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Flyer- first 3D game in marketplace

Hey all, I recently posted a game utilizing the 3D capabilities of the G1 to the Marketplace called Flyer.
It's a game where you fly around as a jet and try to destroy enemy jets.
It's currently in a very early build but is up so I can get feedback now, when it's easy to change things.
How to play:
Hold the phone sideways in front of you(in landscape mode)
Tilt left/right to roll
Tilt up/down to pull up or down
Press trackball to fire machinegun
Of Note:
Enemies are currently just green boxes but do behave somewhat intelligently
You can't die yet
Next Release:
Main Menu
Possibly a death sequence
Let me know what you think of it!

Don't listen to the market comment goons, this shows a lot of potential. Keep it up!

yea...the market goons are worthless...come here for the "real" comments.
keep up the good work.

i think more than half the comments i see in the market come from 16 yr old. i like this game

This game shows a lot of potential,the market people who comment are idiots who say first all the time

Is the game good? No, it's pretty much terrible.
Does it have potential? **** yeah.
Graphics for sure, enemy planes, I would make the view in 3rd person, and show a small jet instead of cockpit view. Keep up the good work, it'll get there.

Just got my G1 like 5 hours ago (After a curfuffle with a postman xD) This was one of the first Apps I downloaded to test the accellerometer and it's frickin awesome! Sure way to kill 10 minutes or so, and yeah it has potential. Maybe a Gyro to show your current heading could be added, that way I can tell if i'm upside down or not!

Could you integrate google satellite view into it?
i suspect that would slow it down, but would make it way fun.
either more targets, or more maze like capabilities.
right now it's very flight simulatorish.

God you wanna talk about a little curfluffle with the postman to get it? FedEx was supposed to deliver mine on New Years eve and the delivery man filed that the road was blocked. I called their headquarters, raised hell about it, they checked into it, he changed it to local holiday (meaning a business was closed for delivery) on a residential shipment. They finally made him come back (which was an extra 30 minutes both ways) and deliver it. He refused to even drive all the way down my driveway, he parked halfway down and stood next to the truck until I walked up to get it from him. The lesson of this story, if you're a delivery man and wanna go out and party on new years eve, do your freakin job first or else it'll just cost you more time.

You have done a great job man! Increadible potential. Atleast we can see that 3d is on its way! Keep up the good job. Afterall bding games takes hundreds of people some time so you've a great job!

[APP] auto-mate first showing of features

Hi all
I've been a member of XDA for a while (have a hero and been on the villanrom builds since they began). But I am a developer full time and so I have decided to start in Windows Phone 7. I know silverlight, I know .NET so why not.
I have started the company 'Infinite Monkey Theorem' and this is a showing of the first application.
auto-mate. This app allows you to record your cars stats at each fuel up and service to allow you to view statistics about your cars. This app will also allow you to setup service types (months or miles) and the app will schedule them for you taking into account your mileage per year. MOT and Tax renewals are stored and show when they are close.
The reason for this app is this: I drive 24,000 miles / year which means that I need to maintain the car more than just a yearly service, this app will tell me when I need to change my oil or have a minor/major service based upon the miles I drive per year and the miles I'm doing recently allowing me to budget for it accordingly.
This app syncs to the cloud so you can look over all the cars you are monitoring from your office and export the information or book a service.
This app is in beta at the moment, it is not feature complete as I need you to be able to say you have done your MOT or Tax but its almost there. Of course with it syncing to the cloud there is a cost, that I MUST pass on somehow. I looked into Ads but Microsoft in thier wisdom only allow thier ad framework in america so Im out (UK). But I'm thinking of a free version that has ads (in future) and does not sync to cloud. Thoughts on what you would/might pay for this app would be greatly appreciated.
The future of the app?
Well I am planning a pro version which is for business mileage and will export from the web site allowing business travellers to fill out expense forms. But there are lots to add to this app as well.
Take a look at the vid and let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyw_ivcygk
Njoy.

id add light comercial vans upto 3.5tonnes as many courier use wm devices so many will upgrade to wp7

