I'm just wanting to change up some font colors and grahics on a rom I have. I was told Eclipse was the way to go, so I set up an Android Dev machine with all the plugins and recommended tools. Now what?
Since no one is willing or able to help, could someone or a Dev be so kind to get me the correct xml file that will change the top title bar fonts to white instead of black. I will put the file in the rom and re-sign it myself.
I am by no means any good at theming, I fail pretty hard, but this might help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535630
Also, maybe try posting in the theme forum. Good luck.
There are different xml files for different stuff. Check out colorchange app. It works with cyanogen to change all stuff. Much easier that the xml stuff we used to have to do. Pm me if you have any specific questions.
If you search for colorchange or even posts by me you will find it. When I turn my pc on later I will post a link if required.
Thanks for the info mates (MontAlbert and bcrook). I will check out the colorchange app. One day I will find some write ups on Elclipse and android rom programming. Will let you know how the app worked out, MontAlbert.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535630
long thread to read through but it has allthe answers you need.
MontAlbert said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535630
long thread to read through but it has allthe answers you need.
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Thank you for this. I will have a read later tonight. And thanks for your help. I did find the file you were refering too but am lost on if it is flashed to the phone or loaded into my dev system.
zeroplace said:
Since no one is willing or able to help, could someone or a Dev be so kind to get me the correct xml file that will change the top title bar fonts to white instead of black. I will put the file in the rom and re-sign it myself.
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You probably want to ask these questions in the Android dev group(s) on Google groups. The digests I get every day indicate there is a lot of activity there.
Could one of the devs take a look this swype.apk taken from the myt3g slide system dump that zenulater & zifnab06 provided?
Also, if one does enable this apk to our heros, could you please write a mini tut on how to port the apk over?
Thanks!
btw, you will need to unzip it, not rename the extension.
Edit: I apologize for the grammatically incorrect thread title. I didn't check it =(
Okay, i got the app to install. I was being stupid and I forgot to uninstall the old version of swype that I had. However, the settings menu will FC upon launch.
You may want to translate the title to english if you want a response.
I'll recreate the thread. Please let this one die. Sorry Mods =(
Dont recreate,
just edit your first post.
I cant edit my thread title. I dont think I have enough posts.
hey everyone........
this thread would be having links for all the ROMS,THEMES,FIXES for our GALAXY 3
all these roms , fixes belong to the respective developers....
i am just putting them at one place REGULARLY UPDATED thread......
"(new)" : means the links are newly updated or new links......
the word new would be up for 2 days after that it'll be removed.........
if you like the roms/themes/fixes, thank (or if possible donate) to the respective developer......as its their property, i am just making it easy to deliver to people that are new to xda or those who cannot devote much time here,
and are confused with lots of threads.......
this thread includes only working roms/fixes/themes and those that are new ones, or updated....
for UPDATES , SUBSCRIBE to this thread.
the links open the respective post for ease, if you want the whole thread then click on the upper right corner after opening the link.....
i hope some admin/moderator would make this thread STICKY for the benefit of people......
"rate this thread" and also "vote to front page"
for your benefit so as it remains among top in the threads
please VOTE DAILY IN POLL ABOVE, as i would be updating the post according to the voting poll result and thus giving hints to the members/guests which link is more useful.....
