Hi,
I have Chinese clone with MTK6516 chipset (Smasung i9000 mini). I need to flash a new ROM to this phone to fix some problems. I have all the SW I need, but I'm having problems to connect the phone to my PC.
The only information on flashing the phone I found was on some Chinese forums. If I understood it correctly I need a cable with USB on one end and 3,5mm jack on the other side. I could do such cable by myself, but I need to know the pinout. Do you have any information regarding this?
Anyone here??? I want to know the same too.
I asked the supplier and they told me that I need to have a special cable. So I ordered it and it should be on it's way. I expect to receive it next week.
What is the cable ?
It's a special cable with USB and miniUSB connectors. But there is some electronics attached to the USB connector, it's not just a cable.
If you connect it to a computer, it creates a virtual COM port.
Where I can buy it ?
For example here, but it's quite expensive.
javlada said:
Hi,
I have Chinese clone with MTK6516 chipset (Smasung i9000 mini). I need to flash a new ROM to this phone to fix some problems. I have all the SW I need, but I'm having problems to connect the phone to my PC.
The only information on flashing the phone I found was on some Chinese forums. If I understood it correctly I need a cable with USB on one end and 3,5mm jack on the other side. I could do such cable by myself, but I need to know the pinout. Do you have any information regarding this?
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Take a look here:
http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/mtk-hd2-hd9-flashing-tutorial.html
http://www.eten-users.eu/index.php?showtopic=21207&st=0&
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hi all
this is my first post on X D A , and do not know where to post for help .
ok , i have a android device from CHINA named STAR A8000 , and i want his clockmode recovery , and roms what to , rom manager did not list my device for clockmode recovery ,
Star A8000 Specifications:
General:
Network GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Operation System: Google Android 2.2
Dual sim cards dual standby
Display:
Screen: 3.5 inch touch screen,WQVGA PX:240*480
Size: 116×59×13 mm
Weight: 118g(1 phone+1 battery)
Features:
·Dual cameras,2.0 Mega pixel camera for Picture & Video capability
·MP3 & MP4 player
·GPRS & WAP connectivity, MMS Transceive
·U disk support function to keep the information storage
·Bluetooth A2DP
·Voice record
·FM radio
·calendar,To do list,Alarm,World Clock,Stopwatch
·caller picture,caller Ring Tone,caller video
·Telephone directories: 100000 group of contacts,support incoming call with big head sticker,group ring an Messages &Multimedia messaging:SMS, support MMS
·Schedule power on/off: support to start/close under set time
·Alarm clock: 5 groups, support alarm clock when machine’s closed, can set from Monday to Sunday
·Game: 1 common game,Android APK games
·More information: MP3/MP4/handfree/SMS group sending/Voice recorder/ Handwritting/Bluetooth/GPRS download/MMS/Calendar/to do list/Alarm clock/ World clock/Currency converter/Unit converte/MSN/Stopwatch....
·Memory: 512MB ROM 256MB RAM,support to extend TF card to 16GB maximally
·Lithium Batteries: 1500 mAh
Star A8000 Color and Language:
Color: Black
Language: English/French/Spanish/German/Italian/ Russian/Turkish/ Portuguese/Bahasa indonesia/ Bahasa Melayu/V ietnamese/Thai/Chinese
A8000 Led Light Working?
Whoever has one of these phones, have you been able to use the led camera light as a flash light? None of the apps on the market work. I know for like the A5000 or related phones, you have to change the camera lib files, but would they work for A8000? I just dont want to brick my phone.
Right now all I have is rooted, nothing else has been done, no backup or nothing because I don't know what program to back up stock rom. If anyone reads this, thanks for the help!
I was given a car stereo for a present . best present ever .
Its a duel operating system android wince
It was all working correctly for about a month then the android part became faulty.
it comes up with a error message .
bonovoHandle has stopped . when this comes up after booting the screen dulls
you can press ok but then it does the same thing.
I have had many attempts in contacting Newsmy but not one single reply. the ebay shop it was purchased from has closed down .
the windows part works well just the android is dead. I think if I was able to get firmware for it I could fix it but cant find that anywhere .
I really appreciate any help . links or advice . This website has been a big help amongst my friends but this android stereo has us all beat. Until it died this stereo was the best thing since sliced bread. Big thankyou for any help
Mr Winter said:
I was given a car stereo for a present . best present ever .
Its a duel operating system android wince
It was all working correctly for about a month then the android part became faulty.
it comes up with a error message .
bonovoHandle has stopped . when this comes up after booting the screen dulls
you can press ok but then it does the same thing.
