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[Android General] KiranMantripragada:
Rear camera stopped working...

Hi All,

All of a sudden, my Rear Camera stopped working.

My camera applicacation returns the message "Camera is not responding" , and sometimes "Gallery isn't respoding" ...

Testing the "Main Camera" in the "Factory Mode" , the strobe is responding, but the test "freezes" with no image preview whatsoever.

Someone face this issue ?

Is is a hardware problem ?
[Android General] sas007:
its a hardware fault the lens on camera needs replacing,send it back.
[Android General] antimonyy:
Hello, guys,

Im thinking to buy this one cause its quite cheap at the moment. Is it worth it?
[Android General] DarwinKamikaze:
Dude, only you can make that decision. Personally I'm enjoying my phone. I can't help but think that friends of mine that paid full price for a Samsung Note 2 got ripped off, but then again, I love a good bargain :)

I will say that after a while with it now, the only gripes I have are:

* It doesn't seem to handle poor coverage/deadspot zones as well as my old Nexus 1 phone. This can get irritating as I live in a concrete apartment block in low lying terrain.

* The microphone when speaking seems a bit muffled to people on the other end of a call.

These things are minor to me though. On a good note - after comparing my phone with others in battery life, I can tell now that the STAR S7189 seems to kick ass in that regard.
[Android General] cabrote:
I have some notification warnings on screen but I don´t know if it is a factory added APK or is something that is part of Android 4.2. I find this warning box anoying and i´d like to disable them.

The notifications comes when the battery is fully charged "Battery fully charged" and another box is when I finish a call says "Call duration 1M 2Sec...". I find this notifications not necessaries cause in the first case when my battery is charged in lockscreen says "Battery charged" no need double warnings. And in the second one I ´m not really interested in knowing how much time I talked.

So, if this is a kind of app that I can´t delete or maybe is common for all Android 4.2 S.O . Or maybe if anyone knows which apk have this smartphone from factory.
[Android General] sas007:
No this is not common,I would try a factory reset and see if that helps..sounds like a bug of some sort so a reset is the way to go for now.
[Android General] miguelzx:
Hello

To me it is a very good mobile money. I personally do not regret
[Android General] cabrote:
The notifications are: Full charged battery, call duration, sent sms, sms received, sending email, etc. All the same aspect. A dark grey bar at bottom with white text.

100% sure I don´t installed any of this kind of software.
[Android General] atinwi:
Hello all. Has anyone tried this out?
[Android General] pspslyspy:
I have used both the note 2 clone and the samsung note 2, to me performance is slightly better on the samsung and the screen respond a little better to I think. But thats just my opinion. :)
[Android General] Ricardo_ES:
Hi! I tried to flash that ROM via sp flash tool and it did not allow me to downloadnd it bricked my phone. It does not power on and seems bricked. I had to do a firmware upgrade in Sp flash tool to the 0422 rom as

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I used Windows XP to flash it. How can you flash that rom? It simply does not work and when I try to flash another rom, it keep says that DRAM has an issue...

I am pretty sure that I have original s7189 phone as I flashed the last two roms and they worked.

Regards
[Android General] atinwi:
THe same thing happened to me using STAR S7189-20130628_e2001v21_v89_jbl1a668_fwv ... Is that the 0422 ROM? I can't see any reference to 0422 on the thread..?
[Android General] Ricardo_ES:
See the first page, first post. If you can't flash that rom, try to flash the stock rom in that post.

I only want some help here about the rom 28/06/2013. Anyone could flash it?
[Android General] DarwinKamikaze:
I haven't tried, but thanks for the info. I've added a note on my wiki that the 28/06/2013 firmware is reported as soft bricking phones. Just out of curiosity, did you flash it with MDT tool or SP Flash tool, and did the DRAM error come up on re-flash with 22/04 firmware or on flashing the 28/06 firmware?
[Android General] Ricardo_ES:
Hi! In SP Flash tool, I couldn't click in download button. It only allowed me to do Firmware Upgrade. I then went to MDT and flashed it from there. Bricked phone, won't even power on. Tried to flash the 04/22 firmware and happened the DRAM error. I tried then to flash the 20/03/2013 via SP Flash tool and only could do that via Firmware Upgrade option.

