yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] kosturica:
I can not flashing! Writing data error...:(

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Removed! Not works.
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Guys Im only gonna say this once more. Do not post links to roms for This device. They do not follow GPL rules so they break XDA rules.
[General Questions and Answers] kosturica:
I'am sorry!
[General Questions and Answers] ojam29:
Development area without rom.
[General Questions and Answers] kaobiore:
Mmmmh, Well. Kernel-sources (that's GPL-licensed) for Mediatek MT6589 ARE available! Sources were released by Acer for the Liquid E2 V370 and are available here:

http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Document/App.%20Guide/App.%20Guide_Acer_1.0_A42J_A.zip?acerid=635013347354221361&Step1=Smartphone&Step2=Liquid%20E2&Step3=V370&OS=---&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=EMEA_8

and here:

https://github.com/varunchitre15/MT6589_kernel_source

Goophone didn't release any sources (or at least we don't know about it) that's true. But I doubt goophone made any changes on the sources they got from mediatek.
[General Questions and Answers] FaqihCici:
does anyone use this rom on their i9?
[General Questions and Answers] kaobiore:
Looks like MIUI - available

You need VIP-access for otherwise you can't download.

(I have vip-access but since we are not allowed posting rom-links ... :eek: )
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Please re-read the rules. You can't post links to forum that require you to have an account to download roms.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Each kernel has to be made per device. The source for one chip means nothing. If this was the case the same kernel could be used across all devices with the Qualcomm chip. But as we know they can't be.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[General Questions and Answers] kaobiore:
Oh. Well, then I wonder if this custom-rom actually makes use of a kernel based on/compiled from acers-kernel-sources:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2246874

Which would be impossible by your definition.
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
I have ordered one of these beasts and admit to being a little confused by the direction of this thread.

Are they capable of picking up 900 3G/WCDMA or have they been built with the USA in mind that operates on WCDMA 850?

They are quad band GSM, but 3G data in the UK is 900/2100mhz.

There is a claim posted by Shine Wong, the bloke who runs android-sale.com that simply putting in the APN settings of your carrier is sufficient to get a 3 G connection.

Has anyone tried this?

I also notice that the amount of RAM on all the youtube videos is 1GB , yet these things are touted as having 8gb ram.

So, do we have a definitive custom rom as yet, or do we need one?

Is the phone rooted, or can you root it with odin and remove all the chines crapware?

Anyone used them with a giff gaff sim?

I live in a rural area with pretty poor 3G coverage, and am currently counting the days to leave "3" as most of the time there is no coverage at all - 2g or 3g

I`m less bothered about a decent 3g signal than a reliable 2g one on O2

So, do we have a definitive custome rom that fixes all the issues, or is this phone not capable of picking up 3G in the UK?
[General Questions and Answers] FaqihCici:
i use this rom.. but i really cant find any suitable google play store apk.. its killing me .. :D

this rom still has bug, but can be use for daily life
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Look I am not gonna argue about this. XDA stance on the GPL is very clear. As 99% of the OEM follow this it is normally not an issue, but there are some that dont follow the GPL rules and laws. Those that do not are not to have roms posted here. If you wan to talk about the device that is fine. But no links to roms or other sites that require you to sign up for the download. IF you have an issue then by all mean contact the OEM and find out why they are not following the GPL.
[General Questions and Answers] kaobiore:
So, you are going to remove links to roms in this thread as well?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2246874
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Look the kernel source for that device is posted and has been compared to the one in the rom and they are fine. If you can link and only a github link for the source code and it can be used to compile the kernel for the device and they match then all is good. There is more to a Kernel then I think you understand.

Wayne Tech Nexus
[General Questions and Answers] mukyo:
kao, you active in any other english speaking forum? maybe can discuss more there and we all migrate

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[General Questions and Answers] JohnnyInBriz:
Goophone I9
[General Questions and Answers] JoepVK:
Did anyone get GTA III/GTA VC to work? Or Minecraft PE?

