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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Russell_S:
Phone versiin ordered: 3gb

Price: $214 (this included a silicone case and DHL shipping)

Store: http://www.jiayu-store.com/jiayu-s3...080p-screen-dual-sim-4g-lte-mobile-phone.html

Time left before shipment: 1 day

Time left before you got tracking num.: 1 day

Time left before you got package: 4 days

Comment: Very good easy experience. Ordered and paid with Paypal on 11th June and received the phone on 15th June (in UK). Phone already had S3SW firmware installed so Google services and PlayStore were already present. However, I did get stung for tax on import (another £15). I have purchased quite a few phones and other goods from China and this is the first time I have been charged for tax.

I have also bought other Chinese phones in the past (Jiayu, Umi etc. see signature) and used Etotalk (http://www.etotalk.com/) and they too have been very good. I've never had a bad experience.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Russell_S:
I'm curious, where do you put the second SIM in a Nexus 5.

Just saying

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[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Levered:
I got from my friends in China, just for samples .:D
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] clayts450:
Got mine from Antelife to the UK - received within 10 days via slow mail, avoided customs.

Included a tempered glass cover and a case, pre-loaded with S3SW and GApps
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kommando:
Phone version ordered: (3Gb)

Price: (in $) 220 including extras, screen protector case etc

Store: http://www.jiayu-store.com/jiayu-s3...080p-screen-dual-sim-4g-lte-mobile-phone.html

Time left before shipment: 1 day

Time left before you got tracking num.: 1 day

Time left before you got package: 3 days

Comment: No taxes but DHL UK extracted a handling fee which is against civil contract law in the UK but if you do not pay you do not get. Not the sellers fault as DHL UK do it on all non EU imports when there are no taxes.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] DragonXD:
I purchased mine from tinydeal with a free flip case and also a Kingzone N3 Plus for my sister ^^
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] justnewsp:
Phone versiin ordered: 3Gb

Price: $244

Store: http://www.coolicool.com/android-phone-c703.html - EU warehouse

Time left before shipment: 2 days

Time left before you got tracking num.: never got tracking number in order list, got it from Support after 2-3 days.

Time left before you got package: 5 days - UK - Romania, DHL free shipping

Comment: my order, in my account, still says unshipped, it was never updated. But support - live chat - replied very fast with tracking number and order status. I got a free tempered glass and bumper.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mrgbuzz:
Bought both mine and one for my girlfriend's from Etotalk shipped to Ireland. 3 days delivery.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mohitgarg7:
HI

I bough from DIRTOWN DIGITAL- ALIEXPRESS
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] sutty86:
i paid more with Amazon uk seller i paid £160 next day delivery, still have some comeback though with amazon,british law etc
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AndyC76:
Which seller on amazon? what version was installed on your phone?

thanks!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ASW1:
One of the best prices seems to be Geekbuying, they're selling the 3Gb version for €177,- or $194,50

When you register on their website you get a 5% coupon by email, so prices are €168,50 or $185,-

Prices have been dropping slowly but surely, I wonder if they will go up again once this phone is officially sold having android 5.1
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AndyC76:
Phone versiin ordered: 3Gb

Price: $213

Store: http://www.jiayu-store.com/

Time left before shipment:4 days

Time left before you got tracking num.: 4

Time left before you got package:

Comment: 4 days (ordered on a Friday - they are then closed until Monday, not the sellers fault) before shipment as black version was out of stock, so I've emailed to get it changed to a white version, once its arrived I will update this post, it cost $213 as I paid a case and screen protector, shipping via DHL and applied a $5 discount.

DHL contacted me to pay an additional 15GBP for Duty & VAT...

Phone has now arrived (very securely packaged)

I contacted the support email, as the phone didn't want to recognise my simcard

Email:

Do not worry, we have fully test before sending. You can input "*#06#" to get your IMEI.

Please make sure your SIM/Micro SIM card is well placed, and then try to reset your mobile to factory mode, it will figure out.

I did as they asked and yes, phone works perfectly

Recommended.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] nidget:
I bought mine from Spemall dot com (China) because that's the place where I had already bought my Jiayu G4 Basic two years ago and they look very reliable:

Ordered last friday, it's currently being tracked by DHL for delivery tomorrow (i.e. 3 working days).

The price was 215USD (199€) including delivery via DHL (recommended), the silicon case and the plastic film to protect the screen for the 3Gb version in white colour (the black one was out of stock).

The base price is currently 185 USD for the Advanced.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] MadaliNec:
I would suggest you to put, at least, a question mark next to banggood, if not remove the seller. I've bought a few devices from that store and there were always problems with those devices. Either the device was not legit or it had touchscreen problems.

