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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Aussie_Oddball:
Hi. I'm confused by all the conversation about cm 12 cm 13. I'm on rc 4 and love it. Has Rc 5 been released to the general

Communities or is it only available via jiayu.de. Happy pay. Not really looking to move to cm unless RC will not be developed further. Any insight.

Ozzie
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cyberdejy:
I think or hope that RC should /will have future updates otherwise buying the OTA app has no sense. I'm on RC5 and I'm happy with it. But anyway if RC5 is the last one then buying the app and moving from rc4 to rc5 is not a big deal. Unless if the OTA is just to support our devs then I'm OK because they deserve it. And buying the phone from the Chinese and stick to their roms is just a joke ?.

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] RalphMalph:
[MENTION=4761533]fire855[/MENTION], CM13 coming today? :P
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Going to cm 13 is not an issue for them since they already have the source code for the device. I wonder hows the cm 12.1 though, if it still has some issues and bugs they would want to iron that out first..
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mite_jan:
quick question guys

i have installed 0813 kitkat rom but camera constantly focuses without touching anything (autofocus always tries to focus)

is this how it is supposed to be?

i dont remember the camera working this way

can anybody confirm this for me

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i got my own answer

it autofocuses all time on 0813 but not on 0507 rom

big fail
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
The only issue with this device for me.

Its not the camera, not the slow charge...

But it's a dust magnet lol and the dust goes in the earspeaker, in the screen glass gap with the frame making it very hard to clean out.

Maybe It's only me but thats the only thing that i don't like.lol
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] snabben:
As the fleshoholic i am, time to flash cm12 again. Been all week on rc5.

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mite_jan:
i have sold my Jiayu S3

good luck with the marshmallow updates fellas

time for me to look for some Helio X20 phone but none are on the market still

got my eyes on Oukitel K6000 which will have 2K amoled screen , 6000mah battery, 4gb ram

but who knows what the price will be
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] tool88:
Wanted to thank all the devs for the hard work and the continuation of development for our outdated device.

So far I am happy with lollipop and don't see a need for any other flaver of android right now, when I had first bought this phone there was no updates and laggy.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
Buahahahah
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
I've got a secondary screen glass sometime in last year, that secondary one had a bigger cut on earspeaker part for the light sensor I think, the first one had just a cut exactly the size of earspeaker, this one is bigger.

After 1 day with the new glass, two dots showed in the glass dunno why, tried to remove it and ended with a dusted screen protector ?

And I've paid someone to apply it, ****...

Now I'm going to order two, saw Aierwill Aliexpress seller selling it for just $1,50 and the same is a bit more expensive in Ali express.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
be aware of the fake ones.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Aeronliru:
Better buy on Snap 820. It's a way to get more OS updates and get better expirience.))

Good luck!

Offtop:

Litlle LOL. Got some fantasy.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Hmm what should be the problems of a "fake" one?

Just to know if someone already experienced a fake one, I know they are there in Aliexpress. I know something seems that the new ones don't come with a yellow cloth for cleaning screen, just a alcohol tape and blue tape for remove dust before application.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Aeronliru:
I buy my phone with the glass at geekbying, and sontent was the same - yellow cloth, blue tape and the glass itself. For a one year of use it has only one very little scratch (my fault, phone has been close to needles).
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
To be honest... And not talking that as I own this device or personal bias. So be careful to not get screwed.

I test several Chinese devices as a current duty/hobby lol

To upgrade from S3 you should choose a good OEM. This phone is good in a lot of aspects where other devices from different OEMs simply fail. Ulefones, Elephones and Bluboos they are all the same. Doogee simply suck... HomTom is Doogee :(

Ecoo disappeared, always owned by Elephone their activities seems to have stopped.

THL is alive again, but will stand?

iOcean is dead and buried... Goodbye old fella.

Overall They can suck in screen, camera, software or build quality (being a plastic phone S3 still better than a lot of Metal devices in build quality remember the Elephone P7000 tragedy...) if you find any that is good in all of those 4 departments you're lucky.

