yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] Doman:
Pay attention, both phones are fake!

Huawei Honor 3C Aliexpress regular price for a 2GB RAM model is aprox $180-200. Plus I haven't heard about octa core version

at all

. Check those two mostly recommended sellers offers:

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...e-Android-4-2-Dual-SIM/412402_1739271274.html

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...-Core-Mobile-Phone-8GB/311331_1583660305.html

The other phone Lenovo A820s is fake as well. The proce is closer to the real one, but there is no 2GB RAM / 8-core version of A820! There is no genuine A820s from Lenovo

at all

:)

Be really careful while shopping on Ali. There is lots of fake phones. The prices of 2GB RAM phones starts at $150. The cheapest one is Newman K1S.
[Device Reviews and Information] Mbariah:
Has anyone tried the Custom MG Rom based on the latest KitKat??
[Device Reviews and Information] mite_jan:
yes

i have noticed that something is not right :)

now they started to advertise clones as branded phones :)
[Device Reviews and Information] parask82:
Yes I have it on for a couple of weeks its the best KitKat rom I have tried yet. Auto brightness work a lot better now and the rom is fast and smooth. Battery life is on par with every other KitKat rom I have tried yet(I have tried quite a few). Generally I would recommend it over the other KitKat roms out there. Only thing that bests it in my opinion is a Jelly Bean rom with the custom kernel from TeamForce.
[Device Reviews and Information] Mbariah:
Have you found a way to remove the data traffic monitor from the status bar?
[Device Reviews and Information] parask82:
Yes it is on settings>display>notification net speed.
[Device Reviews and Information] indiffereddie:
MG custom rom runs very smoothly, as much as the stock 4.2.2. rom. I had some problems with xposed framework though, but it's probably because I installed bad modules. However, everything is perfect but the battery - while I had 10h screen on time on JB, I can barely get 5h SoT on KitKat. I noticed that battery doesn't drain at all while sleeping, but whenever the screen is on , percentages go down quite fast :( Is there anything I can do to improve the battery life?
[Device Reviews and Information] but-888-:
I got the Same Impression from borx now with the TF kernel, not sure if its the new governor. I have now 14hours standby with 2hours SoT and 70 percent left. What governor is on in MG rom?
[Device Reviews and Information] indiffereddie:
That sounds pretty good. I forgot to check it for MG rom :( Anyways, I wanted to try to downgrade from KitKat back to JellyBean, and I got stuck with bad callibrated touchscreen. So I had no option but to choose another KitKat rom - this time it's Chilapos Rom 2, we'll see if I'll get any better battery stats.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
You can downgrade to TeamForce's Jelly Bean ROM if you use their patch I think. Read about it in their thread on NeedROM. I haven't tried it.

EDIT Look at V3 TeamForce Kernel thread on NeedROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] Whizzkid78:
I am also on MG custom rom. Tested it for a week now (V6 still) and everything runs smooth. Especially it solved bluetooth problems which I had when connecting to my car audio and gps runs more stable in my opinion. With regard to battery life: in the beginning I had a similiar impression that battery lasts shorter, but after 3 or 4 times charging it improved and its back to the standard of the stock rom. So no complaints in that direction for me.

There is one thing though where I also have noticed a decline in comparison to the stock rom. Maybe someone here can help me??

The sound (highest level 6) during calls seemed louder before. With the stock rom, I could understand people much better when being in noisy environments. With the MG custom rom calls are definitely more silent in comparison. Turning on the "BesLoudness" Enhancer in settings doesn't make a difference. I also tried playing around with the sound settings in engineering mode, but couldn't get any improvement yet.

Could maybe someone (who is still on 4.2 stock rom) post the original values here for so that I can compare:

engineer mode --> engineer mode (mtk) --> Hardware Testing tab --> Audio --> Normal Mode --> sph and sph 2

engineer mode --> engineer mode (mtk) --> Hardware Testing tab --> Audio --> Speech Enhancement --> Normal Mode Parametres

Thanks in advance (also for any other hint, how to solve this)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Here you go... Stock April 4.2.2 ROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] Whizzkid78:
Thanks for your quickl reply, Ouzo! I appreciate a it a lot. In fact, I would actually need to see all values for the different levels 0-6 of sph (while sph 2 is probably the same as sph, right?!) and also the values for the different parameters in normal mode of "speech enhancement" (while those are actually quite many). So maybe writing it down would be easier than screenshots? I just hope it's not too much to ask. Thanks in advance.

