yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] alex_0992:
If your phone does not have the option to download the internet/mms setting automatically, you can always look into the Google store and find some app to set it up for you... ( hehe :)
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
Wait, r u serious? Both the Jiayu G3 and the Newman n1's battery life is the same? That can't be right. That's 1050mAh extra!! I get 2 days of normal usage on my Jiayu g3, 1 and a half day on very heavy usage. What do u get on ur Newman n1?
[General Questions and Answers] hillvieira:
I think I could do the root.

I see if my g3 did root?
[General Questions and Answers] ngokula:
uboot

can any post the old uboot (lk.bin/lk.img) image/file?

in the new uboot (from JB beta), if you want to boot into recovery (power+volup), it will ask you if you want normal boot or recovery boot, which i find redundant.

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
I got both. G3 definitely better compared with 4.0.4 in mind. With 4.1.2, it's even better.
[General Questions and Answers] Hamacio:
3G issues

Regarding to my earlier post,

did anyone had an issue with getting 3G data connection to work

on JB official Beta1?

I've managed to set up APNs (and 3G) to get it to work on ICS 4.04 official,

but I'm almost sure it did not work on JB.

JB official Beta1 runs really smooth and fast but because of 3G connection issue

I've re-flashed (downgraded) back to ICS... :(
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
Almost every time someone has had a problem with 3G its been with the APN or they have forgotten to turn 3G on.
[General Questions and Answers] ngokula:
anyone?

would really appreciate it. thanks
[General Questions and Answers] gommers1978:
Just dont flash recovery when you flash to 4.1 thats what i did.
[General Questions and Answers] Smallprince:
How to get back to a good recovery after installing JB?

Hi Everybody.

I have installed the 4.1.2 official beta ROM, looks fine - no bugs found so far.

However, I had to add google talk since it is not included in the ROM then had to reinstall google play from an apk.

I have only one problem: this rom ruined my original recovery.

I could reinstall with mobileuncle LeWa's touch recovery for JB from and also CWM 5.504 recovery as well:

when doing the flash from mobileuncle it loads into recovery immediatelly just as it should.

Unfortunately, when I try to boot into recovery from apps like Titanium or ROMToolbox, etc the phone freezes after the logo on boot

with a 'dead droid' on the screen... Even if i pick reboot to recovery (not flashing) from mobileuncle, it is the same problem.

I can load into recovery only from cold-start by power+volume up. Then it offers a menu (agree, annoying) whether I want to load into

normal mode or recovery, then selecting recovery launches LeWa. The same fails for CWM...

Tried the modaco 'way' (topic/359590-jiayu-g3-rooted-permanent-recovery-ics-spell-check-fixed/[/url]) - did not work either.

Also tried to reflash the recovery I used before with SP Tool (as did for ICS) - but now it always fails with SOC CHECK (3013).

Does anyone have a solution for it? I'd like to get rid of this stupid menu and be able to load into recovery anytime...

Thanks for your ideas
[General Questions and Answers] C-o-M:
Did you flash both the recovery and the ICS bootloader? Maybe they are incompatible? But then you might get other problems.
[General Questions and Answers] andref:
So does renaming the boot-from-recovery.p file as described on the Modaco post no longer work? That's a pain. I checked my /system, saw the file and thought it would be straight forward to re-instate CWM. Was waiting for the official release before going to the hassle.

You say, however, that you can boot into LEWA recovery from cold. Is this by flashing it with Mobile Uncle? Anything else required. At least then we have a custom recovery, albeit not CWM.
[General Questions and Answers] Smallprince:
JB is not good enough (yet)

I also encountered the bluetooth problem so went back to ICS. Now it is all fine, also direct boot into recovery :)
[General Questions and Answers] Hamanu11:
I tried playing with apn settings, changing them but it still doesn't work. Even sims from other providers run into the same problem.

When I enable 3g and open a browser (tried several), the page loads while the phone is still on E(dge), but the progress bar freezes as soon as it switches to H.

I even tried placing the sim into the G slot with the same effect. I read somewhere that the slots could sometimes be exchanged by mistake. However, I get the same response from both.

I'm hoping its a firmware issue and will try another rom. Any suggestions which might be the most stable? I'm not all hyped up about it having to be JB, as long as its stable.

