Hi!
Once again i've created a post to merge all information about goophone i9.
Here are the specs of the smartphone:
- 5.7 INCH HD SCREEN, 1280*720 PIXEL DISPLAY
- 1GB RAM + 8GB ROM, support extenal micro SD card
- 1.2GHz MTK MT6589 quad-core processor
- Support 3G network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & WCDMA 850/2100 MHz
- 8-megapixel rear camera + 5-megapixel facing camera
- Android 4.2 OS
The interesting thing about this smartphone is the price.
Only $199.99 Dolars.
As soon as i get it home i'll post an tutorial how to root.
Here is a link to: i9 Recovery
Sourced from bbs.ydss.cn where there is also a ROM update 0328 that includes root. I'll try upload it too if any one is interested..
JohnnyInBriz said:
Here is a link to: i9 Recovery
Sourced from bbs.ydss.cn where there is also a ROM update 0328 that includes root. I'll try upload it too if any one is interested..
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Yes upload it please so i can add it on this thread. Thanks
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I bought this phone but still waiting for delivery. When it deliver me Iwill write review and I found similar item Phone Pad 5.
oh yess.. i just bought one and still waiting for delivery.. i was afraid there will be no developer for this phone ... but that is gone... but please can you do a review of this phone? how the battery life? thnk u
bluesupra said:
oh yess.. i just bought one and still waiting for delivery.. i was afraid there will be no developer for this phone ... but that is gone... but please can you do a review of this phone? how the battery life? thnk u
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The battery life last the usual time.
It all depends how many services you have connected.
So if you use the 3G network, Wifi and GPS all day, it will last 24h.
Otherwise, if you don't use them that much it can last 2 full days, maybe 2 days and a half.
The phone itself is good. Having a quad core phone with 1gb ram just for $199.99 is not for everyone.
The phone is very fast and the display has a nice quality (great resolution).
Some parts could be better, like the wifi and gps antenna. The wi-fi antenna doesn't have the range as it should be..but it is ok.
The phone definitely worth its price.
The factory only produced 200 for the first batch. And they are already almost sold. So if you could buy one you can consider yourself a lucky person. :laugh:
So it all depends how do you use the phone and how often.
The main battery draining responsible is the huge display it has.
Capacitative buttons?
I was considering getting this phone but am curious to know if it has full home, back, menu buttons, it looks like it just has one.
simc1978 said:
I was considering getting this phone but am curious to know if it has full home, back, menu buttons, it looks like it just has one.
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I'm still waiting on my i9 to arrive but I have a ZP950+ that only has one hard button similar to i9. With the large display I find that the soft buttons don't take up much screen real estate and I rarely use the hard button.
Any updates about the phone?
JohnnyInBriz said:
Link to rooted rom I was going to post didn't work but it can be found on bbs.ydss.cn here: i9 rooted rom
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I'll make a ROM for it and i will release it soon!
Regards
Manuxo said:
I'll make a ROM for it and i will release it soon!
Regards
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You are the best!!!
The Android version of this phone is really 4.2.2?
can anyone show me how to flash the rom on i9 step by step? is there any tool requirement for that? thnk u
Looking forward to my device arriving in the next week then I'll be following this thread very closely
My arrives within 8 days ...
I look forward ...
JohnnyInBriz said:
I received my I9 a few days ago and it came installed with Android 4.2.2 but it was difficult to use with just the back button so I installed "I9-XUNI-0410v5ok" 4.2.1 version from http://bbs.ydss.cn. This has the virtual soft keys and is much nicer to use.
Everything is working great except for 3G data. Unfortunately I didn't check this on the original version and I've somehow deleted the backup I made. If anyone has a link to the 4.2.2 software I'd appreciate it.
I've tried a few roms now and the bands available for GSM and UMTS have been different so I guess it's a firmware issue. I need to be able to use WCDMA-GSM-900 to get 3G and faster data. If anyone knows how the available bands are set please let me know. The engineer mode has the one I need greyed out.
Apart from the above issues this is a very nice phone and is better value (~$80 cheaper) I think than the ZP950+ that I also have.
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Great to hear from someone who has got one, can I ask how is the GPS reception and general WIFI/mobile signal strength? The MTK6577 phones had problems is the 6589 any better?
