[aksd]

I'm doing a quick small review for those people out there who are wondering wheather or not to flash to the 59bint monsterpack. I'm sorry for posting a new topic regarding this subject but its more visible.

What is this "new" Bints firmware?
Its basically a Hybrid firmware taken from the ROKR E6 and ported to the MING. Bint has replaced a few Code Groups from the ROKRE6 firmware into the 59, wish I knew which ones cause then we could do the same for 08p.

Whats New?
1. Equalizer in Real Player with 5 presets:
Whats good and whats not: The bass boost preset works amazing for those of you who like a bit more bass in the mings output. I do, so this is a boon for me. The next 4 presets are practicaly useless. Everytime you open andclose the player the next time you open it you have to reset the
preset(off the equalsier and then set it to preset again). While playing MP3's the tracks skip or jerk a bit like in the ROKR E2 but this problem was'nt present with aac format. The Music is better arranged in Real Player....with a bran new start up animation for real player.

2. Bar Code Reader:
You notice here that the picture of the phone is the ROKR E6 and not the A1200, as the sub title suggests this a a barcode reader and personally I have'nt figured out how to use it.

3. Video Camera:
Video camera supports 2 new resolutions:
1. 352*288 at 7fps max
2. 320*240 at 8fps
3. 176*144 at 15fps

4. USB Mode:
USB mode consits of 4 options:
1. Modem
2. Mass Storage
3. Media Sync(Which does'nt seem to Work for me)
4. USB Net


5. Call Divert:
This feature does'nt seem to work, but the Chinese have founda work around for this, which I do not know 'cause I do not understand chinese.

6. Menu Speed:
Bint 59xp V1 is a bit slow but Version 2 is a wee bit faster

7. PKG Installer:
Theres a built in PKG installer which also takes backups.....backups of what I really dont know 'cause I dont understand chinese......lol

8. File Structure
Is different from the normal A1200 monster pcaks which can be noted from the EZx_usr folder.....the new scheme is a it easier to program it seems ...that is why the radio software etc works on it and not on the standard software.

What I like about it:
The bass and the camera resolution although videos are still a bit choppy. Nice Icons but no animation, which can be obtained from the Gold skin

What I dsilike:
I totally dislike the start up and shut down Windows animation an the Red themes. In Version 2 there is a lot of Chinese folders and stuff, which I personally dislike since I do not understand the language....lol , so I went back to version 1.


NOTE: I was able to flash back to the 08p after flashing to this firmware so have no fear flashing your phone, you can always return to any pack you want.

NOTE2: If I have left out any features please post 'em up without hesitation

My advice is if you prefer more bassy music and the increased video recording resolution by putting up with minor glitches, flash it or else forget it.

And my thanks to Bint who gave us this awesomepiece of work and cv144 for posting it up here.

Regards,
Akshay

[xanadu]

Originally Posted by aksd

I'm doing a quick small review for those people out there who are wondering wheather or not to flash to the 59bint monsterpack. Regards,
Akshay

Thank you, it was very usefull.
I have downloaded 59xp but I am waiting for another fw less chinese more english or german.

[sirmalcolm666]

sounds great,

please tell me where i can download the firmware?

[mischka]

Two questions about camera:
Does it save taken pics automaticaly or are you prompted to save picture after taking it?
Is there an option for no sound for shutter in setup? If not, does yan0's "no sound" work?

One for bluetooth:
Can you save files received with bluetooth directly to TF card or only to phone memory?

thanks

[aksd]

Camera Question: You can choose wheather or not to auto save or not.

Bluetooth: You can choose wheather or not to save on the T-Flash or not

Regards
Akshay

[TxTaquito]

My phone came with 59P. Would you recommend I load this one on it vs. default 59P?

TxTaquito

[aksd]

Read the review and you decide mate. The default 59 is quite normal in my opinion...the 08 was way better. But if you have no use of the call divert facility dont hesitate and flash away mate. I suggest Version 1.

[TxTaquito]

Where can I find version 1 of this 08 firmware? And how can I tell the diff between ver 1 and other version?

Thanks

TxTaquito

[ivming]

Originally Posted by aksd

Read the review and you decide mate. The default 59 is quite normal in my opinion...the 08 was way better. But if you have no use of the call divert facility dont hesitate and flash away mate. I suggest Version 1.

aksd, thanks very much for your prehensive review. But i strongly suggest you flash version 2, which runs more stable and quickly. Bint had done most debrand work except some chinese menu and red theme. I think it is not a big problem, you can edit UserMenuTree to correct them.

regards

[mischka]

Yes I tested it too and V2 really is better.

I did some more debranding deleted some chinese stuff changed startup animation, themes and icons to 08p version and changed language and keyboard to L4 version with enl/fre/por/spa GUI and EMEA kebords

For north american people it might be good to know that VR is not the british, as in chinese fw, but american version with L4 language (many have problems with british on chinese version)

The only thing I don't like is that it's not possible to use joistick while playing videos in realplayer (maybe it's because realplayer is coming from a dfferent phone)

Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/11067685...r_mis.rar.html

Originally Posted by aksd

.... Bint has replaced a few Code Groups from the ROKRE6 firmware into the 59, wish I knew which ones cause then we could do the same for 08p.
....

Regards,
Akshay

No need to do this with 08p, This is better than o8p anyway (just my humble opinion after debranding of course)