Hello,
I am looking to buy a new android smartphone, no contract, with T-Mobile. It's for my mother; her main criterion is having a big screen. I looked around and found this:
4.7 Inch Touch Screen Dual Core Android 4.1 Phone "Vanern"
www(DOT)chinavasion(DOT)com/china/wholesale/Android_Phones/Large_Screen_Android_Phones/4.7_Inch_Touch_Screen_Dual_Core_Android_4.1_Phone_Vanern_-_3G_512MB_RAM_4GB_ROM/
(Sorry, I can't post links yet.)
I could not find much info about this phone at all except at the website where it's sold. Does this phone go by another name in the US, or is it really some foreign phone with not much info available? Would it still be possible to root and flash a custom ROM for this phone?
Also, if you have recommendations for other budget, big-screen phones, please let me know. Thank you.
Hi
My wife decided to buy a couple of cheap 7 inch tablets for the kids, mainly so she doesn't have to share hers with the them anymore.
They are branded as Laser Mid -743 in Oz. Hardware Info app identifies them as an INet MID 744, with a device id of polaris-ibit-8723bs. It has an ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v71) and a build id of KVT49L. Lots more info available just let me know if you need anything else to answer the question.
They are pre rooted which is good, but I can't find any info on what recovery to use and/or Custom ROM options.
These devices are sold in a lot of big box stores here.
Done the obligatory Google searches and all I can find is a lot of unanswered questions.
While they are running 4.4.2 I can't get user profiles to show up, which makes me think they are running the phone only versions.
Any help would be great thanks in advance.
tazeo said:
Hi
My wife decided to buy a couple of cheap 7 inch tablets for the kids, mainly so she doesn't have to share hers with the them anymore.
They are branded as Laser Mid -743 in Oz. Hardware Info app identifies them as an INet MID 744, with a device id of polaris-ibit-8723bs. It has an ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v71) and a build id of KVT49L. Lots more info available just let me know if you need anything else to answer the question.
They are pre rooted which is good, but I can't find any info on what recovery to use and/or Custom ROM options.
These devices are sold in a lot of big box stores here.
Done the obligatory Google searches and all I can find is a lot of unanswered questions.
While they are running 4.4.2 I can't get user profiles to show up, which makes me think they are running the phone only versions.
Any help would be great thanks in advance.
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Hello i'm not sure exactlly what device it is by this information. Can i have a picture of the box the device came in or a picture of the device itself? Also if you could get some screenshots of the about device menu in settings that would be great.
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Hi A_Bunny
Sorry about the delay, I missed the notification that there was a reply.
Here are the photos you asked for.
Hi guys, I'm looking for a custom rom to put on my mums phone, she bought one and i think its been a chinese import, she keeps getting all sorts of pop ups and stuff self installing itself so want to put a custom rom on it to prevent her getting annoyed with it, I am quite tech savvy with Pc's and other things but phones aren't really anything i mess about with too much, I have jailbroken iphones when it was a lot easier but dont think ive even done a full replacement of the OS, what info do i need to provide you with? and can you recommend a decent rom to use?, i looked on the roms page and there are tons to choose from?
the info in the hardware is here in this picture, if there is any other info i need to provide you with then let me know
ttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/weegaz22/20160912_154756.jpg (add in the "h" at the start of the link, seems i havent posted enough posts)
Cheers in advance
Ps, still good to see XDA developers going strong, i joined back in the day when it was a forum for O2 XDA owners!
weegaz22 said:
Hi guys, I'm looking for a custom rom to put on my mums phone, she bought one and i think its been a chinese import, she keeps getting all sorts of pop ups and stuff self installing itself so want to put a custom rom on it to prevent her getting annoyed with it, I am quite tech savvy with Pc's and other things but phones aren't really anything i mess about with too much, I have jailbroken iphones when it was a lot easier but dont think ive even done a full replacement of the OS, what info do i need to provide you with? and can you recommend a decent rom to use?, i looked on the roms page and there are tons to choose from?
the info in the hardware is here in this picture, if there is any other info i need to provide you with then let me know
ttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/weegaz22/20160912_154756.jpg (add in the "h" at the start of the link, seems i havent posted enough posts)
Cheers in advance
Ps, still good to see XDA developers going strong, i joined back in the day when it was a forum for O2 XDA owners!
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Hi
The phone looks good is the international version, install an app like PhoneInfo
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo&hl=en
And will let you know if is original refurbish....
