yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] fcsabika:
Here is a new silicone case for Newman N1 for anyone interested ($13):

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orig...ewman-N1-MTK6577-3G-smartphone/652267327.html

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I found out how to root it for you and everyone who isn't rooted yet.

I just searched 'root' in the chinese forum, and uploaded it to dropbox because it was very slow to download from that chinese site.

Download link: http://db.tt/nXpH2tlN

Just flash it in recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
Good for the link. Proceed with caution. Best of luck.
[General Questions and Answers] Tsurany:
Indeed, even after deleting the fix the CPU stays at 1001 Mhz during charging which will increase chargetime due to higher battery usage. Anyone know how to fix this?
[General Questions and Answers] GiZMoSK:
i noticed, that while charging and display on, the cpu is on 250mhz :)
[General Questions and Answers] ivanaki:
forum dot china-iphone dot ru/viewtopic.php?p=809440#p809440 yes,you can use it with cwm recovery

you need to be registered user at china-iphone.ru

don't forget to thanks the guys there

As for the freq, well it is true that, the phone work mostly on 250 and 1001 then the other freq's, (in my case 1001 and deep sleep was maximum who I've achieved before so.. ) but it is also true that my phone stop heating that much after i deleting this script for back light, and start using app for that.

Btw the back light app didn't work perfect. I've realise that sometimes the backlights didn't go off when you turn off the screen.

One more plus - there is some improvements in the charging time.

For me it is a step ahead with delething this script, atleast i dont have heating problem ,have some improve on recharging time and the phone use more then one freq at time of use.

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I just checked, always on 1000mhz while charging on my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] GiZMoSK:
i checked again using cpu spy, while display on, only 250mhz line gets higher aftet refreshing the stats
[General Questions and Answers] Jaro73:
Quote:

Originally Posted by GiZMoSK View Post

i noticed, that while charging and display on, the cpu is on 250mhz

I had the same thing. Today, after restoring from a backup rom i have always on 1000mhz while charging :( The phone does not heat.

I use rom Lewa rus (simple, fast and transparent. everything at hand). My bad english = google translator.:)
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
Hello,

Today arrived my newman, all was correct except the camera that wasn't working. First I rebooted the phone and then the front camera worked but I couldn't change to the rear camera. After that, I installed the CWM and I cheked it was correctly flashed.

Since the rom was still downloading I thought I will do a factory reset to check if that way the rear camera works, but that was a big mistake. Now the phone is in an endless loop, it shows the newman logo ant then the image of the android corresponding at when you do a factory reset and it goes like this forever. I'ts like the phone does a reboot everytime

I tried to acces the recovery, but now it's impossible, i can't acces it. I even reflashed the CWM but still can't acces.

And finally the question, it's possible to flash a new rom via sp flash tool? Or if you know another solution...

Thanks

(bad english, I know, I'm not used to write or speak, only read and listen XD)
[General Questions and Answers] Patanol:
Bootloop

Hi YaDeVeTh,

You should try the method mentioned below to solve your problem.

Link to the full instructions: http://jimbi.net/newman/

It is composed by one of our dear friends in this forum. We should thank him :good:
[General Questions and Answers] IcedFlame:
Is your N1 from etotalk? Does it have custom rom?

I think you should be able to flash via SP Flash Tool. I only flashed CWM (unchecked all except recovery) and then I was able to root and do a storage reversal.

I can upload exact recovery file and SPFlashTool I used to flash my phone, if you want.
[General Questions and Answers] wiesiu_ka:
ivanaki - better application "Soft Buttons Light"
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
Thanks to both of you. I have just done it and everything works fine.

Another thing, I don't know if I'm blind or something but I don't find anything to change to the rear camera
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
See the image. You must touch in the icon with the red square.
[General Questions and Answers] IcedFlame:
How did you get screen shot from the camera app? :) I'm using aScreenshot and it doesn't work when using camera.

Sent from my N1 using pirated Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] tivchev:
Press vol/down + power at the same time.
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
Good news, I'm not blind.

