yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] epasrule:
Hallo, excellent thread but a bit long 564 pages! Couple of questions, is there any reason not to buy this phone, is it stable with the latest Rom? Which Rom is the best? I need LTE with all bands at least Band 20 (800Mhz). I have another phone now, and had to spend loads of time finding and trying a Rom that worked with my Ford Sync car Bluetooth entertainment system, so hope this will work, ad the problem with car kits seems to be generic I love to hear from anybody who has paired the phone with a car build in Bluetooth system. reason for new phone is G4 capability.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Pirex69:
GLonass

Any one knows how to fix glonass satellites?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] atsimeri:
My jiayu locked gps glonass and even Baidu satellites. I live in Greece.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cyberdejy:
Bluetooth + car

The Bluetooth is working just fine with latest LL from July and the previous official KK. Don't worry. I always use it in my car yaris 2014. Regards
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Pirex69:
Which rom?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] atsimeri:
latest lollipop new ui
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] poklop:
What is the name of the app you are using to display satellites? Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] jaunedoeuf:
AndroiTS GPS Test
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] pl4za:
Hello !

I have been using the latest build from superdragon, but i am very dissapointed with the camera quality...

Does the new UI rom has good camera quality ?

Regards
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] atsimeri:
In the latest lollipop new ui the front camera is not so good. But the main camera takes nice photos. It's not without bugs though. For example HDR is not working all the time properly, but hey this is a test build after all! Good enough for everyday use.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] keijei:
Nope your wrong I bought it with that ROM and those bands are working. If I flash the original ROM I get those bands, the reason I am asking for help for someone who could extract the baseband from our local ROM because I want to use the Jiayu S3SW ROM because it is better. What I will do is apply the base band from the local ROM to the S3SW ROM.

My request is if someone can extract it and pack it as zip and flashable via custom recovery like what they do in 4pda or if possible to unlock the bands without getting the baseband from another.

Disregard the first URL I posted because that ROM is broken instead use this: androidhubportal.blogspot.com/2015/08/cherry-mobile-flare-x-stock-rom-44.html

Please I someone expert on this can help. Thanks in advance.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
Well if what you said regarding the rebanding of the phone is true then it can be done, but chances of messing up the baseband are high,as just replacing the basebands from other/different roms ( not the same versions) can mess up the baseband but you can give it a try but just make sure you do a nandroid backup incase anything goes wrong. Here is what you have to do.

Download the baseband zip from 4pda open it with 7zip

Then open and extract the system.img from the cherry rom using ext converter.

Replace the files in the baseband zip with the files from cherry Rom

Flash the zip through recovery.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] tool88:
Ditching t- mobile connection is to hit or miss where I work. Thinking of sprint? But was wondering if any one here in the USA is getting 3g if so what carrier?

Wish the phone had a pentaband but I knew what I was buying.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bombilakus:
Sorry dont use BT on my phone ;) Only have 3g/4g activated and wifi when near house :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] jaunedoeuf:
Well, I'm sorry to desapoint you but i'm right.

I put your rom in my phone.

With S3S-20150507-083407, I have bands 3 7 20 38 39 40 & 41

With Flare_X_V2_20150811-082738, I also have bands 3 7 20 38 39 40 & 41

With SPFT-Flare-X-KK4.4-by-neiledwarddiaz, same bands : 3 7 20 38 39 40 & 41

So, I stand by what I said : this is not rom related.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] frulex:
I also think it's not ROM related, as far as my experience goes with some older MTK chips not supporting 3G 900 MHz band - there was no way of enabling it no matter what ROM or baseband changed...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] epasrule:
Where do I find the Rom?

Thanks for the answer!

Maybe a stupid question but where do I find the latests LL Rom from July?

This seems to be the Rom hat will be on the phone when I receive it: S3SW-20150314-141844 is that the official KK Rom? IF not will this work with car kits?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bovirus:
Which is the latest build of Stagefright fix patch for S3?