Thanks.

(Im just using the rom it came with btw)
[General Questions and Answers] jibuti:
I use original rom and Minecraft worx like a charm....well, had to ask my little girll cos she plays all the time....not me...:laugh:
[General Questions and Answers] attanjr:
ghost touches

no one seems to be having the same problem i have, no one has yet to report when they plug in their i9 thru usb port and want to access their sdcard or sync their i9s my touch screen goes screwy! multi touches everywhere and yet i haven't laid a finger yet on the screen! try as i might to find a way to 'live with it' i can't find around about way to tame my problem. i cant even activate usb storage while multitouches are going around my screen. has anyone experienced this? am on 422 rom base w/ 6gb data partition rom. i didnt stay w/ stock rom very long but i remember not having this prob before. problem w/ win 7 32bit machine only, on xp everuthing is fine.
[General Questions and Answers] JohnnyInBriz:
I've seen something similar when Windows thinks a HID device is connected. Check in Device Manager when you plug/unplug your I9 to see what device it's recognising. It may be that you don't have the correct driver installed.
[General Questions and Answers] attanjr:
thanks johnny! will give this a try!
[General Questions and Answers] mukyo:
when connected and your display goes messy, ho to dev mgr and remove the driver.

unplug.

then download pdanet latest driver and reinstall.

follow the process.

else confirm in diff pc. with diff cable config.

if the same then something wrong with your phone.

warranty?

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[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
Use a different cable.

Some chinese usb cables seem to have the wiring reversed.

Nobody as yet has answered the question if this phone can pick up UK 3g signals with the stock rom, or even with the other roms posted.
[General Questions and Answers] HoMeRsT:
Blbla
[General Questions and Answers] flavito:
Hi, does anyone has fixed the color black on the screen which seems to be gray instead of real black?
[General Questions and Answers] JoepVK:
Thanks for the quick reply!

After updating minecraft, it worked fine.

Still no luck with the 2 GTA's though.

Anyone got them to work?

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Hi

I get 3g just fine in the netherlands.

I think its also 900mhz here.

Also the device has 1gb of ram, but 8gb rom=internal storage.

Hope i helped you a bit.
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
Thanks

Good to know it works on European 3G

Are you running the stock rom or the rom posted here?
[General Questions and Answers] attanjr:
I have three data cables, all same problem, one from samsung spica, one from note1 and one cable w/c came with goophone, all same problem. i checked drivers and all is in order, i have attached a screen shot. i have compensated with an automount apk w/c automatically mounts my sd card when a usb cable is attached, at least now i can access my sdcard, that's all for the moment, weird, maybe on another rom this prob will go away.
[General Questions and Answers] JohnnyInBriz:
If that USB Input Device appears in Device Manager when you plug in your I9 I would suggest you disable it. Just right click and you will see the option
[General Questions and Answers] JoepVK:
Hi,

Im just using the stock rom.
[General Questions and Answers] mramonks:
Possible Fixes for no 3g

Unfortunately I sold my goophone because I couldn't get the data to work. I tried the fix mentioned before in this thread and alot more. I then went on to buy the zopo c2 and the same thing happended :( I did some more research because I didn't want it to beat me. I'm on Vodafone in the UK and I have only now found out that they don't allow connection to their network with these unidentified IMEI's the Chinese devices come with. So I changed my IMEI. This is where I get a bit lost becasue I also tried another thing. In your APN settings you change the Authentication to NONE and save. These two combined have given me fully working data.:D Hope this helps someone stuck like I was:D
[General Questions and Answers] flavito:
Hi, can someone please help?

I've installed the 6gb partition rom but since then, the autorotation is not working.

If i try to set the calibration, it fails.

Any idea on how to fix it?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] JohnnyInBriz:
I assume you have checked Auto-rotate screen in Settings - Display?
[General Questions and Answers] cdr400:
Hi,

I've received my Goophone I9 yesterday (no customs :D ).

