Wellll guys...... I think we are having to do with a very very good supplier!!
After I came back from a business trip for a longer period, I read your post last days Mike. Because of that I contacted the vendor yesterday (late in the afternoon), to inform him about the situation.
The reaction? Just perfect!
They told me to do the same for me as they did for Mike. I explained about the forum discussion, and they were understanding our way of thinking about it (while normally another vendor in most cases don't understand you, and complain why you started a topic!).
They explained me in the mail about 3 versions of the Mini 0805. Like Mike discribed on the previous page.
The first version of the 0805 was only created by 2 suppliers and only available for around 4 till 6 weeks. The visible difference between this version and the 0803 was the 1296P on top in stead of 1080P. Also the lens and quality were different, but that's hard to see from the outside
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The second version of the 0805 was never for sale at Minidashcam, they didn't like the product and didn't want to sell it. It is possible that other retailers sells the second version, but because Minidashcam only want to sell good quality dashcams they never sold it.
The third version of the 0805 is the one most people know. To make it visible that there were some changes the mad the contact points gold in stead of zilver (second version had also gold contacts). This version was specially created for the vendor. This version is exact the same as the second and first version, but it is much more stable and without bugs.
To make it understandable that we were able to install 0803 software, that's because the first version is able to install that software. So we probably received a first version 0805 in stead of a 0803. For me it sounds like a possible and true story, so in my eyes all (any) strange thoughts about the seller were directlly gone after the mail
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But there was something else what wonderded me a lot, and that's something very nice for Cretian!
I will send you a PM with more details, but the vendor asked me to contact you for your problem.
He told me that you also can contact them to change your Mini for the last (third) version!!!!
I will thank the vendor (
www.minidashcam.com ) a lot for the service and understanding for the problem!!
I'm still thinking about a back cam, but if I will buy one I know which and where it will be
!