tomtom wireless Mrk II reciever bluetooth problems. - JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories

tomtom wireless Mrk II reciever bluetooth problems. - JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro Accessories

How can anything this good be this bad?
You can buy TomTom navigator5 for pda for £75 at PC World less on the Net
for this you get a 128meg sd card with tomtom on and a wireless bluetooth reciever and a Car charger.
You don't get a Mains charger but I found a USB hub Psu or my old toshiba pda E740 PSU will do the trick.
With the Universal software set up is a breeze. The trouble comes with the bluetooth gps which isn't adequately documented by tomtom. It is a good GPS receiver so whats bad.
on the Reciever are 2 Leds and a button
the first led has 3 states
Red totally discharged
orange charging
off fully charged (or fully discharged or broken or)
The 2nd Led is green
with 3 states
green - got a lock
green - flashing got a lock and talking to your Pda
off - switched off, or not got a lock and switched on, or its broke.
The button
push for a second on
push for a second off
push for 3 seconds reset
push repeatedly - unknown state (and it can take up to a minute to get a lock)
The problem is that fully charged and indoors you probably will get no lights at all and will not be able to tell if its on or off or broken.
if its not talking to your pda it will turn itself off after 5 minutes also if your stationary.
you can spend forever trying to get it working if you go in under bluetooth you should be able to discover it. but if you start the tomtom software it will tell you no gps.
The only definate way to get it connected is to go outside press the button and then the green led should light letting you know its on and has found some satellites. then if you start the tomtom software and choose tomtom gps it will connect.
you can share the gps using the gps settings in connections and bluetooth
(but someone else can explain that).
if you are indoors and trying to set this up, you will get nowhere.
hope this is useful info.
one more thing each gps has its own mac address as well as its display name so its possible you think you have a partnership but thats a different tomtom wireless gps unit. (the one you took back coz you were convinced it was broken).

blackest_knight said:
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if you are indoors and trying to set this up, you will get nowhere.
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The only comment I can make here is that a lot of GPS recivers won't work indoors. I'm using a GPslim236 and this works ok indoors (at home) as long as you are close to a window (within 6ft). This uses the SirfIII (?) chipset. The earlier chipsets wouldn't work at all indoors (iirc).
Mav

The tomtom bluetooth gps is sirf III,
Seems to get a good signal most of the time.
you would think getting two bluetooth devices to pair together, location would be fairly unimportant. However with the tomtom unless its got a fix it doesn't want to play.
once you 'grok' the device its ok, but I still would have prefered an on off switch with some feedback.

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BT-338 freezes @ fixing

My BT-338 freezes when it's fixing! It hangs up whenever it gets a fixing and green light starts blinking! It correctly sends data via bluetooth to the connected device as long as the green light is steady! As soon as it starts blinking no more data are sent. What should I do ? Tried with cold start and battery removal. The bug seems to persist! Is it possible that when the green light blinks, for unknown reasons it automatically switches to a different baud-rate (other than 38400) ?? Please help !!!

That's an odd one. How are you testing this? What application are you using to confirm a bluetooth connection and whether data is being sent?
I'm wondering if the BT-338 is sending data in a format that the application dosn't understand, ie the 338 is sending out NMEA data format, but the application wants another format.
An application comes with the device on a CD ( I can't remember it's name) This application allows you to change these settings.

Tested it with GPSinfo for WM5 (the application you didn't remember) and with TomTom 5.21. I experienced a sudden lack of data, with both the applications. After a correct pairing and a couple of minutes of receiving data from satellites, suddenly no more data arriving anymore. In order to isolate the problem and discover if the bug was sistematic or purely random, I paired the antenna with my Desktop PC, and used SirfDemo to test it. And I discovered that the antenna freezes as soon as the green light starts blinking, regardless the data protocol (SIRF or NMEA). Of course I restored NMEA before leaving SirfDemo, but that's not a protocol problem, it's a radio transmission one. It looks like it suddenly switches baud rate (other than 38400) as soon as it gets a fix from satellites. Any idea ?

