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MTK 6575 STAR N8000 GUIDE AND BEST CUSTOM ROM INSTALLATION GUIDE.
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<li>First off I started this thread to seperate the current thread for this phone that is riddled with question and answeres and it is super difficult to find what you need to find in the thread. I am writing this guide and thread to give back to the forum for the many days and hours I spent finding everything I needed to find, to root, flash and mod this phone properly. My hopes are with my knowledge on the subject you wont have to spend hours of fruitless searching like I did to find what you need. I'd like this thread to stay uncluddered with multitude of questions if you have them, message me or go to this thread here and post please: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695210&page=96
<li>I would like for anyone finding new ROMS, making custom firmwares for this phone to please add them here to begin a nice list of ROMS custom or official for people to be able to find them in one place.
<li>First off i'd like to give credit were credit is due. Shout outs to;
angelobiz
Bruno Martins
Kyrie1965
sas007
and anyone else I may be forgeting I appologize
The Guide
<li>Follow Bruno Martins guide for setting up sp flasher here: http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.it/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html#comment-form
<li>Just some notes and observations that were not mentioned in his guide that will help. In order to install the drivers try right clicking the driver for your system and selecting install. If that doesn't work here is what you do. Turn off your phone, take the battery out, put it back in (if you don't do this it will just show a charging symbol) now plug it in, it should attempt to install the drivers and fail, at this point go to your start button, search programs and files and type device manager, when it comes up select the one with an exclamation point and right click it, select update drivers, point it to the driver folder and then your operating system folder, i.e. vista, windows 7. If the attempt to install does not work download http://narod.ru/disk/57204199001.bb08022cc3658b67af84bc83bd330b0c/20120705_e1808_v75_jbl1.zip.html extract the folder.
<li>Download http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?htx4lkktne1jmzg recovery image and place and replace the recovery in the folder above.
<li>Do not have your phone connected to your computer, open sp flashtool downloaded from Bruno martins guide select scatter-loading on the right select the scatter file in the extracted folder, deselect everything but the recovery i.e. only have recovery selected! Click the download button.
<li>Turn off your phone, remove the battery, put the battery back in plug in your phone, it should now attempt to install drivers, again it will fail, start, search programs and files, device manager, right click the one with the exclamation mark, select update, select driver folder, select your windows version, yes on any warnings, now installed.
<li>NOTE: I recommend never plugging in your phone until you hit the download button and it says searching with sp flashtool. It doesn't react if it's plugged in before then.
<li>O.K. So at this point you should have your drivers installed and recovery as well. Almost there.
So next download http://www.sendspace.com/file/oj1fv2 2 gb internal memmory and 500 mb external. Essentially what this zip does is make your phone have 2 gigs of internal space and 500 mb external instead of 500 mb internal and 2 gigs external, super cool.
Don't do anything yet though.
<li>Next download http://www.sendspace.com/file/uj3jqx This is the ultimate rom I spent some time on for our phones, it's android 4.06 while it's not orriginally mine I fixed a lot of issues and made it much, much, better and pre-rooted with buisy box.
<li>Next download http://www.sendspace.com/file/7yfizd That's right GOOGLE NOW fully working, really cool, works perfect you'll love it!
<li>Now that you have them downloaded put them on your SD card. Here is were people kept telling me if your external doesn't work you can just put it on your internal Sd card. DON”T DO IT! If your external doesn't work you put a smaller one in a 2 gig works nicely, I had a 16 gig and it wouldn't read, had an old 2 gigger laying around and read it just fine. Heres why you don't use the internal, your flashing the internal memmory!! It will mess everything up!
<li>That said, files on the sd card put it in your phone.
<li>Press power while holding the up or + volume, release power continue to hold the volume and you'll eventually go into recovery menu.
<li>Use volume to navigate power to select.
<li>Select wipe data/factory reset, confirm.
<li>Select wipe cache partition, confirm
<li>select advanced, select wipe dalvik cache, confirm.
<li>Now select install zip from sd card, choose zip from sd card and select the custom rom file, confirm.
<li>Go back and reboot, let the phone reboot to system, as a side note screen will be moving white, its just the wallpaper. After full boot up let system settle then hold power and select recovery.
<li>Once back in recovery select install zip from sdcard, choose zip from sdcard and select the 2 gig zip, install.