SOURCE CODE FOR G3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977976
G3 USB DRIVERS:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QOGC9XMH
ROOTING,FLASHING FIRMWARES: refer to post by slumpolo:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8074858&postcount=1
ROMS:
lestatious v2.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951337
kyrillos jpf gingerbread v3.3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957123
INDROID CUSTOM ROM v 3.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986831
[KERNEL + ROM] *** Apollo V1.0 *** (ext4 + data2sd + tun + cifs + rooted)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978750
dark night deodexed jpf
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11431024&postcount=1
the blue rom by abhi:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11336559#post11336559
aosp custom rom by gsam101:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9816988&postcount=1
custom rom by motafoca:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11031969&postcount=45
ultra clean jpa ,jpf roms by gsam101
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11031969&postcount=45
jpf rom with flyng animations by tibismart:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10523624&postcount=1
jpb kernel with root and fixes by gsam:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10456480&postcount=1
CUSTOM KERNELS:
FuguMod 2.1 (jfs,ext2/3/4,reiserfs and more)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997367
SAMS's Kernel by Gsam101
xda- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978417
direct download - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W5IMTKYL
JPB Kernel - With always root ADB and some perf tweaks by GSAM101
xda - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906279
direct download link - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6P4CMF7I
FIRMWARES AND PARTS:
JPE ROM:
http://www.mediafire.com/?tz7y46ppqywi7bm
STOCK APK'S from JPF:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FYC733GF
ALL STOCK APPLICATIONS (DEOXED) from JPF
http://www.multiupload.com/DFY6UK2NA3
STOCK APK'S from JPA:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L4DFMY7I
XXJPL firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...d#post11863679
FIXES,TUTORIALS,APPS,TOOLS:
apk edit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008444
modded gmaps5.2.1 for worldwide navigation by abhi: (new)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12065358#post12065358
DO's AND DONT'S while flashing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=975241
Create / Cook a Custom Firmware for Samsung Galaxy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...44&postcount=1
RE-BOOT OPTIONS in POWER MENU by abhi
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955145
IMEI BACK UP by arunmcops
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953264
Here is : [How To] Have 160MB of Memory on Startup. Keep the Memory Range from 125MB to 160MB by dark lestat
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ghlight=memory
SGS TOOLS Version 4.1.9
http://www.mediafire.com/?xtw16417su40j7b
FUGU TWEAKS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982248
open VPN:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871681
[Patch][Rom]Malware Exploit for all pre-Gingerbread phones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977734
easy app install/delete:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974471
lagfix v2 by gsam101:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10174012&postcount=1
lagfixv2 and memory fix with sd card partition :courtesy by gsam101,apollo5801:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11308743&postcount=170
froyo snapshot fix by divinesahil:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11100776&postcount=3602
gps fix by octy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8175885&postcount=70
live wallpaper fix by ali_alex:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8211216&postcount=103
apn list fix by madhuranand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11301556&postcount=1
THEMES:
Minimal Matte Theme Version 1.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000411
InDroid v 1.0 Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981353
green glossy theme by myself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11220564&postcount=1
CUSTOM WINDOW ANIMATION BY MADHURANAND
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=911306
green,black transparent theme by dark lestat:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11009769&postcount=1
green,blue theme by madhuranand007:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11104904&postcount=1
nexus one 2.2 theme: by me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11096612&postcount=1
stock android lock by gsam
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9676756&postcount=1
custom bootanimation by rudolf:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11240769&postcount=1
gingerbread theme by kyrillos v1.74:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952974
VIDEO LINKS:
Video Guide for creating your own theme by barqers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQxTa2lqgOo
rooting and live wallpaper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kml-Fzt6yUY&feature=related
live wallpapers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOMSfFIzzyo&feature=related
galaxy 3 change looks by rudolf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug0lc4b9sJQ
live wallpaper install by rudolf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOukxPDjqrY
update g3 to bvjp9 froyo by rudolf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRi2mjcMpqU
update g3 to xxjpf froyo by rudolf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEFpJ7siGz8
all links checked working: as on 29/3/2011
*well if someone wants me to add some thing to this post , inform me through comments, as i want this thread to be easy and updated fully to help other people...
*NOTE: the order of the links have no relation with how useful the rom/fix/theme is..............
*in the end i bear no responsibility if you brick your phone or any other kind of loss.
* since i have now sold my g3.. still i will be updating the thread, with great help given by osbozzy
Theme: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935234
well i didnt forgot your theme, i was about to add it after break.........
abhi0n0nakul said:
well i didnt forgot your theme, i was about to add it after break.........
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Great work buddy !!!!
Its get much easy now
thanks but plaese "rate this thread" and also "vote to front page" it so that it remains at the top.
while i have also asked a moderator to make it sticky....
suggestion: when you are updating, update the title with the date of the last update, and if necessary which update of the day it is (if there are more than one)
also, great idea and intiative!
Another good one from you , Abhi
abhi0n0nakul said:
thanks but plaese "rate this thread" and also "vote to front page" it so that it remains at the top.
while i have also asked a moderator to make it sticky....