Another very good store, that I tested myself and would recommend, it's etotalk.com .
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] davidcgu:
I bought mine 3GB advanced on antelife.com from china (they have store on Europe with more expensive prices) I paid around 200€ (exactly 184€ after paypal tax and after aply some 10$ discount ticket, there are a lot of them on internet).

From the store from Europe I think was possible to get it by 220€ with just a few days delivery and no risk of extra taxes but I wanted to save as much as possible, from china 35€ less...

If you buy from china you should always chose cheapest shipment, if you chose DHL or similarthey deliver the package very quick but the risk of having to pay taxes is very high.

As a note there is a oficial store here on Spain (jiayu.es) they sell this phone for 250€ online.

Phone received perfectly after 14 days, shiped by netherlands post, you get the tracking number the day after however the tracking is not updated by netherlands post until they get the package on netherlands 7-10 days).

I highly recomend this store, is not the first time I bought from them and answer is always very good.

Sorry I edit because I bought a couple of months ago, I checked and actual price is 191$ ( you can add some discount code on the top)

Regards
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] laweffect:
Still waiting

I recently purchased my S3 from jiayu-store but it has now been 10 days and the order still says processing. Anyone else purchased from these guys recently and had any movement. I'm starting to get a little nervous.

Leigh
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] wedgec:
Hi Russell, I just bought an S3 from this same store and noticed on the PayPal receipt that the payment is going to focalandroid at gmail dot com, which I thought was quite suspicious. Googling this has done nothing to calm my nerves, so I was wondering if you pushed through PayPal and if you could check the payee's name? Many thanks

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Hi Andy, as per my above post, are you able to confirm the name your PayPal payment went to when you bought your s3? I'm a bit concerned mine isn't legit. Thanks
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AndyC76:
Sure no worries : FOCALAJDROI is what appears from my bank (paypal is funded by bank)

I'm sure its fine... did you order the white or the black version? I originally ordered the black and heard nothing, when I chased they told me the black was out of stock, so I asked for the white version which arrived very quickly ( I paid for dhl express)

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Leigh, they could be out of stock (depending what variant / colour you ordered) send them an email to find out.. (its similar to what happened to me - read 2-3 posts up..)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] No1VIPER:
Phone version: Advanced (3gb) Google Play Store pre-installed

Price: £130 (approximately $200)

Store: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/321958 (Bloomberg Mikki)

Ordered: 5/8/15 (that's day/month/year)

Received: 10/8/15 (that's day/month/year)

Comment: I would highly recommend this seller. This was my first purchase through AliExprees, and I was a little nervous to be honest. Especially since you can't use PayPal.

The transaction couldn't have gone anymore smoothly though. I had contact with the seller throughout. From requesting which silicon I'd like, to when I I could expect to receive the phone, to also letting me know that it would be sent as $27 value, so as to avoid any customs. I was given a tracking number within a few days of ordering, which worked perfectly through DHLs tracking. I will definitely be buying from Bloomberg Mikki again??
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mart_73:
Hi, based on your info above, I also bought the Jiayu from Aliexpress. It arrived in good time & is a superb handset....however, it's not detecting a sim card. Did you have to amend any settings out of the box..?

Any info appreciated!
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AndyC76:
run a factory reset with the sim in the device

it should then sort itself out
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mart_73:
Massive thank you - that's worked perfectly!! :good:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AndyC76:
no worries at all, glad I could help

I would read through this forum

1)find he thread regarding malware and install and run the detection software

2)test to see if your device is vulnerable to stagefright and update it as needed

which SW is your buildnumber

Settings > About Phone > Buildnumber

mine is s3sw_2015_0314_41844
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] mart_73:
Thanks for the heads up, hugely appreciated.

My build number: SESW 20150812-212343
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Dior DNA:
I guess you mean S3SW 20150812-212343?

Strange ... did that build ever appear on needrom?

Have any people with S3SW-20150314-141844 received this one OTA?

I ask because a friend of mine is on S3SW-20150314-141844.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] frenk91:
today i dropped it on the pavement and the screen cracked, touchscreen doesn't work anymore but the lcd seems fine, does anyone know where is a good place to get the replacement for that from?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] daavm:
Hi there. I bought it at geekvida.es, it's an Spanish online shop, although I think it's partnered by pandawill (it came with a pandawill paper on the box haha)

It's a trusted shop, and the price was about 209€, what is 234 USD. So happy with that phone as it has a lot of roms, even being a mediated phone! Just started at xda! :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] reijin:
I bought it from jiayu store. It shipped with build: S3SW 20150314-141844

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How could you tell it was not legit?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] SigmundDroid:
Some spanish guy in Mallorca via ebay but don't remember the name :silly:
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] jasux:
efox

i bought it from efox-shop
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] kencre:
E-fox. Es
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] j3j:
jiayu s3 basic