Umi uses battery capacity lie as their main philosophy.

Zopo used to be as good as Jiayu on the past, but they are lost and didn't learn anything.

Their X20 Flagship for example, subpar build, screwed camera and $300 price tag ;P

Rest is Cubot, but Cubot didn't made any real "midrange-flagship" just good entry devices that you can give to your mother, father or sister... Oukitel is good too, personally the K6000 is a bit ugly hehe and I don't know if this premium variant with X20 will see the light of day, they are Ok cheap brands in my opinion,

Leagoo seems to be on that league too now... But their best phone at the moment is a the Shark 1 with MT6753, with a 6000mAh battery (I have one on the way lol) but underwhelming camera.

I would say to go for a big brand, Xiaomi (Redmi Note 3 Pro the Pro only with the good 652 - real upgrade to our SoC), or maybe Meizu M3 Note if you can deal with iPhonish policy of eternal jail on Flyme[emoji14]just some examples...

Vernee is a new one, they are old in manufacturing, new as brand, their "Apollo" seems promising but unrealistic priced. The Thor seems unbeatable at 100$ price tag. But promises, no real device or review at the moment.

And Jiayu... Well Jiayu, is alive or dead? I see a big strong Jiayu.de, but main Jiayu currently is a big ? For me.

I talk to much, sorry.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] snabben:
My mate bought a letv, damn its a nice feeling to hold it.

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Yup how I forgot the LeTV. haha Now LeEco, my only no with this device is no expandable storage otherwise would be awesome.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Bernie_W:
CM 12.1 MAC address

I just recognized that the MAC address changes whenever you reboot or switch your Wifi adapter off and on.

I remember, we had this topic long ago. But I couldn't find a solution for this, as I need the same MAC for our company WLAN.

Does anyone know?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] nature boy:
Personally when I upgrade from the S3 I will probably look into a Qualcomm device, even if the performance isn't as good as the latest Mediatek SoC.

The S3 was fortunate to have a dedicated group of developers, but Mediatek hasn't learned anything.

If the Zenfone 3 runs a Snapdragon 650 or 652 it's going to be hard not to upgrade to that.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] EloquenceShenanigans:
I think this statement is true for a lot of people. I had no experience with Mediatek before the S3A and I remember switching from buying an Elephone P7000 at the last minute because of build quality issues, my god was that a good decision. The Redmi Note 3 Pro looks enticing after seeing just how poorly majority of Mediatek devices are supported. I would gladly pay $50 more to have a Qualcomm (652). Mind you I don't think I will be switching soon unless I can't get my hotspot to stop dropping the data connection (not wifi) every 5ish minutes.

I am going to do a repetive ping test on 4G (no hotspot) to see if it is the actual data connection itself. Then I guess I will try a hotspot on 3G, bands might be mucking up.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
Im quoting this, since i really LOVED that reply ..

I 100% agree with you, i know very well MTK OEM's / ODM systems/branding

Personally ...do stay away of oukitel/leagoo/elephone /eccoo/Ulefones, Bluboos / Doogee

Overall very bad companies ...

Right now, 80% ish Chinese/Taiwan/Indian OEMs/ODM's are still struggling a bit to keep alive

The stock Chinese crash is still very alive on these companies

cubot is as nice as jiayu, but have the same "issues" ...

Meizu haves the bootloader issues, but it's not bad overall

zopo and jiayu ain't dead, iOcean is

zopo is nice

huawei is nice also ...

wiko ain't bad (belong to TINNO ... very big OEM /ODM)

thl is long dead, idk if someone bought the IP / license to use the copyright name ...

cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] blacky49:
Did you reinstall twpr recovery, or is it not necessary?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
Yes I did because my backups are only compatible to twrp. New recovery is kinda unuseable.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] The_Boujmaa:
The best place To buy the Jiayu S3

i found it on bunch of websites with different prices, in geekbuying for 213$ , spemall for 190$, tinydeal ,,etc. I get confused ?