Love it and it looks superb. I dont know what you can and cannot do in regards to apps interacting with other features of the phone. But the option to put a reminder in the calendar or a pop up one month before the tax is due or service is due etc I think would be really beneficial (liked I said not sure if MS will let you do that though)
The only other thing I can think of is a field it enter a monetary value for the top up. So you put 44.66 litres in and it cost £70 for instance. You could maybe track this in the same way the MPG are, but as a Pence, or cent etc per mile.
In regards to price, there are alot of apps/games I have seen for say £2.99 that I refuse to pay for (bejwelled for one) but this I would pay for. Im not sure what price you were expecting but Id happily pay £2.99 for it which seems the average.
I know you have spoke about the cloud but is it possible to export the information to PDF or excel etc and then have the users email this to themselves, this would cut your costs but again I dont know whats allowed
Good Luck and I look forward to this being released.

4 or 5 euro isn't a bad prize .
if you could put in lpg and diesel blend (trucks that run on diesel and lpg ) then this app would be the hammer .
it would also be nice if you could ad your own car/truck .
lets say I have a scania R420 and I am driving on diesel and lpg , I would want to know if I am saving money .
normally a truck uses 32 litre of diesel every 100 KM
now it uses 22 litre of diesel and 10 litre of LPG
Diesel: costs 1 Euro
LPG: costs 0.50 Euro
it would be nice if your app could calculate my savings per 100 KM .
if you could make that happen you would have a winner .
Greetings Cees.

looks great! i would be willing to pay $5-7 for it without adds. I would also be willing to beta test for you as i am picking up a samsung focus on monday.
Keep up the good work, hopefully we will see this app in the market soon!

App showing in other games on my phone
I bought the app yesterday and couldn't find it. Today I noticed in other games. Should I uninstall and resync? I pinned to start for now.
thanks for what looks like a good app. Have another question. I have a csv file exported from a program I was using on my iphone. Any way of exporting or manually entering almost two years of data online vs the phone? You also mention website. Was is the url so I can check it out.
Thanks,
Johnny

Looks like a decent app but it also shows up in other gas for me

Thanks for comments
Hi all
Thanks for the comments, aint been on here in a while. Dont know why its showing in the games section, I've downloaded the trial and it shows in the normal menu, have purchase it and try it that way.
Answers:
1) Cost of fueling up will be coming in an update (not long)
2) Putting final touches to website then its live. it will be at www.infinitemonkeytheorem.co.uk You will be able to do everything you can do on the phone but see more information and view multiple car details over each other
3) Had to do some changes to the app to see the charts better, this is coming real soon.
4) will be adding fuel type soon.

barryallott said:
Hi all
Thanks for the comments, aint been on here in a while. Dont know why its showing in the games section, I've downloaded the trial and it shows in the normal menu, have purchase it and try it that way.
Answers:
1) Cost of fueling up will be coming in an update (not long)
2) Putting final touches to website then its live. it will be at www.infinitemonkeytheorem.co.uk You will be able to do everything you can do on the phone but see more information and view multiple car details over each other
3) Had to do some changes to the app to see the charts better, this is coming real soon.
4) will be adding fuel type soon.
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When I put it to my phone using a developer account its in the normal place. Strange

jgibo said:
I bought the app yesterday and couldn't find it. Today I noticed in other games. Should I uninstall and resync? I pinned to start for now.
thanks for what looks like a good app. Have another question. I have a csv file exported from a program I was using on my iphone. Any way of exporting or manually entering almost two years of data online vs the phone? You also mention website. Was is the url so I can check it out.
Thanks,
Johnny
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You could try uninstaling and resyncing, as its all stored online you just re log back in.

