MTCD_GS_v2.38_3/ rk3188/ 1GB - Upgrade options - MTCD Android Head Units Q&A

Hi,
I have a couple of years old android unit in my car (MTCD_GS_v2.38_3_3/rk3188/ 1GB RAM/ ARM Cortex-A9 @ 1.6GHz (x4)/ Android 5.1.1) which is very sluggish and constantly lagging/freezing. I can see now that the latest version of my unit comes with 4GB RAM, 8 core and Android 9.
Do I have any options to upgrade the hardware in order to make the unit faster? The latest unit costs about £250 and I was hoping I might be able to upgrade my existent unit cheaper to an acceptable performance levels..
I am mostly using the unit for Google Maps and Youtube.
Many Thanks,
Jay

See MTCD forums re. Options to upgrade SOM

marchnz said:
See MTCD forums re. Options to upgrade SOM
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Thanks for the reply Marchnz. Do you have a link to the thread - I couldn’t find anything specifically on that topic.
Thanks again

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Best Chinese Tablet 2013

I was going to buy a new Tablet after i sold my N90 Dual Core 2 so i was searching which is the best Chines tablet in 2013.
I got these suggestions:
1) Onda V972 (Retina)
2) Novo 9 (Retina)
3) Ampe A10
4) Pipo m4 or something.
Can you please suggest me one of them? or any other which you thinks is better than those?
Thanks in advance.
DArkSm4sh said:
I was going to buy a new Tablet after i sold my N90 Dual Core 2 so i was searching which is the best Chines tablet in 2013.
I got these suggestions:
1) Onda V972 (Retina)
2) Novo 9 (Retina)
3) Ampe A10
4) Pipo m4 or something.
Can you please suggest me one of them? or any other which you thinks is better than those?
Thanks in advance.
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im currently living in China, here ainol ( novo 9 ) is the best one in the market until now
the after-sale service is also great
- HTC - said:
im currently living in China, here ainol ( novo 9 ) is the best one in the market until now
the after-sale service is also great
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I heard that the Wifi receiving is extremely bad on the Novo9 due to a manufacture defect or something, is that true for all Novo9 out there?
DArkSm4sh said:
I heard that the Wifi receiving is extremely bad on the Novo9 due to a manufacture defect or something, is that true for all Novo9 out there?
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Yes. There's a long thread about the spark/firewire unit at Slatedroid and very bad wifi reception issues.
Apparently the fix is to open up the back and do a minor tweak to the antenna, which offsets the issue caused by the aluminium chassis.
Any furtur info on best chines tablet?
Im looking to buy something in the 7" family.
My friend have Onda V972 and it is very good. In my opinión, it's the best at moment
I hear good reviews from Hyundai t7s for the price/feature combo....
I got an onda v972 and it need be better on his firmware, very good hardware but very bad firm
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davemaster said:
I hear good reviews from Hyundai t7s for the price/feature combo....
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Yes, it's a very impressive device: Exynos 4412 powered, 2Gb RAM, IPS 1280x800, Bluetooth, GPS... all for $185, not bad. I dunno about its firmware... I hope a good firmware to match its hardware (anyone knows?).
I use ployer momo tablets. But now they have quadcore ones and im thinking of an update. Try looking for quadcore rockchip3066 tabs which are very fast and responsive.
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I'm also busy with finding out wich tablet is the best..
These are my favorites:
Freelander PD80HD
http://liliputing.com/201...88-quad-core-tablets.html
Cube U9GT5
http://www.cube-tablet.co...inch-u9gtv-tablet-pc.html
Cube U33GT (Opvolger U30GT2)
http://www.cube-stores.co...m-2gb-bluetooth-wifi.html
Visture V97HD
http://visture.com/v4.asp
I heard many bad thins about the Cube U30GT2 (No IPS display)
http://www.slatedroid.com...pea-2-tablet/page__st__80
Onda:
Onda V972 Quad Core Features:
OS: Android 4.1.1 support Android 4.2 Update
CPU: AllWinner A31 Quad Core
GPU: Power VR SGX544MP2 8 Core 1MB L2 Cache
Allwinner A31 vs Rockchip RK3188 Quad Core processor 1.8 GHz : Wins RK3188
GPU Power VR vs 4 Core Mali 400 : Mali Wins..
SmartQt30 has a TI OMAP 4470, ARM Cortex-A9 dual core, 1GHz; GPU: PowerVR SGX 544.. New Taxes Instruments CPU.
Greetings
I've had the T7S for a week now and I am really enjoying it. One thing I have to nit pick about it is the battery life. I have to have my charger with me if I am using it a lot. For the most part is last about 6 hours. I am waiting for jelly bean on it.