Current build 20121129-082828

Baseband MAUI11.amd.w12...2012/7/25

Kernel 3.0.13

One more symptom.. if 3g is on, I am unable to send SMS... I'm guessing that's a sign that there's something wrong with the radio?
[General Questions and Answers] Smallprince:
Yes, it was from mobileuncle: it was very strange, somewhat unpredictable: by flashing from mobileunlce both LeWa and CWM worked.

Then, if you wanted to boot into recovery from the system it ALWAYS failed.

However, from cold start I could boot into LeWa but not into CWM.

I followed the Modaco post, seemed to work - then BANG - same thing. Might have been my recovery partition was corrupt or something.

I decided to go back to the reliable ICS ROM, because of the bluetooth bug, it is all good again.
[General Questions and Answers] cha_indian:
HI Everybody.....Just installed the new official JB 4.1.2 on my jiayu and so far so good...no problems with it. I updated using the update.zip method with CWM and it worked like a charm....having said that, i forgot to remove the SIM cards before beginning the update so now all my contacts saved in SIM cards are gone....Apart from this no other serious problems with the ROM.......Will keep you all posted if i find any other bugs....

Cheers!!
[General Questions and Answers] ngokula:
well i used the via SDCARD method, and there was no option not flash the recovery.

and i wasn't asking for the recovery. I was asking for the UBOOT image.

uboot <> recovery

thanks though
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
Hi, check page 18 on this threat. I explain my painful experience comparing the N1 vs. JY G3 battery life. I got both phones from etotalk (very good service, btw). I told them and explained my comparison between both phones. The answer was G3 has a bigger screen than N1 and that's why needs more power so extra battery size is for extra screen size. I doubt that's correct because I've checked several hours in standby with both phones with the screens off and they still take the same amount % battery. I believe that 1 day battery life on my G3 is particular to my phone as I keep reading that people charges theirs between 1.5 to 2 days normal usage. If I get the time I'll test it again
[General Questions and Answers] cha_indian:
2750 mah battery of Jiayu G3 is a Hoax....they are fooling people by inflating the mah number....These are the kind of tricks that you can always expect from the chinese
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
This might not be an issue but ever since the 4.1.2 update i've noticed a battery drain. Usually after a full day of usage I would have 50-55% remaining. but now I have 20-25% remaining.

Does anybody else notice a battery drain?

I will try to monitor it for the next few days. And yes, I have wiped battery stats..
[General Questions and Answers] andref:
Yep, also notice worse battery life with the beta. I was using the Apkhot 1.6 before and also ended the day with 50% or so. I might try the latest Yabe ROM and see if its better, but this beta is pretty stable so not sure I want to change...
[General Questions and Answers] elben:
Here it is:

uboot_vanzo77_ics2.bin is from original ICS 29.11.2012

lk.bin is from 592zn 21.11.2012
[General Questions and Answers] thierry34:
hi everybody.

i receive my g3 , i root it .... ok

i want to go to ingineer mode but the *#*#3646633#*#* doesn't work !!!

someone know how to enter in this mode ?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] poweronat:
just look in market for "Mobileuncle Tools" - here you can launch engineer mode.

also you can play around with *#59# for some tests (mostly in chinese :(( ) - one nice thing is a lcd-test to check for dead pixels

android test menu: *#*#info#*#*
[General Questions and Answers] thierry34:
thanks i try this
[General Questions and Answers] naymerich:
Yep! it worked fine to me
[General Questions and Answers] surreal64:
good evening

all ok as regards the root, but for cwmod?

Does anyone have ideas or know how to do?

thanks

Sorry for my English
[General Questions and Answers] Henxu:
Any idea of how to Install CWM after being root? doesn't let me to.

Another things is that internal storage = 2.5Gb , thus, no internal storage as such as for example, on a Galaxy S2, do this means you

have to

use a micro sd card¿?

Because sdcard2 seems not to be mounted (or exist).
[General Questions and Answers] conteabba:
works great :) installed ENGLISH CWM recovery and gained root access.

thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] mf01mf01:
This method works well at ETOTALK MOD ROM? This ROM have been root, but don't have cwm.
[General Questions and Answers] poweronat:
this method replaces boot and recovery, so if this etotalk mod rom (dont know it -- link??) is built on an officion jiayu release it should do the trick.

afterwards, if it does not work you can put back your backup without hassle as long as you dont touch preloader
[General Questions and Answers] -ION-:
Stock recovery.img

Can somebody post the stock recovery.img for me? Mine has been corrupted.