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hi
good added to the rollup thread
haree said:
hi
good added to the rollup thread
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great........ thanks
I added the worldwide apn settings it can be added here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951214
madhuranand007 said:
I added the worldwide apn settings it can be added here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951214
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i was just about to create that apn fix for the galaxy 3,
but u just created that..
thanks...
links to add
abhi0n0nakul said:
hey everyone........
this thread would be having links for all the ROMS,THEMES,FIXES for our GALAXY 3
all these roms , fixes belong to the respective developers....
i am just putting them at one place REGULARLY UPDATED thread......
if you like the roms/themes/fixes, thank (or if possible donate) to the respective developer......as its their property, i am just making it easy to deliver to people that are new to xda or those who cannot devote much time here,
and are confused with lots of threads.......
this thread includes only working roms/fixes/themes and those that are new ones, or updated....
for UPDATES , SUBSCRIBE to this thread.
the links open the respective post for ease, if you want the whole thread then click on the upper right corner after opening the link.....
i hope some admin/moderator would make this thread STICKY for the benefit of people......
"rate this thread" and also "vote to front page"
for your benefit so as it remains among top in the threads
please VOTE DAILY IN POLL ABOVE, as i would be updating the post according to the voting poll result and thus giving hints to the members/guests which link is more useful.....
ROOTING,FLASHING FIRMWARES: refer to post by slumpolo:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8074858&postcount=1
ROMS:
aosp custom rom by gsam101: (my personal favourite)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9816988&postcount=1
custom rom by motafoca:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11031969&postcount=45
ultra clean jpa ,jpf roms by gsam101
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11031969&postcount=45
jpf rom with flyng animations by tibismart:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10523624&postcount=1
jpb kernel with root and fixes by gsam:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10456480&postcount=1
FIXES:
lagfix v2 by gsam101:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10174012&postcount=1
lagfixv2 and memory fix with sd card partition :courtesy by gsam101,apollo5801:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11216511&postcount=111
froyo snapshot fix by divinesahil:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11100776&postcount=3602
gps fix by octy:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8175885&postcount=70
live wallpaper fix by ali_alex:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8211216&postcount=103
apn list fix by madhuranand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11301556&postcount=1
THEMES:
green glossy theme by myself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11220564&postcount=1
green,black transparent theme by dark lestat:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11009769&postcount=1
green,blue theme by madhuranand007:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11104904&postcount=1
nexus one 2.2 theme: by me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11096612&postcount=1
stock android lock by gsam (though its already inc. in aosp custom rom)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9676756&postcount=1
VIDEO LINKS:
rooting and live wallpaper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kml-Fzt6yUY&feature=related
live wallpapers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOMSfFIzzyo&feature=related
*well if someone wants me to add some thing to this post , inform me through comments, as i want this thread to be easy and updated fully to help other people...
*NOTE: the order of the links have no relation with how useful the rom/fix/theme is..............
*in the end i bear no responsibility if you brick your phone or any other kind of loss.
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here are the links to be added :--(all noob friendly)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug0lc4b9sJQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOukxPDjqrY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRi2mjcMpqU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEFpJ7siGz8
hey bro here are 2 more links u ppl might find interesting
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z91pRQa3Sy0
link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947913
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930826&page=9
divinesahil said:
hey bro here are 2 more links u ppl might find interesting
video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z91pR...e_gdata_player
link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947913
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930826&page=9
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first link doesn't work... for the video
hamsiro said:
first link doesn't work... for the video
edited go chk it out
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divinesahil said:
hamsiro said:
first link doesn't work... for the video
edited go chk it out
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it's OK now!
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hmm can you add this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952974 ?
thanks!
This thread is important and need to be constantly updated but who gonna do it after abhi's exit (as he mentioned in other post) ? And how ?
haree (mod) can do it
i'll not leave the thread lol.....
i'll update it.
coz i truely understand the pain in searching the whole forum and reading all posts for getting a good program.. lol
this thread would continue to help ppl.
just do me a favour..
keep adding links of whatever you guys want me to add to this....ok
tht'll be great help to me as well..
and whatever phone i'll take obvsly it would be android and i ma never leaving xda forums.... its wonderful site..
