Wow I didint know tom tom give access to texts. I will try today Android Auto https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.projection.gearhead&hl=el but this app need data connection.
Eonon GA2170
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It's not a full SMS app, you can not start it yourself, you cannot access existing SMS, if you receive SMS whilst in the car, it offers to read it out, it is on bottom status bar for short time, also, it has 3 canned replies, one or two include %ETA%.
I've noticed today Tom Tom app on my radio unit offers to share ETA, but, as PDF....
I've noticed today Tom Tom app on my radio unit offers to share ETA, but, as PDF....
Eonon heatsink and FW question
Hi all,
Just got the GA2170 head-unit the other day and already love this thing, aside from the daylight screen washout a bit. Seems to work pretty nicely, but still had to mess with it, as I am a tinkerer. I attached some pics of a heat-sink mod I did, wish i took more but general idea is there.
The super thin and crappy heat-spreader on the PX5 is awful and ran high in temps with only a few minutes running, so i can imagine in the car is much worse. Some chip temps were 160 F?!
Anyway,I took off the module and unscrewed the heat-sink. Only had the small thermal patch on it to the pX5, so I added a better material with some thermal compound and also dabbed some on the memory chips to help (though they don't really touch the heat spreader, but at least a little extra help).
I then sanded the top of the heats-spreader as smooth as I could make it, so the transfer of heat to the new heat-sink is better.
I then screwed a 12 volt small ball-bearing fan on top and connected the fan to the 9 volt regulator on the board. This way the fan does not run fast enough to wear fast and also is not even audible when installed.
I chose not to make extra holes in the case of the unit, but it has enough smaller holes to help for now. I'll see how it goes.
photos.app.goo.gl/w9KdDgnF8KjPhzix2
Hi all,
Just got the GA2170 head-unit the other day and already love this thing, aside from the daylight screen washout a bit. Seems to work pretty nicely, but still had to mess with it, as I am a tinkerer. I attached some pics of a heat-sink mod I did, wish i took more but general idea is there.
The super thin and crappy heat-spreader on the PX5 is awful and ran high in temps with only a few minutes running, so i can imagine in the car is much worse. Some chip temps were 160 F?!
Anyway,I took off the module and unscrewed the heat-sink. Only had the small thermal patch on it to the pX5, so I added a better material with some thermal compound and also dabbed some on the memory chips to help (though they don't really touch the heat spreader, but at least a little extra help).
I then sanded the top of the heats-spreader as smooth as I could make it, so the transfer of heat to the new heat-sink is better.
I then screwed a 12 volt small ball-bearing fan on top and connected the fan to the 9 volt regulator on the board. This way the fan does not run fast enough to wear fast and also is not even audible when installed.
I chose not to make extra holes in the case of the unit, but it has enough smaller holes to help for now. I'll see how it goes.
photos.app.goo.gl/w9KdDgnF8KjPhzix2
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Hi ,I had the same, the main buton has stuck in press position, every time you start it is in loop boot , take the knob out and place it back gently, if you press you should fill a contact switch, if you fill nothing it is blocked. Good lock !
Great job with the cooler. I was thinking to replace the wifi antenna with an external wifi antenna via pigtail output connector. But as I can see at your photos the wifi antenna connected to the unit board just like this. OMG. China FTW.
I have on , I like it too . Had anyone found a way to control the ringer volume and or tiring it off for when getting a call ?
I think you must take the ring file and lower the volume with an external program.
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It works without external app or root
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Hi. Do you have found som problem with malaysk installation?
Is this one better od the original rom?
The Malay ROM works great, have not had any issue so far, and a lot of things work much smoother as well, such as the bluetooth pairing. Only app that does not work is "DVR" which won't see the front (AVIN) camera. I tried a few 3rd party apps, but nothing seems to use that input for DVR purpose. Love the themes and new apps too. WAY BETTER than stock!
