yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
Congratulations! But it's only the very beginning of a long way... ;)

I heard guys from UK telling they didn't have to pay any fee. But you'd better check that out in your postal office. Or just don't show any anxiety and simply wait for delivery - you'll get a notice if something is required from you to receive it.

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Original iPhone 5 screen won't fit, it has absolutely other resolution and is different in form.

I was told you should look for new screen at ali, and I've also asked my supplier in China to find out whether it's possible to find screens.

Will keep you updated on her response.
[General Questions and Answers] kingkuma:
disappearing icons in IOS-skin (launcher)

Hi folks,

When I set my goophone white I5s default launcher to iOS-skin, ICONS of previously installed programs/games keep disappearing.

I have posted this before, but seriously???... nobody has this issue?

Kingkuma
[General Questions and Answers] kingkuma:
Goophone Cable Issue

Maybe it's good to mention again, that the Original APPLE lightning Cable DO NOT work on this Goophone. And vice versa.

After a few days my cable refused to work, and i tried several original Apple lightning cables and they just didn't work. Also i bought a third-party lightnig cable. This one didnt work aswell.

I did some research about the cable.

Although my Goophone i5s (white) has a lightning connector and the cable looks 100% the same as a lightning cable. It's not the real thing.

As the real lightning cable has a microchip in the connector. The Goophone cable doesn't have it.

The goophone cable has 4 wires which are very poorly!! soldered to a tiny circuit board inside the lightning connector. No lightning "authentification" chips or whatsoever.

On the third-party cable i saw 2 chips on the circuit board. I assumed these were cloned authentication chips, which apple has in the original cable.

Also, I was so shocked about the quality of soldering, it amazed me that it ever worked in the first place. The 4 wires inside were so badly stripped that they could short circuit. That is why windows USB-connecting sound kept going on and off.

If your Goophone doesn't charge anymore, it's highly possible that your wires inside your cable has come loose or are short-circuited.

I haven't found an website yet, where to buy cheap compatible goophone cables.

Some of them use this goophone method, and some have the cloned authentication chip in it. Even sellers dont know about it.
[General Questions and Answers] kingkuma:
Tip: TURN on soft keys

Don't know if this has been posted yet.

Coming from a android device (galaxy s1), i really miss the back and menu button.

Especially when running android apps, a back-button is very handy.

Surely you can use this easy-touch thing which is pre-installed.

I found a better solution on the web.

You can enable soft keys to make your goophone easier to use.

1. Open the build.prop file in your system folder using the text editor in Root Explorer. (for example ES FILE EXPLORER)

Make sure you give is root access.

2. At the bottom on the file enter the following text ‘qemu.hw.mainkeys=0’

3. Save, exit and restart your phone.

4. You should now have the onscreen soft touch buttons

Note. For me it only works in android-skin launcher !!

credits go to someone on the web.. :)
[General Questions and Answers] culae:
is it esential to be titanium backup PRO?

isn't it working with the free version of titanium backup?
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
I tried at a phone w/o Titanium Backup embedded in ROM - downloaded free version of Titanium - and it also worked for me.

I dunno the difference between paid and free versions thus.
[General Questions and Answers] culae:
GPS problem

Thank you Watslaw

how do I make the "faster fix" a system app with Titanium Backup?
[General Questions and Answers] jo139:
Looks the same, but you have connect your (rooted) phone to see the other options. The options are where you have now "to choose boot.img"
[General Questions and Answers] frupoli:
HELP. I read this instuctions and - believe me - did everuthing very carefully. I was in IOS-style mode. Open, modified and saved build.prop. Rebooted. MY BAD. At reboot it tries to start in IOS mode, with apple logo, when it is comes to main screen menu (desktop) it sais "The app "Application Starting" is anomally blocked" and no applications start and the error message pops out agagin and again. HELP please.:(

I'm crying.
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
As I've already told you - for me it worked with NO in both cases.

And there's another application which can help you to make FasterFix a system app - MobileUncle Tools.

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Stop crying

Wipe your tears

Wipe your hands (because you should not touch the phone with hands wet)

Boot to CWM mode by pressing and holding VOLUME- and POWER. Try several times between reboot cycles, and you'll succeed in.

Restore your ROM (if you have a copy on your SD card)

Try and tell about results. If you fail with items 4 or 5 - use needle to reset your phone (window between camera and flash), press POWER until it powers down, and then re-flash the firmware with SP Flash Tools.
[General Questions and Answers] frupoli:
1 - stopped

2 - wiped tears

2bis - wanted to knock my head on the wall, but didn't :)

3 - wiped hands and went home to my pc

4 - realized I had no restore ROM, so I prepared to reflash ... as I did with manuxo ROM

5 - DONEEEEEEE everything was ok. THANKS for your help!

