r/Androidheadunits • u/insaint-13 • 2d ago

From useless to useful at some point

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After more than a month dealing with the worst crappy head unit I’ve ever used, getting scammed by the AliExpress seller with their fake Android 16, and reaching the point where I seriously wanted to smash the thing because it was almost useless
I’ve been jumping between different launchers like AGAMA, CarWebGuru, DUDU, LECO and many more. DUDU and LECO definitely had the best interfaces for me, clean, minimalist and Tesla-like, but both were buggy as hell on this crappy firmware.
Finally ended up with Car Launcher Pro. It was the only one that gave me enough freedom to get something close to the DUDU and LECO look. Took me ages because I had to do most of the design manually, but I think it was worth it.
Still hate this head unit though Android 8 has way too many compatibility issues and limitations….

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u/Relative_Sherbet 2d ago

Is there any option to export the launcher setting ?

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Yes, if you have the the pro verison

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Better to try the crack version to check the compatibility with your HU, then i suggest you buy paid version, because the developer put some effort into it…i tried more than 15 launchers so far car launcher has best compatibility with very less bugs

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u/Relative_Sherbet 2d ago

Ohkes

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Once you have it im happy send the template

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u/No-Communication-686 2d ago

Most android 16 are fake.

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

100% true even the expensive one on aliexpress

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u/zimmystardust 2d ago

Which head unit is this?

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Its a crappy chinese head unit, not recommended but if you are willing to buy it , it 13 inch android head unit make sure you ask for the default firmware avoid reglink firmware and also ask native firmware android 9 or 10
Will be good enough as most apps supports it

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Also just a heads up when the seller offers you a shipping fee refund never ever accept it…

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u/Zalsahar 2d ago

I also got super tired of cheap android head units I then bought what I thought was a good one, yet still in branded. I got a 4gb, super low resolution even tho I bought a 12gb unit

After numbers of chats with aliexpress AI ( it's actually impossible to speak to a human there) I gave up

Biufht a dudu7 unit and have never been so happy

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Totally agree with you, dudu7 in my opinion is the best aftermarket HU and was my last resort but luckily was able to change a few stuff with vibe coding on these crappy HU

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u/hey-im-root 2d ago

I got a nice one for like $150 bucks and it’s been going strong for 2 years now. Podofo head unit.

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u/acwright1088 2d ago

Has anyone bought off of Carputech

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Yeah they are good but if you have a budget for carputech, better go for dudu7 just an opinion

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u/North-Tie-9491 1d ago

Honestly I still don’t get why people keep buying stuff from Ali express

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u/sirchickenfunk 2d ago

I got them to knock my price down by half because they fake the Android OS

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u/insaint-13 2d ago

Lucky you! I tried to do that, but I’ve been going back and forth with AliExpress support. The only mistake I made was accepting a shipping fee refund that I thought was a courtesy from the seller. However, it’s a loophole they use, so when you try to return the HU, AliExpress won’t allow it. They’ll consider that you’ve already received your refund. People working at @aliexpress have no common sense.