I aslo obtained the BT-338 recently and it works perfect.
As far as I know a blinking green led indicates a fix, a steady green
led means no fix.
Cheers

TomTom lock up

Anybody seen this before?
My TomTom will freeze when I try to open it, leaving the top bar visible when the title screen shows and it just hangs. This seems to happen under the following circumstances:
1. If I have just closed it after using it, I cannot open it again immediately after without hanging. Must turn the unit off for at least 30 sec in between. Regardless of battery or a/c power.
2. When running on battery power, it seems to hang as described every time when I try to start it. UNLESS....
The only way I can seem to get it started is to connect to my laptop via usb. TomTom seems to boot fine then. Then I let it get a fix and then disconnect from the computer without turning the unit off. Then I turn off the P3300 and wait about 30 sec to a minute. Then when I turn it back on, TomTom will boot normally. It's like the start up on a/c power initialized the program to work on battery power! However, if I try to start it twice in a row without shutting off the PDA inbetween for this short length of time, it will hang again. Is there some weird connection between a/c power and TomTom stability? Why does the unit seem to have to rest between startups?
I've been messing with this for two days and that is the best I could do. Am I going crazy, is this a bad copy of TomTom or shoud I just learn to live with it? (Come on iGuidance...put out a patch for the P3300!!!)
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Seems like it is not a/c power, but the Activesync connection that is initializing my TomTom. Once I start getting these freezes, the only way to get back relatively normal initialization of the program is to connect to Activesync via usb, start TomTom and then unplug the usb cable with the program still running. Maybe someone can figure out the connection between the two - right now I'm drained and out of ideas. At least it works in some capacity. Maybe ignorance is bliss...

I am still on my S100 with tt6 6.010 (7720) and no SIM since I currently use it solely for navigation. What I experience is not really a lockup but just a big delay (almost 1 min) after tt has initialized and only if "Enable wireless data" is enabled.

UPDATE
Turns out that this was a system resource problem. I have Wisbar 2 Advance, PocketBreeze 5, Phone Alarm, and PhotoContacts Pro all active on my device. I guess this is just too much to handle for the Omap when I try to add TomTom on top of that. When I exit WA2, PA and PhotoContacts, shut the device off for about 30 seconds, then turn it back on and launch TomTom, I have no problems. I have also been able to do it only shutting down WA2 and PhotoContacts, but it still locks from time to time like this. I have to shut down all three to be safe. Leaving PocketBreeze running (with some plug-in tabs active too) seems to be a managable workload for the processor. It's kind of a pain, but at least it works! It's not like I need a nav program every day!
Later...

Glad to know you found the source of your problem.

psargent said:
Anybody seen this before?
My TomTom will freeze when I try to open it, leaving the top bar visible when the title screen shows and it just hangs. This seems to happen under the following circumstances:
1. If I have just closed it after using it, I cannot open it again immediately after without hanging. Must turn the unit off for at least 30 sec in between. Regardless of battery or a/c power.
2. When running on battery power, it seems to hang as described every time when I try to start it. UNLESS....
The only way I can seem to get it started is to connect to my laptop via usb. TomTom seems to boot fine then. Then I let it get a fix and then disconnect from the computer without turning the unit off. Then I turn off the P3300 and wait about 30 sec to a minute. Then when I turn it back on, TomTom will boot normally. It's like the start up on a/c power initialized the program to work on battery power! However, if I try to start it twice in a row without shutting off the PDA inbetween for this short length of time, it will hang again. Is there some weird connection between a/c power and TomTom stability? Why does the unit seem to have to rest between startups?
I've been messing with this for two days and that is the best I could do. Am I going crazy, is this a bad copy of TomTom or shoud I just learn to live with it? (Come on iGuidance...put out a patch for the P3300!!!)
***********UPDATE*****************
Seems like it is not a/c power, but the Activesync connection that is initializing my TomTom. Once I start getting these freezes, the only way to get back relatively normal initialization of the program is to connect to Activesync via usb, start TomTom and then unplug the usb cable with the program still running. Maybe someone can figure out the connection between the two - right now I'm drained and out of ideas. At least it works in some capacity. Maybe ignorance is bliss...
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I'm having the same problem as above! I've installed Battery Status and overclock to 247... but no difference unfortunately. Anyone any tips for this problem?? It just seems to hang lots!!
Maybe Co Pilot would be better??

