Hello, I've recently been intrigued with Android head units and for what they can do as I've seen on YouTube they are impressive for the price. I own a '14 Ford Fiesta and I found a plug and play unit for my car on eBay which is branded as "KiriNavi" model: WC-FE8021 A7 and I am considering it. I was wondering if anyone has experience with this brand or product and can tell me how reliable it is. Perhaps this model has been sold before under a different name, or unbranded as the seller has told me?
I don't want to spend nearly $400 for something that'll only work a couple months, I plan to use it for apps such as Waze and Spotify and the aesthetic upgrade from my ****ty looking stock unit. I am not an audiophile by any means and I prefer the functionality over sound quality as long as it's reasonable and doesn't completely crap out of me.
Thank you!
It's just another overpriced Chinese RK3188 unit. For that kind of money you can get a brand new SONY XAV-AX100.
P.S. Why do you guys keep posting here stuff that has nothing to do with Android Auto? Android HUs have a dedicated forum.
m00n61 said:
It's just another overpriced Chinese RK3188 unit. For that kind of money you can get a brand new SONY XAV-AX100.
P.S. Why do you guys keep posting here stuff that has nothing to do with Android Auto? Android HUs have a dedicated forum.
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I apologize I overlooked that section at first and can't delete this post. Thank you for the insight and suggestion though.
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can ne 1 tell me where to buy the car kit described here?......or a web site for the same, i believe it is german , is the an english version? :shock:
Try this one www.cheap.de
I just called them and they still have them on stock. If you buy one please post your experiences....
Who is the manufacturer?
Hello!
Can anyone tell me who is the manufacurer of the car kit.
I'm looking for more details about this thing, but don't know where.
Also I want to buy a much higher quantity, than doing this over a normal reseller.
Thanks,
Richard
I emailed Cheap a week ago and got no response. I'm in the USA.
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Richard said:
Hello!
Can anyone tell me who is the manufacurer of the car kit.
I'm looking for more details about this thing, but don't know where.
Also I want to buy a much higher quantity, than doing this over a normal reseller.
Thanks,
Richard
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Yes.
Actually, my company developed the Car Kit (Plastic parts). Assembly and electronic were done by my Partner company in Germany.
For further informations contact me at [email protected].
Andrej
Heya,
I am travelling to Beijing, China, this summer and I was thinking if anyone would have any ideas on what tech and gadgets would be a good deal to buy while there? Also, would it be a bad idea to buy electronics in China, will I run in to problems using them in Europe (such as software and compatiblity and such?
I am thinking mostly about phones and tablets (and cameras) - smart ones that can be hacked and flashed with a western ROM (or can they?)
Any thoughts on this matter?
I would not buy any batteries there. I've had a couple bad ones in the past. So now I make sure I only stick w/ the OEM batteries.
Watch out for fake stuff
Sent from HTC HD2 with Android
coldest~~~ said:
Watch out for fake stuff
Sent from HTC HD2 with Android
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Its almost all fake xD they have fake htc phones and iphones etc.
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Good luck... If y have to buy, but from big stores like department stores, though price will only be more expensive. It is because big stores always afraid attracts attention from govt for misbehaving, if govt officials inspect heir goods, warehouse and dig out something else, they are doomed...
jazzjeppe said:
Heya,
I am travelling to Beijing, China, this summer and I was thinking if anyone would have any ideas on what tech and gadgets would be a good deal to buy while there? Also, would it be a bad idea to buy electronics in China, will I run in to problems using them in Europe (such as software and compatiblity and such?
I am thinking mostly about phones and tablets (and cameras) - smart ones that can be hacked and flashed with a western ROM (or can they?)
Any thoughts on this matter?
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Cheaper to get from US. Check out 360buy.com (in chinese) and/or amazon.com.cn in comparison with newegg.com and you'll understand why.
However, buying counterfeit fashion stuff is good.
My girlfriend is working in Beijing, so I have second-hand experience.
China - HK
jazzjeppe said:
Heya,
I am travelling to Beijing, China, this summer and I was thinking if anyone would have any ideas on what tech and gadgets would be a good deal to buy while there? Also, would it be a bad idea to buy electronics in China, will I run in to problems using them in Europe (such as software and compatiblity and such?
I am thinking mostly about phones and tablets (and cameras) - smart ones that can be hacked and flashed with a western ROM (or can they?)
Any thoughts on this matter?
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Everything you will find in china (without the big serious markets) is fake, they all will tell you its OEM but it's not. If you should buy anything from China it will be clothes, it's amazing how cheap it is.....If you want good electronic devices you have to go to HongKong - Beacuse there is the electronic devices all tax-free.
But I was thinking on order one tablet from china but then is the question is it "rootable" ? does it depends on the manufacture of the CPU ? or what is it really ? sorry for the noob Q.
//ekkis
Oh yeah, just reminded me of the news of an external HDD being spoofed.
Ekkis said:
Everything you will find in china (without the big serious markets) is fake, they all will tell you its OEM but it's not. If you should buy anything from China it will be clothes, it's amazing how cheap it is.....If you want good electronic devices you have to go to HongKong - Beacuse there is the electronic devices all tax-free.