how about the Colorfly Q1 U781? The design and look is fantastic!!!!
Hope there would guru here who can work on the software!!!
It will be out soon!!!
tablet
DArkSm4sh said:
I was going to buy a new Tablet after i sold my N90 Dual Core 2 so i was searching which is the best Chines tablet in 2013.
I got these suggestions:
1) Onda V972 (Retina)
2) Novo 9 (Retina)
3) Ampe A10
4) Pipo m4 or something.
Can you please suggest me one of them? or any other which you thinks is better than those?
Thanks in advance.
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i am looking for Android tablet too.My friends suggest me buy a Chinese Brand tablet(Yuandao N90FHDRK ).The 10000mAh Battery Capacity and the Quad Core attracted me.And the Configuration is quite good.(9.7 Inch Android 4.1 Jelly Bean IPS Capacitive Multi-touch Screen 16gb Internet Tablet Quad Core Cortex A9,10000mah Battery Capacity,2048x1536 Resolution,mali-400 Mp GPU Tablet Pc with Rk3066 1.6ghz CPU 2gb Ddr3 RAM Wifi Hdmi with OTG USB Cable)
PIPO M9 or CUBE U30GT2
I bought myself a chinese tablet which is going around under many different names. Freelander PD80 Vogue, Ployer Momo 11 quad, Chinavision Vice, and quite a few other names. Mine is called the Primal P9X.
They are all the same tablet.
Quad core Samsung Exynos 4412 1.4 ghz, 1028 x 720 (or whatever that standard one is), IPS screen, Mali 400 gpu. 2 gb ram, 1 gb internal, 16 gig SD. HDMI out, USB 2.0, extSD.
In short, this thing is a beast and is one of the best purchases ive made in awhile. This post marks the first time on the internet someone is linking all these tablets in one post. I know cause I went on a 24 hour wild goose chase after i accidentlally bootlooped this thing. Primal has no website and thus no firmware, but I was able to find firmware for the PD80 Vogue after i realized it was the same exact tablet. And it worked! also the Framaroot exploits (at least Sam) work on this thing.
I hope to see some development on this/these tablets soon, as they are the best thing coming outta china right now (besides the not-very-good resoltuion). If anyone needs a starting ROM to starting tweaking with, reply here and ill post the link. It was a life saver.
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@servo386
I am not surprised that this is just a re-labled tablet sold under many different brands considering I could not find any information about the manufacturer. I have had my P9x for two weeks now and very happy with the performance and responsiveness of it.
You mentioned finding another rom for it. Was it another ICS rom, or JB? I am interested in going to JB since my Galaxy Note II is already on it.
Anyhow, I found rooting this device to be pretty simple and straightforward. I think there are many options available. I will search for some of these other brands and see what is out there.
These is a thread discussing this on apad forum also so I will watch both of these threads for any updates.
Well it wasn't actually a rom for the primal p9x, it was for one of its clones, the Freelander PD80 Vogue. I bootlooped my p9x after installing something dumb. In an act of desperation I scoured the internet for all its clones and searched for their respective firmwares. The only I ended up findimg was the one I said. So I took the leap of faith and flashed it (put it on sd card, held pwr+vol- at startup) and it worked! Its ICS.
Its nit perfect thougj. The one that shipped with the primal was better. It seemed snappier and didn't have annoying chinese apps. Also the front facing camera seems to not be working. According to apad, a JB fw is coming soon. Eagerly awaiting that.
If you manage to make a dump/nandroid of your stock primal fw I wouldn't mind having a copy
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Do any of these tablets have custom roms, or the ability to update to future android releases?
mostly they have no website or future support no?
MetalG said:
Do any of these tablets have custom roms, or the ability to update to future android releases?
mostly they have no website or future support no?
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This is exactly the right question
I have a Cube U9GT2 that I bought a while back. I based that purchasing decision on the community support it had. If you buy a device with kick ass hardware, but no devs behind it then it may end up close to useless. Rather than looking at paper specs check whether there is community support as it is much more critical when dealing with Chinese tablets (no website, no support, etc.). just my 2¢

