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Nice, I had no reason to watch that video, being that my unit was already installed. This info should probably be posted as a known issue so people are aware to check their antenna.

Lol, I sure wish I saw that earlier. This WiFi has been driving me nuts!!!:headbonk::headbonk: thanks!
I was thinking about getting an antenna like this if I ever get my head unit.
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I was thinking about getting an antenna like this if I ever get my head unit.
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Your image link was broken, here's you go :thumbsup:.



Yeah that would probably work well. You may just want to go ahead and order something like that, or the extension cable like I ordered. It's looking like you're going to need one or the other.



Aside from my mission to fix the WiFi, I bought some conductive electric paint and fixed the LEDS on my AC / On-Off board. I also swapped out the Cyan color filter for (ironically enough) the green filter that came with my kit. This green filter looks very close to stock. :headbang:



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Live Wallpaper test #1

Well, There's some new stuff since I left lol. I need to find that shadow under the Speedometer. It seems to be a deal breaker for live wallpaper. This month I might work on an overclock and modding the brain. :thumbsup:

PS: The group buy ends this weekend guys! I'll try to talk with the manufacturer if he's still okay $600 for 5 units. I needed at least 8 units. I'll see and try my best if nobody wants to get in.
 

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I might have figured out why we're having so many issues with WiFi. I took mine apart again to see what I needed to run a WiFi antenna extender, and noticed that the unit has a SMA Female connector on it, and the antenna has a RP-SMA Male connector. Basically, this means the antenna and unit have been bumping biscuits and there's no stinger on either item to make a connection. :frusty: Good job China!

Maybe it's just my unit that received the wrong antenna, but for those who have WiFi issues like me, you may want to double check this.



I ended up ordering this cable. https://www.amazon.com/DHT-Electronics-coaxial-assembly-RP-SMA/dp/B00MAY8O1Q/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1489948067&sr=8-9&keywords=sma+male+to+rp-sma+female+cable

I went and looked, mine is the same way. Where are you gonna put your antenna one you have the extension cable???

I was down in your neck of the woods over the weekend, was gonna pm ya and maybe see what you had going on.
 
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I snagged a WiFi antenna off a desktop WiFi card I don't use, and will be running it up under that center plastic piece on the dash. StangATX didn't have much luck with the GPS antenna plugged into the WiFi port. I will post results of this trial tomorrow after I get the antenna cable.

If you were down here yesterday, I was running around town looking for an antenna cable and playing with the unit. You could have PMd me, lol
 

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Your image link was broken, here's you go :thumbsup:.



Yeah that would probably work well. You may just want to go ahead and order something like that, or the extension cable like I ordered. It's looking like you're going to need one or the other.
Curious how this turns out. My wifi isn't as bad as your guys', pulling around 3Mbps out of my apartment down to the parking lot, but if it can be made even faster, I'm all for it!

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And that's just awesome looking. I need to find a nice one now.

Also with the March2017 firmware, the large speedo finally moves underneath the radio! :headbang:
 
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Curious how this turns out. My wifi isn't as bad as your guys', pulling around 3Mbps out of my apartment down to the parking lot, but if it can be made even faster, I'm all for it!



And that's just awesome looking. I need to find a nice one now.

Also with the March2017 firmware, the large speedo finally moves underneath the radio! :headbang:
You can switch the Speedo to the top with Radio/music app on bottom, and enjoy the graphic equalizer more.

There are quite a few on Zedge, that one was the only one I had time to try in the Dunkin Donuts drive through this morning.
 

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You can switch the Speedo to the top with Radio/music app on bottom, and enjoy the graphic equalizer more.

There are quite a few on Zedge, that one was the only one I had time to try in the Dunkin Donuts drive through this morning.
I found the perfect one for me with the Tron themed one that has yellow lines that move around the screen. Matches the rest of my car theme perfectly :D

Now is there a way to see the live background when on the home screen of the I5 theme? Right now I can only see the live wallpaper when a half-app is open.
 
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I found the perfect one for me with the Tron themed one that has yellow lines that move around the screen. Matches the rest of my car theme perfectly :D

Now is there a way to see the live background when on the home screen of the I5 theme? Right now I can only see the live wallpaper when a half-app is open.
Nope. Only if you use NOVA Launcher for the live wallpaper, but I have an idea that I'm about to go try... We'll see how it goes shortly!
 

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Does it involve removing that background image behind the speedo on the home screen...? :D
No, that's out of my reach. I was gonna try to use Nova with a speedometer widget, but there are no good speedo widgets.
 

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Curious how this turns out. My wifi isn't as bad as your guys', pulling around 3Mbps out of my apartment down to the parking lot, but if it can be made even faster, I'm all for it!
I parked right next to my house, with 7ft of my router (just a wall between the car and it) and pulled 100kbps off my 60x5. 30kbps and intermittent connection in my garage. I'm sure the change will be significant.

You've been lucky with those speeds. I wonder if you were shipped the correct antenna.
 

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Yeah, we gotta ditch the shadow somehow!

Oh come on. The shadow makes it look beautiful :lol: I'll check it out in the launcher if I can find something to fix it.
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