Hi all.
I've bought on Ebay a new Chinese Android 4.2 smartphone, it is identified as Alps X416 (I know that Alps it's a generic identification for something unknown/generic, not a real company...).
It's a strange but powerful phone (I choose it because it's cheap and Android 4.2): it has no SD internal card, but it can use a MicroSD as internal SD, so the space for app is really high...if link2sd could work at all, but it is not.
System appear S-ON, so apps are not really moved to SD, and system memory is very low, so I'm limited in using it and system became slow.
I Had no problem to root it and to install last busybox, but it's quite impossible to use ext2/3/4 filesystems for MicroSD, the original ROM doesn't support them.
I was searching for original ROM (as a backup), but specially a modified ROM (cyano seems not still supporting it, so I don't know what to choose for my phone).
This is Hardware Info' report:
Alps X416
System (Android 4.2.2)
Model X416
Manufacturer alps
Device hexing72_wet_lca
Product X416
Brand alps
Android Version 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
API Level 17
Build ID JDQ39
Fingerprint alps/hexing72_wet_lca/hexing72_wet_lca:4.2.2/JDQ39/1387451906:user/test-keys
Display (800x480)
Size 800x480
Refresh Rate 45 Hz
Default Orientation Portrait
Physical Size 5,83" (14,8 cm)
Logical Size Normal
Density 240 dpi (High)
Pixels Per Inch X: 160,42; Y: 160
Processor (ARMv7)
Processor ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)
Cores 2
Max Frequency 1001 Mhz
Instruction Sets armeabi-v7a, armeabi
SIMD Instructions NEON
Memory (217 MB)
System RAM 217 MB
JVM Max Memory 96 MB
Internal Storage 183 MB
External Storage 18422 MB (Removable)
Back Camera (1,9 megapixel)
Afeng Max Focus Step 0
Afeng Min Focus Step 0
Aflamp Mode Off
Aflamp Mode Values Off, On
Antibanding Off
Antibanding Values Off, 50hz, 60hz
Auto Exposure Lock Supported False
Auto Whitebalance Lock Supported False
Brightness_value 0
Burst Num 1
Cap Mode Normal
Cap Mode Values Normal, Face_beauty, Continuousshot
Capfname /sdcard/DCIM/cap00
Effect None
Effect Values None, Mono, Negative, Sepia, Sepiablue
Exposure Compensation 0
Exposure Compensation Step 1.0
Fb Sharp 0
Fb Sharp Max 4
Fb Sharp Min 4
Fb Skin Color 0
Fb Skin Color Max 4
Fb Skin Color Min 4
Fb Smooth Level 0
Fb Smooth Level Max 4
Fb Smooth Level Min 4
Flash Mode Off
Flash Mode Values Off, On, Auto, Torch
Focal Length 3.5
Focus Distances 0.95, 1.9, Infinity
Focus Mode Auto
Focus Mode Values Auto, Infinity, Continuous Picture, Continuous Video
Horizontal View Angle 55
Iso Speed Auto
Iso Speed Values Auto
Jpeg Quality 100
Jpeg Thumbnail Height 128
Jpeg Thumbnail Quality 100
Jpeg Thumbnail Size Values 0x0, 160x128, 320x240
Jpeg Thumbnail Width 160
Max Exposure Compensation 1
Max Num Detected Faces Hw 15
Max Num Detected Faces Sw 0
Max Num Focus Areas 0
Max Num Metering Areas 0
Max Zoom 10
Min Exposure Compensation 1
Mtk Cam Mode 0
Orientation 90
Picture Format Jpeg
Picture Format Values Jpeg
Picture Size 640x480
Picture Size Values 320x240, 640x480, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x960, 1600x1200
Preferred Preview Size For Video 1280x720
Preview Format Yuv420sp
Preview Format Values Yuv420sp, Yuv420p, Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane
Preview Fps Range 5000, 60000
Preview Fps Range Values (5000, 60000)
Preview Frame Rate 30
Preview Frame Rate Values 15, 30
Preview Size 640x480
Preview Size Values 176x144, 320x240, 352x288, 480x320, 480x368, 640x480, 720x480, 800x480, 800x600, 864x480, 960x540, 1280x720
Rotation 0
Scene Mode Auto
Scene Mode Values Auto, Night
Smooth Zoom Supported True
Vertical View Angle 49
Video Frame Format Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane
Video Size 640x480
Video Size Values 176x144, 480x320, 640x480, 864x480, 1280x720, 1920x1080
Video Stabilization False
Video Stabilization Supported False
Whitebalance Auto
Whitebalance Values Auto, Incandescent, Daylight, Cloudy Daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten
Zoom 0
Zoom Ratios 100, 114, 132, 151, 174, 200, 229, 263, 303, 348, 400
Zoom Supported True
Zsd Mode Off
Zsd Mode Values Off
Front Camera (1,2 megapixel)
Afeng Max Focus Step 0
Afeng Min Focus Step 0
Antibanding Off
Antibanding Values Off, 50hz, 60hz
Auto Exposure Lock Supported False
Auto Whitebalance Lock Supported False
