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[Completed] [Q] Android Double Din Ouku Head Unit 4.2.2 GPS not working/detected

Hey all, I'm new here and any help I can get would be GREATLY appreciated!
I recently bought an Ouku android 2din radio from eBay. It is running jelly bean 4.2.2. It is actually a pretty sweet head unit and everything works.... except for one very frustrating feature. GPS signal cannot be detected no matter what I do. I have mounted the GPS antenna n the roof of my 2009 Mailbu, and it STILL will not detect a signal. I have also downloaded an offline GPS app (Sygic), as well as Google Maps, and Waze. Google Maps will find my location while sitting in my garage on wifi, but will lose location as soon as I pull out of the garage, even if I have data tethering turned on from my galaxy s6. I have also tried a handful of GPS fix apps - as well as let them run out in the driveway for over 20mins to detect satellites.. None of them work. I am beginning to think that it is more of a software issue than hardware, due to the fact that I have routed the GPS antenna to many mounting spots with no luck. One of the main reasons I bought it was for the in-dash navigation!
I am desperate at this point, so anything.... ANYTHING would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks.

Hi there
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here....
OUKU - Unbranded 6.2" 2 DIN Android Car Stereo Radio Head Unit from this Android head unidts forum:
Android Head Units
Good luck

R_a_z_v_a_n said:
Hi there
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here....
OUKU - Unbranded 6.2" 2 DIN Android Car Stereo Radio Head Unit from this Android head unidts forum:
Android Head Units
Good luck
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Thanks a ton!

Head Unit doesn't start anymore....please help.

Hello everyone.
I've a HU Xtrons (GS) px5 model with 2gb ram Android 6 on my Ford Focus.
Everything was ok until yesterday, i start my car but my HU doesn't start....so i turn off the car and restart but Nothing happen on the HU even if i push the power button.
So please can someone help me.
Thanks every one.
Good day.

New pumpkin Octo Core Android 8 Head Unit Review/Issues/Ramblings

Hey all,
I just bought a pumpkin android octo core, 4GB ram Android 8 head unit.
This isn't my first android HU. So some quick thoughts...
Very nice they gave a good WiFi antenna with the included kit.
This unit has something odd about it that I need some guidance on... it supports some super fast boot up where if I put the igntion on , the unit is ready to go in a second.
I wonder is this a battery built into the unit? Is it using some large capacitor (tested at least 1hr after shutdown, bootup took 1 second) I very much hope it's not draining the car battery (old android head unit never did).
Everything seems lightning fast on this unit. I can finally even use Google assistant. I sort of could with the last Joying one, but it was just too slow to be practical... as was waiting 5 minutes to be able to use the GPS.
This is literally day zero, as in I just got it a few hours ago so I'll be updating this and testing anything people want me to test later... but I have one other issue and that is that there seems to be a slight hissing sound coming from the unit .. .even with the levels turned way down in the factory settings app... not sure what's causing that but it's a bit of an issue while there's no music playing / not driving around.
Some pics of course :
I got it from Amazon. Cost me £250 on-sale.

The sleep mode you're talking about is the "Auto" setting in the sleep settings menu, I think it's under the "Extra Settings" menu entry. It basically keeps the unit on in a low power mode indefinitely until it gets a 12v+ signal on the red wire behind the radio. During this time though, it's still drawing from your vehicle's battery. Unless your car has a low capacity battery or other charging system issues, it shouldn't be a problem for you. I've left my truck sitting for over a week with the radio in sleep mode and it fired right up to whatever screen I left it on.
Since this is your first unit, don't get hung up on brand names. All of these units are basically either a PX3 or a PX5, and the roms and programs you'll find on these boards are broken down based on what processor is in it. Theres a dozen different brand names, but they're all basically the same three units.

Thanks Hazard15301 it's good to know. I travel a lot for work and often leave my car in airport car parks for weeks. It has a good AGM battery so I guess I should be ok.

from what i can tell, that box is actually the design Erisin uses on their boxes. and the headunit im pretty sure is a Klyde. what is the MCU version on it?

I left my car for well over a week with my unit in 'sleep' mode. Started up no problem

Hi, how did you download Google Assistant onto the pumpkin head unit? And can it work just like the phone - playing specific songs in Spotify etc? Thanks.

Google assistant is built-in to the android OS on it. Just enable it and say "OK Google". It can do anything you can do on your phone (although i'm now having trouble with it making phone calls because it thinks it's a phone.. on my old unit it would just bluetooth to the phone and make the call ... the new one won't make calls for some reason - haven't had time to figure out why yet) ... very happy with this unit. This is what Android head units should be like. Everything works, and it's fast.