I have had many attempts in contacting Newsmy but not one single reply. the ebay shop it was purchased from has closed down .
the windows part works well just the android is dead. I think if I was able to get firmware for it I could fix it but cant find that anywhere .
I really appreciate any help . links or advice . This website has been a big help amongst my friends but this android stereo has us all beat. Until it died this stereo was the best thing since sliced bread. Big thankyou for any help
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hey,i saw your thread in newsmy forum,
i think you needs a firmware to get your carpad reborn...
ok,i've found one for you.
here is the update image:Kitkat 4.4.2 for AD3188,800x480 model.if your HU is 1024x600,don't use this.
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1kTso5AR
and this is a flash tool for PC,no Mac,you know..
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1eQu0IQm
method to enter flash mode:
1.powered your android box
2.connect it to your computer
3.if you can see that software's first gray box turns pink,you got it.
or
1.unplug the power cable
2.press down the reset button
3.don't release it ,plug in the power cable.
4.you will get the pink box.
br,
zygame
zygame said:
hey,i saw your thread in newsmy forum,
i think you needs a firmware to get your carpad reborn...
ok,i've found one for you.
here is the update image:Kitkat 4.4.2 for AD3188,800x480 model.if your HU is 1024x600,don't use this.
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1kTso5AR
and this is a flash tool for PC,no Mac,you know..
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1eQu0IQm
method to enter flash mode:
1.powered your android box
2.connect it to your computer
3.if you can see that software's first gray box turns pink,you got it.
or
1.unplug the power cable
2.press down the reset button
3.don't release it ,plug in the power cable.
4.you will get the pink box.
br,
zygame
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Thankyou for your help. I have the high resolution android car pad . could you please help me find software for hi resolution version . I am sorry I do not speak or read Chinese and the download links are hard for me. Is there any English sites please . very great full for your help.
Mr Winter said:
Thankyou for your help. I have the high resolution android car pad . could you please help me find software for hi resolution version . I am sorry I do not speak or read Chinese and the download links are hard for me. Is there any English sites please . very great full for your help.
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1024x600's latest firmware is: AD3188_S_KK4.4.2_1.0.3_1024x600
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1hquw37A
Update tool is:
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1eQu0IQm
Sorry I can't upload them to mega or somewhere,because my network have a very-low bandwidth to upload.
I'll let you know how to download it at baidu disk.
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And then you should unzip them all and open the update tool.
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So,the last thing you should do is connect the carpad to your computer and wait the software connect it.
if not ,you can plugin the power cord and press the reset button for 5 sec to enter the flash mode.
good luck
I also have a Newsmy Carpad II on a Ford Focus. It also have WinCE and Android box.
And no: the customer service is not able to answer your questions. They can only sell but not follow the customers.
I dont know chinese, and with translators I cannot register to their forum /bbs (btw how did you? I saw your post)
My systen have many bugs ( FM radio RDS, not functioning, volume that sometimes raise to full or drop to zero after a single tap) and now the backlight of dash is disappeared.
At the beginning I had contact with skype, now they are not aswering at all..
Cruiser_541239 said:
I also have a Newsmy Carpad II on a Ford Focus. It also have WinCE and Android box.
And no: the customer service is not able to answer your questions. They can only sell but not follow the customers.
I dont know chinese, and with translators I cannot register to their forum /bbs (btw how did you? I saw your post)
My systen have many bugs ( FM radio RDS, not functioning, volume that sometimes raise to full or drop to zero after a single tap) and now the backlight of dash is disappeared.
At the beginning I had contact with skype, now they are not aswering at all..
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Mr Winter said:
I was given a car stereo for a present . best present ever .
Its a duel operating system android wince
It was all working correctly for about a month then the android part became faulty.
it comes up with a error message .
bonovoHandle has stopped . when this comes up after booting the screen dulls
you can press ok but then it does the same thing.
I have had many attempts in contacting Newsmy but not one single reply. the ebay shop it was purchased from has closed down .
the windows part works well just the android is dead. I think if I was able to get firmware for it I could fix it but cant find that anywhere .
I really appreciate any help . links or advice . This website has been a big help amongst my friends but this android stereo has us all beat. Until it died this stereo was the best thing since sliced bread. Big thankyou for any help
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I'm sorry to hear about these issues, these Carpad II units look very interesting but there is very little information out there about them. Anyone with one of these units, could you answer these questions:
1) Do steering wheel controls work in Android, or only in WinCE?
2) Can you listen to the radio (WinCE I assume) and run an Android app simultaneously? So say listen to the radio and also run the Waze gps app with voice prompts. How does it handle the audio mixing?
