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[Android General] MacArthur67:
[MENTION=4352327]janteque[/MENTION]

1. I have never seen that error but I don't use Feedly

2. There seem to be 2 separate reasons for spontaneous shut downs of the 3GS. One is system related and I don't have that in my 3GS. The other is caused by a too strong magnet in so called smart cases. When you fold the samart case front cover all the way to the back the magnet reaches all the way through the tab to the sensor on the front. My shut down problems are gone since I bought another (my 3d) cover. See post #481 in this thread. There are some earlier posts also about the same problem with smart cases.

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Am I the only one who has the problems with 2.0.3 that I posted about in post #596?
[Android General] janteque:
Thanks [MENTION=5994621]MacArthur67[/MENTION] however I don't use any smart case nor there are any near magnet that I'm aware of.

Might it be related to the external sd? I've remember reading about something similar.
[Android General] Dun74:
Hi [MENTION=4352327]janteque[/MENTION]

I used to have this freedly problem but it's gone for me in 2.0.3.

The 2nd problem you mention occurs in my tablet but I use smartcover and I think it is related. Regarding the external sd. I dont use it anymore and the tablet I more stable.
[Android General] janteque:
I'm going to try without the SD card. Let you know if there is any improvement.

However, I've also noticed that I cannot configure ART instead of dalvik. With 2.0.1 I did and it worked fine for some weeks until the errors reappeared. Now if I switch to ART the tablet reboots but is stays on dalvik afterwards
[Android General] vayavalla:
Do you have Xposed installed? It's not compatible with ART
[Android General] janteque:
That's it. It was installed. Thanks!
[Android General] vayavalla:
Can we connect to the earphone jack earphones with microphone?

The icon on the upper right corner shows it as a normal earphone when I connect them.

I'm on 2.0.1
[Android General] Dun74:
As mentioned in a earlier post there 2 standard omtp and ahj. You have to use the right one or use an adapter. You will see the headset with mic when connected with the right one.
[Android General] vayavalla:
Is this hardware or software dependant? I'm not sure, but I think the earphones that I have worked with when I was on firmware v1
[Android General] Silverphil:
Hi to all,

I have followed closely this thread, being a happy Mini 3 GS owner myself.

My modest feedback :

Fantastic tablet, certainly on par for me with Ipad mini for 20% of the price and no « Apple Hassle »

All functions tested quite satisfactorily : no « Creaking noise » .

Fitted with a 64 Gb SD card, which works perfectly after formatting thanks to « Ridgecrop Consultants » website ; card seen without problem by the tab and filled with docs/pictures/music/videos ; I am waiting for a 128 Gb for further testing.

OTA update done without problem, which brought the tab to 2.0.1 firmware ; however, when I now try OTA, it says « un unknown error occured, please leave this page and try again », and then « your system is up to date ». Is this normal ? And will OTA be available for later versions (2.0.3, and maybe Lollipop) ?

Quite satisfied also with the smart cover described above which fits very nicely (I ordered a second one just in case). This plus available sceen protectors make the tab quite handy and folproof.

My main concern lies with the autonomy : repeated tests show 6 to 6 ½ hours continuous video playing, which is not much, and the tab when in sleep (airplane) mode looses 10 to 20% battery par day. Any idea ?

Root

I first wanted to root it, as with my former tablets (Teclast, Cube) ; this I however postponed, since it appeared complex when reading this thread (i am just an old geek, and flashing/MTK tools/custom ROMs are too much for me) , and since my main goal when rooting is to install more apps thanks to Link2SD ; however, the tab having unified MTP storage, there seems to be no more limit to install Apps (more than 150 to date plus 100 system apps, and all work like a charm !).

Another issue with MTP occured however, whereby I cannot anymore sync between PC and Tablet files with programs like Always Sync (No drive name allocated in Windows anymore). The only solution I found (except maybe connecting the tab by RJ 45 adapter, which I did not succeed in doing) is to use Always Sync via the Samba filesharing app, as done on my Galaxy phone. Problem : this can only be installed on a rooted tablet !

I would therefore appreciate to be given of a simple way to root the 2.0.1 stock tablet ; in particular, has anyone used with success programs such as KingoRoot, I Root, FramaRoot, TowelRoot, etc ? I do not see at this stage the advantage for me to try and install a Custom Rom, since the stock one is for me near to perfection.

