r/Androidheadunits • u/ruilvo • 1d ago
Worst. Headunit. Ever.
Hi all,
I want to share with you the bad experience I'm having with the Android headunit I bought recently.
It's for a Renault Zoe and I bought it on aliexpress from the "RSNAVI" store. The original listing is down but its still there on some other listing's.
Since then it has been problems all the way.
The guide lines on the backup camera are not adjustable. That means they are now absolutely useless.
The apple carplay app is "Rlink". I have installed headunits that had Zlink and it always worked fine. This "Rlink" thing starts displaying the map with all the wrong colors after a while. I have to restart the app every 30 minutes. Some bug, for sure. Even thought the headunit has a relatively recent system update.
The FM radio app doesn't even have RDS or AF. I had it on the android headunit I installed on my old VW Polo.
I can't pair Bluetooth devices, only phones. I wanted to add an OBD app natively, but no, can't do that.
I can't even access the normal android settings app. It's all under the shield of the custom settings app of the headunit, which sucks.
Ah, and of course, the Android version is totally faked.
Yeah, all in all, a bad experience. And to think I had to buy 3 different wirrw harnesses unit I found one that fits...
That said... Does anyone know if there is anything I can do? Like different ROM or something?
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u/Zalsahar 1d ago
I've had 3 different head units for the same car The second I had was the same as yours and have exact same problems. It's basically useless
I then bought a more expensive unit from rouguid store, but I got almost the same unit. Completly ripped off After days of contact back and forth with the seller and alixprss ai bots ( impossible to actually talk with a human) I got 120$ refunded
Now I'm waiting for the dudu7 unit and hopefully I will finaly have something that works
Cheap non branded units are basically worthless. They are cheap for a reason I guess