But I was thinking on order one tablet from china but then is the question is it "rootable" ? does it depends on the manufacture of the CPU ? or what is it really ? sorry for the noob Q.
//ekkis
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oh yeea Hong Kong that place... shopping paradise for electronics and gadgets...
lol I used to live there before i moved to Aust but still going there every christmas for holidays and shopping, cant get enough
and china... I wouldnt trust those stores not even the bigger department stores. unless you know people there that works in that sort of department and knows their way on how to buy legit gadgets and hardwares
There's a lot of cheap electronics you can buy there. I'm not talking about the usual fakes. I'm talking about legit companies that make mp3 players, cellphones, etc without trying to rip off others. They're cheap and low quality but the price is amazing.
Clothes are definitely a safe bet. You can't beat the price.
would love it if some one could pm me a link to a site in hong kong for rough prices on phones/camaras
many thanks stu
cupidstu said:
would love it if some one could pm me a link to a site in hong kong for rough prices on phones/camaras
many thanks stu
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price.com.hk
just try with google
but possible to buy great and high quality cheap tech !
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Hi Folks,
I'm thinking of jumping the iOS ship and heading straight for the daddy of smartphones.
I love the idea of the dual sim - work & personal - hence why I'm considering the 802w. At the moment the only option is to do a Chinese import. It does come to the UK later in the new year but it's on pre-order only and it's a direct buy from HTC. Buying it in China I can save 1/4 - 1/3.
My main concern is if I'll be able to remove all the Chinese bloatware and revert it to a "clean Western" rom without too much pain. I've seen a few threads on here, I've skimmed the first few pages of each, but I've not read through them in detail, I've not dabbled with Android before and I don't have the phone, so I'd just like to get some unspecific thoughts...
I have pretty extensive experience modding iOS so I'm not too concerned about playing with the HTC and "getting there in the end", but I guess I'm hesitant if there are issues making the phone run seamlessly. I suppose what I'm asking, is the trade off worth it? Should I just wait another month or two and pay the extra to get the UK spec.
What, if any, would be the disadvantages of getting the Chinese import over waiting for the UK spec, besides the money.
Advice is greatly appreciated, thanks and happy new new!
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mikeydablue said:
Hi Folks,
I'm thinking of jumping the iOS ship and heading straight for the daddy of smartphones.
I love the idea of the dual sim - work & personal - hence why I'm considering the 802w. At the moment the only option is to do a Chinese import. It does come to the UK later in the new year but it's on pre-order only and it's a direct buy from HTC. Buying it in China I can save 1/4 - 1/3.
My main concern is if I'll be able to remove all the Chinese bloatware and revert it to a "clean Western" rom without too much pain. I've seen a few threads on here, I've skimmed the first few pages of each, but I've not read through them in detail, I've not dabbled with Android before and I don't have the phone, so I'd just like to get some unspecific thoughts...
I have pretty extensive experience modding iOS so I'm not too concerned about playing with the HTC and "getting there in the end", but I guess I'm hesitant if there are issues making the phone run seamlessly. I suppose what I'm asking, is the trade off worth it? Should I just wait another month or two and pay the extra to get the UK spec.
What, if any, would be the disadvantages of getting the Chinese import over waiting for the UK spec, besides the money.
Advice is greatly appreciated, thanks and happy new new!
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Whats Good XDA,
I'm in the market for an HDTV and I'd appreciate everyone's input and experience.
This TV is going to be used as a 2nd monitor for my home-theater PC and also for my ps4. I am not interested in WiFi/3D/'Smart Features' as I have a custom desktop to handle all of those things. My budget is around 600-700 dollars.
I was thinking about getting this:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/430014/60_Refurbished_1080p_LED_HDTV_-_UN60EH6003
Or something pretty similar to that.
Is there anything becides input lag that I should be concerned about when buying something like this? Does anyone have any inside information on great deals this holiday season?
Cheers
EDIT:
http://www.microcenter.com/product/439143/60_1080p_Plasma_Screen_HD_TV_-_60PB5600
Also considering this, that retailer also has 3.5% sales tax
Day by day I'm getting regretted of buying the Honor Play instead of POCO F1, the main reason is not the phone, speaker or the camera quality.
Since I clearly knew what I'm buying. But because of the ecosystem around the phone.
Couldn't buy a decent tempered glass from a good brand. Couldn't buy a decent case for the phone since the volume is not high and most case manufacturer ditched the phone.
On top of everything it's the attitude of the honor company itself. They just meant that after the selling it's your product not the companies.
I already mentioned the terrible lack of official accessories. Even for some accessories the site always mentioned out of stock.
On top of everything the accessories section itself is removed from the Indian website. Which means we only sell phones.
In mobile i can access the accessories section which contains only the charger, band and watch, that too out of stock.
Can't the company keep atleast the charger. It's pathetic.
I want to buy a charger since kirin chipset supports proprietary charging for office use and couldn't get anywhere. Not even in online portals.
This might be my last device with Honor or Huawei even how good it may be.