With stock ROM (23/03/2013 Android 4.2.2) the G-sensor doesn't work and the calibration has failed.

Am I forced to flash a 4.2.1 ROM to get G-sensor working ?

Thank you.

Regards,

cdr

Edit: I've found a problem with touch screen too: near the edge of the screen, it is impossible to select a letter on android keyboard or select a row in a list. The letters that don't work are: q,w,o,p

How to fix it ? Thank you a lot
[General Questions and Answers] ojam29:
I have big problem.My phone not charge and not conect to pc.Have you some idea.Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] mukyo:
unplug batt 10s, put back. charge

else

charge with diff cabl and charger.

else

complaolin to seller

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you could try.

else

complain to seller

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[General Questions and Answers] jibuti:
same happened to me-not connecting to PC. Installed VCOM driver for MTK 6589, since then no problems.

cheers.
[General Questions and Answers] ojam29:
I try all but not happend
[General Questions and Answers] mukyo:
last try is attempt to flash. see if you can ever get preloader driver detected. see your device manager when u do this.

if it detects then rom issue, and reflash should be considered. else hw problem and no choice got to complain and arrange for return.

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[General Questions and Answers] ojam29:
My problem is resolved. Problem was in the micro usb. I had to solder it.
[General Questions and Answers] mukyo:
anyone have any idea which rom have usb otg?

johnny's one doesnt seems to have

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[General Questions and Answers] JoepVK:
Did you try another cable?

Or try taking the battery out for around 5 mins.
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
It wont save for me - I`m running the stock rom

I can access the root and edit the text, but it refuses to save

any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] mukyo:
because access is not write. having root explorer but not changing file permission wont do anything.

change it first in your root explorer, or use a bild prop editor, alot in googleplay

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[General Questions and Answers] JohnnyInBriz:
I don't know of any MTK6589 phone that supports OTG even if some of the resellers say they do.
[General Questions and Answers] mukyo:
could be. i noticed the menu is there though. not sure if kernel or hw support.

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[General Questions and Answers] cdr400:
Please, has anyone solved the touchscreen problem setting some options on engineer menu' ?

On my Goophone I9, near the edge of the screen, it is impossible to select a letter on android keyboard or select a row in a list. The letters that don't work are: q,w,o,p

Is it a hardware problem ?

Thank you a lot.

Regards,

cdr
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
Phone arrived.

Not bad at all, not perfect, but hey.

I`m running the stock rom as all my apps work, the camera works, and I`m getting good 3g reception.

I would like to install the soft keys , but when I try to modify the root folder it wont let me, and rom tool box keeps telling me my phone isnt rooted, even though it is.

I have re- rooted with superone click.

According to it the phone it rooted but superuser and rom tool box keep saying it isnt.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the apps to no avail.

edit - tried various rooting software, all suggesting the phone is rooted, however, titanium backup etc, all say it isnt.

I have tried unrooting and re-rooting.

I may have inadvertently deleted one of the chinese apps.

Any other ideas of how to root this device?

I cant understand how the likes of superoneclick is saying the device is rooted, and yet the apps designed to work on rooted devices say its not.

I dont want to flash the new firmware if I can get away with it, as the phone is otherwise fine, I just want to have the standard android soft keys by changing the root values.

Any ideas?
[General Questions and Answers] cdr400:
Hi,

is the Goophone I9 able to read directly a SDXC (64GB) formatted in ext4 ?

Thank you,

cdr
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
you need to format the card in fat 32

Windows will do it as xfat

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1773735
[General Questions and Answers] cdr400:
I've a Samsung UHS-1 PRO 64GB which is formatted in exFat but the Goophone isn't able to read it.

I would use a file system that permits files larger than 4GB and directly readable on Goophone.

I've tried installing Paragon exFat but it works only for NTFS...