PS: why don't add to FIRST POST of this thread this "emergency reset" you told about: "to reset your phone (window between camera and flash), press POWER until it powers down," It seem important to me!
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
Not at all :angel: There's a small button for thanks to the left... :cowboy:
[General Questions and Answers] frupoli:
... Is this a standard thing in Android world? And... How could I have done a backup, so that I could restore by CWM?

Done for you, my friend. Always good advices from you.

Could be useful to understand if procedure was defective because of my fault / error (possible), OR the procedure IS incorrect as described, in that second case could be better to ... clear those indications...to avoid other users to cry like me ;)

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Wanted to thank you manuxo, and trying to help and improve your work & development ROM & thread about this device...

I decided to donate a symbolic amount for you, just equal to what I'd call, in my country, two coffee for me & you. Just as I would invite you to drink a coffee together. Hope I will take some other good coffees with you, soon.

Thank you man :)
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
No, these steps are checked and proven at GooPhone only. Please use Titanium Backup to make a backup copy of your system settings, applications and their settings (there's an appropriate menu item) before making any system changes (such as editing system files, removing apps by root etc.) that can possibly or probably lead to system crash. And have a zip file of ROM ready at your SD card in case something goes wrong - this will make your recovery process easy and flawless. I did this each time and had no issues.

Even moving to new ROM is same as easy. But when trying a ROM from other developer, I don't think it's a good idea to restore system settings - choose only apps+their settings in ordert to avoid any issues.
[General Questions and Answers] frupoli:
Is this a standard procedure? Or it's related to this device?

What does this reset cause to the system? Reset software to factory status? (the same software level as when the device came to me for the first time?)
[General Questions and Answers] culae:
how to make "faster fix" a system app?
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
I might be wrong if I guess it makes a sort of factory reset with formatting cache, data and probably dalvik cache. Didn't check it by myself to be sure what exactly it does but I know that helps to make a reset for a stuck loading device.
[General Questions and Answers] frupoli:
But where can I read something about this button? Something about this procedure? Nothing I found into Goophone docs ... How can someone suppose to find and use that "reset button" without any type of documentation or instructions? :rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
Maybe because this button is not intended for everyday use? ;)

I knew that function even before my Goo arrived. Maybe because I was initially heading more for modding than for using this gadget as a phone...
[General Questions and Answers] fodorvincent:
Black screen

I have a big problem. I Download the ROM, I Download the Flash Tool, IExtract the *.RAR file and do everything as it was written. But when i finish then I could not turn it on me Goophone. Turn on but is only black screen. Any idea for this problem? What i miss? What i do wrong? How fix this problem? Or how i reistal me Goophone i5s? Thank you your answer.
[General Questions and Answers] ArnoJeroen:
I modified the rom so that touching the video-icon launches the videoplayer and that touching the YouTube-icon launches YouTube! :D
[General Questions and Answers] nanou770:
Hello

Message to date there has long :D:D:D:D;)
[General Questions and Answers] AngSanley:
Cyanogenmod 10 would be great for this phone!! :D
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
Dear fodorvincent,

You've flashed your device with the ROM that doesn't suit it. this is not a tragedy at all, but a sort of pain in the ass.

Have you done a backup of your ROM before flashing? This is a MUST procedure before continue because there's a huge amount of fake GooPhones with different hardware inside.

A little offtop: Everybody please do not try to persuade the others that you have a REAL GooPhone because it is

difficult-to-impossible

to buy ORIGINAL GooPhone outside China. At best you might have a well-made copy of GooPhone with similar hardware. At worst - a poor-made copy with an incompatible hardware. I hope everybody knows that a REAL GooPhone i5s has 960x540 screen resolution but not 854x480 like most of you have here. Don't believe? Check this out at official website www.goophone.hk

So we have a development thread for some device called GooPhone but being not a GooPhone for real.

And before trying to apply ROMs listed here to your device please double check yours is compatible with it, I mean, you better ask questions or read the whole thread before clicking Download button and plugging cable in.

As I've already said before, you should have made a full backup. If you don't have - write to the seller and ask for ROM image from him. And please publish here the hardware details you definitely know about your gadget. Better use MTK Droid Tools and post a screenshot here. We'll see what you have and will try to help you with.
[General Questions and Answers] fodorvincent:
Thank you your answer.Watslaw I buy in this site fastcardtech.com. So this is a fake Goophon :crying: I wrote them now i'm waiting the answer.
[General Questions and Answers] frupoli:
... For example:

host immagini

url immagine
[General Questions and Answers] rt1010:
post the rom

Nice job:D can you post it for download please
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
Yes, yes, exactly this way! For those who don't know - this is MobileUncle app.

