Taking a chance on an AliExpress Head unit.

Catch up!

 

They pay a company in India to do those reviews for them

 

I guess you can try aftermarket on non critical stuff. I've been burnt over and over with aftermarket crap. Can u tell?

 

here’s the one I have in mine

AWESAFE Car Radio Stereo for Toyota Prius 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015, 9 Inch Touch Screen Head Unit Built in Carplay Andriod Auto Bluetooth Navigation Video Player https://a.co/d/ez8yoYa

 

I put an eBay head gasket in a customer's car. I immediately afterwards had to eat the job as I had to redo on my hands. 16 hours plus $100 in fluid. When you're not excited about doing a job, it takes more than 16 hours

Cheap plastic brake master cylinder which is injection molded. Probably 3D printed. It lasted 2 hours cracked dumped its contents all over the motorcycle causing the brakes not to work. Almost resulting in death

Chinese brake pads that are glued onto the backing plate and separated. Because after all how do you remove glue? Same way you remove loctite you heat it. What a novel idea. Let's glue our brake pads onto the back end plates

Chinese screws with a thread pitch not as specified

Aftermarket screws on CFM jet engines are currently causing a320 to come out of the sky. Check NTSB on this one

Chinese 12 volt multi plug interrupted the can bus system on a Prius causing the car to throw all kinds of error codes pop fuses and be disabled

Chinese OBD2 Bluetooth dongle caused error codes and two cars. I immediately afterwards destroyed it with a hammer

People from China can elaborate in greater detail because they know that the government is so oppressive

I have too many stories of Chinese parts.

 

Dup

 

I put an eBay head gasket in a customer's car. I immediately afterwards had to eat the job as I had to redo on my hands. 16 hours plus $100 in fluid. When you're not excited about doing a job, it takes more than 16 hours

Cheap plastic brake master cylinder which is injection molded. Probably 3D printed. It lasted 2 hours cracked dumped its contents all over the motorcycle causing the brakes not to work. Almost resulting in death

Chinese brake pads that are glued onto the backing plate and separated. Because after all how do you remove glue? Same way you remove loctite you heat it. What a novel idea. Let's glue our brake pads onto the back end plates

Chinese screws with a thread pitch not as specified

Aftermarket screws on CFM jet engines are currently causing a320 to come out of the sky. Check NTSB on this one

Chinese 12 volt multi plug interrupted the can bus system on a Prius causing the car to throw all kinds of error codes pop fuses and be disabled

Chinese OBD2 Bluetooth dongle caused error codes and two cars. I immediately afterwards destroyed it with a hammer

People from China can elaborate in greater detail because they know that the government is so oppressive

I have too many stories of Chinese parts.

He didn't buy a Chinese car. And why is that? So why are you putting Chinese parts in your Japanese car?

You know that lots of these spark plugs that say NGK on Amazon are actually fakes? Why would you trust your engine with ceramic being dropped into it?

Why would you think you're saving money on an oil filter when you're risking your engine? Because when the glue that holds it backing plate goes through the motor.

People think they're saving $20 on a part, but they forget what their time is worth. And worst of all Chinese brake rotors have soft spots. So it pulses just like if it were warped. Why would you risk your life with this stuff?

 

what do you mean? You asked for a link to the item I bought. That’s the link

 

I posted some views on post #17 of this thread. There is glare when the sun hits it.

 

I've seen Chinese parts set a car on fire. I tried to save you. I'm leaving this chat

 

I'm happy with my Ali unit. PP made a good point. A bad device from China can have a lifespan just over your dispute period. Some can either be dangerous. Ali reviews are of little value. Some lie about specs. Use a stock photo instead of photo from the HU they're selling you. Some sell fake Android units. Hacked to display a higher version of Adroid then the software really is.

What I did. Researched
Android Head-Units | XDA Forums
I bought a Klyde unit.

Posters post on firmware upgrades. What issues they have. Solutions.

I wanted a prius specific HU. Buttons on the side. A regular 2DIN unit, I would have bought something like a Kenwood. Buy a closeout model if you want to save money.

edited to add Posters advised using a USB thumb drive and not SD memory when upgrading firmware. The memory card reader on my HU is reported to be extremely low quality.

One example of what some of the PP are implying