I bought from pandawill .It worked ok for few weeks on their firmware .but after thatmy s3 basic is not charging when on.. also when connected to pc thru usb, ipc shows device malfunctioning ,and there is no indication on phone..I try to connect to sp flash tool also no success..same error"usb device not recognized pops up every 2s.everything else is fine. but usb otg works.Any method to upgrade to 5.1 now on official kk ?
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] ThorDevs:
Phone versiin ordered: 3GB

Price: About 200$ (190€)

Store: Geekvida (Pandawill spanish store)

Time left before shipment: less 2 days

Time left before you got tracking num.: -

Time left before you got package: 2 days more

Comment: First buy, any problem, fast and cheap...
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] xdadeem:
Where did you buy this from mate and how did you sort out customs stuff. I am in UK too and want to get this phone... everbuying is my choice but twice now or 3 times they have kept me in the queue for way over 1hr, the last time which was today, they never came back till they closed for the day while I was waiting, so it appears they dont have a good customer care and that its only one person attending to any sales live chat so I may have changed my mind from buying from them I think, I always want to find someone to talk to in case I need to.

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Hi, I am in UK too and wish to buy this. Have you not bought it... where from.

How did you deal with the ferocious UK customs
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AndyC76:
Hi.

I've bought from jiayu-store twice now.

Email them first ask them if they can put a value of $50 USD to help with uk customs and ask if the phone you want is in stock and ready to send.

Wait for them to reply ( Monday - Friday only )

Once they reply, order the phone you want ( I got the white S3 3gb ) and pay ( I used PayPal )

And reply to their reply that they said they will mark your order for you.

I added DHL shipping ( if you do this - then before or after your phone arrives you will be charged around £20 - it will be worth it )
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] xdadeem:
Hi, I see this new Jiayu s3 plus... whats the real difference in your opinion, I even find it surprising that the price is a bit lower than the previous S3 Advanced.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] 1testi:
S3+ has slower CPU (1,3GHz) and weaker GPU (Mali-T720) than S3. Its for buyers of a lower price segment.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] xdadeem:
oh really! I did not see it that way especially when this site http://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/jiayu-s3,jiayu-s3-plus rated it as such ... like saying its 1.5 ghz not 1.7 and giving it a higher Antutu overall... I was hoping to avoid having to flash to lollipop since the plus comes with it already, nevertheless, I agree with your point of view on this and would stick to S3 advanced over the plus.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] dave il barbaro:
I'm interested in this device too.

Is Jiayu-store.com a reliable store??? I found the lowest price there for the S3+
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] xdadeem:
well, it appears they are, however I seem to already have a problem with them... communication and response... I am a sucker for feedback and communication, I have sent them 1 email, then a second... they only responded to the second which seem to only answer some part of the question ont he first, I have sent a third and fourth email... one as a reply to their email in my yahoo account and the other from their contact page on their website and have not got any reply.

This worries me a lot, however I think they are a legit one... so I am hopeful to do this with them, I asked questions directly on their product review page and hopefully tmrw I will get a response, then decide on buying as I wish to buy from their EU store and needed to be sure they have some accessory I need.

Pandawill is my other, I am glad to have a chat with one of them today and they seemed responsive but it was closing time so the person left shortly after but having also read a lot of negatives in their customer support responses and dead on arrival products, I am thinking. (although these complains are coming from 2012 and 2013)

Everbuying was the one I thought I settled for because I was able to chat someone, however each time you have to wait for nearly or over 2hrs online to speak to someone and the last time, the kept me waiting and left for home... so I dropped them.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] dave il barbaro:
great feedback man... and what about "AliExpress"??? they have the same price as jiayu-store...

I red a lot of bad reviews about Pandawill... I would avoid them
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] xdadeem:
AliExpress is not a single store but a platform for B2B to sell retail so it really depends on who exactly you are dealing with on there... I really never considered AliExpress at all... It just did not appeal to me talking about phones.

How much is this you find on jiayu-store and which of the jiayu stores... they are not just only one of them
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] dave il barbaro:
http://www.jiayu-store.com/jiayu-s3-mtk6753-android-5-1-smartphone.html

167$
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] xdadeem:
yeah... same store I was and am still looking at.

I will go for the S3 advanced instead tho but I have asked them a few questions on their product page and waiting for an answer
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] xdadeem:
So I got it finally jiayu-store.com

Did a quick unboxing vid on it here [YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/8vCopekxqWk[/YOUTUBE]

https://youtu.be/8vCopekxqWk
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] maros222:
Good phone

Hi,

it looks you got the same as me, only one problem I had was there was not GAPPS installed, what was very limiting factor in phone use. But with huge help from this forum I finally got it how to install it (without rooting the phone) and now I'm highly satisfied, it is very good phone, even not from the outside (looks cheap plastic), but in parameters is equal to S6.

In case you got phone without GAPPS as me, just write here I can advice you how to fix this very fast.

