[General Questions and Answers] fenik67:
Hi all.

I've bought on Ebay a new Chinese Android 4.2 smartphone, it is identified as Alps X416 (I know that Alps it's a generic identification for something unknown/generic, not a real company...).

It's a strange but powerful phone (I choose it because it's cheap and Android 4.2): it has no SD internal card, but it can use a MicroSD as internal SD, so the space for app is really high...if link2sd could work at all, but it is not.

System appear S-ON, so apps are not really moved to SD, and system memory is very low, so I'm limited in using it and system became slow.

I Had no problem to root it and to install last busybox, but it's quite impossible to use ext2/3/4 filesystems for MicroSD, the original ROM doesn't support them.

I was searching for original ROM (as a backup), but specially a modified ROM (cyano seems not still supporting it, so I don't know what to choose for my phone).

This is Hardware Info' report:

Alps X416

System (Android 4.2.2)

Model	X416

Manufacturer	alps

Device	hexing72_wet_lca

Product	X416

Brand	alps

Android Version	4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)

API Level	17

Build ID	JDQ39

Fingerprint	alps/hexing72_wet_lca/hexing72_wet_lca:4.2.2/JDQ39/1387451906:user/test-keys

Display (800x480)

Size	800x480

Refresh Rate	45 Hz

Default Orientation	Portrait

Physical Size	5,83" (14,8 cm)

Logical Size	Normal

Density	240 dpi (High)

Pixels Per Inch	X: 160,42; Y: 160

Processor (ARMv7)

Processor	ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)

Cores	2

Max Frequency	1001 Mhz

Instruction Sets	armeabi-v7a, armeabi

SIMD Instructions	NEON

Memory (217 MB)

System RAM	217 MB

JVM Max Memory	96 MB

Internal Storage	183 MB

External Storage	18422 MB (Removable)

Back Camera (1,9 megapixel)

Afeng Max Focus Step	0

Afeng Min Focus Step	0

Aflamp Mode	Off

Aflamp Mode Values	Off, On

Antibanding	Off

Antibanding Values	Off, 50hz, 60hz

Auto Exposure Lock Supported	False

Auto Whitebalance Lock Supported	False

Brightness_value	0

Burst Num	1

Cap Mode	Normal

Cap Mode Values	Normal, Face_beauty, Continuousshot

Capfname	/sdcard/DCIM/cap00

Effect	None

Effect Values	None, Mono, Negative, Sepia, Sepiablue

Exposure Compensation	0

Exposure Compensation Step	1.0

Fb Sharp	0

Fb Sharp Max	4

Fb Sharp Min	4

Fb Skin Color	0

Fb Skin Color Max	4

Fb Skin Color Min	4

Fb Smooth Level	0

Fb Smooth Level Max	4

Fb Smooth Level Min	4

Flash Mode	Off

Flash Mode Values	Off, On, Auto, Torch

Focal Length	3.5

Focus Distances	0.95, 1.9, Infinity

Focus Mode	Auto

Focus Mode Values	Auto, Infinity, Continuous Picture, Continuous Video

Horizontal View Angle	55

Iso Speed	Auto

Iso Speed Values	Auto

Jpeg Quality	100

Jpeg Thumbnail Height	128

Jpeg Thumbnail Quality	100

Jpeg Thumbnail Size Values	0x0, 160x128, 320x240

Jpeg Thumbnail Width	160

Max Exposure Compensation	1

Max Num Detected Faces Hw	15

Max Num Detected Faces Sw	0

Max Num Focus Areas	0

Max Num Metering Areas	0

Max Zoom	10

Min Exposure Compensation	1

Mtk Cam Mode	0

Orientation	90

Picture Format	Jpeg

Picture Format Values	Jpeg

Picture Size	640x480

Picture Size Values	320x240, 640x480, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x960, 1600x1200

Preferred Preview Size For Video	1280x720

Preview Format	Yuv420sp

Preview Format Values	Yuv420sp, Yuv420p, Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane

Preview Fps Range	5000, 60000

Preview Fps Range Values	(5000, 60000)