But the one problem is MobileUncle also uses build.prop which can also be modified by unfair manufacturer; so the best to real result will be received when you detect hardware with MTK Droid Tools on PC.
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Do not post links to warez.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[General Questions and Answers] LexaKolpakov:
how?
[General Questions and Answers] ArnoJeroen:
Modified the launcher.apk and reset the phone.

I am going to try to include all my modifications into an new rom, but this is new for me so I am still in an learning curve.
[General Questions and Answers] macmaon:
Hello,

Would you add the Google calendar sync if possible ?

Thank you in advance :)
[General Questions and Answers] flavien317:
Hello,

I have recieved the goophone i5s for my mother, but the rom have many default for french poeple. so, i have an idea, exemple, sms/contact... have some part in english. So i have an idea, delete this bad app and replace by playstore app with ios style, its posssible ?

Thx
[General Questions and Answers] Garrafone:
Its possible to update icon package to ios7?? :p:p
[General Questions and Answers] frupoli:
PHONE > FAVORITES: Has anyone problems with favorites? My problem: I ADD a contact to favorites. It works, the contact appears in Favorites. When I switch OFF and ON my phone, it does not appear any more in Favorites.

My Favorites list is always empty after OFF / ON of my phone. Why? Am I so newbie that I did not found a "SAVE" option to the list? :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] smithdj:
Hi, here is modified Ilauncher.apk with any ios7 icons and wallpaper http: //sdrv.ms/17H4Vvq

Copy to system/app and set permissions

Enjoy ;)
[General Questions and Answers] nanou770:
lockscreen ios 7

for the lockscreen donwload:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.picoedit.ios.iphone.lock#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLnBpY29lZGl0Lmlvcy5pcGhvbmUubG9jayJdhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.picoedit.ios.iphone.lock#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLnBpY29lZGl0Lmlvcy5pcGhvbmUubG9jayJd

screenshot

thanks:good:
[General Questions and Answers] agusxd:
Change icons

How did you change the icons? I'm trying to change the icons of some apps like twitter or whatsapp.
[General Questions and Answers] smithdj:
Hi, you can edit the icon for any application. You have to extract the original apk of the application, find the original icon (located in the "res") to exchange it for the one you want and wrap application again.

Then you replace that modified the original apk, set permissions and it is
[General Questions and Answers] Watslaw:
Just as a sort of notice: let this tweak be only a tweak because it breaks up the whole sleek-looking IOS 6 interface.

It doesn't worth being included in ROM.

I'm against that.
[General Questions and Answers] agusxd:
But i don´t want to modify the apk. I want to modify the launcher.apk to show a different icon. Is that possible?
[General Questions and Answers] nanou770:
help

Can someone post the maps installed version of goophone I5S ROM FOR BLACK VERSION because I delete, I can not seem to reinstall it and I do not want to restore my phone.

thanks:o:good:
[General Questions and Answers] agusxd:
Maps

View attachment Maps_6.14.2.apk ;)
[General Questions and Answers] dafunkk:
Is imposible to me to install the room i bricked the phone 2 times , can someone of us explain me step by step? :crying:
[General Questions and Answers] agusxd:
Copy it to system/app and set permissions
[General Questions and Answers] jinishpv:
hey guys read this

hey xda i have goophone v88 i5 from dhgate seller called shenzhen he said that the phone was goophone i5 not i5s when i got the phone the system shows 1ghz dual core 1gb ram 8mp camera but the screen resolution is 854*480 i think the kernel in the phone shows this specs when i opened the phone there is a sticker attached to the pba shows mt6577 then some chinese words then i look at the camera fpcb it shows 5mp so i think the phone is goophone i5s i got the phone on march 12th the stock rom running on it was superb there was no lags no force close messages the phone come with pre rooted and there was playstore installed there was no problem in selecting apn switching to 3g the lock screen had no issues the recovery was 3e recovery in english i tried to flash cwm recovery with mobile uncle tools sucess then when i tried to reboot to recovery i got a black blank screen but the phone was working perfectly the cwm recovery i tried to flash was of goophone i5 there was no backup of my stock recovery itried to read memory on flash tool my phone went to dead condition ther was no signs of life then i contacted the seller he gave me the link to the stock rom idownloaded it and flashed it the phone turned on but the phone boots perfectly but there was no display i informed the situation to the seller he gave me another link to the rom i flashed it the phone came to life the problem now is the boot logo shows mediatech and the bootanimation shows android the the lock screnn is normal ics ring lock screen there is no slide to power off the advantages r there r so mant virtual key actions mapped to the centere button single click for back double click for recent apps tripple click for siri hold the key for 3seconds for android menu button i want the iphone 5 lock screen and slide to power off i tried so many ways but no sucess but i hah made my own clock work mod recovery for this phone today i am downloading the stock goophone i5s stock rom and i will flash it another fact r i flashed the goophone ics style rom to my phone it worked also miui rom it worked some small bugs on these tow roms i flashed
[General Questions and Answers] virre62:
hey!! samething happened to my goophone i5 n2 from fastcardtech when i tryed to flash CWM with mobile uncle.... do you know where to download the stock recovery (3e) in english that it came with? ...rom is as you say super and i want to back it up b4 flashing anything on it but i cant access recoverymode...just blank black screen and after a while it boots in to the "main rom"