I tested the version 13.08 but some app/detectors report thar Stagefright vulnerability was fixed but also other app/detector told that it's vulnerable.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] jaunedoeuf:
Exactly. The bands are hardcoded in the chipset.

You cannot add the missing ones. Just disable the ones you're not using (to save battery ?).

Therefore, the phone with band 1 3 5 should work with those bands whatever ROM 's in it
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] frulex:
You can find it at Needrom, for example.

And yes, that's the latest official KK ROM with GAPPS you will probably get - i'm on it, works fine but haven't tried it with car BT, only tested BT file transfer so far...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bombilakus:
Can that version work on basic also :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bibibuba:
[MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION]

Do you have any information about a new LL build that should come out anytime soon ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
yeah
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bibibuba:
yeah means you have information or does it mean yeah it should come out soon (or both :))

Thanks :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] erfae:
that new?

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
Doesn't anybody have the technical knowledge and/or jiayu release insight and/or jiayu value added reseller insight to provide a recommendation !?! I cannot believe I am alone in my concern.

BTW I would buy a LP ROM, no problem, if it had long term support.

I bought my s3a from Jiayustore.com shipped directly to USA from China which I believe now to be a Chinese re-seller. Jiayustore.com was/is an English language website that allowed me - only know English - to read about and purchase phone. Came loaded with Jiayu OEM KK ROM.

I put on the jiayu.es app, used the Jiayustore.com website file and instructions to get Google Play store, been doing OTAs to keep current, did the tweak in Engineering Mode to fix mic issue and have TWRP recovery to do complete system backups.

Know about and do the recovery switch-a-roo to make OTAs work.

How would I get to LP and who's ROM - while still having OTA capability and support for LP now that it is installed ? I desire a 64-bit Android OS to take advantage of S3A 64-bit SOC.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AndyC76:
everything you need is buried in the thread, there are great instructions on needrom http://www.needrom.com/category/jiayu/s3-jiayu/
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
I do not speak for jiayu, of course, but "newui lollipop 5.1 S3SN 2015-07-14 'official'" on needrom does not have 'beta' or 'release candidate' suffix and it has OTA capability. For now one needs to flash it with FlashTool (firmware upgrade). Instructions are on needrom in each firmware thread, and also in this thread. Your device will be factory reset but (at least for me) your apps will be installed if you want so. KK->LP upgrade and (if needed) LP->KK downgrade both require FlashTool.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
Ahhhh, which ROM ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
From Dior DNA

I do not speak for jiayu, of course, but "newui lollipop 5.1 S3SN 2015-07-14 'official'" on needrom does not have 'beta' or 'release candidate' suffix and it has OTA capability.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
So most recommend the ROM "newui lollipop 5.1 S3SN 2015-07-14 'official'" on needrom !?!

Let's see some discussion on this. It is a forum on the S3 after all. Allot of very technical folks have installed LP ROMs and/or worked on developing them.

Defining the path (or laying out options with +'s & -'s) for stable long term 64-bit Android OS with OTA support for your S3A is important.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
few caveats and/or good-to-knows:

- it does not have international language support apart from English (I don't mind)

- it requires you to installl gapps (personally I used open_gapps-arm64-5.1-mini)

- it has a 'su' binary but people seem to advice to install beta supersu v2.49 (not sure why beta one)

I should add:

- there is some system software (after all it is chinese centric firmware) you may prefer to freeze or even remove
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
So this ROM of LP is from the OEM Jiayu ? OEM KK let you turn on root thru Settings in OS. Is that capability lost in OEM LP?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
That is a very good question and I do not know the answer!

I installed like instructed including SuperSU (presumably fearing to loose root otherwise).

Later I found in unpacked firmware it had 'su'....

So now I can not know how firmware would have behaved if I had not included SuperSU.

But there is a toggle: Settings -> Privacy -> Root access

I -think- the answer is : yes the ROM is root-able by configuration.