To keep your effort low as possible, here's my values on the MG custom rom. So maybe you can just double check if yours are different at all and if so, note down those deviating values right behind?!

engineer mode --> engineer mode (mtk) --> Hardware Testing tab --> Audio --> Normal Mode --> sph and sph 2

Level 0 - 80 | Level 1 - 90 | Level 2 - 100 | Level 3 - 110 | Level 4 - 120 | Level 5 - 130 | Level 6 -140

engineer mode --> engineer mode (mtk) --> Hardware Testing tab --> Audio --> Speech Enhancement --> Normal Mode Parametres

0 - 96 | 1 - 55997 | 2 - 16388 | 3 - 29 | 4 - 57351 | 5 - 799 | 6 - 400 | 7 - 64 | 8 - 400 | 9 - 4325 | 10 - 611 | 11 - 0 | 12 - 20488 | 13 - 371 | 14 - 23 | 15 - 8192 | 16 - 96 | 17 - 253 | 18 - 16388 | 19 - 29 | 20 - 57607 | 21 - 799 | 22 - 400 | 23 - 64 | 24 - 400 |

25 - 4325 | 26 - 611 | 27 - 0 | 28 - 16392 | 29 - 371 | 30 - 23 | 31 - 8192

Again, thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
See above. Will do the rest shortly if my editing has worked.... Actually, as I started to check the speech enhancement values I realised they are all the same as yours, apart from '1'. What would be great is if someone compiled a list of what all the values in Engineer Mode actually do. I've only seen partial info whenever I've looked. I find the earpiece volume is too loud on minimum, as is the speakerphone on minimum. I may try some of your values and see what happens. How did you find out what sph and sph2 are for?

By the way, after a reboot all of my changes in MTK Engineer Mode revert to the original values. Any idea why? Edit - scratch that, after a second attempt the changes held...
[Device Reviews and Information] Whizzkid78:
Great man, that helped a lot. It actually seems a little louder now when people talk to me on the phone. Even though I had some echo on that particular test call, but I guess that needs one or two more calls with different people before it can be confirmed.

I found the information regarding the effects of sph and speech enhancement on this blog , in a forum for the ZOPO 998 and over here at XDA in this thread regarding the ThL W8. So I was hoping that this could somehow solve my volume issue.

Besides what I read there, I can only guess what things stand for in Engineer mode's sound settings and what effect changes have. I agree, if anyone knows more about it and is willing to share that would be very interesting.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Thanks for the links. Every time I search I find different ones that add slightly different info. I'd still like to know more about tweaking touch screen sensitivity....

I've lowered the values for loudspeaker/sph. I noticed that the values under loudspeaker/ring were much lower so I altered the first three levels to about the same. Now I can use speakerphone inside my house without my neighbour five houses away being able to hear me ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
I haven't tried any of the MIUI ports yet. Most seems to have a few bugs. The most recent Italian/English one on NeedROM looks ok, but there's always an element of trial and error. That's why having a nandroid backup is so useful. Sometimes the comments on NeedROM will alert you to any bugs in advance.

I have a very limited broadband allowance so I tend to download ROMS quite sparingly. Until I hear of an MIUI ROM that is almost bug free I will wait. I used to love MIUI when I had my HD2 because of all the customisations.
[Device Reviews and Information] dbanas:
Hi again. Thanks for your help but I couldn't get the phone to connect to the PC, either as a storage device, or media device, or for the mtktool or the spflashtool. I tried to do a backup (with mtktools), but I received a critical error saying "the program has lost communication with the device and will end". (Mtktools detects the phone but during the backup seems to find some problem in copying from the mobile to the PC).