2º attempt: I went to SP Flash tool, and did the Firmware upgrade for the 28/06 rom. Bricked again. So or this is a bad rom, or this rom is meant to be for other phone or a newer s7189 version.
[Android General] sas007:
And what if it is device..how can it be firmware when it has been perfectly fine until now..i would hazard that there is maybe a hardware change in newer devices,also it is not soft bricking all devices..people need to check their own devices before flashing any firmware.make sure build matches device.no one ever checks and flashes the first firmware they see for the same device..the main problem is that there are more than one model.

so basically a copy of the star S7189 and the build although simular is not the same

ALWAYS CHECK DEVICE BUILD,BASEBAND,KERNEL,MODEL BEFORE FLASHING.
[Android General] sas007:
what errors do you get there are many,i will always say if you are getting dram error then download firmware again and try or use another version of flash tool i have had this so many times and usually fix by using another sp flash tool version.

Also make sure rom is for your device..most dram errors are caused by the layout of space (blocks)in the rom not matching device
[Android General] alcorhyme:
Thanks to brave souls for testing the latest firmware and showing us how to recover back.

Anyway, despite of your courage we still do not know whether this new firmware can be used.

Let me explain why.

I just want to remind you that nobody should never blindly flash anything before checking the version of his device.

This includes dialing *#*#114#*#*, writing down which "LCD", "sub sensor" and "main sensor" components your phone has.

Firmware may come with those components chosen in a different way, and you have to chose your own ones in MDT tool before flashing !

Otherwise you just risk flashing wrong drivers - which can be the good reason for bricking.

Again, check which kind of S7189 you have before flashing, because S7189 phones are not all the same.

I will say this again - there are different phones that have the same look, the same "S7189" name, but different set of hardware components.

Every firmware, new or old, should be configured for your own device in MDT tool before flashing.

sas007, can you please - for each firmware published in this thread - add the following 2 notes (in red or with bold font):

1) which set of 3 sensors is pre-configured in the firmware (for those who want to flash it as is)

2) reminder to check phone hardware by dialing *#*#114#*#* and to choose proper components in MDT tool

Check it or BRICK it !

It seems the thread became too long for people to study it all, so newcomers do the same mistake again and again.

Let's help them. First post of the thread mentions wiki that explains all, but the post itself doesn't mention checking phone hardware...
[Android General] Ricardo_ES:
Here is all info. I tried 3 versions and none worked. So if anyone can update to this rom, please inform me. I could update all other roms and I changed the sensors before. Now that is not the problem.
[Android General] sas007:
Thats not the info needed the info you need is BUILD,sensors may come in handy for MDT,the device build must match firmware build just a different date on firmware.
[Android General] Ricardo_ES:
Here it is.
[Android General] sas007:
http://www.needrom.com/mobile/star-n7189-5/

Take a look???? Not used it not tried it so i have no idea....someone needs to be brave,i dont have device.
[Android General] Ricardo_ES:
No mate mine don't have a screen with 5.7", it's 5.3".

The rom won't work with this device, I'm sure. Can you ask to your dealer for the 05/09 rom?
[Android General] sas007:
I have sent a request for the latest they have...will see what comes back.I believe the support has stopped for that device from star as its not been very popular apparently that's why there arnt to many Roms floating about for it.

No only have this that we got already STAR S7189-20130628_e2001v21_v89_jbl1a668_fwv
[Android General] cabrote:
Is there a way to save videos directly in MP4 format, cause this smartphone saves to 3GP?
[Android General] miguelzx:
Hello

If I put my last rom out there for the S7189 device, as my disposito 20130628_e2001v21_v89_jbl1a668_fwvga different takes other components that would have to do to flash safely. that if I have problems to go back to the other previous rom mine.

I've already made ​​a backup of my mtk rom-tools.

Would be safe to put a CWM Recovery that might be true for my device?

You can adapt a rom like?

Thanks and Regards.

