[Android General] shri080:
Please note that you are doing all this at your own risk and i am not responsible for any damage caused during the

process. Dont do it if you dont know what you are doing.​

Hi Guys as this is my first post on XDA about rooting and stuff so please dont be harsh. I am not a developer. i am just sharing all this here from different sources which i found out by doing a lot of search and wasting a lot of my precious time :P

So i thought i will open a separate thread for this phone as i could not see a single post on this phone. Ok i have found out how to Root this phone, installing CWM and also i have found a custom ROM so i thought i will post it here so that it can help others.

Phone Model Number : Star N9880

Varients : Upai N9880, Viewsonic 9880

Specs

- 6 inch capacitive touchscreen

- Android 4.0.3 OS, support Google Play

- Support WiFi, GPS, TV, dual SIM card slot

- Support 3G network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & WCDMA 850/2100 MHz

- 5MP back camera + 0.3MP front camera

- Support dual SIM cards at same time,

- Multi-language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian...

Phone Style: Bar, multi-touch screen, 6 inch Capacitive touchscreen

Operating System: Android 4.0.3 OS

Processor: MTK MT6575, 1GHz, ARM Cortex A9

Display

Screen Size: 6" touchscreen

Display reulotion: WVGA screen, 800*480 pixel

Color Support: 265K colors

Screen Technology: Multi-touch screen

Camera

Camera Resulotion: 5MP back camera + 0.3MP front camera, digital zoom

Memory

Built-in Memory: 2GB ROM / 512MB RAM,

Memory Card: Support microSD/microSDHC memory card, up to 32GB, support App2SD

Size

Dimensions:144 * 84 * 13mm

Weight: 205g

What in package

1 * N9880 Android Phone

1 * Travel Charger

1 * USB Data Cable

1 * Headphone

1 * Manual

2 * Battery and a Flip case.

Rooting the phone :

http://www.4shared.com/rar/5tilx4YQ/40root.html

1.Please download root file from the link above.

2.Go to settings-developer options-click USB debugging.

3.Connect the phone with computer,turn on usb device.

4.Click the file you download from the link TPSparkyRoot.bat

5.Your phone will restart first time,after the phone start finish(until you see the unlock),click enter in the window of TPSparkyRoot.bat.

6.The phone will restart second time,still the same as first time we did.Then start third time,same as we did in last two times.Click enter then phone was rooted.

7.You will see two more app was installed in your phone that means root phone successfully.

Installing CWM recovery :

Check out this post to learn how to use the SPflash tool http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.it/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html#comment-form​

1) After rooting the phone download the SP flash too from here http://www.4shared.com/folder/Q_MYd0k_/MT6516_Tools.html Password : bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.com

( Courtesy : http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.it/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html#comment-form )

2) And download CWM recovery file from here http://www.4shared.com/folder/w9iaxGla/upai-n9880.html and unzip in a folder.

3) switch off the phone and take out the battery. ( Dont put the battery back )

4) Open the Flash tool and click on the scatter-loading button and then load the "MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc" file from the CWM recovery folder.

5) Just click on the download button and let it complete the process. Put the battery back and now hold the volume up button and power button together until the screen switches on and now you must see CWM recover installed.

Installing the Taiwan upai N9880_ICS_V.01

After installing this ROM camera flash is not working. But i dont really know if its an issue with the

ROM or a hardware issue. So please be prepared and dont blame for any damages​

1) Now download the ROM from the link below and place in the SD card.

http://www.4shared.com/zip/SY9YRgTr/Taiwan101-UPAI-N9880_ICS_V01.html

2) Boot in to recovery mode ( Power off the phone, hold the volume up and power button until the phone power on and then leave the buttons)

3) Select the Taiwan ICS zip and update and just sit back for the process to complete. Once the it finishes the process reboot the phone and the phone will now reboot with the HTC one boot animation ;)

Now Enjoy the phone :D

Feel free to ask me any doubts if you have.