Worst part of it is, i tried to mail them last time and the mail bounced back. Never seen such irresponsible company.
I feel your pain and know where you are coming from, my last phone was a Nokia 8 which was in a similar position and the honor play is the same sort of way.
I can recommend this as a screen protector though:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07KHP66ND/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's not tempered glass but it'll protect the screen against most scratches.
As for the case I've ordered this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F2J4XQY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
But it hasn't arrived so I can't say anything about it's quality.
I sucked it up and paid for a bootloader code and having rooted the phone and removed a lot of the bloatware I'm happy with the Android now, although I would like OpenKirin to make it's way onto the device.
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I feel your pain and know where you are coming from, my last phone was a Nokia 8 which was in a similar position and the honor play is the same sort of way.
I can recommend this as a screen protector though:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07KHP66ND/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It's not tempered glass but it'll protect the screen against most scratches.
As for the case I've ordered this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F2J4XQY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
But it hasn't arrived so I can't say anything about it's quality.
I sucked it up and paid for a bootloader code and having rooted the phone and removed a lot of the bloatware I'm happy with the Android now, although I would like OpenKirin to make it's way onto the device.
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Where did you pay to unlock the bootloader? How much money?
About £40, much more than I'd have like to have paid (and that i think I should have paid at all...) but if I didn't unlock it I'd have just sold the phone and gone back to a Nokia for a more stock Android.
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About £40, much more than I'd have like to have paid (and that i think I should have paid at all...) but if I didn't unlock it I'd have just sold the phone and gone back to a Nokia for a more stock Android.
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What service did you pay to unlock? Dcunlocker or other?
Ratheesh6 said:
Day by day I'm getting regretted of buying the Honor Play instead of POCO F1, the main reason is not the phone, speaker or the camera quality.
Since I clearly knew what I'm buying. But because of the ecosystem around the phone.
Couldn't buy a decent tempered glass from a good brand. Couldn't buy a decent case for the phone since the volume is not high and most case manufacturer ditched the phone.
On top of everything it's the attitude of the honor company itself. They just meant that after the selling it's your product not the companies.
I already mentioned the terrible lack of official accessories. Even for some accessories the site always mentioned out of stock.
On top of everything the accessories section itself is removed from the Indian website. Which means we only sell phones.
In mobile i can access the accessories section which contains only the charger, band and watch, that too out of stock.
Can't the company keep atleast the charger. It's pathetic.
I want to buy a charger since kirin chipset supports proprietary charging for office use and couldn't get anywhere. Not even in online portals.
This might be my last device with Honor or Huawei even how good it may be.
Worst part of it is, i tried to mail them last time and the mail bounced back. Never seen such irresponsible company.
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Quit your whining. Who buys official accessories? If you want a charger, buy a usb-c charger. Mine works in the office, just like it works anywhere you can plug it in - office, train, home etc. It's your product after you bought it? What does that even mean? Of course it's yours after you bought it. You're not making any sense, man!
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Quit your whining. Who buys official accessories? If you want a charger, buy a usb-c charger. Mine works in the office, just like it works anywhere you can plug it in - office, train, home etc. It's your product after you bought it? What does that even mean? Of course it's yours after you bought it. You're not making any sense, man!
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Official accessories is another way of looking at companies interest in providing an ecosystem around the product. An assurance that providing support after sales. I'm using normal USB C charger in my office and official charger at home. Kirin uses proprietary charging techniques so third party supported charger is too few. My problem is why can't they have charger in store? Is that difficult to source even? If they can't even source the charger what will happen if any parts of my phone go kaboom. Will it ever get's repaired?
Apart from that how can an official email id get's bounced. Even my personal gmail have unlimited space. My problem is the companies attitude towards users not the product. it keeps the phone alive for at-least some years. I had low volume phones in past and had difficulties in company stopped updating it before an year. I don't want Honor Play to join that list.
Just sell your phone and buy a pocof1, good luck with that
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Just sell your phone and buy a pocof1, good luck with that
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I'm not saying that I'm going to buy but when Play got released F1 was in vicinity and i know it's pros and cons. Number of good accessories released for that phone is more than play and a little push from the company partnering with few more manufacturers will increase the value of the product. My regret is not with the phone, it's a great phone and am enjoying every bit of it. Just disappointed with the company.
i bought honor play at the time when poco f1 was going on flash sales on flipkart i missed my opportunity to buy poco twice due to that stupid flash sale and hence out of frustration i bought honor play
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I'm not saying that I'm going to buy but when Play got released F1 was in vicinity and i know it's pros and cons. Number of good accessories released for that phone is more than play and a little push from the company partnering with few more manufacturers will increase the value of the product. My regret is not with the phone, it's a great phone and am enjoying every bit of it. Just disappointed with the company.
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The thing is, you should have also realized these chinese companies are releasing products left and right. Honor Play is not a flagship phone. Its a budget phone and Honor/huawei have better products to support. Dont be a dumb person and make do what you bought. Just buy a freaking usb c charger it will work. Damn these millenials pisses me off
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You want a company that supports their phones all the way? Buy an iphone. Damn