yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Yeah, the firmware provided on the link work. Just download it. Inside will be a folder called G3-20121129-082828╧▀╦ó░ⁿ. And inside that folder will be a few files including update.zip.

The reason why I couldn't do it the 1st time is because I extracted update.zip from the G3-20121129-082828╧▀╦ó░ⁿ folder. I was wrong.

You have to extract the whole G3-20121129-082828.zip 1st then when u open the extracted folder, u will find the folder called G3-20121129-082828╧▀╦ó░ⁿ again but this time when u open it, update.zip will be replaced with a folder called 20121129-082828 and in this folder there is the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc file that u need to use in spflash tool.

Also to get spflash tool to recognize all this, u have to rename all the files that has weird symbols in it to something different because those weird symbols r actually chinese characters and spflash tool cannot read chinese so it wont work.

Follow all the instruction in the tutorial provided in this thread and u'll be fine. All the best! If ur stuck somewhere, tell me where ur stuck n i'll try n help.
[General Questions and Answers] cha_indian:
Hello guys....I have got my jiayu g3 rooted with bin4 method and then i tried to install recovery. I downloaded CWM 5.5.0.4 but I got to see recovery menu for the first time only. Later when i tried to see the recovery, i got an android robot icon with ! symbol. After this, i tried to install Lewa touch recovery but this also failed.....this time when i try to get into recovery, i can see nothing! It shows a blank screen.....and when i press the power button, the phone boots normally.

I am using Mobile uncle tools installed from market for installing recovery....???? please help...
[General Questions and Answers] PirateBay:
Tried the steps and guess it worked :)

Only problem is my phone is not booting after placing battery. Any suggestion ;)
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Well i'm not quite sure but it sounds like a corrupted ROM. I use Free Download Manager to download my files. This way i'm 100% certain the files are not corrupted. Try to redownload the ROM while making sure that it is not corrupted n then reflash and see what happens.

I heard about this problem. It seems that mobileuncletool just installed recovery in ur cache n thats y u can only boot it up 1st time n after that u boot back into original recovery (which is the robot icon with ! symbol)

I never ran into this problem so I can't really help u but u can try and follow this tutorial. Same thing happened to him n he can explain it better.

http://www.modaco.com/topic/359590-jiayu-g3-rooted-permanent-recovery-ics-spell-check-fixed/

Hope this works out 4 u. =]
[General Questions and Answers] andref:
3G issue

Hi all

Had my G3 for a about a week now and it's a great phone. Battery life gets better after a few charges, but certainly not lasting 4 days, however good enough for me. Running the latest stock ROM at the moment and have only one issue. I am finding when 3G in enabled the SIM card seems to be "rebooted" every now and then. Investigations so far.

Only happens when 3G is enabled. If I disable 3G and just use 2G it works fine (Just obviously slow).

Seems to only happen during a switch between cell towers. If signal indicator shows an "H" and I leave phone in one location it is fine. If I move (drive around) it happens, but not with every switch.

Does not seem to matter which SIM slot I use. I started with the W slot as expected and test in the G slot too. Interesting is that I get HSPA in both slots which I thought was not possible??

Symptoms are as follows: Phone will be fine showing an "H". Then suddenly the signal indicator will go grey, like all signal has been lost. This last a second or two, then airplane icon appears (like it goes into Flight Mode) for a second or two and then the PIN number for the SIm is requested (I have SIM PIN security enabled - I guess I could disable this to allow the card to initialise automatically, but not ideal)

I have rooted and installed CWM so will try a few other ROMs to see if this is ROM related, but I suspect it might be something to do with the way 3G radios work here in South Africa. Also going to try a SIM from another operator.

If anyone else has similar issues, please post up.