3) What is the boot time? From ignition to radio playing. I have a pure android unit now but the boot time is slow. I understand WinCE is much faster, and I hope the radio would start playing while the android system is still booting up.
Thanks!
Skitals said:
I'm sorry to hear about these issues, these Carpad II units look very interesting but there is very little information out there about them. Anyone with one of these units, could you answer these questions:
1) Do steering wheel controls work in Android, or only in WinCE?
2) Can you listen to the radio (WinCE I assume) and run an Android app simultaneously? So say listen to the radio and also run the Waze gps app with voice prompts. How does it handle the audio mixing?
3) What is the boot time? From ignition to radio playing. I have a pure android unit now but the boot time is slow. I understand WinCE is much faster, and I hope the radio would start playing while the android system is still booting up.
Thanks!
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The unit is very interesting and powerful, the fact you can't talk with the support is ridiculous because sometimes a problem can go away in 5 minutes of skype talks..
1) Only in WInCE. But not sure of your question.
2) Yes you can. WinCE have different volume levels (media, radio, phone, video ..) but all the audio in Android environment is streamed in the MEDIA channel of WinCE. You can still control single volumes in Android.
This is not so bad, but there is only a problem: music stream doesn't drop down during speech of navigators in Android.
3) Boot time is longer than OEM equipment of corse. First to be ready is WinCE with all the media and canbus sections. Radio (if on before last power off) start immediately. Android double the time. I use it for Sygic Navigator, and Google Maps navigation (the best because always up to date and with real time traffic)
Dont buy one
Skitals said:
I'm sorry to hear about these issues, these Carpad II units look very interesting but there is very little information out there about them. Anyone with one of these units, could you answer these questions:
1) Do steering wheel controls work in Android, or only in WinCE?
2) Can you listen to the radio (WinCE I assume) and run an Android app simultaneously? So say listen to the radio and also run the Waze gps app with voice prompts. How does it handle the audio mixing?
3) What is the boot time? From ignition to radio playing. I have a pure android unit now but the boot time is slow. I understand WinCE is much faster, and I hope the radio would start playing while the android system is still booting up.
Thanks!
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my car has no steering wheel buttons other than horn so I don't know , but if you buy one which I suggest you don't as this one worked just for a month and because I am overseas, china newsmy want nothing to do with me . they advertise it has can bus controls for some major brands. Newsmy HAS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE.
Still not working .
zygame said:
1024x600's latest firmware is: AD3188_S_KK4.4.2_1.0.3_1024x600
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1hquw37A
Update tool is:
http#//pan.baidu.com/s/1eQu0IQm
Sorry I can't upload them to mega or somewhere,because my network have a very-low bandwidth to upload.
I'll let you know how to download it at baidu disk.
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And then you should unzip them all and open the update tool.
View attachment 2951125
So,the last thing you should do is connect the carpad to your computer and wait the software connect it.
if not ,you can plugin the power cord and press the reset button for 5 sec to enter the flash mode.
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I found some usefull links for car pad owners but mine is not accepting firmware upgrade . I get the pink box but then I get red tex telling me firmware will not load error. and pink box never flashes yellow I am thinking I have the wrong firmware version. I will try others . downloads are slow and often time out so I have to download again . will keep trying.
I cant tell what firmware I need , I don't have the box anymore and it never came with English instructions so I tossed them away. All I can tell you is written inside the pure android box is this. AD3188-JB4.22-CARPAD-1.0.0 THEN IN PEN IT HAS -79 . thankyou for your help
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links
I still cant post links and I am still on a 5 minute restriction
Mr Winter said:
I still cant post links and I am still on a 5 minute restriction
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still the same
Mr Winter said:
still the same
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no change.. newsmy car stereo is no good.
I managed somehow to subscribe and post 3/4 questions on their chinese forum.
I obtained a couple of posts from another user (useful for the specific topic), and stop. No one from Newsmy answered in a week.
At this point I just have to hope that the Carpad will never break, and take back my unanswered questions.
For this reasons I strongly discourage anyone from outside China to buy a product newsmy.
In Italy I am a moderator in a forum community of the same vehicle of mine.
There was a lot of waiting for the reviews on this product, others would follow me to the purchase of Carpad probably. Now it will not happen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/4-4-2-kitkat-head-unit-newsmy-carpad-t2865525
In here we are very happy with this unit!
What's wrong with your products？I am summer from Newsmy,maybe i can help you.
