yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
It is doubtful. From what I know, and what I have figured out through testing, partitions are set. Mediatek releases ROM source code to phone manufacturers. Phone manufacturers then tweak and customize the source and then build the ROM and release it to the public. In order to go back to the KitKat layout, they would have to more than tweak the code, they would have to rewrite huge portions of it.

On top of that, I think it is more then having one more partition, I think the system partition, where Android lives, is a different size.

I have been working on some scripts to backup the newer mediatek phones (ala mtk droid and root tools), and create a scatter file, so I have been looking at the scatter files for KitKat and lollipop ROMs for various mt67xx phones. They are, for the most part, all interchangeable. Some have different partition sizes, but all KitKat ROMs have 20, all lollipop have 21.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] BonOeil:
I'm going very crazy.

I don't know what to choose between the Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) and the Jiayu S3 Avanced !?!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cyberdejy:
Guys, I need your help. A friend of mine is asking me to buy a new phone for him. He is asking me between Elephone P7000 and mine which is Jiayu s3 advanced. Which one should I pick in order to have less troubles in the future. He has never had smartphone and don't know how to root, install etc.

Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] gwaldo:
Its just a phone... Not a life
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
S3 has 19 not 20 partitions on Kitkat and 20 not 21 partitions on lollipop.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
If you get either you will need to flash a rom eventually. The elephone p7000 has terrible build quality, just watch this bend test https://youtu.be/yK-z5WOFyaE. If you really think he will never learn, the moto g 2014 is an OK choice, but it has a far inferior screen and processor. I'd you know how to flash ROMs you could help him...

I would definitely go with the Jiayu s3
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] motanbigcat:
Warning! Xiaomi Piston is not compatible with S3, not working properly..

I highly recommend, first try then buy, many earpieces are not working well with S3, there are connection and low sound problems. We have three S3 Advanced in our family and all of them have same problems. We are using Sony SBH20 Bluetooth & NFC headset, it has pretty good sound and a reasonable price (I paid just 23 USD for each one)..
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] agdroubi:
Did mediatek release lollipop sources for manufacturers, or still they are making them in house?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
My Xiaomi Piston work, but sadly earphone jack has got bent
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
Tnx, i was talking for the official stable lollipop update via OTA(whenever it's coming) Maybe it is too much to ask but hopefully someone will know is it going to be with gapps and can i just update from my present s3bw 20150325 rom.. .. thx again... !

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Better buy temmperet glass looks and feels better(with original silicon case is great) and you can use it free of bother are you going to drop and shatter it(buy original one though).
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] patcruz:
If he can wait maybe the P8000? The release is just around the corner and many stores are in pre order. I think it will be released with 5.1.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
The p8000 uses the 6753, which is the under clocked version of the 6752. The Jiayu s3 will perform better.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DragonXD:
I have a xiaomi piston 1 and it works well with Spotify. But the volume buttons skip the tracks.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
I have an apple headset and the volume and pause buttons just don't do anything.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
Lollipop has still got battery bugs.

When my phones has reach 23%, it's dropped to 1%. so bad.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] teamh:
Maybe the sillicon case causes the problem, because the jack can not plug all the 3.5mm hole.

My Xiaomi Piston 3 works great with Jiayu S3S, but I have to take sillicon case off the phone before plug the earpiece in.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
yeah i noticed that too.happened at 15%

it's actually the system not reading the true values. try doing a battery calibration. let the phone's battery die do a fully charge with phone closed and then look again.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
Your right, but in the scatter file, there is the preloaded area and the pgmt partition, and they overlap, and they take two separate entries. Heck if I know why.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
yup, now i've to calibrated. waiting for full charging second time.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] 288009junior:
Also they are saying 5.1 for Ulefone be touch 2.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
The thing is that ulefone and elephone create new phones very fast and that menas they will take care of their latest phone for 3-4 months and then that's it. You might see another update after 6 months lol.. Jiayu on the other side creates a flagship phone every 6-8 months. So they do take care of ROM updating. That's why I chose jiayu in the first place anyways. Although I don't know perhaps a qualcom phone would be better [emoji14]
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] 288009junior:
Ok,but if you have a phone that has no problems,why to need new roms?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
that's what my father asks every damn time i destroy a phone and have to refresh eeprom:P

well you get better customisation better battery life and new features

i am that guy that every week changes rom :/
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] hariklis:
My V2 pistons work excellent too
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
Just got the phone with S3SW ROM and gapps. The latest update is from March though. Would you suggest guys to flash S3S ROM without gapps?

Also do you notice overheating of the phone? I don't play games but sometimes phone (back upper part) feels rather hot. Is it OK? Cheers!