Good luck:)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Paul_David88:
From aliexpress

Took 3 weeks from china to uk

The box was a bit damaged,but for the price i can't complain
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] jlrfsousa:
Hello, I am from Portugal.

I got my Jiayu S3 through Tienda_Ofertón site.

It took about 3 weeks to arrive, but it came in perfect condition.

Always gave feedback to my emails.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] crocapy:
It was Jiayu-store, took about 10 days to ship.
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] Iam2sound:
For me Jiayu-store, 2 weeks delivery. No problems
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AA1User:
Rubility via Amazon.

Had been holding our for the 3Gb 6752 version for ages, and just missed the GeekBuying sale when it was at £105. Was SO tempted to buy from SPE Mall for £147, but if it was stopped by customs, that would have been a hefty addition to the price. Found it on Amazon for £129.99 (!!), and the best part is that it was shipped from Germany, so no customs charges - ordered on Tuesday evening and have just received it. They had a few dodgy reviews (mainly fulfilment issues), but as the brief dsecription was fairly specific (new, MTK6752 as opposed to MTK6753 - the cheaper version) I thought I'd take a punt with the possibility of returning if it didn't work / didn't meet the description.

Also managed to use a payout from TopCashback - you receive an extra 5% if you select Amazon vouchers as your payout, which helps! Quidco MAY be similar, not sure.

Charging now :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] AA1User:
Tested with AnTuTu Benchmark 64-Bit 5.7.5 and all specs are as advertised (with a rating of 45700; installed 5.1.1 from https://goo.gl/EIbzo1 using Smart Phone Flash Tool; scanned with Bitdefender 3.2.58.5 which didn't detect anything.

Haven't yet taken it for a full road-test as I'm still waiting for a case and screen protector, but so far very happy :)
[JiaYu S3 Questions & Answers] electriceddie:
Jiayu-store serious issue

Hi, My experience with this seller Jiayu-store.com

jiayu-store.com/jiayu-s3-3gb-16gb-white.html

Phone was not shipped and I had to dispute with Paypal, these people Jiayu-store told me when they finally replied, that if I did not close the Paypal dispute they will not ship my Phone which I have already paid for, this is blackmail at it's very worst and totally illegal I paid $21.00 for fast courier shipping

This is what they replied:

"Item will not be shipped until dispute is taken down"

"According to Jiayu's policy, after dispute closed, we can arrange shipping for you"

I don't think JiaYu would have any part in this type of policy.

Now they know only too well that if I close the dispute which they are asking me to do, I cannot reopen it which probably means that the phone will never be sent and no comeback for me or others who might find themselves in this situation.

It's really not acceptable that they resort to this

Just a word of warning

caution is needed if you feel you want to buy from this seller as messages are replied to swiftly until you pay and then nothing.

The JiaYu S3+ or S3A which are much the same are great phones it has to be said, and I have 2 from another seller never gave any trouble.

Update Jiayu Manufacturing Head Office have advised me that this seller Jiayu-store.com is not authorized to sell their brand and that Jiayu have no such policy as mentioned above
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akhil17kr:
Okay so , Yesterday night when i was using my phone it was on 15% and suddenly screen starts flickering like crazy and suddenly shut downs.

I try to charge it again but after reboot it stayed to 0% even after hours of charging so i rebooted it again and in Custom recovery (Apollo 5.1 regular) it shows 100% battery so i rebooted it again and removed the charging and after 10 minutes it started again dropping like crazy from 100% to 58% and constantly dropping until it switches off itself.

Now it's again on charging it and AGAIN it shows 0% charging and no matter how much time it'll be on charging it will be 0% and after a reboot it'll show 100% and this cycle continues .

It seems like it never shows original charged battery percentage.

1) I have already tried wide data factory reset and flashing the same ROM again still no help.

2) There is no software problem i could think of as phone is functioning fluid enough it's just battery issue.

3) It happened 11-12 months before also and the motherboard got dead suddenly and i have to get it replaced i wish if again it's not an hardware issue which come suddenly .

Rom- CM 10.1.3 (4.2.2) official last stable build

Current kernel- CM default

Meanwhile I'll be checking the phone by using Neat ROM and changing battery

THIS problem is very common to many galaxy s2 users and still there is METHOD or SOLUTION provided which is very surprising even after so many users with this problem.

Could any one help me , this is literally frustrating.

EDIT- Now the scene is ,even on NEATROM(Jellybean 4.1.2) it constantly start draining until 0% and shuts off itself ,like i do nothing while after pitting off from the charger when it shows 100% just like a progress bar it runs backward from 100% to 0% . DAMN , Help me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Could be a faulty battery. Try changing to a new one
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoncher2000:
It sounds like the rom is the culprit. Try to calibrate the battery with the Battery Calibration app from playstore otherwise, install a different rom.