Otherwise and excellent phone and great value for money.
[General Questions and Answers] arkas5:
I had the same issue with another phone. It was rebooting exactly like yours (I suspect due to software issues). It recovered as soon as I performed a factory reset and ever since it works fine. I tried to minimisize applications used (I only download what is absolutely necessary) and it has never appeared again. I guess it was a cracked program that I shared with 3 friends and all of as experienced in different phones the same rebooting issue, at various times within a day. I hope this helps...
[General Questions and Answers] arkas5:
Greek language

Does anyone know if we can install a rom with greek language? I know that etotalk mod rom is offering this choice but i do not know if it is distributable...
[General Questions and Answers] shotfac:
Not enough memory and CWM recovery not available anymore

Hi Jiayuers,

My phone arrived yesterday with this ROM G3 20121129-082828

I rooted the phone described on page 7, put cwm recovery on it with mobileuncle written on the same page on this forum.

I made an backup with cwm and installed also the Jelly Beans.

Cause i had no dutch language i decided to go back to 4.0.4 by restoring from cwm recovery the backup i made before installing jelly.

Then i installed some apps but i don't know why, after a while i installed SPB and Navigon. I didn't like SPB so i deinstalled. Navigon also was not good working so i deinstelled. When trying to reinstall Navigon i get the message Not Enough Memory ...?

The phone is as empty it can be, the hardware and memory is nearly any problem. I have nothing else installed except for the deafult apps that are running and a Youtube app ??

Other apps do still install but if i try to run Navigon or SPB again i get this message ??

When i then try to get back to cwm recovery i see the android robot lying on is back with an exclamation mark out of is belly --> dead and no clockworkmod rcovery anymore.

Does have anybody any ideas about this problem ???

How to solve it ? Should i install a stock rom again with Flashtools ?? Which files should i use then ?

Should i only flash with flashtools the recovery.img (The Englisch version), i assume the name should be recovery.img when flashing this file with Flashtoos.

Or should i go to factory defaults and start over again ???

Any ideas .....
[General Questions and Answers] adit9989:
Did you try this (or an equivalent one) and does not work ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bruce.setlocale&hl=en
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
For your android problem read the part that says permanent cwm install which is down after the heading HOW TO EVERTHING.

http://www.modaco.com/topic/359590-jiayu-g3-rooted-permanent-recovery-ics-spell-check-fixed/

For the app install problem i would look for folders they have left behind and delete them and try again with the install.
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
Not sure if your provider splits its data over the 900 and 2100 bands. Normally the up and down data gets sent on one band but your provider might be like t-mobile in the USA where up data is sent on 1700 and down data on 2100 so unless your phone handles both you don't get 3g.Jiayu only supports 2100 and South Africa has 900/2100. You will have to ask your provider if they split data over both and if they do move to a company that just uses 2100.
[General Questions and Answers] andref:
Ok, quick update. I have been running a JB ROM off NeedRom for the last few days and the 3G issue is not present. The ROM would appear to be a port from the UMI X1 (01/01/2013) and is very good aside from a rather serious charging bug. The phone essentially "hangs" while charging requiring a battery pull. It actually does not "hang", but some functions seem to stop such as the power button long press. Also, battery still shows being charged (little lightening bolt) when charger is removed. Hoping for a fix soon as otherwise ROM is good.
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Yeah. I'm checking for Jiayu G3 ROM update everyday at the official Jiayu Chinese Forum because the next update they're dishing out would be Jelly Bean and I don't wanna miss that xD
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
Hi, my camera on my G3 is horrible with moving objects. If I take a picture of someone, they need to stay totally still otherwise people appears moved. Does anyone has this problem or knows how to fix it?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] astukov:
SIM reboot

Hi,

I have the same problem with stock ROM, I haven't flash a cooked one yet. I have been told that this issue is related with power saving technology. Supposedly, when entering in power save mode, sometimes it reduces clock speed below 250Mhz, with makes the sim controller to reboot. As I said, this is what I have been told, but it makes little sense if you say that switching to 2G mode resolves the problem. I have removed pin number from my SIM and set an unlock patter to my phone, but yes, this is no ideal.

