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QMobile Noir A9: Step by Step method of installing Custom Rom JB

This is a custom rom based on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Stock. It works for QMobile Noir A9, as I have tested it. It works totally fine with 512 MB Ram and the battery is the same as ICS 4.0.4. Jelly Bean is very smooth due to Project Butter, which makes it ‘buttery’ fast! It also has better voice search and Google Now for showing information when you need it.

I recommend a software that I use, which is Advanced Mobile Care 3.0, because it has many features like Virus Scan, Battery Saver etc.

Get the customized Rom Jelly Bean 4.1.2 first.

READ THIS FIRST: All system files and apps must be deleted in order to prevent conflicts with your custom rom and ensure a seamless experience. You can create a backup image in case something goes wrong.
By selecting Backup and Restore and selecting Backup, you can fix the CWM recovery issue.

You can restore later in CWM by pressing restore.

So here is how to install this custom Rom on your QMobile A9

1. You have to follow “ROOT QMobile Noir A9” post here
https://www.incpak.com/tech/root-qmobile-noir-a9/ for rooting your
phone and installing ClockworkMod.

2. Download the Zip file and move to SD Card (without unzipping it)

3. Then you have to go to CWM recovery. Shut Down your phone and wait until it is off. Then press Volume Power button, and then you will see white text on the top left of the screen. Press volume up to go to recovery mode.

4. Now you will see the CWM recovery screen. Now select “Wipe Data/Factory Reset,” and this will wipe all data on the phone (not the SD Card like Pics and Music). Then select “Wipe Cache Partition.” When done, go to “mounts
and storage” and select “format /system.” This will remove your previous software system file.

5. Now you will select “install zip from SD card” and then “choose zip from SD card.” Now select the zip file that you have downloaded. Now reboot the system, and you will be in the Setup Screen of Android.

Special Thanks to Salis Salman for providing the method Step by Step and the Custom Rom.

ENJOY!

Here are some screenshots 

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Screenshot_JB2

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Farhan Abro

Hello! My name is Farhan Abro, and I'm based here in Islamabad. My journey in Pakistan's digital media really kicked off when I founded INCPak back in 2012. We built it from the ground up, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, to be a trusted voice for independent journalism. But while media is a big part of who I am, I'm also shaped by a fascinating mix of other passions. I'm deeply into automotive, which gives me a technical edge, but I also find my artistic expression through landscape photography and music. And I'm always diving into the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence. Bringing all these different worlds together the technical, the creative, the journalistic, and the entrepreneurial—it really colors how I see things and approach every project. It gives me a distinct perspective that I try to bring to everything I share

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117 Comments

  1. Any One with the most ROM test? Plz HELP.
    Which ROM do You suggest is the best for Q Mobile A9? Plz Help Me. I ve tested three ROMs so far and found no one better than the Stock.
    INCPAK Plz other scrap ROMs or Fix them, so that fans keep trusting you.

  2. Ok! I have to admit that Styro is by far the best ROM with much improved battery than the stock ROM or Yonip ROM. It is just a rip version of Samsung GS3 ROM. There is one problem, which is a must to mention though. My A9 does not charge when the phone is turned off after I installed this ROM. So beware, if you drain your battery completely, you’ll have to charge your battery with something else to 2 or 3% and only then can you charge it on A9 on Styro ROM. Best is to just keep your phone turned on always.

  3. Amazing work. Those who are complaining of battery draining like bullet train may have missed step 4.
    Both cameras are is working, WiFi is working, GPS working, Bluetooth working, Sound working, Call working (no disconnection after end call), No random reboot or freezing issues so far, heating is moderate.
    Remember, you must have CMWR on your phone or there’s really no way to restore back your previous OS (with data).

  4. farhan bhai tm bht nice sbko reply krte ho..maine 900 lia h bht nice mobile h…andriod version 4.2.1 h …kia es mobile ka software update hota h i.e sony ..or samsumg mai wait kru ga bhai

    1. Replied you dear – Q doesn\’t have Auto Update feature but manually we have upgraded from 4.1 to 4.2.2

  5. bug detected on qmobile a9. when you connect your phone with pc on mass storage mode then when you will remov usb cable then your mobile will get restart

  6. pls give me the link for Styro or yonip , and how to do u find these roms bro pls tell me

  7. Assalam Alaykum to all. Today I am sharing new custom ROM based on jelly bean 4.1.2 for Qmobile A9, which i tested myself and has an excellent battery timing.

