[Q] Star N9599 MTK6589 Quad CoreWith S-Pen 5.7 Inch 720P HD Screen 3G Sma

[OpenMinded]

I mean the mobile size, is it the same of galaxy note 2?
I haven't done anything yet, because I prefer to wait by someone better than me doing it with the stuff you provide me

The specs are online everywhere, right?
No offense, but it is expected that you search before asking (like with rooting).

the phone is a bit bigger than the Note 2, 5.5" instead of 5.3".
I have both . The bigger size is especially nice for games like Dungeon Hunter 4 .
It's a great phone and it has some extra sensor for the pen, although not pressure sensitive like the Note 2.
Do you own one?
I'll post here if I have something, no ETA's .

 

[carolinaandrade]

I know, I'm not refereeing to the display size, but the mobile size itself. Can I use Note 2 cases in it? That's what I didn't find!
I bought one, I will have it with me tomorrow, although I just understand the basis for uploading the android system, so I come here to get some help
Thank you very much and I'm sorry if I got you upset!

The specs are online everywhere, right?
No offense, but it is expected that you search before asking (like with rooting).

the phone is a bit bigger than the Note 2, 5.5" instead of 5.3".
I have both . The bigger size is especially nice for games like Dungeomn Hunter 4 .
It's a great phone and it has some extra sensor for the pen, although not pressure sensitive like the Note 2.
Do you own one?
I'll post here if I have something, no ETA's .

 

[OpenMinded]

I know, I'm not refereeing to the display size, but the mobile size itself. Can I use Note 2 cases in it? That's what I didn't find!
I bought one, I will have it with me tomorrow, although I just understand the basis for uploading the android system, so I come here to get some help
Thank you very much and I'm sorry if I got you upset!

Hi, ok, that is a bit clearer.
I am not upset, but it helps to search and be very specific in what you like to know, I do not mind to help, but sometimes I'm just a bit irritated about people wasting others peoples time, while the info is just a few posts back.
Happened to me too, so don't worry, just some tips that will make the experience here better I hope.
To answer your question: the device is bigger than an Note, the precisely fitting covers will not fit.
Mine came with a flap and a cover and funny enough, also with some bag that it does not fit in .

 

[verynoob]

Mine is working fine.
Never had a Chinese phone stopped working.
With which model and type did you experience that?

I've read many posts in a forum in my country that Star brand has problem such as GPS problems, suddenly the SIM cards arent recognized, recovery doesn't work, phone won't turn on, burnt pixels which is a big problem too..
You do not have any of these? (not even a burnt pixel? )

Btw, the specs says it record 1080p, it really does?

And last thing.. about the glass.. it is not gorilla glass.. isn't it dangerous for such a large lcd to not have gorilla glass? I mean, one drop and it's dead no?.. did you have any dropping/accident experience with it? what do you think about the normal glass protection?

 

[OpenMinded]

I've read many posts in a forum in my country that Star brand has problem such as GPS problems, suddenly the SIM cards arent recognized, recovery doesn't work, phone won't turn on, burnt pixels which is a big problem too..
You do not have any of these? (not even a burnt pixel? )

Btw, the specs says it record 1080p, it really does?

And last thing.. about the glass.. it is not gorilla glass.. isn't it dangerous for such a large lcd to not have gorilla glass? I mean, one drop and it's dead no?.. did you have any dropping/accident experience with it? what do you think about the normal glass protection?

Hi,

I have had GPS problems with most MTK6577 based phones, a lot of manufacturers make poor antenna's.
Lenovo is good, Bedove on some as well.
The MTK6589 based ones do much better, although I do not by any Zopo anymore.
I don't take companies serious that have production failures in the GPS antenna (like my ZP 300+ had).
I had one phone with a lazy pixel and maybe one with a dead one (Zopo(again!) and Star).
I have been selling them for some time now (just a few) and I have not yet received any back, except one, which after opening appeared to have water in it.

The cam says 8mp in Antutu, should be 1080p right?
Honestly I don't care . Sometimes lower res is better with a better sensor.
Also the software for making pictures is important: proper use of flash for lighting and so on.
This phone does pretty good, only in dark conditions, the preview on the screen is very dark, but the photo's are very good.

Gorilla glass is more expensive, and version 2 on the Galaxy S3 was total crap. It got bursts by looking at it.
There is a screenprotector included, it's fine. It's a very good phone for the price.
Just keep a cover on it (included with mine) and don't put your keys next to it.
Then how could you scratch it?
By one with gorilla glass if you want to show your friends you an scratch it with metal .