acky85 said:
Love it and it looks superb. I dont know what you can and cannot do in regards to apps interacting with other features of the phone. But the option to put a reminder in the calendar or a pop up one month before the tax is due or service is due etc I think would be really beneficial (liked I said not sure if MS will let you do that though)
The only other thing I can think of is a field it enter a monetary value for the top up. So you put 44.66 litres in and it cost £70 for instance. You could maybe track this in the same way the MPG are, but as a Pence, or cent etc per mile.
In regards to price, there are alot of apps/games I have seen for say £2.99 that I refuse to pay for (bejwelled for one) but this I would pay for. Im not sure what price you were expecting but Id happily pay £2.99 for it which seems the average.
I know you have spoke about the cloud but is it possible to export the information to PDF or excel etc and then have the users email this to themselves, this would cut your costs but again I dont know whats allowed
Good Luck and I look forward to this being released.
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One idea I have going is that as the data is stored online, I should be able to send a message to the phone when a service / mot /tax is due and the pic will go amber and show a 1.
The thing i'm working on right now is auto-mate (offline edition). The basic functionality of keeping track of your vehicle, store when your tax/mot is, and it will schedule the services for you, but all offline. becuase of the zero cost to me, it will be priced low. thinking £0.75...
Hope to have that out in a week.

Just checked and microsoft has put it under games, when I specifically said Tools and it was under tools originally.???
Nice one microsoft.
I could e-mail microsoft to change this but I'll just do an update which will fix it. Sorry for it being in the wrong place, not my fault.

Glad to hear. I just tried uninstall and reinstall and it didn't work. I hope I can enter my 2 years of data easily on the website. Can't see doing that on the phone. I could just get a new car and start over Those new 5.0 mustangs are nice. Add sync and I would be a happy camper

Prepare to be one happy camper, now im not saying now, im not saying in 1 week but excel import/export is always a step in the process

Just to let you know, an update was sent to microsoft over the weekend. This update will put the app back in the apps list. Include better charting, bug fixes. And ability to send error reports on some errors if they happen

Thanks for the update. Finally moved from under Games. When will the web site be up? I still haven't entered my previous data. Have been hoping to do it online and sync to phone.

Its in alpha now.... Beta next then live.

I just realized after putting in my second entry that I can't enter how much per tank or price per gallon. Any chance you will be adding this?

Yes, this is coming in an update.

Clicking on the historical button for miles/week shows the graph for MPG?
Also, whenever I enable the live tile, save the settings. The marker always goes back to disabled?

[GAME] Occupied [R] May 6 [U] Feb 25 [V] 3.1

Name: Occupied
* Try the new ZEN levels! *
Try to keep the restrooms occupied in this addictive action game!
Pay attention to the funny level intros and then get everyone into the correct restroom as quickly as possible.
Memorize the positions so you can beat the level average and maybe even get to the top! There are leaderboards for each level as well as the whole game.
Use the early levels to learn and build your score. Later you will have to manage Androids, terrorists and kids in increasingly frantic levels with moving restrooms and failing lights.
*** ALREADY PLAYED BY OVER 100000 GAMERS ***
Features:
- 50 levels in 3 different packs!
- Four difficulties
- Global High-scores
- Top High-scores for each level
- Your score vs. the level average!
Source: For more screenshots + video visit: http://www.viyano.com/yns/occupied-forever
Download link: http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=8dbd7172-db71-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8
The original thread for this game is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14331271

Occupied was updated with new Workout levels!
There is also a new level at the Airport if you can get to it

Very Fun Game
Im suprised that there aren't more feed back.
This game is fun I really enjoyed it and the way it has global scoring is a nice touch.
The update is nice. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the excellent work.

Thanks! I'm glad you like it
Striving said:
Im suprised that there aren't more feed back.
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Well there is feedback - I'm very happy about the reviews (there are over 300 worldwide).
I guess most people are OK with doing the review on the phone but are not that interested to interact via Twitter (@viyanodev) or here via a forum.
That's not ideal because I only get the feedback AFTER I've finished/updated the game instead of during the design.
Btw, how do you like the difficulty? Most people seem to like it but some say it's too hard. So I've modified the Relaxed/Easy modes ...

Like the game. Good stuff
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Occupied - one of the best WP7 games!

