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[General Questions and Answers] ankit_25:
can u please help i have a 1.0 ghz dual sim S3 clone.... i want to change the imei because i am not able to use it on any network in india. ur help will be appreciated.

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hi i got my s3 clon from android sales com and even i dont know how to get the imei no. changed... i live in delhi, if u got it please share. thanks
[General Questions and Answers] shri080:
I ankit I successfully changed my imei n now both the sims are working. I ll pm you my number n you can call me for the help.
[General Questions and Answers] MSprecher:
I could recommend the Huawei U8836D, also called Huawei G500 Pro, or Huawei Shine. It consists of quality components like a very good gorilla glas display and a decent StockROM which has been modified by Bruno Martins to a very good customROM.

I bought the phone at Etotalk.

Matthias
[General Questions and Answers] neroke:
yiayu g3

Where did you buy this yiayu g3 ? I am interested.
[General Questions and Answers] bady1991:
what about camera, and WiFi signal ?
[General Questions and Answers] UGPhilosopher:
we really should have a thread for all these chinese variants that are overflowing with potential. I plan on purchasing one and doing just that...
[General Questions and Answers] Androidspecialforces:
Smart phone

I must admit I have really gotten used to the 5.3inch screen the dual cameras and the low price. I am a huge gamer and this phone has no problems playing and the big screen makes it easy on the eyes.

I look forward to the quad core but it's going to be a long time before I will even think it would be nessary.

Despite false advertising I will buy again.
[General Questions and Answers] suoko:
Where did you see or hear false advertising ?

Friends? Tv ads? The old tv news about "copycat chinese stuff found here and there" ?
[General Questions and Answers] Piqouskerberos:
Could u please tell me how to get TSsparky ? I can't find this on Google.
[General Questions and Answers] Androidspecialforces:
American websites selling Chinese phones.
[General Questions and Answers] tonysimonhere:
Has any one bought the "one x77" from aliexpress.com ?any reviews? how does it compare against one x++ ?
[General Questions and Answers] newbornlife:
CPU upgrade?

I have a rather different question to everyone on the forum.

On the Mediatek's website for the mtk6577

www mediatek com /en/Products/product_content.php?sn=1074

it is said that

"Pin-to-pin compatible with MT6575, allowing handset manufacturers to easily produce multiple tiers of devices leveraging a single PCBA hardware development effort."

Would that mean that if I take a phone with an MTK6575 cpu and put in place an mtk6577 cpu it would work normally, assuming the soldering was done properly? I know that not an easy hack to pull but if that is true, then these must be worlds first upgrade-able phones!
[General Questions and Answers] mrfarnhigh:
I want to buy this phone: http://product.madeinchina.com/Newly-S3-MTK6577-i9300-Phone-1-4GHz-Cortex-A9-Dual_14004048.shtml

do you think it's scam? anybody ordered from this seller?

if anyone have anything to suggest I would like to hear
[General Questions and Answers] jago25_98:
Fixing battery life.

I've heard mixed reports on battery life. I know the Chinese lie regards mAH capacities. You can tell the real capacity by weighing it.

Do any of the phones take commonly found batteries? Can I replace them with a proper Samsung one that I know will be genuine on it's mAH capacity?

Is the poor battery life due to the Chinese software preinstalled?

Or is it due to hardware?

Or is it the battery itself?

If we put Cyanogenmod on there we fix the software stuff. If we can replace the battery we can rule out the battery too.

Which of the MTK6577 clones are the best candidates for installing Cyanogenmod on to? I wouldn't buy something without Cyanogenmod support. The Chinese makers should donate to CM10 in exchange for support, that would boost sales.
[General Questions and Answers] bobo31:
Hey!!!!

:D

i have this, go to mobileuncle.com, they have alot of stuff there its in chinaese. but u can translate it.
[General Questions and Answers] berkens:
Hi tennyleaz,

What frequencies/bands does your V970 support?

Can I use it in Europe (Holland) with UMTS 2100MHz / HSPA ?

Can't find the details of the ZTE V970, but the chipset MK6577 should do the job?

Greetings, Ben...
[General Questions and Answers] hamsteyr:
Problem with doing that is that it costs extra money, and they're not too keen on spending more than they need to. Most of them are short sighted like that, and its a high dependency on the community to do something for it.