Welcome to the Huawei U8860 Honor / Honour / Glory - Index!
(please treat this thread as dev-thread, it is part of a dev-forum, not Q&A)
Please don't PM me for support, I will ignore those requests - they are just too many and I'm not getting paid for that, I'm not huawei support. Just ask your questions somewhere in the forum, but in my opinion this thread is really not the place for it, since this is a developer forum and not the Q&A section. That's why xda-developers adds restrictions to post here for new users - to prevent this to be a Q&A-Forum. Please Try to ask your questions in the appropriate Q&A-Section of the xda-developer Forum.
Different versions of the Huawei Honor
There are two feature differences that I am aware of:
Number of Touch-Points: 2 or 5; I have 2 touch-points and with B977 my ProjectMenu just printed "synaptic" as touchscreen version, with B919 it states "synaptics-TPK.6"
Position of Huawei Logo on the back: in the top-left corner (china / russia?) or in the middle like this: http://kaefert.is-a-geek.org/huawei_honor/IMG_7491_small.JPG
It seem's there are versions without a camera? at least user limzm states in his signature his U8860 doesn't have one.
Backup & Recovery
In my opinion the first and most important thing when playing around with different ROMs, is the ability to backup and restore the phones ROM & state.
For this you need a custom recovery (which you will also need to flash custom ROMs, so you might only skip this if you want to only flash stock ROMs)
If you're on an 2.3.6 ROM, then possibly for this to work, you first need to flash a different stock ROM. There have been reports that with 2.3.6 the method below may not work. Also some newer ROMs like B923 and above have locked boot loaders, the latest ICS ROM that you can use for this is B919
NEW: CWM 6.0.1.0 with touch-support: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
OLD: download recovery-u8860-en.img from here MOD EDIT: Link removed.
make sure there is no directory named "dload" on your micro-sd-card - if there is, rename or remove it.
Turn off Fast-Boot, and shutdown your phone. If you don't know how to turn off Fast-Boot, pull the battery (it can be found in different places in different ROMs)
Press and hold volume-up, volume-down and power-button at the same time.
You should now see your phones screen pink (="pink screen mode")
Now connect your phone with an USB cable to a computer
A few disks should be mounted, search for the one that has an "image" folder with an recovery.img and a boot.img inside it. rename the recovery.img to recovery-bak.img (or simular) and copy recovery-u8860-en.img there and rename it to recovery.img
WARNING: Don't use the file recovery_v8.img which is referenced in a few other guides. It crashes and leaves you with non bootable phone-states and/or with unfished backups which cannot be restored.
ROMs
Stock ROMs (& leaked stock ROMs)
Stock ROMs (or leaked stock ROMs) can be flashed like this:
Download and unpack onto your micro-SD Card like that: /mnt/sdcard/dload/UPDATE.APP (some ROMs also have UPDATE_CUST.APP, copy it to the same place. If you're update has a second dload_cust (or the like) folder, you need to flash it in a second round just as the first one, by renaming it to "dload")
Turn off Fast-Boot, and shutdown your phone. If you don't know how to turn off Fast-Boot, pull the battery (it can be found in different places in different ROMs)
Press and hold volume-up, volume-down and power-button at the same time.
If everything above was done correctly, you should be able to watch your phone upgrading now.
Alternative: Some ROMs have an option in the settings that lets you start the upgrade-procedure without step 2.) and 3.) from above. If you can find it, you can use that one.