Bad news, it doesn't appear :(
[General Questions and Answers] IcedFlame:
LOL. :laugh:

Thank you for this. I tried all the key combinations, but I never actually hold buttons long enough to capture something :silly:
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
With MyPhoneExplorer. ;)

Extras > Control Phone / Load Screenshot - in this menu you can control the phone with your mouse :) and make a screenshot.

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Your phone it's a real Newman N1?
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
As far as I know yes. I bought it at pandawill
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
If you want you can try update the Camera libs with this update (from recovery).
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
I go to install zip from sd card and install it with no problem, but when i reset the phone it says taht root possibly lost, I tried fixing and no fixing and always happens the same, newman logo reset, newman logo, recovery.

Reinstaling the rom I can go pass the loop.

I did something wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
What do you mean with "reset the phone" - factory reset? (You don't need to do a factory reset)
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
ups, sorry I meant reboot (in spain we use the word "reset" to say reboot XD)
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
So, the update that i send you don't work?
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
I can't try because after flashing it i'ts impossible to start the phone, it goes to the recovery menu without touching anything.

After flashing I go to the reboot option and says what i told you before that I would lose root. The options are fix, no and back, I tried all of them and the result is the same -> Newman logo, reboot, recovery. Always, without doing anything :S

Thanks anyway
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
You can try this:

1. Make a copy of your update.zip with other name.

2. Extract the ZIP that I send.

3. Add the extracted files inside the /system/lib/ folder to the same location in your update.zip.

4. Apply your update.zip
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
I've tried and still there isn't the swich camera option :(
[General Questions and Answers] Patanol:
Camera

Did you managed to get the phone boot normally with the method I suggested (Flashing firmware)?

Did you try a 3rd party camera app such as Camera360?
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
Well, it's working :D.

I opened the phone and reconected the camera (at naked eye it seemed everything ok, but it seems it wasn't XD), and now I can switch and works perfectly.

Thanks to everyone for your concern :)

Yes, yes, I said in another post that I've done what you said and everything worked fine except the camera (that previously wasn't working either), thanks XD

EDIT

well, it seems it wasn't a bad connection.

I put the screws and then it wasn't working and if I take out the top left screw (at the side of the camera) it works XDD
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
It worked with the new camera libs or with another application?

I'm asking this because this can help other users with the same problem.
[General Questions and Answers] YaDeVeTh:
with the stock camera and with the libs you gave to me. I haven't tested with the libs that come with the rom.

The problem is the screw that it's at the left side of the camera in my case it must be loose or without it, if it's tight the camera doesn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] pacaliciosu:
Micro sd problem

Hy everyone.

I have a problem with my N1. It ''kills'' every micro sd I insert to it.

I have An verbratim 16G microsd. It works fine for 2 weeks and suddenly, the phone can't see it.

I was not able to open the microsd( on pc or other phone ) but on other phone ( sony xperia ) I coud format it.

After that, it works fine for another 2 weeks. Now...again...the phone do not see the microsd card.

Have anyone problem with microsd card?.

My phone is as I bought it from ebay. With the same rom and not rooted.( of course I have the usual problem with heating, slow gps,.....but I an live with it... :) )

Sorry for my english.
[General Questions and Answers] Tsurany:
Sure there are not some corrupted cells on the sd card?
[General Questions and Answers] nikanuka:
boot logo

hi

i have found this

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/bootflash-an-app-to-install-custom-splash-screens/

can anyone do the same for our phone to replace very first image that appears when turning on the phone?

no logo, no animation, but very first splash screen

thnks
[General Questions and Answers] alightedme:
Jellybean

Hi,

Has anyone idea of jellybean for our N1?

Has anyone successfully tried porting jellybean on N1?
[General Questions and Answers] jamesensor:
Go into your /system/media folder, there's where you'll find the items about the boot screen. I really like it all off, with just the android logo.

Edit: weird, the very first newman pic doesn't go away, it shows for about 2 seconds and moves on to the "android" splash. Even though I erased the media folder all together.
[General Questions and Answers] gommers1978:
Thats because that image is inside boot.img.