It would be highly appreciated!:)
[General Questions and Answers] conteabba:
Any comment about this rom?
[General Questions and Answers] mf01mf01:
Etotalk MOD ROM
[General Questions and Answers] surreal64:
Jiayu G3 ROM MOD

good evening

made the root and cwm with the steps everything is ok

Now for any ROM MOD:laugh:, or improved think you can find?

Thanks for everything

Sorry for my English
[General Questions and Answers] gaizkaxda:
Bin4ry root metod

Hello i root my device with Bin4ry root method. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

Root process was successful but i can't enter recovery with volume up +power. Robot appears but not the recovery menu.

Have you try this? S P Tool method is risky for me and i need some more experiences from users for doing that.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] jman0:
When the robot appears, you have to press a key to enter the recovery menu. I think it's the menu key, but it could also be the home key.
[General Questions and Answers] gaizkaxda:
Thank you jman0 but already press home, menu, all keys but no menu appears. I'm not alone and i think i have stock recover.img corrupted or something else.

Can some one post stock recovery partition and flashing procedure? This morning i update G3 with official ROM with no problems buy if it fails i don't have recover option available.
[General Questions and Answers] muthax:
You will need to flash a recovery, the easiest way is using this application:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpbGV1bmNsZS50b29sYm94Il0.

then you copy to the root of your SD the recovery image you want to install, choose (in the app) the option "Upgrade Recovery" and select the image you copied and it will install it for you.

You can use the recovery.img from any ROM but I suggest using the one inside the LewaOS ROM
[General Questions and Answers] freedado:
How to make a back up of boot.img and recovery.img before modifying anything?

SP Flash Tool gives me en error when I use the files in root.zip. When I upload all files and click download I get a warning:

"Not all images are correctly loaded, which may cause boot up issue! Do you still want to go on downloading anyway?"

When I click yes SP Flash tools standing and nothing happens.

OS is Windows 7 64-bit, drivers are downloaded via PdNet

MT6575 USB Driver are not built because they do not know how to install them correctly. When I click on .exe file nothing happens. If I go from device manager and update does not offer me the option to install.
[General Questions and Answers] kyan31:
Help

Could someone retype the instructions a little clearer as it is hard for me to understand. I'm not sure what files I flash using the tool. I just want CWM and root. Also, how do I backup/restore the boot.img?

The help will be much appreciated :good:
[General Questions and Answers] CLB-NL:
I'm busy with installing ClockWorkMod recovery, but I'm at the last steps and I have tried everything...

All the drivers are installed, the flashtool is installed, everything works fine, but it isn't going 100% perfect...

I'm with the last step when connecting my phone while pushing 'volume+' and the status turns red and 100%...

But it's not going blue / 100% / green statusupdate with 'ok'

Anybody any ideas?

I am rooted (with the bin4ry method) maybe that's it? That I am rooted before installing the CWM? How can I unroot my JiaYu G3?
[General Questions and Answers] ngokula:
thanks thanks!

CWM/nandroid does not include it in the backup, so this completes my backup of ICS.

saver!
[General Questions and Answers] Hamanu11:
Installed JB Beta 1 and 3G is still non-functional, as well as interfering with SMS/calls...

I guess I must have the only Jiayu G3 with broken 3g :(

Is there an install for the radio? That's the last thing I can try, I guess.
[General Questions and Answers] hillvieira:
I like this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuXdOjXQwGo

is aparendo error, installation aborted and the red icon appears ..
[General Questions and Answers] acmilano:
MTK6577 is easy to root,you can visit the Jiayu official forum.:cool:
[General Questions and Answers] C-o-M:
AW: Jiayu G3 Root

?? Reply to the first post?

The 4.1 Beta1 ROM is prerooted. The previous versions are rootable with bin4ry's method.

And by the way: Jiayu's official forum is kind of useless. I cannot even register (at least I get always errors when I try to). And every thread is full of hundreds of useless "me too" posts. If xda would be like this... :eek:
[General Questions and Answers] cerberusxd:
Why is this a beta? Is the one for g2 beta too?
[General Questions and Answers] C-o-M:
Because Jiayu says it is?

