General [Review] Joying PX5 2GB+32GB on Android version 8.0.0 (FYT unit)
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No. The radio is not part of Android, but part of the hardware. As soon as the hardware is active it will play the last tuned station. Only "much later" Android is up and running immediately showing you the radio app, which is only a gui and not really a functional app, and then you can stop the radio again.
HI Surfer63,
Thanks for the response, I am afraid my question was much more basic in that I was looking to see if there was a stop button on the gui as I cannot find one. Thanks for all the detailed information in this post and all of the rest!
dave
Hit the Back arrow, shuts off the radio and returns to the home page.
Hello,
Could you help me?
I've tried to upgrade my Joying JY-UO138N4PX5S, and something went wrong.
Before upgrade I had APP version 0.0.72, MCU TP6735 4.42
I've successfully installed MCU update TP6735_V4.51 from Joying website:
After that I tried to install firmware 8.1 V0.0.125 from from Joying website:
Looks like it was installed and asked to remove USB drive, I've removed USB drive and it unit went for a reboot.
After reboot unit stuck on Android logo.
I've tried to get to recovery mode, but not succeeded. I put firmware to SD Card, but also not succeeded to boot from it.
There is two buttons RST and POW, I've tried to pushed it in different ways, but not succeeded to get to recovery mode.
Do someone know how can I get to recovery mode and fix this unit?
Could you help me?
I've tried to upgrade my Joying JY-UO138N4PX5S, and something went wrong.
Before upgrade I had APP version 0.0.72, MCU TP6735 4.42
I've successfully installed MCU update TP6735_V4.51 from Joying website:
After that I tried to install firmware 8.1 V0.0.125 from from Joying website:
Looks like it was installed and asked to remove USB drive, I've removed USB drive and it unit went for a reboot.
After reboot unit stuck on Android logo.
I've tried to get to recovery mode, but not succeeded. I put firmware to SD Card, but also not succeeded to boot from it.
There is two buttons RST and POW, I've tried to pushed it in different ways, but not succeeded to get to recovery mode.
Do someone know how can I get to recovery mode and fix this unit?
In my experience, you MUST reset (RST) the unit after every update. Use a paperclip and put it in the rst hole and the unit will rest and then it should also boot. If it doesn't then you will have to reinstall the firmware and the reset the unit after it reboots.
We all know that you can't access the bluetooth settings in the Joying Settings.apk.
2 years ago ibdroid made a small app "blueballs.apk" that called the activity in the Joying Settings apk. After some time Joying blocked that.
Normally you can call any settings screen either via an activity or via an intent or via a provider intent.
I now made a small 35Kb apk that does the same, but it calls the bluetooth settings via the "provider". This means that if the settings can't be started the normal way (using the standard android calls), you can use a call to the provider: any program "that deals with the android settings".
Currently I can't test myself. I'm on wintersport holiday. Around and on top of my car is about 70-80 cm snow. No way I'm going to move that only to test.
Please find the apk attached.
The app does absolutely nothing apart from trying to start the bluetooth settings screen. If anyone would like to try, please let me know.
No guarantees at all. I simply like to know whether it does something.
The icon is a blue tooth and it's called "openBTsettings" (Hopefully it lives up to its name).
2 years ago ibdroid made a small app "blueballs.apk" that called the activity in the Joying Settings apk. After some time Joying blocked that.
Normally you can call any settings screen either via an activity or via an intent or via a provider intent.
I now made a small 35Kb apk that does the same, but it calls the bluetooth settings via the "provider". This means that if the settings can't be started the normal way (using the standard android calls), you can use a call to the provider: any program "that deals with the android settings".
Currently I can't test myself. I'm on wintersport holiday. Around and on top of my car is about 70-80 cm snow. No way I'm going to move that only to test.
Please find the apk attached.
The app does absolutely nothing apart from trying to start the bluetooth settings screen. If anyone would like to try, please let me know.
No guarantees at all. I simply like to know whether it does something.
The icon is a blue tooth and it's called "openBTsettings" (Hopefully it lives up to its name).