I need to get as cheap as possible from a trusted website.

I don't also to wait too much for sheeping !!

can anyone give a nice advice, please !!

thank's in advance :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
You can get it off amazon is the uk for £159 (235 dollars). Its more expensive but obviously more trustworthy.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Merwenus:
Hello guys,

Does anyone know how can I remove the factory battery icon? I'm using gravitybox's circle battery with percentage, but the stock icon is remain there, or comming back everytime I close gravitybox....pretty annoying :\
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
BTW it seems all the secret codes bring up apps that are only in Chinese. This would make sense for a Chinese phone. Therefore the secret codes are useful iff you can read Chinese. :(
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] The_Boujmaa:
thank's for you reply, 235$ is too much compared with other websites!!

If other websites are not trusted, i will think about amazon.

but i see a lot of member replies mention buying it from website like geekbuying and spemal ...

!!!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
Use flat style bar exposed module u can change the battery with it, gravity box battery icon doesnt seem to work on s3
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
Buy it directly from jiayu website or aliexpress. There are authorised sellers if jiayu on Aliexpress, like luckystar,ctek etc

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Can you share some secret codes
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Merwenus:
That means I can't get my good old circle with percentage inside it?

[IMG="Battery Icon"]http://blog.mypapit.net/upload/files/cbm-summary.jpg[/IMG]
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
No. The circle battery with % doesnt work, u will to edit the systemui.apk or framework-res.wpk depending on where the status bar icons are located.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
You can get it off merimobiles for 216$. They have great reviews (best i've ever seen from a chinese seller).

http://www.merimobiles.com/jiayu-s3...16gb-in-stock_p/meri10834.htm?setCurrencyId=1

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.merimobiles.com
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
The new OTA for s3w 20150205 to 20150325 is great. Fixed the site lag that i was expecting whit the louncher, actually improve the ram usage, now it is stable around 500mb when not using the device. The only disappointment was that they removed the pre-installed unlock styles, now we have to use 3rd party app if we want different locking style. To soon to say about any change about battery usage. Overall no worries whit it only improvements!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
The unlock application was a 3rd party app anyways. I just hope the proximity sensor works better now. Havent had any phonecalls yet.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] greenbat:
Does anybody knows to which directory the ota files are downloaded on the phone?

And can someone please upload those files from today's s3 basic firmware update?

Thanks!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
Sure they are from this forum question.

Secret Codes For Jiayu S3

1.Replace IMEI *#4634# (*#IMEI#)

2.Engineering Mode *#*#*5429873#*#* (*#*#JIAYUS3#*#*)

3.Test Mode *#5973# (*#JYS3#)

phone info

*#*#9646633#*#

calibration

*#*#772#*#*

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Ok my S3A says in Settings>About Phone the following:

Build # S3s 20150324 - 194940.

Should I be concerned? Is the newest OEM ROM update better? Why?

Where and how do I get the over-the-air (OTA) ROM updates? Phone did one when I first got it but can not remember how it was done. Website??
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
Probobly soon will be on needrom..i don't know a way to give you just the update!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
Only one Secret Code is in Chinese, rest are all in english

Also yes 20150324 is the latest version of rom without gapps for S3A,

There has been no OTA till now for S3A after 20150324.

You can get OTA in setting menu/ about phone Wireless Update.

If there is an update it will be here or on NeedRom.com
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
After installing the update.zip it just disappeared. Using root explorer and searching for the file did not help either. Sry about that!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] HelixApp:
I'm getting one as soon as I have the money for it. Thanks for the link.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Yeah for Zopo I hope they open their mind. Improve their build again, and launch something good and not crazily priced.

Zopo since last year is crazily good in terms of GPL for devs.