G2 Single-Core: 4.1.2 Final (20130109/20130114)

G2 Dual-Core: 4.1.2 Beta1 (20130116)

G3: Beta1 (20130116)

I can add the complete build numbers when I'm back at home.
[General Questions and Answers] cerberusxd:
Didn't know the g2 had a beta as well. I was asking because people made it seem this was a proper release, not a beta. I'll wait until final build
[General Questions and Answers] koolbrader:
The beta is actually pretty stable and I couldn't wait for Jelly Bean so I dove right in. It's nice. But yeah, noticed a battery drain for some reason..
[General Questions and Answers] luznykolo:
I have one line dead on the touchscreen few days after update system. I don't know it is software problem or hardware :confused:

Is downgrade system can repair it.? or have I accept the fact that the display has damaged? :crying:
[General Questions and Answers] thegamer1907:
i also expereince battery drain, but it is not as bad as the ICS official ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] hillvieira:
I managed to install ..

ta battery running out faster ..

I installed the beta version of the 16th
[General Questions and Answers] lgleonetti:
Hi, i got my Jiayu G3 from pandawill about a month ago and with last official ICS the battery with normal usage barely reachs end of the day. I upgraded to 4.1.2 from Lewa and WOW!, my G3 battery last 2 full days even playing heavy Need 4 Speed most wanted and with Data connection and Wifi on all day.

I do have the problem with the connection it's always on EDGE ( The engineer mode shows 800-850-1900-2100 bands active and here in argentina we use 1900 for 3G), since upgrading to 4.1.2 in some places it shows 3G, but the navigation freezes except when it goes from 3G to H, then it fly like an eagle and for a couple of minutes i surf in Warp 10!, I think that my Operator (Claro) it's enabling 2100Mhz 3G and making test that's why in some places i get the 3G.

Also i have to make the updates from Mobile Uncle or CWM 5.5.0.4 because my windows 7 x64 (and x32 in work) hides and unhides the Preloader i can use FLashtool at all.

Apart from those comments i love my Jiayu G3, i own a couple of chinese phones so far ( Star A1000 and Zopo Z200) and this is far better than those, the screen it's awesome!, the speed is beautifull, the Graphics, even it's an SGX531 it does the job (NFS MW runs smootly with no lags) and i haven't got any problem with other games. Also i love the square desing like SII ( Don't like the SIII desing or other rounded phones like HTC).

I'll be glad to share any experience with this phone with you, so if you had any question, just ask.:good:
[General Questions and Answers] Hamanu11:
Is there a way to downgrade the baseband

from

MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V21.P1, 2012/12/17 15:51.

to

MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.V5,2012/07/25 20:13
[General Questions and Answers] DanVilMar:
I am not sure. Some people are reporting 2 days normal use. It may be only my unit.
[General Questions and Answers] adit9989:
I can get even 5 days but with very little use.WiFi is on all the time, GPS and BT is off, and the phone is mostly on idle with a few short calls and SMS a day (no data plan). The phone is set to turn off over night and on in the morning.This is with December ICS official ROM. However the first ROM, the phone came with was horrible in the same conditions was hardly lasting one day.
[General Questions and Answers] PirateBay:
IMEI Information

Please confirm, How many IMEI No. does your phone carry?? (One/Two)

I'm facing this peculiar problem with my mobile which is shutting down after detecting/connecting to network.

I lost my original IMEI. But I managed to get this rersetted using soe tools and it has two IMEI Nos now.
[General Questions and Answers] Smallprince:
What is this app...?

Hi Folks, can anyone tell what is this app? Can it be removed? thanks
[General Questions and Answers] lgleonetti:
Hello PirateBay, my phone and i think that every G3 from factory, has only one IMEI for the two SIM slots.
[General Questions and Answers] cha_indian:
Guys, this phone has problem with signals and it routinely goes out of range and very often shows roaming in the signal bars.....not sure if this is a hardware issue or software issue. This problem exists with the original android 4.0.4 and with the new 4.1.2, the same problem is still there....Any hardware experts ???
[General Questions and Answers] thegamer1907:
dont have any issues with network connectivity, perhaps your country uses a band that is unsupported?
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
You should not get roaming unless you have selected to allow it and have you left network type to auto, if you have selected gsm or wcmda only then if you go out if range for one it will lose the signal.
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
Quick question guys.