<li>Select choose zip from sd card and select the google now zip and install, now reboot your phone, and love the awesomeness. By the way it's just google in your app dawer or choosable when you select the microphone on your home screen.
FLASHING OTHER ROMS
<li>There are two different types of ROMS you can flash.
<li>Official-These are official builds and releases made for your phone. These will be flashed by using sp flashtool. Now our phones also have unique hadware sometimes different from phone to phone. Chinese are pretty infamous for mixing and matching hardware. That being said you need to have software settings set for your particular hardware. You do this by using a particular software called SP MDT which you can download here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/6kee8d When you download the file run it. Select your scatter file, then select the button with the question marks, select unlock, the first one on the left is for your rear camera, middle is for front and finally right is for your screen setting which most people have trouble with and think they bricked their phone. The only way to truly test this is trial and error, if your screens normal you''ve selected the right screen setting, if your cameras work they are also on the right setting. Now close SP MDT and it auto saves the settings for you and use sp flashtool as normal.
<li>Custom-These are modded and themed developer ROMS, these are installed by flashing from recovery and generally do not effect your screen and camera settings because the do not contain uboot data.
Troubleshooting
<li>Don't flash NVRAM and UBOOT if your phone already works fine with cameras and LCD screen!
<li>My phone will not connect to install drivers- Many methods have been mentioned, but the one that works is-power your phone off, take out the battery wait 5 sec, put battery back in, now plug in your phone to the pc, it should attempt to install drivers and fail, go to start then type in the search box device manager, select it, right click the one with the exclamation mark, choose update. If that doesn't work, run sp flashtool select your scatter file choose what you want to install, select download button, now follow the steps provided above and plug in your phone. Also The cord that you use to pluggin to your computer may be the issue, if it does not transfere files when you plug it in normally then it wont work for the drivers, some of them are charge only I found that out myself when two of mine didn't work.
<li>My sd card can't mount in recovery-Most likely cause SD card is incompatible i.e. too big, use a smaller 2 gig card, do not use internal memmory as others suggest, it can mess things up and I advise against it.
<li>SCREEN PROBLEMS! Psychedelic colors, black, white, gray and others. CAMERA PROBLEMS! No camera, wont focus etc. Etc.... You need two programs spflashtool found here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bh81se and SP_MDT found here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/6kee8d You also need an official firmware. Open SP_MDT go to the box that says scatter file, point it to your official firmware scatter file, then click the box with all the question marks, press unlock, the first option is your rear camera, the second option is your front facing camera, the last option is your lcd settings which make it look normal (not phsychedelic and wacky). Now these settings vary from phone to phone so you just have to trial and error them, basically if your screen is right, the seting is right, if your camera works the setting is correct. Now you can close the SP_MDT don't worry it saves your settings for you even though you just close it. Go into SP Flash tool Now you can flash the whole ROM but you don't have too, you only need to select UBOOT it will give you a warning it's perfectly fine, thats all you need to flash to fix your settings, and it wont mess up your current ROM.
Official Roms
<li>Flash With SP Flash tool, Do Not Check UBOOT or NVRAM Unless you have already messed up camera and LCD settings in which case you need to follow the troubleshooting section.
Firmware Stock
Latest (05.07.2012) official firmware for N8000 - 20120705_e1808_v75_jbl1l THANKS TO Kyrie1965
http://narod.ru/disk/57204199001.bb08022cc3658b67af84bc83bd330b0c/20120705_e1808_v75_jbl1.zip.html
stock firmware 9 May:
http://115.com/file/dpnafvtw
stock firmware 19 may
new firmware with better wireless signal
http://115.com/file/e7jyi2dv
N8000-root-wifi-20120519.zip
click on green box for download
*20120612_e1808_v75_jbl1
Latest (05.07.2012) official firmware for N8000 -*20120705_e1808_v75_jbl1l http://narod.ru/disk/57204199001.bb08022cc3658b67af84bc83bd330b0c/20120705_e1808_v75_jbl1.zip.html
Custom ROMS
<li>Flashed with recovery, wont mess with display and camera settings already set, wont fix them either.
