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[General Questions and Answers] adit9989:
There is only one official beta release until now.(using it, did not have any problems). The final ROM is not release yet. I hope they will do it soon, because G4 will be release soon, and probably G3 will not be anymore on their list, but to tell you the truth I'm pleased with the current beta. If they do a release let's hope it will be 4.2 beacause I doubt we are going to see any other releases after that.

Check here for links:

http://chinamobiles.org/showthread.php?32581-Jiayu-G3-Rooten-Recovery-Tools-amp-ROMs
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
what about JB for the G3N? anybody got news on those?
[General Questions and Answers] kinggdawg:
help with my jiayu g3???

Hey guys, got my jiayu g3 yesterday and i think i have already bricked it. It came with 4.0.4 stock ICS and I rooted it and installed a 4.1.2 jelly bean rom, however the rom didnt work at first it had the 'status 7' error so i deleted the lines from update-script and it updated fine but in settings it still showed 4.0.4.

now the internet wifi does not turn on, bluetooth doesn't turn on, however i still can use the cellular things but i think my Jiayu G3 is the new 'S501' and the rom i downloaded and tried to flash was 'S500' and that was the reason why it showed the status 7 error?

So guys, i need help!! i have tried everything, i cant do much as i don't have internet working on the phone. I have downloaded a S501 rom but i don't know how to install it without CWM and etc...maybe recovery? Any advice is appreciated!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
I'm afraid that the issue is due to the fact that your phone has the s501 wireless chip like I do and therefore we must use different ROMs. I'm working on porting the (partly) Cyanogenmod ROM which will hopefully be done tonight and I will test briefly before uploading tomorrow. No promises on that ETA though!

In the meantime, there is a decent 4.1.2 ROM here;

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-6/

Make sure you download the G3N version and install as normal in CWM. Do a factory reset if you are on a different version on Android.

If this helps, please hit the thanks button! :)

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See my post above ^^

Jiayu are generally very good with their software support. The issue is the chip manufacturer Mediatek. Without Mediatek's help, Jiayu can't update our phones to new versions of android. As Mediatek have just released new chips, we may not receieve any more updates. But Jiayu have kept all of their older handsets as up to date as they possibly can, far better than rivals like ZTE. (I should work in PR :p)

Hmmm, do you have the Mobileuncle tools app on your G3 at the moment? If so, download and install CWM from there. Then install a s501 ROM through that. I recommend the one from my previous post. Don't worry, your device is certainly not bricked! ;)
[General Questions and Answers] kinggdawg:
Hey man, thanks for the reply I have mobile uncle tools that i downloaded from 4shared as i couldnt do on playstore (no wifi on phone) and i put the 5.5.0.4 cwm on my phone and opened it by 'recovery update' and then it restarted and never went into recovery!!!! help i need to fix this, i need the wifi on my phone and bluetooth working
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Try powering off and then holding the power button and the volume up button until the Jiayu logo appears.
[General Questions and Answers] kinggdawg:
Hey I tried this, the jiayu logo does not turn on, just vibrates and the nothing happens :(, maybe if i can get into safe mode or NORMAL recovery mode i can flash the rom on my SD card?
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Are you sure the phone is off? The phone can take a while to power off and vibrates when it finishes powering off.

Try pulling out the battery to be sure.

Safe mode will not help you, it just disables user installed apps.

What do you mean by normal recovery mode?

Also, where did you get the version of CWM you flashed? And did Mobileuncle tools say that the flash was successful?
[General Questions and Answers] kinggdawg:
Whats the point of putting the phone in safe mode as pressing the power button + volume buttons at same time just put in it safe mode? I got the CWM 5.5.0.4 from a youtube video of how to root the G3 to 4.1.2. The mobile uncle tools didnt say anything it just rebooted and stayed on the Jiayu logo for a long time so i pulled the battery out..
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Well on my G3 with CWM 5.5.0.4, it comes up with

Select boot mode:

[VOLUME_UP to select. VOLUME_DOWN is OK.]

[Recovery Mode]

[Normal Mode]

At which point I can just select recovery. Sounds to me like CWM isn't installed. Try Flashing with Mobileuncle tools again.

