Dear All,
As the Name suggests it is regarding the China Android Qwerty Mobile A8.
It has various names of which are in the subject.
GSMAreana : Plum Velocity
Unofficial forum :
Official Site:
Manual:
Here is my quick review of this peice.
The apps which worked:
Speed wise the fone is OKish as it has 200 MB of RAM out of which you get 100 MB free. By the time you keep using it 70 MB is all you have.
Froyo 2.2.1 works flawless in it.
Touch sceen is a bit bad as u need hard touch.
QWERTY works great but one big flaw...no "," in it.
Volume keys on the keypad itself.
2 music players inbut -- Music & 3D music player.
Dual cams work well
Fring gets installed but din try as no WIFI.
1200 Mah battery works gr8 for one or more days (Nokia BL-5K)
Dual sim support works gr8 aswell.
Very Light in weight but same time it is fragile.
Tones loud enough.
Still in testing phase will keep updated as I get more hands on experiance on it.
Btw it has 2 charging points 1 USB and 2nd Nokia point
it takes 3 hours to charge but holds good enough for long time
Need more info on this cell friends Kindly help me
Recommended Apps for this Mobile:
Others which i tried for customisation
Both work great
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Development
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Note: Beyond this point do at your own risk
Development / Issues / Solutions:
Reboot Issue
Tutorial on remapping hardware keyboard (credit: schloss)
Chinese utility MobileUncle Tools (credit: schloss)
IMEI Issue / Drivers / Flash Tool / System Folder Backup (credit: gabib77)
Awful end call beep (credit: schloss)
GPS
Credits to the original contributors given. If missed any kindly PM
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1. No Argument
2. No hate speech
3. No Abuse
4. Respect other members
5. New members to be helped and guided
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As the Name suggests it is regarding the China Android Qwerty Mobile A8.
It has various names of which are in the subject.
GSMAreana : Plum Velocity
Unofficial forum :
Official Site:
Manual:
Here is my quick review of this peice.
The apps which were NOT supported by this cell were:
-> MoboPlayer
-> Poweramp
-> many video players & audio players were not supported.
The apps which worked:
-> handcent sms
-> launcher pro (any launcher thrown at it worked including metro UI)
-> Games (angry birds rio,librith, aliens invasion, etc)
-> Extended Controls
-> Updates from Market
Speed wise the fone is OKish as it has 200 MB of RAM out of which you get 100 MB free. By the time you keep using it 70 MB is all you have.
Froyo 2.2.1 works flawless in it.
Touch sceen is a bit bad as u need hard touch.
QWERTY works great but one big flaw...no "," in it.
Volume keys on the keypad itself.
2 music players inbut -- Music & 3D music player.
Dual cams work well
Fring gets installed but din try as no WIFI.
1200 Mah battery works gr8 for one or more days (Nokia BL-5K)
Dual sim support works gr8 aswell.
Very Light in weight but same time it is fragile.
Tones loud enough.
Still in testing phase will keep updated as I get more hands on experiance on it.
Btw it has 2 charging points 1 USB and 2nd Nokia point
it takes 3 hours to charge but holds good enough for long time
Need more info on this cell friends Kindly help me
Recommended Apps for this Mobile:
1. Launcher --> ADW Launcher EX
2. Message --> Go SMS Pro (supports Dual Sim)
3. App 2 SD --> Must have app to move apps to SD card
4. Droid Shift up --> (Optional) Kills unwanted Apps
5. IO Notepad --> Notepad App
6. Opera Mini 6 --> Works flawless and is a must have app for this Handset
7. Photoshop Express --> Good photoeditor
9. PlayerPro --> Loud enough music player for this mobile (3D player & inbuilt music players are there but this is a step up)
10. Almost all inbuilt apps : Whatsapp, Yahoo messenger, youtube, etc can be updated.
Others which i tried for customisation
Both work great
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Development
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Beyond this point do at your own risk
Development / Issues / Solutions:
Reboot Issue
Tutorial on remapping hardware keyboard (credit: schloss)
Chinese utility MobileUncle Tools (credit: schloss)
IMEI Issue / Drivers / Flash Tool / System Folder Backup (credit: gabib77)
Awful end call beep (credit: schloss)
GPS
Credits to the original contributors given. If missed any kindly PM
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Thread Rules:
1. No Argument
2. No hate speech
3. No Abuse
4. Respect other members
5. New members to be helped and guided
6. Search before posting
7. Test before posting any ROM,Tweak,Patch,MOD,etc
8. For the rest of rules click HERE
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