You can find stock ROMs here:
International ROMs: http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/technicaIndex.do?method=gotoProductSupport&productId=3834&tb=1
Chinese ROMs (can be changed to english): http://www.huaweidevice.com/cn/technicaIndex.do?method=gotoProductSupport&productId=3884&tb=1
Huawei Germany ROM: http://huaweidevices.de/honour?show=downloads
Huawei Russia ROM: http://huaweidevice.ru/updates.html
a comprehensive german list of stock ROMs can be found here:
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
(thanks to user det-happy for pointing it out to me)
The most important Stock-ROM in my eyes (as base for most custom ROMs there are) is B919, find it here:
http://www.huaweidevice.com/cn/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDE2OTU=
or here: http://kaefert.is-a-geek.org/huawei_honor/B919_official.7z
Root and Google-Apps for Stock ROMs
NEW: Rooting method for stock ICS B919/B923/B924 (and perhaps others older ICS)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28403132&postcount=799
For people running linux on their computers, I've created an adapted version of this root tool:
kaefert.is-a-geek.org/huawei_honor/HuaweiHonorRootTool_LinuxVersion.7z
OLD: Theres a nice guide explaining how to root and flash+enable google-apps here: (but don't take the recovery from there but from above. explanation also above) - only use this if the new method above doesn't work for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22688341&postcount=53
Custom ROMs
To flash custom ROMs:
download their .zip file and put it somewhere on your sd-card
boot into your custom recovery: turn off phone completly, then Long press volume up + power button (for installation of custom recovery see top of this post)
factory reset / wipe everything (not always necessary, but to be on the save side. Some ROMs will not work in some cases if you don't wipe first, however the other way round is also possible, there are custom ROMs that will NOT work if you wipe, best look at the instructions from where you downloaded the custom ROM..)
flash update zip -> choose zip from sd card.
Cyanogenmod
dolmatov94 CM 10 Version 0.9.5 (2013-01-13)
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
newer versions, look at: http://dolmatov94.ru/
Da_Nya v2.4 [with sound mod] (2012-12-30)
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Da_Nya v2.4.1 (2013-01-09)
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
CM 10.1 (Android 4.2) from 4PDA (posted here by user tuanshungf 8th February 2013)
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Another list of Cyanogenmod ROMs can be found here (German):
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
ShenduOS
This ROM seems to be quite popular, but before deciding to use this, think about if you really wan't to support guys that treat the open-source community like **** by violating the GPL (by not publishing their kernel sources)
Stable Versions: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Dev Versions: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Mixture of ShenduOS and CM, with Android 4.2
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
FrozenPika (CM10.1, Android 4.2.2, based on ShenDu) GAPPS Integrated
Posted here by user "vTIMv" on 5th March 2013, 08:58 AM - found it on 4PDA.ru, uploaded 3rd March 2013
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Android 4.x MIUI ROMs
WARNING: most MIUI-ROMs have SMS-confirmations turned on by default, which costs extra with many providers (like mine..) so check it before sending your first SMS and turn it off
Sadly, these ROMs have serious RAM-problems, multi-tasking was quite impossible the last time I tried one of those (any app I tried to put into background was imediatly terminated)
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Android 2.3 MIUI ROM
Creator doc3000 posted it here, have not tried it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596442
WARNING: user paul89rulez informed me that you can loose your IMEI by flashing this ROM, you can find a IMEI backup app here: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Lists of other Custom ROMs
MOD EDIT: Link removed. --> chinese u8860 forum, contains ROMs, but also other stuff concerning the u8860
MOD EDIT: Link removed. --> chinese u8860 forum, contains ROMs, but also other stuff concerning the u8860
MOD EDIT: Link removed. --> an incomplete english index of the chinese list below
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
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Custom Kernels
I found a custom kernel that adds the option to overclock up to 2GHz. I'm used it running at 1.8GHz and it didn't seem to be any more unstable than before (I'm using the MIUI ROM which is a little bit instable all by itself already)
MOD EDIT: Link removed since you need to register to download the kernel, I also attached it MOD EDIT: Link removed to make it easier for you.
I also managed to build (and deploy) the 3.0.8 kernel sources provided by huawei myself, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23505650
With the help of the writer of rvoix I managed to adept our kernel in a way that rvoix works, but for the moment only mono so both parties mixed together in one channel (but recorded from the line, not only from the mic like most apps do). I attach the kernel that works with rvoix: View attachment boot_voc2.img.
Or for people wanting to build their kernels themselfs, here's the patch: http://code.google.com/p/rvoix/sour...pdragon/kernel/huawei_honor_u8860_rvoix.patch
UPDATE: Since our kernel sources don't work with B919 and later (non functional camera and wifi) I decided to go the other way round and modify the rvoix app to work with our kernel instead of adapting the kernel to work with the app. Here are the results: http://code.google.com/p/rvoix/downloads/detail?name=rvoix_mod_kaefert_v2.apk --> call recording that should work with all huawei honor 4.0.3 ROMs!