What ROM do you have? When you hold the power key with the phone switched on, does it give the option to reboot into recovery (just checking :p)

EDIT: Try the flash tool and recovery method detailed HERE: http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-26/

This should not require clockworkmod.
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Any luck?
[General Questions and Answers] fusob:
help wanted

I've been reading this and many other forums in several badly translated languages for about 2 days now....... I feel dizzy. My g3 is stuck at boot logo and attempts to re-flash several roms with sp flashtool result with this error code: BROM ERROR: S_DA_SOC_CHECK_FAIL (3013). This all happened when I tried to install recovery after reverting to stock rom from gthrill v3. I'd love some assistance cuz I think it'll be a while before I speak russian, chinese or turkish.or even google translate for that matter. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] kinggdawg:
Nah, can you please help me on this one, pretty screwed

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] kinggdawg:
DUDE I LOVE YOU! IT WORKED, thanks a ton man now my wifi works/bluetooth/radio and now it is at default 4.0.4 for S501. Now I just have to wait till 4.1.2 comes out for S501, in the meantime ima root and get stuff! new to all this android stuff.

THANKS A TON!
[General Questions and Answers] thundermuppet:
Jiayu changed processor for G3 this year. This means that users will experience WiFi problems etc if they flash old roms to it.

As far as I know there is only one 4.1.2 rom tht works for new G3, and thats at the one from ervius on Needrom dot com Download the JIAYU G3N link and it will work.
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
No worries dude, don't forget to hit that thanks button! :)

Now if possible, install clockworkmod via mobileuncle tools and install the G3N (G3N has the s501 chip) ROM from here;

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-6/

Hi, try holding volume up and the power button with the phone switched off. Does this load up clockworkmod?
[General Questions and Answers] hakim304:
It's working

Thank you! it's working again. that'd be cool if could port it over. good luck on it ok. i'm sure all s501 users would appreciate it. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Yeah, the ROM is finished, the only problem now is adapting the updater, as the port ROM uses Aroma.

Damn these status 7 errors! :p
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
getting excited buddy! Still on stock, rooted, supercharged, and Governor-switched ICS for s501
[General Questions and Answers] fusob:
No. It was while trying to flash cwm recovery thru mobileuncle that this problem occurred. I'm pretty frustrated. I've successfully flashed 4 different custom roms the last couple months but when I tried to restore stock rom using a backup I had made it failed so I downloaded a stock rom and flashed it thru cwm successfully. As usual, it didn't have a working recovery so I tried to install one and catastrophically failed. Do you know anything about the mtk sp flashtool? If I knew what that error code meant I might have a chance. On page 14 of this thread there seems to be users who encountered a similar situation. I've tried those suggestions and others but keep encountering that error..
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Really? So you have no recovery, your current ROM is bootlooping and attempts to use SP flash tools is giving an error message?

What do you mean 'it didn't have a working recovery'? Changing the ROM does nothing to the recovery.

I know enough about mtk sp flashtool that I try to avoid using it whenever possible :p. I did flash CWM onto my old v970 using this method here;

http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html

I know nothing of the error code you mention. I can only recommend looking some more. Or trying the tutorial above and seeing whether it gives the same error
[General Questions and Answers] RomeoOscarBravo:
Has anyone else had problems with their Jiayu G3 screen scratching?

I have the G3N version bought from Merimobiles and it has scratched badly after taking it in and out of my cords & jeans pockets. I thought these screens had Gorilla Glass? Seems not (on mine at least). I've seen videos of these screens cracking walnuts! Laughable, mine would scratch if dabbed with cotton wool. Really disappointing, this was a big selling point for me.

Using the G3N modified G2S ROM ChrissyBoy101 mentioned earlier. Stable and works superbly. No issues at all.
[General Questions and Answers] fusob:
OY. I was under the impression that you had to re-install recovery after reverting to stock rom. So this is the problem. Someone should hit me with a shovel. I've seen this tutorial. It hasn't helped. Where do you get the proper scatter file to only install the recovery image? And also proper preloader file?
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Not to worry, everyone starts somewhere! I'm not sure. I can upload the recovery image file downloaded via mobileuncle tools, but I have no idea about the scatter file. My recommendation would be to send a very polite message to bgcngm on XDA (He's the god of all things MT6577). He wrote the tutorial I mentioned.