Have you an idea ?

Thank you a lot.

Regards,

cdr
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
You will need to reformat the card on your pc.

I used a 3rd party freeware - cant remember which, to format my card in fat 32 then put my files back on.

Windows will only format as fat 32 upto 32gb

beyond this, it uses ntfs

cards come formatted in xfat which a lot of android devices will not recognise if the card is larger than 32gb

My galaxy s2 recognised a 64gb card in xfat, the i9 doesnt

Format at Fat32 and your goophone will recognise the full 60 - ish gb on the card.
[General Questions and Answers] spthimmelving:
good working ROM JB4.2.2

Guys! Yesterday I brushed the ROM from needrom dot com (the second one, not update.zip), and everythings WORKS!
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
do you have a link for that?

edit - ended up reflashing with the posted 422 rom

Of note, for other users, I thought I had bricked my phone following the steps posted, as it recognised the com port only for 1-2 seconds in device manager, until I activated the firmware button, then pulled the usb and immediately reinserted it in the phone, then the new rom started to flash immediately.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982587

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3TUMZvou_cSbDRSV1dVWUczLUk/edit

Root access now , though lost all my apps and their backups.
[General Questions and Answers] cdr400:
Thank you for the ROM, it is the more recent 4.2.2 ROM I've ever seen (the files are dated 29/04/2013).

Can you confirm that is a real 6GB ROM (internal memory is 5,44GB) ?

Does the g-sensor work ?

Thank you,

cdr
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
Not my rom - linked from this fora.

Doesnt seem to have the 6gb mod, but everything works perfectly on my phone, including the camera, 3g, bluetooth and g sensor

I`m not bothered about the 6gb mod - the camera stores files on the 6gb partition - if it fills up, just transfer to the card.

You would need a huge number of apps to fill the 1gb partition.

I`m just happy to have a stable rooted rom .
[General Questions and Answers] bgeneto:
Call pops and clicks

Hi! I'm getting pops/clicks from both outgoing and incoming calls. I can hear the other person's voice almost perfectly, but it is accompanied by some weird noise like little pops and clicks. In the order side of the line the problem is far worse, people hear me so softly that they cannot understand what I am saying, and after some seconds of conversation they simply can't hear me at all. Did anyone here has/had this issue with Goophone i9? What do I have to do in order to try to solve this annoying problem? I've tried several ROMs already (with different basebands) and all have the same call noise/mute problem. Everything else (3G, Camera, Screenshot etc... is working fine). Any help is appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] mramonks:
Mobile uncle app gets you to band information
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
yep, finallly worked that out.

OK, looks like the GSM 900 band (used by 02 for 3g in the UK) is greyed out of the list.

I presume this means that the hardware isnt in the phone to allow it to connect.

If anyone knows differently please advise how we can go about modifying the phone to accept WCDMA 900 that is used increasingly in the UK.

I dont see any sellers doing a 900/2100 version of this phone, which would be more sensible for the UK.

Of note...I did ask android sale if 900 3g was covered, and they said yes!
[General Questions and Answers] attanjr:
hello, has anyone have a prob with google play

1. not prompting & hence not updating your apps

2. manual search of an app tells me that my device is not compatible

what is our device recognized by google? should i edit build.prop to make goophone like a note2 or s4? or is there something else thats causing this error?
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
no problems here

shows up as a goophone i9 an is on my list of devices as an option to install the apps on
[General Questions and Answers] bluesupra:
has anyone tried to upgrade the sound of this phone with awesome beat or acid audio? is it compatible with this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] inkyadrian:
.....edit prop

I am now using Build Prop Editor by Jrummy as the Captivate app said it wasn't rooted after the second time of using it.
[General Questions and Answers] inkyadrian:
English Recovery

Yes there is, I'm running it. I just added the English system.img to the 0442_f ROM and it worked. Now I will upload it to somewhere but I've never done that before!