Thanks
Si
GPS is really quick once it's setup to use EPO and GPS-A. Just yesterday I was surprised that it locked onto 8 satellites in 11 seconds indoors. WIFI/mobile signal strength are same or better than other phones I have(or had). I've never had a 6577 phone so I can't compare.
Did anyone buy their I9 from goophone.hk? If so could you please register on http://bbs.goophone.hk/ and register your phone on there and download the latest I9 4.2.2 software.
You may need to use Google translate but it's on this page: http://bbs.goophone.hk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6345&extra=page%3D1%26filter%3Dtypeid%26typeid%3D65%26typeid%3D65
JohnnyInBriz said:
Here is a link to: i9 Recovery
Sourced from bbs.ydss.cn where there is also a ROM update 0328 that includes root. I'll try upload it too if any one is interested..
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today I received my goophone i9 and I have a problem with the 3G connection, the access point APN is well configured, the phone is connected and the icon appears 3G and H, but does not download the data, the browser and Google Play are waiting to receive data that do not arrive
Can anyone help me?
WiFi is OK
The recovery has text in Chinese ... please help!!!!!
ninettodavoli said:
today I received my goophone i9 and I have a problem with the 3G connection, the access point APN is well configured, the phone is connected and the icon appears 3G and H, but does not download the data, the browser and Google Play are waiting to receive data that do not arrive
Can anyone help me?
WiFi is OK
The recovery has text in Chinese ... please help!!!!!
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I don't know of any non-chinese recovery for this phone as yet but it's not too difficult to use if you are familiar with CWM.
For radio take a look at this thread: ZP810 3G fix
But use this database: database
This fixed 3G for me.
Virtual soft buttons
I received my goophone i9 yesterday and everything seems great so far. I'm just looking for a step by step guide to install the virtual soft keys. This is my first android phone and didn't even realise they were missing untill a friend asked me about them
Related
Looks like our friends over in Italy will soon be flooding the site looking to replace the stock ui, and roms.
Hopefully Olivetti will release a higher version of android than 2.2 (crossing fingers for 3.0), but by the video it had that same tnt ui we all hate.
Olivetti Olipad 100 gets unboxed and handled in italiano (video)
Noticed they had flash as they were using youtube, so why dont we have ours yet, its the same tablet isnt it, so if there one has it, why has our one not been released ?
I bought an tablet Olipad 100but its not working very weeland i don`t like the interface. Can anyone indicate me with a few links on how to root and what custom rom it`s working on my tablet ?
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...um.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
wackymix said:
I bought an tablet Olipad 100but its not working very weeland i don`t like the interface. Can anyone indicate me with a few links on how to root and what custom rom it`s working on my tablet ?
Thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
There you go good luck!
The Olipad might need a sub-forum - it's not 100% the same as a GTAB. Its more like a zPad T2.
Icedvoco said:
Noticed they had flash as they were using youtube, so why dont we have ours yet, its the same tablet isnt it, so if there one has it, why has our one not been released ?
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If you notice on the video is seem to have a SIM slot on the bottom. Having Data (maybe cellular) ability would allow it to be Google certified, I guess.
Hi friends, I opened this thread because i'm in great doubt and i need your help. This one thread will be deleted if it needs. If this thread do not violate the rules you can ask your questions...
My question:
Which galaxy tab to buy P6200 or P6800 ???
Which is better demonstrated, price is not the problem. If you have some links to comparative tests leave them here. Tnx
p.s If I broke a rule tell me I will seek to delete this.
first correct spelling "Q...uestions"
m.kochan10 said:
first correct spelling "Q...uestions"
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I did not even notice
pudup said:
If price is not a issue, then p6800 would be the obvious choice imo
More space, bigger, shinier
Sent from my GT-I9103 using XDA
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For that you're right, but somewhere I read that P6200 get better grades.
What about the screen, which showed better ? I may pick up p6800 because of 800 x 1280 pixels and in p6200 is 600 x 1024 pixels.
What do you think about this ? can take it for 200$ less than P6800.
The main question is whether the gains ICS ?
