate,
Good to hear that Viper4Android works on the GA7165A model, so you've not experienced any other issues? On a YouTube video I've read various things such as Audio quality being poor through Spotify which is one of the main things I'd want, and also phone calls sounding muffled, though I assume that's probably down to the positioning of the Mic itself. What sound system do you have as well mate, is it stock or upgraded?
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I’ve got the stock sound system of a 2006 E91 I have installed Spotify but I haven’t used it yet still waiting for my mifi device but I’ll give it a shot maybe tomorrow and let you know.
In terms of Bluetooth / phone Bluetooth music is very good and also works through Viper4Android for the phone function itself I’ve only used the internal mic so far and that is a bit quiet but I’ll install the external mic later in the hope that it will improve the volume issue.
One thing I did have was V4A wouldn’t start automatically until I installed it as a system app now or does that just fine and from a sound quality perspective it is not worse than the default Prof. Head unit if anything I would say better since I can set a more granular sound set-up ( I like deep bass when the radio is not too loud just like the loudness feature on other stereos).
Not sure where you live if anywhere near southwest London feel free to pm me and we can meet for a coffee and you can have a look at it
@mrsweet1991 Have not yet tinkered with the mic but I did try Spotify for you and can report it works just fine I left the Spotify EQ off and instead use V4A and the sound quality is as good as an MP3 on the USB.
Hope that helps.
Have now installed the external mic however I had to disconnect the internal mic to get good quality I might go ahead and solder the external mic onto the internal port so I can use that for OK Google etc as well but with external mic and internal disconnected the quality is good.
How can i root the ga8165 and install xposed framework?
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Hi All,
Im thinking of buying a new head unit for my BMW E90, are there any preferences over these brands? Im swaying towards the Eonon GA7165/GA8165 but i believe most of these units are all the same but branded differently?
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I recently purchased this unit (GA7165A)and installed it.
If you purchased this unit how do you like it so far?
By the way I have a L7 AMP (fiber) and had to do a bit of research to figure out a few functional work around.
nils_92 said:
Have now installed the external mic however I had to disconnect the internal mic to get good quality I might go ahead and solder the external mic onto the internal port so I can use that for OK Google etc as well but with external mic and internal disconnected the quality is good.
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Hi Mate,
Been such a long time since I've been on here, I just wanted to say a big thanks for the information it's good to know. I'm hoping one day I might get a break from fixing things on the car and actually get to stick an eonon unit in! Last time I here the 7165a was the best out and now there's a 8165a lol
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I recently purchased this unit (GA7165A)and installed it.
If you purchased this unit how do you like it so far?
By the way I have a L7 AMP (fiber) and had to do a bit of research to figure out a few functional work around.
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Hi mate, I've not had a chance to buy one yet.. I seem to end up fixing the bloody car all the time haha. Walked in for an MOT and come out with a failure for a snapped rear spring and a couple of other minor things.. Starting to get back on track now though, so I take it you have the logic 7 system? Mines just the basic system with underseat subs so should be easier to setup but less rewarding on the sound quality side haha.
Also interested in buying a unit for my E90, just not sure how to pick a unit and know that im getting one of the more reliable manufacturers with stable software? Anyone have experience with the Eonon 8165A? seems like the best deal..
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Can any GA8615a owners vouch for the sound quality? Is it any worse than the stock HU?

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