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Here is the link to the English recovery; it must not be the same size as the one you are replacing, it should be smaller. Just replace the one in your 0442_f file or whatever.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbahvpqd63p48bk/recovery.img
[General Questions and Answers] Limma:
Hi, is this a new recovery? How do I have to install it? Via SPFlashTool? :confused:

Thanks for your patience...
[General Questions and Answers] inkyadrian:
Yes, the SPFlash tool.

I can't remember where I found it and it's not new; well, I downloaded it yesterday!.. I've just renamed the recovery.img in the 0442-f folder to xrecovery.img and added the new one. If you are just flashing the recovery.img, I think you have to press F9. The new img is 5,712 kb and the old one is 5,982 kb.

Just keep it in mind I am not using a Goophone but have installed the Goophone ROM 0442-f. I can't use 0442-g 6gig thingy as I have only 1gig of ROM!.

Hopefully ,in the next few days, I'll have 2 Goophones. I may sell some other new phones/phablets later, next week.
[General Questions and Answers] attanjr:
googlr play problem

well mine must be an isolated case, i did a factory default which resulted in pretty much the same thing, apps say they aren't compatible with my device and apps don't auto update, this is comparing to my wife's galaxy note 1 which updates almost on a daily basis for an app or two. used "market helper" and changed my phone to a samsung s3 (the app doesn't change the build.prop, just does something to make market recognize my phone differently from before) was able to update almost all my apps in one night, never knew i was so far behind in some apps versions.
[General Questions and Answers] inkyadrian:
Hello all,

I've just installed Star-9589_4_2_1-11053.zip. I'll report back later on performance etc.
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
The 3G database keeps giving me NVRAM inconsistent with target load error.

I have data , but its bloody slow

Only max 100kbs even on three in a good 3g area, so I need the fix

any ideas ?

I`m using the database outlined on pag 3
[General Questions and Answers] inkyadrian:
Star 9589 has button-binding problems along with no soft-keys available even though I have altered the .prop.

.............................any ideas ? I`m using the database outlined on pag 3

.What phone and ROM are you using?
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
I`m using the goophone i9 with the 422 rom without the 6gb mod

seems these 6589 quad chip phones arent the same

I can get the maui meta to load, recognise the phone and get through all the steps, but it will not load the database.

Has anyone managed to get 3g reception on wcdma 900 used by O2?

I`m beginning to resign myself to having a phone that will get me email on the go, but will not stream video

Anyone getting good net speeds with these , and if so on what network?
[General Questions and Answers] e-adar:
Micro USB On The Go Cable

I tried hooking a Micro USB On The Go to my Goophone I9 (running 422 ROM), Unfortunately the system didn't recognize any USB device.

Any help will be appreciated

e-adar
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
settings - developer

untick usb debug and you will be able to drag a drop files to the phone and sd card - you will get an android sign - click to use as usb storage

for doing other things like flashing roms, the usb debug often needs to have a tick
[General Questions and Answers] prdeloid:
Please tell, are all the goophones i9 with invereted storages? I know many people including me have this problem, but question is, if they are inverted all of them?
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
Getting fed up with this

Is there a ROM with the 3g issue fixed , english recovery and the 4.2.2?

My maximum transmission rate is 120kbs on three

I was getting 2meg with my galaxy s3

I beginning to think this is a nice tablet and crap phone.
[General Questions and Answers] jibuti:
Am getting around 1,4mega on stock ROM here with no problems..... and have no issues mentioned in this thread at all.....
[General Questions and Answers] docjonty:
The issue isnt lack of data transmission in 3g, but slow transmission.

tried your suggestion, made no difference.

Should be getting at least 1meg but getting less than 100kbs with H+ showing
[General Questions and Answers] kosturica:
Have you some info about TWRP recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] JohnnyInBriz:
I spent quite a lot of time trying to trying to build a TWRP for this phone using yuweng's porting tools with no luck.