I've updated the official 4.1.2 as mentioned in the post but I realised I can't go to recovery or install any, be it CWM or lewa.

Reason is I would like to try lewa os which has an update on the 25th.

Anyone able to solve this? Appreciate in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
From play store install Mobileuncle MTK Tools and use that to install a recovery image.
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
Hi. I did. I used mtk tools as mentioned and installed the recovery image. I tried lewa recovery from the tutorial here, Cwm recovery of the 5.0 something and even extract the recovery from the latest lewa update zip. Not able to replace the recovery.

It gives me an option to choose recovery or normal boot when pressed of the power and up button. When chose recovery, it will give a lying down android with and exclamation mark in a red triangle.

Really know nuts as to recover from this.
[General Questions and Answers] putbinoot:
Just leave phone screen will go blank and phone will reboot after a minute or two.
[General Questions and Answers] cha_indian:
i think that may not be the reason because, the phone gets good signals when i am in open...the moment i get into my home or any place that is a bit more concrete, the signal bars drop to nothing.....but at the same location, but on a Nokia C5 with the same SIM, i get full signals and i can talk and other party can listen clearly. I can't do the same on my Jiayu g3. I have changed a total of 4 ROM till now and it has the same problem, so it maybe this is a hardware issue. If it can be a hardware issue, can anyone tell me what part needs to be changed so that i can buy a replacement ? sending the phone is not a option because i bought this on aliexpress store!!
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
Silly me. Left the quick boot on. No wonder something was amis. Do take not for those cracking their heads like me. :banghead:

Many thanks for the help though. Appreciate it.

---------- Post added at 02:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:34 PM ----------

It's an mtk error. Same experience since mtk 6575. Sometimes you will get disconnected. Experienced it myself too.
[General Questions and Answers] Tharg0r:
What exactly is the Quick-Boot? Never seen that before...
[General Questions and Answers] hanu_blr:
zopo zp100, which hd similar issues, later zopo suggested to reflash the firmware with (MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc_format.txt) to fix the 3G signal issue. this format file, will fully format and install i guess. But for G3 i see that MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc_format.txt file itself is missing in offical 29-11-12 image.

Not sure if this is going to fix the signal issue tough.

I hd a bit different signal issue, my sim is 3G enabled, and i use to see signal variation when on auto network mode. Usually i use to get all 4 signal bar and (network info widget, use to show -85 to 90 dbm) outside, when i get into the house, i use to lose 1 signal bar, and signal to be -95 + and the voice quality was muffeled, later i changed to 2G only, and i get full 100% signal (-85) and voice clarity is good.
[General Questions and Answers] cha_indian:
Thanks for the info man....not sure i understand such technical stuff......So are you saying that the firmware is lacking a file ? If yes, then it must a terrible bug....let me know if it can be fixed ?
[General Questions and Answers] mengfei:
any news on when the official non-beta JB will be released from Jiayu?

BTW the Jiayu S1 using Qualcom S4 is in the works!

http://www.gizchina.com/2013/01/28/jiayu-s1/

what apps can use 7 point touch :cowboy:

and what launcher are you guys using?
[General Questions and Answers] wangiles:
Here's a pic of it in accessibility.
[General Questions and Answers] nathan-96:
I thought it was booting without boot animation, and that will be like 5~10 second faster
[General Questions and Answers] cha_indian:
WOW !!! How many people are experiencing this issue ?? That is a very seriously buggy product shoved into the market by Mediatek ....
[General Questions and Answers] OrionBG:
I don't know for you guys, but I have never had Signal problems with my Jiayu G3! I've used many custom ROMs and stock too... no problems at all. The signal behaves the same way as was my Samsung Galaxy S3. Now I'm using the official beta JB ROM and I'm very happy with it. Only the GPS is buggy but there are topics how to make it work fast and without problems.

BTW I have always used it with two SIM cards!
[General Questions and Answers] mengfei:
I too never had any problems with loosing signals be it net/ data/ wi-fi or phone, I guess where the signals are week since my HD2 also behaves the same way. Been using 2 SIMs & 1 is roaming
[General Questions and Answers] mengfei:
they say there is more stable JB here

http://vondroid.com/categories/phones-by-manufacturer.122/