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_xoom_mz601-3834.php
Friends I decided to take P6800 Galaxy tab 7.7, but still need a small help, can someone tell me this: When link is placed on the facebook page is it show like on computer ( to open a image of the link ) or show as on mobile phone ( just link is showing, no image of it ) I hope I was clear .... because on some phones it only show link when it is published( try to publish something on fb page if you have it and see whether they leave only a link without an image ). This is important to me because I advertise sites on fb and if there is no picture in the link fewer people will watch the content and this would be a big problem..... Thank you in advance
pudup said:
Well when I post through my phone with the facebook app, the picture preview comes. Are you using app or browser?
Sent from my GT-I9103 using XDA
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And I set from app, and from different browser and it's ok when i put it on my profile but when i pu on fb page it's show only a link :/ some times put on the page as if I am not admin ( only link ) so I thought maybe because of different android to work differently because on tablet is 3.2 .
pudup said:
Well afaik there is no setting for it.
Sent from my GT-I9103 using XDA
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Thank you anyway, 'll wait a bit more because in 10 days google will show nexus tablet http://androidandme.com/2012/06/tablets-2/confirmed-asus-nexus-7-tablet-coming-at-the-end-of-june/
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Thank you anyway, 'll wait a bit more because in 10 days google will show nexus tablet http://androidandme.com/2012/06/tablets-2/confirmed-asus-nexus-7-tablet-coming-at-the-end-of-june/
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This month will shape up what happens till Jan-Feb '13 in the major mobile platforms arena.
- WWDC '12 - Just concluded
- Microsoft announcement today & on 20th of this month.
- Google's announcements in the last week of this month.
Cheers !
Google Nexus tablet will lack 3G or LTE connectivity as well as a rear camera to keep the price tag ...
http://www.gsmarena.com/the_nexus_t...tarted_shipping_lacks_3g_or_lte-news-4410.php
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Google Nexus tablet will lack 3G or LTE connectivity as well as a rear camera to keep the price tag ...
http://www.gsmarena.com/the_nexus_t...tarted_shipping_lacks_3g_or_lte-news-4410.php
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I saw that, but to me it is not necessary because I would not use it as a phone, I would use the phone for calls, I would use the internet over the phone via portable wi-fi hotspot, or via wi-fi at home and the rear camera, I really did not need it again because the mobile is with me all the time wait to see what will be the final spec. if the price is 200-250$ would be acceptable. Just wondering build quality for that price. I read somewhere it will be a display of over 200ppi that would be great
HI MY NAME IS TAN, I'm new here and a noob with phone but i have a problem which my docomo Fujitsu Arrow X F-02E.
it keep restarting if i use gps map, and it restart when my facebook try to locate my position, and it restart when i use the locator map ! can anyone help me how to fix this problem.
Looks like it might be something related to your gps. Did you do any software mods to your phone like custom rom/kernel or running scripts..? Also try clearing cache it might help. Use something like 'app cache cleaner'.
Hi,
Can you please review this phone? I am serously thinking of buying it.
How is the camera?
Does the battery last long?
Does the phone get hot?
Does it work smoothly?
Is thr processor coping well with the Full HD screen?
lallolu said:
Hi,
Can you please review this phone? I am serously thinking of buying it.
How is the camera?
Does the battery last long?
Does the phone get hot?
Does it work smoothly?
Is thr processor coping well with the Full HD screen?
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Don't buy it. i warn you..
too many problem when use outside japan
it easy to reboot when low signal or when we use gps.
you cannot use facebook for check in.
you cannot use google map.it not accurate.
camera slow, iphone5 is the best.
Sorry to hear that
neoextream said:
Don't buy it. i warn you..
too many problem when use outside japan
it easy to reboot when low signal or when we use gps.
you cannot use facebook for check in.
you cannot use google map.it not accurate.
camera slow, iphone5 is the best.
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Hi!
I'm really sorry to hear that ,are you sure you don't have some problems with your personal phone?the reason i ask is because i have an F-10d (whic is basicly the same software and hardware and it works like a charm here in the US on AIO ([email protected] prepaid) everything works perfect fast like hell and no problems what so ever!
steve86713 said:
Hi!
I'm really sorry to hear that ,are you sure you don't have some problems with your personal phone?the reason i ask is because i have an F-10d (whic is basicly the same software and hardware and it works like a charm here in the US on AIO ([email protected] prepaid) everything works perfect fast like hell and no problems what so ever!
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think about it, why the price has drop very fast?
take risk by yourself.
I solved the gps
the gps works as long as the cellular network disabled.
