[Q] UMi X1 review and request for custom Rom

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I have bought a UMi X1 from china, am in UK and using giffgaff sim... being playing with the phone since yesterday .. managed to get the internet working by putting giffgaff APN manually, tried to install custom ROM, but all in Chinese, even after you change the language there are still things left in Chinese, so i went back and installed the original ROM phone had. changed the language... phone is quite good, i like the screen and speed is very good as well.

managed to install other apps like Google map, chrome, Skype, and some game.. all work good, but when ever i install them some Chinese permission thing comes up, which i don't understand, but i think i keep clicking green tick and it works

I managed to root it using "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460" tried super user and it works (not sure what benefit i get from rooting, sorry am a noob)

I followed instruction for custom roms from "http://www.gizchina.com/2012/10/28/download-install-umi-x1-custom-rom/", still all Chinese.

if any one have a question regarding this phone usage or any other information they required am willing to answer from my experience of this phone.

I would like to know if any one would be willing to develop a clean miui English ROM or jelly bean for this device? or any one willing to help me to develop a ROM ( would need alot of help as i don't know single thing about developing, but keen to learn).
 
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Hi !
Sorry to not answer to your request but i have one question about this phone that i want to buy. The camera is good? In reality it's a 5MP no? Because it's hard to find review about this phone, i know that is a good phone but nothing about the camera. Sorry for my bad english and thanks
 
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UMI X1 roms

I'm also looking for information to root . But also need a rom . Have you got Clockword mod recovery installed ? Please can some one help us to install CWM recovery to UMI X1. Can we use any other rom developed for other MTK6577 phones as this phone also has MK6577 processor.
Any one interested can look one of first article on this topic in English here . Search gizbeat custom rom in google

For a review and video of phone see following: search in google: exclusive-umi-x1-unboxing-and-hands-on

Official web site: use google to translate : shuame dot com
 
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arndab said:
Hi !
Sorry to not answer to your request but i have one question about this phone that i want to buy. The camera is good? In reality it's a 5MP no? Because it's hard to find review about this phone, i know that is a good phone but nothing about the camera. Sorry for my bad english and thanks
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camera is 8 mp, so yea its good. reason u cant find a review is cause the phone only just been released, 26th oct it was
 
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munib said:
I'm also looking for information to root . But also need a rom . Have you got Clockword mod recovery installed ? Please can some one help us to install CWM recovery to UMI X1. Can we use any other rom developed for other MTK6577 phones as this phone also has MK6577 processor.
Any one interested can look one of first article on this topic in English here . Search gizbeat custom rom in google

For a review and video of phone see following: search in google: exclusive-umi-x1-unboxing-and-hands-on

Official web site: use google to translate : shuame dot com
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yea, i have done so much to my phone in 1 day, i used shuame tool to install custom roms but kept getting errors, so i installed it manually by going into recovery mod. i installed CWM through google play, but dont know much how to use it, by the looks of it, it not supported with this phone yet. i am on gizchina aswell and asked same question there aswell.
 
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finally there's a thread about umi (youmi) x1 on xda-dev :)

i haven't received my phone yet, 7 days using EMS and still in BEIJING :( seller said because China held presidential election ? so security tighten

use at your own risk : (link with google translate)

ROOT
http://translate.google.com/transla.../general-tutorial/15-2012-02-01-09-52-52.html

RECOVERY:
http://translate.googleusercontent....7.html&usg=ALkJrhh40vjdYk7n_VP5nTRy1eHnFtJpJg

there's also rom link on shuame.com but i don't know wether it's also had english language or not , there's also a custom rom for x1 at lewaos.com
 
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I have received my Umi x1,love it but having real trouble flashing the Umi rom,still cant give up.Hoping others will buy phone with more intelligence than me and post,fingers crossed.
 
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I used this method to ROOT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

I tried about all the ROMs from Shaume.com
Without keeping track of procedure.. did a lot of flashing and factory reset ;)
I don't know any chinese, so i just pressed buttons with icons I thought would do the job (with the risk of doing something wrong and brick the phone)
There are a few mods wit CWM, so once that one is installed flashing is pretty straightforward.

I'm having trouble to get a GPS fix (the Netherlands).
After trying many different gps.conf files (/etc/gps.conf) and different apps (GPS Status, GPS Test, GPSFix), Manually download EPO files..
Result: 1 time GPS fix with GPS fix.. but thats it :(

Anyone a bit more luck with the GPS fix?

Something that might be handy:
Boot into recovery: turn off phone first -> hold volume up and then power on phone. release both when UMI logo shows.
Engeneer Mode: "call" *#*#3646633#*#*
Mobileuncle MTK Tools https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox
 
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Will get mine tomorrow, it's just cleared customs. I'll probably do a custom ROM too, but it might take time as I'm having exams till the 26th of this month.

Also, I suggest OP to change the title of this thread to '[discussion] UMI X1' or something like that. Thanks.
 