Apart from this, I get the same speed for either W or G sim slots, this a 2G speed.

I'll try a cooked rom as long as notification light is supported by any of these.

If you manage to resolve the problem, please post it here, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] ubelai:
Probably the best jb Rom I've tried to date. Had it on for a few days now, and this charging problem is getting to me!

Setting alarms and such only to wake up to a frozen phone which is always around 88-91% all the time, I really hope a fix comes along soon!
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Yeah, I have that problem too. I have no idea how to fix it. I have to shoot a picture a few times just to get it right. Even on flash it might get blur. The best workaround i found so far which still sucks is to use timer so that instead of shaking the phone when i press the shutter button, I can press the shutter button n have the timer countdown while I steady the phone.. :(
[General Questions and Answers] mnosyke:
try lema rom

i installed a lewa rom and all was well in my jiayu except that you cannot call your voicemail by pressing dialpad 1. secondly, i didnt like the white interface of the system so i decided to try and go back to my stock rom (which i forgot to back up) i found what i though was stock rom but after installing it through that cmw program, i would get reloads of the jiayu logo but nothing else would happen, i was so scared and remembered that i had the lewa rom in my sd card so i recovered with that lewa rom and it gave me back the lewa system-THANK GOD. you might want to try it since your case sounds like mine. also i really want to ask for a big favor

1- do you have the STOCK ROM FOR JIAYU G3- I LOVE IT AND WANT TO REINSTALL IT

2- IF YOU DO, PLEASE HOW DO I SUCCESSFULLY INSTALL IT IF I CURRENTLY HAVE LEWA, AND ALSO IF I HAVE MESSED WITH THAT CMW ROM MANAGER BEFORE.

PLEASE ANY ONE HELP
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
Jiayu G3 picture quality on moving objects

Hi, that's a good point. I'll try that for the time being until I find a solution.

Something annoying is that when I press the shutter, a still picture appears on the screen for a very short time (< 0.5s) which seems much better than the picture that is stored on memory. Did you notice the same? The chances of a good picture appears on the screen much often than once stored on memory.

Your work around will not work for me because I am trying to take pictures of my 11 month daughter which does not stop moving for a second :) and now, try to explain to her that she should stay still for 2 secs while I take a picture :P impossible!

What about outdoor on a sunny and bright day? Did you try? No sunny days in UK since I bought my G3 in UK :-[
[General Questions and Answers] ubelai:
New Rom that got added about 30 mind ago.

Will try it out and post how it is!

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-5/
[General Questions and Answers] shotfac:
Hi, thanks for your answer and the link has helped me !!! Now i have permanent recovery !

Still running on the 4.0.4 version van 20121129-082828

I heard about new version JB which is out on the market but with some bugs like led is not working anymore and something about the rom is made for the G2 version.

Then there is also a lewa version custom rom like this one CustRom592zn_g3_4.1lewa.

My question is, is there also a stripped version where all hardware is good functioning and not using to much battery cause i have a 2750mAH battery, however this powerfull battery i have to charge every day and not doing too much weird stuff with the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Ok, dude chill. No need for caps rage here. This is the link for the latest stock ROM by Jiayu.

http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=114979&uk=839171988

Please go through this thread or click on my profile and see my past comments because I have explained before how to flash this ROM using Spflash and why I had problems and how to overcome them.

Lol! Yeah, that may be kind of hard. So far no issues in daylight. Even if there is u can change the mode to sports mode where it takes high shutter speed pics with no problems. But only on sunny days! Indoors the sports mode is useless..

Seems interesting yeah but it's still buggy because this is still a ported version of UMI X1 phone. I won't try anymore flashing till official Jelly Bean ROM by Jiayu comes out.