Btw i am gonna sell my newman and use only my jiayu g3 now.
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
Hi gommers

Your G3 have the long charging problem?
[General Questions and Answers] tivchev:
What would you say makes G3 a better choice than N1? I'd imagine the screen is nicer... anything else?

B/w thanks for your work on the N1. Very happy with v4!
[General Questions and Answers] gommers1978:
I always charge my phone at night so I dont know if it has long charging.

The G3 has indeed nicer and larger screen, also nicer appearance (but that is my opinion)

Much longer battery 2 days or longer on normal usage.

Touch screen feels nicer and more responsive, in my opinion.

Can use rom from jiayu it has most languages.

But the phone is larger and gps fix takes longer.
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
Can you please make a test for me?

Charge your G3 and with CPU Spy verify if when it's charging it use always 1000MHz. Can you make this test for me?
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
Interesting, it seems you have (or had) a Newman n1 and a jiayu g3. I do also. Did you ever compare battery performance between both phones (under exactly same condition). I did and I was surprised that whatever I tested I never got more than 2% difference battery consumption. It does not matter whether gps or wifi or bt are on or off I almost get the same battery life. I also tried running Google earth but same battery life. Jiayu G3 has a 2750mAh (60% bigger) while N1 has a 1700mAh. Did you ever compare them?
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
Hi, i need some help. Suddently Google Store stopped working on my Newman N1. I've tried to reset my Google password buy it did not work. When I press HELP, it opens my browser and there is a note saying that there is a problem with a certificate. It says that there is an untrusted type of certificate. I does anybody know what I should do?

Thanks in advance

UPDATE : I found the problem. My date and time were wrong. I set them right and all back to normal.
[General Questions and Answers] gommers1978:
I checked it for you, also allways 1000 when charging.
[General Questions and Answers] jonnydobbs:
apps stopped - newman n1

Is anyone familiar with this problem? After trying to get my 3g working, none of my apps, I.e. eBay, pulse etc, would work and had to then be reinstalled.

I obviously want to use 3g when out but don't want to go through the hassle of re installing apps all the time.

Any help would be great. Thanks

Jon
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
Thank you gommers.

So, that means the long time charging is not a problem from our Newman N1. I think this is a problem of Android ICS kernel.

Newman N1, Jiayu G3 and Huawei U8836D has this problem.
[General Questions and Answers] mlgmlg:
So, did you test Newman N1 with your friend SIM?

Can you tell, please, do you get 3G signal on T-mobile anywhere in Brooklyn, or only 2G (EDGE)?
[General Questions and Answers] IcedFlame:
You can see that phone is charging and SetCPU shows 250 MHz. I can see jumps to 1 Ghz every now and then.

I'll reset timer in cpu spy and post another screen shot to see the results while phone is charging.

Sent from my N1 using pirated Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] adibadro:
Looks like the main issue is the charging time... not to upset anybody, i was wondering if any of you guys ever used an MHL adapter with your N1, cause it looks like the ICS version of android just gave up the drivers, to have them on JB again...

Can anyone relate? I'd love to use the phone on a big screen.

Please, something... I know nexus phones still have support fot an MHL adapter.
[General Questions and Answers] IcedFlame:
To sum up some tests I made: :)

1. I experienced long charging time, even if I'm using stock Freelander i10 ROM (v1.0.2)

2. I installed SetCPU and CPU Spy and and made some tests/experiments :)

- I connected my phone to the charger and monitored what's happening. SetCPU showed 250 MHz while charging, with occasional very short peaks to 1 GHz (every 5-10 seconds)

- I decided to leave my phone charging for at least 30 minutes and see what Cpu Spy will have to say about CPU usage. I reset counters and turned off wifi and the screen (locked the phone).

- When I checked the phone after half an hour, I was slightly in shock. Cpu Spy showed about 80% usage @1 GHz, and the rest was 250 MHz.

- Another thing was to leave the screen ON while charging, so I checked 'Stay awake while charging" and left the phone a while, once again.