Thank you very much for the quick reply!
Is the Google assistant an app on its own in the HU? Do I have to click the app first in order to say “ok Google”?
Or can I be on any screen and say “ok Google” and it’ll work?
thanks!

imogenheap said:
Thank you very much for the quick reply!
Is the Google assistant an app on its own in the HU? Do I have to click the app first in order to say “ok Google”?
Or can I be on any screen and say “ok Google” and it’ll work?
thanks!
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It's already there, installed as part of the OS, but you have to enable it.
open the Google app (again, built in / pre-installed)
At the bottom right, tap More More and then Settings and then Voice.
Under "Okay Google," tap Voice match.
Turn on Access with voice match.
It's not a separate app, it's just in the "google" app (it's just literally called Google on mine)
Once you enable it ... you can just say "OK Google" from any screen ... you don't have to press anything / open any app first.
For some reason I have to set my language to English US (I'm British) otherwise it says English UK isn't supported.
Cheers

Follow up on unit
Hello, I know this is an old post, however i would like to know how your Pumpkin stereo has held up? Even if you no longer have the head unit or you sold your car, what was your thoughts during the time you had it?
I am considering putting one in my VW Jetta, as i noticed you also had it in a VW and would appreciate your input?
Thanks in advance
lordxenu said:
Hey all,
I just bought a pumpkin android octo core, 4GB ram Android 8 head unit.
This isn't my first android HU. So some quick thoughts...
Very nice they gave a good WiFi antenna with the included kit.
This unit has something odd about it that I need some guidance on... it supports some super fast boot up where if I put the igntion on , the unit is ready to go in a second.
I wonder is this a battery built into the unit? Is it using some large capacitor (tested at least 1hr after shutdown, bootup took 1 second) I very much hope it's not draining the car battery (old android head unit never did).
Everything seems lightning fast on this unit. I can finally even use Google assistant. I sort of could with the last Joying one, but it was just too slow to be practical... as was waiting 5 minutes to be able to use the GPS.
This is literally day zero, as in I just got it a few hours ago so I'll be updating this and testing anything people want me to test later... but I have one other issue and that is that there seems to be a slight hissing sound coming from the unit .. .even with the levels turned way down in the factory settings app... not sure what's causing that but it's a bit of an issue while there's no music playing / not driving around.
Some pics of course :
I got it from Amazon. Cost me £250 on-sale.
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zapper_master said:
Hello, I know this is an old post, however i would like to know how your Pumpkin stereo has held up? Even if you no longer have the head unit or you sold your car, what was your thoughts during the time you had it?
I am considering putting one in my VW Jetta, as i noticed you also had it in a VW and would appreciate your input?
Thanks in advance
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Hi
I still have the headunit, and I'm really happy with it. It has served me very well while i've had it. It has never failed, crashed, slowed down etc and I've never needed to mess around with custom ROMs or anything. I can still install apps from the play store etc. Waze works perfectly, as does google maps.
I did purchase poweramp for it and the controls on the steering wheel work just fine too. So I would still recommend it. This is my second android headunit and it's so much better than my first Joying one stuck on android 5 and had only 1GB of RAM and it was sooo slow that GPS was almost unusable. But this one is lightning fast, it goes into standby when you turn off the car so when you turn it back on it's up and running straight away.. no waiting to boot.
The radio is a bit crap though, if that bothers you (I never listen to it) .. it doesn't recieve signals very well and I did hook up the power to the antenna and I did set it to Europe region (where I live) but yeah it doesn't pick up that many channels for some reason but since I either stream music or listen to MP3s from the memory card, i'm not too bothered about that.
One other strange bug, on my old android head unit I could use google assistant / say OK Google and say "Call work" or whomever, and it would dial on my phone. This one seems to think it's a phone , and says that there is no service. But not a big problem, I can press the phone button and just dial .. but it would be nice if I could do it by speaking to it.
Overall, very happy.

Thank you so much for the quick response. Your information is VERY helpful. I do realize none are going to be perfect, but it sounds decent unit for the price. Do you mind sharing what model you got? unless you mentioned it earlier in the thread then i apologize for asking.
lordxenu said:
Hi
I still have the headunit, and I'm really happy with it. It has served me very well while i've had it. It has never failed, crashed, slowed down etc and I've never needed to mess around with custom ROMs or anything. I can still install apps from the play store etc. Waze works perfectly, as does google maps.
I did purchase poweramp for it and the controls on the steering wheel work just fine too. So I would still recommend it. This is my second android headunit and it's so much better than my first Joying one stuck on android 5 and had only 1GB of RAM and it was sooo slow that GPS was almost unusable. But this one is lightning fast, it goes into standby when you turn off the car so when you turn it back on it's up and running straight away.. no waiting to boot.
The radio is a bit crap though, if that bothers you (I never listen to it) .. it doesn't recieve signals very well and I did hook up the power to the antenna and I did set it to Europe region (where I live) but yeah it doesn't pick up that many channels for some reason but since I either stream music or listen to MP3s from the memory card, i'm not too bothered about that.
One other strange bug, on my old android head unit I could use google assistant / say OK Google and say "Call work" or whomever, and it would dial on my phone. This one seems to think it's a phone , and says that there is no service. But not a big problem, I can press the phone button and just dial .. but it would be nice if I could do it by speaking to it.
Overall, very happy.
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zapper_master said:
Thank you so much for the quick response. Your information is VERY helpful. I do realize none are going to be perfect, but it sounds decent unit for the price. Do you mind sharing what model you got? unless you mentioned it earlier in the thread then i apologize for asking.
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No worries, feel free to ask me as many questions about it as you like and i'll try to answer.
With regards to which model,
The amazon listing said "Pumpkin Android 8.0 Car Stereo for VW Golf Passat Polo
4GB RAM Sat Nav Bluetooth Support CD DVD GPS DAB+ WIFI Android Auto"
if i check the about menu on the unit itself it says it's a "PX5"