About the battery, with the latest Stock ROM by Jiayu ( http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=114979&uk=839171988 ) , my phone's battery lasts more than 2 days with normal usage (some calls, some message and whatsapp, very little internet browsing) and at least 2 days or around 40 hours on heavy usage (using gps navigation, constant whapsapp messaging, some phone calls, taking pictures and hours of internet browsing.)

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Guys! Like all Android phones, even the Jiayu G3 has some lag right? Try out this Seeder 1.1 for Android! It totally removes all lag from the phone!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1987032&page=1
[General Questions and Answers] ubelai:
Been using the Rom since its release and everything has been working how I needed it to. Battery save is working better than any previous Rom I've used, without sacrificing fluidity in jellybean, maybe even making it smoother.

No reboot problems or anything, this will definitely be my final Rom until the official!
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
I have the fluidity of jellybean. Just use apex launcher and change the settings to mimic jelly bean. Super smooth!
[General Questions and Answers] ubelai:
Does it clutter over time?

I assume that a 4.0.4 Rom which lacks Project Butter would definitely show different results, but I'll give the Apex Launcher a try regardless. :)
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
Hi, 2 days normal usage... Have you got 3g data enable? Have you got email, WhatsApp all syncronized? What about Skype? Maybe is Skype the one draining mine! Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Nope. Totally smooth. Especially the app drawer. And the best part is that Apex Launcher is fully customizable! =]

I always have 3G data enabled and my phone always show H next to the signal icon. I'm in a Whatsapp group for work so my whatsapp gets incoming messages every few seconds. If I don't check my Whatsapp for an hour i'd have almost 100 messages. I only switch on Wifi when I need to download a huge attachment or apps. I don't use skype but I have email, Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all synchronized all the time. No scheduling. Also I don't use any battery saving apps like Juice Defender. 2 Days normal usage is good enough bro.
[General Questions and Answers] shotfac:
Here the permanent recovery:

http://www.modaco.com/topic/359590-jiayu-g3-rooted-permanent-recovery-ics-spell-check-fixed/

permanent cwm install.

Install es file explorer from the play store run it and go into it's settings, in file settings select show hidden files the press back key scroll to bottom

select root settings then select root explorer (grant super user) and also check mount file system. Now back key and again so we are at /sdcard/

select up from the bar at the top and we should now be at / look for a folder "system" press it so we are now /system/ in here is a file called "boot-from-recovery.p"

long press on it select rename go to end and add.bak so it now looks like boot-from-recovery.p.bak and ok it, and it should say name change successful.

go back into es file explorer settings in the "root settings" and un tick mount file system. then hit home key so your are back at the phone desktop.

run mobileuncle again select 4th option down (recovery update) select that

recovery_cwm5.5.0.4_ENG.img that you put in the sdcard should be the first thing thats listed.

select it and ok and this time cancel boot to recovery just shut mobileuncle down and come back to phone desktop.

shutdown phone then once it has vibrated to indicate it's fully shut down press volume up and power and boot into recovery.

once we are in recovery it's volume up and down to move and power to select.

come down to backup and restore press power.

then press power again as backup is first in the list and already selected.

once backup is complete reboot system should now be selected push power button

and phone will restart. Now we have a backup of the phone with the update on it and also what should be a permanent cwm recovery image. Again copy this to your pc.

to test your cwm is permanent shutdown the phone again and try to get back into recovery which if all has gone well should be no problem, then just select reboot system to restart phone again.
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
It seems my battery or my G3 is cr@p then. Same type of usage than you but I need to charge my G3 every day. By screen is always set at 0% with a special app.

I will try to stop Skype to see if I notice any difference ence. I am running the latest official ROM 20122911.the previous one was draining my battery in standby.
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Hmm. That's weird. My screen is set to about 30%. It does sound like some app is draining ur battery. U can try downloading Better Battery Stats and see which app is taking up ur battery or if u don't want to pay u can just download this one.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

That is a free battery monitor and has been really helpful to me but Better Battery Stats is way more effective.

