I'm in China
Why is it I haven't seen much on here about the Asian variety of phones (other than HTC). We have WMx.x, Symbian, Nucleus (MTK chipset based OS), Android, Ophone (Android based not sure why it exists to be honest) and iPhone.
Market share - Nucleus is probably the largest, followed by WM, Sybian, iPhone, then Android/Ophone.
Currently I have an iPhone (ancient 2G), and have just bought a Dell Mini3i, as I donated my 3G iPhone to family back home.
The Mini3i runs an Android variant called OPhone.
The 3i is a little underwhelming software wise.
Its quite crap at the moment as its sitting on Android 1.0 (OPhone 1.0), but for all intents and purposes Android = Ophone its pretty much the same underneath.
There are a bunch of similar phones to this - the Lenovo O1, LG GW880, Motorola something or other (can't be hassled to go look) etc.
While I haven't rooted mine just yet, I have been playing around, and reading the Chinese forums.
Boot loader appears to be similar on all the devices - its made by BORQ's in Beijing, and appears to be quite basic.
Motorola and O1 seem to have the best support for now, the main problem in the Chinese forums is people *****ing about being stuck on older versions.
Some are running 1.6, most on 1.5, and the unlucky few 1.0 "Ophone"
2.0 and 2.1 has yet to hit the mainstream here.
There are people with N1/G5's (Nexus 1 / HTC G5) on 2.1 though, pretty much any phone is available, although anything with wifi is essentially grey import from overseas (HK mostly)
Back to the phone -
Thankfully you can install any apps as apk's, no need to hack for that - so its fairly easy to get info on the innards.
RootExplorer is your friend
RootExplorer also allows you to remount partitions r/w, so root access is fairly easy too. There are precompiled su binaries for 1.5 out there, although I've yet to do my phone.
The Dell mini3 is running on a Marvell Tabor. Fast chip, nice touchscreen, decent resolution, just crap on 1.0.
Firmware files for most of the "ophones" (except motorola) are mff files.
The mff files appear to just be compressed images with instructions for how to write the various partitions out.
eg the O1 mff has this in the "mff" zip
2010/02/25 10:53 147,111,936 factory_CHERRY.fbf
2010/02/25 10:53 249 factory_CHERRY.mff.mlt
2010/02/25 10:53 364 JADE_EVB_RawNANDx16.ini
2010/02/25 10:53 327 magic_fbf.ini
2010/02/25 10:53 2,692 magic_fbf_inner.ini
2010/02/25 10:53 10,236,719 mfw.pac
2010/02/25 10:53 54,180 MHLV_NTDKB_h.bin
2010/02/25 10:53 176 MHLV_NTDKB_TIM.bin
2010/02/25 10:53 858 NTIM_td.ini
magic_fbf_inner.ini has the layout
[INTEL_FLASH_DEVICE_INPUT_FILE]
Number_of_Images=24
[IMAGE_HEADER_0]
Start_Address=0x240000
Image_Length=0x40000
EraseBlocks=1
WriteImage=0
VerifyWrite=0
[IMAGE_HEADER_1]
Start_Address=0x6900000
Image_Length=0xf00000
EraseBlocks=1
WriteImage=0
VerifyWrite=0
(etc)
Different phones have different firmware writing software, the Motorola's are using RSDLite, LG - SML_OMS, CTHall, others something homegrown called Firebolt, which is written by BORQS
Most firmware tools appear similar though functionality wise.
Haven't played around inside the phone yet to see if its easy to get jtag access, although that was mostly because i couldn't work out how to remove the top part without breaking it.
If anyone wants more info, or a firmware dump let me know.
Hopefully there is some interest out there in the English speaking world for these!
(Apologies if this is an inappropriate forum, this seemed the closest)
Lawrence.
hi, sounds like you are a pro on this. hopefully you can offer help on my issue. i have got MT710 with 1.5. could you suggest any solutions for root it? or any other useful info about this phone.