I regret a bit I did not find out firmware had a xbin 'su' and firmware settings had 'Root access' option before others :(. Then, perhaps, I would not have used SuperSU, and, perhaps, I could answer your question.

Of course, SuperSU is OK :).
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] atsimeri:
I didn't install supersu. And it has root capability
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenturky:
That's normal. Root is built into the ROM. Because the phone officially supports rooting.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
Any discussion and details as to the "what system sw" and why to the suggestion "... there is some system software (after all it is chinese centric firmware) you may prefer to freeze or even remove".

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Does any re-seller on this thread know what OS ROM jiayu is recently shipping with their S3/A's ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kenth_kristoffer:
During calls, the audio from the person I'm calling is very low. This is at max volume.

Is there a fix for this?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] atsimeri:
Of course. Download mtk engineering mode from play store. Open the mtk settings go to hardware settings, audio, normal mode, and change the levels of sph and sph2.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Official 5.1 from jiayu does not support root. You have to unlock the phone and so on...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] stanstevo:
It does, just check the privacy section in settings.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
I did not keep track of exactly what I removed ... and I do perhaps not want to recommend anything in particular. I seem to remember live wallpapers etc... Also chinese keyboard. But perhaps my usage is not very standard: in fact, I even froze the stock launcher UI itself since I use Google launcher or Nova. Before removing anything, one can first freeze it, and if it does not seem to break anything, one can unfreeze, backup and remove it.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Nope there is no privacy section on mine.

Edit: Oh wait, I forgot to mention that mine is the aosp version. :p

Its not the newUI nonsense. The newUI yeah, it does have root.

I am running pure aosp 5.1 official from jiayu official roms and forum..
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] guido21:
For real or is this some mythical aosp version? :) Do you have a download link?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bombilakus:
Can you give me link in pm of aosp version of 5.1
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
[MENTION=3390178]bombilakus[/MENTION] [MENTION=4934181]guido21[/MENTION]

Yeah i can pm you download link but its a little complicated to download, since you have to register on forum site and some external sites in order finally download the rom.

Good luck with that because i know its complicated to do since websites are in Chinese. :p Gonna pm you both with link.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bombilakus:
Let's hope for the mighty google translator to save me :P
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Yeah you will definitely need that. Its actually more complicated to register and create external accounts from what you think it is. :D

Let me know if you both received my pm.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] guido21:
Got the pm thanks. I assume you're running this build? 'S3S-20150623-142703'
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Exactly that one yes, you are quick to learn.

Well done mate. ;)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] guido21:
Slightly patronising but thanks I guess? :confused: I believe this rom has been available on needrom for some time. I have used it previously but the latest ui build works better for me after a few tweaks. Thanks anyway :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] lolemenos:
Sent me a pm too please. Is this the ROM tf and jiayu es are making?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] yungwizzy:
anyone still on KitKat here ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
Well English is not my first language so forgive if i sound a little odd sometimes. :p

Well they did mention it will receive OTA updates, so that is something worth mentioning.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] uptowner:
is this rom stable for you because reading some of the comments on needrom when it appeared in june is the reason i didnt try it but if its stable i might give it a try
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
Yes me and i am sure others too. :D

This not the tf rom, its an old beta version released on 2306 by jiayu china. Beta Version with bugs.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
The rom is stable for me. Don't forget that i am using official build from jiayu dated 2015-6-24.

Issues from non-official builds could very well be related due to various channges and tweaks they done to the rom.

I haven't tried any roms and i won't either from needrom.

Edit: btw there is two versions of this rom in june. I am using the latest and don't listen to what other bullcrap some might say on other sites.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DragonXD:
also in s3sw stock kitkat . waiting for a official lollypop rom from jiayu :o
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
I am a bit confused: is newui not an official lollypop rom from jiayu ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DragonXD:
i don't know. I check update via options and it says that there is no update.

So my question is: what is the last official for my s3sw 3go with gapps ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
They are not very well organized for global releases.

