[dirtytuga]

I have in hands one 120 EUR good Android 2.2 chinese phone. It is called "STAR A2000" and has a large and confortable 4.3" screen.
Friends told me its design is similar to latest HTC phones. Ok, After 2 weeks of use I agree that is a nice and reliable dual sim android phone.
Now, I wanted to"play" a little with it like install new ROMs. I searched the NET for firmware and Tutorial about flashing this phone without any results. The chinese seller coudn't help.
So, I ask to all: If you know any site/forum about this phone, please point me to it.
Thnak you

[RobMtl007]

Greetings Dirtytuga:

I'm having the same problem as you trying to find something on the Internet that has firmware and help
for my H2000 Android Phone.

I did some research on the Star A2000, but I was disappointed to know it has a resistive touch screen.
May I ask how the Touch screen handles, do you have to use a stylus?

Also I would like to know does Skype work on the Star A2000, or when you try to log-in it constantly tries
to log-in but will not sign you in?

Hope we get more people in the Unlisted Android Phone section, we surely need support for these phones.

dirtytuga, on 06 May 2011 - 03:07 PM, said:

I have in hands one 120 EUR good Android 2.2 chinese phone. It is called "STAR A2000" and has a large and confortable 4.3" screen.
Friends told me its design is similar to latest HTC phones. Ok, After 2 weeks of use I agree that is a nice and reliable dual sim android phone.
Now, I wanted to"play" a little with it like install new ROMs. I searched the NET for firmware and Tutorial about flashing this phone without any results. The chinese seller coudn't help.
So, I ask to all: If you know any site/forum about this phone, please point me to it.
Thnak you

[dirtytuga]

RobMtl007, on 07 May 2011 - 05:40 AM, said:

Greetings Dirtytuga:

I'm having the same problem as you trying to find something on the Internet that has firmware and help
for my H2000 Android Phone.

I did some research on the Star A2000, but I was disappointed to know it has a resistive touch screen.
May I ask how the Touch screen handles, do you have to use a stylus?

Also I would like to know does Skype work on the Star A2000, or when you try to log-in it constantly tries
to log-in but will not sign you in?

Hope we get more people in the Unlisted Android Phone section, we surely need support for these phones.

Hi Rob. Sorry for delayed answer.

The screen is in fact resistive but in action seams to be capacitive. I never use a pen. the scroll with fingers is smooth.
about skype, never used so I have no opinion yet.
Greetings

[proves99]

I'm interested in the Hero H7000, with the same cpu, but with capacitive screen, proximity sensor and better tft specs.

I would like to know how good is the battery with a phone with such a big screen. Does it last sooner than with 3-3.5" screens? What's your experience.

Thanks.

[Shakran]

Olá Companheiro!

Estou interessado em adquirir o A2000, o modelo que tens. Como se comporta o bicho? É rápido? Ou engasga-se? E de bateria?
Conectividade - como se porta (Bluetooth, WIFI)?. Outra questão, tens usado o GPS? É fiável? Responde bem?

Obrigada.

Cumps.-

Google Translated

Hello Mate!

I am interested in purchasing the A2000, the model you have. Behaves like the beast? It's fast? Or chokes up? And the battery?
Connectivity - how to port (Bluetooth, WiFi)?. Another question, you used the GPS? It is reliable? Responds well?

Thank you.

Cumps .-

This post has been edited by mrsburnout: 12 June 2011 - 10:36 AM
Reason for edit: Added translation. Please make your replies in English. Thank you.

[silverdragon]

Hi, well as for the Star A2000 phone, well it's pretty good.... mine has a Capacitive screen? at least it says so in diagnostics...

It is a little underpowered... however it does all well.. mine cost about US$150.00 SHIPPED here to me in NZ.. so all in all I am happy..

Now as for Skype, well I too wasn't able to make the installed app work, so I uninstalled it, and got Skype lite, and installed that.. now all works fine?


I have Rooted the unit... I used Universal Androot... but Z4root seems to work also.. I as well as this hand installed busybox with it's own installer... had to do it twice as first time it didn't set off SuperUser Permissions app...but as usual doing it twice works like a charm.

It has TWO cameras, a front facing one and a "Normal" one too both are great.. a good camera app is Camera 360 Ultimate... Also, I found a couple of Webcam apps...but one, SECuRET LiveStream works great just setup.. use a web browser navigate to the address and ya got a WIFI webcam.

I have n issue though.. the GPS.. well it works.. well it appears too.. however i cannot seem to get any programs other than Google MAPS etc to work? & even then i am NOT sure it isn't AGPSing? The only way to tell is to use Airplane mode and try then...? I wish I could figure it out?

Also I haven't been able to get any Flashlite app to work, all i want is to turn ON my Flash LEDs so I can have a flashlite but I have tried everything but cannot get anything to light those darned LEDs

You need a special flashing cable, i have ordered one, so when it arrives i may try to flash the phone, what I really want to do is remove the NAND lock, i believe this can be done with software and the cable, then i won;t need to use software to Root the phone, it will just be "Unlocked", and I can do as i want... I was also thinking about trying Windows mobile etc... see how e go?

I have found there is a lot of support on Chinese sites surprise, surprise as it is a Chinese phone i guess... anyway Google translate helps, but gives strange translations .. makes me laugh.. havr to figure it out what they mean,however i have gotten lots of useful info and apps...