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pridz said:
I have received my Umi x1,love it but having real trouble flashing the Umi rom,still cant give up.Hoping others will buy phone with more intelligence than me and post,fingers crossed.
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same here, ill wait for a proper english rom specialy jelly bean or miui, with proper english instruction. still hoping some developers will get intrusted in UMi X1.
 
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yash3339 said:
Will get mine tomorrow, it's just cleared customs. I'll probably do a custom ROM too, but it might take time as I'm having exams till the 26th of this month.

Also, I suggest OP to change the title of this thread to '[discussion] UMI X1' or something like that. Thanks.
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can i change the title as i started it? if yes, how?... or only admin can do that
 
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    thebighunt
    JB And all

    Hi

    I've my X1 since one month now and have played a lot with.
    As i wrote earlier in this thread, the main cons that i can say is that any ICS rom I've tried don't allow the phone to switch in deep sleep mode when it's off.

    So, as lot of you, even without using my phone during my working day, the battery level goes down fast... 100% full at 7am and less than 50 at the end of the day.
    If i use the phone to surf, mail, etc... it goes faster...
    So, kind of desapointed.

    But... now there is JB and i can say that it's totaly different even if it's still a beta.
    Ok, the front camera is inverted... and some crash happens but rarely.. but...
    The deep sleep mode works well.
    Just to give you one number..
    7am, 100% full battery, 8 pm tonight with like only 10 minutes of surfing and one phone call, still 90% of battery.
    Without any tweak, i saw on CPU spy that my phone have switch to deep sleep all the day and when i was surfing and doing some little stuff, i was hal at 1ghz and half at 250mhz.
    Just by this, i love my phone.

    Now, let's give some info because lot of people have some issue rooting, flashing, etc it,

    First, to do anything with your X1, you need to install the drivers that allow your phone to communicate with windows (MTK drivers). You can find lot of info on this on the web.

    The best and from far easiest way to root the phone is to use the shuame tools for windows. (search on google www.shuame.com and use the translate link)
    You can download the software and the CWM recovery image from my dropbox at : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/57xmto94f9ei1m6/1kacttj4AD
    First, you need to install the software. I don't understand chinese at all but i didnt encounter any difficulty to install the soft.

    When you have installed it, and before to start the software, connect your X1 on the USB. Don't forget to activate the USB debugging (in the developper setting of your phone).

    Once connected (and reconnised by your windows (drivers well installed)), launch the software.
    It will detect your X1 :)

    After, automatically, it will instal the android part of the soft on you X1.

    Once finished (fast process), you need to go in the last tab on top (with 4 small squares).
    In this screen, you'll find three lines of icons.

    You just need to look at the second line of icons.

    1 - to root you phone, you need to click on the fourth icon (with root## bellow (## are for chinese char)).
    It will install the superuser (in chinese) on your phone. The process will restart your phone twice.

    2 - To install the last version of CWM (in english), you need to download the specific version for the X1 (in my dropbox). Don't close the Shuame software)
    As soon as you have donwloaded it, you need to clic on the third icon of the second line where it's writen ##Recovery.
    You'll have a windows asking you for the file you want to flash as recovery. Select the recovery.img you've just downloaded from my dropbox.

    And it's done, your x1 is rooted and you have the recovery.

    I recommend to download immediately from the play store two essential softwares :
    - Type CWM and find ROM Manager. It works with your recovery and allow to manage names of backuper, etc. when you'll try to use it the first time, It will ask you to install CWM, say yes but as it wont find the X1 CWM, he will ask you if you have manually installed it. Say yes. The version is 6.0.1 so >3 :)
    - Link2SD will allow you to erase the chinese android soft and the shuame app. You dont need it anymore.

    The Chinese SuperUser works exactly as the english one. To grant superuser a software, a popup will appear. There are two buttons : A grey one and a green/blue one. The grey has a count down in it. It says that if you dont clic on the green one within 30 sec, the soft wont be granted. If you check the little box, it means than superuser will remember your choice. ROM Manager and Link2SD need to be granted superuser.

    From CWM, you can reboot directly in recovery.

    If you want to do it manually, turn off you X1 (not sleep, but off).
    Then, hold the up volume botton, then old the power bt and wait for the UMI logo displayed on the screen.
    Then release the power and volume and you'll be in recovery CWM.

    Don't forget first to backup your current rom.

    After, play with the others.

    One last thing on JB.
    On my X1, i had to switch the two simcard to be able to use the correct one for the 3G connexion (both 3G and H symbols appear and work).
    My SD card has been identified as my second internal memory. Btw, the 2Gb of storage of the X1 are now identified as ext SD card.. don't know why.

    I've used Link2SD to move lot's of app (appart system and Google main apps) to my SD card storage place).

    To add the google apps to JB, i've downloaded the gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip form goo. It's always long to start the download as the page has to be reloaded tons of time.

    To flash the gapps, nothing complex, just save the zip file on your sd card (the real one) and reboot in recovery.
    Dont forget to flush the cache.
    Me i also flush the dalkiv cache... but i don't know if it's useful.