Thank you I appreciate it. Looks like the internals are all about the same on most models with just small differences.
Enjoy your evening.
lordxenu said:
No worries, feel free to ask me as many questions about it as you like and i'll try to answer.
With regards to which model,
The amazon listing said "Pumpkin Android 8.0 Car Stereo for VW Golf Passat Polo
4GB RAM Sat Nav Bluetooth Support CD DVD GPS DAB+ WIFI Android Auto"
if i check the about menu on the unit itself it says it's a "PX5"
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How to calibrate tires px5 mtce

Hi all,
I just installed a px5 unit from witson in my seat Leon. Most settings seem to be present, but I do not see the calibrate tires setting. Now I cannot get the message gone in my display behind steering wheel telling me that one tire is missing pressure. Which was indeed the case, especially after cracking on the highway, but anyhow, it's replaced now, so I need to be able to calibrate.
Anyone know? It's not in the tire section....
Thx

Hmmm, no one? Hard to believe I am one of the few or only one who has a car from Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda etc with such a calibration system and an after market px5 android car radio...
EDIT: Never mind, I've got it. I looked for it in the Tire section, but since I wasn't familiar with the term TPMS I did not look for it under that menu option

TomTom1981 said:
Hmmm, no one? Hard to believe I am one of the few or only one who has a car from Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda etc with such a calibration system and an after market px5 android car radio...
EDIT: Never mind, I've got it. I looked for it in the Tire section, but since I wasn't familiar with the term TPMS I did not look for it under that menu option
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It is under Vehicule app. Scroll down and you will see TPMS, just press ok and it will calibrate the tires.
I also have a SEAT Leon and a MTCE from Witson seller.
Regards

help ,my car radio mtce crashes or restarts

hello, my car radio px6 crashes or restarts several times when I start the car, it crashes 2 or 3 times then after it works normally when it is hot, the problem and especially when it is cold, I install the rom halk9, but the problem and still present, the seller does not answer me, would you have a solution to offer me? thank you
I am French

Send it back / claim warranty.

marchnz said:
Send it back / claim warranty.
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Good morning all ,
my px6 car radio continues to have random crashes especially a few minutes after starting the car, the seller does not answer me anymore,
I tried various roms, the problem is still there, suddenly I'm staying on the rom halk 9, I check the wiring, everything is good, after it has frozen 1 or 2 times, I can roll 2 non stop time the problem will reappear only during the next start the next day, my mcu version is (MTCE_MX_v3.41_1 15 nov2019), I can't find anything on a possible update or demotion of this mcu, would you have any tracks to study? thank you

matc1983 said:
Good morning all ,
my px6 car radio continues to have random crashes especially a few minutes after starting the car, the seller does not answer me anymore,
I tried various roms, the problem is still there, suddenly I'm staying on the rom halk 9, I check the wiring, everything is good, after it has frozen 1 or 2 times, I can roll 2 non stop time the problem will reappear only during the next start the next day, my mcu version is (MTCE_MX_v3.41_1 15 nov2019), I can't find anything on a possible update or demotion of this mcu, would you have any tracks to study? thank you
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???

matc1983 said:
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Do you have a hammer. Return under warranty or replace SOM might be the best option.
You're looking for someone reading these forums to guess what the issue is with your unit. It is unlikely a software issue and apparently unable to work at a hardware level.

Had the same issue with mine a PX30 unit with MTCE MCU version.
Turned out that the Canbus is rejecting the unit.
I have a Opel Corsa D. Astra H have the same issue.
If you have steering wheel integration, you have to connect the CanBus Decoder to a seperate 12v connecting like cigarette lighter.
Preferably also the power to the unit itself (not when Canbus Decoder is feeding it).
Both CanBus Decoder and Head unit must be not be powered when carkey is removed.

matc1983 said:
Good morning all ,
my px6 car radio continues to have random crashes especially a few minutes after starting the car, the seller does not answer me anymore,
I tried various roms, the problem is still there, suddenly I'm staying on the rom halk 9, I check the wiring, everything is good, after it has frozen 1 or 2 times, I can roll 2 non stop time the problem will reappear only during the next start the next day, my mcu version is (MTCE_MX_v3.41_1 15 nov2019), I can't find anything on a possible update or demotion of this mcu, would you have any tracks to study? thank you
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I have same problem from the day one of installation. It's nearly 10 months. Always crashes and freeze, I want to go back to stock unit.
Px6 android 9, Nissan Xtrail 2019.
Anyone please help me how to fix? My seller don't care my complaint. If someone have this issue, please guide how to rectify!! May be update to android 10??