First of all, this is only for those of you having trouble with the automatic "update" process, or just simply don't want to deal with it. My experience was that Rogers wouldn't budge on the enabling data/voice for me over the phone, and I wasn't going to just divulge that I freely modified the stock software.
That being said, I worded it such that it seemed like it was an error inherent to RUU and the tech gave me files and a process to manually wipe the phone clean and place the new stock Rogers HTC Magic radio/spl/rom/etc on the phone.
The following was the body of the e-mail Rogers customer service sent me.
Upgrade Instructions for Rogers HTC Magic
Requirements:
Rogers Magic
Battery Level of 50% or more. Do not start upgrade if battery level less than 50%
One microSD card formatted in FAT32 and a SD card reader OR two microSD cards formatted in FAT32, if you don't have a SD card reader
Windows or Mac computer, recognizing the SD card reader and able to see the microSD card installed in the Magic as an external drive.
Note: Only microSD cards formatted in FAT32 format can be used for the update. FAT format is not accepted. MicroSD cards formatted on the Magic are OK (FAT32).
Preparing for update:
A. Download the file HTC_Magic_Update_File1.zip to your computer and unzip it. In the subfolder HTC_Magic_Update_File1 you should find the file SAPPIMG.zip. Please do not extract its contents and please do not change the file name.
B. Download the file HTC_Magic_Update_File2.zip to your computer. Unzip it. In the folder HTC_Magic_Update_File2 you should find only the file SAPPIMG.zip. Please do not extract its contents and please do not change the file name.
If you have a SD card reader , use it to transfer the file SAPPIMG.zip with a size of 9,575,980 bytes, from computer's subfolder HTC_Magic_Update_File1, to the root folder of the microSD card that you will use for the update. Then proceed directly with the steps under Update Part1 section of this document.
If you do not have a SD card reader , DO NOT proceed yet to Update Part1. Itas necessary to prepare in advance both microSD cards, which will be used during this 2-phase update, as follows.
Preparing the two microSD cards:
1. Mark the two microSD cards: one as SD1 and one as SD2.
SD1 will be used during the steps described under Update Part1 and SD2 is for Update Part2.
2. Insert the microSD card labeled SD1 in your Magic.
3. Connect the Magic to your computer using the USB cable and verify that the Magic indicates USB Connected in the top left Notifications area.
4. Press the Menu button and then tap on Notifications.
5. Tap on USB Connected. Select "Mount" at the prompt, to enable Storage Mode and be able to copy files between the computer and the microSD card.
6. With the microSD card now visible from the computer as a removable disk, transfer to its root folder the file SAPPIMG.zip with a size of 9,575,980 bytes from the computer's subfolder HTC_Magic_Update_File1.
7. Once the transfer ends, press the Menu button and then tap on Notifications.
8. Tap on "Turn off USB storage". Tap again on "Turn Off" as confirmation.
9. Go to Settings - "SD card & phone storage" screen, tap on Unmount SD card.
10. Remove the microSD card from your Magic.
11. Repeat the steps 2 to 10 as mentioned above, but this time using the micro SD card marked SD2 and transferring on it, from the other computer's subfolder - HTC_Magic_Update_File2, the same name SAPPIMG.zip file - having a size of 93,863,897 bytes.
12. Proceed with the steps described under Part1 section of this document.
Installing the Update via MicroSD Card:
Update Part1 - Preparing the device
The first part will prepare the device for the actual update but will not upgrade the Operating System, the upgrade itself will be performed in Part2.
1. Backup your personal data: All personal data (contacts, applications, photos, bookmarks, etc) stored on the device will be lost after the update process. There are also 3rd party applications on Android Market place to back up your applications and personal data.
2. Power off the device.
3. Remove the existing microSD card from your device (if there is one already installed): press in on the microSD Card to eject it and then remove it from the slot.
4. Insert the microSD card with the SAPPIMG.zip file on it in the microSD slot, slide it into the slot until you feel a click. If you are doing the update using two microSD cards (in the absence of a SD card reader), insert in the Magic the microSD you marked SD1.
5. Press and hold the Volume Down Button and the Power buttons until the display turns white.
6. The update will begin installing, please follow any onscreen instructions, press the trackball when prompted to press "Action"
7. Once the "Update Complete - Do you want to reboot?" message is displayed, press the TrackBall for the device to reboot and complete the first part of the upgrade process.
8. Power off the device by taking the battery out to prepare for the Update Part2. Do not wait or expect that the device will boot normally after this first part of the update. Just power off the device.
Update Part 2 - Upgrading the device.
1. If you do not have an SD card reader:
- Remove the micro SD marked SD1 from the Magic and insert in it the microSD card marked SD2.
- Skip to step number 3below.
2. If you have an SD card reader, use it to:
- Delete the SAPPIMG.zip from the microSD card
- Transfer the file SAPPIMG.zip (with a size of 93,863,897 bytes), from computer’s subfolder HTC_Magic_Update_File2, to the root folder of the microSD card. Please do not extract its contents and do not change the file name.