Have you tried to defragment your memory card of maybe even clear of any redundant registry entries. I was having issues not too similar to yours and I found that pocket mechanic was able to resolve some of the issues due to the card having so many redundant files and the registry. Give it a go using the demo may solve your issue?

Magic Button - Pocket PC Task Manager
This will CLOSE the program instead of MINIMIZING it to the background process.

JC#79 said:
Have you tried to defragment your memory card of maybe even clear of any redundant registry entries. I was having issues not too similar to yours and I found that pocket mechanic was able to resolve some of the issues due to the card having so many redundant files and the registry. Give it a go using the demo may solve your issue?
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I only started putting things on the card two days ago - day two i started having tomtom problems.
I'll def give this a go though and let you know if any improvements...
Thanks!

i have the exact same problem with my dopod p800w/artemis etc etc......i found a way to eliminate the freezing and hanging.......rule of thumb is to open the program by going into its root directory and opening it from there, instead of opening it via the start/programs shortcut or today screen......basically just make sure you open the program by going into File Manager and look for the tomtom navigator.exe file (usually in the program files folder and then navigator folder) and open it that way......ever since i tried it this way i never get any freezing and the program would start all the time.......it works for me......

GNS 5843 problem

Hi Guys,
About 8 months i have a GNS 5843 (GPS, Bluetooth & RDS). This worked fine until this week. When i pushed the power button .. nothing happened (the blue and green light should start to flash). So i plugged in the USB connector and the red light start flashing (meaning charching), so thats OK.
But still no way that the device will power-on.
The funny thing is, it is detectable (BT) by phone & PDA so BT and connecting to the device is not a problem. The serial port is detected; but cannot be opened by programs like TomTom or IGO.
The battery is OK (although my multimeter says so) and i also tried several power sources.
Please help!
Sjaakfaal

Android Eonon GA2114 - unable to shutdown fully? / also 'preparing SD' for USB stick

Hi,
I have just bought and fitted a Eonon GA2114 Android unit
I have one or two issues please, and would really appreciate some help
1. When I hold the power button to shut the unit down, it says 'shutdown' for a second and the screen goes dark. When I power it on again it comes on immediately as if the stereo is switched on all along, just with the screen dimmed. (It does not boot up Android) - I should mention it is fitted into a campervan running off a leisure battery. Shouldn't make any difference I'd have thought but it is a permanent battery connection (No ignition on/off) is this a clue? I wondered if it was to do with the ACC wire if so?
2. When I do 'wake up' the Car Unit it seems to take quite a few seconds or so to 'prepare the SD card' - this can only refer to my permanently connected USB drive full of music (Via the rear of the unit) - surely this should be ready to use immediately the car stereo is on? It means I can't just switch on, and play music. Any ideas please as it is very annoying?
3. A brief one, what is the best locally stored Android music player to use please? for car use that is?
Many thanks for your hep

I must admit I am a little surprised to have no replies so far? Anyone pls?

Hi, is there anyone that can help me with this please. many thanks?

Any suggestions please? thanks

adriancollins said:
Any suggestions please? thanks
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Does the unit come with root, if it doe you could download a reboot app, most require root to function.
I don't believe these units actually shutdown, just go into standby mode, you cab check with the ENON techs.

No root as far as I am aware, a good idea otherwise thank you. I am still unable to fully power off (Or reboot) the unit. It seems to draw a lot of power and will drain the Leisure Battery for sure. I have emailed Eonon a few days ago, but not heard anything back. Not sure if they are active in any of the forums for a quicker response?
As for the USB Memory Stick with music on, I am still having the problem of 'unexpectedly removed' and 'preparing SD card' each and every time the unit is first used / turned on. Any ideas please as it's driving me bananas! thank you

I have the same unit and yeah it says powering off and it isn't powering off at all, it is even still connected to my phone via bluetooth when it has supposedly powered off!