Various pointers
Adapting Chinese ROMs
Adding Google Apps (like the Market) --> Download zip from here http://goo-inside.me/gapps and flash it with recovery
Remove unwanted chinese system apps --> I do it with QtADB --> http://qtadb.wordpress.com/ But I guess you can also do it with some root app management apps
Change to languages that are not choosable in the standard language setting --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale
Reading chinese sites
People who don't use google chrome or the chromium project (yet) probably don't know, that it has a really nice built-in translating feature, thats very useful for finding your way arround all these chinese (or russian) websites, and much better then using translate.google.com (or other such services) manually with other browsers.
Miscellaneous
Silent Huawei camera (ICS)
I was annoyed one day by all the noises the huawei camera simulates. Therefore I investigated and found out how to make it silent.
If you're interested, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29079425&postcount=1028
Enabling logcat output on huawei phones
If your on stock ROM its quite easy, just dial *#*#2846579#*#* and enable logging in the project menu
For custom ROMs, I got a link from paul, but I didn't try it:
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another site about enabling logcat on huawei devices:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...device-dev-log-main-no-such-file-or-directory
UPDATE
Sorry guys, but there won't be any updates by me anymore. I've moved on to Sony Xperia Z. The notoriosly low memory problem finally did it. (And Ingress)
There's a newer list of custom ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45164331&postcount=3056
Hi guys.
I've just cleaned this thread and would like to remind everyone about some points, so that they're not repeated in the future, and explain all the missing links you may notice.
Warez is strictly forbidden on XDA. Please do not link to websites that provide it, or to ROMs that contain pirated apps.
Kernels are licensed under the GPL. This means that the kernel's source should be provided. If it is not, it's illegal and will be treated as warez as far as XDA is concerned. In simpler terms: if you're posting a link to a ROM that contains a kernel, or a kernel, make sure the kernel's source is available and link to it as well.
Recoveries that aren't based on stock and that use a zImage (which is covered by the GPL) must also be provided along with the source.
Links to competing or commercial websites are not allowed. Links to websites that require registration to access downloads are also not allowed (there are exceptions, please see rule #11 for more info.)
Credits must be given, and you must have permission to share the work. Assuming that you do: if this goes against the point above, you may mention the member/website without linking directly to his work. Point #2 still applies - a link to the kernel's source must be provided if necessary.
I realize this may have caused links to your favorite custom ROMs to be removed, and I apologize about that. Many of you clearly put a lot of effort into building, maintaining and helping with this index. However, all posts must respect the rules first and foremost.
Please PM me if you have any questions or if you need further clarification.
Thanks for understanding.
Hey thanks so much for helping with this. I followed your guides and managed to get my Honor rooted and on an ICS version. Thanks so much.
limestar said:
Hey thanks so much for helping with this. I followed your guides and managed to get my Honor rooted and on an ICS version. Thanks so much.
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You're welcome. However, for the future, if theres nothing you want to say but to give thanks to someone for a post above yours, don't answer with a post of your own, but just use the "thanks" button. Thats what it was made for.
However if there are some questions or some obscurities in my post, feel free to ask.
Sir, does the miui rom is stable for daily use,
wahyuwidi said:
Sir, does the miui rom is stable for daily use,
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Well, I've been using it for 2 days now. I wouldn't call it stable, it has some rough edges, sometimes some system app crashes (like in the beginning I had a problem with the SMS-app), and I've had 2 complete system crashes (forced reboot) while running oruxmaps for navigation & gps-logging with my byclicle.
Check with you, if i installed the custom recovery, and root, can i revert back to stock by flashing via the settings menu or the vol/power button combination and stock rom in load directory?
cymagnus said:
Check with you, if i installed the custom recovery, and root, can i revert back to stock by flashing via the settings menu or the vol/power button combination and stock rom in load directory?
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Well the settings menue doesn't contain the huawei upgrade option in every ROM (for example not in the MUIU ROM), but the volumn up+down while booting will probably work, I haven't tried though. The upgrade directory however has to be call "dload", not "load".