Preview Frame Rate	30

Preview Frame Rate Values	15, 30

Preview Size	640x480

Preview Size Values	176x144, 320x240, 352x288, 480x320, 480x368, 640x480, 720x480, 800x480, 800x600, 864x480, 960x540, 1280x720

Rotation	0

Scene Mode	Auto

Scene Mode Values	Auto, Night

Smooth Zoom Supported	True

Vertical View Angle	49

Video Frame Format	Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane

Video Size	640x480

Video Size Values	176x144, 480x320, 640x480, 864x480, 1280x720, 1920x1080

Video Stabilization	False

Video Stabilization Supported	False

Whitebalance	Auto

Whitebalance Values	Auto, Incandescent, Daylight, Cloudy Daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten

Zoom	0

Zoom Ratios	100, 114, 132, 151, 174, 200, 229, 263, 303, 348, 400

Zoom Supported	True

Zsd Mode	Off

Zsd Mode Values	Off

Front Camera (1,2 megapixel)

Afeng Max Focus Step	0

Afeng Min Focus Step	0

Antibanding	Off

Antibanding Values	Off, 50hz, 60hz

Auto Exposure Lock Supported	False

Auto Whitebalance Lock Supported	False

Brightness_value	0

Burst Num	1

Cap Mode	Normal

Cap Mode Values	Normal, Face_beauty, Continuousshot

Capfname	/sdcard/DCIM/cap00

Effect	None

Effect Values	None, Mono, Negative, Sepia, Sepiablue

Exposure Compensation	0

Exposure Compensation Step	1.0

Fb Sharp	0

Fb Sharp Max	4

Fb Sharp Min	4

Fb Skin Color	0

Fb Skin Color Max	4

Fb Skin Color Min	4

Fb Smooth Level	0

Fb Smooth Level Max	4

Fb Smooth Level Min	4

Flash Mode	Off

Flash Mode Values	Off

Focal Length	3.5

Focus Distances	0.95, 1.9, Infinity

Focus Mode	Auto

Focus Mode Values	Auto, Infinity, Continuous Picture, Continuous Video

Horizontal View Angle	60

Iso Speed	Auto

Iso Speed Values	Auto

Jpeg Quality	100

Jpeg Thumbnail Height	128

Jpeg Thumbnail Quality	100

Jpeg Thumbnail Size Values	0x0, 160x128, 320x240

Jpeg Thumbnail Width	160

Max Exposure Compensation	1

Max Num Detected Faces Hw	15

Max Num Detected Faces Sw	0

Max Num Focus Areas	0

Max Num Metering Areas	0

Max Zoom	10

Min Exposure Compensation	1

Mtk Cam Mode	0

Orientation	270

Picture Format	Jpeg

Picture Format Values	Jpeg

Picture Size	640x480

Picture Size Values	320x240, 640x480, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x960

Preferred Preview Size For Video	1280x720

Preview Format	Yuv420sp

Preview Format Values	Yuv420sp, Yuv420p, Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane

Preview Fps Range	5000, 60000

Preview Fps Range Values	(5000, 60000)

Preview Frame Rate	30

Preview Frame Rate Values	15, 30

Preview Size	640x480

Preview Size Values	176x144, 320x240, 352x288, 480x320, 480x368, 640x480, 720x480, 800x480, 800x600, 864x480, 960x540, 1280x720

Rotation	0

Scene Mode	Auto

Scene Mode Values	Auto, Night

Smooth Zoom Supported	True

Vertical View Angle	40

Video Frame Format	Yuv420i Yyuvyy 3plane

Video Size	640x480

Video Size Values	176x144, 480x320, 640x480, 864x480, 1280x720, 1920x1080

Video Stabilization	False

Video Stabilization Supported	False

Whitebalance	Auto

Whitebalance Values	Auto, Incandescent, Daylight, Cloudy Daylight, Fluorescent, Tungsten

Zoom	0

Zoom Ratios	100, 114, 132, 151, 174, 200, 229, 263, 303, 348, 400

Zoom Supported	True

Zsd Mode	Off

Zsd Mode Values	Off

OpenGL 1.1 (Mali-400 MP)

