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[Completed] Gsmart saga s3 root?

Hi all,
Searched everywhere and simply cannot find a solution. Google throws up many fake sites and not much else.
I've purchased a gsmart saga s3, which I'm seriously impressed with, considering my history of a s5 (stolen) both variants of note 2, note 1, mega, s2 and various other devices, all of which I've successfully rooted and done minor development for, so pretty competent though not an expert
I cannot root this device in any conventional method as far as I'm aware. I've tried framaroot, playing around with backups and updates (come to this in a sec) and ADB. I've even gone Into engineer mode and turned root options on and off, as well as engineer mode. This is not dev options, its a function accessed by pressing *#*#something#*#*, can't remember offhand.
The interesting thing is, the phone has a kind of custom recovery already. I can download the firmware directly from gsmarts website and flash it from recovery. This may be a back door?
Anyway, I'm looking for any pointers in the right direction. I wish to remove the bloat mainly, but also try to develop a vanilla ROM for this phone.
I'm happy to try any suggestions at my own risk, have access to a PC, lubuntu, have adb configured but will need step by step, and anything else that may be needed ill try my best.
If there's a solution here I have a feeling a lot of people will love you guys.
Cheers for any and all replies!
Sent from my GSmart Saga S3 using XDA Free mobile app

Hi,
I can find no discussions on XDA about your device. You would need to ask for help here...
> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!

Thanks, don't know how to do that so any chance a mod can do that?
Cheers!
Sent from my GSmart Saga S3 using XDA Free mobile app

Just start a new thread there. Just like you did here.

[Completed] [Q] trying to recover wallpaper photo

Hi, I'm brand new here. Nexus 5, stock android 5.0.1
I'm sure I'm not the first to have this issue, I just don't know where to look. A bunch of photos got inadvertently deleted without being backed up. One of them is currently my wallpaper, and I really want to save it. I saw a couple of other threads generally related to this but not sure if any of the above solutions would apply to a N5 with lollipop. PS i've tried Android file transfer but I can't seem to locate the image. Thanks for any help.

j.j.h. said:
Hi, I'm brand new here. Nexus 5, stock android 5.0.1
I'm sure I'm not the first to have this issue, I just don't know where to look. A bunch of photos got inadvertently deleted without being backed up. One of them is currently my wallpaper, and I really want to save it. I saw a couple of other threads generally related to this but not sure if any of the above solutions would apply to a N5 with lollipop. PS i've tried Android file transfer but I can't seem to locate the image. Thanks for any help.
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Yes, you are right. I can't find a thread about this special purpose.
But you can ask in the Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [HELP THREAD] Nexus 5 | Ask any question thread.
There you should get quick and best help.

Thread closed and thank you.

[Completed] Blu Studio 5.0 LTE

This is where I believe a lot of people ask questions about their phone, so I've come to visit and ask a question that I have been trying to figure out but there seems to be nothing about it on the internet. My phone which is the Blu Studio 5.0 LTE is currently on 4.3 Jelly Bean. Now what I want is that is there anyway to update the phone even further to 4.4 or higher? I want to be able to see color emoji. I've searched on Google for weeks now, and I can't seem to find it. Someone help?

XDA Visitor said:
This is where I believe a lot of people ask questions about their phone, so I've come to visit and ask a question that I have been trying to figure out but there seems to be nothing about it on the internet. My phone which is the Blu Studio 5.0 LTE is currently on 4.3 Jelly Bean. Now what I want is that is there anyway to update the phone even further to 4.4 or higher? I want to be able to see color emoji. I've searched on Google for weeks now, and I can't seem to find it. Someone help?
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Hello there! Welcome to XDA!
First register an XDA account (so you can ask in the proper forum)
then, please go to your device forum... (see below)
Blu Studio 5 Device Forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/studio-5
and you may ask for help here: (Q&A Section)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/studio-5/help
in your case, take a look here too: (Development Section)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/studio-5/development
Always Remember to use the Search...
Hope this help & Good Luck!