Hi, thanks Man, great ideas, and bold act, cheers, I agreed with what you siad, but dislike of putting a fan there, it's not fun to have a fan. could you add extra thicker heat sinks, passive fanless.
regarding the screen, what's model of that, can you have any cracks to increase its brightness, and possisble of adjust contrast as weak, but i believe the factory already increased the contrast to its maxium and the brightness as well, there is little room to improve, I really dislike the HU, I attempted to get ride of for $200 plus a mint conditioned free 37-39 LCD HD TV, and could't, I can't return it either, the custome service ignored me.
2, what's the wi-fi module it has, it really sucks, is there a way to change it as well?
The HU is very buggy, I still have't remove the factory screen protector, do you really love this unit? I was very impressed. I tried to love it, but failed, the idea is great but the product is no faltering:crying:.
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Hello, I can confirm the bad quality of screen brightness at GA2170. They provide screen protector which is able to make it better but I no doubt about that. In my country the most of the days are sunny and that make the unit pretty useless. Imagine if you are trying to get directions for a location... I think this is the reason why eonon have the most cheap units. My friend get some days later a noname unit from aliexpress for his car with same chipset ram etc and the screen quality was so much better than eonon. Plus that my friend car glasses dont have sunshade (I have install at my car have sunshade). And I am pretty sure that any firmware or software update will make it better. This is a hardware issue. What ever.
Thanks, totally agreed!, screen sucks, I tried to return after I powered it the day after, but customer service ignored me, then I tired to re-sell it for $200, but failed, it's headache , I wish I bough a larger android phone ( or as you said a tablet) as alternative , big mistake. plus I can't flush fit on a double din frame,
Services dont run
I'm having some issues with the Android services. I installed an application (radardroid) and would like it to run at the boot of the multimedia center (using its own service), but the central one does not seem to allow services to start and continue to run in the background.
I tried to install another application, Sony Smart Connect, and create a profile to run the loaded radardroid (I can not find the Bluetooth device to perform the action) and same thing. The application does not work alone at the beginning and nothing happens.
Any suggestion ???
Greetings.
I'm having some issues with the Android services. I installed an application (radardroid) and would like it to run at the boot of the multimedia center (using its own service), but the central one does not seem to allow services to start and continue to run in the background.
I tried to install another application, Sony Smart Connect, and create a profile to run the loaded radardroid (I can not find the Bluetooth device to perform the action) and same thing. The application does not work alone at the beginning and nothing happens.
Any suggestion ???
Greetings.
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I had the same thing. Also if you try to start google maps and some others google applications you will get some errors. I dont know why but some third party applications make some damage to the google services and applications. Hard reset the unit and u will be fine.
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What firmware are you using, trying to get mine to work. My dongle came with hilink, was wondering if I needed to downgrade it to stick.
What firmware are you using, trying to get mine to work. My dongle came with hilink, was wondering if I needed to downgrade it to stick.
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Hi all,
Just got the GA2170 head-unit the other day and already love this thing, aside from the daylight screen washout a bit. Seems to work pretty nicely, but still had to mess with it, as I am a tinkerer. I attached some pics of a heat-sink mod I did, wish i took more but general idea is there.
The super thin and crappy heat-spreader on the PX5 is awful and ran high in temps with only a few minutes running, so i can imagine in the car is much worse. Some chip temps were 160 F?!
Anyway,I took off the module and unscrewed the heat-sink. Only had the small thermal patch on it to the pX5, so I added a better material with some thermal compound and also dabbed some on the memory chips to help (though they don't really touch the heat spreader, but at least a little extra help).
I then sanded the top of the heats-spreader as smooth as I could make it, so the transfer of heat to the new heat-sink is better.
I then screwed a 12 volt small ball-bearing fan on top and connected the fan to the 9 volt regulator on the board. This way the fan does not run fast enough to wear fast and also is not even audible when installed.
I chose not to make extra holes in the case of the unit, but it has enough smaller holes to help for now. I'll see how it goes.
photos.app.goo.gl/w9KdDgnF8KjPhzix2
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