I am kind of interested in the Dell Mini 5 as leaked Dell slides show it will have a Kindle app. Unless, the Dell Mini 3 will also include this Kindle app.
rooting the MT710
@tbaker077
The mini5 is a totally different device. The mini3[i/iw/ix] is a phone, the mini5 is a small pad sized computer. Plenty of those in China already with much better feature sets, and significantly lower prices.
@chinady
Root -
Try downloading Root Explorer.
Remount as rewritable, and copy over whatever files you need, eg a hacked su...
Can also check the instructions here -
h t t p : / / w w w . magicandroidapps . com/wiki/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions#Root_Access[/url]
On a not unrelated note, what baseband / firmware are you currently running?
Current latest for the MT710 floating around is 62i
snappertd_62I_p32user_APRoff-haveboot_1ff.sbf
SNPTD_N_01.01.62I_snappertd_p32user_boot_nontrust.sbf
Downloadable here - h t t p : / / u . 1 1 5 .c o m /file/f16610f0f7
Dell Mini 3iX (Brazilian version) is easily rootable. This ophone has already more freedom than many droid phones even without root access.
Dell is launching Mini 3 in US now. it is a different image, running newer oPhone compatible with Android 2.0.
Can you be more specific how to root it? We are rookies
@ leg_br: Please help a brazilian fellow to hack his Dell Mini 3iX...
I´m a rookie... Carrier Claro did a great job destroying this phone´s OS.
sciphone i9++
I have a sciphone i9++ i baught off ebay, and i hate the ui thats on it.. I was hopeing you could tell me if there is a way to put some sort of android on it?? also if it is just a skin for the nucleus os is there anyway to replace the phonebook and sms apps?? The ones that come with it are gross and require to many steps to do basic functions like make a call from the phone book, or send a sms or mms or email.. Basicly i would like any and all info you have on these nucleus os phones.. Thank in advance
P.S. Let's asume im NOT smarter than a 5th grader...
jalowski said:
@ leg_br: Please help a brazilian fellow to hack his Dell Mini 3iX...
I´m a rookie... Carrier Claro did a great job destroying this phone´s OS.
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Yes, incomplete feeling emerges while comparing to other droids.
This OS distro is named "ophone" and was created by borqs.com They did quite a good job working on available Android v1.5 sources... Only they took it too long! Android platform is moving fast, many releases in few months. Version 1.5 is year old, almost obsolete now.
Items such as google apps were _not_ deliberately removed: they actually were never included. Those missing apps are not freely available and depend on agreements with Google to be added to any distro. That agreement never happened, possibly were never attempted.
Claro only adds few items of their brand over ophone image, including those apps with notorious red icons.
hacked?
Hi shanghailoz,
I downloading and install Root Explorer in my dell mini 3ix, after that I copy all files to my PC, but I need a help...
what change to release it?
tks!
shanghailoz said:
@tbaker077
The mini5 is a totally different device. The mini3[i/iw/ix] is a phone, the mini5 is a small pad sized computer. Plenty of those in China already with much better feature sets, and significantly lower prices.
@chinady
Root -
Try downloading Root Explorer.
Remount as rewritable, and copy over whatever files you need, eg a hacked su...
Can also check the instructions here -
h t t p : / / w w w . magicandroidapps . com/wiki/index.php?title=Frequently_Asked_Questions#Root_Access[/url]
On a not unrelated note, what baseband / firmware are you currently running?
Current latest for the MT710 floating around is 62i
snappertd_62I_p32user_APRoff-haveboot_1ff.sbf
SNPTD_N_01.01.62I_snappertd_p32user_boot_nontrust.sbf
Downloadable here - h t t p : / / u . 1 1 5 .c o m /file/f16610f0f7
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@n8nortonson
Sciphone is an MTK based phone. Also runs Java, but not the same as the Mini9 at all really. Different cpu's etc..
Google MTK for updated firmware for those.
@Legbr etc
Finally have some firmware files for the Mini3 to work from.
There are two different 1.5 version ones here:
March 1.5 firmware
h t t p://w w w .namipan.com/d/DELL_MINI3I_OMS1.5.rar/a5ba3b06ab0bfc9baeb2f09b44f54aa40bac3457ee8ebc04
Feb 1.5 firmware
h t t p:// u.115.com/file/f1e196b9b2
Again, the MFF format is just a compressed file with other files inside.