My Favorite Also There Are UPDATES
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uj3jqx
UPDATED To 2.1 http://www.sendspace.com/file/k5uwoh
More Live Wallpapers http://www.sendspace.com/file/yuelii
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SCREENSHOTS
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A 4.03 custom rom
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2pwtc6
Feel Free to add more, as will I. If you like this thread feel free to thank me if you really like it please DONATE thanks.
NICE
Wow, thanks for putting the time into making a comprehensible thread. Cant wait to get some free time to root my n8000. How's the battery life in the ROM and are there any bugs? will report back if i run into any issues.
Hello
what is the point of having two threads for the same device.?
why did you not just post this there in the correct place?
surly it is much better to have one place to go to for all the answers and to ask, the N8000 thread has developed as the device has
you will just be adding to others confusion
good luck.
If you visit any of the other threads Of different phones they actually contain multiple threads which keep things uncluttered, so that people can find what they need that was my goal with this thread. They don't just contain one huge single thread.
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thanks for your work!one question: your rom is good with battery? is it ondemand or performance dispatcher?
Incompatible apps
Thanks for the guide I've now got the 4.0.6 Rom on my phone. one problem, the play store says a lot of apps aren't compatible with my phone. I'm assuming this is because its a 4.0.6 Rom is there anyway to make the play store think you have 4.0.4 so it will let you download them or any other way to download these supposedly incompatible apps?
there is no android 4.0.6 this rom is based on android 4.0.3
lewisqpr said:
Thanks for the guide I've now got the 4.0.6 Rom on my phone. one problem, the play store says a lot of apps aren't compatible with my phone. I'm assuming this is because its a 4.0.6 Rom is there anyway to make the play store think you have 4.0.4 so it will let you download them or any other way to download these supposedly incompatible apps?
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pjrollo2000 said:
there is no android 4.0.6 this rom is based on android 4.0.3
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Okay I've now tried a 4.0.4 Rom and its still saying loads of apps are not compatible when downloading from google play? These apps worked fine when I was on the stock 4.0.3 Rom.
sendspace.com/file/uj3jqx was 4.0.6 is a moded version of android 4.0.3 the build.prop file has been edited 4.0.6 there is a build.prop file somewhere that lets google play compatible with all apps.
lewisqpr said:
Okay I thought this one here sendspace.com/file/uj3jqx was 4.0.6. Are other people having problems with apps not being compatible with there phones when downloading from google play?
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I have tried all of the moded roms from the Russian and Chinese sites where all these roms come from if the dpi is set to anything over than 240 google play most apps are not compatible check your build.prop file /system there will be something like this ro.sf.lcd_density=190 delete it then try google play again if you want a different dpi you need a moded google play apk
pjrollo2000 said:
sendspace.com/file/uj3jqx was 4.0.6 is a moded version of android 4.0.3 the build.prop file has been edited 4.0.6 there is a build.prop file somewhere that lets google play compatible with all apps.
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I have tried all of the moded roms from the Russian and Chinese sites where all these roms come from if the dpi is set to anything over than 240 google play most apps are not compatible check your build.prop file /system there will be something like this ro.sf.lcd_density=190 delete it then try google play again if you want a different dpi you need a moded google play apk
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I changed the lcd density, the model and product name in the build.prop file and now its letting me download all the apps. Thanks for your help.
Those are for jbl1
Can u made it for jbl2 ?
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xpresotw said:
Those are for jbl1
Can u made it for jbl2 ?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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This is really important to note. Newer phones have JBL2, and the JBL1 stuff at worst soft-bricks them and at best takes away auto-focus from the camera (still working on this, but seems permanent for now).
waiting
Actually the rom was created by alexey arsenev, will work on jbl2 but need to flash with jbl2 boot image.. But autofocus will not function..
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Can you upload it to someother host
i am unable to download anything
stock firmware 19 may
new firmware with better wireless signal
http://115.com/file/e7jyi2dv
oh no.....
thanks...
i did everything in your post i still have the blurry image and to worsen the problem after reboot my phone language is in russian
google now
I've watched the "noob" video for posting - but not really sure if this is the right place to post. Please don't shout at me
I've watched a few videos about getting "google now" working on ICS - but I have little Android experiece and do not want to break the phone. Has anybody done it successfully on this ? can u point me at a failsafe utube video (or something else) to get this done without my loss of £120GBP ? Thx...
niman1 said:
I've watched the "noob" video for posting - but not really sure if this is the right place to post. Please don't shout at me
I've watched a few videos about getting "google now" working on ICS - but I have little Android experiece and do not want to break the phone. Has anybody done it successfully on this ? can u point me at a failsafe utube video (or something else) to get this done without my loss of £120GBP ? Thx...
