Green Orange N1-Y

[Kenif1983]

Update: Best Rom is Xolo Q1000s ROM : Go to last post

I've scored out most of this thread as I feel the best information is directly at the end of this post.

I have scored it out instead of deleting just in case you find it useful.


Green Orange N1-Y

I thought i'd make this thread to help other users who may search similar to me.

None of this content is my own - i've just spend weeks finding it and thought I might save other people's time.

Many tools and guides linked here may brick your phone.

I recently purchased a "Green Orange N1-y"
A Chinese phone with decent specs, decent build but pretty basic OS.
The phone appears to be the Green Orange company's phone for YunOS but comes with a mish mash of GO's MyUI and YunOs combined- it's bog standard 4.2.1 with useful stuff missing.

The first thing I did was search on this forum about the phone.

Recommended Tools:
MTK Droid Tools: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160490
Sp Flash Tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2650125 (although I used an older version from another website I cannot quite find)
MTK Mobile Uncle: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox&hl=en_GB

My phone was already rooted so I didn't have to root it.
I've read that iroot http://www.mgyun.com/m/en roots the NY-1.
A guide here may also work but that is for the N1 (different phone!)

I installed CWM using the following guide
http://vondroid.com/threads/how-to-...y-mediatek-mtk6589-device.12003/#.VOo6m_msVSF
I used the boot.img from this rom to help make the CWM.
This meant I could make nandroid backups incase anything messed up (and it did!)

To get into recovery
- turn the phone off
- Hold the power button and Vol+
- Vol+- to move, power to select

My phone came with an Android 4.2.1 version or "MyUI".

I used CWM to install This 4.2.2 Version of MyUI
It wasn't great- but it was better than what I started with!

I also installed a developer version of YunOS that I got from here
It ran fine but didn't seem to like any alternative launchers so I went back to the above rom.


Useful Chinese Forums
http://bbs.qingcheng.com/forum.php
http://bbs.yunos.com/
http://rom.apkhot.com/ (I never used this one but it seems to have lots of content)

Installing Flashing Rom Using Flash Tool.
Many of the roms availalable for the GO NY-1 can be installed via Flash Tool
This video shows method (but for different phone)
Personally I never did it this way as I was scared of losing CWM and/or bricking my phone.

On the forums above there are many roms that flash using the flash tool but I never tried them!

Hope this might help someone

 

[Kenif1983]

I've had the phone a month now and figured i'd give my verdict on some of the roms i'd tried.

The rom that came with the phone was a bog standard 4.2.1 rom with Green Orange's MYUI OS.
I contacted the website I purchased it from and they told me they put a rom from Needrom on it.

The rom had blatent ad/spyware on it. Whether it was on the needrom rom or the seller - I can't say.
I had a message from to update system.xz (or .xw / .wz)
I did it without thinking and later looked at permissions and noticed this app could install files without permission.
By this time, the app had installed about 5 games apps that had been silently installed.

From bbs.qingcheng.com I found this rom: http://bbs.qingcheng.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=77600&highlight=N1-Y
Pros: Rooted.
Works well with additional launchers/ lock screens
Apps to SD works great

Cons:
Bug where notifications volume doesn't change with silent/vibrate/sound profiles
Apps that use apps 2 sd still use phone storage for files
Some apps forget accounts (OneDrive/ Twitter) if they are moved to SD

AliYun OS
Pros:
Smooth, looks good.
Volume profiles work well

Cons
No alternative launcher/ lock
No apps 2 sd

There are a number of MIUI ports
Pros:
Smooth roms.
All pluses of MIUI
Allows launchers and locks

Cons:
Some incorrectly read memory as 1GB
No apps to SD


LewaOS
Pros: Looks great
fast and everything seems to be decent

Cons
No apps to SD!!

Baidu Cloud
I installed this but it was all chinese so quit early.

 

[Kenif1983]

Another post (in case it helps anyone)

I was pretty much at the end of my tether with this phone.
Good hardware*, good build, nice looking but poor software.
I was probably going to give up and purchase a new phone (Xiaomi or Elephone)

*GPS is only hardware issue.
Most MTK devices seem to have poor GPS and every rom i've used has given equally poor GPS.
With the Streamlining ROM, it'll take a minute to find GPS and then holds it fine for driving.