I'll start taking a look at the format in a bit and see what goodies I can find.
I think given the multiple files, it might be possible to compile a newer android, and flash using the current linux bin's we have in the MFF.
Note, you should probably use Firebolt to burn these, as the ODS software is buggy crap.
Put phone into flash mode first if burning (turn off, hold home button on side, power on again). Should show the bootloader screen.
Useful files:
Root tool which works on 1.5
h t t p://w w w .computersolutions.cn/downloads/oPhone/universal_android_root_v1.5.3.apk
RootExplorer (use to get rid of half the useless crap)
h t t p://w w w .computersolutions.cn/downloads/oPhone/RootExplorer_v2.10.3.apk
Firebolt (note you'll need your phones usb drivers installed for this)
h t t p://w w w .computersolutions.cn/downloads/oPhone/Firebolt_2_0_1.zip
Again, I'll be taking a look at the MFF files in more detail hopefully soonish, so I can see whether its possible to include our own firmware files (looks probable).
Lastly, a big f*ck you very much to Dell for all their non-support / lack of assistance for all this.
shanghailoz said:
@n8nortonson
Again, I'll be taking a look at the MFF files in more detail hopefully soonish, so I can see whether its possible to include our own firmware files (looks probable).
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Did some prelim work, and managed to get the MFF files apart.
Most of the work is laid out here -
h t t p : / / w w w .computersolutions.cn/blog/2010/08/dell-mini-3i-firmware-exploration/
Happy hacking people!
Was reading ./ and noticed this h t t p ://opensource.dell.com/releases/aero/1.5/
I guess we can roll our own updates with a bit more effort. Havent looked into compiling Android though, guess i need to start...
They're still shy of releasing any useful stufff though - where is the firmware burning stuff? (eg Firebolt or similar)
Hello fellow,
Any progress to root and build a new rom for this device?
Cheers,
Erick
OPhone OS 2.0
I found a site about version 2.0 of OS OPhone.
I've downloaded the SDK but I have no idea how to use.
"h ttp :// en. ophonesdn. com/"
Thanks
Hi guys,
I know that my question will be totally out of place.
But I'm experiencing a problem with my mini 3ix and i've searched high and low for any solution and here is far the best content that I found about this phone.
Today I woke up and it was shown that my sd card was full. It asked if i'd like to uninstall some apps. I chose to do so, but it froze and I could only remove the battery to turn it off. From that on when I turn my phone on, it keeps rebooting.
Is there any way that i could solve this problem without sendind it to the Technical Suport?
I thank you all beforehand.
Updating 1.5 to 2.2
Hi shanghailoz
Is it possible to change te mini 3iX OS from android 1.5 to android 2.3???
Is there any way to change the background wallpaper; add more shortcut icons to the upper section of the "home screen" or simply use the "home screen" to add apps as a "post it" (remainders) as the -samsung star- allows???
Thanks in advance
Hi i have today a Mini 3ix here in mexico but not android market to download apps
any way to install or flash other rom
I found to enter the flash mode is pres HOME+VOL. DOWN+ POWER
celtichazard said:
Hi i have today a Mini 3ix here in mexico but not android market to download apps
any way to install or flash other rom
I found to enter the flash mode is pres HOME+VOL. DOWN+ POWER
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Hola celtichazard. Hasta ahora tampoco he encontrado ninguna aplicación "market" que funcione con el Mini 3iX, pero encontré un sitio que te permite descargarlas a tu disco duro para después copiarlas al equipo e instalarlas:
ht tp:// w ww. umnet. com
Necesitas registrarte para descargarlas, pero es gratis
Hi guys, no more notices about the update for 2.1?
Hello.
i have recently bought an Android tablet with jelly bean 4.1.1 shipped without Google play/market . # dissappointing #
i managed to install Android market 3.3.12 . everything works fine with the exception of you tube . the youtube app works but without the updates to the you tube app.