I could put in airplane mode and turn wifi and gps.
I had the same problem.
should be for safety that the GPS does not work while the cellular network.
Thank you very much, the airplane mode + GPS trick is very helpful.
Besides the GPS (safety?) issue I think the F-02E is excellent for the price. A waterproof 5" 1080p with quad core cortex A9 for $300 is a good deal. I have not noticed Google Maps being inaccurate and also I have had no restarting issues when the network signal is low.
Small sensor camera with 16MP and it is not going to be pretty. Isn't that what DSLRs are for? Also love that I can hop into a pool with the F-02E no worries. :good:
Hernan777 said:
the gps works as long as the cellular network disabled.
I could put in airplane mode and turn wifi and gps.
I had the same problem.
should be for safety that the GPS does not work while the cellular network.
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I really agree that Arrows X F-02E is a perfect phone but you need to understand and find the best solution to improve.
I just rooted my phone and remove all removable DOCOMO applications, then install Startup manager to disable not necessaries applications to start with system.
Lastly, I use 3G manager to control my data network that inactive while phone in idle state with NX! eco feature.
Now I can improve my phone battery without restarting!!! ^^
KiiT said:
I really agree that Arrows X F-02E is a perfect phone but you need to understand and find the best solution to improve.
I just rooted my phone and remove all removable DOCOMO applications, then install Startup manager to disable not necessaries applications to start with system.
Lastly, I use 3G manager to control my data network that inactive while phone in idle state with NX! eco feature.
Now I can improve my phone battery without restarting!!! ^^
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How you root your phone?
kenny2jacky said:
How you root your phone?
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I got an instruction from this site but I'm not sure which post that I did follow. I think you can review each post and test that and i definitely sure that you can root your phone easily.
restarting
KiiT said:
I got an instruction from this site but I'm not sure which post that I did follow. I think you can review each post and test that and i definitely sure that you can root your phone easily.
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Any help with restarting. Phone keep restarting during phone call or after a call. Any suggestion. thnx
enea2000 said:
Any help with restarting. Phone keep restarting during phone call or after a call. Any suggestion. thnx
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As I told before, I think most of DOCOMO service is the cause of this problem.
Just root and use start-up manager to remove all suspected app from DOCOMO first. Then use 3G manager to disable data network after phone idle. Lastly, use NX! eco to adjust power consumable.
Fujitsu Arrow X F-02E help
KiiT said:
I really agree that Arrows X F-02E is a perfect phone but you need to understand and find the best solution to improve.
I just rooted my phone and remove all removable DOCOMO applications, then install Startup manager to disable not necessaries applications to start with system.
Lastly, I use 3G manager to control my data network that inactive while phone in idle state with NX! eco feature.
Now I can improve my phone battery without restarting!!! ^^
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Hey can you tell me how you rooted it...
rooting fujitsu f-02
KiiT said:
I really agree that Arrows X F-02E is a perfect phone but you need to understand and find the best solution to improve.
I just rooted my phone and remove all removable DOCOMO applications, then install Startup manager to disable not necessaries applications to start with system.
Lastly, I use 3G manager to control my data network that inactive while phone in idle state with NX! eco feature.
Now I can improve my phone battery without restarting!!! ^^
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the mine is suffering the same issue: restarting... but I have been unable to root it so far. can you give a hand with it? I'd really appreciate it. thanks a lot
Root easy
etchcorp said:
the mine is suffering the same issue: restarting... but I have been unable to root it so far. can you give a hand with it? I'd really appreciate it. thanks a lot
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I just rooted today.......its so easy......... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2402784
Need help
I rooted but restarting problem exist...........which software you used to remone all docomo apps?
KiiT said:
I really agree that Arrows X F-02E is a perfect phone but you need to understand and find the best solution to improve.
I just rooted my phone and remove all removable DOCOMO applications, then install Startup manager to disable not necessaries applications to start with system.
Lastly, I use 3G manager to control my data network that inactive while phone in idle state with NX! eco feature.
Now I can improve my phone battery without restarting!!! ^^
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Hello!
The same issue with restarting. Could you please tell What king of Docomo apps you've deleted? Ideleted some but my F-02E keep restarting.
I'm afraid if I'll delete all system docomo apps, my phone will not work.