I've submitted an update but you can already take a peek at one new feature here

Bears
Hi viyano,
I've seen you disappeared the last few days, probably enhancing Occupied even more ! I would like to make my request public
I want Bears !! hehe (and with a nice growling sound attached to it)
Once again, great game, keep working on it !!

andycted said:
Hi viyano,
I've seen you disappeared the last few days, probably enhancing Occupied even more ! I would like to make my request public
I want Bears !! hehe (and with a nice growling sound attached to it)
Once again, great game, keep working on it !!
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Yes, I've been working on a few user request... or should I say reasonable user requests Not sure how the bears will fit ... I should never have mentioned them I guess *g*

viyano said:
Yes, I've been working on a few user request... or should I say reasonable user requests Not sure how the bears will fit ... I should never have mentioned them I guess *g*
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hahaha yeah I know, just teasing you. I was hung up waiting for certification for my app and found a funny way to pass time (just kidding, I still want bears !!)
All the same, a few variations on the theme could improve the already good gameplay maybe !
By the way: stupid/drunk suggestion (hope you don't mind). When you/we get Mango, use the camera API to take shots of you and your friend and replace the head of the puppet with those

Occupied is now available in an ad-free version, Occupied Forever, get it here:
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=094d16bd-b02a-4dd4-a634-eb4591956ed0

[GAME] 'CELL FREE' New (Actually Good) free game on the marketplace!!

Hey guys there is a game on the marketplace now called 'Cell Free' which is a strategy/puzzle/action game like the cellular level of Spore!
The paid version seems to have almost exclusively 5 star ratings, and is now free. This is the quality of game that should actually be a Xbox Live game.
Also it doesn't seem to have any ads at all...
Check it out, it only has 60 levels but they are very fun!
Here is a link
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=20edd53f-f638-454b-b5fa-39ea072a52a3

really coool game...!!!

Wow!
This is my game, I made this... I was just getting around to posting a link only to see that it has already been done...
Thanks for the post man, I am so glad you and anandmalli like the game.
Well as you said it's free and also ad free, I just hope everyone has fun playing it. If it becomes at all popular I will be adding a few new levels and enemy types that I wanted to add but didn't have time for during development.
Thanks again.
What does everyone else think?
Any requests for features/improvements/ideas etc...?

Isn't it available in Germany? I can't seem to find it. -_-

Apparently the new version is Mango-only. I can only see the old paid version in the marketplace.
That's a shame, too, because it means it could be months before most WP7 users will see it.

dkp1977 said:
Isn't it available in Germany? I can't seem to find it. -_-
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I wasn't submitted to a few places originally, (including the US...) I have changed it and it should be going up in a few hours.
Sorry about the stuffup...

RoboDad said:
Apparently the new version is Mango-only. I can only see the old paid version in the marketplace.
That's a shame, too, because it means it could be months before most WP7 users will see it.
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I have a 7.0 version up right now, and in a few days I will be putting up a 7.1 version (mainly multitasking support and about 20% boost to battery life because we use the NEON unit in mango to accelerate our float operations.

YEAH
I bought it a few days ago

MultiEMV said:
YEAH
I bought it a few days ago
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Glad you liked it enough to buy it!
All the improvments we have made will be going into the paid version in a few days, and many more.

Cell Updated
Hey I have just put though the fix so that it will now show up in the US and some other places, so if you tried to get it before and it wasn't there go try it out now.
Cell is out in 33 countrys now

Eonon GA8163 - Where to start with Roms/Firmware?

http://www.eonon.com/Android-Car-GPS/Vehicle-Specific-GPS/Mazda-3-2010-2013-Double-DIN-8-Inch-Android-7-1-Multi-Touch-Screen-1080P-Indash-Audio.html
I purchased one of these but it's definitely not with-out issues. I've done some reading and see that someone has installed Malaysk's software on an older model and it fixed several issues including audio quality and speed. It's been years since I've last performed a root, firmware and rom installation.
I *really* don't want to brick this thing... and Malaysk's posts are making me dizzy with the broken english translations.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

If you dig that broken english bro, you should head over to the RU forum hahaha. There is some great info there, but you gotta learn what the Google translate really means.
I was gonna purchase this exact unit for my GF and was wondering if you could tell me the build, version, MTCD XXX, etc info from it, I would really appreciate it! I currently have a MTCD XRC 7.1.2 August 15th in my Audi and was wondering how things compared.
Thanks!