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
If it ever gets too hot android will tell you to turn off.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] PrahaJD:
The latest S3SN ROM is definitely better and worth the upgrade. It includes custom recovery so flashing gapps is dead easy. Just know that the flashing does do a full wipe so be sure to back up as needed. Not sure about the heating issue, don't have that problem.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
Ok, thanks. By S3SN are you referring to version S3S*20150507-083407?

Could you also link me gapps for Jiayu please?

I just flashed TWRP, so I do full wipe and flash ROM and the gapps right?

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
To get Gapps go to the Play store and install Jiayu.es , start it up, go to Drivers Tools and you will find Gapps for 4.4.x ready for download. Once downloaded if you then go into Tools ROMs/Device tools you can install recovery or install zip i.e. Gapps .
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
s3sn is a separate rom.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
lol, how he will go into the playstore withouth install gapps first?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
I got ROM with gapps atm. :)

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
Currently on W ROM and preparing to go to later non W ROM, always best to have Gapps already on phone before upgrading ROM.

But if not he can use the default browser to go here

http://www.jiayu.es/software.php?tools

and Gapps is sitting there plus the Jiayu.es app.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
Kommando - OK, so I will download gapps and new ROM to SD card and then boot to TWRP and then full wipe and install ROM and gapps right?

Odesláno z mého JY-S3 pomocí Tapatalk
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Aviron:
No, I need the earpiece (speaker), because mine isnt working... I dont have sound on calls... only with headphones, or with back speaker..

I need a reliable and cheap store of spares/parts for Jiayu..
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
How you install the rom depends on the type of rom, I use the full OTA version and use the phones OTA to upgrade using the upgrade.zip file and then reinstall twrp as the OTA deletes it and then use twrp to install gapps.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] PrahaJD:
Here is a link for the ROM and gapps.

I installed this one using flashtool, it includes twrp recovery. There if an ota version on this page but I didn't try that one.

ROM2: S3SN-20150525-11432_FlashTool

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http://www.needrom.com/download/s3s-nfc3gb-ram-2015-02-13/
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
Where to find this for the basic version???
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DragonXD:
i tested the a-jays Four and the AKG Q60 made for iphone/ipod and only play/pause button work :/
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cyberdejy:
I have JVC Xtreme Xplosives Headphones with Remote and Mic and they work just fine. Play, stop, forward, backward etc. The sound is great. In amazon for only 13£
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
Hi

Unofficial LL Rom 14062015

Changelog / diff from Beta2 LL 5.1 :

Multi-Language (full multi-lang from MTK source)

New baseband

GAPPS (minimal)

Pre-Rooted (with Chainfire's SuperSU)

busybox enabled

Slightly Improved rear speaker sound (you should also disable settings > sound&notification > Sound enhancements > BesLoudness)

Slightly Improved in-call sound quality (sound is still a bit low)

Several other small fixs

BUGS:

Front Camera is still pinkish

No NFC

Smartwake is now enabled , but seems not working (?) (should be kernel issue)

You Tell me

For GPL compliance, the rom uses the LL ROM, BETA2 STOCK Kernel

How to install:

First of All: BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP ...

This is an full SPFT Rom set, so, as always, you need the proper MTK VCOM drivers and S.P.FlashTools installed.

If your still on KitKat Layout: Use the Firmware Upgrade Option

If your already on Lollipop Layout: simply use the Download Only Option

The Full Rom set, includes TWRP LL (from [MENTION=4196889]DerTeufel1980[/MENTION] )

Rom Download:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347759627

Credits:

MTK /Jiayu / Vanzo

DerTeufel1980 ( LL twrp / awesome guy )

Chainfire( SuperSU )

If you want a fully working and Stable Rom: Stay on latest KitKat ...

Cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
But it's will perfect if minimum brightness screen value is 5. and reduced brightness button light.

Btw, good job. i still waiting beta3 but not release this weeks:(
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
Why do you want to reduce the light of the capacitive buttons, they are so much better when they are bright.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
More bright, more eat battery. now i using phones with disable capacitve buttons.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dex90:
what do you use for backup?

and what can you backup with it? apps, data, sms, contact list etc?

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bah... used ultimate backup tool for a full backup, lost all my messages, photos, and contact book -.-
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] blackandblue:
thanks for the new build, looks good.

just wanted to ask before I go flashing, you have said there is a new baseband, does this fix the mobile data being broken?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
All the factory ROM's are here, just pick the latest basic one

http://www.needrom.com/download/jiayu-s3/

ROM 2 04/30/2015 is the one you need, use the OTA for the OTA method using the SD card in the phone or use Flash via flashtools.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sutty86:
Might just flash to get on the lollipop band wagon haha

Can I flash my 3gb versions with this
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] agdroubi:
[MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION] If mtk sources are released, can't you just build android from source without basing it on jiayu's rom?

Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
And that is indeed what I just did :)

1. ROM: latest for the basic version which is from the 30.04.15

2. get banks standart gapps for KK 4.4.4

3. FLASH the rom with OTA

4. dont wipe data and reboot phone

5. flash gapps

4. extract gallery from update.zip and copy to system.

Finish ;)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
backup partitions with custom recovery (say twrp or cwm) and apps/data with titanium
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
Is there tutorial somwere for newbies for exactly that... Thanks in advance. .!

Or tutorial but in English for flashing roms with jiayu. es app it is just few clicks and you need just internet for downloading what you need but Spanish isn't a language that i understand if some of the Spanish guys here has tutorial in English will be helpful for everybody!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
The rom is NOT based on Official beta 1 or 2

Plus, someone else already uploaded the rom to other sites...

... I don't undertansd why people don't even bother to link to the original post.

Have funn :)

If an beta3 comes out, should be very close to this one.

Maybe with just smartwake+ front camera fixed ( still needs further work)

Until then, this is the most up-to-date LL rom.

Any other bugs, please report back.

Cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
The jiayu.es app is in English on my S3S, their forum is in Spanish but the app shows on an english phone as english and all the headings in the tools etc section are in english too..
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] pakidermo5000:
Terrible A2DP sound

Hi,

I have my Jiayu S3A with the latest KK ROM 4.4.4 S3S v. 20150507-083407. Everthing works as expected except the A2DP bluetooth. I usually use it to stream music to my car headunit as I used to do with my Xiaomi Redmi 1. The problem is that the quality of the sound is horrible. Specially for high tones, which sound disrupted (as if cans were being dragged on the floor). It did not happen with the Redmi, wich had a perfect a2dp and which had no BT 4.0.

I read somewhere that it could be due to the bitrate of the bluetooth a2dp and that it was an issue with some Nexus 4 and Nexus 3. The problem was apparently an overcompression of the audio. Someone fixed the nexus by replacing libraries for bluetooth for CM10.1 ones. see http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-nexus/general/fix-poor-a2dp-quality-4-2-2-t2184333

Has anyone encountered such a problem with the S3A? Does anyone know how to solve it ?

Any help would be much appreciated.

-- Update --

It sounds exactly as this issue

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39632
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
Did yo change anything on the kernel?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] erfae:
[MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION] rom is based on that of iocean rock? ... I tried to contact you by pm
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
That is basically everything I did...took like 5 minutes. With backup time think of 20 min.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] alsat1:
Regarding to official KK S3SW. Did someone have a problem with stable 4G connection? Iam in three UK 4g Network and live with good coverage area. But sometimes my s3 switching by self to 3G and then not come back to 4G.But also sometimes come back and that ok. On my previous Phone honor 4x I didnt had that problem. Here where I live and also work 4G is everywhere so it should keep 4G all the time. Any idea? Did that will be fixed in official LL 5.1 firmware?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] uptowner:
using this ... s3sw 20150213-171816 firm never loses 4g and very stable waiting for lollipop version that hopefully the same :cool:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] alsat1:
Have exacly same firmware and I sometimes loosing 4G, dont know why, not to often but its happend and I am sure its not the coverage problem. Anyway I also waiting for stable official LL 5.1.REGARDS.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
we all do wait for this official release patience my friends
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] TommeleTBone:
some should give superdragonpt with his code a dedicated xda postingtread!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
Hi superdragonpt

Thanks and congratulations for your contribution

Would you mind explaining, only at high level, then, how the ROM is made? Like: do you have access to mtk kernel and jiayu repositories perhaps? And did you build the kernel and rom from scratch?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] TommeleTBone:
Folks, does somebody have the cifs.ko for MTK6752?

I would like to mount some networkshares with eg.mountmanager

Thanx in advance!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
All modules on 6752 are built into the kernel. You can't just use a cifs.ko, if the kernel isn't compiled with support for it.

I'll check my sources and see, if cifs is built-in. If not, I'll add it to next DragonDevil kernel
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
Yes it is.. . But for someone so bear footed in this like me, i have to know what is after what(actually i don't know technical terms and what is recovery for example) Obviously i have to read a bit and i was looking for something easy and step by step (for idiots like my self) and quite save cos i'm not enough rich to F my phone (dispite it is cheap one comparing)! :silly: :eek: :D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mtllo:
Android 5.0 where to download?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mtllo:
:p
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] alinux777:
Rooms

Hello, i just send you a PM with the information.

