06-01-2021, 04:30 AM
Don’t buy Joying Car Head Units:
Some of the car owners, including me, have purchased and installed Chinese Joying Head Unit (in various screen versions 8-9-10”). Some others are thinking about purchasing one. It is relatively inexpensive, has many functions (GPS, Rear camera, Phone, Remote, etc.) and the variety of applications can be installed. I owned it for three years and enjoyed it very much... Initially… But:
1. Recently many owners of Joying head units (HU) lost their ability to connect to Google applications (Google Maps for example). After downloading the upgrade provided by Joying tech support a number of owners reported that their Google Play Store account was hacked and unauthorized purchases and activities were recorded (see for example: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/google-account-hacked-new-joying-head-unit.4257535/)
2. This HU has very bad radio sensitivity. I lost reception of more than half of local FM stations. Tried few antenna amplifiers, new antenna – nothing helps. The same problem was reported by other owners of Joying units.
3. If you restarted the unit with factory reset, “Easy Connect” application stops working and manufacture refuses to restore its functionality. According to Joying customer support “Easy Connect” isn’t supported by Joying and isn’t compatible with most of Joying models, in spite it is preinstalled by manufacturer. Of course, you can install other phone mirror applications like Android Auto, but with lost connectivity to Google Play store now it is problematic.
4. Depending upon the model it is hard or totally impossible to copy files from USB flash drive to device.
5. In spite it is an Android machine, some of the Android settings are removed. It is especially hard to read the small font in the maps and you cannot enlarge it because, the Settings-Accessibility-Font Size gives you no choices at the end.
6. The connector between processor and monitor isn’t designed for the car applications and after few months of usual driving vibrations the screen started flickering. I have ordered and replaced already one connecting cable, now the new one is failing again.
7. Very rude and unprofessional customer service at joyingauto.com .
This is the citation from their answer to my request for help with firmware update after lost connectivity to Google: “Since your head unit purchased on aliexpress. please contact the support on aliexpress. they will help you.One order will be followed by one colleague. otherwise, the information will be mess. Hope you are well-understanding.”
The response from aliexpress Joying official store I bought HU from:
“Hi dear friend, I am sorry to hear that , but our store have not firmware for your car radio now , maybe you can try to reset the car radio”
Translated from Chinese that means: “We screwed you. You are on your own”. But maybe I am lucky. At least my account wasn’t hacked. I just wasted only $330 for Joying product that has little functionality now.
Keep my story in mind when after reading Joying commercial you start enthusiastically thinking about purchasing of their products.
Some of the car owners, including me, have purchased and installed Chinese Joying Head Unit (in various screen versions 8-9-10”). Some others are thinking about purchasing one. It is relatively inexpensive, has many functions (GPS, Rear camera, Phone, Remote, etc.) and the variety of applications can be installed. I owned it for three years and enjoyed it very much... Initially… But:
1. Recently many owners of Joying head units (HU) lost their ability to connect to Google applications (Google Maps for example). After downloading the upgrade provided by Joying tech support a number of owners reported that their Google Play Store account was hacked and unauthorized purchases and activities were recorded (see for example: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/google-account-hacked-new-joying-head-unit.4257535/)
2. This HU has very bad radio sensitivity. I lost reception of more than half of local FM stations. Tried few antenna amplifiers, new antenna – nothing helps. The same problem was reported by other owners of Joying units.
3. If you restarted the unit with factory reset, “Easy Connect” application stops working and manufacture refuses to restore its functionality. According to Joying customer support “Easy Connect” isn’t supported by Joying and isn’t compatible with most of Joying models, in spite it is preinstalled by manufacturer. Of course, you can install other phone mirror applications like Android Auto, but with lost connectivity to Google Play store now it is problematic.
4. Depending upon the model it is hard or totally impossible to copy files from USB flash drive to device.
5. In spite it is an Android machine, some of the Android settings are removed. It is especially hard to read the small font in the maps and you cannot enlarge it because, the Settings-Accessibility-Font Size gives you no choices at the end.
6. The connector between processor and monitor isn’t designed for the car applications and after few months of usual driving vibrations the screen started flickering. I have ordered and replaced already one connecting cable, now the new one is failing again.
7. Very rude and unprofessional customer service at joyingauto.com .
This is the citation from their answer to my request for help with firmware update after lost connectivity to Google: “Since your head unit purchased on aliexpress. please contact the support on aliexpress. they will help you.One order will be followed by one colleague. otherwise, the information will be mess. Hope you are well-understanding.”
The response from aliexpress Joying official store I bought HU from:
“Hi dear friend, I am sorry to hear that , but our store have not firmware for your car radio now , maybe you can try to reset the car radio”
Translated from Chinese that means: “We screwed you. You are on your own”. But maybe I am lucky. At least my account wasn’t hacked. I just wasted only $330 for Joying product that has little functionality now.
Keep my story in mind when after reading Joying commercial you start enthusiastically thinking about purchasing of their products.