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[Q] UMi X1 review and request for custom Rom

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).

raz5652 said:
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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cant see edit post option

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:

pridz said:
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

[Request] HUAWEI GPLAY MINI/ HONOR 4C (CHC-01) Roms

Hello, guys. Newbie here. I just bought a few weeks ago a Huawei Gplay Mini (chc-01) with the ideea to install a custom rom and use it day by day. But, suprise, my favorite place with custom roms, xda, don't have anything for my phone. The phone is very good for the his price.. But i like to try some custom roms, but no one is developing one . Can anyone help me? Maybe the moderators can make a special category for this.. I don't like the roms made my huawei, but the phones are good and cheap. I had a huawei, and after that samsaung s3 + s4, and now again to huawei. The samsung phones are broking too easy. So anyone can help me with a custom rom light (maybe clean android) and maybe a special category for the phone? I know they are many guys who owns the phone, so xda please, do something. I'm watching this forum everyday for something for my phone., but nothing. Sorry if i post in wrong category, or my english sucks.Have a good day, greetings from Italy.

Nothing for me?

I'm still waiting, guys

i olso wait, what number firmware you have in your device if i can ask ??, i do horrible things for my huwei i find somewhere loolipop but not for my phones and i extract and install now i have some madness information , before i have xxxxxb069 and no for this model, ****... i must find orginal stock rom but i dont remember what have number only last

Guys, please, i give you a bear ( i don't have money).. I need a custom rom for this phone... Current rom is annoying me so much...

Yeahhh it would be nice to have a custom rom, I don't know why there isn't any...

has anyone found clean roms for the huawei g play mini til now? aka: any updates on this post?
thx in advance

hyperxfury said:
has anyone found clean roms for the huawei g play mini til now? aka: any updates on this post?
thx in advance
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It recently sent Official Marshmallow update to G Play Mini devices to Asian countries. But sadly there are no custom ROMs for this device.

ROM Needed
Wow, we sure have no update on this one. Any one working on custom ROM for Huawei G Play Mini, i.e, CHC-U01?

CM 12 for ZTE Blade L3 wanted

Hello,
first of all please be patience of my bad english.
I´ve got a ZTE Blade L3 which was bricked. Now before we´ve got a backup of the original ROM I had to port my own ROM from another Device´s custom rom.
I am really disappointed that there is no CM available. I´ve tried to port my ROM to CM. The first one get Stuck at rebooting.
Now it seems that there is smth. working in the backround while booting. It´s going to hang up in the bootloop.
It would be great if there is anybody out there who could help me creating a working CM for the ZTE Blade L3.
Thanks a lot.
Regards from Germany.
No3ight

Update Blade L3
hey hey, i've read that you look 4 a new update, i search too and finde this "rom-mod.com/howt-to/zte-blade-l3.html" [Link down]
I dont tested it, i'm too scary, maybe one with experiance can do it or have done it allready? I really wanne have Android 6 it have a lot of Positiv things ... hope someone can help us

Hi,
I'm really interested in the development in a custom ROM. I'm not sure if we can get a system running without the kernel from ZTE. Of course, people from other countries might have the KitKat kernel, which has been open-sourced by ZTE (just search for open-source-notice ZTE, it's the top result). I don't have much expierence with developing for android though, but I think it's very exciting.
Another user on this forum posted quite some posts how to build your custom rom for Mediatek from source. I'm not sure if you're able to use a prebuilt kernel.
Also, I can't access the link Nippilein sent. It redirects me to an unavailable site.
If someone has any information regarding this topic, please let me know!
Sense23

Is there a custom rom for Orange Roya? (Alcatel Pop 2)

So recently I found an old Orange Roya in my drawer and thought that it's not that bad of a phone and maybe I could revived with a custom ROM as now it's running Kitkat (4.4.4). Now I've never flashed a custom ROM on my phone and I don't know much about that kind of stuff but I saw a video by Budget Builds where he managed to get Android 10 on a Samsung S2 so I thought as my phone has similar specs maybe a could do the same. So I searched far and wide and actually found an XDA thread about a custom ROM for my phone but than there are no instructions whatsoever in there, only a couple of dead links (Here it is, if that helps with anything: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...tel-pop2-ot-5042x-root-recovery-roms.3224875/ ). Besides that there was nothing at all in terms of any kind of ROM for this phone not only for android 10 but for any android it just seems that it's such a niche device that no one cares for it. So is that it? Is it just stuck running an ancient version of android basically acting as e-waste or is there anything I can do still to make it useful?
(Sorry for my English and lack of knowledge in terms of any of this but I really hope that something can be done to revive that phone.)

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Question Things to do after buying a POCO X3 Pro?

