7" Android phone (Xiangmi maybe?), just need a starting point. HELP anyone please ?

[supermanscott]

Thanks for the advice.

I'm just trying to get to a position where I can do something with the phone if I CANT get a refund.

It appears to have something similar to a CWM on it already, but not one with choose zip from sdcard option.

Can this CWM be replaced do you know ?

There's a LOT more to a custom ROM than just a CPU unfortunately.

A bare, bare minimum is the CPU and display resolution. With that, you might be able to port a similar ROM to your current phone and have it work around 80%. This is many hours of work and a high, high probability of bricking your phone at least a few times along the way.

You'd be much better off to make a CWM for your phone (you'll have to do this anyway if you're going to start flashing ROMs), then flash on GApps and use a suitable launcher. I'm guessing this is a couple hours of work total. (Someone with experience doing this, please pipe in to verify.)

Honestly, I just took a look at your phone specs and I'm in disbelief. I'm pretty damn sure that the manufacturer and the seller are both lying about the specs on that. There's no way the phone has that chipset, those frequencies, that amount of RAM, and that price tag. Unfortunately, it appears to be a garbage seller hocking a garbage phone through an unregulated garbage marketplace. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, dude, but if a refund is at all possible that's the route I'd be seeking right now.