Of the roms above MyUI Streamlined version is definitely the best but still wasn't cutting it for me.

The N1 and the N1-Y are different phones but a rom for the N1 will work on the N1-Y.
The only problem is that "sensors" don't work.
I take "sensors" to mean Proximity, G Sensor and possibily GPS.

Most of the N1 roms install and function "OK" - most don't do apps 2 sd properly or have audio issues or language barriers.

Until I found a Stock Android 4.2.1 Rom here for the N1.
I've been using it for 24 hours and it's better than any rom i've used on the device.

Apps 2 sd works fine (I use Link2SD which works great at batch moves), Audio profiles work great.
It has a G-Sensor calibration which (I think) has that sorted.
The proximity sensor was sorted using a "proximity fix" app which meant I no longer had a black screen after finishing calls.
Most issues with other ROMS did not appear on this ROM except GPS and camera

The stock camera app doesn't choose res properly.
Camera MX gives 10m but 13m doesn't work.


GPS is a common issue.
A common fix for MTK GPS is EPO.
This rom wouldn't download EPO files so I manually downloaded them and transferred them via root browser.
i'll test it out later..

Tested out GPS and it wasn't easy but got it working.
i had to download and transfer the MTK EPO files to data/misc manually (i searched it on here)
i also downloaded an app called faster gps and chose my region.
i googled mtk gps and followed multiple guides.
GPS then worked but took about 2 mins to get a lock.

 

[Kenif1983]

Update: stock camera works fine if aspect is changed so that you have 8m back/ 5m front

 

[Kenif1983]

Further update
I just managed to install an official xolo rom for the q1000s using cwm.

Everything seems to be working really well - much better than any rom i've used on this device (and I've used lots)
It's still 4.2.1 but all hardware works as it should.

Noticable differences from other roms:
Camera is spot on,
GPS gets a 10s lock (with usual MTK tweaking),
Sound profiles work fine,
Lockscreen notifications work (they don't in most other roms)
Music control in lockscreen.

How to install Q1000s ROM

Xolo Q1000s Rom – Works on GO N1-Y

Requirements:
7zip http://www.7-zip.org/
CWM Recovery

Downloads:
Download Q1000s ROM: http://www.xolo.in/xolocare/software-update?page=3

Instructions:
Use 7zip to open update.zip
Open “META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script”
Delete the checks:
“assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "XOLO_Q1000S" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "XOLO_Q1000S");”
Save inside archive

Optionally you can change the build.prop so it still says GO N1-Y instead of Xolo Q1000s

Transfer to phone
Install using CWM

Issues: will remove CWM but CWM can be easily reinstalled using Mobile Uncle

Hints to make rom better:
Root using iroot
Uninstall xolo apps
GPS: Get MT GPS & Faster GPS – 10s lock!
Link 2 SD

 

[Kenif1983]

Link to un-altered Xolo Q1000s Rom

This will not flash unless you follow steps above

https://mega.nz/#!kZt1VBhD!Zof-jLyoYZP6LcLB6haPRExWn7mcgmL7LLgAY9QgYb8

 

[Kenif1983]

If you have problems installing the Xolo Rom, this may help:

I tried flashing some Xolo custom roms (with 0% success!) and had to use SP Flash Tool to flash the original rom back onto the phone.

When I went from the MYUI Stock Rom to the Xolo Rom -> I received a boot loop

I then installed the MYUI Streamlined for the N1-Y (http://bbs.qingcheng.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=77600&highlight=N1-Y)
I then installed the Android Stock Rom for the N1 (http://bbs.qingcheng.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=78177&extra=page=1)
I then installed a Samsung imitation Rom (http://bbs.hxzhpc.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=604&extra=page=1)

along the way- I factory reset if it didnt work properly

Then the Xolo Rom worked perfectly.
I have no idea why

 

[Kenif1983]

Further update

I've moved on from the Green Orange but using it as a spare device/ remote in the home

The best way seems to be to flash a XOLO Q1000s rom using SP Flash tool to make the phone believe it is a Xolo

http://www.xolo.in/software-update?Device=Q1000s

UNfortunately I can't find a rom that goes beyond 4.2.1