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Yes -- it works! I've done it.
I'm sorry that you're not going to find one step-by-step guide for this phone, but all the info is here.
This is a very hard phone to "break" in a permanent sense, but I'd read as much as you could stand before you began to avoid headaches that others have had before you. Between the two threads here, there are 150 or so pages of info. Especially important things to note: Make sure you have the right phone (not quite as easy it sounds) and make sure you note all the current details of your software before you get under the hood.
In order to use Google Now, you'll first need to root your phone and install a custom recovery (if those don't make sense, use the Google to search for an overview).
For our phone, I'd start with the first page of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695210
So, the question becomes: Do you have root and a custom recovery?
FWIW, Google Now is interesting but has yet to seem revolutionary to me. Seems like something that will be amazing three or four generations from now.
Hi sir.. thanks for your sharing.. i use this rom from a mont h ago... its running stable.. can you porting paranoid android rom for our phone Star N8000..??
Sent from my Star N8000..
dangk said:
Hi sir.. thanks for your sharing.. i use this rom from a mont h ago... its running stable.. can you porting paranoid android rom for our phone Star N8000..??
Sent from my Star N8000..
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Me? I'm sorry ... I've never tried porting anything before.
Huawei Honor 2 U9508
models:
U9508/Ascend G615 - 1Gb RAM
U9508B - 2Gb RAM
specs:
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ROMS & Official Updates (EMUI):
Official updates:
The official updates ordered by BXXX
4.0.4 Updates:
B026 (Older versions: B018,B019,B024,B025) - those version come with the device pre-installed. It’s don’t reccomend to install them. Those version are 4.0.4 Android and they are not include Google Apps.
B107 - This is the official Huawei’s international version. It’s an Android 4.0.4 version Stock (original Google Vanilla UI) which is come with Gapps. Multilanguage version. This version is considered as “Battery Saver” by most of the users in XDA. This version also got the biggest Antutu Benchmark score (15,000-15,500) which achieved in the device.
4.1.2 Updates (Emotion UI):
All of the 4.1.2 updates have the “Emotion UI” interface (more info about EMUI here).
There is only English and Chinese in Emotion UI (Menus).
Right now there is 2 version of Emui - “Emotion UI 1.5” and “Emotion UI 1.6” .
You can download it from here, use google translate.
EMUI 1.5 is the stable build. Emui 1.6 is the development build.
B544 (Older versions: B541,B542,B543) - This is EMUI 1.5 stable build. it have all the futures of Jellybean and the unique interface. Very stable. Don’t include Google Apps.
B624 (Older version: B605,B610,B615,B618,B624) - This is Emui 1.6 Development build. This version include a lot of chinese apps. Don’t include Google Apps.
ROMS:
Xiui 1.2 stable (Older version: 0.9 beta,1,1.1) - based on B624 (EMUI 1.6, Android 4.1.2). All the chinese apps have been deleted. A lot of tweaks. Multilanguage version. Rooted. Include Google Apps. The lanucher is “Smart Lanucher”.
Hiui 1.0 - Based on B624 (EMUI 1.6, Android 4.1.2). All the chinese apps have been deleted. A lot of tweaks. Multilanguage version. Rooted. Include Google Apps. The lanucher is EMUI launcher and it’s include “ME widget” & others...
Miui V4 - Come in 2 version - 3.2.1 Based on Android 4.0.3 - 3.2.2 Based on Android 4.1.2 - you can read about MIUI here. Not include Google Apps. Recommend for 2Gb version only
TouchWiz - Based on B026 (Android 4.0.4). Introducing the known samsung’s interface - “Touchwiz”. Not include Google Apps.
Other Download:
Kernel for Jellybean version *ONLY* - The updated kernel which in B624 version.
Recovery6.0.1.9_AscendHonor2.exe - this EXE file is required to replace the Recovery to the Chinese Recovery or back to the Original Recovery.
Google Apps for Jellybean *ONLY*
Google Apps for ICS *ONLY*
SuperSU - Root controller App. You need this app to have ROOT.