Reduce lag with 2gb memory

Hello,
Having great deal of lag running Auto Mate, which uses Google maps, and steaming Spotify. I have a px5 board and system flies other times, but it almost stalls out at times when doing this much. Is it Google? Any tips on speeding things up?
now that's a first...slow with 2GB ram
but yea, it's google pretty much...
roxylove said:
Hello,
Having great deal of lag running Auto Mate, which uses Google maps, and steaming Spotify. I have a px5 board and system flies other times, but it almost stalls out at times when doing this much. Is it Google? Any tips on speeding things up?
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you should be able to run other navigation like waze in AUTOMATE. i have just ordered the PX5 board for upgrade, and running the same setup as you. so i really hope that the speed will improve...
zurwaq said:
you should be able to run other navigation like waze in AUTOMATE. i have just ordered the PX5 board for upgrade, and running the same setup as you. so i really hope that the speed will improve...
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Hey can you link me to the board vendor I cannot find a seller.
trvbone said:
Hey can you link me to the board vendor I cannot find a seller.
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WITSON Octa-Core 2GB RAM 32GB Flash Coreboard For Android DVD (Android 5.1 A5XXX upgrade to Android 6.0 B5XXX directly )
http://s.aliexpress.com/EZ3iu6J7
(from AliExpress Android)

How to go to recovery setting for my HU?

Can someone help me?
I really no idea at all why my HU android is different from others?
I can’t even go to setting - ABOUT my HU info.
Attached is my HU info. Can someone tell me what android version is this?
I just want a HU like you guys having.
To me it looks like you don't have an MTCD device. This forums are for MTCD devices only.
You might want to check out the Android Head Units forum or the Android Auto General forum.
I am not sure what exactly you got there but it does not look like PX3/PX5 based nor is it MTCB/C/D/E.
It seems to have some ARMv7 (v7l) CPU which is a 32-bit architecture. A very similar request was asked here, however unanswered yet. The number 8227 might refer to the MSM8227 chipset used with Qualcom Snapdragon S4 ARM CPU which in fact is an ARM v7 architecture (32-bit, "Krait" cores) used often in mobile phones back in 2011/2012.
However this does not help really to identify your unit and I don't know if there is any support, updates or custom ROMs available for this unit. I just know it's not MTCD unit and therefore none of the custom ROMs, enhancements or modifications discussed in this forum applies to your unit. Sorry about that.