If you can, just get a phone which comes with MIUI or a variant of it installed, can't really go wrong with that.

As far as where I get my chinese goods from, I have two sites to recommend, which have quite a good selection and really good prices,

lightake

GeekBuying

I can vouch for these sites.

As far as Chinese phones go, I have a high interest in the JiaYu G3, if anyone is getting it and is willing to review it, do update this thread :) If not, I may grab one for myself just to play around with. Looks like fun hah.
[General Questions and Answers] jago25_98:
Maybe I'll get one too, just to find out!

Actually I think I might go for the Note sized one to use as a tablet and keep using my current phone.

It's mad. If they put that it runs CyanogenMod they'd sell loads more. They could give Samsung and Apple a run for their money that way.
[General Questions and Answers] hamsteyr:
Lightake has the JiaYu G3 for 183, but it's out of stock at the moment, apparently it's pending some approval from the Chinese Telecom before release.

Though I already have a transformer prime and a HTC sensation, I'm really tempted to try out some China built tablets and phones, out of curiosity to test their performance and not to mention give in a bit of reviews for those who my be interested about the phone's performance, build and the likes :D

I've always had a gripe with CM though, they seem to drain a lot more battery than my heavily customed base ROMs. I don't disagree though, but I think the major barrier is the stigma behind Chinese built phones.
[General Questions and Answers] flavien317:
Hi all, you have a ROM for One X 6577 1g ram ?

thx
[General Questions and Answers] nakTT:
The dual core version (MTK6577) is definitely better.

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Agree with you. I really think we need one.
[General Questions and Answers] apad:
I got the nandroid backup only. No custom rom so far
[General Questions and Answers] phoenix10:
any reviews about this phones

Xiaomi Mi-2

Huawei Ascend D1

ZTE Era

Goophone i5

or any other cheap Quad-Core android ????
[General Questions and Answers] Ehtishams:
Has anyone been able to port a ROM from HTC/Samsung/Sony devices to MT6577 based phones?

This is my next target after making CWM recovery work on my MT6577 based phone which is working perfectly now.

But anyone know the technical differences/obstacles involved for ROM porting from those devices as they also have different bootloader and are single SIM usually..
[General Questions and Answers] martinsavvy:
I have been looking to port ROMs to my phone. it is very hard because in the base of the zip consists of a lot of media tek files that are needed to make the phone run but that are not needed for other roms. its not impossible but very hard. I will keep trying.

and for anyone curious, I bought an HDC Galaxy Note 2. Essentially what the company sends you is the Hero i9300(i think that's the correct name) but the phone is very fast because it runs a qHD resolution and has a dual core 1.0ghz processor. If you plan on getting a Samsung Galaxy s3 clone with an actual HD screen, it will be slower than a normal qHD screen running the same processor but i think qHD is very clear and great looking. I was considering doing a review but have had no motivation because people really know about these Chinese made phones, in my opinion they are a great deal.
[General Questions and Answers] bobo31:
HEY

I should be getting my N9970 mtk6577 dual core. I have the original rom for this phone. I need to know if i can plug this into android kitchen and play with it. cause it needs a little tweeking. If anybody have any ideas feel free to send instructions!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] nikkoscy:
I am looking which is the more reliable mtk6577 phone to buy. I am between the HDC-Galaxy-i9300-S3-Plus and the Star-B92M-S3-4-7. Both have the mtk6577, the hdc have 4.7" screen with 854 480px, 512 ram, and is record as the The world's fastest dual-core S3 phone with FCT Optimized Firmware version: Run scores TOP 5779.

The star B92M have screen 4,7 1280x720 HD Resolution (16:9), 1gb ram ddr3. From the specs is clear that the star have better specs. Do you have any reccomendations ? does anybody bought the star to give us his opinion. Do you suggest any other phone with mtk6577 and 4,7 screen ?
[General Questions and Answers] raytupang:
My h9500 serves me very well this two month.

I have an sprint evo3d,but itching to try decent dual sim phone.

There the story started.

I want dual sim,with better specs than evo3d,bigger screen.

This h9500 really impressed me.

The advertised specs is true: dual core mtk6577,1gb ram,5.3" qhd screen,dual batteries,8mp rear cam with led.

