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[General Questions and Answers] kinggdawg:
Hey dude do i have to be rooted for this? and is that 4.2 or 4.1.2?
[General Questions and Answers] shinhwa:
Thanks for that! I didn't realise it was a similar size to the S3. When I get my phone I might go hunting in a few shops for a decent case.

Thanks! I've got a few iPad screen protectors lying around... I'll probably cut one up. I'm paranoid about scratches, lol.

+1 to a full tute in a shiny new thread! I know droid0 posted a clear tute in the first few pages of this thread and there are a few around on other sites, but they're scattered everywhere and it's hard for a new G3/N owner to scour through 60 pages of this thread looking for proper instructions.
[General Questions and Answers] crooner69:
one line dead

I have also a line dead and also not working screen inactivity ...for some moments all works fine....i tried different roms but it stays the same...do you have find a solution for that?somebody told me that it is a software problem and not a default digitizer...maybe a downgrade to stock 4.0.4 is the solution?
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
Do you have a G3 or a G3N? What ROM are you using? Is the glass damaged at all? Is there any chance of water damage? Where is the line?

Just a thought, try taking a screenshot with an app like screenshot from the play store (That is what is called, terrible name I know!)

Do you have a recovery like clockworkmod? If so, do a backup and try a full reset. If you have an old backup from before the problem, try restoring that. If you restore an old backup and the problem persists, then it is definitely a hardware problem.

Sounds like software to me, but very odd!
[General Questions and Answers] RomeoOscarBravo:
Does anyone have any experience on how to disassemble the Jiayu G3?

I am looking to replace my screen and digitiser. I have taken out the 5 screws inside the casing (including the tamper hidden screw) However there does not seem to be an obvious way to open it. Is there a trick to it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] atfos:
Battery question.

Hello, got my Jiayu G3 a few days ago, and it is more than I expected in every sense. My only concern is the battery life, it can get me through the day but that is it. I am not using GPS, playing games or watching movies... I am using internet for an hour, and of course playing with it like a child with a new toy. To be honest, it doesn't bother me to recharge it every night but I am wondering if there is something I could do to make it last at least two days. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Acidwire:
-dim the screen to around 30% or the lowest back lighting you can see comfortably with and turn off auto brightness

-set refresh rate in every app that updates (email, facebook, news, widgets etc) to once a day or once every few hours so its not polling every 15 mins

-keep wifi on if youre connected to and in good range of a router, turn it off when out of range - tasker can do this automatically for you

-turn off data when youre in a wifi spot, auto on/off data widgets are good for managing this

-turn off location services and gps tracking when not in use (tasker again can do this)

-use the auto on/off set times so the phone sleeps when you do

-dont sync over data (obviously lol)

-turn off haptic feedback in the settings under input&language

-try not to download add supported or ad heavy free apps; they refresh often, drain battery and use more space than an advert free version

-you could underclock the cpu but only if you know what youre doing and dont mind more lagg

its only a basic list as im not a huge expert on android yet but i get around 2-3 days use from my g3 and around 12-15 hours heavy productive use from it, 4-5 if im playing an intense game like gta though constantly
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
The reason I bought a G3 is because my ZTE v970 met a sticky end when I tried to replace the digitizer. There's a guy on Needrom who's been asking about it and not found anyone who can help. My general advice would be make sure absolutely every screw you can see is out (check for covered ones), then use a thin, strong blunt object to pry open a side of the panel. It will click then the clasps come undone. Work your way around and then carefully remove the panel, disconnecting any cables. Be extremely careful with the sockets especially. If your reason for disassembly is scratches, there are methods for getting rid of them. Only replace a cracked digitizer, otherwise it's not worth the risk.
[General Questions and Answers] hetzreich:
Hello, today I got a new Jiayu 3GN and I flashed the new "GThriil 3GN" rom.

Everything seems to work ok except for the GPS. The GPS also didn't work for me with the stock ICS that came with the phone.

With the "GThriil 3GN" rom when I went outside with "gps test" it took me like 4 minutes just to see 5 "in view" satellites but got no fix. does anyone know how to fix the GPS ? or did I get a defective phone maybe?