tiff_lee said:
I have the same unit and yeah it says powering off and it isn't powering off at all, it is even still connected to my phone via bluetooth when it has supposedly powered off!
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Thanks for your reply, that is interesting. I have had two replies from Eonon so far. As I thought the ACC cable may be the culprit.
1. Unit can not shutting down completely
Please check whether you have connect the ACC wire always on BATT? If yes, this unit cannot turn off completely.
Please find the ACC control wire on the Fuse box location, then connect the ACC wire to the ACC control wire, the unit can turn on and off via key.
2. If you use the USB Memory Stick to play music? If so does yours have the delay issue as well? )Answer from Eonon copied below so far:
Yes, it will show message when you plug in or plug out SD/USB, this can not change.
But if it shows some error message that make the SD/USB would not work, would you please take a picture to show us?

adriancollins said:
Thanks for your reply, that is interesting. I have had two replies from Eonon so far. As I thought the ACC cable may be the culprit.
1. Unit can not shutting down completely
Please check whether you have connect the ACC wire always on BATT? If yes, this unit cannot turn off completely.
Please find the ACC control wire on the Fuse box location, then connect the ACC wire to the ACC control wire, the unit can turn on and off via key.
2. If you use the USB Memory Stick to play music? If so does yours have the delay issue as well? )Answer from Eonon copied below so far:
Yes, it will show message when you plug in or plug out SD/USB, this can not change.
But if it shows some error message that make the SD/USB would not work, would you please take a picture to show us?
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I have the ACC wire connected correctly as when I turn the ignition off the stereo acknowledges this and turns off/powers down but that function is hard wired supposed to turning the unit off at the on/off/volume knob (while the ignition is on). Their answer is just avoiding the issue as the unit turns off fine with the ignition, it doesn't power down like it says it is when the ignition is on. I just turned my 'off' with the ignition on and could still connect to it via bluetooth....
I can't comment on point 2 as i've yet to rig my amps up and play any music!

tiff_lee said:
I have the ACC wire connected correctly as when I turn the ignition off the stereo acknowledges this and turns off/powers down but that function is hard wired supposed to turning the unit off at the on/off/volume knob (while the ignition is on). Their answer is just avoiding the issue as the unit turns off fine with the ignition, it doesn't power down like it says it is when the ignition is on. I just turned my 'off' with the ignition on and could still connect to it via bluetooth....
I can't comment on point 2 as i've yet to rig my amps up and play any music!
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Mmmmmm, thats not quite so good then. I was thinking that it might be the ACC as mine is running from a permanently 'on' Leisure Battery. I will probably pop the stereo out and have a look in the next week or so as I can't really change the battery situation (The idea is so that I don't run the starter battery down as it is a CamperVan)
I must say though that I am impressed with the sound (I have been testing PowerAmp, and PlayerPro and they both look and sound STUNNING, the standard player kept skipping for me at least)
I'm still looking into the other thing (Memory Stick) it works, but it's annoying really

I just got my unit yesterday and installed, so far very good device.
I noticed there is a setting in setup to delay shutdown for 30 seconds, and up... Maybe you are not waiting long enough for complete shutdown.
If you had the ACC wired to Battery, the unit screen would not shut off (i think).

ACC being connected to a permanent live compounds the problem as whenever ACC is live i.e ignition turned on, you can't power the unit down at all even though holding down the power button it clearly states "shutting down" when in reality it merely turns the screen off.

Thank you tiff_lee, I think that is exactly what happens in my case (Just the screen goes off)
It is draining my 12v battery rather quickly! If I was to disconnect the ACC cable will I still be able to power it on and use normally? (In my case the car stereo works from a campervan leisure battery. The idea being that you can have the radio on at any time without the ignition having to be on. Also it doesn't drain your starter battery at all)
Many thanks

ACC is accessory power. Accessory power is only powered when a key is on. If you don't have it wired to a ACC source then it won't properly shut off. Wire the ACC with the power wires and put a toggle switch between the battery and the power wires. I would think that would solve the problem.

adriancollins said:
Thank you tiff_lee, I think that is exactly what happens in my case (Just the screen goes off)
It is draining my 12v battery rather quickly! If I was to disconnect the ACC cable will I still be able to power it on and use normally? (In my case the car stereo works from a campervan leisure battery. The idea being that you can have the radio on at any time without the ignition having to be on. Also it doesn't drain your starter battery at all)
Many thanks
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If I understand your first post correctly you have the ACC connected all the time so yes the unit would effectively be on all the time hence the power drain. Leave the main power connected at all times as this also powers your memory, connect the ACC wire to a 12V+ supply via a toggle/selector switch and just turn it on (via toggle switch) when you want the unit on.
That aside though it doesn't change the fact that the unit does not power off when it says it is.