I forgot my rom v89_jbl1a668_20120507
[Android General] Ankur0071:
Is there 4.3 android update available for this mobile

i want to update my andriod version from 4.2 to 4.3
[Android General] sas007:
No you will need to take file off device and convert to mp4 if you need that format.
[Android General] sas007:
Unless star make and release 4.3 firmware,or somebody ports to N7189 then no.

To be honest i would not hold your breath for it ever coming to star,at the moment its only on a few devices anyway mainly Google and one samsung
[Android General] sas007:
Yes it would be safe to install CWM it can do no harm.it will either work or not that's about it.

take a copy of back up to store on computer in case SD card becomes wiped.

for the rest i don't understand what you are asking or trying to put across.
[Android General] joyride76:
Works AGPS on this phone?

Hi all

I'm waiting my mobile I've read abroad a lot of issues GPS

Is AGPS working on this phone?

I mean could you get your location inside a building with poor satellite coverage?

Thanks you all

Joy
[Android General] sas007:
You will most likely never get a GPS fix inside a building..device needs clear line of sight to satellites.you will need to set up GPS correctly from the start and you wont have no problems.in settings/location when connected to net download EPO data then go out side and run gps for 10 mins for device to get fixes,close gps and it will all be good.I have posted many tips and tutorials in this thread ref GPS so have a read if you have problems.
[Android General] joyride76:
I've read your guide no issue with them

My concern is to understand if you can get your location inside a bulinding like the iPhone does

I believe iPhone is using AGPS I was wondering if this mobile works in the same way

I'm disappointed that it can't get approximately the position

Anyway thanks you for your reply
[Android General] sas007:
yes it uses AGPS but you need to be connected to net or 3G
[Android General] SP1RACY:
Serious Battery Issues

Hi all I'm in need of a little advice

Ok i received one of these phones today, I got it all setup fine, but for some reason the batteries are going crazy, i fully charged the both of them it came with but it doing the same on both.

They would be on like 100% then if i do something on the phone or reboot they drop dramatically to something like 40 - 50%

Its running the stock firmware (see links below) from what I've read on here, its the latest one.

Also i did just root it using motochopper and it rooted fine, but i still have battery issue.

So i was wondering can you guys offer any advice/tips i can try? maybe custom rom or older firmware? all my phones info is provided in the links below.

Thanks

As a new user i cant post links yet, but if you copy and paste the links below into your browser they will load right up

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[Android General] cabrote:
I saw some of this smartphones that have an issue with firmwares from May 2013, and is that when you select an icon from draw menu to be placed in Home screen the rest of the icons in Home are flickering.

same happen with some apps when a popup window appears.
[Android General] sas007:
install a task killer for obvious reasons,install battery calibration app once charged to 100% recalibrate battery,install no frills cpu and change cpu setting to ondemand this will solve all battery and other issues
[Android General] SP1RACY:
Hi, thanks for the info, I will try that now and let you know how I get on.
[Android General] cabrote:
I noticed that the Internal SD memory sometimes can be swapped with the external SD Memory Card, so I can decide to install apps to External SD Card or in Internal SD Card.

The problem is that I can´t figure out how. I´m actually testing 3 Star s7189 and in one The apps go directly to Internal SD Card and in another smartphone the apps goes to External SD Card.

First I thought that it was a Firmware thing but when in one phone formated all memories noticed that next start the SD cards were swapped. :confused: So I thing there should be a kind of directory that tell the phone which one to use as SD Card and which one as Internal memory.
[Android General] senior677:
Guys

Guys who have телелефон with 4 Gb memory skinte firmware please. For earlier thanks!!!!!

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Guys who have S 7189 with 4 Gb memory skinte firmware please. For earlier thanks!!!!!

My model number is e2001_v89_jbl1a668_fwvga

Android 4.2.1

Baseband version MOLY.WR8.W1248.MD.WG.MP.V6.P1, 2013/02/27 19:53

Kernal Version 3.4.5 root@zhangjianan-Android #1 Wed Mar 20 09:59:54 CST 2013

Build Number e2001_v89_jbl1a668_fwvga_20130320
[Android General] cabrote:
I have 2 problems:

Suddenly my Star S7189 disappeared from Google Play Website. The phone is missing as if it never existed there.

Could this be caused by Rooting my phone (motochopper)? if so, Can it be unrooted?