Also I have no "Google Talk", does anyone know how do I get it? (It can't be found in Play store).
[General Questions and Answers] crooner69:
Thank u for all your ideas. ... its now working perfect for 3 days without any complaints and with the same rom i had also problems ....attached the info about rom... battery life with normal to heavy use (video capture, wifi on , calls, skype etc) is 2 full days!!! I am now sure that it is software, the odd thing is that it was present in different roms... I buy it with custom jb and i didnt want to downscale to ics stock...
[General Questions and Answers] Chrissyboy101:
I've replied to your post on Needrom
[General Questions and Answers] winderor:
WAZE

i had Gthrill 3.0 install and my GPS was not functioning after installing LeWa_Jiayu_G3_JB_ROM_13.04.02_JDStar.pl-multilanguage.zip it came to life. but i have a problem with waze, that, for some reason gets the gps location only after i open another gps app (gps test)..... strage.....

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i see that in the safe center app in the permission block waze is not in the location list.

does anyone know how do i add it to the list?
[General Questions and Answers] RomeoOscarBravo:
Lolfisch v1.0 - Great ROM for G3N users!

Big thanks to ChrissyBoy101 for the G3N Lolfisch ROM. ( I can't post in the development thread yet as below 10 posts, so I'm posting here!)

Installed v1.0 today, first install went well but I couldn't get Handcent SMS to work, tried uninstalling, reinstalling & wiping data. No dice. So I ended up wiping the handset, Dalvik, factory default reset. Even after a fresh ROM install it refused to run Handcent, (opens the closes instantly) I've now chosen to install GO SMS instead, feels somewhat foreign to me as I've used Handcent for the last 5 years. The only other issue with the first install was with an Exchange email message popping up constantly, 'failed to connect to exchange server' or something similar. This was resolved by running Titanium Backup and wiping the email data and then setting up the email account afresh, no biggie.

The ROM is fantastic, big fan of CyanogenMod to start with so it was always going to be a win. Everything works and is smooth (although I haven't gone outside to try GPS yet)

Nice one CB with the JB! :D

10 out of 10. ;)

EDIT, I can confirm Handcent is now working with Lolfisch v1.1. Excellent!
[General Questions and Answers] Steeplechase:
I updated my G3 for 4.1.2 by the method in #66, now my G3 don't have WIFI and BT...
[General Questions and Answers] gommers1978:
Then you don't have a G3N but a 1st edition G3...

Flash a ROM made for the G3 and not G3N.
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Ok, I've been watching over this thread for a long time - and waiting and hoping for the official beta JB rom to go gold. Now with the 2.gen G3, the G4 release coming up etc - I guess it is fairly realistic to say that an official non-beta for the 1st gen G3 is not gonna arrive any moment. So -

for those of you who have tested out several/many of the roms available - wich rom would you really recommend for my 1st gen G3? I've been lucky enough to have had no bugs or issues what so ever with my rooted G3 - neither with wifi/bluetooth/gps/screen/3g-data, reception & data, battery time a good 2 days with average use (except for graphic heavy flash games, those will drain a car battery) I've had 2 crashes in 5 months. I'm really only looking to take advantage of the project butter and other optimizations, and resizable widgets - maybe a functional wifi-direct. I only need English system language (and norwegian keyb, those are in the stock rom) - and I'm well content with the stock launcher...

So basicly a simple, fully functionable stock'ish JB rom - although I guess there must be a good reason why there are so many other ROMs available.
[General Questions and Answers] Steeplechase:
I'll do it. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] adit9989:
My thoughts exactly. I suspect that the "beta" is the last ROM we are going to see (officially). But, I installed it after it was released and did not have any problem with it so don't really care. I did not try other ROM-s I always read about small quirks, and I prefer the standard Android UI anyway.I use the translated Lewa recovery available on this forum. Grab the modified file which can be installed via recovery (both Lewa or CWM) from here: http://chinamobiles.org/showthread.php?32581-Jiayu-G3-Rooten-Recovery-Tools-amp-ROMs
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Thanks, think I'll have a go at it. Has there only been one single release of the official beta (except for the G3S rom ofc.) ? If not, where do I get the latest beta? The official Jiayu forum is as comprehensive for a non-native, as chinese tattoos. And Google Translate is not quite up to the task when handling any non-latin letters.
[General Questions and Answers] adit9989:
Check the link (use Google translate) they provide a link( look for Offizielles Jiayu-ROM (pre-release, modifiziert) / 16.01.2013 / 4.1.2). It is the official beta the only change is that the package can be loaded via recovery. If you really want t use Jiayu original , you will need to use the "wire" (or brush) tools (the other method using MTK Tools) which is harder. I did not try but I read before that the version from Jiayu require this. The one from link is "repackaged" but the firmware itself is the same.