I've not got any scratches on my screen. Just tried to scratch it with a coin, not a mark. Gorilla glass cannot be scratched by metallic objects your likely to find in a pocket, but can be scratched by sand. (It depends on the Mohs hardness numbers of the objects in question)

I've not heard of any G3 fakes and I have a G3N like you, so this is my best guess.

The original plan was to use this ROM;

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-11/

Which runs very well. However, the installer script is screwing me over for now (Aroma has gotten the better of me).

However, I have decided to port Gthrill instead as it doesn't use Aroma.

This should still offer significant performance improvements over the G2S ROM, which I've found to be very laggy.

(No offence intended to evirus, love that guy :p)
[General Questions and Answers] fusob:
Yee Haw! My phone is now called Lazarus; its back from the dead. I downloaded a new version of sp flash tool from chinese site which they called latest 4.1 Brush tool. After a couple tries it worked. SO if anyone else ends up bootlooping and flashtool keeps giving this error: BROM error: s_da_soc_check_fail (3013) USER SOC VERIFICATION FAIL! try to find latest 4.1 Brush tool at ejiayu.com. Thanks to Chrissyboy for suggestions.
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
Nice! Gthrill is a good ROM..good to see you porting it to G3N.. :thumbup:
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
seems like the evirus ROM for G3N doesn't like TWRP :(

will try CWM and see how it goes..
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Install via CWM for my G3N works for me :)
[General Questions and Answers] poweronat:
try to flash with inserted batttery:

1.) remove battery and USB

2.) insert battery

3.) start flashing

4.) press and hold volUP and plug in USB
[General Questions and Answers] yihongyuelan:
The G3 has a good price

I searched this device.It provides a good price.Use the MobileUncle(www@ydss@cn) change the @ to .
[General Questions and Answers] tosstasny:
Has anyone a custom kernel for the G3 - with OC and UV-Option - and DeepSleep.....
[General Questions and Answers] conteabba:
Thanks.. i know ETOTALK website and i know that he release a mod rom.. what i don't know is if this rom has any improvement in usability from the stock. (long press volume button customisation??)

So, what about this rom?
[General Questions and Answers] conteabba:
Inside the stock update.zip you can find stock recovery.img

Is possible to install the recovery.img using Mobileuncle tool, just put the file in the ROOT of your SD card and then choose update recovery into Mobileuncle apk
[General Questions and Answers] cyrux75:
Someone tested new official ROM, it is seems to be already rooted

http :// pan.baidu .com/share/link?shareid=114979&uk=839171988
[General Questions and Answers] FrankieADZ:
how do you update to this new ROM?
[General Questions and Answers] cyrux75:
via CWM
[General Questions and Answers] FrankieADZ:
ah ok, thanks for that; was wondering as the Phone has an update system app doesnt it and was thinking you could use that couldnt you?:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
Recovery Gone Bad

Hi all, I have flashed cwm english 5.5.0.4 and a chinese 6. something onto my G3 using sp flash tool but on both occasions I can only access recovery once after that, if i reboot phone then close it down and try to boot into recovery again android is on his arse. It's as if sp flash is putting the recovery into cache like Mobileuncle does (at least thats what I have read) . So has anybody here managed to access the recovery more than once after flashing it and if yes would you mind linking to the recovery image you used and saying what version of cwm it is you are running.

thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] adit9989:
Had the same problem.Found solution on another forum. Use ES file explorer (or any other file manager) and make sure you set the writable flag for the FS.

Go in /system find the file recovery-from-boot.p and rename it (just in case) for example as recovery-from-boot.p.bak, if you ever needs it.

Use now MobileUncle and set your recovery (I'm using now the Lewa one from Lewa package, is in fact TWRP). I used before CWM (English one).

