I have bought a UMi X1 from china, am in UK and using giffgaff sim... being playing with the phone since yesterday .. managed to get the internet working by putting giffgaff APN manually, tried to install custom ROM, but all in Chinese, even after you change the language there are still things left in Chinese, so i went back and installed the original ROM phone had. changed the language... phone is quite good, i like the screen and speed is very good as well.
managed to install other apps like Google map, chrome, Skype, and some game.. all work good, but when ever i install them some Chinese permission thing comes up, which i don't understand, but i think i keep clicking green tick and it works
I managed to root it using "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460" tried super user and it works (not sure what benefit i get from rooting, sorry am a noob)
I followed instruction for custom roms from "http://www.gizchina.com/2012/10/28/download-install-umi-x1-custom-rom/", still all Chinese.
if any one have a question regarding this phone usage or any other information they required am willing to answer from my experience of this phone.
I would like to know if any one would be willing to develop a clean miui English ROM or jelly bean for this device? or any one willing to help me to develop a ROM ( would need alot of help as i don't know single thing about developing, but keen to learn).
Hi !
Sorry to not answer to your request but i have one question about this phone that i want to buy. The camera is good? In reality it's a 5MP no? Because it's hard to find review about this phone, i know that is a good phone but nothing about the camera. Sorry for my bad english and thanks
UMI X1 roms
I'm also looking for information to root . But also need a rom . Have you got Clockword mod recovery installed ? Please can some one help us to install CWM recovery to UMI X1. Can we use any other rom developed for other MTK6577 phones as this phone also has MK6577 processor.
Any one interested can look one of first article on this topic in English here . Search gizbeat custom rom in google
For a review and video of phone see following: search in google: exclusive-umi-x1-unboxing-and-hands-on
Official web site: use google to translate : shuame dot com
arndab said:
Hi !
Sorry to not answer to your request but i have one question about this phone that i want to buy. The camera is good? In reality it's a 5MP no? Because it's hard to find review about this phone, i know that is a good phone but nothing about the camera. Sorry for my bad english and thanks
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camera is 8 mp, so yea its good. reason u cant find a review is cause the phone only just been released, 26th oct it was
Okay thank you for your help
munib said:
I'm also looking for information to root . But also need a rom . Have you got Clockword mod recovery installed ? Please can some one help us to install CWM recovery to UMI X1. Can we use any other rom developed for other MTK6577 phones as this phone also has MK6577 processor.
Any one interested can look one of first article on this topic in English here . Search gizbeat custom rom in google
For a review and video of phone see following: search in google: exclusive-umi-x1-unboxing-and-hands-on
Official web site: use google to translate : shuame dot com
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yea, i have done so much to my phone in 1 day, i used shuame tool to install custom roms but kept getting errors, so i installed it manually by going into recovery mod. i installed CWM through google play, but dont know much how to use it, by the looks of it, it not supported with this phone yet. i am on gizchina aswell and asked same question there aswell.
looks like no one is intrested....
how to get some one attention on this?
finally there's a thread about umi (youmi) x1 on xda-dev
i haven't received my phone yet, 7 days using EMS and still in BEIJING seller said because China held presidential election ? so security tighten
use at your own risk : (link with google translate)
ROOT
http://translate.google.com/transla.../general-tutorial/15-2012-02-01-09-52-52.html
RECOVERY:
http://translate.googleusercontent....7.html&usg=ALkJrhh40vjdYk7n_VP5nTRy1eHnFtJpJg
there's also rom link on shuame.com but i don't know wether it's also had english language or not , there's also a custom rom for x1 at lewaos.com
I have received my Umi x1,love it but having real trouble flashing the Umi rom,still cant give up.Hoping others will buy phone with more intelligence than me and post,fingers crossed.
I used this method to ROOT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
I tried about all the ROMs from Shaume.com
Without keeping track of procedure.. did a lot of flashing and factory reset
I don't know any chinese, so i just pressed buttons with icons I thought would do the job (with the risk of doing something wrong and brick the phone)
There are a few mods wit CWM, so once that one is installed flashing is pretty straightforward.
I'm having trouble to get a GPS fix (the Netherlands).
After trying many different gps.conf files (/etc/gps.conf) and different apps (GPS Status, GPS Test, GPSFix), Manually download EPO files..
Result: 1 time GPS fix with GPS fix.. but thats it
Anyone a bit more luck with the GPS fix?
Something that might be handy:
Boot into recovery: turn off phone first -> hold volume up and then power on phone. release both when UMI logo shows.
Engeneer Mode: "call" *#*#3646633#*#*
Mobileuncle MTK Tools https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox
Will get mine tomorrow, it's just cleared customs. I'll probably do a custom ROM too, but it might take time as I'm having exams till the 26th of this month.
Also, I suggest OP to change the title of this thread to '[discussion] UMI X1' or something like that. Thanks.
pridz said:
I have received my Umi x1,love it but having real trouble flashing the Umi rom,still cant give up.Hoping others will buy phone with more intelligence than me and post,fingers crossed.
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same here, ill wait for a proper english rom specialy jelly bean or miui, with proper english instruction. still hoping some developers will get intrusted in UMi X1.
yash3339 said:
Will get mine tomorrow, it's just cleared customs. I'll probably do a custom ROM too, but it might take time as I'm having exams till the 26th of this month.
Also, I suggest OP to change the title of this thread to '[discussion] UMI X1' or something like that. Thanks.
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can i change the title as i started it? if yes, how?... or only admin can do that
battery can be extended by getting. “One power guard” and is available for free from XDA: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901526).
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can i change the title as i started it? if yes, how?... or only admin can do that
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You can do it too, click on 'edit post' and then 'go advanced'. Or maybe a new thread can be started too.