Jiayu used to provide both packages for MTKTools and for recovery but this was a beta so they did not. I'm happy that they manged even this, and like I said works well, did not have any problem with it. More new phone models they release less time to spend on G3 there is.G3N is out, G4 will be very soon, and also in a few days they announce will show prototypes of G5, G6,S1 and S2. Each with it's own firmware.
[General Questions and Answers] harisled:
Then as customers we should not buy another phone from them and anyone that uses same tactics as them :mad:

We are left with a non-finished beta rom and never got one official update, not even one!

Why would anyone buy a G4, G5 etc in the future?

And in addition we should prevent our friends from doing the same mistake!
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
or they should just release all sources and let the community take care of the rest..that way they'll even have more sales specially those from the modding community..
[General Questions and Answers] mengfei:
there are a lot of custom ROMs out there based on the released JB Beta

http://www.needrom.com/?s=G3&scat=0

& many more here, latest Lewa for G3 is also here

http://www.romzj.com/
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Thank you :) I am aware of these roms, I was aking for experiences :)
[General Questions and Answers] shinhwa:
Okay, so I finally received my G3N yesterday. I rooted using bin4ry, then followed the instructions on the modaco root/perm recovery thread. I've completed up to the temporary install of cwm (what is the difference between temporary/permanent btw? when I reboot, pressing vol + gets me into cwm - is this not permanent?)

I hit a wall at the official update install though. I downloaded the update.zip from the dropbox provided, and put it on /sdcard/. It failed to update though - giving me the status 7 error. Is it because the update is for G3 and I've got a G3N? How do I go about overcoming this error and updating? Because this failed, I couldn't go on to do the permanent cwm install.

I naively thought everything was fine, so I went on to install Lolfisch in cwm after a factory reset and wipe of cache & Dalvik cache. I rebooted, and then got bootlooped. This *is* related to the previous events, right?

Please help! I would love to get onto 4.1.2.

Also unrelated but - is charging really slow for people? It's been 4 hours since I plugged it in and it's only charged 40%. It's even slower when I plug it in to my computer :S I'm using my HTC cable & wall charger.
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
I will depend a little on wich charger you use - the bundled one isn't exactly a powerplant - and the battery IS 2750mAh. That's a /big/ battery - and will thus take some time to charge. Check how many milliamps your charger can deliver, a stronger one might shorten the time a bit - although I'm not sure how much the G3/G3S can actually pull. Someone else here might be able to enlighten us on that point.
[General Questions and Answers] mengfei:
I haven't used the supplied charger since day 1

i used my HTC HD2 charger which is, i guess, 1A or more rating & it full charges my G3 in between 3~4 hours.

Once i tried those Nokia cables being sold in the sidewalks & it won't even full charge the phone even overnight & the charger became hot, i decided to cut the wire & there it was the wire has a resistance of 5~10 ohms which should have been 0 ohms or no resistance at all.
[General Questions and Answers] nrpetonr:
i have problem in various roms (at the moment lolfisch 1.1) with music apps. none of them sees my music files. anyone with same experience, possibly solution?
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Checked that SDcard (if media storage) is set as default? And, you could try to clear cache + reboot.

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Some low-grade wires tend to have too low wire qauge. Too thin wires will get too hot. Hotter the wire, higher the resistance in it. I'd try to stick with high quality wires, preferrably those bundled with 1/2A chargers (Brand names doesn't always mean quality components). Although, those bundled with the Galaxy S3 have a reputation for being dodgy.