Good for GPL because they are sharing some of their phone sources

And crazily because they are sharing stuff that they couldn't share[emoji14]for MTK rage.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Borizzz:
[MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION], you forgot to mention Xiaomi - really nice devices.

Overall, Xiaomi and Meizu releases really nice HiEnd devices on Chinese market. But price of these devices is high. Middle end devices are also nice.

Huawei also releases very good phones, but, again, price as high as on Non-Chinese market, like Apple and other Premium android vendors.

So, is there any choice in cheap Chinese phones? Not much, as you mentioned before.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Why I wouldn't pick a device from these even they being premium.

They are nice OEMs, I only saying my personal experience.

In my case I would pick,

Actually only Xiaomi... Because custom development for it is quite possible, not so fast or much variety, but possible.

I can't live with something AOSPish, and more yet can live with skins clearly inspored in iOS.

No Huawei or Meizu because they both have their own closed skin of Android and no chance of custom development due to closed bootloaders.

InFocus is a new one, and seems ok too. As it used to manufacture some Meizus in the past.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] altnatan:
Lenovo?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Bernie_W:
Found a solution.

Switch off Wifi. Edit the file WIFI with a hex editor within /data/nvram/APCFG/APRDEB/

and set the MAC to the one you need changing byte 4 to 9. Check the permissions from the original file. That worked for me.

Please make a BACKUP OF NVRAM before any change or you may face problems when something doesn't work. Now the MAC does not change anymore.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] StoneTheKiwis:
NTFS and exFat support

I haven't kept up with this discussion enough, but ISTR that a kernel with NTFS and exFat support was released a while ago. Is this correct? I'm embarrassed to say that my phone is still on the original factory rom, so it's well passed time to update it. Could anybody advise which rom to use? I particularly want r/w access to a 1tb or larger usb drive on NTFS, and also r/w access to a 256Gb SDXC camera card on exFat.

Thanks

Lyn
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Flashtool version of RC5 is out :)

You know where find it.

Yes RC5. Probably RC6 will be OTA.

We probably should thank leakers for it lol
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Tappo1:
Inviato dal mio S3 utilizzando Tapatalk
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
You can't post it here...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] nggies:
Nice info.. but is there changelog for this build? Similar with R5 from paid version? Or different, like usual (I mean like from RC2 jump to RC4)?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
The leakers? xD They simply released it. :p

Everything is on jiayu de forum website... ;)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sidelong:
Nothing on OTA yet
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
I mean, it should be OTA.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Borizzz:
you also can't post this link here, delete it from your quote
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] tool88:
You shouldn't thank the leakers the devs here spend numerous amounts of time developing from source ROMs for our phone, and then as soon as they release something ota where you have to pay for the ota app( just once) people want to *****. There is hours of work that goes into what we have.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Borizzz:
[MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION], [MENTION=4196889]DerTeufel1980[/MENTION], is there any way to release fixed kernel for RC5?

What do I mean: kernel with fixed bug inability to connect 2nd and so on device to WiFi AP with turned on WPA2 security.

Or we should wait for RC6 OTA (for paid customers) and then for RC for FT (1-2 months)?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
"Thank the leakers" was actually sarcasm lol

I mean RC6 would be this community release.

Guess RC5 got delayed due to people who shared the OTA before devs releasing it for community.

Then RC6 should come with some old problems fixed.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] tool88:
I've seen enough of your Post's to figure that out, but there are plenty of people here who demand features and complain about everything else and as soon as new RC is released complain that they have to pay or with RC5 ask for links.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Or Jiayu, Jiayu de or mtk could just simply release source code for the device,, problem solved and no b*tching involved... :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Borizzz:
[MENTION=4196889]DerTeufel1980[/MENTION], I remember you saying that JiaYu Mainhouse President have plans to visit JiaYu.de in April and you want to discuss opening sources and Kernel sources. So, how it's going? Is he really going to visit Deutchland? Or it is just a rumours.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
He's going to arrive on Friday

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Saikamur:
No recovery version for the RC5?