Anyway, I've been with it all day, so I'll try something else tomorrow xD
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Weird. When you plug your phone into your PC (with the phone switched on), don't you get a message in the notification area allowing you to switch between 'charge only', 'MTP', 'USB Mass Storage etc'?
[Device Reviews and Information] dbanas:
Yes, I do, but the computer can't get to read anything from the phone. And I've tried every tutorial on how to install the mediatek USB drivers in Windows 8.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
That's odd, I didn't think any drivers were required for MTP mode. I honestly don't know what to suggest. It sounds like maybe you need to remove whatever drivers you've already tried to install and start again. Hopefully someone else will read this thread and pitch in to help.

You can use the Mobile Uncle Tools app to backup your IMEI number, then use the same app to install CWM recovery. Then I guess you could use CWM to make a nandroid backup, after you could start flashing CWM compatible custom ROMs. That would kind of give you a way back to your current stock ROM, but it's not ideal.
[Device Reviews and Information] lycanwrath:
Been playing with the deodexed Rom a bit more.

The Negatives so far are:-

>WIFI is weaker than stock ROM

>GPS will not work (I tried the common fixes but still does not work)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
I wonder what the author of the ROM did to make WiFi weaker.
[Device Reviews and Information] aieromon:
That's odd,my GPS works just fine.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
CSL DVB-T Android mini TV Stick

Just a quick heads up in case anyone else is thinking of buying this accessory, it doesn't work with the stock ROM but it will if you apply a fix. I guess we don't have UDB OTG compliance after all. It works just fine on a Tegra Note and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. It's an awesome little device....and tiny!

FIX - First, turn on superuser/root access in settings/security. Then download Chainfire's USB Host Diagnostics from the Play Store. Run the app, then hit Start Diagnostics. You will be prompted to pliug in a USB OTG device. I used a OTG afdapter and a memory stick. After the diagnostics have run and you have been asked whether or not you want to upload the results, you will be prompted that USB OTG is not working and that it might benefit from attempting a fix. Let it run the fix and then reboot the phone. The CSL TV dongle will now work :)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CSL-Receiver-Smartphones-Interface-Smartphone/dp/B00DZR3OKS#productDetails
[Device Reviews and Information] mite_jan:
did you flashed this file v0.2 or v0.1

stok_g4s_22.04​.2014_deodex_m​od_jemi_v_0.2.​zip

you can try to remove the wifi speed lines in build.prop and test if your wifi is stronger

also the author mentioned this

WiFi барахлит, и 3G интернет..

whatever that means , yeah it could mean that it dont work properly

btw there is another deodexed rom just like the stock but without the extras jemi included

try this one if the deodexed by jemi has a wifi problem

https://mega.co.nz/#!8gYS3YDK!Z5nbUFxhTIOEvLzTS8mBMU5aeEMKhBVOyX04xUt5NsQ
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Thanks. Personally I'm still using the most recent stock ROM, I probably won't try any other ROMs now until something really good comes along - this device is now well and truly my daily driver :)
[Device Reviews and Information] mite_jan:
i am not putting myself miui , lewa ports , they should be buggy

but deodexed rom is a must for me becouse of the gravitybox mostly

so between these 2 i am putting one when my phone will come
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Is Gravitybox fully working on the deodexed ROM? Someone wrote that there were problems. If it's fully working then that's definitely an incentive to make the change - Gravitybox is fantastic.
[Device Reviews and Information] mite_jan:
i didnt had much success with my previous mtk6592 phone (it was restarting my phone) but maybe i didnt deodexed the files well
[Device Reviews and Information] lycanwrath:
GravityBox is working just fine.

[MENTION=4230033]mite_jan[/MENTION]

I used the stok_g4s_22.04​.2014_deodex_m​od_jemi_v_0.2.​zip ROM

Thanks the WIFI is working better now, but the GPS is not working at all.

Before using the deodexed ROM I was able to get a GPS fix in under 10seconds, now I cannot get a fix at all

I hope there is a fix for that.
[Device Reviews and Information] but-888-:
Gps switch is buggy in jemis rom. Try to switch gps on and reboot the phone. Then gps is on. If you want to switch it off. Hit the switch and reboot. So aweful but i just leave it on due to this