Hi
Been following this thread and having same issues I only have mine connected by the iso adapters and the unit doesn't seem to shut down fully,have had 1 flat battery so far after not using the van for several days on recharging battery and turning on it showed full start up screens.
Other issues are not being able to turn off the radio once turned on apart from in settings "force stop app"
No voice guidance in the Sygic GPS app.
Someone asked for a good music app,try N7 player,also Smart launcher is very good ,have it on all our Android stuff.

adriancollins said:
Hi,
I have just bought and fitted a Eonon GA2114 Android unit
I have one or two issues please, and would really appreciate some help
1. When I hold the power button to shut the unit down, it says 'shutdown' for a second and the screen goes dark. When I power it on again it comes on immediately as if the stereo is switched on all along, just with the screen dimmed. (It does not boot up Android) - I should mention it is fitted into a campervan running off a leisure battery. Shouldn't make any difference I'd have thought but it is a permanent battery connection (No ignition on/off) is this a clue? I wondered if it was to do with the ACC wire if so?
2. When I do 'wake up' the Car Unit it seems to take quite a few seconds or so to 'prepare the SD card' - this can only refer to my permanently connected USB drive full of music (Via the rear of the unit) - surely this should be ready to use immediately the car stereo is on? It means I can't just switch on, and play music. Any ideas please as it is very annoying?
3. A brief one, what is the best locally stored Android music player to use please? for car use that is?
Many thanks for your hep
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I have bought a Pumpkin KD-C0224 Android car unit and it's working great.
1. Have met the battery drained issue before and the Pumpkin seller suggested me exchange the "ACC" and the "B+" of the iso adapter.
They explained that the “ACC” and the “B+” of my car is opposite to the iso adapter, so I tried and it worked.
2. Maybe your USB Memory Stick is beyond the unit can support, or you can try other USB device with less than 32GB to check.
3. I have Spotify on my unit and its great, I think.

Hello,
someone did you solve this problem? I use the same multimedia Eonon GA2114 and have the same problem .In the moment extinguish my car out inscription 'unexpectedly removed SD card' Just to give contact and back contact without starting the engine again my written 'unexpectedly removed SD card'.
After starting my written 'preparing SD card' and starts from the first song. I'm tired just listening to the same song Please if anyone can help.

I have a very similar problem which has only started to happen recently on my Eonon head unit.
The problem is when you turn the unit off it shows a message saying "storage unexpectedly removed". When you turn on the head unit again it has to remount the USB drive and it starts playing music again from the beginning of the MP3. It never remembers the last play position of the MP3. This happens on various makes of freshly formatted USB sticks. Its very annoying....
I have done a full factory reset, disconnected the power and also re-connected all the cables from the back of the unit - but this did not resolve the problem.
Not really sure what to try next...any suggestions would be very much appreciated!

Doggeh_Dawg said:
the USB drive
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How is the drive powered?

Volume button + WiFi Problems + Touchscreen no reaction + Board computer problems

I have some questions. (Copy from the old thread)
1. I mean that i read it here, but I'm not sure. At the moment I have very often the bug, that the volume button not works. Mute works, but louder and quieter not. I don't know when it doesn't work, but after a while no function.
2. Since a few days I have the wifi problem, that wifi works sometimes and after a while too, it shows empty bars and shows the connection but it doesn't work. In other case if I start the radio he can't find any WiFi. Why?
3. Since a few days the touchscreen doesn't work. I have set, that i can See if i touch. Then it shows a point. so i can see that the touch works, but there is no reaction. After a minuten the radio shows the bootlogo and have a loop. So i have start the radio new with reset or power off from the car.
4. Since a few days if i turn off the key normally all lights form the radio and display shut down. Additionally board computer shut down too after a few seconds. Now the light from the dvd tray is on and board computer too (after a lock from the car too). I dont know why but I don't know if that is so good (Battery).
All this errors are since a few days. I tried to do any settings but the problem is always here. Does anyone no about that? I think it's an app, but I don't know which one. The last chance (if I get no solutions) is to install another rom? That is really crazy, because it's only since a few days. The days before it works perfect.
I have JY 2.73 with the Malaysk Rom from September (1024).
Thanks

Update: Now i installed 2.59 JY and tried again. WiFi will always gone with no bars. So i turn off and turn on again. At the most cases it works. But the problem is here again. The same with the touchscreen crash. 3G doesn't work. always no bars.
So the previous MCU doesn't work again. Maybe a software error.

