Well, following up with my custom felt cutout experience and more problems with my A119.
First, the front dash cam mount came unstuck from the window and fell off. This is the second time this has happened, but last time it was my rear cam on my rear windshield (I have a cam on the front and back). I did clean the window before putting them on, and they both fell off weeks later after installation. Since I'm now out of window stickers I'm going to buy some
black double-sided foam tape for the next time it falls off.
Second, after reinstalling the cam, it now flickers again and restarts. I don't think it fell too hard and broke anything, it otherwise operates fine. I had the zip-tie stuck behind it in the same place as before but that no longer works. I even made my own felt cutout with sticky-backed felt, and it still flickers. If I twist the cam in the mount and rotate it slightly, the flickering stops, but as soon as I let go it starts flickering again. For now, I'm just leaving the power cord plugged into the camera's side USB port. Luckily, it's behind the mirror so I don't have to see the cable sticking out all the time. I could replace it with a
right angle mini USB cable if I really wanted to make it look nice, but I'm kind of tired of wasting time and money with this dash cam.
These actual A119 cameras work well, but their crappy mounts and the annoying problems to get them to just work normally make the whole A119 disappointing.