Hope this helps you

Tapatalked with G4S
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Here's a link to some photos taken with the G4S, courtesy of ykassana :)

http://mtkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=842
[Device Reviews and Information] mite_jan:
phone is in my country

i will be getting it very soon

i will first try the stock deodexed rom (not from jemi) right away

i think i know how to fix the GPS

i have messed with mediatek's crazy gps in the past

---------- Post added at 11:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:52 AM ----------

the photos are nice but i think that is not the original size and it is reduced (look at the cats)

anyway the camera is not bad

i was impressed how good videos it takes

have a look at the video tests

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-NhQH7O-jgL4TPJR16sTlQ
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Cool, I hope it arrives soon for you : )

For me, on the stock ROM, the biggest issue with GPS is not lock time but accuracy. On a 14.2 mile cycle ride the other day my GPS tracking app only recorded 13.8 miles. Oops. Co-pilot really struggles to know what road you're on if there are others nearby (even out of town).

Yep, I guess kassana had to shrink the photos to upload them. Photos are generally OK, but less so if you look at them on a big screen. For the cost of the phone I think they're acceptable.

My hope is that by this time next year I can buy a Mediatek shod phone with better GPU, MHL video-out, 4G, proper micro SDXC support, better camera and more on board storage for the same money. That would be awesome. It would also mean I had bought two phones for half the price of a single flagship device :)

As an aside, watching TV on this phone is such a cool novelty, as long as you have a good signal. I recommend the CSL mini dongle until HD mini tuners fall in price.
[Device Reviews and Information] ykassana:
I took those photos

Yep, the photos really aren't that bad even when viewed full. For some reason google photos shrinks them. But in their original size, they're fine. The cat photo was cropped 50%, even then it's not bad.

Thanks Ouzo!
[Device Reviews and Information] indiffereddie:
Oh, nice! I hope I will be able to flash a stock Jelly Bean rom with stock kernel after TeamForce's rom and their custom kernel, cause I read the comments that people are having troubles with forced closes with their kernel...

But is seems like I'm not going to need it anyway, this rom seems perfect, the only thing I have to figure out how to make work is the GPS [emoji15]
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
GPS is easy. Place underpants on head, stand on one leg, place left index finger on nose and turn GPS on. Simple. Oh, this only works on the third Tuesday of the month...if it's sunny....and the temperature is between 21 and 21.5 degrees centigrade.
[Device Reviews and Information] domdom32:
Hello guys,

I just received my recently ordered Jiayu G4S, and I am quite a noob considering new mobile phones, custom roms, and all that since until today I have been using some old Samsung smartphone.

So as soon as i got to know the phone a little bit, I noticed several features missing, which is quite annoying, considering my 4-5 year old samsung smartphone has these same features.

Namely these are the inability to pick a custom ringtone (can only pick from the default ones), the inability to change the number of pages on my desktop and the inability to place quickdial shortcuts on my desktop.

Could anyone please help me with this and let me know what the solution for this is, if there is one? Do I have to install custom roms, or is there a simpler solution? If so, could someone point me to a good rom, since I already tried searching for some on the needrom website, and there are tons.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Open the music player app, play a song, press menu and select 'use as ringtone'. I haven't assigned a non standard ring tone yet, but perhaps this will work for you. Once upon a time you could also place a folder in storage called 'notifications' and then the files contained therein would appear in the appropriate menu.

Personally I use Nova Launcher Pro because it is much more customisable than any stock launcher I've used (HTC, Samsung etc). I only need two pages now because of gesture support, double function shortcuts etc.

Edit.... Create a folder in storage called 'ringtones' and place the sound you want to use as a ringtone in there. Create a folder called 'notifications' and place sounds in there to make them available if you want more than the default notifications. Reboot phone afterwards.
[Device Reviews and Information] domdom32:
Wow, that was fast :D Thanks alot, really appreciate it.

Managed to change my ringtone, as well as the number of pages on display, but now i cannot add the contact shortcuts to the desktop. The direct dial and message show my contacts, but when i try to add a contact shortcut, it seems as if no contacts are present on my phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
In the stock launcher? If so, the only way I can see is to open the contacts app, then open a contact, press menu then select 'place on hone screen'. I'm using the stock Jiayu firmware from April (Jelly Bean). Not sure what your new phone shipped with.