3. As done once before, during the Part1 of the update, Press and hold the Volume Down Button and the Power buttons of the Magic until the display turns white.
4. The Part 2 of the update will begin. Please follow any onscreen instructions, press the trackball when prompted to press Action.
5. Once the "Update Complete – Do you want to reboot?" message is displayed, press the TrackBall for the device to reboot and complete the 2nd part of the upgrade process.
6. Wait for the Magic to reboot with the new software.
Once you concluded that the update was successful, "clean" the microSD card(s) by deleting the SAPPIMG.zip file.
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If reading that somewhat confused you due to Rogers making a very very simple process sound more complicated than it is, here are the Coles notes:
1) Download both files, extract them (probably into separate folders if you don't want to figure out which ones which later).
- The two files:
Part ONE: hotfile.com/dl/28643488/a186d30/HTC_Magic_Update_File1.zip.html
Part TWO: hotfile.com/dl/28645075/369062f/HTC_Magic_Update_File2.zip.html
2) Put the first SAPPIMG.zip on an SD card.
3) Volume-down + PWR
4) Wait for prompts, press trackball when prompts come up.
5) Reboot after first part done, and take battery out immediately.
6) Delete the first part off the SD card, put the second SAPPIMG.zip on.
7) Repeat steps 3->5
8) Delete second part off SD card (you don't need it anymore and its on your computer, presumably)
9) Power on phone, should be stock Rogers HTC Magic cupcake (Android 1.5) with Sense UI, and you'll find it rather slow.
10) From here if your services (voice, data, etc.) are still inactive, you now can claim you've done what Rogers has asked and demand for your services back (which you really shouldn't have had taken away from you in the first place, but I digress)
11) After getting yourself up and running again on Rogers, you can re-root your phone, flash a new radio/ROM/whateveryouwant from here.
Cheers,
wuZheng
DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE ROOTED YOU WILL END UP WITH A PERFECT SPL AND CAN NO LONGER BE ROOTED (AS OF RIGHT NOW).
There are proper update instructions elsewhere. Do NOT follow the above guide.
I use gold card tool, do everything right, tool says that card is patched... Than I try to install 2.3.5 official Rom for Europe (my phone is for Asian market), but I get an error, it says that i dont have good CID, or something like that?? Please help
The goldcard did not work. Make it again and make sure the card is 2GB or smaller.
I tried few times, but nothing happened... I forgot to say that my phone isnt branded, it is just bought in Asia, but i use it in Europe... Maybe that matters... Card is smaller than 2 gb.
Try to make the Gold Card again.
Here's how I made the GoldCard and upgraded my T-MOB branded DS using the European RUU (I use it in Greece).
1. Used a 2GB SD card (from an old BBerry I have), inserted it in the DS and then went to "Settings" --> "SD Card & Phone Storage" --> "Unmount SD Card" and then "Erase SD Card".
2. right click and "run as admin" to launch the GoldCard tool (windows executable that can be found in many topics in xda & I'm attaching it here too).
3. connect your phone to your pc usb port and make sure that it is in "charge only" and you have "usb debugging" enabled.
4. On the GoldCard tool click on "get CID" and if it does not work for mmc1 try mmc1 or use the "Gold Card Helper" from Market to get the mmc2 CID as I did.
5. Open the link mentioned in Gold Card Tool to go to RevSkills site and paste the MMC reverse CID, select android goldcard type, and you can download your goldcard image file.
6. Change your phone to "USB Mass storage" and click refresh in Gold Card Tool until you see the drive letter assigned to the SD Card of your phone.
7. Select now "Format MMC" to format your card, then click Load GoldCard.img & browse to the image file you downloaded in step #5.
8. Select "Patch MMC" and once it's done, you have a GoldCard!
After that you can start the RUU update process!
Thank you for detailed answer, bud i did the same thing:/ I am not home right now, but when i get home, i will follow your instructions, and try again. I will let you know if i make it work Thanks for help.
Maybe the problem is that I dont use two sd cards? I mean I use emty one, I dont have any files on it, but I dont have the second... Do I need to use two cards?
No, it's not necessary. I just used another card because on my primary I have lots of files, images, music etc. and I also had the backup of my apps and didn't want to mess with it.
But generally in almost all directions that I found on the net, the use of a 2GB maximum SD card was suggested. I don't know if that may be the issue in your case (I assume that your DS also has an 8GB SD card like mine).
I solved the problem... The CID I was getting from gold card tool on PC was wrong! Actualy, I downloaded golden card helper from market, and that app read two CID-s from my card. One was the same like the one I got with PC app, and the other one was different! I tried with that different, and everything worked. Thanks for help!
sweet
change the thread title to [solved]!
doghous said:
Try to make the Gold Card again.