The another problem is that sometimes when I start the phone after being off for long time the smartphone starts but doesn´t load any service so I have to restart it one or two times.

tested in two phones.
[Android General] sas007:
I would either do a factory reset or flash a new image..rooting will not cause these problems.

what do you mean tested in 2 phones..tested what???
[Android General] cabrote:
Sorry, tested in 2 phones means that I saw problems in two same phone (I have got two, one with latest firmware and the other whit older one). Both have the problem that when I turn on the phone after a few hours of being off the device starts but doesn´t load services, the SD cards appears as being extracted and location service doesn´t work till I restart the phone two or three times.

all this in both phones. Also I noticed that when the phone starts ok is when the Blue Android logo followed by the green moving A N D R O I D box appears; and when the issue happen is when the blue Android logo is shown but no moving green ANDROID boxes appears (so the phone starts like in 2 seconds total.

Sorry for bad english I do what I can :rolleyes:
[Android General] sas007:
In device settings turn off quick boot.
[Android General] cabrote:
I´ll try.. :)
[Android General] vermillions:
Thanks for the info on quick boot sas007. The only problem i had with my firmware was that the phone would not fully shut off if i used the built in power menu giving me bad battery drain. I had to use a shutdown app from the market to get full shutdown. I did not think to look under accessibility in settings to find quick boot. Now with this disabled i get a full shutdown and no battery drain. :)
[Android General] Funjet:
Nice job Sas, this rom run perfect on my phone.
[Android General] axeman24:
star s7189 (mtk6589) CWM recovery

Hi, I installed chainfire 3D driver on my ROOTED star7189 and now it wont boot. its stuck on splash screen . I can get into recovery but I cant install ROM. I tried using SPFlash but nothing happened. SP multitool says com3 has error. Can anyone please help me how to install CWM recovery so I can flash the ROM.

Thank you
[Android General] axeman24:
how to install CWM recovery on Star S7189

Hi, I installed chainfire 3D driver on my ROOTED star7189 and now it wont boot. its stuck on splash screen . I can get into recovery but I cant install ROM. I tried using SPFlash but nothing happened. SP multitool says com3 has error. Can anyone please help me how to install CWM recovery so I can flash the ROM.

Thank you
[Android General] cabrote:
Is there a way to disable the SMS and Missed Call icon from the Lockscreen? :confused: Cause I have installed a notification Widget and I´m using this widget to get notifications for SMS and Missed Calls.
[Android General] Funjet:
Hi, I make backup with MTKdroidTools but no sec_ro inside?

what is my probleme?
[Android General] joyride76:
Interesting bug when I check hapatic feedback I can't forward anymore calls to my Bluetooth headset

It wasn't easy to found
[Android General] vermillions:
Maybe a problem with the scatter file, the address for sec_ro maybe wrong.
[Android General] wuzere:
Hi.. This is my phone.. can i root my phone by using the link given in page 1? im afraid that i brick my phone.. thanks...
[Android General] mathomas:
thought i would get this phone to play with... getting bored with my SGS3...

just wanted to confirm something... is there a compass on the phone.... i have seen youtube videos that showed they had accelromiters(how ever you spell that) which as i understand it means that it should have a compass builtin... mean that they share the same hardware...

but i have seen a post stating that it's not there...

thoughts??
[Android General] wuilou:
same happens to me when I MtkDroidTools backup, flash the tool post and it happens just like you.

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I think that you can not run the compass, I could not.t.
[Android General] simba4:
Nice
[Android General] mathomas:
I am trying to find this device in the wiki and i cant find it... i have tried searching... Star... and S7189... and i cant find it...

Suggestions?

Thanks,

mat
[Android General] Ziv1:
I tried to find some good roms for this phone and i didn't find something.

So if someone can help me with good rom for that phone, i'll thank him alot.

About root, i find a tutorial and it's not a problem for me.

And another qustion, a case for Samsung Galaxy Note II (N7100) will be good for this phone also?

Thank you very much, ziv :)
[Android General] fors4k3n:
I want cyanogen mod 10.x for star s7189, its really?
[Android General] wuilou:
Hi, I have a problem with one of these phones.