What you want to do , install a unbranded stock rom ?
here is a guide how to flash stock roms ( warranty safe)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3369431
Or a custom rom , for that you need to root and install a custom recovery. warranty will be lost ( knox bit 0 x 1) and you will not be able to use Samsung pay
There are a few good custom roms , almost stock , Superman rom is good , Omega is good , PheniX also good
Stock rom would be fine to be honest as its my mums phone and she isnt exactly a "poweruser", have just installed and ran phoneinfo but its not really giving me any country of origin or manufacture date information, it does say it has root existence and the android build date has numeric as well as chinese characters.
weegaz22 said:
Stock rom would be fine to be honest as its my mums phone and she isnt exactly a "poweruser", have just installed and ran phoneinfo but its not really giving me any country of origin or manufacture date information, it does say it has root existence and the android build date has numeric as well as chinese characters.
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Stock rom are working good she will be happy with it
PhoneInfo is telling you that is Samsung and that the model is SM G930F right? and that has been rooted , so is not brand new , check in the top left menu of th app the refurbishment check...just to see
What country are you from so i help you out to get an unbranded stock rom
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Stock rom are working good she will be happy with it
PhoneInfo is telling you that is Samsung and that the model is SM G930F right? and that has been rooted , so is not brand new , check in the top left menu of the app the refurbishment check...just to see
What country are you from so i help you out to get an unbranded stock rom
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Says samsung and sm-g930f in make and model number in phone info, device type says sm-G930F /Hexring6580_we-l
refurbishment check has came back with a whole load of warnings?
It looks like your phone is not genuine
It looks like your phone is refurbished
It looks like the firmware has been modified
Waning does not have bootloader version
WARNING, Does not have manufacture date
WARNING Does not have active CSC code
Warning Does not have CSC Country
WARNING Does not have PDA Version
ETC
I am In the UK MAX, she bought it new on ebay, it came with all the stuff that a new phone has stuck to it
weegaz22 said:
Says samsung and sm-g930f in make and model number in phone info, device type says sm-G930F /Hexring6580_we-l
refurbishment check has came back with a whole load of warnings?
It looks like your phone is not genuine
It looks like your phone is refurbished
It looks like the firmware has been modified
Waning does not have bootloader version
WARNING, Does not have manufacture date
WARNING Does not have active CSC code
Warning Does not have CSC Country
WARNING Does not have PDA Version
ETC
I am In the UK MAX, she bought it new on ebay, it came with all the stuff that a new phone has stuck to it
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mate that does not look good , seem it is a fake , what the program says under HARDWARE / platform chip , it should say exynos 8890
If not you are stuck , there is no firmware for clones....
From what you wrote above, I think this is a fake S7, made in China with cheap MediaTek CPU instead of Exynos, and have very little amount of RAM. However, if you use software to view Hardware info, it will say Snap Dragon CPU and 4GB RAM (which should be 3.5GB on the real one), they are clever, but not enough...
There are many ways to distinguish between a real and a fake S7, you can watch is on Youtube, some of the most obvious are the fake one is slow and laggy when you do graphics and cpu intensive tasks (such as multitasking like 7 or 8 apps, or play heavy 3D games), and the fingerprint censor on the fake one works with every fingers, not just the one that you set.
Oh, one more thing, the fake S7 will score very poorly on Geekbench and Antutu Benchmark, since it has only 512Mb ram and crap CPU
edit: Nvm
Looks that way guys, says MT6580 under the platform/chip and a ARM mali-400MP, 4GB ram instead of 3.5gb, i did have my suspicions as she only payed £80 for it lol, its been a good phone in all fairness other than the annoying pop-ups, just a shame there isn't any support real support/roms for it
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Looks that way guys, says MT6580 under the platform/chip and a ARM mali-400MP, 4GB ram instead of 3.5gb, i did have my suspicions as she only payed £80 for it lol, its been a good phone in all fairness other than the annoying pop-ups, just a shame there isn't any support real support/roms for it
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If it only cost her 80 pounds then it's not that bad. I thought she got scammed into paying full price for it.
The refund process can be really lengthy.
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mate that does not look good , seem it is a fake , what the program says under HARDWARE / platform chip , it should say exynos 8890
If not you are stuck , there is no firmware for clones....
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chelsfc2108 said:
From what you wrote above, I think this is a fake S7, made in China with cheap MediaTek CPU instead of Exynos, and have very little amount of RAM. However, if you use software to view Hardware info, it will say Snap Dragon CPU and 4GB RAM (which should be 3.5GB on the real one), they are clever, but not enough...
There are many ways to distinguish between a real and a fake S7, you can watch is on Youtube, some of the most obvious are the fake one is slow and laggy when you do graphics and cpu intensive tasks (such as multitasking like 7 or 8 apps, or play heavy 3D games), and the fingerprint censor on the fake one works with every fingers, not just the one that you set.
Oh, one more thing, the fake S7 will score very poorly on Geekbench and Antutu Benchmark, since it has only 512Mb ram and crap CPU
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If it only cost her 80 pounds then it's not that bad. I thought she got scammed into paying full price for it.
