Back in 2015, Jiayu was one of the best companies in the segment of Chinese smartphones. The company has a successful past, selling a considerable amount of its smartphones and also getting a big myriad of fans in the process.
If you would ask today, apart from the mainstream companies, it’s hard to find a fan of smaller brand inside China. Back on days, Jiayu made pretty some, expanding its business in Europe with Spanish and Germany stores.
However, the glorious past and the myriad of fans could not keep the company shielded from the consequences of bad management, and in 2015 Jiayu gone bankrupt. The company tried to return some time later, but it never reached this goal. Before its end, Jiayu released one last device, the Jiayu s3, a big hit at the moment, and the last breath of its legacy.
The Jiayu S3 came packing the MT6752, one of the best Mediatek SoC for the time being, alongside 3GB of Ram with the 16GB of storage, with a 32GB variant coming later. These specs can’t compare with today standards, but they were a lot when the phone got released.
The phone came running Android 4.4 Kitkat, and like most of MT6752 devices, it never meet a stable update for the 5.0 version of the OS. That, until the M.A.D Team put its hands on it.
The group namely, Mediatek Android Developers, lead by the XDA recognized developers, DerTeufel1980, Superdragonpt and fire855, have taken the responsibility to keep the phone updated since its first days. For Jiayu S3 they already build a stable 5.1.1 Lollipop update, bringing up the device to Android 6.x Marshmallow and later to Android 7.1.2 Nougat, in the form of MadOS.
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Currently, the group do releases in a monthly basis, adding security patches as well as new custom features for their software. Now seems that their plans for the already old Jiayu S3 haven’t finished.
Latest screenshots come followed by a statement from one of the developers, pointing out that the group started to work on the Android 8.0 Oreo version for Jiayu S3. The phone already booted successfully, but some time will be needed to work on all the others things that must be properly brought up to the new Google’s OS version.
We’ve also got some screenshots taken from the Jiayu S3 running the software:
Judging by the screenshots, the group also fixed all the sensors on the newest software. As MAD work on their free time, the update can take some time, understandable with Jiayu S3 being a nearly 3-year old phone and having a deprecated SoC.
The group is also working in other phones updates for Oreo, and currently among their portfolio are the likes of Vernee Apollo Lite, Uhans H5000, Ulefone Metal, Oukitel U13 and Coolpad Note 3. According to them the list is continuously growing up in device number, and keeping all of them updated is a demanding job, however the update will come.
We would never expect this kind of development in Mediatek scenario, due to all the limitations and lack of open sourced content. However MAD is here to prove otherwise. Are you one of Jiayu S3 owners? or any other supported device? Let us know in the comments section below.
Have an S3 it’s now my spare phone having bougt a Xiaomi Redmi Pro. However the Jiayu S3 has been a totally reliable phone that still works just great.
Have an S3 it’s now my spare phone having bougt a Xiaomi Redmi Pro. However the Jiayu S3 has been a totally reliable phone that still works just great.
I LOVE YOU MAD TEAM !!
Keep it coming with updates for my reliable JIASU S3! Went 3 tours in afghanistan with it and still works without any issues, best phone i’ve ever had.
Thank you MAD TEAM, i eagerly await Oreo for my Jiayu S3. The community of Jiayu S3 users will be forever grateful to you.
Best team ever,
I never expected to get Oreo on my Jiayu but somehow they did it, incredible.
I just bought the phone last year and what can I say.. IT REALLY IS MAAAAD!! With the development from Kitkat, to Lollipop, and then Marshmallow, the team really did a great job. But bringing both Nougat last year and Oreo now? I couldn’t ever be more proud of my phone! Many thanks to the MAD Team! They deserve this kind of vodka. Cheers!
I have nothing but praise for the mad team. I own this phone from 2015 and could not be happier with the stream of updates from mad and other .Hopefully Android o will be a further accolade achieved by mad.
I LOVE YOU MAD TEAM !!
Keep it coming with updates for my reliable JIASU S3! Went 3 tours in afghanistan with it and still works without any issues, best phone i’ve ever had.
I cannot say much but praise the dedicated MAD team to keep doing the android development for such an old phone. I do admire their passion.
I wish the same can be say to other big brands that only provide support for 1-2 years, lesser than 1 year or no support at all .
Thank you MAD TEAM, i eagerly await Oreo for my Jiayu S3. The community of Jiayu S3 users will be forever grateful to you.
Best team ever,
I never expected to get Oreo on my Jiayu but somehow they did it, incredible.
I just bought the phone last year and what can I say.. IT REALLY IS MAAAAD!! With the development from Kitkat, to Lollipop, and then Marshmallow, the team really did a great job. But bringing both Nougat last year and Oreo now? I couldn’t ever be more proud of my phone! Many thanks to the MAD Team! They deserve this kind of vodka. Cheers!