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Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone can suggest a (non-Joying) Music APP to try that the steering wheel controls will work with using a FYT android 8.0 unit? In a different thread thread there was a conversation about these units only being able to control the built-in joying apps and was wondering if anyone has had any success with other apps?
thanks,
dave
I was wondering if anyone can suggest a (non-Joying) Music APP to try that the steering wheel controls will work with using a FYT android 8.0 unit? In a different thread thread there was a conversation about these units only being able to control the built-in joying apps and was wondering if anyone has had any success with other apps?
thanks,
dave
Tested on JY-HOS01P4
I installed the app and it does open the Joying BT settings.
The only option in there is on/off.. and once on it stays on (Greyed out).
Hope this helps
Cheers
I installed the app and it does open the Joying BT settings.
The only option in there is on/off.. and once on it stays on (Greyed out).
Hope this helps
Cheers
Thanks for you reply. It does help, but overall it doesn't help us a lot though, as I had hoped you would also get the "more" (or whatever it's called) option to scan and pair other devices.
Tonight I have to dig out my car and this weekend I will test myself as well. Also with a small modification, another option.
You and me both were disappointed
Hope you can manage to get the "normal" settings
Thanks for all your work!
Cheers!
I used @surfer63 to root my Joying PX5 in the hopes to get Viper4Android to work. I read the release notes that it should technically work but doesn't. Using ViPER4Android_FX_v2505 I get either Busybox isn't functioning correctly and/or needs to be updated. Updated and now it just says "can't be installed" Someone on another thread on XDA mentioned that is because of the audio_effects.conf file which seems to be missing on my unit (/system/vendor/etc/). Anybody made any head way, sound on my Unit is so-so so trying to figure this out
Hello
for information, Joying exchange my Sofia PX5 model to their new model https://www.joyingauto.com/joying-l...avigation-system-with-built-in-4g-module.html
I received yesterday and made a call this morning. Issue is solved
Voice is clear with external mic.Hey,
I have actually a Joying HU with the FYT 6021 and I manage to upgrade for the new one so I contacted Joying and they say the upgrade is still possible. But the noticed that "After Exchange, maybe the DSP amplifier will not come with again". What does it means ? That the DSP will not work after the update ?
Did GTX made a rom for that (I remembered that last time i checked he was working on it) ?
cheers !
I have actually a Joying HU with the FYT 6021 and I manage to upgrade for the new one so I contacted Joying and they say the upgrade is still possible. But the noticed that "After Exchange, maybe the DSP amplifier will not come with again". What does it means ? That the DSP will not work after the update ?
Did GTX made a rom for that (I remembered that last time i checked he was working on it) ?
cheers !
Upgrade to which board? A PX5 FYT board (6026) or a PX5 QD board or to an Intel Airmond board?
Not one of the PX5 FYT 6026 units has DSP. So if you upgrade your sofia 3GR board with DSP to a 6026 PX5 you will not have DSP anymore.
The upgrade to a PX5 QD board with DSP is not possible from a Joying 6012 (or 5009) board.
I have no clue for the new intel airmonts.
Sorry I thought DSP was the internal AMP so my bad
I have a 6021fyt so I think it will be the 6026 because it's the only fyt compatible with my HU ( Sofia 2GB/32GB)
I already assumed so. Please get a real confirmation from Joying instead of a "maybe .."Sorry I thought DSP was the internal AMP so my bad
I have a 6021fyt so I think it will be the 6026 because it's the only fyt compatible with my HU ( Sofia 2GB/32GB)
Yes, to me personally the PX5 is preferable, but if you now have DSP I would not switch. Also because WiFi on the PX5 is terrible and bluetooth calling is only left-speaker instead of both front speakers on the Sofia 3GR.
List your priorities and then decide.
I don't have DSP ( I have the internal AMP). For me I use Wifi for internet, and I use the Bluetooth calling so the two weakness of the PX5, so it's preferable to keep my HU with the Sofia fyt, until it dies!
I just thought that the PX5 was better that Sofia 3gr, but it seems there's just better performance and split screen in native mode, and maybe some other features...
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10Joying got in contact with me and asked me if I would wanted to test one of their new PX5 2GB models on Android version 8.
I decided that I wanted to do so, so I received for some 28 euros a Joying JY-VO130P2.