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which model？ who sell to you？ and what is your problem？
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Hi Summer,
my unit came from tradesolution.hk,
images and serial number in attachment.
I have differents issues, here are some:
RADIO SECTION->
- 80% of the FM stations I get them in MONO;
- FM "AF" function, is not funcional. I travel to the same cities every days, and with others radio I can keep the same radio stations, with CARPAD I lose the signal. Before I listened always two or three stations and frequencies changed without me lose the signal. With Carpad not happen.
- RDS never received any stream, even if the symbol appears on display;
(FM OEM antenna is connected, in fact, by disconnecting the cable, I do not find any station)
- I cannot scan FM with binded phisical key: only via touchscreen, and this is really useless;
OTHERS->
- I do not have the rear parking sensors, but I have aftermarket rear camera: I correctly get the image on the unit, but without sensors I get a continuos annoying beep and I cannot disable in any way. make a software way to DISABLE it;
- the quality of the microphone in a phone call is very very LOW.. make a software way to allow the use of an auxiliary microphone;
- backlight sometime is off, although in the rest of the dashboard is turned on;
...
I have other problems to list, but for the moment I stop. let's see what happens.
I consider regrettable the fact that the service contact on skype has abandoned me without answer. And from your forum you have locked my account after I asked a few questions.
Summer-Newsmy said:
What's wrong with your products？I am summer from Newsmy,maybe i can help you.
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which model？ who sell to you？ and what is your problem？
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Hello
I bought a newsmy carpad 2 for my ford focus 1.6 tdci 2010. Unfortunately I became no support from newsmy, althought I wrote severals mails: no answer, no help, nothing. I' m very disappointed! The newsmy carpad 2 is a very good product, but without support from producer Newsmy!!
I explain here my problem one more time with the hope that someone may help me!
I have a problem with the Newsmy Ford Mondeo,Focus 08,S-Max Android 4.2 Capacitive Touch Screen Car Pad 2. The serial number of the DVD Player is: SN E5PCF0018HQ0010 (overseas stock).
I installed the DVD Player. Unfortunately the wheel controls and the backlight of the player don't work. I asked a technician about it. He told me that the DVD player must be configured with the newest firmware of the player and with the software vehicleconfig otherwise the can-bus module of the player cannot work properly with my car. My car is a ford focus 1.6 tdci 2010.
Somebody can help me please??
Thanks in advance!
Roberto
Summer-Newsmy said:
What's wrong with your products？I am summer from Newsmy,maybe i can help you.
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which model？ who sell to you？ and what is your problem？
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... Where are you Summer ...
We can also take one answer at a time if you want. For example we can begin with:
Is Newsmy really interested in take care of overseas customers, or is a "sell and forget" company?
We really take care of your problem, yoy can add my skype for problems: summer_352.
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Upgraded Android with instruction and image file given:
is it normal ?
I have lost Android Box??
:edit
NEVERMIND! Upgrade succeeded!
This 4.4 Android version is beautiful configured this way on the carpad and I can see a better UI and user experience.
Good work for this upgrade.
In the WinCE section instead, there is still an open issue regarding RDS and its related AF (alternate frequencies) function. This function allow user to travel km and km keeping the same Radio Station tuned. This function is responsible to scan in the background for alternative frequencies of the selected station and transparently switch.
Unfortunately carpad is currently sold as "RDS enabled" but is not fully enabled.
Hope in the future the manufacturer will update this part too.
Many thanks to Summer.
I am going to pass your skype contact other clients I know who are not fully satisfied with the product. I hope you will want to give them some good advice.
Hello guys,
I just found a local shop in my country for head unit and they installed the unit for me.
Everything was working except the 360 camera but they put a relay and now it's fine.
Spoiler: The Unit
Android version : 10
Baseband version :
FM_BASE_19C_W20.39.2|shark15pro_modem|09-28-2020 20:23:22
MARLIN3_20A_W21.25.1|sc2355 marlin3 Jite|06-21-202104:16:29
Build number :
QP1A.190711.020 release-keys
System Info
APP2021-07-09 10:31:45
CPU Info
CPU:UIS7862 Octa-Core [email protected] GB(Memory) + 64 GB(Storage)
MCU Version
2021.07.16 11:12:21 NOR_53_L6315_G23P48F64_V:1.0_FYT
Bluetooth Version
BLINK_2161 _RELEASE/2021:09:14:17:44:20 blink
CAN Protocol Version
XC8210910 FaOaCO
I would like to change the interface I really don't like it,
I tried different Car Launcher but still not very happy..
