[Q] Jiayu G4 MT6589 Rom's Devs - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi I created this Thread because I was surfing the Internet for a Smartphone to buy and I came a cross this one "JIAYU G4 MT6589"
With these Specs
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So I have a Galaxy s2 and I love the Touchwiz feeling and the sms app, music, app , Etc...
I wanted to see if there is any Dev who is thinking on buying it or maybe wiht some donations to buy him the Jiayu G4 so he could have it and work on it was interested on developmenting a Rom for the Jiayu G4 with the let's say layout of the galaxy S4

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Great phone. Provided with 4.2.1. Got my G4 1GB/4GB rooted.
If the G4 would be cm provided it could be perfect.
Custom ROM are available at NEEDROM http://www.needrom.com/mobile/jiayu-g4-12/
User review http://www.gizchina.com/2013/06/27/jiayu-g4-review-long-term/

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two recovery boot modes?
PATRiOT96 said:
Hi I created this Thread because I was surfing the Internet for a Smartphone to buy and I came a cross this one "JIAYU G4 MT658....
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Greetings and Happy New Year 2014!
I have Jiayu G4A (thick battery) with stock rom G4GH-20130816-151656. I discovered something interesting. When phone power is off, and I press and hold VOLUME DOWN button and connect USB cable to phone and to computer, the phone boots into recovery mode. The screen shows Chinese language menu. Can you please tell me what that means in English? Please click on photos to see a larger copy. Xie Xie.
Another thing: If press and hold VOLUME UP (not DOWN this time) and connect USB cable, then the phone boots into my custom recovery that I flashed (English).
Why are there two recovery modes, or two boot modes when connecting a USB cable?

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petesimon said:
Greetings and Happy New Year 2014!
I have Jiayu G4A (thick battery) with stock rom G4GH-20130816-151656. I discovered something interesting. When phone power is off, and I press and hold VOLUME DOWN button and connect USB cable to phone and to computer, the phone boots into recovery mode. The screen shows Chinese language menu. Can you please tell me what that means in English? Please click on photos to see a larger copy. Xie Xie.
Another thing: If press and hold VOLUME UP (not DOWN this time) and connect USB cable, then the phone boots into my custom recovery that I flashed (English).
Why are there two recovery modes, or two boot modes when connecting a USB cable?
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The one you see with chinese characters is not recovery mode. It is factory mode.
MTK phones have that.

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dyulay said:
The one you see with chinese characters is not recovery mode. It is factory mode.
MTK phones have that.
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Okay. What can I do with the phone in 'factory mode' ? I want to ask these questions in the Jiayu forums ... http://bbs.ejiayu.com/forum.php
But of course everything is in Chinese. :silly:

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petesimon said:
Okay. What can I do with the phone in 'factory mode' ? I want to ask these questions in the Jiayu forums ... http://bbs.ejiayu.com/forum.php
But of course everything is in Chinese. :silly:
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As far as I can remember, you can test phone hardware in factory mode. You can also do that with third party apps, you don't have to put extra effort in translating it. I once had an mtk phone with english factory mode.