So I have bought one Poco X3 Pro Indian version recenlty and it arrives tomorrow. I just wanted to know what are the things I should do after getting the phone in hand. I have no past experiences with Xiaomi and I have always used Samsung till now. So MIUI is kinda new for me and I researched around a little bit here and there and found out MIUI is full of bugs and a really heavy android based skin.
I just want to get the most out of my device and get a clean, minimalistic good user experience. Also I will be gaming a bit as well. But dont really need any fancy overclocking that will put pressure on the device and hamper it in the long run.
Thank you. You dont need to tell me everything in detail . But if you can, that would really mean a lot tho. You can just tell me the topics example- 'Unlock your bootloader (MUST)' and I will figure the rest out by searching and googling . Thank you again for your time.

1. Get a cover.
2. Debloat.
3. Dark theme
4. Blokada or any other ad-blocker
5. YouTube Vanced
6. Watch this forum.
7. Watch also the dedicated subreddit.

BigBadSheep said:
1. Get a cover.
2. Deblocat.
3. Dark theme
4. Blokada or any other ad-blocker
5. YouTube Vanced
6. Watch this forum.
7. Watch also the dedicated subreddit.
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Thanks a lot. Did you link any forum in "6.Watch this forum" ? Dedicated subreddit === r/PocoPhones ?

0xgh0st06 said:
Thanks a lot. Did you link any forum in "6.Watch this forum" ? Dedicated subreddit === r/PocoPhones ?
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First decide whether you want to use MIUI or custom ROM.
If you want to stay with MIUI, then look in XDA for useful topics. Debloat, root, Magisk modules, battery health preserving or ask what you need, maybe someone has answer for it.
If you want to install custom ROMs, but no experience of flashing custom ROMs, you can read my guide here:
[MIUI12~13 A11~12.0/12.1][UNLOCK][ROOT] Picture guide unlock bootloader, flash custom ROMs & root Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
Thanks for @urbanman2004 guide for Poco X3 Pro. Some sentences still needed, so keeping it similar. This guide provides photos & screenshots. Simulate all process and reduce misunderstanding. Section 1: Unlock bootloader (Works for most...
forum.xda-developers.com

pl1992aw said:
First decide whether you want to use MIUI or custom ROM.
If you want to stay with MIUI, then look in XDA for useful topics. Debloat, root, Magisk modules, battery health preserving or ask what you need, maybe someone has answer for it.
If you want to install custom ROMs, but no experience of flashing custom ROMs, you can read my guide here:
[MIUI12~13 A11~12.0/12.1][UNLOCK][ROOT] Picture guide unlock bootloader, flash custom ROMs & root Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
Thanks for @urbanman2004 guide for Poco X3 Pro. Some sentences still needed, so keeping it similar. This guide provides photos & screenshots. Simulate all process and reduce misunderstanding. Section 1: Unlock bootloader (Works for most...
forum.xda-developers.com
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Um i have experience in flashing custom roms and custom recoveries but i guess i will use MIUI for a month or so. Do you suggest switching to a custom rom after ive just bought a device? Thank you

0xgh0st06 said:
Um i have experience in flashing custom roms and custom recoveries but i guess i will use MIUI for a month or so. Do you suggest switching to a custom rom after ive just bought a device? Thank you
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ROM opinion is subjective.
If you are not satisfy with the ROM you are using, can try custom ROMs or modify MIUI.
Many people said MIUI drains battery fast and has a lot of bugs, but some people did not encounter issues and are satisfy with MIUI.
Try and error, life is just like this.

0xgh0st06 said:
So I have bought one Poco X3 Pro Indian version recenlty and it arrives tomorrow. I just wanted to know what are the things I should do after getting the phone in hand. I have no past experiences with Xiaomi and I have always used Samsung till now. So MIUI is kinda new for me and I researched around a little bit here and there and found out MIUI is full of bugs and a really heavy android based skin.
I just want to get the most out of my device and get a clean, minimalistic good user experience. Also I will be gaming a bit as well. But dont really need any fancy overclocking that will put pressure on the device and hamper it in the long run.
Thank you. You dont need to tell me everything in detail . But if you can, that would really mean a lot tho. You can just tell me the topics example- 'Unlock your bootloader (MUST)' and I will figure the rest out by searching and googling . Thank you again for your time.
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first thing first!
request bootunlock! the time varies from 172 to 360 hours
atleast you get over this time even if you don'twana unlock your phone anytime soon
if you wana keep device locked then
1. debloat (ofcourse)
2. unversal copy pro is must (to extract text on screen and copy to clipboad)
3. firefox screenshot (similar to universal copy pro but it let u catagorize your screen shots)
4. camscanner (free version is also AMAZING! ) no need to buy
5. download the following for future
a. vendor + firmware for miui12.x
b. twrp recovery 3.5.2
c. fastboot image of your miui verison (5gb)
d. recover image of your miui version running on x3pro (2.7gb)
e. download @cepheus tool AIO All in one and install drivers (windows 10)
f. download xiaomi pc suite and install (windows10
g. download miui unlock tool and install (windows10)
h. download miui Flasher and install on your laptop for future , incase u wana flash FASTBOOT ROM or wana RELOCK your BOOTLOAD with FLASHING FASTBOOT ROM
6. for keyboard i use SwiftKey Beta! side by side Gboard (its amazing)
7.hmmmmm thats it for now if i think of anything else i will post