    Wiko Peax Jelly Bean v2.4 (By Spanish) [Based on 4.1.2]
    Changelog Version 2.4

    – Removing Tweak initiated.
    – Cleaning and removing tweak in build prop .
    – Fixed app SMS / MMS (hopefully)
    – Mod lockscreen and other extra menu to reboot
    – MIUI File Manager.
    – A919 Tools included in the ROM.
    – Updated Flash Player.
    – Move some applications in system / app.
    – Play Store 4.0.27
    – Added WallPaper Galaxy S4 and ringtone.
    – Changing the font (using Choco Cooky)

    Download Link:
    http://94.23.46.153/frandroid/WCP_JB/WCP_JB_v2.4….

  8. would you please update me with the deleting process of CWM recovery. If you please provide me some professional guideline on ali.raza.agha@gmail.com, then I will be very grateful..

  9. But, my mobile is not restarting in recovery mode. Whenever, I try to start through the normal recovery by pushing down volume button and power, it shows CWM update image and resets the data and JB's welcome screen appears. This same situation is with the recovery through reovery.img through mobileuncle tool. Please, do help me or give me some procedure of flashing this CWM recovery so I could at least go into default recovery because, I guess the problem is with the CWM recovery only.

  10. After the update of this custom rom, my mobile is not able to switch on the wifi at all.
    My phone is not restarting in recovery mode also. It just resets the data after showing CWM update image. Please, tell me about this issue. I am in a mess right now..

    1. Sorry Sir but I never got this problem before. Maybe you might have made some mistake while flashing the rom. There is also Mizwa v0.2 for Noir A9 if you are able to install it because you are getting problem in CWM recovery. It has much more customization and consumes less battery.

  11. My phone is not restarting in recovery mode. It just resets the data after showing CWM update image. Please, tell me about this issue. I am in a mess right now..

  12. After the update of this custom rom, my mobile is not able to switch on the wifi at all. Help me on this issue please…

  13. I haven't got the stock ROM I'm afraid. Update on the Styro ROM: GPS locking is still shaky, only locks when you're out and about in the open. Sucks! But overall I've seen the STYRO ROM to be quite stable, battery life is better than the stock ROM and on normal phone and messaging use, u can go on for about 12 hours easily.

    1. Which ROM do You suggest is the best for Q Mobile A9? Plz Help Me. I ve tested three ROMs so far and found no one better than the Stock.

  14. is there anyway to flash the original kernal ???
    to replace the Samsung logo? with the qmobile one ?

  15. do u have back up of ur a9 original ics 4 .4 if yes..thn plz upload it…v ll use it to roll back to a9 old version

    1. Last night i updated my a9 to jb just lost my backup of ics could please
      will be so kind to share the backup of orignal ics of a9

  16. 2 days of all hell breaking loose on Qmob A9 with Yonip. Ton of FCs, slow response time; after a call, the phone would stop responding, no buttons would work and then it would start to respond only after a minute or more. Battery life was atrocious, the phone would heat up and overall degrade of performance. Plus the GPS wouldn't lock on. Installed Styro last night. So far its been really stable. The phone app works really smooth, with no performance issues, no force closures, the GPS locks on and the battery has been better than Yonip. Charged my phone completely at 10:30 AM. So far its 5:00 PM and I still have 69% of my juice.

    Will continue to track and post a review.

  17. Sorry Farhan. I went to my village in Punjab for a week. Coudn't reply. There is a phone called Wiko Cink Peax and there official site wikomobile.com has jelly Bean software. use Google Translate plugin for browser or any plugin cus website in French. I am still downloading the software. The Jelly Bean that this phone uses is exactly like QMobile Noir A9's one so the update should be optimized for these phones. The only difference is the Cink Peax has 1GB Ram and our Noir A9 has 512 MB :(

    1. I thought you mentioned you have replaced the JB that's why I wanted to know because we can do the modification programming and fix the tweaks before make it available for all , I have LeWa OS for A9 as well which is going to be on the site, join us let's work on Tehreek – e – Technology Pakistan Facebook Page by INCPak – Dedicated to Technology only not just phones https://www.facebook.com/TechTalksPakistan

  18. Installed Yonip last night, works like a charm so far. It does drain the battery quite heavily and the phone heats up as well, owing it to the overdrive that the processor needs to get into because of the "buttery" smoothness. GPS works fine, haven't tried bluetooth as yet. Going to install Styro and test it out.