TIA
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ishandenath said:
I rooted but restarting problem exist...........which software you used to remone all docomo apps?
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Hi!
You can use any root installer. As for me ES explorer with ES tyask manager the best. Start up manager you can also find in ES task manager.
Solution to Fujitsu Arrow X F-02E Restarting!!
ishandenath said:
I rooted but restarting problem exist...........which software you used to remone all docomo apps?
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I think I have found the solution to this problem. You have to get a 128k sim card and it wont restart anymore. I got one yesterday and it hasn't restarted at all. Every company should have 64k, 128k, or higher sim cards, just ask for one that is 128k.
Hopefully that helps!!
Which Are the docomo removable apps that you've deleted?
KiiT said:
As I told before, I think most of DOCOMO service is the cause of this problem.
Just root and use start-up manager to remove all suspected app from DOCOMO first. Then use 3G manager to disable data network after phone idle. Lastly, use NX! eco to adjust power consumable.
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Hello Kiit can you help me please my phone is V16 version and keep restarting during calls
Regards
A phone without a thread.
General tips, tweaks, q&a, problems, and solutions.
Flashing
Flashing tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Ty4aJ8qyY
Drivers: https://mega.co.nz/#!HIZ1hTzY!Y2AewQCyDRVeT7wv2MWwbhfXEYlbtipXFzbW8rEsMMU
Other drivers: https://mega.co.nz/#!nYoyCQzK!XoxgB2_wnDYExAER7dWQ1S5BZ-Ih2S_kHb8X9v40dys
SP Flash tool: https://mega.co.nz/#!GRwBWCYY!NaXHOAVzwhwJCWVoZOKwMBJ6SFUldOO3GHBsHiD2S8o
GT99 Stock 0802 ROM: https://mega.co.nz/#!6doVWK5a!Y6WshxLEwnRyMDLVfKWpkiIrRaQ3GoEaPXBPHlbdENY
GT99 ROM Z18IC_CQ_89_W_H1.00_V04_09292013: http://www.needrom.com/mobile/cubot-gt99-2/ (needrom username: gt99, password: srAnIRaY!Xf3) & 'official' link for same file: http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=1603292741&uk=1914793553
Root: http://www.mediafire.com/download/6a1cs74k3fpbg5o/ROOT.zip
CWM Recovery 6.0.3.7: http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/50162839/file.html
MTKDroidTools 2.4.7: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox
Repartitioning
Tutorial: http://www.modaco.com/topic/365701-re-partition-any-mtk6589-phone-without-a-pc-more-data-storage/
Repartition tool: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_zS9FTBJz8qX0FsRFVNZzFHZ1k/edit
Basically, backup(!) including internal 'sd' partition, install meteos-mtk6589-rom-edit-4gb-en.apk (linked above) and run, select partition size, reboot into recovery, wipe data, then for me I had to format /system else restoring nandroid failed. Finally, restore backup, reboot, mount as usb storage, format the internal drive in Windows, then dismount and I then formatted Phone Storage in Android before copying back everything to that partition.
Modding
Inverted logo and boot animations: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47773502&postcount=33
Issues
GPS: Fix available in thread/Google
OTG: Not supported, despite advertised as being so :/ (Confirm?)
Fix corrupted IMEI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfn72r9ybyo by SchizoDuckie, post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49777946&postcount=57
Shame, such an empty thread.
Today I would like to contribute some information.
I own a GT99 for about a month. Overall I am very happy with the phone, but the GPS performance was really not good at all. I tried every software fix I could find on the Internet. Things improved a little bit but the result was still not good enough. Then, inspired by a video on You Tube I started looking on the hardware side of the story. To cut it short: Connect a approx. 10 cm long fine wire to the GPS antenna underneath the back cover and the phones GPS comes to life. No longer intermittent reception and the first fix is normally under 10 seconds now.
Cheers
Sent from my JB 4.2.2 powered HTC Desire using Tapatalk
andbroe said:
Shame, such an empty thread.
Today I would like to contribute some information.
I own a GT99 for about a month. Overall I am very happy with the phone, but the GPS performance was really not good at all. I tried every software fix I could find on the Internet. Things improved a little bit but the result was still not good enough. Then, inspired by a video on You Tube I started looking on the hardware side of the story. To cut it short: Connect a approx. 10 cm long fine wire to the GPS antenna underneath the back cover and the phones GPS comes to life. No longer intermittent reception and the first fix is normally under 10 seconds now.