[Q] A few questions before buying

I'm interested in buying one of these units for my BMW E46 but before spending my money i need some information for clearing my doubts. Hope you guys can help me!
1) These units came with preinstalled Google Play or i can sideload it and they came "pre-rooted"?
2) Can i use Sygic Navigation software with this units? If not what gps car navigation software i can install in them?
3) Some of this units have a CD-Rom/DVD-Rom reader, is only for "videos" like DVD-Video or Video-CD or Audio CD and a CD full of MP3 songs can be played through of the reader?
4) On the net was a lot of vendors, producers, resellers and models which of them is the best for support, reliability and eventually some modding?
I'm sorry for the long list of question, for my bad english and thanks in advance at who spend a little of time for helping me.
1) Yes they come installed with a proper version of Android including Google Play. However, many people have found that applying a custom ROM using gapps or MicroG improves performance a great deal
2) Yes you can use Sygic with these units, I use it on mine.
3) You can use a CD full of MP3s, yes. Or even a DVD.
4) There are actually very few versions of the hardware available. Most models from various sellers will be matched with hardware from other sellers.
My recommendation: go for MTCD/MTCE PX5 4GB Ram and Android 8 from any manufacturer/seller you found (not all manufacturers biuld specific models for all car brands/model)
Thanks to all for the replyes, i found two units that can be good in my opinion:
Eonon GA7150A android 6 RK-PX5 A53 Octa-core 2GB ram 32GB rom
Eonon GA8150A android 7.1 T8 Octa-Core A7 1.8GHz 2GB ram 32GB rom
One is with Rockchip CPU, the other in with Allwinner CPU, what you think is a good buy for performaces, hardware and custom roms and modding?
PS: i'm unable to find units with 4GB ram and Android 8 installed that fit my BMW E46.
iRcKenny said:
Thanks to all for the replyes, i found two units that can be good in my opinion:
Eonon GA7150A android 6 RK-PX5 A53 Octa-core 2GB ram 32GB rom
Eonon GA8150A android 7.1 T8 Octa-Core A7 1.8GHz 2GB ram 32GB rom
One is with Rockchip CPU, the other in with Allwinner CPU, what you think is a good buy for performaces, hardware and custom roms and modding?
PS: i'm unable to find units with 4GB ram and Android 8 installed that fit my BMW E46.
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I dont know which price has EONON, but check this Dasaita as is on sale:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/Dasa...W-E46-M3-318i-320i-325i-328i/32801897007.html
ikerg said:
I dont know which price has EONON, but check this Dasaita as is on sale:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/Dasa...W-E46-M3-318i-320i-325i-328i/32801897007.html
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Thanks for your reply, this is Eonon GA7150A:
https://www.eonon.com/Android-Car-GPS/Vehicle-Specific-GPS/BMW-E46-Android-60-Octa-Core-Car-Stereo-GPS-Navigation-System-With-Steering-Wheel-Control-WiFi-Connection.html?Catype=1
In your suggested Dasaita unit, canbus for steering wheel is included in package or i need buy it?
I think Eonon is a GS unit, better GS or Dasaita for customer support and/or future modding like custom rom or applications?
Eonon unit is shipped from Germany, i live in Italy, your suggested Dasaita? Never buyed from Aliexpress, is a sure seller?
Thanks for your patience.
iRcKenny said:
Thanks for your reply, this is Eonon GA7150A:
https://www.eonon.com/Android-Car-G...g-Wheel-Control-WiFi-Connection.html?Catype=1
In your suggested Dasaita unit, canbus for steering wheel is included in package or i need buy it?
I think Eonon is a GS unit, better GS or Dasaita for customer support and/or future modding like custom rom or applications?
Eonon unit is shipped from Germany, i live in Italy, your suggested Dasaita? Never buyed from Aliexpress, is a sure seller?
Thanks for your patience.
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I did order mine from Dasaita to Mexico.
I think dasaita has a European warehouse to avoid paying custom taxes
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Help to choose an Android unit between PX5 and T8

Hi,
I would like to buy an Android unit for my car.
I have found two models with differents specs : Android 8.0 Rockchip PX5 with 4GB RAM / Android 7.1 Allwinner T8 with 2GB RAM
I would like to know what is the best choice ?
PX5 4GB RAM seems to be theorically better but is it stable ? Or T8 is a more stable even if less powerful ?
Thank you !
Go for the 4gb octacore
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Thank you, and is it very better than T8/2GB ? Because the T8/2GB version seems to offer more functionnality to my car
If you search around there will be a px5 with all the features you want, aliexpress is your best bet imo
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Yes I have found it, from the same manufacturer there are 2 models, one with PX5 and the other with T8. The T8 have a connectivity more important than PX5 model but PX5 is more powerful with 4GB RAM.
And what functionality is that?
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T8/2GB permits to keep factory microphone, factory USB and factory AUX connectors.
PX5 : http://www.androidautoplayer.com/pr..._RDS_4GB_RAM_8"_HD_IPS_Screen_stereo-351.html
T8 (with 2GB/32GB instead of 1GB/16GB) : http://www.androidautoplayer.com/pr...h_HD_1024*600_Capacitive_Touch_Screen-46.html
Hi @Nico8583,
Did you make a choice since July ?
I would probably buy an android unit for my car, too. I found this one (same manufacter as you) : https://www.aliexpress.com/item/8-IPS-Display-Android-8-0-Car-DVD-For-Suzuki-SX4-S-Cross-2014-2015-2016/32893702308.html?spm=a2g0s.13010208.99999999.278.77983c00oydmRu
Did you buy this one ? If yes, can you tell me if everything is ok or not ? Are you satisfied ?
Thanks

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