      1. Step 1) simply follow basic rooting steps for A9.
        Step 2) Install MobileUncle tools app from playstore. Step 3) Go into Recovery Mode and flash recovery image that comes with A9 root package.
        Step 4) In recovery mode, create BACKUP of current ROM
        Step 5) Connect phone with USB and copy paste the Styro or Yonip ROM onto the internal SD card
        Step 6) In Recovery mode, to ensure you've made the right backup of your current ROM, restore it, reboot and check if all works fine. If it does, you're good to start flashing custom ROM.
        Step 7) Reboot into recovery, update from SD card
        Step 8) raise your arms up in the air and punch the air in jubilation, you now have Jellybean on your droid.

    1. z dis jelly bean gud wid btry???if it z thn share a link of 4 1 2 v 4 ..i dont fid it yet,,,m still using the 1 i gave to u ppl its gud to

  19. Tried Yunip as well as Styro ROM. Styro is smooth with better battery timings. Now using Styro ROM.

      1. farhan bhai maine 4.2 kya hai mujhe wapis 4.1 karna hai root nahi horaha kya karon plz batao

  20. sir plz upload a ics 4 0 4 zip file or gv us a link for a9 m rely in need of it…plzzz

  21. asalam o alaikum….yar mene lewa chalaya apne a9 pe…..per home key nai chalti,,,,,,2nd 1,2 jagah p chinese likhi ati…bst way for increazing btry lyf z……….dont use it hahaha….. have to roll back to ics….4 0 4

  22. m new in android wrld so many tymz dnt under stand wht u ppl exactly sayin..my a9 badly stuck wid btry issue,,,,its gving 3 to 3.5 hourz totly….{.n i dont under stand ur 2nd batch or 1st batch (at faree word press)}

    1. i share the same pain , but it gives me 6-7 hours tops .. with heavy gprs use

      1. bro if ur suffring thn install lewa..bt its not so gud…m trying to find for a888…inshaAllah i ll get sm thing gud…or incpak fix ll fix ti

  23. plz help i want to rool back on ics 4,04…m using a9 jelly bean fit ha bt btry bht tang kar ri….plz rpy

  24. Noir a9 is same exact copy of myphone a888.
    yPhone A888 Duo Specifications:

    4.5″ qHD (960×540) IPS capacitive display.
    60fps, 245ppi w/ 5-point multi-touch feature.
    Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean).
    1GHz dual-core MT6577 processor.
    PowerVR SGX531 GPU.
    512MB of RAM.
    4GB of internal storage (2.5GB Usable).
    microSD card slot up to 32GB.
    8MP autofocus BSI camera with dual LED flash.
    720p HD video recording.
    1.3MP front-facing camera.
    TV-Out Support / FM Radio.
    Dual-mic noise reduction feature.
    HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps.
    WiFI 802.11b/g/n, WiFi Direct, WiFi HotSpot.
    Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP.
    GPS with A-GPS support.
    Turn to mute function.
    Google Play Store / Pinoy Phone App.
    microUSB v2.0 (No USB-OTG support) / 3.5mm audio jack.
    Motion / Proximity / Environment Light Sensor.
    Tri-band GSM / Dual-band 3G – SIM 1 (3G) and SIM 2 (2G).
    133.2 x 67.9 x 8.9mm (dimension).
    135g (weight

    And there is Jb Rom for myphone A888 which has improved battery life
    and perfomance as mentioned on forum here is link for jb rom hope this
    helps you admin.. and I’m waiting for your reply reply me as soon as u
    can… as I’m a noob dnt know much abt rooting bla bla dude…..

    http://www.myphoneph.com/showthread.php?t=573&page=3

  25. I have found many other roms and have tested them for Noir A9. Out of them, I have chosen that the best is the Samsung Styro rom for Mymobile A888 (AKA QMobile Noir A9) and it does not have battery issue and also has Samsung Galaxy S3 boot logo (which removes QMobile Boot) and it runs very stable with Touchwiz Launcher. Will give links of rom tomorrow or day after tomorrow.