Best Regards
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
does xposed works on the rom provided by SuperDragon?

thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] vwfreak2001:
For me xposed is working with this Rom.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
how did you installed xposed?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] vwfreak2001:
That's explained in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59901239
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Bantryred:
Too late in my reply, someone else beat me to the question.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mrgbuzz:
Hi all, new Jiayu S3 3gb international owner here. It came with 4.4 installed. Where and how can I get 5.0 android? Thank you
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] tofikos:
You can't. There is ONLY 5.1 :)

Wysłane z mojego JY-S3
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
Hmm... This is the output of my /proc/fs and /proc/filesystems. No cifs is mentioned. I am on dragondevil 0.3.0. I have no idea if it is in stock tho, as I am too lazy to flash, reboot, check, flash again, and reboot again :)

Btw, I tested exfat support this weekend, and it was a no go... Even though the kernel says it is supported. Oh well, I'm sure you guys will get it sorted out.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] K4cK:
Xposed Framework Bootloop

I tried to install Xposed Framework on the newest ROM 5.1 from Superdragonpt, but it is just bootlooping.

It boots to "Starting android", loading apps 1 of xx and then resets to boot logo again and so on..

Used: Arm64 SDK 22 Xposed from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/super-alpha-posted-permission-xposed-t3072979/post59901239#post59901239

How did you get it to work?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] vwfreak2001:
I use the same version. No problems here.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Bantryred:
Did you change selinux?

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I've tried it 3 or 4 different times and no joy, sorry for sounding like a newbie, but could you give us a guide :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] vishnucr.ecom:
Bootloop Jiayu S3 2GB

Hi, I have downloaded the Lollipop rom from needrom.com and tried to install it via Recovery, TWRP. they said i need new recovery for Lollipop as its storage system is changed compared to kitkat. and when i tried installing the new recovery image via recovery, it failed. so i directly installed new rom, it says it installed without any problems. once it restarted its in a bootloop. i cant enter recovery also. and my phone is not detected by spflash tool also. may be i dont have the correct driver. i use win8 and did manages to find a driver sp_driver1.4. but how do i install it in win8. and can my phone be saved by spflash tool???

Hope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
Only Beta 5.1 roms are available currently, enjoy your 4.4 for a few more weeks and then once the first stable 5.1 ROM is released then you can upgrade, if you use the beta's then be prepared for bugs etc.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] vwfreak2001:
No, I did not.

Just flashed the arm64 zip from the Xposed alpha 5.1 thread and the apk from the xposed 5.0 app as described.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] TommeleTBone:
[MENTION=3279686]DerTeufel[/MENTION], hallo, schön dich wieder zusehen! ;) Knowning derteufel from i9000-kernel and rom -joy-

Yes, that would be awesome, and maybe you can also have a slight view onto ntfs possibility for sdcard, not that i need paragon-ntfs anymore ;)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
How did you try to mount it. I didn't try, but mount -t exfat... should work
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
Alex

In our kernel exfat works fine, on an external drive ( otg).

It doesnt work on external SDCard ( not that good), sometimes i was abled to mount it, but very buggy.

Cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ASW1:
Can you get soft keys for navigation working?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Bantryred:
OK, got it. First off I started again and straight after installing ROM I installed xposed, rebooted, I got 2 bootlops before it booted, next installed the apk from the xposed 5 thread(this was another error I was having, I was initially using the apk from the 5.1 thread and this didn't work either). So gravity, +power, and gel settings are working for me, its still not 100%, one or two restarts while fiddling with settings, I'll leave it settle and see.

Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haikostas:
Hello there. Has anyone else got problems with gyroscope(compass for example) ? it does not stay in one place the sensor. even if i put it on the table it is still goes round. Thank you and sorry for my english
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] vwfreak2001:
Don't know what you mean.

If you tell me which module you mean I'll try.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ASW1:
There are physical home/back/menu buttons on the S3, also called hardkeys.

With exposed there are several modules (i.e. gravity box) that replace or add softkeys which are shown as a black navigation bar at the bottom of the screen.

You can also then have back/home/recents + menu keys.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] vwfreak2001:
Mmmmh, seems like it's not working. But I don't know if this is related to GB. Xprivacy for example is working as it should. And some other of my GB tweaks also.

Greetings to NL
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] wangdak:
Guys, is it safe to install roms from needrom web site just with TWRP?

I have problems with SP Flash Tool and drivers on my laptop with Windows 7 64bit. :( looks like instalation of drivers went OK but cannot see Mediatek drivers in System, only via USB drivers SW and flashing in SP flash tool does not work. Could you help me please? Do I need SP flash tool at all if I have TWRP?

Odesláno z mého JY-S3 pomocí Tapatalk
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AlexZap:
Yeah, I upgraded my external sdcard from a 32gb to a 64gb. I put my new 64gb in an otg adapter, and it failed to mount. I didn't even think to try mounting my hand, I just let Android format it regular fat32. Anyway, no issues since then. It's now my internal external sdcard /storage/sdcard1, so i guess it wouldn't have worked as exfat anyway. When it is working, it is easy enough to fix tho. Keep up the good work!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
Try this tutorial, I have windows 7 64 bit and it worked fine, and you have to use flashtools. https://youtu.be/PAxTCvRmlio