I upgraded to latest official ROM (G3 20121129-082828)). Improves a lot battery life in Idle mode. There are a few custom ROMs including a Lewa (be carefull default is in Chinese be sure you know how to go to language settings in it). With the standard ROM is easy, it's pretty standard Android.

For root I used the 4Bin method each time , it works.

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Yes, use a microsd card. The internal space is ok for apks but you don't want anything else there, anyway. I use a 64GB microsd, works great (let the phone to format it as FAT32 it will do it or format it in Windows using third party utilities). exFAT (standard for SDXC) will not work.

Of course smaller cards work also :)

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A few tips:

- You can change the USB mode from mass storage.It's not in the menu but when you plug a USB cable connected to a computer you get a notification. Click it and you will get into USB modes menu.

- The phone has the option to be turned off and back on as specific times. (Has hardware and software support for this). It works well use it at night if you don't need you phone on and your battery will stay fully charged.

-For Enginerring Menu or replacing Recovery use MobileUncle Tools (downloadable in Google Play).

-The Official ROMs will not load unmodified via CWM (English at least).Did not try via Lewa recovery (yet) as I am already on the latest ROM. It is possible to modify the update file however (after any release will be modified ROMs , search in other forums as there is very little interest for Chinese phones here in XDA.).
[General Questions and Answers] Smadan:
Instructions to update new software update

Will you please provide/point to instructions to update to latest android update released by Jiayu?

I am new to android world.
[General Questions and Answers] cyrux75:
1. CWM installation as per previous posts.

2. Copy new firmware .zip file on SD card

3. Power off the phone and insert SD card

4. Press volume-up+power buttons to start in recovery mode; new firmware will be flashed automatically.

That's all!
[General Questions and Answers] Smadan:
Thanks for the response.

I tried to search the thread, but could not figured how do the CWM installation.

I have Jiayu G3 without rooting as received from the factory. If you can provide step by step instructions, it would be useful.
[General Questions and Answers] cyrux75:
Follow the above mentioned link for a complete "recovery+root" procedure ;)
[General Questions and Answers] hillvieira:
I bought my g3 and arrived today.

I want to install the update-G3 20121129-082828

I read the whole topic and I could not understand very well.

can anyone teach me how do I install this update?
[General Questions and Answers] Smadan:
Yep, I have this link, I can do that. But the question is whther the instructions at the link are for CWM?
[General Questions and Answers] cyrux75:
you should upload recovery.img, it includes CWM
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
Thanks for that, found the recovery-from-boot info a few days ago and fixed the failed recovery install along with the upgrade and the ICS spellcheck fix.

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Download this zip file http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49172963/g3/G3-20121129-082828.zip and extract it to a folder there are 4 items inside, update.zip, a pdf document, database folder and AAAB3 folder copy the update.zip file over to your phone and place in the root of your sdcard. On your phone in the app drawer look for Update System app click on it and it will find update and ask if you want to install click yes and you will have the latest update.

Good idea to do a back up first, you will have to root phone first to do the backup if you have not already.

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If I remember this is a Chinese version of cwm although I have had that many files I could be wrong, my mind playing tricks. So I will link to the files i used which is an english version of cwm and all the files you will need to root. I have used that method described in the link and others but this is the easier way.

Install pdanet on pc and connect phone in debugging mode when it ask's, selecting "other" and it will install phone drivers.

Root phone using Bin4ry script.

Install mobileuncle MTK tools from market.

turn off debugging mode connect phone to pc and copy file recovery_cmw5.5.0.4_ENG.img to root of sdcard and leave it there.

start mobileuncle select update recovery and it should show you recovery_cmw5.5.0.4_ENG.img along with other recovery versions, select recovery_cmw5.5.0.4_ENG.img and then yes and boot to recovery, once in recovery do a backup and copy to pc.

Then if you want you can install the official update but you will have to re root but that's no big problem then rename file boot-from-recovery.p. system\boot-from-recovery.p to system\boot-from-recovery.p.bak if you want the cwm install to be permanent.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xrb8c0pd0d9xhag/utQJgR3ErX
[General Questions and Answers] hillvieira:
thank u

I managed to update the firmware.

