My ShanZhai http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai News from the world of Chinese gadgets Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:52:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Acer releases MT6589 kernel source ahead of Liquid E2 launch http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/04/16/acer-releases-mt6589-kernel-source-ahead-of-liquid-e2-launch/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/04/16/acer-releases-mt6589-kernel-source-ahead-of-liquid-e2-launch/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:09:52 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=710 Ever since Mediatek launched their quad-core MT6589 chipset I have been waiting for kernel sources to be released for this platform. As Mediatek themselves don’t seem to pay any attention to the GPL we needed to wait for their customers to open the source code. This time Acer was first to step out with a ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/04/16/acer-releases-mt6589-kernel-source-ahead-of-liquid-e2-launch/feed/ 2 Spreadtrum SC8810 powers ZTE ultra low cost smartphone http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/25/spreadtrum-sc8810-powers-zte-ultra-low-cost-smartphone/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/25/spreadtrum-sc8810-powers-zte-ultra-low-cost-smartphone/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:25:23 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=620 All eyes are on Mediatek these days as first phones with their quad core MT6589 solution become available. Although the prices for these devices are dropping rapidly they seldomly go below 800 RMB (99 $US). As this may already sound like rock bottom pricing there still seems to be a market for even lower priced ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/25/spreadtrum-sc8810-powers-zte-ultra-low-cost-smartphone/feed/ 0 Samsung Galaxy S4 dual-SIM heading for China http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/15/galaxy-s4-dual-sim-heading-for-china/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/15/galaxy-s4-dual-sim-heading-for-china/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:36:54 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=609 In the past the big brand mobile phone makers did not pay too much attention to dual-SIM phones. Although companies like Samsung and HTC started releasing dual-SIM smartphones their spec was never really good. A recent example is the Galaxy S Duos that was made available internationally end of 2012. At a time where the ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/15/galaxy-s4-dual-sim-heading-for-china/feed/ 0 Oppo releases Find 5 source code http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/13/oppo-releases-find-5-source-code/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/13/oppo-releases-find-5-source-code/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:13:09 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=600 Although Android – being released under the GPL licence – demands all manufacturers to make their modified sources public, not everyone does so. Mainly the major brands like Samsung, Sony, HTC and Motorola make sources available. Many smaller vendors and especially the ones from China show little interest in opening their sources. Now Oppo joined ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/13/oppo-releases-find-5-source-code/feed/ 0 China’s prime ShanZhai shopping street under construction http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/03/chinas-prime-shanzhai-shopping-street-under-construction/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/03/chinas-prime-shanzhai-shopping-street-under-construction/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:48:20 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=589 Roadwork and huge construction sites are a normal sight if you walk the streets of China these days. Shenzhen, the heart of Chinese electronic industry is no exception to this rule. High rise buildings, new high-speed railway stations are being built throughout the city. Now heavy roadwork has hit Shenzhen’s prime electronics and ShanZhai shopping ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/03/chinas-prime-shanzhai-shopping-street-under-construction/feed/ 0 HTC rumored to release MTK based phones http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/02/06/htc-rumored-to-release-mtk-based-phones/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/02/06/htc-rumored-to-release-mtk-based-phones/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 07:02:11 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=570 While I am usually not a big fan of rumors on potentially planned phones this one really has an interesting twist. Gizchina spread the news that HTC might be working on MTK based phones for the chinese market. The reason why this would in fact be an interesting circumstance is that it could mean good ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/02/06/htc-rumored-to-release-mtk-based-phones/feed/ 0 Like Oppo and be part of Find 5 beta test http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/08/like-oppo-and-be-part-of-find-5-beta-test/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/08/like-oppo-and-be-part-of-find-5-beta-test/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:29:24 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=485 Did you always want to get one of the newest gadgets for free? Now there is a chance to do just that. All you need to do is like Oppo on their Facebook page (see link below) and post a comment to their post while tagging 3 of your friends. Like this you have the ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/08/like-oppo-and-be-part-of-find-5-beta-test/feed/ 0 Nvidia Tegra 4 platform details presented http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/07/nvidia-tegra-4-platform-details-presented/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/07/nvidia-tegra-4-platform-details-presented/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:43:33 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=472 Nvidia has made an end to all the rumors around their upcoming Nvidia Tegra 4 platform. What they presented ahead of CES proved the rumors on the chipset previously known as Wayne to be quite accurate. Nvidia – obviously not shy about their new product – boldly claims to be working on the “World’s Fastest ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/07/nvidia-tegra-4-platform-details-presented/feed/ 0 Nvidia Tegra 4 specs leaked http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/18/nvidia-tegra-4-specs-leaked/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/18/nvidia-tegra-4-specs-leaked/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:55:16 