Thanks.
yash3339 said:
You can do it too, click on 'edit post' and then 'go advanced'. Or maybe a new thread can be started too.
Thanks.
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pridz said:
I have received my Umi x1,love it but having real trouble flashing the Umi rom,still cant give up.Hoping others will buy phone with more intelligence than me and post,fingers crossed.
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HI I to am in the same boat love the phone bur struggling to root then flash.Like you wont give up good luck.:good:
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HI I to am in the same boat love the phone bur struggling to root then flash.Like you wont give up good luck.:good:
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Thanks for the review!
New ROMs available on:
http://www.romzj.com/resources/other.html?view=roms&cid=224
This one fixed the battery drain problem I had:
http://www.romzj.com/resources/other.html?view=rom&id=5782
Root is not complete, I tried this:
- unroot with shuame
- root with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 DOES NOT WORK
- root with shuame WORKS
This is a quote from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258119 the very first post. It is a back up of his rom. the fixes he states are exactly what i need to fix my phone. please help me. or am i missing something. I am or is there a rom created and i am overlooking it. please some help would be appreciated. this is a month long of reading this site and many others. i have finally been able to piece a lot of the info together but i still cant fix the problem with the Goophone keep on being kicked off of the ATT network., It looks like this has fixed it.
"I have created this post to get help from others to develop a better ROM for our Goophone i9 devices.
The idea is to develop a better ROM from the latest official version I have and I need to be able to dump it to work on it.
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Goophone i9 Android 4.2.2 ROM (/system) Mega Download link：
I just ordered the A916 from Amazon and I want to start a forum for this device once i make a new kernel and rom. I have always wanted to do this but I always had a phone that there were already excellent roms for. So I should have my device by the middle of the month and I would like to get a head start but can't find any sources for it. I'm sure that where someone got the A850 stock roms should be able to direct me into the right place.
Emm..A916 and A850 is not...the same phone, you might end up bricking. And kernel for A850 is nearly impossible to even find.
This was sent from my fully-Xposed-modded Lenovo A850 rooted stock ROM via XDA mobile app.
I know that their not the same phone or chipset but was just trying to see how and where about you got your sources. There is not alot of info out on the internet right now about these devices. After I posted I found https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/mediatek/ but I don't think mine is listed or I'm looking at it wrong. I will just extract the kernel from the device and modify it from there.
These are the source codes for Android one devices
Any Luck? I bought my nephew the A916 and Havent been able to find much on it for a custom rom. i didnt realize that all of the settings are in chinese and no way to turn on english. I guess thats why it was so cheap :-/
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Any Luck? I bought my nephew the A916 and Havent been able to find much on it for a custom rom. i didnt realize that all of the settings are in chinese and no way to turn on english. I guess thats why it was so cheap :-/
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This is what I am using http://www.needrom.com/download/lenovo-a916-multilang-root-gapps/
Rooted Lenovo A916
Just bought Lenovo A916, rooted it with kinguser app and removed a lot of junk.
You can hardly find anything left in Chinese on my phone, but I'm still looking for a good Rom.
port
can A916 be port with marshmalow?
Hey guys,
I recently bought the cheap, but pretty fast "Dragon Touch X10" from TabletExpress. However, I had some troubles with the Android 4.4 installed and I was thinking to give it a try with a custom ROM. I have to say, I have been reading here for some hours, but I am kind of lost. I realize that most of the tutorials here are speicifically adressing more well-known models like samsung etc.
I think, what I want is something like the "Kangapop", a ROM which is basically like the plain android stock version from google.
Can I find somewhere instructions of how to flash such an unknown model?
Unfortunately, I cannot post the link for this tablet as a new user... The brand is "TabletExpress" and the Model is Dragon Touch X10.
Thanks in advance!
Does anybody have at least a hint where I could read or learn to figure it out by myself? I am a bit overwhelmed with the information out there.
Thanks!
fresh_t said:
Hey guys,
I recently bought the cheap, but pretty fast "Dragon Touch X10" from TabletExpress. However, I had some troubles with the Android 4.4 installed and I was thinking to give it a try with a custom ROM. I have to say, I have been reading here for some hours, but I am kind of lost. I realize that most of the tutorials here are speicifically adressing more well-known models like samsung etc.
I think, what I want is something like the "Kangapop", a ROM which is basically like the plain android stock version from google.
Can I find somewhere instructions of how to flash such an unknown model?
Unfortunately, I cannot post the link for this tablet as a new user... The brand is "TabletExpress" and the Model is Dragon Touch X10.
Thanks in advance!
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Hello dear,
ROMs is specific for every device model, that means that you can't use rom from other devices for yours. :/
Thank you
Paget96
Hi!
My first post on this forum.
I have an bricked tablet. I tried to backup firmware with SPFF but bricked it... I have search everyware for STOCK ROM vFA0000I but cant find it anywhere. If I flash vFA00006 the tablet is working but lcd is all lines, can't see **** but touch is OK....
Anybody got backup or Preferebly stock rom or similar for my tablet??
Any help is welcome
Best regards John
it's s109-mb-v3.0 motherboard with k107_hcx_lcd_fpc_1215 , 50 pin labeled on lcd
Request Stock ROM from manufacturer.
Thanks but it's not that easy. Since it is a "fake" no labeled tablet with fake specs the only info a have is on cpu board as described earlier.
I suspect its a Jlinksz but no ROM on there ftp is close to vFA000i, except 0006 version..
Nobody??? Impossible to solve?
How sad..... though this was a good forum with a lot of experts...was i wrong...
well fixed it myself. was really easy. done in 2 min. how i did it??!! Look at my attached file!
no thanks for help