Also, should I manage to root it successfully, would I still be able to receive OTA updates ?

Thanks
[Android General] geertkol:
[MENTION=6254387]Silverphil[/MENTION]

I am also a very happy user of this fantastic tablet in my opinion. Why don't you flash the Pogodancer 2.03 Rom. It's rooted, debloated and you can install all the apps you want! See my other posts for tricks and tips. I have a rooted app installed called Greenify and a paid app called Boosters Plus Battery Saver Pro. I just loose 1 or 2% a day when idle. I get to manage about 7 hours of normal use.
[Android General] MacArthur67:
If you don't want to flash Pogodancer's rooted and cleaned ROM you can use iRoot/Vroot for rooting. I used that root app to root 2.0.3 before Pogodancer posted his rooted ROM. Just install SuperSU from Play Store after you have rooted, give SuperSU super user rights in the Chinese SU app that is installed during the rooting, and then you can disable or delete the Chinese SU app (and the Chinese bloatware). Disable your antivirus software before installing iRoot as your antivirus will "clean" it otherwise, but you probably know that.

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Edit:

I also use Greenify but no battery saver app and I only loose a very few percent battery per day in sleep/standby (phone in standby, no disabled radios, no airplane mode). It was the same in 2.0.1. I don't think Greenify makes any difference in sleep/standby in my tab. At least I didn't notice any difference when I installed it and I have 220 insatlled apps. It saves some RAM and maybe save a little battery when you use the tab. I have very strong GSM/3G and WiFi signals at home though. But if your tab drains battery in sleep + airplane mode some process must drain the battery. I suggest you to install a better battery monitor than the stock monitor and see where the power goes in sleep mode.
[Android General] Robbo69:
I'm not a robot

I agree with all that !

I have 2.0.2 and that gives the same "unknown error occured, please leave this page and try again" message when trying OTA. Does anyone have any ideas?
[Android General] geertkol:
[MENTION=6026361]Robbo69[/MENTION] and all mini3gs users

First of all i want to say to you all that this forum is a fantastic place where mini 3gs users can help with questions. My experience is, that a new debloated Rom is better and smoother in most cases. Flashing a new Rom is a piece of cake if you have done it one time. OTA updates are very often cause problems in my opinion. I find a clean and debloated new install with a custom Rom like Pogodancer 2.03 always better than the regular stock Rom with root through a app. With a custom recovery you can always go back to a good working system in case of problems. Enyoy your tablet!
[Android General] MacArthur67:
I agree to that, especially to the thing about OTA updates. I am quite new to Android but have a long history with developing "on the other side" (iOS), where OTA updates comes very very frequent and seemless. After a few of these OTA updates the system is quite messed up. It works fine and normal users don't notice any performance difference, but for jailbreaking and installing tweaks it doesn't work. After a couple of years with many Android devices I have noticed it's the same here. A clean ROM install with a flash tool is always so much better. But, and this is a big but, if you for example keep loosing the IMEI every time you flash a new ROM like I do, this is nothing for normal users. Saying it is easy to my sister or my elderly dad for example would cause a brick instantly, if they even manage to install the necessary drivers and software. I was on Pogodancer's 2.0.1 before but for 2.0.3 I downloaded, rooted and debloated before he had posted it in that state here. I have several new small problems though and I'm thinking of going back to 2.0.1. I don't understand why I seem to be the only one who has those problems. I mean, I did what Pogodancer did. His start ROM image is the same, it was rooted the same way I think (iRoot) and there is not much bloatware to remove. So what is different? You wrote "install with a custom Rom like Pogodancer 2.03 always better than the regular stock Rom with root through a app", but that's the point, Pogodancer's ROM is a stock ROM rooted with an app and then debloted and then backed up. It's not a mod ROM like Cyanogen or something like that. Or have I missed something?
[Android General] geertkol:
[MENTION=5994621]MacArthur67[/MENTION]

I think you are right that the Pogodancer Rom is actualy a debloated and pre rooted stock Rom. But for me it works fantastic, no issues at all, no IMEI and other problems some people have. Both Roms 2.01 and 2.03. Maybe the combination of apps is sometimes the problem. I was a newbie with no flashing experience at all. With all the help in this forum i know much more. With good instructions and good reading flashing is a piece of cake if you know what you are doing in my opinion. Maybe not exactly follow the instructions can give problems? Enyoy the tablet!
[Android General] pogodancer:
Hello friends,