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=393 Nvidia was one of the first companies to deliver a quad-core chipset in high volumes. Their Tegra 3 platform was (and probably still is) a big success. Now that is has slightly become of age and more and more quad-core platforms are being released Nvidia needs to make a step ahead. Thus it is not ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/18/nvidia-tegra-4-specs-leaked/feed/ 0 TCL presents slim MT6577 Jelly Bean phones http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/17/tcl-presents-slim-mt6577-dual-core-phones-with-jelly-bean/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/17/tcl-presents-slim-mt6577-dual-core-phones-with-jelly-bean/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:40:06 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=385 Slim phones is a clear trend for the coming year. As a bold statement that they are going this direction, TCL released no less than three new slim models. All three phones appear to be more or less on a diet. The thinnest (S820) is just 6.45mm thin. A common characteristic is that all models ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/17/tcl-presents-slim-mt6577-dual-core-phones-with-jelly-bean/feed/ 0 Yotaphone combines eInk and TFT display http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/17/yotaphone-combines-eink-and-tft-display/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/17/yotaphone-combines-eink-and-tft-display/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:04:43 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=378 Two faces of one phone – one color TFT and an eInk display on the back side[/caption]It was just yesterday that I was wondering how long it would take until some smart device would have both a TFT color display and an eInk display. There is no need to wonder anymore as the Russian company ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/17/yotaphone-combines-eink-and-tft-display/feed/ 0 Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/12/mediatek-launches-mt6589-as-first-arm-cortex-a7-quad-core/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/12/mediatek-launches-mt6589-as-first-arm-cortex-a7-quad-core/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:17:19 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=290 Today Mediatek took the stage to launch their newest contribution to the world of smartphone platforms. They presented nothing less than the much-anticipated quad-core MT6589 chipset. It is the successor to their extremely popular MT6577 dual-core product. As a little extra it is not only the first quad-core chipset in Mediatek’s portfolio but it is ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/12/mediatek-launches-mt6589-as-first-arm-cortex-a7-quad-core/feed/ 0 New AnTuTu benchmark scores http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/01/new-antutu-benchmark-scores/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/01/new-antutu-benchmark-scores/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:58:47 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=291 AnTuTu, the makers of the famous Android benchmark app, have release an updated version of their test suite on Google Play. The new 3.0 version that supersedes the current version 2.9 brings not only a brushed up user interface but also new AnTuTu benchmark scores. In order to get an impression what difference the new ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/01/new-antutu-benchmark-scores/feed/ 0 A little Jelly Bean for everyone http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/25/a-little-jelly-bean-feeling-for-everyone/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/25/a-little-jelly-bean-feeling-for-everyone/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:23:34 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=268 While the vast majority of phones does not yet have Jelly Bean installed it is not to difficult to get a little Jelly Bean feeling to your Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich device. A first and easy measure is installing one of Google’s new Jelly Bean wallpapers from the gallery below. Also a backport of ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/25/a-little-jelly-bean-feeling-for-everyone/feed/ 0 MT6577 kernel source released http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/21/mt6577-kernel-source-released/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/21/mt6577-kernel-source-released/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:00:41 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=266 One of the very essential things that are needed for creating custom ROMs is a kernel source. Unfortunately Mediatek (and most of their customers) was not very open to providing source code for their smartphone platforms. Needless to say that this effectively keeps the community from porting new operating system releases to their very popular ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/21/mt6577-kernel-source-released/feed/ 0 No December – How Google stole Christmas http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/20/no-december-how-google-stole-christmas/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/20/no-december-how-google-stole-christmas/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:59:43 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=264 As much as I am happy to immediately install all updates that Google provides for their Nexus devices was I shocked to hear about this nasty bug they built into the Android 4.2 release. In the middle of November, right before Christmas time did the contact app forget there has to be December between November ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/20/no-december-how-google-stole-christmas/feed/ 0 Jelly Bean 4.2 on Nexus 7 – what’s new http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/14/jelly-bean-4-2-on-nexus-7-whats-new/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/14/jelly-bean-4-2-on-nexus-7-whats-new/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:57:26 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=226 While most of the Chinese phones still come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Google started to roll out the next next version if their operating system. Nexus device owners can install the shiny Jelly Bean 4.2 update since November 13th. For those of you who are curious what the small 0.1 step means, here ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/14/jelly-bean-4-2-on-nexus-7-whats-new/feed/ 0 More Huawei phones get unlocked bootloader