Latest with play store is this one for global phones 3gb ram: http://www.ejiayu.com/en/News2-92-210.html

Within the forum though latest 4.4.4 stable without play store is this one: s3s-20150813-105957

It will take a while for them to release lollipop globally. Though you find some 5.1 builds newUI within the forum.

Those are without play store if i am not mistaken.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
Try this it worked for me solving mic issues. Got it off this thread.

I have the same problem before. But I managed to fix it as below, now the mic seems OK.

In phone /settings /other settings/ disable noise reduction.

Dial *#*#5429873#*#* ( *#*#JIAYUS3#*#*)

EngineerMode --> Hardware Testing --> Audio --> Normal Mode

Type: Mic

Level:

Level 0: Value enter 255 --> Set

Level 1: Value enter 245 --> Set

Level 2: Valueenter 235 --> Set

Level 3: Value enter 225 --> Set

Level 4: Value enter 215 --> Set

Level 5: Value enter 205 --> Set

Level 6: Value enter 200 --> Set

Then reboot the phone.

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Could you please state the "they" and "it" for ROM (assume 5.1 LP) receiving OTA updates, just to be clear.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mze1:
[MENTION=5804469]cmullen kenth_kristoffer[/MENTION]

kenth_kristoffer is actually referring about the earpiece volume and not the "mic" . The settings for earpiece volume is actually "Sph" Don't play with stuff you don't know about because you can actually cause damage to the hardware.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
" latest 4.4.4 stable without play store is this one: s3s-20150813-105957 ". I thought it was 507 for KK? I have a S3A.

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Yes you are correct, my bad. He can't hear the caller so it has to be the S3 speaker not it's mic.

I thought the S3 speaker "quality" issue was solved thru a KK OTA update. Before the OTA fix Viper app w/could fix speaker issue and I bought that and that works too.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
Audio patch is available on needrom.

I just went back to 30.04 KK rom from 13.08 base. The lockups were too frustrating!

Does anyone have the stagefright zip available? I mean the second one - V2...mega is giving me headches...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Pirex69:
https://mega.nz/#!EU0VTIiY!FIXjxm0YPYm2IKdniR9q-MUFS8K2PHHh80a-3fSHFNs

Here you go
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
Does not download. If its the link from the facebook page, I already have this problem since yesterday.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] slewis111:
My last post has the extracted file if the FB link isn't working.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Aussie_Oddball:
I'm on KitKat. :eek:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] slewis111:
Oops. ... No it doesn't. Here's the post I never posted ...:)

1. Download Stagefright Detector App by Zimperium from Play Store.

2. Run it to check if your phone is vulnerable.

3. If it is, apply the fix, then run it again to confirm that it was successful.

How to get the stagefright fix for Jiayu S3 (with 2GB) or S3A (Advanced, with 3GB) running stock/official KitKat version of Android:

DerTeufel1980 (jiayu.de) kindly provided a fix here: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=835964266524824&id=322998401154749

1. Download the zip file which contains a patched version of stagefright.so from the above page.

2. OR download just the patched version of stagefright.so (already extracted from that zip file) here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ibgns5yh3tv9hzc/libstagefright.so?dl=0

How to apply the fix using custom recovery:

This method will only work if your phone has a custom recovery such as TWRP and are running a stock/official KitKat version of Android. Phones from jiayu.de come with custom recovery, those from China usually do not. Jiayu.es App (on Play Store) can be used to install TWRP.

1. In Android apply the fix using the zip file: Settings -> About Phone -> Wireless Update -> [menu/three dots] -> Local Updates, then select the zip file. The phone will reboot into recovery to apply the fix.

How to apply the fix using a file explorer with root access:

This method will only work if your phone is running a stock/official pre-rooted KitKat version of Android.