Cheers
Sent from my JB 4.2.2 powered HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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Thanks! I tried this out today and it worked pretty well
Bingley said:
Thanks! I tried this out today and it worked pretty well
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Glad it worked for you too.
In the meantime I am convinced, this little modification also helped with the WiFi throughput. Seems to download a lot faster with the "enhanced" antenna. :good:
In any case, I recommend this to all GT99 users. It is quite harmless (you don't even have to dismantle you phone) and it really makes a difference.
Cheers
andbroe said:
Glad it worked for you too.
In the meantime I am convinced, this little modification also helped with the WiFi throughput. Seems to download a lot faster with the "enhanced" antenna. :good:
In any case, I recommend this to all GT99 users. It is quite harmless (you don't even have to dismantle you phone) and it really makes a difference.
Cheers
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If you're in to backing up/testing roms/nandroid I'd recommend updating to the latest cwm recovery.img, it's much much better than the one's linked to before September.
Bingley said:
If you're in to backing up/testing roms/nandroid I'd recommend updating to the latest cwm recovery.img, it's much much better than the one's linked to before September.
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Which is the current version number I should use?
Thanks
andbroe said:
Which is the current version number I should use?
Thanks
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6.0.3.7 is the latest I have from http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/50162839/file.html - a touch version is also available at http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/11285899/file.html but I've not used that one. 6.0.3.7 works great for me.
Bingley said:
6.0.3.7 is the latest I have from http://www43.zippyshare.com/v/50162839/file.html - a touch version is also available at http://www7.zippyshare.com/v/11285899/file.html but I've not used that one. 6.0.3.7 works great for me.
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Thank you, will give it a try in the next few days. I am currently using a version from geekbuying.com from July 2013.
Cheers
andbroe said:
To cut it short: Connect a approx. 10 cm long fine wire to the GPS antenna underneath the back cover and the phones GPS comes to life
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could you make a picture of your phone with the antenna ?
I own a CUBOT M6589, and i'm not sure where or what the antenne is ( how it looks like )
andbroe said:
Shame, such an empty thread.
Today I would like to contribute some information.
I own a GT99 for about a month. Overall I am very happy with the phone, but the GPS performance was really not good at all. I tried every software fix I could find on the Internet. Things improved a little bit but the result was still not good enough. Then, inspired by a video on You Tube I started looking on the hardware side of the story. To cut it short: Connect a approx. 10 cm long fine wire to the GPS antenna underneath the back cover and the phones GPS comes to life. No longer intermittent reception and the first fix is normally under 10 seconds now.
Cheers
Sent from my JB 4.2.2 powered HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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Sounds good. Could you post some links to video or pictures on how exactly that should be done?
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Sounds good. Could you post some links to video or pictures on how exactly that should be done?
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Sorry for the bad image quality.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Thanks
ok ill try this.. everything is ok on my phone just the gps... how do you connect the wire?
Hi, does anyone experience spontaneus reboots with the cubot gt99? I have, The phone reboots then in factory reset. No way of stopping it. I am on romversion 8.02.
frits666 said:
Hi, does anyone experience spontaneus reboots with the cubot gt99? I have, The phone reboots then in factory reset. No way of stopping it. I am on romversion 8.02.
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Nope, all find for me. Might be worth checking logcat and seeing what's causing it to reboot.
Has anyone tired the MobileUncle Tools app to change the volume levels on this GT99? I've set most correctly but I can't seem to find what controls the speaker when Google Now voice search 'dings' or reads aloud the results, it's painfully loud. Any pointers?
frits666 said:
Hi, does anyone experience spontaneus reboots with the cubot gt99? I have, The phone reboots then in factory reset. No way of stopping it. I am on romversion 8.02.
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I did try it with logcat, but unfortunally nothing....
I installed Coin city 1.3 , see how he holds.
frits666 said:
I did try it with logcat, but unfortunally nothing....
I installed Coin city 1.3 , see how he holds.
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Hmm, there must be something. Only thing I can suggest is completely wiping (after backing up) everything, reflash the 802 rom and just use the minimal sim card, google account etc and see how it goes, slowly adding stuff back in.