So what is it:
8" screen 2DIN unit for VW/Skoda/Seat/Audi
ARM Cortex based ARM V8, 1 processor 8 A53 cores (4 running at 1.5 GHz, 4 "low energy" running at 1.2 GHz)
FYT based SOM
2GB internal memory (RAM)
32GB storage (ROM)
Android version 8.0.0
particularities: DVD-player
I made a video review of it which you can find here:https://youtu.be/MH1snfDIU5A
The Good:
- seems minimally faster than the Sofia 3GR
- FYT/syu software the same as on Sofia 3GR.
- Android 8.0.0, longer support
- Android 8 supports split-screen functionality out of the box.
- Improved radio reception (but needs to be tested over longer period)
- Improved sound quality (I think, but I forgot to mention in the review)
The bad:
- Too high temperatures of the cpu
- No user configuration of buttons
- FYT/syu software the same as on Sofia 3GR (I mean that some "weird" things are still there on the PX5 as well)
- FYT/syu applications (radio, bt, music player, etc.) do not support split screen (and it is so simple to enable this)
- No Android 8 Automotive integration
- Chinese translations could be improved using on-line tooling like weblate.org or crowdin.com (or others) by using the user community.
The really bad:
- Too high temperatures of the cpu. It really needs better cooling.
Update Sun 13 May 2018:
There is indeed an issue with the WiFi on this new Version 8.0.0 model. I already mentioned in my video review that it did not auto-connect to my WiFi networks.
- When fully rebooting the unit, it connects automatically to my home WiFi. No issue at all.
- When coming from deep-sleep, WiFi is either switched off ór WiFi is still on, but it doesn't connect automatically to my WiFi networks.
See update Fri 18 May
And maybe some explanation: I mentioned in the review that it is very simple to alter the AndroidManifest.xml to allow resizing the app and make it function in split-screen. So why didn't I do that myself?
The Joying apps are signed. Some parts can be easily changed without touching the signing, but the AndroidManifest.xml is part of that signing as it also contains the security options the application needs. Off course I do not have the Joying signature so I can't recompile the app with the same signature while the AndroidManifest.xml is obviously changed. That is exactly how it should work or any hacker could get access.
FYT/syu should change this.
Update Mon 14 May:
There used to be a bug in the older ROMs that where you gave the BT access to your contacts, it would erase all your contacts.
Well, 8.0 also erases all your contacts!
This issue annoys me highly as it is so old and it still isn't solved.
Update Tue 15 May:
The Google Assistant with spoken searches does not work.
When trying to use the voice search function (clicking the microphone in the search bar), It shows very shortly the 'Speak now' indicator before it turns into an error message that mentions "No internet connection". I checked very carefully and my internet connection is fine. I tried with 2 home WiFi networks and via hot-spot on my phone. All internet connections work fine, but Google search still gives this error message.
Update Fri 18 May:
See post #44
Update Wed 23 May (test of Android auto):
See post #54
Update Sunday 10 June:
See post #77
- OK Google solved.
Update Tuesday 12 June:
Some update about the BT app erasing your Google contacts: Joying is now working full steam on it. Another user made a nice video on youtube about it4
That's the idea!
I've been using a chinese company (seeed) to print my prototype circuit boards, and I've been assembling them by hand.
The boards have on them;
1) TI PCM1865 ADC. This chip has 4 stereo analog inputs, 1 stereo i2s input, 2 stereo i2s outputs. I have that hooked up such that the i2s input and 1 of the i2s outputs connect to the SBC, the second i2s output is connected to the DACs, 1 stereo analog input for microphone(s), 1 stereo analog input for AMFM radio, and 2 stereo analog auxiliary line inputs. The second DSP on this chip has the ability to selectively mix any combination of inputs (whether analog or digital), adjust their relative gain, and direct them to any i2s ouput, so there is a huge amount of flexibility in the audio routing capability.
2) 2x TI PCM5142 DACs. These chips take an i2s input and convert to analog. They also have a built in programmable DSP and volume controls.
3) STPA003 4x52 watt automotive amplifier.
4) Real time clock: PCF85063A with a supercapacitor backup good for around a couple of weeks. If it runs flat, no biggie because the next network connection will pull a time via NTP, reset it, and recharge it.
5) Level shifter for 3.3v debug interface and/or 4-wire UART expansion.
6) AMFM Radio: NXP TEF6686, and I've actually got the source code to run this thing!!! I've implemented a broadcast radio HAL for it and I have RDS working. I do NOT have AF working, but this is because no radio stations in Canada actually use AF, which means that I have no means of testing it. But all the building blocks needed for it to be implemented *ARE* there for anybody who is in a position to take it on.