1. In /system/lib rename the existing stagefright.so to stagefright.so.bak

2. Copy the patched stagefright.so in its place.

3. Set permissions of stage fright.so to 644 (rw-r--r--).

How to get a file explorer with root access:

This method will work with ES File Explorer (can be installed from Play Store).

1. In Android enable Superuser (root) access via Settings -> Security -> Superuser

2. In ES File Explorer enable Root Explorer (in Tools)

3. Use Rename and Copy/Paste to replace stagefright.so with the patched version, granting root access to ES File Explorer when/if it requests it.

4. Use Properties to change file permissions of stagefright.so to owner: read, write; group: read; world: read.

5. In Android disable Superuser (root) access via Settings -> Security -> Superuser.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
I was just asking for the zip. Never mind. Someone will have it. Thx.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] uptowner:
think this is the one

https://mega.nz/#!ZVhySIgY!FIXjxm0YPYm2IKdniR9q-MUFS8K2PHHh80a-3fSHFNs
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] nggies:
[MENTION=4106626]haasgo[/MENTION] sorry I don't have it. But I think [MENTION=5251063]uptowner[/MENTION] missunderstanding (sorry). [MENTION=4106626]haasgo[/MENTION] can't download from mega and he ask ,for your help to mirror it (similar.zip from mega) to other link. CMIIW
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] uptowner:
oh will see what i can do

very strange cannot download from my mega cloud to my pc to upload elsewhere they must be having problems will try later
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kyltraq:
I've uploaded the patch in OneDrive. Click here to download it.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
The newui has no gapps and it is prerooted. Meaning it is rather for the Chinese market. It does have English language though. And it supports NFC. Comparing its build.prop with the ones from 'official' KK jiayu firmware makes me strongly believe newui LP is also 'officially' built by jiayu. And it even mentiones .version= REL. But that may not necessarily tell you it is a "Release" because the ''Release candidate" one also had .version= REL.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Pirex69:
You must have mega app to download it
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] bombilakus:
You dont need app. Just choose in your mobile browser desktop site version and it will load normal site and just choose download ;)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] haasgo:
Mega is whacked atm. Wont download or sync. I have an account btw.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] uptowner:
dior DNA said .......makes me strongly believe newui LP is also 'officially' built by jiayu.

it is just been on wade01 page and there are scores of roms there including the above the last one listed for s3 is 14/08/2015

think that was the last kitkat the roms are not just for s3 seem to be for every jiayu i have ever heard of or never heard of,that guy has been busy the last few years
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] cmullen:
Have you ever received a wireless OTA from the newui LP ROM? What rev level of LP does Setup say?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
My point is that it looks like the firmware is built by jiayu. The fact that wade01 puts it on his page is another thing. Maybe wade01 works for jiayu? The Jiayu forum being in Chinese does not make it all that easy (even with help from translators) to confirm such facts with 100% certainty. So I am only guessing ...

But as said, the build.prop of the firmware my S3 came with (20150314 'W' one) and the build.prop of 'NewUI LP' (20150714) have similar specific entries.

For example, they contain almost same FOTA OEM (apart from android version):

KK has ro.fota.oem=vanzo6732_KK

LP has ro.fota.oem=vanzo6732_5.1
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] dromaczek:
charging problem

I have charging problem, after connection charge some ercent, then dont charge, dont light for red, after disconect and conetc charge once more, but charging without charging (red light, charging but not charg and after some moment red light not light)... i tested a lot of rom (lollipo, kitkat etc) always the same... how to help with my problem?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
I hope for a new LP update soon, since the Jiayu forum is getting back to life.

Actually Wade, let's say the "main-voice" of Jiayu was on Vacations, and gone of the forum for a long time, since the first issues that put Jiayu in restructuring. Now that Wade is back, announced in the Forum the new address of Jiayu in China. And also they are now going to run a promotion and giveaways in the coming days of September. So I really hope very soon we can have news about a new Build.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] snabben:
Any of you guys tried this?

http://www.xda-developers.com/xposed-module-to-fix-mobileradioactive-bug/

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