Bingley said:
Hmm, there must be something. Only thing I can suggest is completely wiping (after backing up) everything, reflash the 802 rom and just use the minimal sim card, google account etc and see how it goes, slowly adding stuff back in.
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I wiped and installed Coincity 1.3.
Somewhere I read that there is a 1.4???
So far so good. No reboots. We will see.
There is even a 2.0!
But don't know how good it is.
Sent from my CUBOT GT99
Device: Samsung Galaxy S7 Snapdragon G930F (MT6580)
Kernel: 3.10.72
Android: Marshmallow 6.0.1 (possibly partially unlocked)
I got the phone from outside seller, the problem I am having is :
* Battery drain out in 4-6 hours even without any use
* Not getting new updates
* I see malware com.ovs.themes.slicers (Kiss me, beach kiss) and not able to remove it since not able to get it full rooted (McAfee detect it but not able to remove it)
* GPS not working even its enabled.
I want to root the device or flash with BTU rom but not able to get into Odin mode every-time I tried to get to Download Mode(Odin mode) it take me to "Factory Mode", I tried all way to get into download mode but none helped.
* Key combination: Vol - + Home+ Pwr
* Adb reboot download
* Restart phone and hold Vol - + home
Note: using Vol+ I can get into recovery mode but not download mode
I just wanted to mention, its working fine for Call with any Carrier.
Please help!!
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Device: Samsung Galaxy S7 Snapdragon G930F (MT6580)
Kernel: 3.10.72
Android: Marshmallow 6.0.1 (possibly partially unlocked)
I got the phone from outside seller, the problem I am having is :
* Battery drain out in 4-6 hours even without any use
* Not getting new updates
* I see malware com.ovs.themes.slicers (Kiss me, beach kiss) and not able to remove it since not able to get it full rooted (McAfee detect it but not able to remove it)
* GPS not working even its enabled.
I want to root the device or flash with BTU rom but not able to get into Odin mode every-time I tried to get to Download Mode(Odin mode) it take me to "Factory Mode", I tried all way to get into download mode but none helped.
* Key combination: Vol - + Home+ Pwr
* Adb reboot download
* Restart phone and hold Vol - + home
Note: using Vol+ I can get into recovery mode but not download mode
I just wanted to mention, its working fine for Call with any Carrier.
Please help!!
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The G930F is the international version with the Exynos and not the Snapdragon, which one do you have?
You bought a FAKE S7. It will never be compatible with odin and S7 firmwares.
Yep its a fake, the mt6580 is a mediatek processor most commonly found in cheap Chinese devices.
Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Yep its a fake, the mt6580 is a mediatek processor most commonly found in cheap Chinese devices.
Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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Thank you so much Travis Bickle, kykint, gsmyth for quick response
@travis it says Snapdragon
So looks like I got cheated by the guy and now stuck with this Chinese clone of S7.
Is there anyway I can root it and get rid of that Factory Mode and the adware?? As rest of the phone is really amazing, quality of picture, sound/video quality, fast charging and performance except the battery life.
So if I can remove the adware and get it rooted the phone is still usable for few years.
Please suggest.!!
single_one2016 said:
Thank you so much Travis Bickle, kykint, gsmyth for quick response
@travis it says Snapdragon
So looks like I got cheated by the guy and now stuck with this Chinese clone of S7.
Is there anyway I can root it and get rid of that Factory Mode and the adware?? As rest of the phone is really amazing, quality of picture, sound/video quality, fast charging and performance except the battery life.
So if I can remove the adware and get it rooted the phone is still usable for few years.
Please suggest.!!
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One thing I could suggest is to disable a few apps from your phone. Check for the presence of SystemLocker and GoogleVending - that might account for most of the malware showing up especially when wifi is enabled.
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One thing I could suggest is to disable a few apps from your phone. Check for the presence of SystemLocker and GoogleVending - that might account for most of the malware showing up especially when wifi is enabled.
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Thanks @blakegriplingph for your response, will try it tonight and post update soon.
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Thanks @blakegriplingph for your response, will try it tonight and post update soon.
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You're welcome! There might be a few more depending on the ROM used. If you could give me the boot.prop and/or system folder I might try on coming up with a fix.