Here's how I made the GoldCard and upgraded my T-MOB branded DS using the European RUU (I use it in Greece).
1. Used a 2GB SD card (from an old BBerry I have), inserted it in the DS and then went to "Settings" --> "SD Card & Phone Storage" --> "Unmount SD Card" and then "Erase SD Card".
2. right click and "run as admin" to launch the GoldCard tool (windows executable that can be found in many topics in xda & I'm attaching it here too).
3. connect your phone to your pc usb port and make sure that it is in "charge only" and you have "usb debugging" enabled.
4. On the GoldCard tool click on "get CID" and if it does not work for mmc1 try mmc1 or use the "Gold Card Helper" from Market to get the mmc2 CID as I did.
5. Open the link mentioned in Gold Card Tool to go to RevSkills site and paste the MMC reverse CID, select android goldcard type, and you can download your goldcard image file.
6. Change your phone to "USB Mass storage" and click refresh in Gold Card Tool until you see the drive letter assigned to the SD Card of your phone.
7. Select now "Format MMC" to format your card, then click Load GoldCard.img & browse to the image file you downloaded in step #5.
8. Select "Patch MMC" and once it's done, you have a GoldCard!
After that you can start the RUU update process!
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Hi.
I tried to use the Gold Card for my Sensation XL but ended up with a mobile cannot mount the internal sd card. Any idea how to undo?
Thanks.
I have a branded vodafone DS, CID VODAPD18 (Vodafone Portugal).
SW 2.10.168.3, S-On, unlocked, unrooted.
Can i run rru "RUU_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.9_Radio_20.4801.30 . 0822U_3822.10.08.04_M_release_234765_signed" with a goldcard?
Won't brick my phone? What about possible future OTA / RUU updates (ie ICS, present version with bugs) ? only with goldcard? And it includes PTG language?
CID / supercid inly with root, right?
please advise.
Thx
D_Saint
Grettigs for all,i am gougous, [new][bie] on forum and android. My name is kelvin and i have a Huawei Ascend Y100 (u8185) with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
[About Phone]
The phone is a bit weak on hardware issues, but still very good for me. And whenever a user buy a device, he want more things to do, more updates, etc. In we/my case, we want updates or custom OS, experienced people who have PSP or PS3 will understand what im saying. But my machine is one of those old (little used) and unhackable, as I saw it.
http://mjanja.co.ke/2012/07/proposal-project-mjanja/
[My Questions]
Iam not understanding nothing about flash, superuser, root on my device or things like that on my device. I would love it if you could explain to me how to do that things on my android system.
[About adding custom rom]
i find a project saying the Cyanogenmod (modified for u8185) working like a dream on u8185 but it stills no phone (no SMS, No 3g, No Wi-Fi, relating stuffs..) and i think the project maker stop working on that. I really, really, really, really, reallly want cyanogen on my phone and i think one of you PRO guys :laugh: can adapt a cyanogen or make a rom for u8185. - here, I think I'm being a bit cheeky but it's because I really ..... you know :laugh:
[Conclusion]
-I want know how to root / give root permission or flash my device (if you dont know, you can explain what i need to do in this tutorial : http://mjanja.co.ke/2012/11/clockworkmod-recovery-6-0-1-2-for-huawei-u8185/ )
-I want to know if you can make or adapt a cyanogenmod/rom for my device
-And other things, if you can help me
-I want to know if i can make a rom for my device following this tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
Thx you for reading and comment if you want help me or you are in my case :victory:
Im always waiting for a reply
Hey why you guys dosnt reply?
Sent from my U8185 using xda app-developers app
Hi, I have rooted, flashed and tweaked my Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) in this way:
HOW TO GET ROOTED, FLASH A CUSTOM ROM AND EXPAND INTERNAL MEMORY ON HUAWAI U8185 ASCEND Y100
_Start the cellphone. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick these: "USB Debugging", "Stay awake", "Allow mock locations".
_Switch your phone off. REMOVE its battery for 10 seconds at least, then reput the battery in place.
_Now start the phone in this way: press BOTH the power button and volume DOWN simultaneusly and hold them down, until the starting logo screen of your cellphone will be frozen and the cell will NOT be able to access Android (it will hang up: it's OK!). If for any reason you want to get outta this, just remove the battery and re-put it in place: your phone and Android will properly start again.
_Connect the phone to your computer by USB cable.
_Now you have to install proper drivers to let your computer communicate with your cell phone (if you are a Mac or Linux user, I can't describe this step because I don't use them): as soon as the USB cable is connected, Windows (Windows 7? I have tested it on Windows 7) will pop up a balloon at the bottom right corner of your computer screen, near the clock: it will say "Driver install failed" or something like that. Immediately left click on the balloon before it disappears: in the new window that will be appeared after clicking on the balloon, choose to automatically search online for new drivers, from Windows Update (you have to have your computer online). If you can't proceed, you might need to unplug and re-plug the USB into the computer (anyway, leave the phone frozen on the start up screen, as said before).