Well, I just ordered it for her so I will know the answers to all of this and MORE, on Wed!

twist said:
If you dig that broken english bro, you should head over to the RU forum hahaha. There is some great info there, but you gotta learn what the Google translate really means.
I was gonna purchase this exact unit for my GF and was wondering if you could tell me the build, version, MTCD XXX, etc info from it, I would really appreciate it! I currently have a MTCD XRC 7.1.2 August 15th in my Audi and was wondering how things compared.
Thanks!
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I've this unit for 2 weeks now
I have MTCD_WWW_2.59_1
7.1.2
Had some issues with FM (sound is mute every couple seconds), and Eonon send me an update.
The new firmware did a good job for the FM issues, it's better, but not solved.
The new MTCD version is now WWW_2.62_1
But after the update the unit is not long in standby, max 5 minutes... after that its completely off...
They're investigating it now, hope to hear soon.
They are willing to help, like it.
Casper

New Canadian owner of a Chinese Product
I actually just bought this couple weeks ago..
After several issues with payments, where they asked for my drivers license to verify my credit card, after already charging my credit card.. After denying them my "life-long" identification, I was forced to complete the transaction through PayPal..
Overall, I have already lost about $10 CAD after the refund.
However, I just received my package yesterday and set up just the head unit. I still yet have to finish the GPS, Dash Cam and Reverse Cam.
So far, the WiFi isn't all that great and the Bluetooth is pretty limited in terms of connecting to things other than a phone.
(Tried with a Bluetooth keyboard, won't work)
FM Radio does sometimes mute randomly for a second or more.
I will keep in touch on this forum and hope we can workout our issues together.
P.S.
I'm a computer science student, so I know my code.. just need more familiarization with this specific android product.

cmderks93 said:
I've this unit for 2 weeks now
I have MTCD_WWW_2.59_1
7.1.2
Had some issues with FM (sound is mute every couple seconds), and Eonon send me an update.
The new firmware did a good job for the FM issues, it's better, but not solved.
The new MTCD version is now WWW_2.62_1
But after the update the unit is not long in standby, max 5 minutes... after that its completely off...
They're investigating it now, hope to hear soon.
They are willing to help, like it.
Casper
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Thanks for the info! I have been having the same FM issue on my MTCD XRC, it must be an issue with the newest version. Do you mind posting the update somewhere so I can take a look at it? I am suppose to get delivery today, looking forward to testing and comparing it to mine.

twist said:
Thanks for the info! I have been having the same FM issue on my MTCD XRC, it must be an issue with the newest version. Do you mind posting the update somewhere so I can take a look at it? I am suppose to get delivery today, looking forward to testing and comparing it to mine.
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Did you get it?
I cannot post any links because of my new account...
I think the FM problem has something todo with the signal strength. In the little town where I live, we've bad signal, the FM is muting every couple seconds for one second. Last Sunday I was on the highway for 2 hours, without any problems....

cmderks93 said:
Did you get it?
I cannot post any links because of my new account...
I think the FM problem has something todo with the signal strength. In the little town where I live, we've bad signal, the FM is muting every couple seconds for one second. Last Sunday I was on the highway for 2 hours, without any problems....
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I did get it, thanks so much bro! The head unit arrived today for my GF as well, it looks pretty nice, but I have not installed it yet.
I can post the link you sent me if you would like? Or we could post it over on the MTCD forums as well.
Yah the FM issue may be due to signal strength, but I do not understand why it gets muted instead of just getting static.

twist said:
If you dig that broken english bro, you should head over to the RU forum hahaha. There is some great info there, but you gotta learn what the Google translate really means.
I was gonna purchase this exact unit for my GF and was wondering if you could tell me the build, version, MTCD XXX, etc info from it, I would really appreciate it! I currently have a MTCD XRC 7.1.2 August 15th in my Audi and was wondering how things compared.
Thanks!
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I don't see the MCU for our unit on their as other's have posted, the MCU is 'WWW'
Would be really nice to get some better software on this machine as Eonon's software is garbage.