The refund process can be really lengthy.
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Yeah its not that bad, wouldn't have bought it off ebay if she wanted genuine, does anyone know if theres any way to stop the stuff on it self installing and stopping the pop-ups? thats all she really wants tbh, i just thought it would be easier to do a full wipe to a factory rom. tried running stuff like malwarebytes and avast but it come up with nothing, any tips would be appreciated
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Yeah its not that bad, wouldn't have bought it off ebay if she wanted genuine, does anyone know if theres any way to stop the stuff on it self installing and stopping the pop-ups? thats all she really wants tbh, i just thought it would be easier to do a full wipe to a factory rom. tried running stuff like malwarebytes and avast but it come up with nothing, any tips would be appreciated
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Hi
Try with apps like Package disabler ( i think there is a free version)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
Or titanium backup
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
They allow you to freeze services , apps and bloatware....... you just have to find out which one are popping up
I recently bought a phone that I thought was an iPhone 8 plus. Turns out it was a clone, but has the case and 1 button of an iPhone 7 or 8 plus. I am trying to make the best out of a bad situation and put a good OS on it to see if it works better. TWRP seems like my best option (I'm open to other suggestions).
I don't know the manufacturer, but after plugging it into a Win 10 computer I was able to get Keytak 6580_weg_I. From what I understand that means a MT6580 chip, but I think I need to know the manufacturer to chose the right OEM. The phone is sealed and I can't open it to look at the inside for more details. Whats my next step?
I am extremely new to this world and don't know much about how to do any of this. I've done a lot of research but couldn't find any answers. Any support you can offer would be appreciated. Thank you.
So I've made some progress. I've rooted the phone and found that I have 1.5 gb of space, 4xARM Cortex-A7 @ 1.3 Ghz, Revision r0p3 (don't know what that is). Trying to figure out my manufacturer, but have come to a standstill. Any support is appreciated. Thanks.
So, I was at Menards a couple weeks back and saw a generic looking android set top box for around 30$, and so I came here, and find there are a few different kinds of chips that they may use, so... my first question is...
What are the differences between those chips, which is the best, and how can you tell before purchasing, what you are buying, as well as how to buy a good one, as in what to look for, to avoid a bad purchase, and what specs to look for
The next question is, once I buy a generic looking set top box,(the one I saw was labeled abx-12 as a model) how easy is it to find roms for them, and will one rom work on them all
To be fair, I do know about phones, but im out of my depths here, but would like to get into set top boxes, and possibly putting custom roms like resurrection remix (my favorite), on them... i would like this thread to eventually be a guide for every set top newbie, such as myself, and this is the best android modding, and well, anything android, website in my opinion... if these answers can be found elsewhere on this site, condensed into a single thread, please link it, else, if you guys can help me and others like me, I would appreciate it...
I edited it with the right model... i put upx 12, when it was abx 12...
Oh... and id also like to know how much android version matters in set top box discussions as well...
Here's the link to the one I saw at Menards...
https://www.menards.com/main/electr...x-and-wi-fi-router/abx-12/p-1518075021952.htm
i just picked this QFX ABX-12 cheapo ATV box at Menards on Clearance for $20.
Pretty much what i expected, pos china thing.
the rom that is on it is ancient android 7.1 from 2018.
update does not work.
came searching here on XDA to see if maybe someone had easy way to root/re-flash this model box and put a decent ATV rom on it, newer os at least.
but, seems no one cares about these cheap china no name boxes.
Hi, you woukd need to find out what SOC is in your box (amlogic,rockchip ect...) and what model (s905x, s905w ect...) or what bootloade (eg p212, p281 ect...)
The QFX ABX-12 uses the Amlogic S905X, has 1 GB RAM and 8 GB flash. At $25 I might grab one just to mess around with.
I picked up a Transpeed_6k from a Chinese supplier for under €30 to play around with an as a stopgap for my dead Humax box. It runs Android 9.0, has 4GB/64GB memory. CPU-Z tells me that the SOC is Allwinner H6 @ 1.49 GHz, with 4 ARM A53 cores. Bootloader is unknown and no root.
The operation is fast, but the navigation is painful - you have to constantly toggle the mouse mode on and off and you can't scroll the screen. I contacted the supplier because the lack of scrolling prevents Netflix from working. The solution was to install a previous version of the Netflix app. It's still awkward to use. BBC iplayer works with limited scrolling which means you have to use the search function to find TV shows.
I also thought of maybe using it as a Chromecast receiver (like my Mi TV stick does), so I installed Allcast Receiver, but it wouldn't work.
I've also tried using a phone as an external mouse, but that too doesn't let you scroll.
That's it. I haven't managed to find any way of changing the ROM or OS. I suppose not many people are spending time on these boxes.