_Be patient and let Windows search the drivers online... and wait... wait... wait... (even 5 minutes). "Suddenly", the proper drivers (about 8MB) will start to be downloaded and installed by Windows.
_Now, keeping the USB plugged in, download this file: Flash.zip
w w w. mediafire. com/?c4tzndkef63h1qi
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the links - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Unzip it onto your desktop, then open the file named "Start here". You'll have a black window opened.
_In that black windows, write this:
fastboot flash recovery clockworkmod.img
_Wait... (just few seconds).
_When the process will be finished, in the black window write this:
fastboot reboot
_Wait the cellphone and Android normally restarting. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". UN-tick this: "USB Debugging".
_Now download this onto your computer (it's a DE-BRANDED and ROOTED ROM for Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100). It means that it's like your original Huawei stock rom (=firmware), BUT WITHOUT BLOATWARE (=useless brand applications or apps: you will be able to choose by YOURself WHAT apps download from Google Play Store and install into your Android, saving a lot of internal memory!)
android. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
or
files. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Copy the above linked .zip file into your external SD card of your cellphone. DO NOT unzip it! Leave it zipped!
_Again, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick this back: "USB Debugging".
_Unplug the USB of the phone from the computer, then switch your cell OFF and plug the USB back into the computer. As soon as you will have plugged the USB back into the computer, your cellphone will NOT start the Android operating system, but it will automatically start and access to a new menu (it's OK!).
_In that menu, select these three options, in order to clean THREE different cache in your cellphone - TIP: move the selection pressing volume up/down buttons, confirm selection pressing the central button (home button) of your phone, go back to the previous menu screen pressing back on your touchscreen -
(WARNING: you will lose all your data in the cellphone, except for the data stored in your external SD card):
1:Wipe (apps) cache (or someting like that, I don't remember well but you can't go wrong)
2:Wipe data/factory reset
3: Advanced options menu---> Wipe Dalvik cache
_Now, from the advanced options menu, go back to the main menu and select "Install (ROM) from zip file" (or something like that: again, you can't go wrong!) and select the zip file that you have previously copied into your external micro SD card.
_Wait for about 30 seconds to finish the installation of the rooted/debranded ROM (it's the zip file)
_Unplug the USB cable and restart the phone (select, in the menu, "Boot into Android" or something like that)
_Configure your new Android. Finally you are ROOTED and DEBRANDED!
_IMPORTANT NOTICE: when you want to copy/transfer any file from your computer into your external SD card of the phone, you'll have to UNtick "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, BUT when you are done to copy/transfer, TICK IT BACK otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges. For normal use, keep it always ticked.
------------NOW YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO INSTALL ALL YOUR APPS INTO THE EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD BY DEFAULT. Infact the Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100 cell phone has a great limitation: a very small internal memory. You can work around this problem in this way:
_Shortly after having installed the new ROM and rooted your cellphone (see above), so you are sure that you haven't installed or moved any new app in the external SD card yet (because all your data in the external micro SD card will be erased), you can proceed as follows:
_Google and install this on your computer:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
_UNtick "USB Debugging" and connect your phone to the computer by USB cable (the micro SD card have to be already inserted in the phone, of course).
_Start MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, click on your micro SD card icon on the right and in the leftside menu choose "DELETE PARTITION" to delete the micro SD card of your cellphone (be careful: you will see the local hard drive of your computer too!! Don't touch them!). You will lose ALL YOUR DATA STORED IN YOUR EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD.
_You will get "unallocated space" in your micro SD card. Now: create one FAT 32 partition in your micro SD card. Its size have to be like this:
if your micro SD card is 2GB (total) ----> make a 1GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 4GB (total) ----> make a 2,5GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 8GB (total) ----> make a 6GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 16GB (total) ----> make a 13GB fat 32 partition
While creating the fat 32 partition, put as a "label" whatever you want (ie: call the fat 32 partition "Storage", or "Personal data", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: FAT 32
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Now, create a second partition in your micro SD card:
Label: write what you want (ie: call it "Apps", or "Program files", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: EXT 2
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Finally, click on the top-left corner button called "Apply" of the MiniTool Partition Wizard's window: your micro SD card will be deleted, formatted and partitioned. Now it's ready.
_Unplug the USB of your cellphone, then TICK BACK "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges (never forget it!).
_In your cellphone, go to Google Play Store and download this app: "link2SD". Install it in your cell.
_Start link2SD and, when asked, choose your EXT 2 partition. If there any problem (ie: "link2SD can't get root privileges), simply close and restart link2SD, or even switch your phone off and restart it, then try again.
_After link2SD has started and working, you will see a list of your applications (apps) installed in your cell. Select one of them and, if allowed, push this button: "Link to SD card" (or something like that). Don't choose to MOVE to SD card or to freeze: I personally prefer to LINK them.