Running MADos on a S3 is so good I bought a second S3 😉
Great dev team + great phone = great user experience : I spent 225€ for this phone, and now ,all considering, I think it was worth at least twice
Thank you MAD TEAM
Great job! I’m waiting for this soft – I have 2 Jiayu: 16GB i 32GB version.
I have nothing but praise for the mad team. I own this phone from 2015 and could not be happier with the stream of updates from mad and other .Hopefully Android o will be a further accolade achieved by mad.
I cannot say much but praise the dedicated MAD team to keep doing the android development for such an old phone. I do admire their passion.
I wish the same can be say to other big brands that only provide support for 1-2 years, lesser than 1 year or no support at all .
I and my wife are using two models. They are really good – 2 sims, sd, NFC, GPS, Glonass, Baidu, 5.5 “, GorillaGlass, remowable battery and …MAD OS – the best!
MAD do a great job. Use it on my Jiayu S3 [MT6752]. Each release is great!
Yes goo M.A.D TEAM
Running MADos on a S3 is so good I bought a second S3 😉
One of the reasons behind my purchase of Jiayu S3 was the information regarding the devs owning the device. And it proved right! Officially combining their efforts with the creation of M.A.D. Team, we’ve received OS support which many of the top brands can only dream of. Of course there are some ups and downs in their ROMs but I’m not aware of a custom ROM without those. I’ve donated two times to the team so I hope others can do the same since as stated they are working during their spare time. Keep it up, Team M.A.D.!
I have used Jiay phones since the G3 and the S3 since early 2015 and still happy with it.
The updates from the MAD team keeps this phone alive and usable.
The S3 is certainly the best they ever made.
Many thanks to MAD.
Great dev team + great phone = great user experience : I spent 225€ for this phone, and now ,all considering, I think it was worth at least twice
Thank you MAD TEAM
Great job! I’m waiting for this soft – I have 2 Jiayu: 16GB i 32GB version.
Buenas me gustaria saber coml instalar dicha rom, yo tengo instalada xtreme rom en android 5.1.1, ¿como podria instalar vuestra rom para tenerlo actualizado?
Hi, you can find instructions in XDA for upgrading to Android 7.1.2.
Android 8 is not yet released but when the time comes, I’m sure we will get instructions in Team M.A.D. facebook page or/and in the related XDA thread.
I and my wife are using two models. They are really good – 2 sims, sd, NFC, GPS, Glonass, Baidu, 5.5 “, GorillaGlass, remowable battery and …MAD OS – the best!
MAD do a great job. Use it on my Jiayu S3 [MT6752]. Each release is great!
Going to updadt mine with this ROM. Have a fully working G3 also.
Yes goo M.A.D TEAM
One of the reasons behind my purchase of Jiayu S3 was the information regarding the devs owning the device. And it proved right! Officially combining their efforts with the creation of M.A.D. Team, we’ve received OS support which many of the top brands can only dream of. Of course there are some ups and downs in their ROMs but I’m not aware of a custom ROM without those. I’ve donated two times to the team so I hope others can do the same since as stated they are working during their spare time. Keep it up, Team M.A.D.!
I have used Jiayu phones since the G3 and the S3 since early 2015 and still happy with it.
The updates from the MAD team keeps this phone alive and usable.
The S3 is certainly the best they ever made.
Many thanks to MAD.
Buenas me gustaria saber coml instalar dicha rom, yo tengo instalada xtreme rom en android 5.1.1, ¿como podria instalar vuestra rom para tenerlo actualizado?
Hi, you can find instructions in XDA for upgrading to Android 7.1.2.
Android 8 is not yet released but when the time comes, I’m sure we will get instructions in Team M.A.D. facebook page or/and in the related XDA thread.
Going to updadt mine with this ROM. Have a fully working G3 also.
Oh my God only wifi and bluetooth needs to be fix im excited now MAD TEAM
Oh my God only wifi and bluetooth needs to be fix im excited now MAD TEAM
awesome 🙂 I have great expectations…I am running on 7.1.2 now and I have a problem with NFC…does it work on your devices?
awesome 🙂 I have great expectations…I am running on 7.1.2 now and I have a problem with NFC…does it work on your devices?
YES. all of the things are fix just waiting for the release of MAD OS v2 hahahaha
YES. all of the things are fix just waiting for the release of MAD OS v2 hahahaha
NOW running android OREO (MAD OS) on my jiayu s3. haha
NOW running android OREO (MAD OS) on my jiayu s3. haha
I have a Jiayu s3 and it’s awesome,thank you MAD team . Hopefully Oreo will be released soon 😀