Sorry, you're welcome by the way, I just happened to be around :)
[Device Reviews and Information] domdom32:
Nope, I installed nova launcher, and now I tap hold on the desktop, select shortcut, and then contact. I'm taken to the contacts screen which is empty. When I do the same for direct dial or direct message, the contacts screen is full. Nvm, this is not a big problem, I will figure it out eventually, thanks alot for your help.

Edit: Solved it, just had to move all my contacts from the Sim card to the phone. Thought I did it before, but I guess I was wrong :D
[Device Reviews and Information] indiffereddie:
The new version of Jiayu G4S KitKat official rom is available!

http://bbs.ejiayu.com/thread-1228992-1-1.html

:)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Cool. I couldn't work out why my list was populated and your wasn't.

If you like Nova there's usually a sale on now and then in the Play Store. I think I only paid 69p or something daft. It's nice having gestures like double tapping the screen, swiping up from icons etc to add more functionality.

If you find you can't see text in some apps because the text and the background are the same colour, don't forget to change the theme to 'system' in the built in themes app. I don't like the icons that come with that theme, but I use Nova Launcher to change those on my home screen to something more subtle.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
I'm itching to try something other than stock jelly bean now, but until Jiayu release a really decent ROM without some of the bugs that annoy me I don't think I can be bothered.
[Device Reviews and Information] indiffereddie:
My suggestion would be Chilapos rom, for sure - as good and stable as stock Jelly Bean + battery life is amazing + it has Jiayu Theme app, while MG doesn't. Or you can just wait for the custom roms of the new official rom ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Maybe, I'm gradually coming round to the idea. Back when I had an HTC Touch/Touch Pro, HD2 etc I used to try new ROMs every day so my current restraint is something of a miracle for me :) Thanks for the suggestion.
[Device Reviews and Information] yungwizzy:
has anyone played hd games on this device like real racing, mc5 at highest graphics ?? how did it handle it? with ease or it struggle to play it?? i need an honest review on d gaming aspect of this device anyone????
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
Official updates are now up on NeedROM....
[Device Reviews and Information] pozzeco:
GPS

I hope, that you'll upload photos or video with modified GPS antenna.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
In the end I bought some copper foil from a garden centre (apparently it repels slugs).

So far I've only made one type. It looks exactly like the one made by Vladimir on page 13 of Chilapos' ROM thread on NeedROM. There is only a slight improvement in accuracy for me. For an unknown reason Co-pilot refuses to get a lock at all now so I'm trying to work out what's going on. Rest assured, if I find a better antenna shape I will post photos immediately :)
[Device Reviews and Information] fahy93:
Hi! I just bought the G4S and really want to put the custom MG rom on it. http://www.needrom.com/download/custom-20140927-mg/comment-page-9/#comment-116013 . The problem is I am not really sure how to do it. I have flastool installed and did a back up of my 4.2.2 using TWRP and got a back up of my IMEI using Mobile Uncle tools. I loaded the rom txt file into the scatter loading file slot but what do I do after that? Do I need drivers because my computer can't detect any? thank you in advance.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ouzo:
OK, firstly you've only made a partial backup of what's on your phone so far. There are other parts of the phone that I recommend you backup in case you need to restore everything to new condition. This includes the preloader and NVRAM. You can do this using MTK Droid tools (this is not the same as SPFlashTools, of MTK Flash Tools). See a site called GizBeat for tutorials on how to use it. The guy that runs the site has a YouTube channel too. You really need a full backup in case anything goes wrong.

SP Flash tool. Do you mean that when you plug your phone in the PC doesn't see it? Have you installed all the necessary drivers including the Vcom driver? Please read or watch several tutorials on using SP Flash tool too. It would be really helpful for your understanding if you work some of it out for yourself, for trouble shooting purposes. Honest, I'm not being a tool. GizBeat has tutorials on that too :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Mbariah:
Anyone having battery issues with the Custom MG rom..simply turn off smart wake..It's a cool feature but has a huge battery drain
[Device Reviews and Information] indiffereddie:
I use smart wake on Chilapos rom and I don't have any battery drain. I had a huge battery drain on MG rom though, with or without smart wake.
[Device Reviews and Information] indiffereddie:
Hey guys, I have a couple of questions - is there a way to merge internal storage with external storage? Or to merge system storage and internal storage? Or at least to make an ext partition from entire internal storage? Thanks