Brightness_value 0
Burst Num 1
Cap Mode Normal
Cap Mode Values Normal, Face_beauty, Continuousshot
Capfname /sdcard/DCIM/cap00
Effect None
Effect Values None, Mono, Negative, Sepia, Sepiablue
Exposure Compensation 0
Exposure Compensation Step 1.0
Fb Sharp 0
Fb Sharp Max 4
Fb Sharp Min 4
Fb Skin Color 0
Fb Skin Color Max 4
Fb Skin Color Min 4
Fb Smooth Level 0
Fb Smooth Level Max 4
Fb Smooth Level Min 4
Flash Mode Off
Flash Mode Values Off
Focal Length 3.5
Focus Distances 0.95, 1.9, Infinity
Focus Mode Auto
Focus Mode Values Auto, Infinity, Continuous Picture, Continuous Video
Horizontal View Angle 60
Iso Speed Auto
Iso Speed Values Auto
Jpeg Quality 100
Jpeg Thumbnail Height 128
Jpeg Thumbnail Quality 100
Jpeg Thumbnail Size Values 0x0, 160x128, 320x240
Jpeg Thumbnail Width 160
Max Exposure Compensation 1
Max Num Detected Faces Hw 15
Max Num Detected Faces Sw 0
Max Num Focus Areas 0
Max Num Metering Areas 0
Max Zoom 10
Min Exposure Compensation 1
Mtk Cam Mode 0
Orientation 270
Picture Format Jpeg
Picture Format Values Jpeg
Picture Size 640x480
Picture Size Values 320x240, 640x480, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x960
Preferred Preview Size For Video 1280x720
Preview Format Yuv420sp
Preview Format Values Yuv420sp, Yuv420p, Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane
Preview Fps Range 5000, 60000
Preview Fps Range Values (5000, 60000)
Preview Frame Rate 30
Preview Frame Rate Values 15, 30
Preview Size 640x480
Preview Size Values 176x144, 320x240, 352x288, 480x320, 480x368, 640x480, 720x480, 800x480, 800x600, 864x480, 960x540, 1280x720
Rotation 0
Scene Mode Auto
Scene Mode Values Auto, Night
Smooth Zoom Supported True
Vertical View Angle 40
Video Frame Format Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane
Video Size 640x480
Video Size Values 176x144, 480x320, 640x480, 864x480, 1280x720, 1920x1080
Video Stabilization False
Video Stabilization Supported False
Whitebalance Auto
Whitebalance Values Auto, Incandescent, Daylight, Cloudy Daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten
Zoom 0
Zoom Ratios 100, 114, 132, 151, 174, 200, 229, 263, 303, 348, 400
Zoom Supported True
Zsd Mode Off
Zsd Mode Values Off
OpenGL 1.1 (Mali-400 MP)
General
Renderer Mali-400 MP
Version OpenGL ES-CM 1.1
Vendor ARM
Limits
Texture Size 4096x4096
Texture Units 8
Viewport Size 4096x4096
Modelview Stack Depth 32
Projection Stack Depth 32
Texture Stack Depth 32
Lights 8
Compressed Texture Formats
ETC1, Paletted
Extensions
GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_OES_byte_coordinates GL_OES_fixed_point GL_OES_single_precision GL_OES_matrix_get GL_OES_read_format GL_OES_compressed_paletted_texture GL_OES_point_size_array GL_OES_point_sprite GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_query_matrix GL_OES_matrix_palette GL_OES_extended_matrix_palette GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_draw_texture GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_OES_framebuffer_object GL_OES_stencil8 GL_OES_depth24 GL_ARM_rgba8 GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture GL_OES_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_robustness
OpenGL 2.0 (Mali-400 MP)
General
Renderer Mali-400 MP
Version OpenGL ES 2.0
Vendor ARM
GLSL Version OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.00
Limits
Texture Size 4096x4096
Texture Units 8
Vertex Textures 0
Combined Textures 8
Viewport Size 4096x4096
Renderbuffer Size 4096x4096
Cubemap Size 1024x1024
Vertex Attributes 16
Vertex Uniforms 256
Varying Vectors 12
Fragment Uniforms 256
Vertex Numeric Precision
Int [-2^24, 2^24]
Float [-2^127, 2^127], 2^-23
Fragment Numeric Precision
Low Int [-2^11, 2^11]
Medium Int [-2^11, 2^11]
High Int Not available
Low Float [-2^15, 2^15], 2^-10
Medium Float [-2^15, 2^15], 2^-10
High Float Not available
Compressed Texture Formats
ETC1
Extensions
GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_depth24 GL_ARM_rgba8 GL_ARM_mali_shader_binary GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_ARM_mali_program_binary GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_robustness
Graphic Modes (RGBA 32bit)
RGB 16bit (565)
RGB 16bit (565), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit
RGB 16bit (565), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4
RGB 16bit (565), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant
RGBA 16bit (5551), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit
RGBA 16bit (5551), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4
RGBA 16bit (5551), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant
RGBA 16bit (4444), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit
RGBA 16bit (4444), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4
RGBA 16bit (4444), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant
RGB 32bit (888)
RGB 32bit (888), Depth 24bit
RGB 32bit (888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit
RGBA 32bit (8888)
RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit
RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit
RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit
RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4
RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant
Sensors (3)
KXTJ2-1009 3-axis Accelerometer
Vendor Kionix
Range 32.0 m/s²
Resolution 0.00390625 m/s²
Power 0.13 mA
AKM8963 Orientation sensor
Vendor AKM
Range 360.0°
Resolution 1.0°
Power 0.25 mA
AKM8963 3-axis Magnetic Field sensor
Vendor AKM
Range 600.0 μT
Resolution 0.0016667 μT
Power 0.25 mA
Codecs (34)
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.MP3
Media type: audio/mpeg
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.AMR.NB
Media type: audio/3gpp
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.AMR.WB
Media type: audio/amr-wb
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.ADPCM
Media type: audio/x-adpcm-ms
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.ADPCM
Media type: audio/x-adpcm-dvi-ima
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.RAW
Media type: audio/raw
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.AAC
Media type: audio/mp4a-latm
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.G711
Media type: audio/g711-alaw
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.G711
Media type: audio/g711-mlaw
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.VORBIS
Media type: audio/vorbis
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.FLAC
Media type: audio/flac
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.APE
Media type: audio/ape
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.MPEG4
Media type: video/mp4v-es
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
Profiles: Simple (0), Simple (0b), Simple (1), Simple (2), Simple (3), Simple (4), Simple (4a), Simple (5), AdvancedSimple (0), AdvancedSimple (0b), AdvancedSimple (1), AdvancedSimple (2), AdvancedSimple (3), AdvancedSimple (4), AdvancedSimple (4a), AdvancedSimple (5), Main (0), Main (0b), Main (1), Main (2), Main (3), Main (4)
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.H263
Media type: video/3gpp
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
Profiles: Baseline (10), Baseline (20), Baseline (30), Baseline (40), Baseline (45), Baseline (50), Baseline (60), Baseline (70)
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AVC
Media type: video/avc
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
Profiles: Baseline (1), Baseline (1b), Baseline (11), Baseline (12), Baseline (13), Baseline (2), Baseline (21), Baseline (22), Baseline (3), Baseline (31), Baseline (32), Baseline (4), Baseline (41), Baseline (42), Baseline (5), Baseline (51), Main (1), Main (1b), Main (11), Main (12), Main (13), Main (2), Main (21), Main (22), Main (3), Main (31), Main (32), Main (4), Main (41), Main (42), Main (5), Main (51), High (1), High (1b), High (11), High (12), High (13), High (2), High (21), High (22), High (3), High (31), High (32), High (4), High (41), High (42), High (5), High (51)
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.VPX
Media type: video/x-vnd.on2.vp8
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.VC1
Media type: video/x-ms-wmv
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.DIVX
Media type: video/divx
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
Profiles: 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.DIVX3
Media type: video/divx3
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
Profiles: 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.XVID
Media type: video/xvid
Color Formats: 0x7f000200
Profiles: 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8
OMX.google.aac.decoder
Media type: audio/mp4a-latm
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.MJPEG