- Few hours later... yet another slight shock :). Cpu was constantly @250 MHz and phone charged to 100%

- I could have sworn that the battery also lasts longer, because after three and a half hours, was reduced to only 96% (with wifi turned on for over an hour, talk time is couple of minutes, and I check my email on a regular basis, I also took a couple of pictures, and Face Unlock is active all the time :)) .​
[General Questions and Answers] cabaninho:
Hi

I have a newman N1 with "update6.V1.0.9.05.11.2012 Deodexed" but takes long time to charge the battery (normally 10h!!!) and no record video on 1080p right?

there is a rom better than the one I use?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] IcedFlame:
Read my post above.

You can leave the screen on while charging or maybe try to set the SetCPU so that you have one profile for charging where cpu max frequency would be 250 MHz. :)

There's no 1080p video recording and I think there's no rom newer than 1.0.9 but every other customization is only a matter of personal preferences.

Sent from my N1 using pirated Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] pedriito:
hello!

I have a newman N1 (with etotalk MOD ROM) for over one month now, i'm really happy with the phone except a few annoying bugs (for some of them already mentionned here):

- long charging time (~5 hours), but I don't care as I charge over night

- "auto" luminosity constanly changing, I installed YAAB which partially corrected the problem, but it's still not smooth at all

- buttons backlight fast extinction (to be honest, it's not frustrating now as my brain knows where the buttons are now ;)

- proximity sensor bug, randomly leaving the screen locked (and all the buttons) after a phone call ! (back to normal after ~1 minute) very irritating when speaking to a voicemail for example, with no way to hang up !

has anybody experienced a similar bug ?

thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Vennesch:
Hello all Newman N1 users!

I have a request for the Dell Streak community. Can someone provide us an ICS/JB kernel for this device? In order to get the camera to work we need the kernel as the Newman has always same hardware.

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] rkadve:
I restart my phone after 1.5 to 2 hours when put on charge. It then charges correctly/fast. If I charge when switched off, it can charge inside 2 hours.

For back light control, you can try this apk.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deskangel.kblight
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
If I understand, you have to Newman with no working camera?
[General Questions and Answers] Vennesch:
No a Dell Streak 5 but in our ICS camera don't work, so if you can provide the kernel we can work on our camera function.
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
I don't have the Kernel source code and I think no one here have. :(

If you find tell us. :D
[General Questions and Answers] Vennesch:
Sure, will do! Thanks anyway. if someone has it, please pm me!
[General Questions and Answers] GiZMoSK:
me :(

once, when i reached voicemail, i was not able to end the call beacause the screen was off
[General Questions and Answers] pedriito:
only workaround I found in this case (except remove the battery !) is to insert an earphone plug into the phone, which wakes the screen up, allowing to end the call.... not very handy
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
What ROM do you use?
[General Questions and Answers] intelinside70:
Update6 and Update4

I have a Newman N1.

i want to root it and install recovery for install gommes rom update6.

I think to do this:

1) Root by Bin4ry script

2) Install Mobileuncle tool

3) Install recovery via Mobileuncle tool

Now, with Mobileuncle, i reboot in recovery.

Is important to flash via recovery update4 (4th BETA) prior to install update6 deodexed ?

If i install directly update6 via recoverty and do before a factory reset and wipe cache/dalvik all work ok or i need to install prior the update4 before ?

Please give me a feedback.

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] pedriito:
I use the etotalk customized ROM : N1V1.0.9-by-Dean@etotalk.com / 20121015.100007

BTW i'm in contact with their aftersales contact (which has quite a good reactivity), with no success so far...

I'm really not sure if it is a h/w or ROM issue, I would say ROM because the sensor works like a charm after a reboot (for a few hours) :)
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
You can install update6 without update4 and I think that you don't need make a factory reset just wipe cache/dalvik and data (you will loose all your data).

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Why you don´t install Gommers v6 and see if it solve the sensor problem.

When I received my N1 from Etotalk the first thing I did was install Gommers v6.

Until today I don´t have any problem.
[General Questions and Answers] intelinside70:
Thank you for response.

Wipe only data ? Sure ? Wipe data is factory reset ? Or have another CWM menù for only this ?

Can i root with Bin4ry V18 ?
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
Sorry, wipe data/factory reset is the same.