_If you want to uninstall any of your appllications, remember to do that using "link2SD" (don't uninstall them using the regular menu of Android).
_If you have "USB Debugging" unticket, link2SD will not be able to get root access!!!
_You can install hundreds new applications and immediately link them to your micro SD card, saving A LOT of space in the (very small) internal memory of Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100)!!
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That's all. I've already done and successfully tested all of this stuff on two Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100): now they're working like a charm and I can do anything I want ("NOW" they're very functional and optimized!!).
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I haven't ever tried to flash any cyanogenmodROM into the Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) because, although they're very interesting custom ROMs, I don't know if they TOTALLY work properly on this Huawei phone (I have read somewhere that you camera may stop working, etc... I don't know... Anyway, any tester is welcome!).
---------------------------
Hope it helps - greetings from Italy
:highfive:
Thanks
Thanks for the tutorial a I followed it and everything works perfect. I would like to know though, if there's any other custom ROM for this device, like Cyanogenmod?
I had to switch to this device temporally because I have my primary phone RMAed, I have to say that the y100 offers great value for such low price.
drivers
hi i have a problem. when my computer searches for the drivers for it cannot find them can you help. is there somewhere i can download them? thankyou
sorted
Wow, after a lot of time ive completed this i discovered the drivers needed are waiting in the phone xD lol
i also experienced some problems getting the phone to recognise the sd card, but went through the formatting/partitioning process again and all fine B) thanks alot for the tutorial
Blinking screen with smth and Blue Screen when touching after rooting
Hi,
followed the procedure you've described but after new rom was mounted, cell shows blue screen or white blinking smth. It does not recognized by computer. Have any idea how to fix it?
Unusual data usage
Thank you very much 4 your post about rooting and expanding the internal memory of the huawei ascend y100. Has helped me very much,,especially the memory part! There is a simple problem though. After I installed the 'Link2sD' app and linked some applications,,my phone data has started being used randomly and i cannot find the apps which are using the data unusually. Please help??? Thanks in advance.
encrease internal memory
you can factory reset by any unofficial recovery like 6 or 5
help
sim block not reset after followed yr steps.. What can I do to remove sim block.
Regards
done
i am newbie but i dit it, now got a different menu and apps like play, maps only.. and that dropdown menu from having shortcut to control wifi , bluetooth all gone !!..now how i customize that all. also menu was sliding type horizontally before, now its vertical... please help.
tryin to put cyanogen mod on huawei y100
jollypaluani said:
Hi, I have rooted, flashed and tweaked my Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) in this way:
HOW TO GET ROOTED, FLASH A CUSTOM ROM AND EXPAND INTERNAL MEMORY ON HUAWAI U8185 ASCEND Y100
_Start the cellphone. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick these: "USB Debugging", "Stay awake", "Allow mock locations".
_Switch your phone off. REMOVE its battery for 10 seconds at least, then reput the battery in place.
_Now start the phone in this way: press BOTH the power button and volume DOWN simultaneusly and hold them down, until the starting logo screen of your cellphone will be frozen and the cell will NOT be able to access Android (it will hang up: it's OK!). If for any reason you want to get outta this, just remove the battery and re-put it in place: your phone and Android will properly start again.
_Connect the phone to your computer by USB cable.
_Now you have to install proper drivers to let your computer communicate with your cell phone (if you are a Mac or Linux user, I can't describe this step because I don't use them): as soon as the USB cable is connected, Windows (Windows 7? I have tested it on Windows 7) will pop up a balloon at the bottom right corner of your computer screen, near the clock: it will say "Driver install failed" or something like that. Immediately left click on the balloon before it disappears: in the new window that will be appeared after clicking on the balloon, choose to automatically search online for new drivers, from Windows Update (you have to have your computer online). If you can't proceed, you might need to unplug and re-plug the USB into the computer (anyway, leave the phone frozen on the start up screen, as said before).
_Be patient and let Windows search the drivers online... and wait... wait... wait... (even 5 minutes). "Suddenly", the proper drivers (about 8MB) will start to be downloaded and installed by Windows.
_Now, keeping the USB plugged in, download this file: Flash.zip
w w w. mediafire. com/?c4tzndkef63h1qi
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the links - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Unzip it onto your desktop, then open the file named "Start here". You'll have a black window opened.
_In that black windows, write this:
fastboot flash recovery clockworkmod.img
_Wait... (just few seconds).
_When the process will be finished, in the black window write this:
fastboot reboot
_Wait the cellphone and Android normally restarting. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". UN-tick this: "USB Debugging".
_Now download this onto your computer (it's a DE-BRANDED and ROOTED ROM for Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100). It means that it's like your original Huawei stock rom (=firmware), BUT WITHOUT BLOATWARE (=useless brand applications or apps: you will be able to choose by YOURself WHAT apps download from Google Play Store and install into your Android, saving a lot of internal memory!)
android. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
or
files. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Copy the above linked .zip file into your external SD card of your cellphone. DO NOT unzip it! Leave it zipped!