General

Renderer	Mali-400 MP

Version	OpenGL ES-CM 1.1

Vendor	ARM

Limits

Texture Size	4096x4096

Texture Units	8

Viewport Size	4096x4096

Modelview Stack Depth	32

Projection Stack Depth	32

Texture Stack Depth	32

Lights	8

Compressed Texture Formats

ETC1, Paletted

Extensions

GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_OES_byte_coordinates GL_OES_fixed_point GL_OES_single_precision GL_OES_matrix_get GL_OES_read_format GL_OES_compressed_paletted_texture GL_OES_point_size_array GL_OES_point_sprite GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_query_matrix GL_OES_matrix_palette GL_OES_extended_matrix_palette GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_draw_texture GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_OES_framebuffer_object GL_OES_stencil8 GL_OES_depth24 GL_ARM_rgba8 GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture GL_OES_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_robustness

OpenGL 2.0 (Mali-400 MP)

General

Renderer	Mali-400 MP

Version	OpenGL ES 2.0

Vendor	ARM

GLSL Version	OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.00

Limits

Texture Size	4096x4096

Texture Units	8

Vertex Textures	0

Combined Textures	8

Viewport Size	4096x4096

Renderbuffer Size	4096x4096

Cubemap Size	1024x1024

Vertex Attributes	16

Vertex Uniforms	256

Varying Vectors	12

Fragment Uniforms	256

Vertex Numeric Precision

Int	[-2^24, 2^24]

Float	[-2^127, 2^127], 2^-23

Fragment Numeric Precision

Low Int	[-2^11, 2^11]

Medium Int	[-2^11, 2^11]

High Int	Not available

Low Float	[-2^15, 2^15], 2^-10

Medium Float	[-2^15, 2^15], 2^-10

High Float	Not available

Compressed Texture Formats

ETC1

Extensions

GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_depth24 GL_ARM_rgba8 GL_ARM_mali_shader_binary GL_OES_depth_texture GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_sync GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_EXT_multisampled_render_to_texture GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_ARM_mali_program_binary GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_robustness

Graphic Modes (RGBA 32bit)

RGB 16bit (565)

RGB 16bit (565), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit

RGB 16bit (565), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4

RGB 16bit (565), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant

RGBA 16bit (5551), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit

RGBA 16bit (5551), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4

RGBA 16bit (5551), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant

RGBA 16bit (4444), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit

RGBA 16bit (4444), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4

RGBA 16bit (4444), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant

RGB 32bit (888)

RGB 32bit (888), Depth 24bit

RGB 32bit (888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit

RGBA 32bit (8888)

RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit

RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit

RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit

RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x4

RGBA 32bit (8888), Depth 24bit, Stencil 8bit, Samples x16, Non-Conformant

Sensors (3)

KXTJ2-1009 3-axis Accelerometer

Vendor	Kionix

Range	32.0 m/sÂ²

Resolution	0.00390625 m/sÂ²

Power	0.13 mA

AKM8963 Orientation sensor

Vendor	AKM

Range	360.0Â°

Resolution	1.0Â°

Power	0.25 mA

AKM8963 3-axis Magnetic Field sensor

Vendor	AKM

Range	600.0 Î¼T

Resolution	0.0016667 Î¼T

Power	0.25 mA

Codecs (34)

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.MP3

Media type: audio/mpeg

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.AMR.NB

Media type: audio/3gpp

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.AMR.WB

Media type: audio/amr-wb

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.ADPCM

Media type: audio/x-adpcm-ms

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.ADPCM

Media type: audio/x-adpcm-dvi-ima

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.RAW

Media type: audio/raw

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.AAC

Media type: audio/mp4a-latm

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.G711

Media type: audio/g711-alaw

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.G711

Media type: audio/g711-mlaw

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.VORBIS

Media type: audio/vorbis

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.FLAC

Media type: audio/flac

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.DECODER.APE

Media type: audio/ape

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.MPEG4

Media type: video/mp4v-es

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

Profiles:	Simple (0), Simple (0b), Simple (1), Simple (2), Simple (3), Simple (4), Simple (4a), Simple (5), AdvancedSimple (0), AdvancedSimple (0b), AdvancedSimple (1), AdvancedSimple (2), AdvancedSimple (3), AdvancedSimple (4), AdvancedSimple (4a), AdvancedSimple (5), Main (0), Main (0b), Main (1), Main (2), Main (3), Main (4)

