I bought the following unit from Amazon a week ago: .
Here are some problems I have, and also some questions:
Unit is really sluggish
This is my biggest problem right now. When the car is started, it takes about 30 seconds for the unit to power up. I know this is the expected time and that is fine. However for about 2 minutes after it starts up, the unit is almost unusable due to being extremely sluggish. Button presses takes 10 - 15 seconds to respond. Trying to start the navigation software takes a long time, with it being unresponsive while trying to enter a destination address. I did install Waze and it is a bit more responsive but still way too sluggish initially. For both the Google Maps and Waze apps, a dialog pops up saying the app is unresponsive, should it wait or close the app? Not good, and is a deal breaker if this unresponsive issue cannot be fixed.
Volume knob issues
The volume knob is also really unresponsive. This is probably part of the sluggish issue mentioned above, but even after the unit "settles down", it is still sluggish to respond. When it does work, the resolution is much too high, and you need to turn the knob many times to make even small volume changes. Can the resolution be changed?
Radio keeps changing stations
The radio keeps changing stations, even after entering an exact frequency and with good reception. I know there was another thread where someone had this same issue and there was a link to a firmware update. I'm going to try that update and see if it solves the issue.
The Back button gets stuck
The Back button on the left sometimes gets physically stuck after being pressed. It's like it doesn't have enough clearance around it to move freely. I can probably live with this as I suspect it would move more freely over time.
Another minor issue with the radio is that some of the graphics seem a bit corrupted. For instance the "AF" text seems to have some pixels shifted, causing the text to appear blurry.
Inconsistent volume levels between apps
Is there a way to control each app's overall volume? I installed Spotify and its volume is much lower than that of the radio. I moved all Spotify's EQ slider to the max levels to increase the overall level, but it is still too low.
Android 6.0 is almost available, will this unit be upgradable?
When I bought this a week ago, I didn't know that your Android 6.0 version is almost out. Will this unit be upgradable to 6.0? From a hardware POV, what is different between this unit and the new 6.0 unit?
Bluetooth tethering
This is not an issue, just a question... Can this unit do BT tethering, or only WiFi tethering? I'm trying to come up with a good tethering solution, and while WiFi tethering works, it is a pain to go into the phone settings menu and enable it each time. For some reason none of the WiFi hotspot widgets work on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. So there is no quick way to enable it each time. Although I'm not sure if BT tethering would even work on the S7 since it seems AT&T might have disabled it. And even if I can get it to work, it might still require the same steps to enable each time, but maybe it is "always on" like BT usually is, not sure.
Return policy
Is your return policy really only 7 days? Is this still the case if it was bought through Amazon? They tend to have good return policies for products bought through them. I will need to look into this unless you can confirm.Statistics: Posted by BitFlipper — Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:28 pm
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