_Again, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick this back: "USB Debugging".
_Unplug the USB of the phone from the computer, then switch your cell OFF and plug the USB back into the computer. As soon as you will have plugged the USB back into the computer, your cellphone will NOT start the Android operating system, but it will automatically start and access to a new menu (it's OK!).
_In that menu, select these three options, in order to clean THREE different cache in your cellphone - TIP: move the selection pressing volume up/down buttons, confirm selection pressing the central button (home button) of your phone, go back to the previous menu screen pressing back on your touchscreen -
(WARNING: you will lose all your data in the cellphone, except for the data stored in your external SD card):
1:Wipe (apps) cache (or someting like that, I don't remember well but you can't go wrong)
2:Wipe data/factory reset
3: Advanced options menu---> Wipe Dalvik cache
_Now, from the advanced options menu, go back to the main menu and select "Install (ROM) from zip file" (or something like that: again, you can't go wrong!) and select the zip file that you have previously copied into your external micro SD card.
_Wait for about 30 seconds to finish the installation of the rooted/debranded ROM (it's the zip file)
_Unplug the USB cable and restart the phone (select, in the menu, "Boot into Android" or something like that)
_Configure your new Android. Finally you are ROOTED and DEBRANDED!
_IMPORTANT NOTICE: when you want to copy/transfer any file from your computer into your external SD card of the phone, you'll have to UNtick "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, BUT when you are done to copy/transfer, TICK IT BACK otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges. For normal use, keep it always ticked.
------------NOW YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO INSTALL ALL YOUR APPS INTO THE EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD BY DEFAULT. Infact the Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100 cell phone has a great limitation: a very small internal memory. You can work around this problem in this way:
_Shortly after having installed the new ROM and rooted your cellphone (see above), so you are sure that you haven't installed or moved any new app in the external SD card yet (because all your data in the external micro SD card will be erased), you can proceed as follows:
_Google and install this on your computer:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
_UNtick "USB Debugging" and connect your phone to the computer by USB cable (the micro SD card have to be already inserted in the phone, of course).
_Start MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, click on your micro SD card icon on the right and in the leftside menu choose "DELETE PARTITION" to delete the micro SD card of your cellphone (be careful: you will see the local hard drive of your computer too!! Don't touch them!). You will lose ALL YOUR DATA STORED IN YOUR EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD.
_You will get "unallocated space" in your micro SD card. Now: create one FAT 32 partition in your micro SD card. Its size have to be like this:
if your micro SD card is 2GB (total) ----> make a 1GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 4GB (total) ----> make a 2,5GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 8GB (total) ----> make a 6GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 16GB (total) ----> make a 13GB fat 32 partition
While creating the fat 32 partition, put as a "label" whatever you want (ie: call the fat 32 partition "Storage", or "Personal data", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: FAT 32
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Now, create a second partition in your micro SD card:
Label: write what you want (ie: call it "Apps", or "Program files", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: EXT 2
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Finally, click on the top-left corner button called "Apply" of the MiniTool Partition Wizard's window: your micro SD card will be deleted, formatted and partitioned. Now it's ready.
_Unplug the USB of your cellphone, then TICK BACK "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges (never forget it!).
_In your cellphone, go to Google Play Store and download this app: "link2SD". Install it in your cell.
_Start link2SD and, when asked, choose your EXT 2 partition. If there any problem (ie: "link2SD can't get root privileges), simply close and restart link2SD, or even switch your phone off and restart it, then try again.
_After link2SD has started and working, you will see a list of your applications (apps) installed in your cell. Select one of them and, if allowed, push this button: "Link to SD card" (or something like that). Don't choose to MOVE to SD card or to freeze: I personally prefer to LINK them.
_If you want to uninstall any of your appllications, remember to do that using "link2SD" (don't uninstall them using the regular menu of Android).
_If you have "USB Debugging" unticket, link2SD will not be able to get root access!!!
_You can install hundreds new applications and immediately link them to your micro SD card, saving A LOT of space in the (very small) internal memory of Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100)!!
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That's all. I've already done and successfully tested all of this stuff on two Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100): now they're working like a charm and I can do anything I want ("NOW" they're very functional and optimized!!).
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I haven't ever tried to flash any cyanogenmodROM into the Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) because, although they're very interesting custom ROMs, I don't know if they TOTALLY work properly on this Huawei phone (I have read somewhere that you camera may stop working, etc... I don't know... Anyway, any tester is welcome!).
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Hope it helps - greetings from Italy
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is it possible to install cyanogenmod on my huawei Y100...
having shortcut to control wifi , bluetooth etc.
sichil said:
i am newbie but i dit it, now got a different menu and apps like play, maps only.. and that dropdown menu from having shortcut to control wifi , bluetooth all gone !!..now how i customize that all. also menu was sliding type horizontally before, now its vertical... please help.