Guides:
How to install Official Updates -
Method number 1 - Required EMUI:
Donwload official update which come as a Zip file.
In the Zip file there is a folder called “dload”. Extract its to the root library of the SD card.
Open Settings app.
Go to “About Phone” and then choose “System updates”.
Choose “Update via SD card” and then “Confirm”.
The device will reboot into the “Update installer” and then he will install the update.
If the installation successed, the device will reboot into the new version, if not it will reboot into the version which you have right now.
Method number 2 - Required Original Recovery (can be custom ROM)
Donwload official update which come as a Zip file.
In the Zip file there is a folder called “dload”. Extract its to the root library of the SD card.
Turn off the phone.
Boot up the phone with POWER & Volume + & Volume -
The device will reboot into the “Update installer” and then he will install the update.
If the installation succeeded, the device will reboot into the new version, if not it will reboot into the version which you have right now.
How to Replace Recovery -
U9508 have 2 types of Recovery - The original for the official updates - the chinese for everything else.
Open setting app.
Disable Fastboot option. Go to “Developer options” and enable “USB debugging”.
Connect the device into the USB. Choose “USB storage device”.
Open “Recovery6.0.1.9_AscendHonor2.exe”.
Now you have 2 options - 1 for The chinese recovery, 2 for The original recovery.
Write the number that you have choosen and press Enter.
If all is OK, the program will do its job - Reboot into FASTBOOT MOD, Flash the selected recovery and then reboot the device.
your selected recovery have been installed.
How to install custom ROM -
You will need the Chinese Recovery to install custom ROM.
This guide work with MIUI,HIUI,XIUI,TouchWiz...
Put the ROM on the SD card
Go to recovery by Turning off the device and then booting up the phone with POWER & Volume +
First you need to wipe all your data, Select the 4th option and then the first option [Wipe Data/Factory reset]
Now when your phone is empty you can install new ROM, Select the 2nd option and then 4th option.
Now select the Zip file of the ROM.
Select the first option, Now the ROM will be installed.
Now choose the “GO BACK” option (The last one) and then choose the first option - Now your phone will reboot
If the installation succeeded, After few minutes your phone will boot up to the new ROM.
How to install Google Apps or SuperSU -
This guide is almost the same as installing ROM, you just don’t need to wipe your data
This guide is also for installing kernel.
Put Gapps/SuperSU on your SD card.
Go to recovery by Turning off the device and then booting up the phone with POWER & Volume +
Select the 2nd option and then 4th option.
Now select the Zip file of the Gapps/SuperSU.
Select the first option, Now Gapps/SuperSU will be installed.
Now choose the “GO BACK” option (The last one) and then choose the first option - Now your phone will reboot
If the installation succeeded, After a minute your phone will boot up with Gapps/SuperSU.
You can check it by search in your apps for Google Play or SuperSU app.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhUNCXEc3xD4dHJEM21Yd201Z3dydjRwUFRsUUthWmc#gid=0
this F.A.Q made by Yoavst ALL CREDITS GOES TO HIM, THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING.
Huawei Honor 2 U9508 1G
Hi
New to the board and I did something rash and bought a Huawei Honor 2 U9508 8G 1G ram direct from China. Its arrived and looks great and even the camera is a pleasant surprise )
I have some understanding of rooting having owned a HP Touchpad and a Ainol Fire/Flambe but I am no expert and can easily become lost in all the steps.
So my question is...
Can this phone be de-chinesed? I have managed to root it using a tool from BinAry (how cool is that tool!) now I would be happy just getting a UK Google Play installed until the community gets hacking.
Any help appreciated (Mod please move to a relevant thread if necessary)
Cheers
Steve
root
better root this phone by using "root with restore by Bin4Try", if you are on stock 4.0 (it doesn't work with 4.1.2 on this device)
to get gapps including play store fully working just download latest ics version, unpack it and copy files using root explorer. or download
this and assuming you already rooted (and having hisuite or huawei usb drivers installed) connect the phone to pc and run install.bat, look at the display and allow su root privileges when asked
most of the chinese stuff are under /data/cust/delapp, just delete it
Cheers
apnoia said:
better root this phone by using "root with restore by Bin4Try", if you are on stock 4.0 (it doesn't work with 4.1.2 on this device)
to get gapps including play store fully working just download latest ics version, unpack it and copy files using root explorer. or download
mediafire /?o6r3ytju53885roand assuming you already rooted (and having hisuite or huawei usb drivers installed) connect the phone to pc and run install.bat, look at the display and allow su root privileges when asked
most of the chinese stuff are under /data/cust/delapp, just delete it
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Great thank you, I hope it is that simple and wont brick the phone. This is the response from Huawei
Thank you for contacting Huawei device.
Sorry about because there has many different customizations in different countries’ carrier operators’ customized.
So you can’t upgrade your device which has bought in China to a oversea Android version.
And because of the law in China that all Huawei Smartphone which has sold in China all can’t support Google Play.
So your device which has bought in China also can’t support it.
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Would anyone else (perhaps mods) +1 this to boost my confidence in the attached files ....
Steve
sharries said:
Great thank you, I hope it is that simple and wont brick the phone. This is the response from Huawei Steve
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yes, they need to obey the law at least until they release this phone to international markets, however, technically they do support everything just fine, all languages and the rest, it's just disabled or removed, but you can update it to "to a oversea Android version" see attached screenshots
chances you brick the phone with root and putting gapps are very low, but the risk is still always there. however if you didn't alter the bootloader in most cases you can still restore this phone into a working state
sharries said:
Great thank you, I hope it is that simple and wont brick the phone. This is the response from Huawei
Would anyone else (perhaps mods) +1 this to boost my confidence in the attached files ....
Steve
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Worked a treat thank you :victory:
Thank you so much for the fix.
How did you get the languages? Mine has US English and Chinese only and I need UK
I am planning on buying the 2G 32GB for $405 and I see yours is 4.1.2 Are there any issue rooting that phone?
Steve
you probably can try morelocale2, but I prefer to do it natively, it works well for me on 4.1.2 emui beta and I suppose it will work on 4.0 as well
find this file /сust/channel/cn/xml/hw_defaults.xml look for white_languages string, delete those lines with Chinese and English only, and uncomment white_languages where all languages specified.
it should look like this
Code:
<string white_languages="zh_CN,en_GB,en_US,pt_PT,es_ES,fr_FR,de_DE,ru_RU,it_IT,zh_TW,zh_HK,es_US,pt_BR,ja_JP,sv_SE,nb_NO,da_DK,tr_TR,cs_CZ,sk_SK,hu_HU,pl_PL,el_GR,et_EE,lv_LV,lt_LT,sl_SI,fi_FI,mk_MK,bg_BG,hr_HR,ro_RO,ar_EG,sr_RS,vi_VN,in_ID,bs_BA,uk_UA,fa_IR,th_TH,ms_MY,nl_NL,ko_KR,en_AU"/>
the only drawback is that you need to make factory data reset (no need to clear sdcard though) in order to make the changes to take effect.
remember if you break the xml formatting it may break something in the phone settings, so you might need to restore the whole firmware
sharries said:
Thank you so much for the fix.
How did you get the languages? Mine has US English and Chinese only and I need UK
Steve
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Thanks again, I added one further question to the above post, you must have read it before I edited it...
I am planning on buying the 2G 32GB for $405 and I see yours is 4.1.2 Are there any issue rooting that phone, or better still how do you root the 4.1.2 if you cant use bin4ry?
Steve
Not sure about 32GB version, I've seen only 8GB ROM which can be extended with sdcard only, with 1GB or 2GB of RAM, which cost around $380 now or $30 more with express shipping.
As of root and 4.1.2 version, I've got that on some Chinese site, there's a dev there who making prerooted rom images for U9508 based on EMUI beta. But my phone came with stock 4.0.4 version installed by default. I've installed 4.1.2 myself and customized it a bit for my needs, including languages, gapps, etc.
sharries said:
Thanks again, I added one further question to the above post, you must have read it before I edited it...
I am planning on buying the 2G 32GB for $405 and I see yours is 4.1.2 Are there any issue rooting that phone, or better still how do you root the 4.1.2 if you cant use bin4ry?
Steve
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apnoia, does greek (Ελληνικά) language work? Also, where did you find 4.1 rom?
gerstavros said:
apnoia, does greek (Ελληνικά) language work? Also, where did you find 4.1 rom?