I bought some 300cm wires for a few $ of DX.com - been working a charm since day one.
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Ok - so I tried going to that thread, but it got too confusing and disorganized through translation. I did however, manage to get the Lewa recovery from it. Flashed it with mobileuncle tools - had to open root explorer and rename /sdcard/system/boot-from-recovery.p to boot-from-recovery.p.bak before reboot. Mobileuncle tools oly caches the recovery, so unless the above was done, the revocery would be gone after a second reboot.

I couldn't figure out the rom, so I ended up with "Yage G3 V3-RS", supposedly a followup to the V3.18 version. Alas, I got stuck hanging in boot, but luckily I already had the lewa recovery permanent. Tried to recover the full backup I made through Lewa recovery, but it was till hanging at boot. Ended up with Gthrill V3.0 - a port of CM10. So long it seems nice, clean and stable. Was able to recover all apps but "accounts" with Titanium Backup Pro.

If we're lucky, we'll see a final JB firmware for G3/G3S once the G4 sees decent sales.
[General Questions and Answers] RomeoOscarBravo:
You have a G3N Jiayu G3, the official JellyBean Beta 4.1.2 will not work on your handset. I managed to get around the status 7 errors and got the official ROM onto my G3N but WIFI would not activate.

Try the Lolfisch 1.1 or ERvirus ROM, they are both JellyBean 4.1.2 and both are highly recommended.

Also download 'MobileUncle' from the Play Store, this makes going into recovery easy. I'm using Recovery cwm5.5.0.4_ENG.
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
I've had that issue as well when I flashed lolfisch v1..seems weird as I believe I'm the only one with that issue..installed Rescan Media Root app off the Play store and everything works great!
[General Questions and Answers] CroTeo:
hey guys can anyobody plz post download link for etotalk mod ROM?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Would this work for any rom, or if going with another rom - should I do this manually? I tried running the zip in recovery, but no result. After fixing the issue with the clock crashing, I'm very, very happy with Gthrill V3 (CM10 based mod @ http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2163707 ), but It still has this problem with recognizing numbers with prefixes (my national numbers are ony 8 digits without prefix). Would love to have a friendly bump on the matter If you would be so kind - but before long, I guess I'll have to teach me how to do this stuff :)

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I think I figured it out - the instructions I was looking at was way mor complicated than neccessary.

BUT! Where your code says:

.local v7, minMatchLen:I
const/4 v7, 0xb

.local v0, minMatchLen:I
const/4 v0, 0xb

- mine says:

.local v7, minMatchLen:I
const/16 v7, 0xb

.local v0, minMatchLen:I
const/16 v0, 0xb

"const/16", versus your "const/4".

Is this relevant? And what does these even mean? I changed the 0xb points to 0x7 - we'll see how it works in the morning when someone else with a phone is around...

EDIT: Got stuck at bootloop when compiling with your values. Const/ "X" v0, can't be set lower than 0x"Y" (hex).
[General Questions and Answers] crooner69:
screen touch problem

Hi to everybody ! ..i am facing a screen poblem (see screenshot) and it is in all roms i tried...sometimes it dissappears and everything works fine , but ussually i have this problem. Also when i have this problem the autosleep of screen after inactivity is also not working.... can it be fixed?
[General Questions and Answers] shinhwa:
That does make sense! My HTC battery was nearly 1/3 the size. Battery life seems to last a good two days, I guess I'll just leave it to charge overnight.

Thanks! I finally got Lolfisch to work, turns out it had nothing to do with my cwm. You can't go from stock to 1.1, you have to install 1.0.1 first and then flash 1.1 over that.