To revert back to a previous ROM I find it much better to use the nandroid backup and recover options that every recovery image I saw yet contains. However be careful, the recovery-v8.img posted on some other places is instable and crashes before the backup is finished. you won't be able to recover such an incomplete backup. Always check if you have some backup complete message, it should NOT reboot automatically after making a backup.
kaefert said:
Well, I've been using it for 2 days now. I wouldn't call it stable, it has some rough edges, sometimes some system app crashes (like in the beginning I had a problem with the SMS-app), and I've had 2 complete system crashes (forced reboot) while running oruxmaps for navigation & gps-logging with my byclicle.
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Sir, is it ICS version that you are using? thanks.
daleylay said:
Sir, is it ICS version that you are using? thanks.
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As stated in my first post, I'm currently using the unofficial MIUI android 4.0.3 version from here:
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I have one or two unexpected reboots every day.
kaefert said:
As stated in my first post, I'm currently using the unofficial MIUI android 4.0.3 version from here:
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I have one or two unexpected reboots every day.
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What is in MIUI rom better than the official rom that you like?
cbr900 said:
What is in MIUI rom better than the official rom that you like?
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Well the MIUI ROM has much more configuration options, for example you have a statusbar settings page where you can choose between default battery icon, percentage number or the top pixel row in green. Or also the MIUI theme chooser is really nice.
Another useful thing is the permission manager thats included that (if you config it that way) asks you whenever an app tries to use a permission that its defined to require. for example if you have an app that has the permission to send sms then the permission manager will ask you the first time that the app really sends an sms if you want to allow or deny it, and also if you want to save your choice or if it should ask next time again.
Hi, Sorry for my bad english, i have a awesome huawei honor, and i do all things that u describe in your post and run perfect but, i'm from mexico and y dont have 3G conection just Edge, do you know a way to resolve that? Thanks
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Hi, Sorry for my bad english, i have a awesome huawei honor, and i do all things that u describe in your post and run perfect but, i'm from mexico and y dont have 3G conection just Edge, do you know a way to resolve that? Thanks
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Hmm. Well the only ideas I have:
1.) Theres a 2G+3G / 2G only switch, in the MIUI ROM I linked in my first post you can reach it like this:
Home Screen --> Settings --> More... (4th point under the heading Wireless & Networks) --> Mobile Networks --> Only 2G-Networks
If that switch is on, than obviously your phone won't connect to a 3G network
2.) Your not in range of a 3G network?
Apparently there is bootloop issue for the newly released MIUI ROM 2.3.23 over at MOD EDIT: Link removed.
My experience is that I got stuck at the splashscreen as well.
I have download another at MIUI main site : MOD EDIT: Link removed.
and it works OK. Some portions of the UI are with Chinese texts and a few Chinese apps but overall still OK.
cymagnus said:
Apparently there is bootloop issue for the newly released MIUI ROM 2.3.23 over at MOD EDIT: Link removed.
My experience is that I got stuck at the splashscreen as well.
I have download another at MIUI main site : MOD EDIT: Link removed.
and it works OK. Some portions of the UI are with Chinese texts and a few Chinese apps but overall still OK.
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yep. I also flashed the version from there MOD EDIT: Link removed and am currently running it. Will update the first post again as soon as theres a working english version for the huawei over there: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Hey could you recommend some other rom that will speed up my phone? Im currently overclocked to 1.8 Ghz using a kernel from the links you gave.
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EnDSK said:
Hey could you recommend some other rom that will speed up my phone? Im currently overclocked to 1.8 Ghz using a kernel from the links you gave.
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The ROMs that I know of and that I've tried you find in the first post. I found the loader (=desktop) of the non-MIUI ROMs to be faster and snappier. (However, the MIUI is more feature-rich)
Okay thanks alot I think I'm gonna give MIUI a try. Downloaded the latest version from the MIUI website. Have you tried any CM Release?
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EnDSK said:
Okay thanks alot I think I'm gonna give MIUI a try. Downloaded the latest version from the MIUI website. Have you tried any CM Release?
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As far as I know there is no CM (cyanogenmod) ROM for the Huawei U8860