[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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wolfsnet said:
Sombritagl what you think about for install a french version in your last custom rom ?

Thanks ! :good:
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hi, I'm sorry to tell you that I'm not modifying that rom anymore. my intention is re-porting it in order to solve some issues, some of which you've already mentioned. this new version will have as many languages as possible, no doubt about it. ;)




crashcore92 said:
How i can modify the kernel? I will do video at 1280 x 720 resolution..
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are you familiar with dsixda's kitchen? if so, extract the ROM you're currently using and substitute the file "kernel" for the one on v2 that, according to you, has 1280x720 videocamera encoding. then, pack and sign it and flash it to your umi.

un saludo

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sombritagl said:
hi, I'm sorry to tell you that I'm not modifying that rom anymore. my intention is re-porting it in order to solve some issues, some of which you've already mentioned. this new version will have as many languages as possible, no doubt about it. ;)


are you familiar with dsixda's kitchen? if so, extract the ROM you're currently using and substitute the file "kernel" for the one on v2 that, according to you, has 1280x720 videocamera encoding. then, pack and sign it and flash it to your umi.

un saludo

Enviado desde mi UMI X1
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Ok..I extracted boot.img, the kernel is the file "zimage"?
 
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sombritagl said:
Sorry, I've made a mistake. You just have to change the boot image file. You don't need to extract that file. Exchange those files, recompile and sign. That should be all.

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The rom I have is this: UMI-X1_4.2.2_vredniiy_v3_final
I'm not an expert on Android, you can not change it and that makes the video in 1280 x 720 as in the rom: Umi_X1_28022013_by_sombritagl?
 
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UMI X1 GPS - one more comment

sombritagl said:
Hi,

The attached file is not compressed, it's the apk file ready to install. You just have to download it, copy it to your SD card or device and install.
You'll be able to distinguish which GPS antenna you have by removing the back case. There should be printed "KFT" on it . I've also noticed that if you use the touchscreen while GPS locks position, it loses either accuracy or signal intensity but we can't do anything with that.
EPO assistance helps the GPS to speed up the fixation but it's not magic itself. It just says where satellites should be approximately.
Thank you very much about Skype. It's good to know!


I can get the UMI GPS fix all the time now, even indoors. However: I have to turn the screen off, wait ~2-3 minutes, then turn the screen on. I can see the satellite fix for about 10 seconds, then they loose intensity and after 15-20 seconds I loose signal and lock. Does anybody know what causes this?
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crashcore92 said:
The rom I have is this: UMI-X1_4.2.2_vredniiy_v3_final
I'm not an expert on Android, you can not change it and that makes the video in 1280 x 720 as in the rom: Umi_X1_28022013_by_sombritagl?
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I tried but I can not .. can not you help me? : (
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ok, i didn't read the first message. When I was talking about substituting boot image, I implied you had a 4.1.2 android version installed. you cannot use a 4.1.2 kernel in 4.2.2 android. instead, you can use that v2 version kernel in another 4.1.2 ROM you like. I hope to have explained it better now.

greetings


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UMI X1 + Glonass enabled GPS?

Is the GPS in the UMI X1 enabled for the Russian Glonass GPS satellites?
So far I have only locked on the US Navstar satellites.
Does anybody know?
 
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running out of memory - /proc folder huge

My Umi X1 is running out of system memory. I allocated 1.5GB before installing Vrendyi's Android 4.2.2. ROM 2 month ago. Now close to 1GB seems to be used by the /proc directory and it has been growing by 30 to 50 MB per day. I'm out of memory now.
How can I recover my memory? I've tried "Android System Cleaner" without success.
Help please!
 