I prefer to ask if it's possible before crashing everything (I did a backup in case)
I don't have any information about the vendor
Then if I understand I will have to choose between Mekede, Joying and Teres
Thank you for your help
FYT = 1
Yes I found that in the backup I did with your apk
So it means that I can proceed ?
You can just install launchers and uninstall them if you don't like.
You can toggle between the home launchers also in the apps default.
Im looking for something customizable
For exemple I’d like to see my km range on the main screen or the average consumption.
Also for the speed, it use the gps value but is it possible to get this value directly from the car ? Same as the rpm
launchers are the way.
I like AGAMA but CarWebGurus has good support and customizations as well as Fcc CarLauncher or Car Launcher (free/pro)
Thank you I will check them out !
I have the exact same unit. What is the brand and model of this unit?
badai said:
I have the exact same unit. What is the brand and model of this unit?
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There are no 'brands' only made up sellers of various chinese origin factories. FYT =1 according to first post
marchnz said:
There are no 'brands' only made up sellers of various chinese origin factories. FYT =1 according to first post
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what does FYT=1 means?
Looking for some info as I got a new head unit from a friend and was looking at how to identify the specific model number and features and update firmware.
HWget info has manufacter as 116 boardtype F, platform 6315
it has a sticker that says 9inch/836/4g/6+128/720/B1/CP
I know it is a 9inch 4g capable, 6gb/128rom, 720 screen with built in carplay
I don't know what the 836 and B1 mean.
Some additional questions beyond simply identifying this:
EQ says "surround sound has been closed" when you select the surround tab
Can you get carwebguru to recognize the BT player?
How to tell if this can support 360?"
can 360 be added (am conformable with soldering on the mainboard)
carlink 2.0 does not connect to phone
what is "plug in serial device setting? Has options "accelerator / accelerator3b / kq TPMS / serial plugin 360"
I thank you in advance.
Post android system information directly from Android, including MCU version
it's a Navifly 7862
jdoe6783 said:
it's a Navifly 7862
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No such thing
marchnz said:
No such thing
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https://www.google.com/search?q=nav...oAA&biw=2512&bih=1336&dpr=1.5&ih=1336&iw=2512 yes it is.
jdoe6783 said:
https://www.google.com/search?q=nav...oAA&biw=2512&bih=1336&dpr=1.5&ih=1336&iw=2512 yes it is.
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They are made up brand names. The are sellers of various factories.
marchnz said:
They are made up brand names. The are sellers of various factories.
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Ok well that's what pops up when I copied and pasted the information you gave into Google. You can't say something isn't real when I show you proof contrary. Also if you can give more info like an MCU number instead of the vague HWinfo results people can actually help you pinpoint a specific model instead of "supposedly fake" head units.
gossipninja said:
Looking for some info as I got a new head unit from a friend and was looking at how to identify the specific model number and features and update firmware.
HWget info has manufacter as 116 boardtype F, platform 6315
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Manufacturer ID =116 already limits it to Mekede/NaviFly, Prelincar, Hencheng, Yiling, Hopod, prelincar, coho (and a few more) where some of them use the "YIN" identifier in the firmware. So you could use a Mekede firmware which is still regularly updated (latest update firmware 23 September 2022)
jdoe6783 said:
Also if you can give more info like an MCU number instead of the vague HWinfo results ...
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What do you mean with the MCU number? The MCU in all the 7862/8514a FYTs is identical. The MCU firmware inside that identical MCU might be slightly different dependent on the hardware, and that is determined exactly by the manufacturer id (displayed by the "vague HWInfo" , which lists much more info inside the zip, when that zip would have been shared).
Anyway, OP can flash a Mekede firmware with manufacture id 116, or a Joying with id 43 where he needs to update the AllAppUpdate.bin to put in the right manufacturer id (and/or bluetooth id). You can get that info all from the HWInfo.zip files.
The model number is completely irrelevant for a firmware flash. 9" 10" only differ in having 360 camera software or not.
Only difference make the Tesla style units as they use a different screen rotation and slightly differently built android apks.
I updated using medeke firmware to latest and eq surround sound is fixed, as is carlink.
Still no idea if carweb guru can be used for BT audio control (as I do like the look of some of the themes)
360 cannot be added internally since the IC is not sold independant the unit. maybe I'll find a donor unit someday.
Still no 100% sure on the "plug in serial device setting" but I'd imagine that is used for teyes front radar, or some other accessories. I have seen some 360 boxes that have an RX line to an android head unit so maybe that is what "serial plugin 360" is? which would let me add 360 without the IC, since the box would have it.
Appreciate the feedback.