Rooted+cwm+custom rom+tweaks from xda=win

Tho the price of used wellknown branded phone might slightly similar with this h9500,this still the best choice since my starting point is to find decent dual sim phone.

No regrets at all

Sent from my ZP900 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
[General Questions and Answers] jago25_98:
Although I regret going for the Note sized 5" screen my X710D has blown me away and it's the only one I found with a dedexed custom rom.
[General Questions and Answers] haisir:
MTK i9300 is a nice chioce.

Antutu score is about 5200+

MTK6577
[General Questions and Answers] galets:
Anybody here knows if any of those phones will work on PagePlus?
[General Questions and Answers] galets:
Also: most of the phones specify 3G connectivity at WCDMA 850/2100MHz. That would not work with T-Mobile, would it? So, that's only AT&T then?
[General Questions and Answers] bobo31:
i have n9970 and it works good on 3g att service.
[General Questions and Answers] troorl:
Are there any news about Android 4.1 update for MTK platform?
[General Questions and Answers] BigMango:
Yes, my Amoi N820 (mtk 6577) has been running JB (4.1.1) for one month already.

The Amoi N821 is also running 4.1.1.

Other phones are also starting to get updates and new ones are coming out.
[General Questions and Answers] jago25_98:
A lot of Chinese phones have had the status screen edited to report that they are running JB when in fact it's ICS- at a time when Mediatek was being slow on releasing stuff for JB so we knew it had to be a lie. That may have changed now. That's the big drawback with MTK - no sourcecode, slow releases and next to no support once you have the phone in your hand.

I wonder what

adb shell cat /system/build.prop | grep version

says?

- not that this isn't easy to fake too - anyone know a sure way to tell?
[General Questions and Answers] elbabo:
have u Google Now on your Lockscreen?
[General Questions and Answers] BigMango:
I know very well the differences between ICS and JB.

The phone was running 4.0.4 with kernel 3, now it's on 4.1.1 with kernel 3.4 after the update 1 months ago.

All the differences are there, not only status screen, but everything. Drop down menu with the new improved notifications, Google Now, preferences menu with all of the JB differences, JB butter smoothness, etc....

And since it's a manufacturer release it works a lot better than the buggy custom roms released here on xda (on my HTC desire HD the xda JB roms are still lacking features like SIM card contacts, etc...).

Furthermore, there already are several tweaked JB custom roms available for the Amoi, based on the manufacturer release. Working perfect too.

Unfortunately, nothing seems available here on xda, everything is on the official Amoi forum and the mobileuncle, Angel, etc... forums).
[General Questions and Answers] myxal:
Compass present?

Does anyone with a MT6577 phone have a compass on their handset? Just got Lenovo A789 and the etotalk ROM reports no compass present.
[General Questions and Answers] Dancelad:
Guys, which one mtk6577 would you advice to buy now?

Max price is no more than $200.

Can you list any models that: MTK6577 with 1gb Ram, 1.3 MP front camera (or higher, I don't want to buy phone with front camera 0.3 because I have tablet with 0.3 front camera and quality isn't good at all), 5 or 8 mp rear camera.

What can you say about this phone: 2012 mobile MTK 6577 S720e 32G ROM 1GB RAM one SIM card 4.7" HD screen android 4.0.4 dual core 1.5GHz CPU 8MP 3G cellphone at aliexpress website? Any reviews?

I would appreciate any information.

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] wslimk:
Huawei Honor 2

Lenovo K860

ZTE V985

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You could not buy one front camera real 1.3M less than $200. but escalated one
[General Questions and Answers] BigMango:
Amoi n820 and n821 has real front 3M (yes 3M and not 0.3). Back is 8M.

The phone is about 190$ and already got the android 4.1.1 update.
[General Questions and Answers] dragonevo:
Do any other have problem with roaming, on the chinese hdc 9300?

My Phone cant acces the Internet if i dont have roaming marked
[General Questions and Answers] Davyin04:
China Phones

I just got a STAR N8000 running MTK6577 from Amazon. BuySKU & Drakotek seem reliable suppliers.
[General Questions and Answers] bracca:
so, how do you like it?

What provider?

Reliable?