My phone is with android 4.0.4

how do I update the android? I want to put the android 4.1 above

is there any other update that I need to do?
[General Questions and Answers] RomeoOscarBravo:
It must be sand although I thought I was very careful. Went to beaches in Weymouth and Lyme Regis. Jurassic Coast so mostly pebble beaches but lots of sand too. Very strong winds whipping sand up, so some must have got on the screen when taking the phone out to take pictures of my two boys running down the beaches and jumping in the waves. Oh well the damage is done, I would recommend all Jiayu G3 users to avoid taking your phones to the beach!:laugh:

Good information here on GG. moh scale and SAND! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1866049

On the plus side the pictures taken have come out really nicely. The conditions were bright and sunny but the clarity of image is really quite impressive. Better than the reviews would suggest.

Thanks for the informative post Chrissy, I had no idea sand could be so damaging to gorilla glass.
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Haha, that's awesome! Do you live near there? Had no idea there are G3 users so close to home :) I went for a lovely walk from Beer to Seaton the other day, so easy to forget how interesting things are when you live right next to them. I've noticed the front camera takes exceptionally good pictures, better than the rear 5MP camera on my old v970 in decent lighting :)
[General Questions and Answers] shinhwa:
Sorry to go offtopic (I didn't think I would get much of a response if I started a new thread) - are people using a screen protector and/or case with their G3? There's limited options with both. And I'm not really a fan of silicon or leather cases...
[General Questions and Answers] adit9989:
Using this one: http://www.dhgate.com/brown-k-cool-...pouch/p-ff8080813ada6dc8013afd0df06e7bbf.html (bought it on eBay it was about $12 including shipping, but the link is not active on eBay anymore so you need to find a source - or buy a full lot :)

Real leather, you can charge the phone with cover on (cut for USB ) and you can see the notification LED with cover on (the phone is about 5 mm longer).

Screen protector - never used (and never will) hate any foil or plastic covering a glass screen.
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
GOOD NEWS

After 3 days of solidly bashing my head against a wall, we have a working GThrill port! :D

So Wifi & Bluetooth work, GPS should do too :)

Will tidy it up and upload it sometime later today.

Thinking of making a new thread for the G3N with a full tutorial on how to get root, CWM install my ROM etc. Any thoughts?
[General Questions and Answers] Adarkar:
Well done! thanks! Is it for the JiaYu G3N?

Thanks for your effort and time!

I like the idea of a new thread (or sub-thread?) specific for the G3N, so we have not to worry about GPS/WIFI/BT/FM not working :laugh:

Is this GThrill rom based on "official" beta 4.1 from Jiayu?

Will you post new ROM and root - CWM here, for now?

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The Jiayu "stock" silicon case is (surprisingly!) good enough.

Also the "stock" screen protector works very well, touch feels even better than bare Gorilla glass. :good:

by the way: even gorilla glass (or AGC Dragontrail) need some added scratch protection ;)
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
So you mean to say it's a 100% port for the G3N? (if it is, it's supposed to work with TWRP!)

Now, what we need is a custom Kernel that supports OC / UV..and of course, the best would be a complete CM 10 port! But these are just wishful thinking.. ;)

As for new thread, I think it's a good idea, as ROMs for G3 don't work with G3N..
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
NEW G3N thread and Jelly Bean ROM

Here it is, what you've all been waiting for :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39972149

Its a 100% port, no reason why it wouldn't work :)
[General Questions and Answers] RomeoOscarBravo:
No, I currently live in Solihull. We were on an Easter holiday to the South Coast. Although I know the area quite well as my Father is from Plymouth and my Gran used to live in Tavistock. We also have family in Charmouth & Teignmouth. Nice part of the world, I really appreciate the coastline whilst living in the landlocked West Midlands and it only takes 2h.25m to get to Lyme from home.

There are G3 users everywhere, great phone for the money it deserves a good following.

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Very nice. thanks for your hard work. I'm sure I will try it shortly. CM9 was superb on my old ZTE Blade, so this should be good too