What I have as it came with the same ROM makes the case that for some time here, I put it to charge and then I mark battery to 100% charged, take it off and soon goes off, I do the same with the two batteries. because I do this? that solution is? thanks
[Android General] cisasteelersfan:
Can anyone recommend this phone? I'm considering buying it for use on a prepaid AT&T network, Airvoice. It's cheap and has a big screen and a fast processor, but it looks like the resolution is sort of crappy.

Can anyone comment on the screen quality? And what about battery life?

Thanks!
[Android General] juanito1982:
Recovered S7189 1.6

Hello,

After some headaches I was able to recover my phone. I have a new S7189 1.6 Ghz and I broked it updating build.prop file.

I made following tests:

2013-03-20 ROM: The phone bootlooped in Android blue logo

2013-06-28 ROM: I was not be able to load it

Russian ROM: I could heard loading audio but I got white screen because that ROM does not support my lcd.

2013-04-22: It worked using following sensor configs:

main sensor (display) change to LQ053HNYP32B

sub sensor(front camera) change to gc0329_yuv.

main sensor(back camera) no change ov5647_mipi_raw​
[Android General] cabrote:
Battery Life : 10/10

Resolution: 9/10

:D The best phone I ever had.
[Android General] joyride76:
Screen quality 10

Battery life 10

Defauld android brightness auto regulation doesn't work properly

You have to install lux a change how it works, it wasn't easy to tune perfectly but now works like a charm

PS this phone support 64GB sdcard sdxc!!!!!!!

I'm very happy it's a good investment

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Bluethoot doesn't work properly if wifi is turned on

The phone is succefully paired with my car stereo music streams worked since the begining

Unfortunaly audio wasn't routed to the car stereo if the wifi was turned on

Used llama to fix it
[Android General] cabrote:
With my firmware I have no problem with auto bright. Also I don't have the issue of flickering icons when moving icon from drawer to home screen.

This problems happens with newer firms.
[Android General] mathomas:
Nice phone...

cell reception is a just about as good as my old SGS3... wifi is good...

the device for me is a little bit big and heavy... meaning it's thick... and about as heavy as a nexus 7...

the screen is nice... but you can tell that it has a plastic screen and not made from glass... i will be ordering a new screen protector as im hoping that will solve some of it's issues...

also has anyone here had issues with the home button falling out or coming loose? just recieved mine and my fear is that one day it will come out and i wont notice it till it's too late...

good luck

mat
[Android General] joyride76:
Install notification toggle and put home button on notification area

That's so easy :)

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Which firmware are you running?
[Android General] cabrote:
I'm using stock firmware 20130401. As far as I could test is the only one that don't have previously mentioned issues.
[Android General] mathomas:
im talking about the physical home button... it's ready to fall out... it has already once... but after it does... the phone would be worthless to myself...
[Android General] joyride76:
That's why I told you to install notification toggle

You can add an home button in the notification area

Currently I've don't the same an I'm not using anymore my physical button
[Android General] wuilou:
hello I have the phone that gives me problems when I restart works fine, but after a while leaves no call or RECEIVE calls. I reboot and it works fine again, it can be?

ROM change to test and keeps failing.

but tried to install this version 20130628_e2001v21_v89_jbl1a668_fwv , SP tool Flashh me an error when I connect the phone to the computer, why?

try different versions and all the same
[Android General] Lop3:
maybe we have the same phone

sas007:

Maybe we have the same phone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305736

I am considering donating or lending my phone for a few months to someone trustworthy with high credibility who can load stock rooted CyanogenMod on the phone and help all the people struggling with this phone (including me).
[Android General] sas007:
I need full device specs model baseband etc.

I may already have roms and root etc for this device.
[Android General] Boremarius:
Star S7189

Hi. Help me to set my ringtone to contacts , please.
[Android General] Romator:
hi,install program go contact,there is a function for ringtone of each contact.
[Android General] Boremarius:
Answer

Thanks !!!
[Android General] Funjet:
what rom works with this model? (android s7189)

I tried every rom available, none of them work

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what rom works with this model? (android s7189)

I tried every rom available, none of them work