Enviado desde mi JY-S3 mediante Tapatalk
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
for all those who dont want to use flash tool to flash RC5 can flash RC5 through latest TWRP 3.0.2-1 recovery.

extract the RC5 zip ,

put sytem.img and boot.img on sdcard or external sdcard

select install zip,( on the bottom select flash image)

now select the system.img and choose system partition

after that flash boot.img to bot partition.

and reboot, the TWRP might give you a warning that no OS is installed, just ignore that and reboot. cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Source code really needs to be opened for the device so others can get involved as well. Jiayu isn't really updating the device and its still on 4.4 and a couple of 5.1 newUi beta builds..

The device will seriously pick up steam if source is released and marshmallow is already here... We needs device to get official CM support and aosp at some point.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
I think you're missing the fact, that only kernel source should be open sourced (because of gpl), but this does not result in a working aospish rom automatically.

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sirdickens:
Dual sim

Anyone know how to change colors for dual sim icons on top?

I get only one color, the last one I change (for example if I put blue color for second SIM, both icons turn blue and if I put pink color for first SIM both icons turn pink).

Also, I've seen some people have have two dialers when calling a number, I only have one and have to choose manually each time I want to make a call.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Now I can use my 2A Aukey charger /o/

And it is charging blazing fast!

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Pirex69:
Whatsapp voice call through bluetooth earpiece

I´m on RC4 and I cannot make whatsapp voice calls through bluetooth. How is your experience? any one having the same?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Great stuff, thanks to jiayu de devs for releasing rc5. Also updated my nvam from 5.1 firmware I found on official jiayu forum..

Its a little tricky to flash with SN write tool, depends on the rom on how to get it to flash successfully...

Network and signal reception is MUCH better now.. Is there any newer version than this one that I got? [MENTION=4196889]DerTeufel1980[/MENTION]

(APDB_MT6752_S01_L1.MP1_W15.37) (BPLGUInfoCustomAppSrcP_MT6752_S00_MOLY_LR9_W1423_MD_LWTG_MP_V39_P16_1_ltg_n)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] TommeleTBone:
Danke für RC5!

Thank you for RC5!

quickcharge is awesome it blast the thompson and dirty wifes of harry porter!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] clayts450:
Interesting to read comments about other Chinese manufacturers on here.

I now own the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (the Snapdragon version) and it's blazing fast, and looks the part too - metal vs plastic. AnTuTu comes in around the 75K mark which absolutely mashes our S3.

The only thing missing compared with the S3 is NFC, and proper dual SIM plus SD card, although to be honest I don't really have any need for dual sims in any case.

I found it interesting to see just how poor the support is from manufacturers running MTK SOCs - we have been spoiled rotten here by JiaYu.de, and long may the hard work continue, as I shall be keeping the S3 as my back up phone, and updating it as necessary.

The Xiaomi community is massive, and there is development going on in China, India and in the EU. They are still running a Lollipop based ROM, but Miui is considered to be a system in its own right, and receives regular updates (slowest, every couple of months, for those flashaholics every few days for developer ROM versions).

I'm impressed by the ethos of Xiaomi, but the only thing which staggers me is why they have yet to expand to Europe or the US - someone suggested it's because they would likely fall foul of patents from Apple and Samsung !

Anyway, for now, the RNP3 is my number one phone
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] gfofanov:
Yes, please release only kernel.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
[MENTION=4413263]clayts450[/MENTION] You are absolutely correct as there is not much support from mtk socs,

I was actually thinking about a helio x20-25 device as the soc itself is quite good but it scares me with my first hand experience with the s3...

The s3 is the first mtk I ever owned and left me with quite a sour taste...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Gerolianis:
that's why I don't even think of getting another phone, despite the weaknesses my S3 might have.

Sent from my JY-S3 authorized by Netguard
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] gmn311:
Is there any way to disable lockscreen on RC5? There is no "none" option in Security/Screen Lock settings :( cheers