  26. Hello bhai mein ne jelly bean install kr liya hay q a9 mein mje ye batain is m sim pay net ni chal raha aur is .mobile ka model A9 hy but setting m ja k cheq kiya wo A888 show kr rha hy aur is m Q ki apps b ni hen plz mje koi bataye k mje m phly wala 4.04 ice cream sandwich downgrade kesay kron plz koi meri help kare thanx is ki batry timing b ni hy aur batry chargi g b jaldi ni krta plz abi reply karain thanx

  27. farhan bhai why there is no rom jb based for noir a8 .a9 came after a8 and its overclocked and jb is available. kindly start developing for a8 also.and i have a very little knowledge of android but i am willing to start experimenting with my device if little assistance provided.

    1. We all are working together as a team if you are good at searching than search boot.img file that's whats needed to make it work on Noir A8 over clocking is no big deal that can be done later but first JB 4.1.2 by passing Q version is what we are working on

  28. Bettery Charging in 5 hours..!! and Draining very fluently… !!! so please LOOK into the MATTER.

  29. AOA
    Those who have installed JB on your A9, kindly share your reviews/experience with it.
    Please tell us if you are facing any problems, performance issues etc etc…..

    I need this guidance in order to decide if I should Root and install JB on my A9 (Just bought 3 days ago?

    Thanks

  30. Farhan bahi , can you please post some screen shots of the menus and homescreen ?

      1. AsslamoAlikum… brother Bettery Consumption problem still there… ? how to resolve??? Muhammad Sulman DAnish…

          1. i am using what is linked with this page…
            i downloaded abovementioned link. but bettery consumption and charging is very worst……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  31. Sir meri help karein m be q mobile ka root air jellybean 4.1.2 software download kr lite hey but ye update no ho raha sir m be step by step kiya hey mobile rooted ho gayshy us k bad m be mobile uncle apps install ki by us se a gay no Jan raha mobile uncle m Jan k Kia krna hey tell me

    1. mobile uncle me ja kay . update recovery update pay click kar kay… then.. recovery.img wali file select karni hai.

  32. kia Qmobile ka logo nahi remove ho sakta shutdown . and restart logo ki baat kar raha hoon.. baaqi sb fit chal raha hai.. very nice sharing…….many many thanks.. Muhammad Sulman Danish

    1. Your welcome. Jesay computer ko jub start kartay hain to phir Bios screen nazar aati hain, ye QMobile logo phone key bootloader ka hisa hain. Ye change nahi ho sakta.

  33. Asslam o Alikum…Bhai. Fantastically Working.Jazakallah… very nice.. but QUESTION….. kia CWM Recovery ab bhe available ho gi is me? ????? danish. Faisalabad +923457810099

      1. mera matlab bhai. kia wohi OLD tareeqa use karna party ga CWM Recovery kay liye. jo hum 4.0.4 pay karty thy?

        1. Sorry for late reply. yes wohi tareeqa 4.0.4 wala by first shutting down phone then pressing power+volume down and then press volume up when you see white text. Did you turn on data connection? Osi say GPRS chalta hain. Notification center mein GPS kay sath Data Connecton ko on karo. When done check kay status bar mein edge ya Gprs likha hain.

          1. yes.. meny khud manual setting ki hai internet ki. aur Mobilink and Zong sim ki Manual Setting kar kay.. then internet use kar kay dekha hai. chalta hai. magar Setting Khud / Manual karni parti hai..wo manual setting me ne dost kay Noir A9 se li hai….. but BETTERY PROBLEM ka kuch karo.. thanks..

      2. i can not access the CWM Recovery Mode…!!! How to go in this mode? and GPRS bhe nahi chal raha… baqi sb very nice and very smooth and very good looking. and GRAPHICS are very Excellent..but please Help regarding GPRS & CWM Recovery Mode…

    1. AOA Danish,
      So is JB faster and giving better performance than Stock ICS?
      And Battery issue is worst, Bad, or just slightly draining?

      Regards

        1. Yes, I just restored back the Stock Rom. JB really sucking battery…

          however, seems more colorful :)

  34. Dear Admin,It will void the warranty if we root our phone. So is it a good idea to first get ur phone updated from Q-Shop. Maybe they will also install custom rom as u said before and install CWM etc so that later on we can use it to install custom roms. What do u say? Please reply. Thanks

    1. they also Root and do it, I don't think it makes a much difference they wont mind if you brick your phone since all Pakistanis are testing and even Q fellas

      1. farhan bhai qmobile A900 ka sofware update hota h ya ni..4.2.1 version h mai tmre reply ka wait kru ga +923047601643 for whatsapp plz

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