I am very glad that you are satisfied with my firmware-mod 2.0.3 I made for you. To make things clear:

The rom is

not

a backup (installed - rooted with third party app - backup). It is an absolute

clean factory rom

downloaded from FNF, mounted in Linux, rooted, cleaned and modded in Linux and lately repacked again. So there are absolutely no footprints of my device in this rom - just clean. The FNF-stockrom 2.0.3 is nearly perfect IMHO. I don't know whatelse to improve.

@ geertkol and MacArthur

I did not do anything with Greenify or battery mod apps. Over night I lose in approximately 8 hours about 1%. I doubt whether it's worth to play around with Greenify to manipulate system apps.

Thanks and keep the faith. Have phun and merry christmas holidays.
[Android General] geertkol:
[MENTION=4546777]pogodancer[/MENTION] (and other users)

Thanks for all your help and advice to me and other people. I know much more about Android like flashing a Rom and other things. In my opinion Greenify is a fantastic app that helps with a little better battery life. I hinernate nearly all of my apps, except system apps. I also have installed a free app called Screen Off Wifi Off (Scherm Uit Wifi Uit in Dutch) from Arthur Jaszczyk. It shuts down Wifi as soon as i close my smart case with sleep function. As soon as i open the case the Wifi turns on again automaticaly. It helps to keep battery life better. The third app that made my Wifi connection stronger, helps a little extra with battery life and makes the device smoother is Boosters Plus Battery Saver Pro (paid app). I don't say that people need these apps, but i find the mentioned apps make a very good device a little better. The last app i use and advice is called Lux Lite. It can set the screen brightness a little lower automaticaly. If you or other users try other apps and have positive experiences with it, let me know. I wish you and all ifive mini 3gs users good holidays. Let's help each other to make our devices better and easier to use. A good 2015 to you all!!!???
[Android General] Silverphil:
Hi,

Thanks to all for your very documented and helpful answers, and special thanks to pogodancer for his tremendous work.

I therefore understand that the tab can be rooted with I Root without problem (but when rooted, do we still have OTA access? And does anybody know if Lollipop is on the way?). I shall therefore proceed with the root, since I remain somewhat reluctant to flash pogodancer Rom (possible loss of IMEI?).

Concerning the battery, I use now Battery Doctor which allows to kill (alas manually) running apps and have noticed an improvement; I still lose 5 to 10% per day in sleep mode though.

Thanks again and all the best for the New Year.
[Android General] MacArthur67:
[MENTION=4546777]pogodancer[/MENTION]

If you have none of all the small issues I have in 2.0.3 I will flash your ROM before I go back to 2.0.1. Pity then that I was too quick to install 2.0.3. the hard way before you posted your 2.0.3, but I got the impression that you had some problems with it and wasn't going to post any 2.0.3 soon. What's the status of the recovery in your 2.0.3 custom ROM? Does it work like in your 2.0.1?

About Greenify. I don't see any battery saving effect of that app but there are some apps that persistantly relaunch some processes in the background (Amazon Kindle for example), occupying quite a lot of RAM. Greenify aoutomatically hibernate these apps on startup and you can easily see a small performance gain in a benchmark app. I don't think it saves any battery though. In fact I don't know of any battery saving apps for Android like "BattSaver" for jailbroken iOS devices that aggressively shuts down all unused radios (and more). That app really does wonders for a phone like iPhone 5S where the battery have half the capacity it should have. The 3GS don't have 4G so that's one radio less to shut down when not in use, so the gain in battery life would be smaller.

[MENTION=6254387]Silverphil[/MENTION]

I loose my IMEI every time I flash a new ROM and I don't know why. I'm not the only one though. It's quite easy to restore the IMEI once you know how to do it. Should you go ahead with flashing Pogodancer's 2.0.3 and you loose your IMEI you can PM me and I'll tell you how to do. I'm almost a noob to Android so if I can do it you can do it. Just remember to write down your IMEI on a paper before you flash a new ROM (if you haven't saved the original box with the IMEI printed on a sticker). 5-10% battery loss in sleep mode is not normal. Like Pogodancer I also loose only ~1% over night on a rooted and debloated stock ROM and that is not thanks to Greenify or any battery saving apps.