[Completed] [Q] Goophone MF353zp/a Iphone 5s clone

Hello Guys, First time poster here. I have been scouring the internet for the past few days looking for some solutions, and found that XDA was the best place for android users to congregate and give help and opinions.:highfive:
First off, let me start off by saying that I am a complete android noob when it comes to messing around with rooting and flashing. So pardon if some of the things I say come across as foolish.
My girlfriend bought me what she thought was an original iphone 5s on her recent trip to China where she was teaching English. Little did she know that she got fooled into buying what I now found out is a Goophone i5s MF353zp/a. :crying:Since I want to keep the phone since she did get it for me as a nice gesture, I am trying to get it to run a regular android 4.2.2 jelly bean or better, without all the iphone icons and iphone crap. Also the phone did not come with playstore so I cannot download apps that I would use on a regular basis. Also most of the stuff is in Chinese and I just want to be able to use it as a regular android phone. I read up on roms, and rooting and flashing, but if someone could tell me the best way to go about getting a regular android version on the phone along with google play store, It would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading my long post. Be Safe. Cheers :good:

ir.sami said:
I think you can not install android in your idevice ... search for emulator .
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Thanks for your reply. Are you sure about this? Because it is currently running 4.2.2 with an ios skin from what I could read on the internet.

Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. There is not much information about your device on XDA but I did find these which may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449981
http://www.xda-developers.com/goophone-i5-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-developer-tv/
I'm not that familiar with the Goophone but I believe you'll want to know the what I believe is the processor number, it starts with MTK followed by 4 numbers. Before you do anything see if you can find that and then ask in the threads linked. If all else fails ask in this forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck!

jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. There is not much information about your device on XDA but I did find these which may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449981
http://www.xda-developers.com/goophone-i5-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-developer-tv/
I'm not that familiar with the Goophone but I believe you'll want to know the what I believe is the processor number, it starts with MTK followed by 4 numbers. Before you do anything see if you can find that and then ask in the threads linked. If all else fails ask in this forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck!
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Thanks buddy. I'll check out the links you gave. :good: I might have come across the links before, but I was too scared to try something since I did not want to brick the phone. As for the processor number, I came across MT6572, if that's the one. I can't find anything with MTK. Appreciate your help in this. :fingers-crossed:

Yes, it was my mistake on the MTK. It's MT. I'll close this thread then.

[Completed] Need to 'fix' nextbook p 7

I have been searching, reading, and attempting everything I could find to fix this tablet for night and days. Some root/busybox detectors/verifiers gave me different results. Before this I knew nothing about this world so i'm a real greenhorn here. All I know so far is my device is rooted because of build no. V2.0.1.JRO03C.user.root.20131219. Afterwards some apps tell me I'm rooted and some told me no. I'm afraid something went terribly wrong with the files. I can't unroot,flash a new recovery, install adb, pretty much nothing works. All the apps I've tried told me an unknown bootloader. I just want to either return the tablet to original factory default or take control of the thing. This is the info I gathered from settings>about :
Model NX007HD8G
Android V. 4.1.1
Kernel 3.0.8
Serial no. YF031412173
And the build number above
At the moment I don't know what other info you guys might need so forgive me if I'm not thorough. Please, help me take control of my device.

Hi,
Thanks for using XDA assist.
Although there are some guides that could help you solve your problem, none of them seem to have working links for you to download and use.
Because of this, I would recommend posting in the Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum. Please note that in order to post, you will need to create a XDA account.
Good Luck! - gsstudios

hello
I appreciate the pointer. as you can see, im officially a XDA rookie member,proudly. Very much admire the things you guys do here on your spare time. When I first came upon this site, i knew right away this is a huge community, well accomplished and highly respected. That is why when I came to a dead end, this was my first pick.
Hope to see you again,
Huy L.
Going to Q&A forum