About root with Bin4ry V18: I don´t know because I flash the recovery with MTK Flash Tool and install Gommers v6 with root.

All you need is here.
[General Questions and Answers] intelinside70:
Root N1

Someone root with Bin4ry V18 ?
[General Questions and Answers] intelinside70:
Hi,

In your website instruction you write "install V4 before V6 and Once you install the latest ROM, make sure you install deodexed version".

When i install V4, i need to reboot before install V6 or i need to install V6 in CWM after installed V4 (and not boot phone) ?

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
I already told you, install V6 directly.
[General Questions and Answers] pedriito:
thanks, i'll try it !
[General Questions and Answers] GiZMoSK:
how can i check, that proximity sensor works?

today i had 2 call. first one was long, i noticed that display is off, so i removed phone from ear, but display stayed off - i tried 2-3 times. second one was short, display didn't go off, stayed whole time on. i suppose, in first case, display went off after 1 minute.
[General Questions and Answers] JDStar:
Install Elixir 2 from Play - this has a all

Sensors tests

Wysłane z mojego Newman N1 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[General Questions and Answers] pacaliciosu:
All of them was new. Verbratim and kingstone
[General Questions and Answers] GiZMoSK:
i checked proximity sensor in "elixir 2" and "proximity sensor finder app". both apps finds proximity sensor, but it seems not working, no data are shown. :(

does it work on your phones? can the problem be ROM specific?
[General Questions and Answers] JDStar:
I'm use LewaOS ROM-20130104, all sensors works OK.

Proximity sensor in Elixir2: shows the near or far depends on the distance from the sensor
[General Questions and Answers] Margitili:
Hello,

will you post a downloadlink for Lewa-Rom20130104, please

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Broederbal:
LeWa_N1_13.01.04

pan baidu com/share/link?shareid=169458&uk=2031034161
[General Questions and Answers] kojaky:
Installing apps to SD Card

Hi Everyone,

I purchased my N1 from merimobiles with root a few months ago and haven't done anything yet other than install apps and use them. This is my first smartphone ever so sorry for the noobie questions. My problem is i'm trying to install and move apps to my SD card, however each app only has the option to Move to Internal Storage and Move to Phone Storage. I've installed the app called App 2 SD, but the SD Card on the app recognize it as Phone Storage so it didn't help. Can someone assist me with this?

To find the ROM of my phone, i go to Systems Setting > About phone > Build number? If so, then it says N1V1.0.6
[General Questions and Answers] kra_ppo:
Bigger internal storage by eliminating internal SD storage

@kojaky

Try this:

http://www.droidwebspace.com/index.php/roms/75-repartition

kra
[General Questions and Answers] akblume:
akblume

Hi, if you could provide a link to russian bbs, I could help with translation.
[General Questions and Answers] alightedme:
Try link in my signature for instructions.
[General Questions and Answers] intelinside70:
Lewa recovery

Thank you for sharing.

For install is necessary Lewa recovery or CWM recovery ? If Lewa, it's possibile to have link of Lewa recovery ?

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] jastonas:
Although this works well, the sd card storage is now recognised as phone storage instead of sd.

Can this be sorted out?
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
New ROM update

New ROM update for Newman N1 (based on Gommers v6)

1. New boot.img to support init.d with build.prop switch to activate it

2. Battery percentage over the icon

3. Get rid of Red X icon when no SIM inserted

4. New Buton Backlight script (solve the CPU heating and CPU @1001 when Button Backlights is on)

5. All the other fixes in the Gommers v6 Rom

Download

Deodex Rom (alightedme site - section 3): UpdateDC_2013-01-12_deodex.zip

Odex Rom (direct link): UpdateDC_2013-01-12_odex.zip

Thanks to alightedme for the page update.
[General Questions and Answers] jastonas:
Why would one recommend Gommers v6 over Etotalk 1.0.9??
[General Questions and Answers] GiZMoSK:
what is the improvement over gommers v_6 except new button back light script? i already have percentage over battery icon and i'm using 2 SIM cards.
[General Questions and Answers] lingfude:
No one is obliged to install this update and not everyone uses two SIM cards.