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.H263

Media type: video/3gpp

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

Profiles:	Baseline (10), Baseline (20), Baseline (30), Baseline (40), Baseline (45), Baseline (50), Baseline (60), Baseline (70)

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AVC

Media type: video/avc

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

Profiles:	Baseline (1), Baseline (1b), Baseline (11), Baseline (12), Baseline (13), Baseline (2), Baseline (21), Baseline (22), Baseline (3), Baseline (31), Baseline (32), Baseline (4), Baseline (41), Baseline (42), Baseline (5), Baseline (51), Main (1), Main (1b), Main (11), Main (12), Main (13), Main (2), Main (21), Main (22), Main (3), Main (31), Main (32), Main (4), Main (41), Main (42), Main (5), Main (51), High (1), High (1b), High (11), High (12), High (13), High (2), High (21), High (22), High (3), High (31), High (32), High (4), High (41), High (42), High (5), High (51)

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.VPX

Media type: video/x-vnd.on2.vp8

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.VC1

Media type: video/x-ms-wmv

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.DIVX

Media type: video/divx

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

Profiles:	0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.DIVX3

Media type: video/divx3

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

Profiles:	0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.XVID

Media type: video/xvid

Color Formats:	0x7f000200

Profiles:	0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8000, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8, 0x8

OMX.google.aac.decoder

Media type: audio/mp4a-latm

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.MJPEG

Media type: video/x-motion-jpeg

Color Formats:	32bitARGB8888

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.ENCODER.MPEG4

Media type: video/mp4v-es

Color Formats:	YUV420Planar, Surface, 0x7f000200, YUV420Planar

Profiles:	Simple (0), Simple (0b), Simple (1), Simple (2), Simple (3)

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.ENCODER.H263

Media type: video/3gpp

Color Formats:	YUV420Planar, Surface, 0x7f000200, YUV420Planar

Profiles:	Baseline (10)

OMX.MTK.VIDEO.ENCODER.AVC

Media type: video/avc

Color Formats:	YUV420Planar, Surface, 0x7f000200, YUV420Planar

Profiles:	Baseline (1), Baseline (1b), Baseline (11), Baseline (12), Baseline (13), Baseline (2), Baseline (21), Baseline (22), Baseline (3), Baseline (31), High (1), High (1b), High (11), High (12), High (13), High (2), High (21), High (22), High (3), High (31), High (32), High (4), High (41)

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.AMR

Media type: audio/3gpp

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.AWB

Media type: audio/amr-wb

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.AAC

Media type: audio/mp4a-latm

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.VORBIS

Media type: audio/vorbis

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.ADPCM

Media type: audio/x-adpcm-ms

OMX.MTK.AUDIO.ENCODER.ADPCM

Media type: audio/x-adpcm-dvi-ima

OMX.google.flac.encoder

Media type: audio/flac

AACEncoder

Media type: audio/mp4a-latm

OMX.google.raw.decoder

Media type: audio/raw

Features (26)

Graphics

OpenGL 2.0

Android Hardware

android.hardware.bluetooth

android.hardware.camera

android.hardware.camera.any

android.hardware.camera.autofocus

android.hardware.camera.front

android.hardware.faketouch

android.hardware.location

android.hardware.location.gps

android.hardware.location.network

android.hardware.microphone

android.hardware.screen.landscape

android.hardware.screen.portrait

android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer

android.hardware.sensor.compass

android.hardware.telephony

android.hardware.telephony.gsm

android.hardware.touchscreen

android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch

android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct

android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.jazzhand

android.hardware.usb.accessory

android.hardware.usb.host

android.hardware.wifi

android.hardware.wifi.direct

Android Software

android.software.live_wallpaper

Phone has FM radio too..If anyone has some ideas about any ROM I could use instead of originial, I'll apprecaite a lot! ;)

Thanks in advance.