BR

/Vic
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
People for that ones who have a goophone i5 with 854*400 display resolution i'm sorry to say but you have a fake goophone i5 lite.

the goophone i5 lite brings a bigger resolution display.the goophone i5s brings that resolution but only 512 MB ram.

Watch out for the devices sold on the internet because many goophones available are fake goophones.
[General Questions and Answers] virre62:
Tru that!! im pretty sure i got the original thing but im still stuck with the same problem :-S
[General Questions and Answers] jinishpv:
Re: [Q] [needed]help anyone has goophone i5s stock rom link

just google it micromax A110 then go the company website and download and install the drivers of micromax A110 it has almost the same specs of goophone i5s

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hai friend can u please tell me when i flash system.img of several other goophone i5 with all other flashing files of my goophone i5 v88 the phone boots and works with only few bugs but when i flash the whole rom of another rom of any other goophone i5 the phone turns on and boots but the screen is blank and black can u please tell me why this is happenning what r the contens in uboot.img and boot.img how to unpack and repack .img files on windows presently i have sucessfully flashed miui rom and stock ics rom with minor bugs only
[General Questions and Answers] Telethon:
Is anyone willing to do a youtube video review of their i5s?
[General Questions and Answers] virre62:
would love to provide you with the backup but cant since i cant back it up after the update...

its the goophone they sell in fastcardtech as goophone i5 n2 ...all english with english stock recovery 3e ... apple boot is optional with a call to *#0066* ... i do have a feeling its an updated version of the n2 since mayandjay recovery doesnt work on it......all google funktions gps and what not works....camera....semes to be the latest english/international rom with fixed buggs.....did 5940 on antutu
[General Questions and Answers] steph844:
Headphones ?

Hello ,

I have a problem when i plug my headphone and make a call my headphone my mic can't work.

I don't know if it is my headphone who have a problem or the goophone dosen't support headphone ?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] essaka:
Goophone V88 i5 Dual core RAM 1GB MTK6577

Is a stockrom available for this phone? i bought mine here: www .aliexpress .com/item/Goophone-V88-i5-Dual-core-RAM-1GB-MTK6577-Free-Gift-Single-Micro-SIM-android-with-4/758048452.html

Just remove the space between www and .aliexpress and between aliexpress and .com; To those who know better about goophone, what do you think about that phone?
[General Questions and Answers] 3bikeman3:
Question

wher do i put apk's so they dont crash when i open them
[General Questions and Answers] z_man3007:
goophone i5s

This is so crazy...... I have rooted my phone and copied Google Playstore.apk to System/app folder and after that I have rebooted my phone. Guess what.......my phone bricked it won't pass the apple bootup logo. I have done it 3 times and every time same thing. We really need a custom rom for this phone. Also, the battery doesn't last long .... it drains the battery like crazy....
[General Questions and Answers] Manuxo:
Yes it will brick your phone..no matter how many times you try it.

As it seems the system don't let you to add apk's to the system/app folder...so you can't add any google service (youtube, gmail, etc..etc..).

I'm trying to solve this out but no success until now.

As i'm developing Software for other models (Goophone i5 Lite, etc.) I don't have much time to dedicate to it as i wish.

But as soon as i have a solution i will compile my software and share it with you.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] jinishpv:
hai friend i need yur rom backup

hai friend i am from india i brought the goophone v88 i5 from dhgate i am sure we brought our goophone v88 i5 from same seller called rois shenzhen i can provide the tools to take whole ur rom backup please reply me fast i need the stock rom desperate because i am now running on a non goophone v88 i5 rom which dont have a slide to unlock slide to power off and the boot logo and boot animation is showing mediatec please my friend please reply to me soon