I installed 4 files /apk/ to get the market running.
but again there isnt any sign that Gapps are available fir download .
can anyone put me in the right direction where to find google play apk that will work on my system ?
i would root this tablet in order to install the offical 4.2 rom if its available.
Cheers
Timothye
tablet specs
Product Maxell Maxtab H 10
Specifications
CPU
CPU - AMLogic 8726-MX
Dual core Cortex - A9 at 1.5GHz
Dual core Mali 400 Graphic processor
Built in memory 8 GB
RAM 1 GB ( DDR 3)
OS Android 4.1 ( Jelly Bean)
WiFi IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Screen Size 9.7 inch capacitive multi-touch ( TFT IPSII panel)
Resolution 1280 x 768
Camera Front – 1.3 M / Back 5 M Pixels
Audio MP3,OGG,FLAC,APE,AAC,AC3
Video
MPEG 1/2, MPEG 4 - XVID, DIVX, H.263/264, /VC1,RMVB
format up to full HD 1080P
Image JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG
E-book PDF,TXT,E-pub,PDB,FB2
I/O ports
USB 2.0 (OTG), 3.5mm headphone jack
TF card (micro SD card) reader, HDMI
Battery Lithium Battery 7200mAH
UPDATE
I have found loads of different google play apk's online and none of them have worked .
i found several Google Play apk 3.10.10 and i tried to install them over the current 3.3.12 and it resulted in the market force closing .
i also tried to delete the 3.3.12 market apk and install the google play 3.10.10 apk and the same symptom , force close . or stopped working upon launch .
i have tried to install google play in many different ways and i receive on occasion the apk you tried to install had conflicts with another already installed apk . i have tried to delete the initial 4 files for android market . but i cannot delete them . 3 of them are system files .
so whats next ? anyone ??
Thanks in advance .
Cheers
/Timothye
no need in starting a new thread .
can anyone here help on this topic .?
i am now looking to root thus tablet . there are way to many sources on the net for rooting . can anyone direct me to the info for the process . its very confusing with si many different ways.
cheers
/s
Timothye said:
no need in starting a new thread .
can anyone here help on this topic .?
i am now looking to root thus tablet . there are way to many sources on the net for rooting . can anyone direct me to the info for the process . its very confusing with si many different ways.
cheers
/s
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Search for Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v17 or v18.
It is easy to use and will root your device.
It will push SU as well.
I have a zte open c from eBay , U.S. model. It shipped with stock comebuy ffos 1.3 , I didn't like the ffos software so I updated to the comebuy kitkat rom which disappointedly did not have any Google services installed for whatever reason still baffles me. I tried for weeks to figure this thing out, not being experienced in programming does not help. I noticed the android kitkat ran much smother on the device, however without the Google apps it seemed quite useless to me so I went back to the ffos rom, the apps from market place in comparison to the android apps are like going from an xbox 360 to a sega genesis, android being the (xbox 360) of course. A few days ago I came across the zte upgrade tool and updated with the ffos us eBay rom with root. Now I cannot update OTA from phone nor can I update back to kitkat version nor any others, I get signature failed errors. I am not a programmer so if some one can explain how to fix this with detailed steps I would really appreciate it.
Hi,
Here is a thread you could ask for help in,
> Firefox OS > Firefox OS General > AOSP 4.4.2 for the ZTE Open C
Good luck!
Hello everyone,
I came asking for help;
I have an tv stick, mygica atv 185, that unfortunetly has no software support; it came with android 4.4.2, mygica personalised; it is very unstable, and there are no updates whatever; and i can't install latest programs, for example kodi 17;
specs are relative good for this device, quad core processor, 1 gb ram, graphic processor, etc
Can anyone please help me install another android version on this device? tutorial, oder step by step instalation, something for newby like me? oder link for video, tutorial..whatever..
It is an android device, so theoretically works with all androids versions; and here is my problem..i have search in internet, but i didn't find a step by step tutorial for a device like this; only for cellphones, but this is different.
i am thankful for any answer, any help..
Thank you verry much!!
Easy to find
just google Mygica ATV 185 Manual Book
and the first one is the correct manual in pdf for this device
have fun