Could you please try to measure the voltage alignedto the HU while you encounter those problems? I rellay mean at the radio side (so not at the battery poles).
Such issues could be lack of voltage. If not and flashing does not solve it could be a defective unit.
Just to ensure: You flashed Firmware AND MCU? AM I right wit this assumption?
If not: Try to flash a new ROM first (probably try Malaysk ROM)
Btw: Moved to Q&A

dark alex said:
Could you please try to measure the voltage alignedto the HU while you encounter those problems? I rellay mean at the radio side (so not at the battery poles).
Such issues could be lack of voltage. If not and flashing does not solve it could be a defective unit.
Just to ensure: You flashed Firmware AND MCU? AM I right wit this assumption?
If not: Try to flash a new ROM first (probably try Malaysk ROM)
Btw: Moved to Q&A
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Thx for answer. How can i measure that? Do you know which cable it is? And if the cable shows not the 12V? What can i do to fix the problem?
Sure. I have Malaysk Rom and the MCU JY 2.59.

you would have to get amulti- or vooltmeter and attach that between plus and ground pins at your HU.
If you don't know how you should eigther try to follow another way first if possible or ask someone to do it for you (it's electrics)

dark alex said:
you would have to get amulti- or vooltmeter and attach that between plus and ground pins at your HU.
If you don't know how you should eigther try to follow another way first if possible or ask someone to do it for you (it's electrics)
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Thanks. I ordered a multilmeter. Maybe it's the battery. At the moment the car works really hard if I start it. The radio takes so much battery but the radio is off. So that can be the problem.

low voltage can cause many weird problems but you have to know a new battery might not solve your problem!
If you have low voltag while the engine is ruunning then you have a different problem. eighter there is a connection issue somewhere on the path the energy takes from battery and generator to the HU or your generator might have a problem. But that is open to check when we know if it really is a voltage issue.

Hi,
i'd like to give you an update for my problems. Since the last days I have the problems, that my car didn't start. Now we see, that the battery is nine years old. Now I charged the battery (tomorrow I'll get a new battery) and the first test shows WiFi works for 3 minutes. I know - that's not a lot, but I only can try if I have the new battery. 3G doesn't work - always the same. But that's not so important for now.
At the moment I don't have the volume error. I will test it, If i have a longer car drive.
The problem with the touchscreen is actually. Since a few time, after few minutes the touchscreen is bricked and I see the points that i touch it, but I can't click anything. If I touch ten times, twenty times or often then radio shut down and shows the boot logo... forever... it doesn't boot again. So I have to make a hard reset.
And the last point with the light board computer and the light dvd slot after plug off the key is actually too. It don't shutdown the lights on the standby time from 10 minutes (set it to 10 minutes). I know now, that I can shutdown it completely if I press the volume button for 3 seconds. Than it's turn off. So it's a setting problem from the firmware?
Today I plug in the key - nothing. Radio doesn't start. So I looked behind the radio and saw, that one thin cable is not in the wiring harness and I can see the wires on the cable. So I tried to put it in the wiring harness again. I hope it works longer now. I wrote carjoying and ask for a new wiring harness. Maybe all problems will be fixed, If i have a new.

Hello again,
now I've got a solution for the wifi problem. I've tried to connected wifi - i Known that doesn't work only few seconds and after a few seconds it shows 0 bars on wifi... now I disconnected my 3g stick and LOOK it works... full bars, no losing connection. I connect 3g again and the same problem after a few seconds.
So th3 3g stick (E1750 from Huawei) makes some problem OR the usb cable?

Huawei E355 also not working. Same connection problems with malaysk rom MTCD
Any suggestions?

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