Media type: video/x-motion-jpeg
Color Formats: 32bitARGB8888
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.ENCODER.MPEG4
Media type: video/mp4v-es
Color Formats: YUV420Planar, Surface, 0x7f000200, YUV420Planar
Profiles: Simple (0), Simple (0b), Simple (1), Simple (2), Simple (3)
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.ENCODER.H263
Media type: video/3gpp
Color Formats: YUV420Planar, Surface, 0x7f000200, YUV420Planar
Profiles: Baseline (10)
OMX.MTK.VIDEO.ENCODER.AVC
Media type: video/avc
Color Formats: YUV420Planar, Surface, 0x7f000200, YUV420Planar
Profiles: Baseline (1), Baseline (1b), Baseline (11), Baseline (12), Baseline (13), Baseline (2), Baseline (21), Baseline (22), Baseline (3), Baseline (31), High (1), High (1b), High (11), High (12), High (13), High (2), High (21), High (22), High (3), High (31), High (32), High (4), High (41)
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.AMR
Media type: audio/3gpp
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.AWB
Media type: audio/amr-wb
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.AAC
Media type: audio/mp4a-latm
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.VORBIS
Media type: audio/vorbis
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.ADPCM
Media type: audio/x-adpcm-ms
OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.ADPCM
Media type: audio/x-adpcm-dvi-ima
OMX.google.flac.encoder
Media type: audio/flac
AACEncoder
Media type: audio/mp4a-latm
OMX.google.raw.decoder
Media type: audio/raw
Features (26)
Graphics
OpenGL 2.0
Android Hardware
android.hardware.bluetooth
android.hardware.camera
android.hardware.camera.any
android.hardware.camera.autofocus
android.hardware.camera.front
android.hardware.faketouch
android.hardware.location
android.hardware.location.gps
android.hardware.location.network
android.hardware.microphone
android.hardware.screen.landscape
android.hardware.screen.portrait
android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer
android.hardware.sensor.compass
android.hardware.telephony
android.hardware.telephony.gsm
android.hardware.touchscreen
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.jazzhand
android.hardware.usb.accessory
android.hardware.usb.host
android.hardware.wifi
android.hardware.wifi.direct
Android Software
android.software.live_wallpaper
Phone has FM radio too..If anyone has some ideas about any ROM I could use instead of originial, I'll apprecaite a lot!
Thanks in advance.
i also have the exact same handset and i am also looking for firmware... have you had any success since may lol??
You could try and root the app and download busybox and you can have space for everything.
Sent from my Q1000 Opus2 using XDA Free mobile app
Faster Android Mobile
Getting suitable ROMs for china android mobiles are little bit difficult. If you flashed unsupported rom, your mobile will get bricked. Till you flash custom rom, make your device fine.
First you may root your device. For rooting china android mobiles first of all download Moboginie or pdanet on your pc, connect your device to pc it will install drivers automatically for your device. Then download and install "VRoot" latest version on pc, connect mobile, vroot will find your device. Click on root, after 5 to 10 seconds your mobile will be rooted.
Now download Minitool Partion Wizard for partition your sd you may search thread for partition sd. Create fat32 partition around 1gb. This will be your ext2 partition on sd card. Now download and install Link2sd on your mobile. Run Link2sd if 2nd partition will not detected by link2sd. Install and Open Root Explorer, go to system/etc/install-recovery.sh, if there is no such file then create it. In install-recovery.sh file type this lines.
#!/system/bin/sh
#added by link2sd
LOG=/data/link2sd-install-recovery.log
echo "$(date) mounting..." > $LOG
mount -t vfat -o rw /dev/block/vold/179:2 /data/sdext2 1>>$LOG 2>>$LOG
mount -t vfat -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext2 1>>$LOG 2>>$LOG
mount >> $LOG
echo "$(date) mount finished" >> $LOG
echo "$(date) mount finished" >> $LOG
For more details go here for solution. Now your mobile got sufficient internal storage. Now download Ram Expander and install, set swap file size as you wish and run swap, now you will get more ram on your device.
Enjoy faster android device.