twist said:
I did get it, thanks so much bro! The head unit arrived today for my GF as well, it looks pretty nice, but I have not installed it yet.
I can post the link you sent me if you would like? Or we could post it over on the MTCD forums as well.
Yah the FM issue may be due to signal strength, but I do not understand why it gets muted instead of just getting static.
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I notice this issue when streaming audio with Pandora or Soundcloud. Sometimes it stops after a while. Not sure if it's a software or streaming issue.
One thing to note is if you have the Bose system, there is a 6" or so cable with a black box that needs to be plugged into the main stereo cluster going into the car (since the bose system already has an amp.) The mids & lows are horrible with the Eonon unit... I messed around with it for a couple days before I realized that the Eonon equalizer is just garbage. Install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.desaxedstudios.bassbooster&hl=en and use that equalizer.... But don't bother enabling the bass boosting function. The equalizer is all you need to have near factory bose audio.
The bass boost equalizer app has to be launched every time you re-start the car to fix the audio quality.

rimz1993 said:
I actually just bought this couple weeks ago..
After several issues with payments, where they asked for my drivers license to verify my credit card, after already charging my credit card.. After denying them my "life-long" identification, I was forced to complete the transaction through PayPal..
Overall, I have already lost about $10 CAD after the refund.
However, I just received my package yesterday and set up just the head unit. I still yet have to finish the GPS, Dash Cam and Reverse Cam.
So far, the WiFi isn't all that great and the Bluetooth is pretty limited in terms of connecting to things other than a phone.
(Tried with a Bluetooth keyboard, won't work)
FM Radio does sometimes mute randomly for a second or more.
I will keep in touch on this forum and hope we can workout our issues together.
P.S.
I'm a computer science student, so I know my code.. just need more familiarization with this specific android product.
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Hope to hear more from you. Interesting that I'm not the only person having issues with the audio cutting in and out. Starting to regret this purchase honestly. I might ask Eonon for additional help (which we may never really get) and I plan on doing a detailed video review about the unit and customer service once this journey is over.

scarcer said:
I notice this issue when streaming audio with Pandora or Soundcloud. Sometimes it stops after a while. Not sure if it's a software or streaming issue.
One thing to note is if you have the Bose system, there is a 6" or so cable with a black box that needs to be plugged into the main stereo cluster going into the car (since the bose system already has an amp.) The mids & lows are horrible with the Eonon unit... I messed around with it for a couple days before I realized that the Eonon equalizer is just garbage. Install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.desaxedstudios.bassbooster&hl=en and use that equalizer.... But don't bother enabling the bass boosting function. The equalizer is all you need to have near factory bose audio.
The bass boost equalizer app has to be launched every time you re-start the car to fix the audio quality.
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Malayask just released his new ROM for our units, going to be testing it soon! I just hope I can switch the launchers because I am not a fan of his stock choice.

twist said:
Malayask just released his new ROM for our units, going to be testing it soon! I just hope I can switch the launchers because I am not a fan of his stock choice.
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Ahh this is making more sense now. PX3 2gb platform.

scarcer said:
Hope to hear more from you. Interesting that I'm not the only person having issues with the audio cutting in and out. Starting to regret this purchase honestly. I might ask Eonon for additional help (which we may never really get) and I plan on doing a detailed video review about the unit and customer service once this journey is over.
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Please share a link to your video review in the event you do one. I recently got a 2013 Mazda 3 and this unit seems very interesting (moreso with the prospect of custom ROM support), but there doesn't seem to be much detailed info or reviews online for it. I'm definitely keeping my eye on this thread.

Honestly the quality of this machine isn't that good. It's unreliable and eonon doesn't care.

scarcer said:
Honestly the quality of this machine isn't that good. It's unreliable and eonon doesn't care.
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That's a shame. Seems like a unit with real potential.

[email protected]++ said:
That's a shame. Seems like a unit with real potential.
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I have the 7163S. Can confirm eonon gives absolutely 0 ****s.
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