That's how I installed my recovery - I guess it's permanent then.
[General Questions and Answers] Acidwire:
im using evirus's jb 4.1.2 rom http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-6/ its the only jb rom ive gotten to work perfectly

(others have this silly launcher and widget issues - they forget which ive set as default constantly even after clearing defaults etc and also on reboot my widgets completely dissappear so its like setting my home screens up from new every day) andyway everything works perfect on it but lookout keeps popping up when i do a scan saying that "contacts" is spyware/malware but avast and antivirus dont flag anything

lookout says the following:

classification: spy.android.winkie.c

this app contains an add network that may store details and report app details about calls you make to a third party server. it reports the number called, the time the call was made, and how long the call lasted for calls made to specific numbers provided from the server. it also uses your imsi to identify you to the server. the imsi is sent unencrypted over the internet

should i be worried? is this actually malware/spyware or is lookout falsely reporting an innocent app, id prefer to keep this rom if its possible to fix rather than go searching for another that works and then have to reset everything up but obviously if its spyware i wont keep it
[General Questions and Answers] shinhwa:
Anyone notice a delay in the screen turning on after you press the power button? It takes 1-2 seconds for the screen to light up. My old phone was instantaneous. Any way to fix this? Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Mine is pretty snappy turning the screen off, takes about a second to turn on. I think this is normal. Don't know if it can be changed - couldn't see anything relevant in Engineer Mode atleast.
[General Questions and Answers] mikel_13:
Mine also takes about 1 second. I think it shouldn't be hard to fix it.
[General Questions and Answers] boofman:
there seems to be a delay alright, but it's less than a sec..doesn't bother me though..
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
This one right? Me too. Any way to eliminate this?
[General Questions and Answers] nrpetonr:
try to replace with contacts app from different jb4.1.2 rom, there are couple of them
[General Questions and Answers] Acidwire:
yeah thats it, evirus said its the first hes heard of it and it must be a false positive as he used the apk from the jelly bean 4.1.2 beta
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
Checked the contact apk No outgoing or incoming data sent. Any one can ensure this?
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Everything 3rd party here is at your own risk. But if you still don't trust that this is a false positive, you can always replace the contacts.apk manually as suggested.
[General Questions and Answers] Wrakor:
GThrill

Hi, can anyone tell me if is there any way to remove those pop up notifications when you receive a message? (I can't post in the development section yet :S)
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
Go to Settings > Superuser - there is a section for the pop-ups. Just disable it there, only the popups themselves will disappear ;)

Remember to click the thanks button if it helps :)
[General Questions and Answers] Wrakor:
Ok, thanks! :)
[General Questions and Answers] Wrakor:
Wait, that's for Superuser notifications... I mean that pop-up window with the sms preview...
[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
I seem to remember that being there too, or "in the general area". i am on GThrill v3 now, so can't confirm this.
[General Questions and Answers] Mr. Premise:
Root & custom ROMs for Jiayu G3S?

Now Jiayu G3S is sorta available, has anyone rooted it? It's a different processor, so I expect existing G3 ROMs won't work - are there custom G3S ROMs available or anyone working on them?

Sorry for being slightly off-topic, this is the most relevant thread I can post in given my noob-status on xda ;)
[General Questions and Answers] Acidwire:
Sorry to ignore your question as I don't know if there are any but where did you buy your g3s online? Is it the quad core one? Is the battery the same mah? I really want one lol
[General Questions and Answers] Mr. Premise:
I believe it's the same battery, a 2750 mAh one.

Yes, it's a quad-core, I think the dual-core is not in production anymore.

The black version is for sale at jiayumobileshop dot com (I'm NOT selling anything myself or affiliated with this shop), they say they have already shipped some and will be restocked on May 25th. I'm waiting to buy as I hope the white version will be available then.
[General Questions and Answers] EveryoneIsALiarOnline:
if you want the silver version I got mine from china-easy-buy. Com for 189$. In stock now and comes pre rooted on 4.1.2

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[General Questions and Answers] pr0xZen:
This method might work, it has been confirmed for quite alot of MT6589 sets.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2247537

But no guarantees - I have the "standard" edition (nott the S501), already rooted, so cannot confirm.

You might want to check out the official Jiayu forum. It's in Chinese, so you might want to use google translate or something similar.

http://bbs.ejiayu.com/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=33&page=1&filter=typeid&typeid=35
[General Questions and Answers] JonR1230:
Will there ever be an official JB update from Jaiyu?
[General Questions and Answers] EveryoneIsALiarOnline:
I don't think so, Jiayu have stopped production of the Jiayu G3. you can only buy the g4 and the g3s which have different chips