HSPA(+) data connection ?
[General Questions and Answers] manii001:
ram unlock

hi,

is there any way to unlock the ram because in a application it said that allowed ram 512mb total ram 1gb. and what is the custom rom that i can flash my phone with. i own a qmobile a8 tht has mtk6577 n powervr531. do help me out. i will be thankfull.
[General Questions and Answers] alanr74:
I've had two of these phones now, one an i9300 and the other a i9377 and had limited success with either (both went back).

The phones themselves state JB, but I'm not so sure on that. Certainly don't have certain aspects of it but it could just be the butteryness that is in there (also tapping the version brings up ICS). They both arrived stating 1.2ghz, but both where 1.0ghz.

had no issues with this at that point but there was a problem with both phones in that the compass failed to work at all, along with the GPS (only wifi enabled location worked).

So all in all, the phones value for money up to the point of using any sort of GPS stuff (like navigation).
[General Questions and Answers] Fadox:
Guys what you think about the THL W5?

Does it have any JB custom rom or something?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] xpaolo:
I have an Huawei shine U8836D and i think this is the best phone i've bought ever

4.3" qHD 1GB ram front and rear camera good materials
[General Questions and Answers] quid246:
How much of a performance hit do the 1280x720 screens take compared to the QHD screens?

I'm looking at several S3 clones, just as a toy/travel phone... while I know he 1280 screen would be crisp... just wondering how much juice it takes from the SoC.
[General Questions and Answers] asif09ansari:
MTK6577 is better
[General Questions and Answers] pakistanish:
Does all mtk6577 phones install same custom firmwares?

Sent from my A8
[General Questions and Answers] ronj75:
I've been looking at these phones for a while and after the crap motorola has done im thinking after my contracts over i am going to get one and switch carriers.

The ones im looking at are the

Haipai N7200

ThL W7

what im looking for is

android 4.1, 5"screen or higher, 1280x720resolution, quad band <havent decided between carriers yet>, dual core, decent ram/microsd slot.

few options id love but prob out of my range are hdmi,quad core, 4g<is there chinese knockoffs that get 4g?>

oh. budget is about 250 but itll be about 6mo+ so the higher priced ones might be cheaper by then.
[General Questions and Answers] Kid_Ding:
check this video out to see the comparison http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrQXiX-P1kE

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No, there have been reports of devices being bricked from incorrect firmware flashes.
[General Questions and Answers] pmk159:
Will not boot now !!

I got a Neobox Ceci for my son for his birthday yesterday and after him loading some apps it will not boot up now, all I get is the Android in the bottom right corner. I have tried looking for information but can not find much. I did get it into a factory test mode but can not see how to wipe the memory (factory reset).

Any help would be welcome.
[General Questions and Answers] Androidspecialforces:
This has happened to me a few times with different android devices.

First try taking the battery out for 1 to 3 minuates just to be certin then turn it back on.

With my newer android device I had to enter it through adb and I got it back doing that.

There are more things to do before breaking it in half but give these a shot first and tell me how that turns out.

One of are members has a great "adb for dummies" tutorial and once you get in via adb you can force the device to memory wipe if needed.
[General Questions and Answers] pmk159:
I had a look at that but I can not get adb to see the phone at all. I have seen the laying down android with red triangle a few times today and a factory test mode but can not seem to get it into recovery for a factory reset.

It is sold as a Neobox Ceci but also seen as a Karbonn A18. If I could find a way of getting CWM onto it I could then reset it.

Any ideas anybody ??
[General Questions and Answers] Androidspecialforces:
Not to sound rude but believe me I have my moments I don't think the idea is the problem.

Try the whole adb and driver installing in different modes you may have more luck pulling the device in adb and driver installing process in different modes such as power off, power on android logo, and your factory test mode.

If you can't see your device and all drivers have been installed and you rebooted your pc and doted all the i's and crossed all the t's then there is a major system problem and it is a paper weight.

Best wishes to the birthday child. Don't try anything to crazy and you should be able to get a refund I hope.
[General Questions and Answers] zdravke:
what is the point?

It seems that with all mtk phones you get exactly what you pay for, and they are quite cheap. I just ordered umi x1 and realised that I probably made a mistake - I could get galaxy nexus for similar price, around 200eur second hand. It's outdated, but still way better and faster phone than any 6577 based. I don't even wanna talk about nexus 4 which wipes floors with any chinese quad core (if only wasn't permanently out of stock). I would like to get other views in case I am missing something here.
[General Questions and Answers] BigMango:
The phones are so fast now that it really doesn't make a difference anymore.