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Yes, it does have Greek in the menu, but I can't tell for sure if everything is translated well. Huawei customized 4.1 and added it's own launcher, and called all this EMUI. It's still in early beta and not publicly available though. I will make a guide on how to update to 4.1.2 but a little bit later.
If you've got this phone and want to enable your language in stock rom, try with "white_languages" method I've posted above.
apnoia said:
Yes, it does have Greek in the menu, but I can't tell for sure if everything is translated well. Huawei customized 4.1 and added it's own launcher, and called all this EMUI. It's still in early beta and not publicly available though. I will make a guide on how to update to 4.1.2 but a little bit later.
If you've got this phone and want to enable your language in stock rom, try with "white_languages" method I've posted above.
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If you set greek and it's not in english, then it's ok! Nice, i 've not bought yet but i ''ll order by christmas probably for a friend
My Experience with the U9508
I just bought this last week while I was in Beijing. The salesman sold that for 1900 RMB but after paying I found that it was a locked version and I had to pay additional 200 RMB for an export set. The normal China Mobile and other phone shops don't carry this model and can only be found in their geek pc/handphone commercial district. Even then the shops there don't carry physical stocks but must run upstairs to the export offices.
This phone has it's own Huawei Shop which is crap and the first thing is to root it with the Bin4Try method. Then comes the big problem when I tried sideloading the Google stuff. Everything installs but won't run. I found out that the root System/Apps folder is non-writable so all the stuff that I tried installing didn't make it there. In a separate thread I read about using the ES Root File Explorer and reset the file permission of that directory. Copy the needed files to the SD card first and then use ES to rewrite the folder permission and copy the files over. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfam7mCOAAo)
Good to go! But only after much anguish since I did everything on my own without this guide. BTW, there's a very good app called APK Extractor from Play. This repacks installed apps on your old phone so you can email it off to your new phone to install when you don't have Play initially. I find that this is faster than loading from SD card.
It's not as smooth as my Nexus 7 but it's a really cheap and good quad-core phone. Yah the camera has a weird and unusual focal length. It's got a bright screen like Samsung too so that's a bonus.
apnoia I would really appreciate if you can put out your guide to 4.12 help.
gapps issue
Hi,
I've received my Huawei U9508 2G today \o/
I've got it from China, from an internet seller (merimobiles, to be precise). I didn't ask for it, but the first time I turned it on, it was already rooted. There was also a special installer for useful apps such as morelocale2, the google play store and google synchronization services.
I was very happy with it... until I've realized that some google apps just wont work. For example, Google+ tells me "Couldnt connect to server" when I open it, then I click OK and then it shows me the list of synchronized google accounts, I select mine and it goes again with "Couldnt connect to server" (I'm connected and can access other internet services...).
Mytracks asks to install "google play services" but when I do, I get an error: "incompatible with other application using the same shared user id". Google maps won't allow me to log in neither.
So I tried to reinstall the gapps using the method of the first post from apnoia, ... and nothing worked anymore, not even the play store... I figured this was because of the files rights. So after a busybox chown root:root *.apk, I have got the synchronization of gmail contacts, calendar and google drive working. But apart from that, I'm back to square one.
I also tried the script from apnoia with another image, namely gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip from goo.im but I think that's not better.
Now, there are some issues that I don't think I had seen before: right from the android's start, youtube, google talk and google partners services crash with no action from me.
Sometimes I have a notification: "permission required (for account [email protected])" but if I try to open it, it doesn't do anything. I've found another guy facing the same issue with the smartphone (www[dot]swedroid[dot]se/forum/showthread.php?p=1194895 -- I don't speak swedish neither, thats why I didn't reply ).
I'd really like to get the google apps working well. No one has got the issue here ?
Do you think that a factory reset would fix this ?
Thank you!
n1m4i, yes try full factory reset, should help with your issue. otherwise reflash firmware, root and install gapps
btw, I think not a lot of people have this phone outside of china yet
4.1.2
My U9580 2G will arrive in a few days from China.
I suppose i will also run into the same problems with the others users,as it concern
the Play store and Google apps.
I also would like to read the guide for the update to 4.1.2 multilingual rom.