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VA3PFxdadev said:
My Umi X1 is running out of system memory. I allocated 1.5GB before installing Vrendyi's Android 4.2.2. ROM 2 month ago. Now close to 1GB seems to be used by the /proc directory and it has been growing by 30 to 50 MB per day. I'm out of memory now.
How can I recover my memory? I've tried "Android System Cleaner" without success.
Help please!
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The proc directory doesn't really use any of the memory, the folders in it are virtual and contain information on all the running processes on you mobile phone (info on apps, kernel etc). Do not delete this folder or anything within it.

Your problem probably comes from the amount of apps you currently have installed. I used the 2.5GB patch for my Umi and I have more than 120 apps installed which use about 1.8GB of memory on my phone, +400MB of cache data. Check your storage under settings. And If you haven't tried already, try moving some apps to SD card or delete the ones that you don't need

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Unaccounted phone memory

FooFighter312 said:
The proc directory doesn't really use any of the memory, the folders in it are virtual and contain information on all the running processes on you mobile phone (info on apps, kernel etc). Do not delete this folder or anything within it.

Your problem probably comes from the amount of apps you currently have installed. I used the 2.5GB patch for my Umi and I have more than 120 apps installed which use about 1.8GB of memory on my phone, +400MB of cache data. Check your storage under settings. And If you haven't tried already, try moving some apps to SD card or delete the ones that you don't need

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Thanks for your comment! I have 1.5GB of phone memory of which my apps use 324MB. With cache emptied I have 51MB available. I cannot account for the missing ~1.12GB. Have used root browser and other tools without success. Any other clou?
 
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Why is the superuser option missing from the vredniiy v3 Rom? The root is still present and the xposed framework is fine, but superuser is not!

One other thing....is there anyway to update the the framework? There's a few modules that don't work due to framework being out of date.
 
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VA3PFxdadev said:
Thanks for your comment! I have 1.5GB of phone memory of which my apps use 324MB. With cache emptied I have 51MB available. I cannot account for the missing ~1.12GB. Have used root browser and other tools without success. Any other clou?
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Could you take a screenshot of your internal storage settings? I find it quite odd that apps are using only 324MB.




dimebar1 said:
Why is the superuser option missing from the vredniiy v3 Rom? The root is still present and the xposed framework is fine, but superuser is not!

One other thing....is there anyway to update the the framework? There's a few modules that don't work due to framework being out of date.
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I don't know why vredniiy didn't include a superuser app, and I was also annoyed by the fact that xposed framework couldn't be uploaded. The solution is simple, install this ROM: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5meftjgcp9w5l30/UMI_X1_4.2.2_ANDROID.zip

I found this on a Spanish forum and it was based on Sombritagl's 4.2.2 ROM. It has superuser and latest xposed which can be updated. Since my Spanish is very poor I don't know if this is Sombritagl's work or someone else's, but in any case it's awesome! This is the best 4.2.2 for our device so far!

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Phone Memory screen shot

FooFighter312 said:
Could you take a screenshot of your internal storage settings? I find it quite odd that apps are using only 324MB.






I don't know why vredniiy didn't include a superuser app, and I was also annoyed by the fact that xposed framework couldn't be uploaded. The solution is simple, install this ROM: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5meftjgcp9w5l30/UMI_X1_4.2.2_ANDROID.zip

I found this on a Spanish forum and it was based on Sombritagl's 4.2.2 ROM. It has superuser and latest xposed which can be updated. Since my Spanish is very poor I don't know if this is Sombritagl's work or someone else's, but in any case it's awesome! This is the best 4.2.2 for our device so far!

Sent from my UMI-X1 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for your feedback. I downloaded the ROM you mentioned and will install it / try it next week. (Will give feedback).
As for the 'un-accounted' memory - see screenshot below.
 

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VA3PFxdadev said:
Thanks for your feedback. I downloaded the ROM you mentioned and will install it / try it next week. (Will give feedback).
As for the 'un-accounted' memory - see screenshot below.
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This is extremely odd, I've never encountered this problem on any android phone I owned. Maybe doing a full wipe in recovery and installing the new ROM will fix it.

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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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    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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    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



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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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