I just dropped my Galaxy Note once, it fell on the screen with gorilla glass.
No scratch, but phone did not boot (fixed under warranty fortunately).
A lot of people dropped their Galaxy S3 with Gorilla glass and had broken screens, google it, it's terrible!
Really, somebody close dropped one in a complete cover from a low distance and it was broken!
€170 for a new screen! I can buy a new phone for that!
I never dropped another phone, but this one looks sturdy.
Get a good cover and you should be good.

If you want a rugged nice smart phone, get the Lenovo A660.
It has MTK6577, but with good GPS and it's IP67 certified.
I put in a vase with water and it kept working, it has gorilla glass and nice covers are available.

 

[verynoob]

Hi,

I have had GPS problems with most MTK6577 based phones, a lot of manufacturers make poor antenna's.
Lenovo is good, Bedove on some as well.
The MTK6589 based ones do much better, although I do not by any Zopo anymore.
I don't take companies serious that have production failures in the GPS antenna (like my ZP 300+ had).
I had one phone with a lazy pixel and maybe one with a dead one (Zopo(again!) and Star).
I have been selling them for some time now (just a few) and I have not yet received any back, except one, which after opening appeared to have water in it.

The cam says 8mp in Antutu, should be 1080p right?
Honestly I don't care . Sometimes lower res is better with a better sensor.
Also the software for making pictures is important: proper use of flash for lighting and so on.
This phone does pretty good, only in dark conditions, the preview on the screen is very dark, but the photo's are very good.

Gorilla glass is more expensive, and version 2 on the Galaxy S3 was total crap. It got bursts by looking at it.
There is a screenprotector included, it's fine. It's a very good phone for the price.
Just keep a cover on it (included with mine) and don't put your keys next to it.
Then how could you scratch it?
By one with gorilla glass if you want to show your friends you an scratch it with metal .

I just dropped my Galaxy Note once, it fell on the screen with gorilla glass.
No scratch, but phone did not boot (fixed under warranty fortunately).
A lot of people dropped their Galaxy S3 with Gorilla glass and had broken screens, google it, it's terrible!
Really, somebody close dropped one in a complete cover from a low distance and it was broken!
€170 for a new screen! I can buy a new phone for that!
I never dropped another phone, but this one looks sturdy.
Get a good cover and you should be good.

If you want a rugged nice smart phone, get the Lenovo A660.
It has MTK6577, but with good GPS and it's IP67 certified.
I put in a vase with water and it kept working, it has gorilla glass and nice covers are available.

Thank you for this great review
And about rugged case, are there any cases of other phones that fit this phone? or it's hard to get rugged cases for this Star N9599?
Because you said to get rugged case but I can't find those hybrid sillicone+hard plastic types of cases that protect very well..

 

[carolinaandrade]

Thank you very much! Listen, the LED function doesn't work?

Hi, ok, that is a bit clearer.
I am not upset, but it helps to search and be very specific in what you like to know, I do not mind to help, but sometimes I'm just a bit irritated about people wasting others peoples time, while the info is just a few posts back.
Happened to me too, so don't worry, just some tips that will make the experience here better I hope.
To answer your question: the device is bigger than an Note, the precisely fitting covers will not fit.
Mine came with a flap and a cover and funny enough, also with some bag that it does not fit in .

 

[OpenMinded]

Thank you very much! Listen, the LED function doesn't work?

I have no clue what you mean by that.
Please try to be specific!
I have not seen a notification LED.
I won't be going into remarks like you posted anymore: if you do not take an effort, neither will I (seriously, although I really like to help people, I have lots of better things to do and I get really irritated by these simple to me meaningless comments that are popped like this, especially when I pointed that out before).
Seriously, did you read your own comment? You want me to listen and tell me something?
I think you should really look at this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA
.
@verynoob
you're welcome.
Like I mentioned, mine came with covers.
Just google it dude!
I have put effort in elaborately answering your question, please don't expect me to google for a fitting cover.
g's, go to your local market if that helps.

Good luck folks and please watch that video and read the forum rules.
Please educate yourself and contribute!
I am off trying to fix my phone with a broken baseband.
cheers

 

[OraXdaDevelopers]

Hardware chrash -- Recover stock ROM

Hi all,
just a friend has a problem after hardware crash. After changing of the main board the phone is be never starting again.
He had only a Android Backup and he's not sure if the backup is complete. Forget it.

My idea is to flash a complete stock ROM , but it does not exist anywhere. Needrom has only CWM-R based updates.