In the mean time while you test the app and see what the hell is killing ur battery, try switching off auto-rotate. Android OS seems to take up less battery with auto-rotate switched off for some reason. Maybe thats why my battery last longer than urs does.

On a side note, it's actually a good habit to charge ur phone everyday and not to let it run all the way down. It's better for the battery's life in the long run so go ahead and charge every night.

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SEPARATE POST!!

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Woah guys! Latest Jiayu G3 OS on Needrom!

This time it's a LeWa OS based on latest official 4.0.4 Jiayu G3 so there are almost no bugs.

No notification LED problem.

No camera problem.

No charging problem.

Faster.

Smoother.

Looks way more awesome.

For those of you who like the Lewa look u guys can download it here!

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

Enjoy~~
[General Questions and Answers] heartygooner:
Hi all. I second the request for personal reviews of this phone. Looks awesome, but as with most of these types of phones they can be a little hit and miss. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] ubelai:
Hmm, I tried both Roms out again to compare and I'd have to admit the 4.1.2 variant has that tinge of more fluidity, observable with typing, multitasking and others like scrolling and such.

This is both Roms having Seeder 1.1 and Apex launcher installed, but regardless of the two damn Apex launcher is great! :)

Contemplating the new lewa-based Rom out, but I'm unsure as to if I'm that fond of using a white interface again. :p

Edit: Here are some benchmarks I'm getting with my device, pretty stoked with the results :)
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Awesome!! And that benchmark is based on 4.1.2 or 4.0.4 ROM?
[General Questions and Answers] thegamer1907:
u tried this rom?

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-5/

how is the performance compared to.the 592zn rom?
[General Questions and Answers] elben:
My G3 was bought from a friend who lives in China, and at the shop they told him to buy a second battery (they know better ???).

So, he bought it with the charger (see image), all together EUR. 150. I think it worths to buy it.

As for ROM, I have the latest of Lewa, which I think is the best for the moment and wait for their 4.1.
[General Questions and Answers] ubelai:
It's this Rom here :) http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g3-5/

I updated it over the stock Jiayu 4.0.4 (which I had SPFlashed) via mobileuncle recovery, and needless to say this is the best out of every Rom to date. I had the reboot error ONCE while trying to do auto shutdown and wakeup, and the LED notifier doesn't work which I'm not too fussed about (I use my phone heavy and get all sorts of notifications, things were getting pretty colourful on the stock rom :p and I could swear my battery was affected because of this)

But yeah, I will definitely keep using this one until the official!

As above, probably the best and cleanest 4.1.2 I've used to date. No problems faced, near-zero lag on all interfaces (loving how instantaneous keyboard input is!!!) Overall it did me enough justice to make a proper backup of it.
[General Questions and Answers] thegamer1907:
guess ill try it as well. does it have the battery full hang while charging problem?
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
I'm still a bit skeptical on trying out this ROM. I don't know if I really wanna try out this UMI X1 port. Do u have any charging issues? Other people are reporting that their phone charges up to 88-91% n then just freezes.

Can u please list out all the bugs u can find on this ROM? I would like to know what i'm getting into before I flash this ROM. Thanks~
[General Questions and Answers] ubelai:
K

If you wanna play it safe for future reference, use Lewa Backup and do a normal backup of your currently chosen Rom.

The only charging problem I faced was when I did the auto shutdown-wake. Been waking up with 100% battery every morning. Feels good :)

I think that problem resided more so in the Rom before it. I was constantly facing the problem with the previous release, but as for the current one I haven't faced the standard charging issue once which is great!

The only bug I've really encountered is the LED notification and the auto wake/shutdown charging ONCE.

Will keep posted though! :)
[General Questions and Answers] DroidOFr:
LEd notification

the screen not sleep down when charging

when you go to setting-->displaye->scene, the app crash

With the last JB of 06/01/13

Anyone found a solution for headset with remote control?