    When I install a new rom, i also erase everything (reset system and cache in CWM) before to install the new rom zip file. After the installation, and before to reboot, i reflush the cache and dalkiv cache.

    I hope this will help you.

    BR

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    raz5652
    I have bought a UMi X1 from china, am in UK and using giffgaff sim... being playing with the phone since yesterday .. managed to get the internet working by putting giffgaff APN manually, tried to install custom ROM, but all in Chinese, even after you change the language there are still things left in Chinese, so i went back and installed the original ROM phone had. changed the language... phone is quite good, i like the screen and speed is very good as well.

    managed to install other apps like Google map, chrome, Skype, and some game.. all work good, but when ever i install them some Chinese permission thing comes up, which i don't understand, but i think i keep clicking green tick and it works

    I managed to root it using "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460" tried super user and it works (not sure what benefit i get from rooting, sorry am a noob)

    I followed instruction for custom roms from "http://www.gizchina.com/2012/10/28/download-install-umi-x1-custom-rom/", still all Chinese.

    if any one have a question regarding this phone usage or any other information they required am willing to answer from my experience of this phone.

    I would like to know if any one would be willing to develop a clean miui English ROM or jelly bean for this device? or any one willing to help me to develop a ROM ( would need alot of help as i don't know single thing about developing, but keen to learn).
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    androidnyubi
    GPS Fix UMI X1

    Here the step to fix my Umi X1 GPS: tested on miui beta 2 and the latest jb beta with great result, no hardware modification done, i'm first batch owner of x1, so it confirm its a software related problem not hardware

    tools required (this is mandatory) :
    A mobileuncle (get it from play store)
    B root explorer / rom toolbox (play store)
    C gps.conf file (get it from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233359) or for much easier job use pimp my rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908269) / or play store
    D epo.dat (get if from mediatek ftp server)
    E es explorer or any similar tools which can use to ftp from handset (play store)

    step to fix gps :
    1. Open ES File Expoler (tool code E), use ftp browser , download epo.dat from ftp://mediatek.com

    FTP server: epo.mediatek.com
    Port: 21
    Login: epo_alps
    Password: epo_alps

    Files:
    EPO.DAT
    EPO.MD5

    (do not using automatic download from mobileuncle, because it sometimes get corrupted, or even always fail on 75%)

    2. Using B (=root explorer / rom toolbox / any similar root explorer) go to directory data/misc , find epo.dat and mtkgps.dat , delete those two file (and any .bak file if exsisted)

    3. Still using tool B , go to your download directory of your epo.dat and epo.md5 you have earlier on step 1, copy (do not move, just in case you need it for future time, maybe because flash new rom) and paste it on directory data/misc on step 2

    4. download gps.conf file from C / i highly recommend pimp my rom to simplify the process (don't forget to download the rescue tool before you tempted to use any mods)

    5A. using B go to directory /etc delete/edit file gps.conf (change the permission first if you can't delete/edit it) base on your continent and country code

    ---OR---

    5B use pimp my rom go to tools - gps configuration , and select your continent and country apply it (it will ask to reboot)

    6. go to open space (not surrounded with high building, preferably on good clear sky

    7 open A (=mobileuncle tool) open location base sercive menu, go to EPO tab (tick enable, but don't tick auto download, remember you already done it on step 3, so no need to download any data, go to A-GPS tab, enable a-gps , scroll to bottom tick allow network initiated request and allow EM notifications, last step select GPS tab, press GPS on

    enjoy watch you satellite count and fixed your location, for added greater result, and an almunium foil as hardware mods (to get better accuracy), this is optional step, now you can open gps test or any similar gps tool and update agps data

    this step work both on my miui beta 2 and latest jb beta rom, recommend both :) but jb has a better power save (it enable deep sleep more than miui ics)

    this step must be done again if you change / reflash your rom
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    androidnyubi
    hun_gery said:
    Could you write a short tutorial about the repartitioning process?
    Or paste here you modified (2Gb internal memory) scatter file?

    Thank you!
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    it's easy just to flash cwm file, you can get the file from another xda thread

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32229946

    [MOD] MT6577 2GB Data Repartition/ SdCard Swap [HACK], INT2EXT (data2ext)

    but if you're using new JB or miui its already have 1.97 GB internal



    Sent from my UMI X1 using xda premium
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    sokoko
    More ram

    p1natic said:
    thanks you your link sokoko i manage to root my x1. :)
    i got a problem though
    my RAM now is 512 and my ROM is 2g. Umi X1 should have 1gig of RAM and 4g of rom right?
    how do i get 1gig of RAM and 4g or ROM again?




    my RAM now is 512 and my RAM is 2g. Umi X1 should have 1gig of RAM and 4g of rom right?
    how do i get 1gig of RAM and 4g or ROM again? where in CWM is that located?
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    Just flash from cwm one of these files : View attachment data1.5G.zip

    View attachment data1G.zip

    View attachment data2G.zip

    View attachment data2.5G.zip Maybe,after flash is done it will say that the sd has an error.DON'T format HER.Just reflash your rom or your backup.Then it will be OK
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