Thanks everyone on this thread for all your help the past year, special thanks to Pogodancer and all the best to everyone for the New Year!
[Android General] pogodancer:
@ MacArthur67

That's what I think (please correct me if I am wrong): The IMEI and the serial no. is related to the hardware. So if you flash an untouched stockfirmware on your device you should have back or keep these data. I lost the IMEI just once when testing Riley's rom, who used to offer backups (I think) - same as my 2.0.1 mod-rom. So I recommend you to flash an untouched stockrom (2.0.1 or 2.0.3) on your device just to check if you have your IMEI and serial no. After that you should not have problems to keep your data flashing my firmware-mod 2.0.3. Do a TitaniumBackup first and you will be finished within 30 minutes.

@ MacArthur67, gertkool, Dun74 and other active participients of this thread

Believe me, you really are no noobs. You know much more than you think and you can help these people having the same device and reading this thread but not posting anything. Keep the fire burning and post your experience. If you have some improvements let me know I can build them into the stockrom. I think the 2.0.3 rom is a great base for that.

@ All

If you have problems with IMEI etc. ask MacArthur or gertkool by pm. I am sure they can explain it to you in a very easy to understand matter.:good:

@ Silverphil

Like Arthur said 5-10% battery lost for 1 day in standby is too much. Up to 3% are OK. Flash another rom but don't play around with settings and apps.
[Android General] Silverphil:
I have tried and root the tab with I Root. The process was apparently successful, and I Root tells me the tab has root permissions (I repeated it three times); when I run Root checker however, I am told that the device does not have root access; I also installed SuperSu, ran it, says binary has to be updated, I click "Normal", it runs for a few minutes and says that installation has failed. Titanium also fails to get root permission.

Help!
[Android General] MacArthur67:
Did you give SuperSU su rights in the Chinese su app before you disabled/removed it and before you installed/updated the su binary in SuperSU? Iit's verry crucial to do so. The Ch su app gives a dialogue about giving SuperSU su rights in Chinese and if I remember right it's the right clck box that is the right one.
[Android General] Silverphil:
The following sequence occurs:

I Root connects to the tab. 3 chinese apps are installed (one looks like a store, the other like a cleaning app, the third unknown with a kind of "C"), and I must authorize them through my anti virus. The tab re-starts, and I Root says "iFive mini 3 GS root succeeded". I do not get a dialogue box, but a chinese app opens with 5 options at the bottom; I tried all five with nothing conclusive. There is a question mark at the top, and a drawing which seems to invite to disconnect the USB, which I did. Root Checker says tab not rooted. I install Supersu; it tells me that the binary must be updated, I click on normal, installation runs for a few minutes and eventually it says installation failed start again. I'm stuck!
[Android General] MacArthur67:
Don't worry, I'll help you, even if it means going back to the stock fw to take screen dumps of the tab and my "hacker PC" with iRoot of all steps. Maybe you should PM me with an email if that is necessary.

I will back up my tab and try Pogodancer's 2.0.3 and see if it solves all the small issues I have in my 2.0.3 anyway. It only takes a few minutes extra to flash a 2.0.1 stock fw on the way.

Anyway it's clear that something goes wrong early in your rooting. After you run iRoot and the tab restarts there is no more choices except a green button at the bottom right in iRoot to finish it. The five choices (8 in an earlier version) you mention are optional installs (more bloatware). The Chinese SU app is the app that has an icon that looks like a blue shield with a gearwheel on it. Do NOT uninstall that app before you have SuperSU working. You must get a dialogue from the Ch su app when you install SuperSU before SuperSU can work. Uninstall SuperSU before you try iRoot again and repeat it.

Latest iRoot here:

http://www.mgyun.com/en/getvroot

Switch off any virus software in both your PC and in the tab completely before you download iRoot and go ahead with the rooting.

Here is an instruction for an earlier version of iRoot (Vroot):

http://androidxda.com/download-vroot

The order is correct even if it looks a bit different now and the instruction doesn't say anything about how to replace the Ch su app with SuperSU

Don't uninstall the Ch stuff until you have downloaded and installed SuperSU and it works.. You must get a dialogue from the Ch su app first time you start SuperSU, otherwise something is wrong.