7) Microcontroller: ATSAMD21 (ARM Cortex M0+). This is needed for (a) a few 3.3v signals, (b) steering wheel interface ADCs. My code or this is open source, and can be built using Arduino IDE, and installed either from arduino ide, or on the board itself using avrdude. At the moment, I'm running a bit of a kludge with it interfacing with a daemon on the SBC that opens uinput, mainly because an earlier prototype used ATMEGA328p which interfaces with the SBC using UART. The SAMD21 interfaces using USB, so I'll eventually want to reimplement as a USB HID device.
8) 3x input optocouplers for reading the state of car signals (acc, headlight, reverse).
The line-level analog outputs of the DACs are also available on a header before the amplifier, for external amplifiers, and I've included another header that brings out power, i2c, and the i2s output from the ADC, which would make it possible to expand the system with up to 2 additional DACs, for up to 8 channel output. My use of that header is mainly for debug purposes where I can attach a logic analyzer, so I haven't actually designed such a board, but if there is demand, it certainly could be made to happen.
I briefly considered adding a GPS to the board, but you can buy a U-Blox USB GPS for ~$10-$15 new from Acme-zon. Since the thing is going to need an external antenna anyway, it might as well be a more robust self contained unit rather than fiddly coaxial wire connections, and price wise, its just a complete no-brainer.
So the minimal parts list for a completely 100% open source "ultimate" car radio;
1) My mezzanine,
2) A 96boards SBC (currently HiKey960, soon DragonBoard820C, or if you want to dive into the software, technically *ANY* as long as it has implemented the optional i2s input pin or offers some way to recover that pin such as the DragonBoard410C -- though I wouldn't suggest that board due to only 1 GB RAM)
3) Vehicle specific radio pigtail. That's the wire with a plug that fits your car on one side, and a bunch of loose wires on the other side.
4) HDMI+USB Touch display.
5) USB GPS.
6) Analog microphone.
And that's a pretty easy list, I think. The pigtail will need to be soldered onto the mezzanine board, which I set up to be extremely easy to solder to, the display will have to be mounted somehow, and everything else just snaps together.
Another thing I've managed to accomplish, is to completely hijack the 7" 1024x600 displays on joying radios. The LCD was never a problem, just plug it into an HDMI converter board and its working, attach a PWM pin from the microcontroller to the converter board to control the brightness. I had a problem on an earlier attempt to deal with the touch sensor, but more recently discovered that they actually mislabelled the ribbon wire. In fact I have two very different touchscreens sold by joying, and found them both to be mislabelled, which means that it must be intentional. Once that's been discovered, they're just generic GT911 i2c digitizers, and can be used either with a USB touchscreen controller, or goodix driver in the linux kernel.
Optional stuff: USB hub and some UVC cameras. These can be rigged up in any way imaginable. I use 2 for front/back dashcam and record to sdcard, but they can be used for reverse camera or parking assist if so desired.
Oh, did I mention the killer feature? Its 100% open source. AOSP Master! (plus a few of my own pieces, which are also open source. Hope to eventually upstream most of it).3
I suspect that you will find, in very short order, that these chinese car radios are a lot more frustration than they're worth, at least if your objective is to end up with something that actually works *really well*.
From what I understand of the situation, the real issue is cultural. In China, they don't place a very high value on innovation, rather they place a very high value on conformity. Part of that is political, I'm sure, as you probably don't want to make yourself stand out too much under that type of a political regime. At the end of the day, it means that what you produce is simply regurgitation of what you had before. Yeah, maybe this iteration includes a faster and newer CPU core, which isn't innovative, because they're just licensing (or "borrowing") newer IP from ARM, which is from the UK, where they DO value innovation.
You can actually follow these things backwards and figure out how they ended up in such a disorganized mess. It traces back to building car radios using mobile versions of windows. You see, if you go back and look even at mainstream aftermarket car radios from several years ago, like your kenwoods and pioneers, you can actually open them up and find that each of the primary "applications" will correspond to a separate piece of *hardware*. So you'll have your garmin navigation board. You'll have your bluetooth board. You'll have your radio board. You'll have your windows board... and these pieces will all be tied together by another board with an MCU and a display switch. The buttons and the touchscreen will be connected to the MCU, and the MCU will set some mode for the rest of the system to operate in, will set the display switch to have the corresponding device's output showing on the screen, and will route data from the buttons and the touchscreen to that particular device.
