Below that is “Custom Build Verno.”, “V130F_FWVGA_L_V1.1_512_4_20181109_1745_V1.0.2_BN_V34_J1_CORE”, which is simply the cloner’s version of the software, how they modified it. This produced the SoC ( MT6580), and the software version – ALPS.L1.MP6.V2.19_HCT6580. In the “testing” menu, we looked in “Software”. MT6580 firmware on fake Samsung Galaxy J1 Many MTK devices have this feature, so doubtlessly your clone phone does as well, its just a matter of figuring out the correct button combination. We are able to get into a “testing” menu by holding Volume Down + Power during boot. We can get into Fastboot Mode, but ‘fastboot flash recovery recovery.img’ and ‘ fastboot boot recovery.img’ only produce failed messages. In this Samsung J1 clone, we are not able to boot into Recovery Mode – It shows the red triangle error.
This is typically generic Mediatek firmware, modified with UI elements ( like a Samsung boot logo on our fake J1). If you soft-brick a clone phone, of course you can’t flash the firmware for the phone it is trying to be – you need the exact firmware the cloners used. When you check Settings > About Phone > Firmware, and its some weird version number that doesn’t match the official firmware build at all. If it isn’t immediately obvious a phone is fake from the hardware, the firmware will almost always give it away. Samsung Galaxy J1 clone with fake triple lens camera.įor example, for this guide we are working with a Samsung Galaxy J1 clone that appears to have a triple rear camera – until you pop off the back, and see that the triple lenses are fake! Not to mention Samsung doesn’t even make the J1 with triple camera lens.
These phones may appear similar to the real version, though not always.
You can find cheap, Mediatek-based clones of all popular brands of Android phones. There are a ton of Android clones on the market.