Malaysia Mobile Network Experience Report April 2019

Below is from OpenSignal regarding the mobile network in Malaysia from Dec 2018 till April 2019

Don't think a lot change since then.

4G speed still is a joke

Raspbian for Raspberry Pi Model B+

I tried to install the latest version of Raspbian Pi OS but the performance is horrible for the old model. Practically it became unusable so I decided to revert back to older version. The earliest version that run well for me is the 2016-11-25-raspbian-jessie.zip

(from wiki)

But the problem is a lot of newly installed software such as Eclipse is the latest version which hurt the performance very badly. Even during installation took seriously long time to complete.

So, I can only use the Pi for media center, that also I need to install an older version of LibreELEC to be able to run smoothly. I download grade to 7.0 else I will hit with memory not enough issue.

LiberELEC for Raspberry Pi Model B+

I own this Raspberry Pi Model B+ since it first launch and due to lack of internet speed, I unable to use it as I intended it to be, as a Jazz music box. A player that will play Jazz music 24hours non-stop, like a cafe

Lately, I have finally have a high speed internet that meet my requirement.

At first, I tried to install it with the latest LibreELEC but the performance is very horrible. Device easy crash and restart randomly. So I downgrade it to version 7.0. It run very smooth with older version.

I added a few stations in Favorite section for quick access.

Since this player will be standalone, I installed a remote control app, Yatse which run better that the Kodi remote control for me. I pair it with the Pi and now I can select station or shutdown the device using the app.