I prefer to get a new phone from a reputable Chinese brand (not the Star copy crap) than a second hand phone.

Plus these phones have dual SIM support and they give me much more value for my money.

Coming from the expensive HTC phones I am still highly impressed by the speed and quality of my Amoi n820. My next phone will be Chinese with the quad core MTK cpu for sure.
[General Questions and Answers] Androidspecialforces:
Zdrake,

I got what I paid for. I paid for my ZOPO 9300+ it was 200 dollars. It came with a tutorial on how to install CWM on the main ZOPO website. Where the F are you going to find that on Samsung or HTC website. It came factory unlocked and plug and play dual sim. I am not in any kind of contract with anyone I own this phone. I use Straight Talk and have set myself up on truly unlimited data due to some manipulating of my network settings. If I don't feel like paying the 45 dollars next month for straight talk I won't and I will slip onto someones wifi and make my phone calls and texts that way. My cheap cell phone is not top of the line Zdrake it is off the grid.
[General Questions and Answers] zdravke:
Even if you could get Nexus 4 for less (299$)? All Chinese quad cores with less stellar bench results are more expensive than this. I agree that there is a market segment below 200$ where Google has not entered yet, so it does make sense to go for Chinese stuff in that price range.
[General Questions and Answers] Androidspecialforces:
Zdravke,

The choice is yours. All I wanted was a phone powerfully enough to run backtrack and ubuntu if that is not good enough for you then move on its your choice to spend your money the way you want. It's my own personal choice to know that every American in a major network with a high rate contract is being price jacked at every corner. If you want to be like everyone else then go ahead and do it. My phone is enough for me to much for some and not enough for you.

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With any contract lol

Anyhow if you pay full price for the phone without a contract and stick to prepaid you will still save about a grand so go on and do it just crunch the numbers don't be a total fool.

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I've had no problems such as navigation now if I did I would be very passed what is navigation and map doing?

Do you have on all gps settings when I only have some of them on I have to wait longer but it still works. Very odd let's workshop this ASAP
[General Questions and Answers] zdravke:
Fair enough - I see now what benefits others see in this, which is what was looking for. I am not in us, so I will not be on the same page.
[General Questions and Answers] jago25_98:
I had a x710d and sold it only because I found the 5" screen too unwieldly. This was a £110 mistake rather than a £500 GalaxyNote mistake.

The advantages of a Chinese i9300 clone verses a SGS2 (i9200):

- approx £60 cheaper new than used

- bigger screen

- easy to buy because it's new

- samsung compatible batteries, and you get a spare

Disadvantages:

- crappy build quality; not that I care as long as the usb doesn't snap off. The speaker were very bad quality

- much harder to repair

- closed source kernel!

- therefore, not at all future proof

The closed source kernel means there's tons of things yoiu can't do with it. In fact... it could actually have the Chinese gov/whatever spyware on it. This was a deal breaker for me too.

Even so, I just bought a broken i9300 for less than $50 as a little project. I also bought a real i9100 to repair as well because... well I can't understand why there are new more powerful phones coming out for £90 and the SGSII is selling for £150 used?? The difference is that I expect to be able to repair the Samsung.

The newer quad cores coming out will be interesting but still for me Mediatek's crappy Microsoft cavallier attitude means it's not one for the sensible - the old Chinese trick fools many - pay less now, pay more later.
[General Questions and Answers] windowsrtc:
MediaTek is headquartered in Taiwan and has sales or research subsidiaries in Mainland China, Singapore, India, U.S., Japan, Korea, Denmark, England, Sweden and Dubai.

Why do you say“it could actually have the Chinese gov/whatever spyware on it."
[General Questions and Answers] jago25_98:
oops! Totally confused there! one thread at a time! sorry!!
[General Questions and Answers] jhusly:
Hi everyone!

Im planning to buy a Galaxy S3 clone and found one in distributor in our place which has a very impressive specs and actual benches. I would be getting it next week so I'm digging for rooting methods useful for this one.

Phone specs :

Help would really be much appreciated. ;)

TIA:good: