yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
Install Jiayu.es, open app and go to Tools, then Application Engineer Mode. Then go to connectivity Bluetooth and lots to play with.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] El_Che92:
Hey! So i wanted to install the latest rom S3S-2015-05-07-083407, i just have ti put it on my sdcard and install via TWRP? Because in needrom it says that it can only be done by Flash tools (which i don't know how to use)... So, is it possible by TWRP recovery or going to Setting/About Phone/System actualization (etc)? Will i loose my gapps? If so, where can i find one's that really work and how to install them?

PS: I'm still on S3SW20150213 : /

Thanks in advance
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] 2wired:
Thx! A lot of stuff and no idea how to start :cyclops:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] stressak:
I upgraded via OTA, you can do it same way. Just download latest OTA from needrom, and there is even a PDF how to install it when u unpack it once. But still your question is good, I would also like to know if we can install normal updates via recovery. Because if we can so, it will be faster than to wait for OTA version :).
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] francescospina22:
I nave a problem. After the update from s3sw of 13 Feb to the last S3S I can't see the name of the contact who is calling me. Than I can see only the number and not the contact associated. I have already done wipe cache and dalvik, someone have a solution? Thanks.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] El_Che92:
I downloaded the last firmware S3S-2015-05-07-083407 and no PDF is there... How did you updated you're firmware? And how did you install the gapps?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
Interesting. I did the same upgrade as yourself, and have since experienced an issue with my previously working contacts. Not sure if it's the same issue as yours, but the problem I have is that now phone numbers in the format of say, "+353012345678", "00353012345678" and "012345678" are not being recognised as being the same number! This results in SMS threads being all over the place! More-so as I backup and restore my text messages between ROM changes.

They were all detected as being the same numbers with the S3SW release I had installed previously, so there must be some change to the localisation of number formatting going on inside the new S3S ROM.

I tried editing, deleting/recreating my Google contacts, all to no avail.

Incidentally, I tried a build.prop entry of 'ro.phone.min_match=8', but this caused the phone to go into a boot-loop upon a restart! :eek:

I'll probably just live with it until LP is released and hopefully it'll be resolved then.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] PrahaJD:
Are you running the xposed module Gravity box? I had the same issue but found it was due to this module.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
There's definitely a 'How to' PDF included in the FlashTools version of the S3S 20150507-083407 file. You probably have the OTA version, which I didn't download myself, so can't confirm.

Recovery can be flashed via the method outlined here in my previous post. Installing recovery will allow you to install a GAPPS package. The GAPPS installation information can be seen here.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] El_Che92:
I already have TWRP. But can I install the new rom via TWRP or it has to be by Flashtools? GAPPS is by TWRP, right? I don't know how to use it and my computer doesn't recognize the cellphone internal memory...

And if i update by TWRP, will i loose future OTA updates?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] naufragato:
Your contacts are on google? In this case I think that the problem is not the phone.

You could:

export contacts on SD;

delete tour contacts on google;

import contacts from SD
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] TotallydubbedHD:
Tada!

Here's the video review bud - I forgot your name, but have you in the video description :)

[YOUTUBE]QhLi-EC34cw[/YOUTUBE]
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
Just to clarify, I can flash a rom with twrp like any other phone, right?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
[MENTION=3283391]TotallydubbedHD[/MENTION]:

Awesome! That I can see a in-depth review, with user experience, just a week before my order (finally)

Btw I'll going to get the phone anyways, but a review is awesome to hold the anxious.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] TotallydubbedHD:
thanks buddy!

Yup in-depth, honest and one that I got to use the phone daily (unlike some reviewers) for over a month.

This is now and will be my primary phone!

GG Oppo, samsung, apple, HTC

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Yes you can bud!

Just make sure you do a full backup - in case it full wipes.

Make a note of your IMEI in some cases too.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
Yes i saw ;)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Haha Of course! Again the most awesome factor to make me choose the Jiayu S3 is all the developers here that have the device and want to work on them. This new Kernel looks really promising!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
I hear this kernel create by Jiayu.de right?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
Yes and [MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION] is one of the creators of this kernel.

Superdragonpt- DragonDevil kernel see any similarities here. ;)

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How humble you are.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] francescospina22:
How is it? :D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] parask82:
I have been using it since the first version. Usage wise it is smoother than stock and cleaner. No new governors or schedulers inside but the added vibration control, various tweaks and cleaner code is worth it. I recommend it easily no problems whatsoever even with the test versions. Great work.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
can i install this kernel (DragonKernel v2.2) on any custom rom i.e. Volcano?

and how to install it?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
yes can be used on any 4.4.4 ROM. installing through recovery fails for me unless i dont edit the build.prop of my phone or updater script of the kernel.zip. the easy way would be to extract the boot image from the kernel.zip and flash it using flashify or rushr (i dont know about flashify but rashr works fine)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
Thanks, will give it a try
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
yes, i know that. i hear this kernel in facebook group.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
I flashed using Rashr and now i am stuck on startup boot image....

any idea ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
try to flash the Volcano Rom Boot.img. i think its not compatible with your rom.

p.s: just saw it volcano is not an original rom but a port of zoppo ZP920
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
Good thing that I've made a backup so just restored the boot and now im back into OS :D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
either flash through sp-tool(only boot imd) or give me the boot img, i will make a recovery flashable zip
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
All of the s3 roms are ported. I bet even aosp rom is just the stock rom with some themes ripped off.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
LOL:p
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
Yeap

And the so called "AOSP ROM" Is also ported .

Its just the stock rom from another device...

But hey they say its "AOSP" lol
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
[MENTION=4196889]DerTeufel1980[/MENTION] mate are we going to see any magic from you for this phone.:confused::confused:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
Really!?!?

That comes as a first and rather big disappointment to me. Actually:

the tiebreaker reason why I decided to buy the Jiayu S3SW was the fact

that there existed an AOSP ROM.

I thereby (wrongly?) assumed that privileged access to Mediatek Linux

kernel source code and Jiayu proprietary vendor repositories was

granted to a limited set of people (presumably Jiayu employees).

I thought, well: it is not an open source device, but, if -some-

people have access to the code and the vendor binaries, and if they

have permission to build and distribute kernel and AOSP ROM both built from

ground up, then situation is more or less OK.

By the way: the people who made custom kernel must have had access to

Linux source code, not? Also, if 'fraggel' reads this: can you please

confirm/deny if kernel and/or AOSP are not built from source?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
What do you think the devil in DragonDevil comes from [emoji12]

Just waiting for 5.1 sources to start working on cm. Doesn't make much sense to start working on it, knowing 5.1 is around the corner.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
@DerTeufel1980 kernel(s) are known as "devil kernel" so ....

yup :)

yup again ;)

cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
I think a DragonDevil is much more dangerous than a normal dragon or devil [emoji1]
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
haha

Love the name ...

cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] krist2an:
Just got my S3SW. It has 20150213-171816 installed, but it says that it's up to date. Do I have to install a newer ROM totally from scratch?

And is there any way to remove the 4G/3G/E icon from the status bar?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
thnk you for the kernel, but my point was more towards ROM.

i know that mate hv been using them on my Samsung S3 especially the F2FS feature. cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
This new kernel even supports proximity sensor control to not activate the device randomly on gesture, when for example the phone is on your pocket. And some users related that, so it's way cool. And early support for ExFAT. I already know the kernel was from DerTeufel1980 since he works on Jiayu.de and because of the name, and superdragonpt made it too. So man... What the future reserves for us with this new phone? Great things Haha

For Rom development, probably they are waiting for the Lollipop build, I know some guys prefer Kitkat over Lollipop, but it's just my guess.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
I just got the silicon case and it is really loose. Am I doing something wrong or is it like this for everybody?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] yungwizzy:
help my xposed installer keeps increasing in size daily .. what could be wrong ??.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
Is it a genuine case? I have an official Jiayu silicon case and it's nice and tight on my S3. You could maybe try fan a hair dryer over it for a few minutes and that should tighten the case enough around the phone.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sirdickens:
CM12.1 for Elephone P7000

Hello everyone! I've stumbled upon video on youtube for cyanogenmod 12.1 for elephone P7000, this could be something new since this phone has pretty much the same specs as Jiayu S3s :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mvlhm5vLEo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpqgzpmy7ik
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] quejo:
I have bought two p7000 for 159 each. Hope it charges faster.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
Mine is not really tight but not really loose either. I can live with it.

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with 'sources' you mean S3 kernel -and- rom repositories?

About s3 kernel/rom mediatek/jiayu source/binary repository access:

... it all looks like a big secret to me

Let me ask 2 questions to the developers, and assume answer is YES

-unless- someone contradicts

1) s3 kernels are built without access to mediatek/jiayu source repository access

2) s3 roms are built without access to jiayu binary repository access

right ?

But how can one build a kernel without source? is it kernel source for

another, similar device with source access (like Android One)?

please explain...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DerTeufel1980:
The guys from teamforce are working at jiayu.es, I am working at jiayu.de. Because of this we have access to the sources of rom and kernel, but we are not allowed to share it public.

It's also possible to build the kernel without source, as superdragonpt did in the past, but this is taking months to do.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
So that SoC will get 5.1? That's great, and I pretty relieved they (Mediatek) was smart enough to get 5.1, one time 5.0 is buggy.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] agdroubi:
That's great, so most probably you have access to lollipop test build. Can you tell us about your impressions, and can the phone now record true 1080p videos?

Thanks :) :D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
The rom i downloaded is a .rar. I am used to flashing .zips. How should I flash this?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] 2wired:
My Sport watch polar v800 needs Bluetooth 4 BLE to get a working pairing connection.

I used a lot oft Bluetooth tools to find out about that BLE but I was not able to find anything.

Does any oft you know about that BLE mode and if it is supported by the S3?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
OK that is good news, your reply makes my day.

So people from jiayu.es and jiayu.de can build CM and AOSP and kernel from ground up, upto the jiayu version available.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
Just wait a bit more ...

Yes BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) is supported

cheers
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
I had the 2.2 release on my phone (S3S 20150507-083407) for just over a day and during this time it appeared the kernel caused the phone to become extremely hot to the touch, even during basic tasks like swiping through menus or reading emails. It began to worry me, so I reinstalled the stock kernel boot image and it's been icy-cold fine since :eek:

The DD kernel was at default settings, as the 'JiayuControl' app appears to be locked down to Jiayu.de's own ROMs, and thus didn't work on my phone (white screen after asking for root permissions). At least that's the reason for the apps failure to launch I could best decipher from the kernel's thread via Google Translate, but maybe I'm just reading it incorrectly?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] adilrenzu:
You cannot flash rar files on android. Check may be there is a zip file inside of the rar file. If not extract the rar file and then zip the contents of the rar.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mozarin:
Camera recording poor quality

Hello people, a lot of people is complaining about the rear and front camera video recording, please could someone explain if is due to software/hardware limitations or something like that? :confused:

Sony IMX214 is also in other cellphones like Oppos, Huawei honor, ascend., One plus one, Lg... and they don't have this issues.

thanks! :good:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] compo29:
I thought I was the only one, i was planning on resetting firmware. When recording video it is very strange especially in good sunlight, the video is grainy on faces etc it is is almost like the video is over exposed( i think that is the right explanation) maybe just mine is like this I'm not sure.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Silverphil:
Hi to all,

Just received my S3 advanced S3SW 20150213-171816 and am quite happy with; it seems that flashing another ROM is not necessary (and OTA says system up to date).

Great phone, 300 apps installed, 128 Gb SD card recognized, works like a charm, despite somewhat limited autonomy and fairly long charging time (nearly 4 hours)

One annoying problem however:

When I give a call, no problem, the contact/photo is displayed, with all options available such as mute, loudspeaker etc. Proximity sensor also works fine.

When I receive a call however, screen is black except for the icon allowing to answer and remains black after communication is established, with none of above options displayed.

Quite annoying really.

Anybody has an idea?

Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
as far as i know it supports upto 64GB sd card.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Silverphil:
True, but I tried nonetheless to install a 128 GB Card after having formatted it in FAT 32, and it works flawlessly.:o
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Sta'ko:
If you are talking about the original-it is loose they made it with alot of bord on the sites to be fitting better with their original tempered glass (and it is) . I have both and its still a little bit loose but is alot better and finished and hole it's quite all right.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] pwatkins:
All bigger micro-SD cards will work on any device made in around the past 4 or 5 year. The only issue, as you say, is that it must be formatted as FAT32 rather than EXFAT which is the standard format now for 128Gb and 64Gb cards.

The one minor noticeable downside of FAT32 is that it cannot cope with single individual files of greater than 3Gb. In general this only means full HD 1080p movies of say 2-3 hours! However I defy anyone on a 5.5inch screen to differentiate between a 1080p and a 720p movie! Especially if you play through a decent upscaling player such as MX. Maybe if you cast off to a big screen TV you can just about tell the difference - but then just copy the file to the main 16Gb RAM. But if you are watching the movie as entertainment (rather than a technical exercise) after the movie intro you really won't notice!

AFAIK no MT6752 based system will support EXFAT until Lollipop? So in fact they all should either state " fully supports micro SD up to 32Gb" (although even some 32Gb cards are now delivered as EXFAT!) or "supports micro SD up to 128Gb in FAT32 format".
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
Now, i just waiting Vivo X5Pro release as it's supported 128Gb(rumors). same chipset with jiayu s3
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] pwatkins:
As I said why would you need EXFAT support on a phone? 128Gb cards are supported fine in the J3 if formatted FAT32. I can get a lot of my music collection (more than 128Gb but I can be selective!) to carry with me on my phone. 144Gb storage in my pocket isn't bad!!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
One quick thing, should I have the pre-loader selected in sp flash-tools when flashing a rom? Isnt flashing this kinda dangerous?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] tofikos:
No risk no fun :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
I flashed it and it worked. I was sweating like hell while that was happening :mad:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Just launched, and they choose the ****ty Snapdragon 615. =\
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Kabeltv:
Anyone else having this crazy GPS? Doesn't take many seconds for it to lock in and get a relative good accuracy, but as fast I'm trying to record or use google maps navigation it just doesnt work well at all :S

Can't post a link to a screenshot apparently, but it's not accurate at all when I try to record a walk or something :/
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
The snapdragon 615 apparently constanly overheats, and doesn't have as good performance as the mt6752.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] genesisalgor:
Btw, the DragonDevil kernel adds ExFAT support, only on early stage of development, but of course it's a possibility!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
Any update for lollipop?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] superdragonpt:
Yeah
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
Would you kindly share with us all?

When is it coming out for our device? :)

Also, any idea how to reset battery stats? As the battery was around 40% but after restarting the phone it was showing 5%. Then I restarted again and it was showing 9%, kinda strange behaviour...

Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Axelman8:
Hi

Is there a recovery and / or root for lollipop?

Regards

Axelman
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ProTechShark:
There is a lollipop update?! On kitkat you can root through the security page in settings.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] M Junaid:
I think he is using Ecoo E04 which has lollipop (not Jiayu S3) :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] justnewsp:
I have Jiayu S3 Advanced for aboout 3 weeks.

I have S3S 20150312-194940 Android version.

I installed custom recovery TWRP and now I cannot update using OTA - Your system was damaged, wireless update is disabled.

Questions:

1. I did a TWRP backup. If I replace TWRP with original recovery (using Jiayu.es app), will I be able to use TWRP backup, in case of problems ?

2. If I update using OTA, will GAPPS be erased ? I installed GAPPS using TWRP.

3. The newest OTA update is 20150507-083407 - file size = 34 Mb - just update, doesn't mess with anything else.

The same one found on needrom website is 534 Mb - full Android, it will erase my GAPPS and everything, right ?

Thanks for your help.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] motanbigcat:
Hi Everyone,

As it is known S3 rom doesn't let to move the apps to sd card, I couldn't find any solution to resolve this problem, any suggestion?..: :o
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
I had the same message and so downloaded the OTA 500Mb+ and followed the PDF instructions and used the phones local update function, reloaded TWRP then I used TWRP recovery to install Gapps minimal. All worked fine but the Your system was damaged message is still there.

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GL to SD works but you have to use the apps its applied to from within the app.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] justnewsp:
I cannot do a full replace every time, there's a new update every week.

It will erase all apps, right ?!

Also, it will erase TWRP - You said "reloaded TWRP" ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
All apps remained in place with no settings changed, TWRP was replaced by factory recovery but using Jiayu.es app its 2 mins to replace with TWRP.

As for updating, unless you have an issue that's being corrected there is no one forcing you to update. Updates seen to come every 2 to 3 weeks, just try using a phone that never gets updates and see how it compares.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] motanbigcat:
"GL to SD works but you have to use the apps its applied to from within the app."

Thanks, I tried it before, this app is to move the games' data to SD card, not to move the apps to sd card., unfortunately useless for me.

Any other suggestion?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] :
With Link2SD you can selectively link apk, dex, lib and data to 2nd linux partition on external SD card and with FolderMount you can mount any internal folder over any external one.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] justnewsp:
All right, maybe I will try that.

There are some issues and maybe they are fixed:

- video recording, outside, bright light - it looks over sharpened, weird colors, pixelated - another user reported same problem a few pages back

- the hardware buttons light - it turns off really quick, after a few seconds. I have that option too (Display > Keyboard light), but maybe it's not working correctly.

Which version did you used ?

From needrom - regular or FOTA version ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
Download and install Jiayu.es first, then use it to download TWRP and their Gapps.

I used this version

Update ROM 1 - S3S 20150507-083407- mt6752_h560_s3s_jyt_cc_128-24_kk_lte_5m-cs_tphone – KTU84P – Advanced – 3G Ram – no gapps – Multilang OTA

This is currently the last link labeled ROM1 on this page

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

Downloaded it onto my laptop and connected phone and extracted the file update.zip and sent it to the SD card. Disconnected the phone, did a backup and then used wireless update/local updates and used update.zip

After it rebooted Google Play services was acting up which is where the Gapps reload comes in.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Silverphil:
Problem of incoming calls solved:

I had installed Gravity Box and just noticed that in phone options of same the display of caller's photo was de-activated; I put it on "partial" and everything is back to normal.