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You just need to go to \data and look what you have in "custom.bin" (for ex. u have there «vip/en» . Then you have to go to \cust and you have to rename the folder you see there to «vip», and the folder within it in «en». After that you have to make «Factory reset». That might help with the status bar...
For more info go 4pda forum for u8186 using google translate, and you'll see there the cure :cyclops:
Stock apps missing
Dear i ve rooted this phone after system reset half of my stock apps are gone like stock huawei weather or social network integration , is theer any way of returning them pls help.
jco83 said:
hi i have a problem. when my computer searches for the drivers for it cannot find them can you help. is there somewhere i can download them? thankyou
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yes there is i had the same problem here is the link delete the spaces w w w .mediafire. com/ download/ rgo7zjp1xni3qv3/ usb_driver_ U8810-U8815.zip
jollypaluani said:
Hi, I have rooted, flashed and tweaked my Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) in this way:
HOW TO GET ROOTED, FLASH A CUSTOM ROM AND EXPAND INTERNAL MEMORY ON HUAWAI U8185 ASCEND Y100
_Start the cellphone. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick these: "USB Debugging", "Stay awake", "Allow mock locations".
_Switch your phone off. REMOVE its battery for 10 seconds at least, then reput the battery in place.
_Now start the phone in this way: press BOTH the power button and volume DOWN simultaneusly and hold them down, until the starting logo screen of your cellphone will be frozen and the cell will NOT be able to access Android (it will hang up: it's OK!). If for any reason you want to get outta this, just remove the battery and re-put it in place: your phone and Android will properly start again.
_Connect the phone to your computer by USB cable.
_Now you have to install proper drivers to let your computer communicate with your cell phone (if you are a Mac or Linux user, I can't describe this step because I don't use them): as soon as the USB cable is connected, Windows (Windows 7? I have tested it on Windows 7) will pop up a balloon at the bottom right corner of your computer screen, near the clock: it will say "Driver install failed" or something like that. Immediately left click on the balloon before it disappears: in the new window that will be appeared after clicking on the balloon, choose to automatically search online for new drivers, from Windows Update (you have to have your computer online). If you can't proceed, you might need to unplug and re-plug the USB into the computer (anyway, leave the phone frozen on the start up screen, as said before).
_Be patient and let Windows search the drivers online... and wait... wait... wait... (even 5 minutes). "Suddenly", the proper drivers (about 8MB) will start to be downloaded and installed by Windows.
_Now, keeping the USB plugged in, download this file: Flash.zip
w w w. mediafire. com/?c4tzndkef63h1qi
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the links - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Unzip it onto your desktop, then open the file named "Start here". You'll have a black window opened.
_In that black windows, write this:
fastboot flash recovery clockworkmod.img
_Wait... (just few seconds).
_When the process will be finished, in the black window write this:
fastboot reboot
_Wait the cellphone and Android normally restarting. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". UN-tick this: "USB Debugging".
_Now download this onto your computer (it's a DE-BRANDED and ROOTED ROM for Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100). It means that it's like your original Huawei stock rom (=firmware), BUT WITHOUT BLOATWARE (=useless brand applications or apps: you will be able to choose by YOURself WHAT apps download from Google Play Store and install into your Android, saving a lot of internal memory!)
android. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
or
files. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Copy the above linked .zip file into your external SD card of your cellphone. DO NOT unzip it! Leave it zipped!
_Again, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick this back: "USB Debugging".
_Unplug the USB of the phone from the computer, then switch your cell OFF and plug the USB back into the computer. As soon as you will have plugged the USB back into the computer, your cellphone will NOT start the Android operating system, but it will automatically start and access to a new menu (it's OK!).
_In that menu, select these three options, in order to clean THREE different cache in your cellphone - TIP: move the selection pressing volume up/down buttons, confirm selection pressing the central button (home button) of your phone, go back to the previous menu screen pressing back on your touchscreen -
(WARNING: you will lose all your data in the cellphone, except for the data stored in your external SD card):
1:Wipe (apps) cache (or someting like that, I don't remember well but you can't go wrong)
2:Wipe data/factory reset
3: Advanced options menu---> Wipe Dalvik cache
_Now, from the advanced options menu, go back to the main menu and select "Install (ROM) from zip file" (or something like that: again, you can't go wrong!) and select the zip file that you have previously copied into your external micro SD card.
_Wait for about 30 seconds to finish the installation of the rooted/debranded ROM (it's the zip file)
_Unplug the USB cable and restart the phone (select, in the menu, "Boot into Android" or something like that)
_Configure your new Android. Finally you are ROOTED and DEBRANDED!
_IMPORTANT NOTICE: when you want to copy/transfer any file from your computer into your external SD card of the phone, you'll have to UNtick "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, BUT when you are done to copy/transfer, TICK IT BACK otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges. For normal use, keep it always ticked.