My question now:
Who of you has a stock ROM or where can I download it to me?


The phone it is not on my desk yet, because and I don't know if it is ever is still accessible by droidtool.exe or flashtool.exe. But if so, then I need a flash-ready stock ROM of Star N9599 or a compatible equivalent.

Any Ideas?

 

[OpenMinded]

Hi all,
just a friend has a problem after hardware crash. After changing of the main board the phone is be never starting again.
He had only a Android Backup and he's not sure if the backup is complete. Forget it.

My idea is to flash a complete stock ROM , but it does not exist anywhere. Needrom has only CWM-R based updates.

My question now:
Who of you has a stock ROM or where can I download it to me?


The phone it is not on my desk yet, because and I don't know if it is ever is still accessible by droidtool.exe or flashtool.exe. But if so, then I need a flash-ready stock ROM of Star N9599 or a compatible equivalent.

Any Ideas?

Look on needrom.com.

 

[OraXdaDevelopers]

Look on needrom.com.

Please note: Needrom has only CWM-R based updates.

 

[OpenMinded]

Please note: Needrom has only CWM-R based updates.

Have you ever looked at it? Because the certainly don't.

 

[OraXdaDevelopers]

Look on needrom.com.

Have you ever looked at it? Because the certainly don't.

Yes, I had...

 

[OpenMinded]

Yes, I had...

Ok sorry, i looked at another model.
Why not flash those with cwm?
If you want anyone to help, please be very detailed in what your issue is.

Use mtk droid tool and sp flash tool for recovery, i also think i posted 1

 

[OraXdaDevelopers]

Because the briked phone does'nt had a cwm I use the following steps for solution:
1. Flash with an other own scatter the recovery.IMG from upgrade cwm archiv
2. Boot into CWM-R
3. recover by restore the whole upgrade
4. All thinks work fine now
THX for your support.

 

[OpenMinded]

Because the briked phone does'nt had a cwm I use the following steps for solution:
1. Flash with an other own scatter the recovery.IMG from upgrade cwm archiv
2. Boot into CWM-R
3. recover by restore the whole upgrade
4. All thinks work fine now
THX for your support.

Great to read that!
I build my own CWM 6, thought I posted it.
You are welcome, always nice if the thanks button is pressed .

I am considering porting MIUI to this device and I have also looked at CyanogenMod.
I flashed by accident a build.prop file with 240 dpi to the phone.
Check that out if you will, just add ro.sf.lcd_density=240 i think.
Really looks awesome on this size screen .
cheers

 

[OraXdaDevelopers]

Great to read that!
I build my own CWM 6, thought I posted it.
You are welcome, always nice if the thanks button is pressed .
,,,
cheers

About the use of the Thanks button, I do not really need instructions:laugh:. The using is voluntary and I use it whenever a real help was available.
1 st "How can I find the download link of CWM 6? It the version more as 6.0.3.2? It the size of recovery.img greater than 6.144 kByte?
2 nd Do you need in this threat a link to my custom flashable Stock ROM (Multilanguage) including gtools? If so, how can I store the ROM?

 

[OpenMinded]

About the use of the Thanks button, I do not really need instructions:laugh:. The using is voluntary and I use it whenever a real help was available.
1 st "How can I find the download link of CWM 6? It the version more as 6.0.3.2? It the size of recovery.img greater than 6.144 kByte?
2 nd Do you need in this threat a link to my custom flashable Stock ROM (Multilanguage) including gtools? If so, how can I store the ROM?

Clear about the thanks part, hope I was helpfull in reviving your phone .
Recovery is version 6.0.3.3 I think. I compiled it myself, it is 6088 kb.
Not sure if it works for you too, because I ordered the phone as a N9599 but it says N9589 in the inside.
If you have version 6, you are good .

My ROM is mulitlanguage and has gapps by default.
It is always nice to share your custom roms though.

I am thinking what would be a good way to order all those thinks? A big MTK6589 with subs as devices could be nice.
For hosting you can use dev-host, mediafire, or one of those and then link here.
Good luck!

 

[OraXdaDevelopers]

Clear about the thanks part, hope I was helpfull in reviving your phone .
Recovery is version 6.0.3.3 I think. I compiled it myself, it is 6088 kb.
...

Do you have included "wipe battery status" in the CWM-R Menu?

 

[OpenMinded]

Do you have included "wipe battery status" in the CWM-R Menu?

no i have not. there are free tools in the market that do battery calibration