http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/11/more-huawei-phones-get-unlocked-bootloader/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/11/more-huawei-phones-get-unlocked-bootloader/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:44:28 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=212 Huawei has added additional phones to their bootloader unlocking website. On this website you can enter a devices serial number and IMEI to request a code that enables unlocking a smartphone bootloader. After requesting a code via this website Huawei promises to send the the unlock code via e-mail within three working days. Previously this ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/11/11/more-huawei-phones-get-unlocked-bootloader/feed/ 1 ZTE launches Tegra 3 phone for below $160 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/zte-launches-tegra-3-phone-for-below-160/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/zte-launches-tegra-3-phone-for-below-160/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:59:03 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=173 ZTE is surely one of the heavyweights of the Chinese mobile business. Thus it is a bit of a surprise that one of the major players fishes in the very low price region. However, ZTE teamed up with Beidu (well-known for the “Little Pepper” 699 RMB dual-core) in order to surprise us with the release ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/zte-launches-tegra-3-phone-for-below-160/feed/ 0 Huawei announces two quad-core phones http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/huawei-announces-two-quad-core-phones/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/huawei-announces-two-quad-core-phones/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:07:24 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=163 Huawei does not leave any doubt that they strive for a top rank in the mobile phone business. In a pair of events they just launched two new quad-core phones. The first event took place in Shandong province. Here Huawei presented the new high-end of their product lineup, the Ascend D2 phone. It is powered ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/huawei-announces-two-quad-core-phones/feed/ 0 Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 launched despite hurricane http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/nexus-4-and-nexus-10-launched-despite-hurricane/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/nexus-4-and-nexus-10-launched-despite-hurricane/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:53:55 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=150 Hurricane Sandy almost ruined the big for Google. As today’s launch event in New York was canceled due to severely bad weather it seemed like we would have to wait a little longer until the new Nexus devices would be officially presented. But Google chose to launch their new Nexus products without a big event. ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/nexus-4-and-nexus-10-launched-despite-hurricane/feed/ 0 Google Nexus 10 information leaked http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/27/google-nexus-10-information-leaked/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/27/google-nexus-10-information-leaked/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 20:56:12 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=128 Altough the Google Nexus products are far from being Shanzhai devices it is still very interesting to read and write about them. This time the rumors around the new Google 10 inch tablet (project Manta) are have condensed in some pretty hard facts. So far there are three sources suggesting that the Nexus 10 is ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/27/google-nexus-10-information-leaked/feed/ 0 Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/25/mediatek-quad-core-chipset-renamed-to-mt6589/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/25/mediatek-quad-core-chipset-renamed-to-mt6589/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:29:23 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=114 Along with the availability of first Mediatek dual-core MT6577 phones the news of a quad-core successor came up. At first this chipset was said to be released end of 2012 and it went by the name MT6588. This seemed to make good sense as MT6588 is a good successor name for the MT6577 dual-core. Mediatek ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/25/mediatek-quad-core-chipset-renamed-to-mt6589/feed/ 1 Jelly Bean update for MT6577 phones in sight http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/20/jelly-bean-update-for-mt6577-phones-in-sight/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/20/jelly-bean-update-for-mt6577-phones-in-sight/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:07:30 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=101 The Amoi N820 (Big V) seems to be the first MTK MT6577 based phone to get an update from ICS to Jelly Bean (Android 4.1). As Amoi most probably did not do all the porting by themselves I am sure MTK will offer this release to other companies, too. I suspect most MT6577 phones run ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/20/jelly-bean-update-for-mt6577-phones-in-sight/feed/ 1 K-Touch V8 (Hornet II) – Dual SIM confusion http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/10/k-touch-v8-hornet-ii-dual-sim-confusion/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/10/k-touch-v8-hornet-ii-dual-sim-confusion/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:41:55 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=82 Earlier this year TianYu presented their new K-Touch V8 (Hornet II) phone. The handset was pretty high-end with a 1.5GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core application processor, 8MP camera and a 4.5″ 1280×720 LCD screen. There has been some rumor that the device should support dual SIM operation. Now that the device is be available for ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/10/k-touch-v8-hornet-ii-dual-sim-confusion/feed/ 0 ZOPO ZP300+ Unboxing http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/09/18/zopo-zp300-unboxing/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/09/18/zopo-zp300-unboxing/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:16:12 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=21 Chinese Android smartphones have recently become more and more attractive with their low prices and increasingly capable specifications. Thus already for some time I had the plan to buy a dual-SIM phone in order to carry around fewer mobile devices. As I spend some days in Shenzhen I came across the Zopo ZP300+ (Field) and ...read more

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