That's pretty cumbersome, but its what you have to do when you're stuck using simplistic, buggy, closed source software.
Now where the cultural problem comes in is this; with the introduction of Android as a replacement for Windows, they failed to take full advantage of the increased flexibility to manipulate the hardware directly. Instead of completely rethinking the hardware, they just plunked Android in place of Windows and called it good. You see, there's no innovation. They just replace one piece for another and keep everything connected the same way. And then something changes -- like the navigation provider no longer offers a board to physically integrate with the unit, instead, they only offer a piece of software. Now for you or me, this seems like an ideal opportunity to restructure things easily, because the MCU mode concept no longer applies to the navigation. But they don't innovate, so they keep the MCU mode concept, and create a layer of software to link the MCU and the state of the navigation software together unnecessarily. And the sound -- they had an external sound mixer controlled by the MCU to decide which sound source should play back, and even though Android can control it (because they had to extend the mode concept into software that runs on Android), they keep it with the MCU.
And what you can see now, is a massively complex piece of horribly buggy and completely unnecessary software that is running just to avoid having to rethink the relationships between the different elements of the system. And this is even after Android is basically forcing a new paradigm on them by implementing the entire IVI interface and providing HALs and state machines to manage all the different aspects of car hardware. Presuming that they aren't outright lying about having stepped up to Android 8, then they must have gone to rather extreme lengths just to keep on with their buggy and horribly out of date approach. And we all know that they make absolutely horrible compromises in the security of the devices in order to accomplish this, things like setting selinux to permissive. Hacks to "make it work".
Now here is the crazy thing.... you have at least two outfits whose business is to actually manufacture the hardware and make these car radios work -- you've got FYT and you've got MTC. Each of them have a bunch of people who are working their butts off to avoid doing anything that is even remotely innovative -- just make the same thing work with the newer hardware, or the newer Android, or whatever. And then on the flip side, you can have *just one guy* do, in his spare time, something like this; https://gitlab.com/HiKey960-Car -- and that is using the full and proper Android 8 (or 9, its all open source...) Automotive IVI interface, and controlling all the hardware properly using HALs that are designed for the particular purposes. The sound is all controlled by the Audio HAL. The AMFM radio is controlled by the broadcastradio HAL. The GPS is controlled by the GPS HAL. etc. There is still an MCU, but that is mainly for its ADC in order to implement the steering wheel interface.
So to address your question about the MCU and its relationship to CAN, why it has both an external CAN controller as well as one built into the MCU.... They're not using the one built into the MCU because doing so would require them to write new code for the MCU in order to do the same thing that they see as already working, and that is borderline innovative, so we can't have that.
The can box doesn't filter much (or anything). There is a poop ton of vehicle specific code for can in their mess of unnecessary java code.
Now to be quite honest with you, I would never even consider attaching the CAN interface of a chinese car radio up to my car. And the reason is that it introduces a *safety* threat. https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/blackhat-jeep-cherokee-hack-explained/9493/ -- if you read that, you'll see that in the vehicle in question, they had to (a) hack the wifi, (b) hack the cellular network connection, (c) hack the IVI, (d) hack from that into another device that had CAN access because this IVI wasn't actually connected to the CAN directly, (e) rewrite the firmware on a CAN interface controller. After all this, they were able to control things like *steering and brakes*, completely remotely over the internet, wherever the vehicle happened to be.
That kind of hack is scary as heck, and in that case, there was a setup that clearly had a whole bunch of security features implemented, like an "air gap" between the radio and the CAN, and a CAN controller that was programmed to read, but not write. Even with all that, they were able to take over the vehicle and crash it off the road. Now if you want my opinion on connecting a chinese car radio directly to a car's CAN... not a chance! That chinese car radio has no air gap. Its CAN controller is NOT programmed to read-only. That radio has security features intentionally disabled by the manufacturer. That radio actually makes network connections to various untrusted/untrustworthy servers all over the world with unknown security problems (connect it to your home wifi/router and take a peek at the TCP connections it establishes).