I DO LOVE my inbuilt TV though... anywhere, anytime, I have TV, a good, great, picture too.. all in all it's worth the cash i paid...i reckon.. i will use it till i see something else.. actually i have my eye on one of those 7" tablets that are also a fully functional phone too.. i want one.. trouble is the pockets in my clothes aren't big enough for it to fit into my pockets lol... but i do like the BIG screen after using the 4.3" on this baby i could never go back to those little screens, sorta like once ya use dual monitors ya can never go back.. well never say never ...hmmm maybe they make like a 5" model? i will have to look, maybe the dell Streak is what i need? anyway.. onwards and will keep lookin..

regards to all SD

[gcheal]

Hi Silver Dragon, I am in NZ too and looking at this phone. Does it support pre-paid sim cards? So Skype Lite works ok ?? I read that there are two versions of this phone - one is AGPS and the other is AGPS and GPS - maybe you have the AGPS one?? Look here-

http://www.mobile-ph...one-p-5809.html

Cheers
Graham

[kelvinvo]

hi,
I am new here, as well as just get one star A2000.

I'm happy to have this fone,but now I can't do anything with this fone except install apps from market.
how to root it ?
hot to run in bootloader mode?

anyone know please tell me.

best regards,

[kelvinvo]

and one more thing I need the user manual guide. please share if you have. thank so much

[kelvinvo]

anyone know the website of the manufacturer?? please share . thanks
best guards

[marc83]

oh i forgot to say that i usually have not a lot of memory left ! im using a program that frees automaticaly memory !
so ive got around -90m memory free average....what about all of you ??

[chaoscreater]

WOW awesome, I found two other New Zealanders on this topic! WOOT

I'm also a Kiwi as well, and I "WAS" planning on buying this but the cheapest price I found is around $130 USD, which is the equivalent of about $160 NZD.

Then, I later came across the Hero H400 and the Hero H7000. Both of them seem to be pretty decent for its price. The only difference is that H400 has Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) installed, but the screen is resistive. Whereas H7000 has Android 2.2 (Froyo) but the screen is capacitive. Other than that, the price is only $30 difference where the H7000 is the more expensive one.

Here're the sites I'm planning on buying one of them from:

http://www.china24sh...-gps-p-478.html
http://www.china24sh...hone-p-450.html


The thing is, I haven't used that website before and even though there're tons of reviews, I don't know whether it's a trusthworthy site or not. Can those of you that actually purchased the Star A2000 (or other chinese Android devices) share a good website to buy from, that is also cheap? Mobile-Phones.cn has the cheapest price and I've compared with a lot of other websites already, spent almost 2hrs doing Google search......


Anyway, for those of you that find the MTK6516 CPU running slow, try this tweak out:

http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1111145





Lastly, to answer marc83's question, 90mb of free memory is actually pretty good. My Motorola Milestone only has about 70~80MB of free memory, and that's only after I installed a custom rom (TelusLite v5.2) and used tons of tweaks to make it run better.

I installed Startup Auditor to disable useless services or apps from starting automatically, as well as using Titanium Backup to freeze useless apps or services that I will never use (such as the Motocar app that comes installed with Motorola devices). This frees up a lot of memory since those apps will never be launched, and also it's overclocked to 1.2Ghz but anyway I've done a lot of tweakings to it and I only get on average 80MB of free memory. Therefore, i'm actually surprised that you get 90MB on average, that's not too bad for a chinese Android device......

[Mouratti]

Hello Guys!

Im new in the forum, and read a lots about china mobiles.

I buy a X12 dual sim Android 2.2 anyone already try this model?



When i recived i will put a review.

I almost buys the A2000 or H7000.

And about change version of android anyone try before on A2000.

Thanks

[RobinVdBroecke]

I recently bought an A2000 and I've got everything working perfectly, except for two things:
Skype and Flash Player

Does anyone have an idea of how to get these apps working?

[RobinVdBroecke]

http://4pda.ru/forum...howtopic=245971

This is a Russian forum about our phone, but we need a Russian to help us out here.

[Mouratti]

Hello guys

I have my Star X12 it's nice i rooted with z4root and works well.

Now i have a voice when i conect my usb cable with my pc that say "connection lost" anyone knows how can i disable this?

Thanks

[bmnot]

RobinVdBroecke, on 25 September 2011 - 11:46 AM, said:

http://4pda.ru/forum...howtopic=245971

This is a Russian forum about our phone, but we need a Russian to help us out here.

I'm Russian and can speak English aswell. What do you need to know from that forum?

[gogo]

Hi everyone ! Can I install flash player on this phone ?

[Abul Hasan]

Hello,
i am importer of chinese android phones.
and i have imported many android models.
such as Star A1000,Star A2ooo, x12,A9000,g710e,g10 in MTK-6516 android 2.2
but i have faced only one problem..which is regarding "SKYPE CALL"..i can not make a call through skype..
only i can do is CHAT..


and on the other side ..
i imported Star A1200,h7300,star 1919,S810,i9100 with MTK-6573 android 2.3
i can make skype call through these phones..but when i click to acticate video call..i get sign out..then i have to re-install skype again..

can any one help me out of this problem..

thanks

[sylviawilliams]

I found it on this website. Maybe this will help you. http://www.androidph...eal-p-6564.html