Good luck!
[Android General] Robbo69:
Love this little tablet. Beautiful screen, fast response. Great battery life ... left on idle without much use for a couple of weeks and still had life (see screenshot). Running stock 2.0.2 ROM.
[Android General] cosan:
Hi, after I flash pogodancer's ROM my touchscreen not working. I tryed to flash another ROM's and still same. Only power and volume buttons work. Does anybody this problem too? Thx.
[Android General] MacArthur67:
You are the first with that problem in this thread that I know of. I have had the same problem with other devices (not MTK SOC) when I have tried to flash custom roms that is not exactly made for that device. That leads me to the question if your tab is really a iFive Mini 3GS? There are Mini and Mini 3G also.
[Android General] MacArthur67:
One of the problems I have with the FNF stock 2.0.3 fw (downloaded from the FNF site and rooted with iRoot) is that I have a "virtual" wifi router in my vicinity. In WiFi Analyzer I see it at channel 1 by the name "NVRAM WARNING:ERR=0x10(00:00:00:00:00:00)" and the brand is "XEROX CORPORATION". It's not a real router or Xerox printer with wifi. It's always there wherever I go with the tab. It comes from the system. Does anyone else have this "virtual" wifi router in 2.0.3? Does anyone know what this is.
[MENTION=4546777]pogodancer[/MENTION] have you seen this bug? Do you know what it is?

I will flash Pogodancer's rom soon and hope this bug and several other small bugs go away.

See attached screendump.
[Android General] pogodancer:
@ MacArthur

I don't have this issue. Times ago I had a NVRAM WARNING but with another device when I lost IMEI. Is your 3G working ? I think the best way is to flash a untouched stockrom and after that my last mod. I hope all your issues are gone with that.
[Android General] MacArthur67:
Thanks for your advice. My 3G data and GSM calling works fine after I restored the IMEI. I will flash a stock rom to see what problems [MENTION=6254387]Silverphil[/MENTION] have with iRoot, but I doubt that flashing a stock rom before your cleaned 2.0.3 will help with my IMEI problems. In principle that's what I did last time. I lost the IMEI when I flashed the stock 2.0.3. I mean that it was lost already before I did any rooting or cleaning. I have time for some experimenting so let's see what happens.
[Android General] pogodancer:
Good luck arthur.
[Android General] cosan:
Hi Arthur, thx for answer. On the back of this tablet is FNF ifive mini 3GS, serial number is: HM07ACL00051. I tryed this official firmware:

F401_ifive_mini_3GS_442_V2.0.3_20141124

and some custom ROM's like Riley, pogodancer with same results. When I boot touchscreen not working. I can connect mouse via OTG, but rather use it like tablet not as mini mini notebook :)
[Android General] pogodancer:
@ cosan

When did the issues begin? What was the last fully working rom? Did you open the device before?
[Android General] cosan:
It stop working after I flash custom ROM, it works fine before it. Unfortunately I don't remember what version of firmware was in tablet before flash. I contacted ali seller, hope he send me right version.

I flash stock 2.0.3, 2.0.1, 1.1.2 and still touchscreen doesn't work. I use mouse via OTG. :(

I run antutu and hardware info and information looks like real ifive 3GS, so maybe I have some different display revision.
[Android General] pogodancer:
Which custom rom did you flash when the display stops working?

Did you open the device?
[Android General] cosan:
Hi I flash your custom ROM F401_ifive_mini_3GS_442_V2.0.3_20141124-mod. (There was some stock before)

I didn't opened device, should I?
[Android General] kitty3:
my ifive mini 3gs sometimes gets stuckin black screen or dosnt charge properly or reboots or powers on by itself.T wo days ago has been stuck in black screen ,i downloaded .ifive com cn with no luck in upgrading but somehow it trigered it and it started to charge through usb from pc .The charging took 18 hours with sporadic rebooting,i returned to factory reset , still reboots sometimes.The version is F401_ifive_mini_3gs_422_v.1.0.7_20140428 if any one can help please i have no big idea of rooting but i am good in following instructions PLEASE HELP[if anyone wants the link is from mother site post me becaus i cant post it]