------------NOW YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO INSTALL ALL YOUR APPS INTO THE EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD BY DEFAULT. Infact the Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100 cell phone has a great limitation: a very small internal memory. You can work around this problem in this way:
_Shortly after having installed the new ROM and rooted your cellphone (see above), so you are sure that you haven't installed or moved any new app in the external SD card yet (because all your data in the external micro SD card will be erased), you can proceed as follows:
_Google and install this on your computer:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
_UNtick "USB Debugging" and connect your phone to the computer by USB cable (the micro SD card have to be already inserted in the phone, of course).
_Start MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, click on your micro SD card icon on the right and in the leftside menu choose "DELETE PARTITION" to delete the micro SD card of your cellphone (be careful: you will see the local hard drive of your computer too!! Don't touch them!). You will lose ALL YOUR DATA STORED IN YOUR EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD.
_You will get "unallocated space" in your micro SD card. Now: create one FAT 32 partition in your micro SD card. Its size have to be like this:
if your micro SD card is 2GB (total) ----> make a 1GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 4GB (total) ----> make a 2,5GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 8GB (total) ----> make a 6GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 16GB (total) ----> make a 13GB fat 32 partition
While creating the fat 32 partition, put as a "label" whatever you want (ie: call the fat 32 partition "Storage", or "Personal data", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: FAT 32
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Now, create a second partition in your micro SD card:
Label: write what you want (ie: call it "Apps", or "Program files", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: EXT 2
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Finally, click on the top-left corner button called "Apply" of the MiniTool Partition Wizard's window: your micro SD card will be deleted, formatted and partitioned. Now it's ready.
_Unplug the USB of your cellphone, then TICK BACK "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges (never forget it!).
_In your cellphone, go to Google Play Store and download this app: "link2SD". Install it in your cell.
_Start link2SD and, when asked, choose your EXT 2 partition. If there any problem (ie: "link2SD can't get root privileges), simply close and restart link2SD, or even switch your phone off and restart it, then try again.
_After link2SD has started and working, you will see a list of your applications (apps) installed in your cell. Select one of them and, if allowed, push this button: "Link to SD card" (or something like that). Don't choose to MOVE to SD card or to freeze: I personally prefer to LINK them.
_If you want to uninstall any of your appllications, remember to do that using "link2SD" (don't uninstall them using the regular menu of Android).
_If you have "USB Debugging" unticket, link2SD will not be able to get root access!!!
_You can install hundreds new applications and immediately link them to your micro SD card, saving A LOT of space in the (very small) internal memory of Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100)!!
------------------------------
That's all. I've already done and successfully tested all of this stuff on two Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100): now they're working like a charm and I can do anything I want ("NOW" they're very functional and optimized!!).
----------------------------
I haven't ever tried to flash any cyanogenmodROM into the Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) because, although they're very interesting custom ROMs, I don't know if they TOTALLY work properly on this Huawei phone (I have read somewhere that you camera may stop working, etc... I don't know... Anyway, any tester is welcome!).
---------------------------
Hope it helps - greetings from Italy
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I tried Extending the storage but it didn't work. While creating a link, Link2sd says cannot create a (directory). Gives an I/O error
Phone not able to boot any more
Your post was indeed helpful and I followed through well until the final stage after installing the (ROM) from zip file.
after that I did not choose install from android, I only forced it off and now I cant even boot back into the phone neither the power and Volume down key works.
What can I do rerun or have the phone boot back to normal?
I am completely shut out
Thanks for you help
Back to stock / working ROM
wilsbf said:
What can I do rerun or have the phone boot back to normal?
I am completely shut out
Thanks for you help
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If nothing helps (including restoring from a backup) and you can't load custom ROM and/or custom recovery, u can do the following steps:
1) Turn off your phone, eject your SD card from your phone
2) Download a stock ROM from Huawei Device site (just google it...)
3) Find the way to put this unziped ROM (UPDATE.APP or something like this) to your SD card. You need to create the folder "dload" on your SD and put the file *.app right there
4) Then insert your SD card into your phone
5) Press BOTH volume control keys ("+" and "-"), hold them and press POWER button
6) You'll see on your screen something like "Unpacking ROM.." and "Installing ROM".
7) Then your phone will reboot and u'll have a "virgin" stock Android 2.3.6 from Huawei
BE CAREFUL!!! Cause installing a stock ROM will kill any custom data in your phone. But nothing happens with SD card, don't be afraid...
Phone wont switch on either
Thank you for wanting to help,
The problem is that I am completely shut out, I cant use even the Power + Volume down keys, even the power button alone wont turn on the phone.
However, when I fix in the USB cable it will display on and off green icon...
wilsbf said:
Thank you for wanting to help,
The problem is that I am completely shut out, I cant use even the Power + Volume down keys, even the power button alone wont turn on the phone.
However, when I fix in the USB cable it will display on and off green icon...
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Try to pull out the battery, then plug the USB-cable and push the power button. The device has to turn on. Maybe something wrong with your battery.