Oh and out of curiosity, can you take a pic or two of the phone in question? Usually with fakes they come with a slightly smaller screen hence the borders and/or thicker bezels. That's one tipoff with a fake Samsung device compared to the real thing.
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You're welcome! There might be a few more depending on the ROM used. If you could give me the boot.prop and/or system folder I might try on coming up with a fix.
Oh and out of curiosity, can you take a pic or two of the phone in question? Usually with fakes they come with a slightly smaller screen hence the borders and/or thicker bezels. That's one tipoff with a fake Samsung device compared to the real thing.
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Thanks @blakegriplingph I disabled few app also I didnt found Google vending or SystemLocker kind of file in the phone. I have added few photos of the phone, it doesn't looks fake from the body but you could be best guide on this. I am still trying to get the boot prop/System directory from phone will post it.
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Thanks @blakegriplingph I disabled few app also I didnt found Google vending or SystemLocker kind of file in the phone. I have added few photos of the phone, it doesn't looks fake from the body but you could be best guide on this. I am still trying to get the boot prop/System directory from phone will post it.
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Would you be so kind enough to take a pic of the bottom of the phone? Right now I somehow bricked my phone and I am looking for someone kind enough to dump a similar ROM for me.
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Thanks @blakegriplingph I disabled few app also I didnt found Google vending or SystemLocker kind of file in the phone. I have added few photos of the phone, it doesn't looks fake from the body but you could be best guide on this. I am still trying to get the boot prop/System directory from phone will post it.
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The gap between the top of the home button and the bottom of the screen looks too big on that phone, it's much closer to the screen on the S7 (G930F)
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Thanks @blakegriplingph I disabled few app also I didnt found Google vending or SystemLocker kind of file in the phone. I have added few photos of the phone, it doesn't looks fake from the body but you could be best guide on this. I am still trying to get the boot prop/System directory from phone will post it.
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Hard to tell from those pics, just turn it on and see if it has a thick black bezel around the screen like this one on the right, if it does then its a fake https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AzKnmffM2K4/maxresdefault.jpg
http://www.chinaecarts.com/samsung-...b-ram-32gb-64gb-rom-4g-lte-p-7890.html?page=3
Do any of you all know anything about this one?
They claim it to have a "real" 820 Snap in it.
...I think at best case, a octa MTK and of course everything will be plastic.
G930f have sd820?
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The real Samsung g930 phones have 820 (or Exynos in variants), The site I posted is a clone phone, that claims to have the real 820 snap processor in it. I am wondering how/if it can be true????
There are many ways to distinguish from a fake to a real s7, just youtube it.
- The fingerprint scanner on the fake one works with any fingers
- I bet the antutu score on the fake will be significantly lower than the real due to cheap outdated hardware
- battery, as you already know, is terrible on the fake
- No heart rate monitor on the fake, even if there are, it will just read random fake numbers
- The print on the box and manual of the fake are significantly lower than the real in terms of quality print, and even content are not the same.
- The fake one will display false specs on every monitor software such as 4.00GB ram (when it actually has like 512MB or something stupid like that) and snapdragon CPU when it actually has a MediaTek chinese cpu
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Would you be so kind enough to take a pic of the bottom of the phone? Right now I somehow bricked my phone and I am looking for someone kind enough to dump a similar ROM for me.
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hey my frd @blakegriplingph, I have attached the bottom pic of the phone hope it will help you.
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hey my frd @blakegriplingph, I have attached the bottom pic of the phone hope it will help you.
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Looks like we have a slightly different device then; mine had the microphone pinhole on the other side. And yeah, I am still looking for that damn Z6U030HA_V101En firmware. Haven't heard from anyone with the same ROM so far. :/
Friends,
Finally, I was able to get details for the phone its HDC S7 which is clone of Samsung S7, I was able to locate ROM for it on needrom and able to flash it.
Now the problem that I found is the phone doesn't connect to T mobile 4G LTE network, its only showing 2G and that is causing the GPS issue.
I am able to see AT&T 3G so looks its only Tmobile that has issue with this phone, I tried to add network ID myself but that didnt helped. Do anyone know if there is working solution for HDC S7 4G LTE network issue? Or suggestion on any alternative ROM for HDC S7 G930?
Hi, I have the same phone and I need the firmware because I flashed a wrong one. Can you give me a backup firmware from this device? Thanks