Apnoia,can you please make the guide for us?
apnoia said:
n1m4i, yes try full factory reset, should help with your issue. otherwise reflash firmware, root and install gapps
btw, I think not a lot of people have this phone outside of china yet
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The factory reset did the trick! Thank you
At least google talk. I'll edit the post if there remains some issues yet.
Well, for those who want to try the factory reset like me... Be prepared to have to configure the phone while it's all in chinese :silly:
Just kidding, actually you can change the language to english pretty soon in the wizard.. but still, that's a bit confusing for the 2 first screens...
Have you tried my approach to copying the Google files right into the systems/apps directory? That solved my problems.
n1m4i said:
Hi,
I've received my Huawei U9508 2G today \o/
I've got it from China, from an internet seller (merimobiles, to be precise). I didn't ask for it, but the first time I turned it on, it was already rooted. There was also a special installer for useful apps such as morelocale2, the google play store and google synchronization services.
I was very happy with it... until I've realized that some google apps just wont work. For example, Google+ tells me "Couldnt connect to server" when I open it, then I click OK and then it shows me the list of synchronized google accounts, I select mine and it goes again with "Couldnt connect to server" (I'm connected and can access other internet services...).
Mytracks asks to install "google play services" but when I do, I get an error: "incompatible with other application using the same shared user id". Google maps won't allow me to log in neither.
So I tried to reinstall the gapps using the method of the first post from apnoia, ... and nothing worked anymore, not even the play store... I figured this was because of the files rights. So after a busybox chown root:root *.apk, I have got the synchronization of gmail contacts, calendar and google drive working. But apart from that, I'm back to square one.
I also tried the script from apnoia with another image, namely gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip from goo.im but I think that's not better.
Now, there are some issues that I don't think I had seen before: right from the android's start, youtube, google talk and google partners services crash with no action from me.
Sometimes I have a notification: "permission required (for account [email protected])" but if I try to open it, it doesn't do anything. I've found another guy facing the same issue with the smartphone (www[dot]swedroid[dot]se/forum/showthread.php?p=1194895 -- I don't speak swedish neither, thats why I didn't reply ).
I'd really like to get the google apps working well. No one has got the issue here ?
Do you think that a factory reset would fix this ?
Thank you!
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The Beijing phone stall guy was surprised that a foreigner goes into China just to buy a China made phone. He definitely is not a phone geek.
Mark Chia said:
Have you tried my approach to copying the Google files right into the systems/apps directory? That solved my problems.
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Yes, that was kinda the apnoia's solution. Finally that's what did the trick but I assume there were some conflicts with the seller's softwares that prevented it from working before the factory reset.
Conclusion: if you've commanded your phone from merimobiles, don't waste your time, flash the gapps right away and factory reset the thing before installing apps on the phone...
I am not a ROM developer so whatever i am going to post here is taken from xda forum and also with the help of Google.
Now at first i would like to thank dolorespark, rickwebtest.
WARNING: THIS WILL VOID THE WARRANTY.
I will not be responsible if you brick your tablet. So try at your own risk.
ICS 4.0.3 stock ROM for AX01
Note: If you don't have ax01 stock firmware then first download it from here before going further.
Reasons to Download this stock firmware:
For Livesuit tool: To flash the ROM.
Instruction: To use Livesuit.
For Tablet Driver:Needed to connect the tablet with the PC and to run Livesuit tool.
For stock ICS ROM: If anything goes wrong you will be able to flash the stock ROM again and get the warranty back.
Jelly Bean 4.1.1 ROM for AX01
Follow this rickwebtest's Thread
Download only " F1(A10)4.1.1 Updated firmware 20130319.2.0.6" firmware or download from here.
For rooting and to fix the issues check his second post.
No need to download livesuit 1.09 if you have 1.07.
Smooth and best Jelly bean ROM for AX01.
If you like then press :good: Thanks for rickwebtest's work.
Screenshots:here
Changelog
Boot logo/splash and boot animation changed.
CPU clocked at 1200MHz.
Stock Boot Animation:
If you want the stock iBerry Auxus boot animation(not boot logo/splash) then
Download zip file from here.
Using ES file Explorer paste the zip file in /data/local/.
Reboot the Tablet.
ClockworkMod recovery for AX01
Thanks dolorespark for helping me to get the correct cwm recovery file.
To install cwm recovery
Download it from here.
Create a folder and rename it to "cwm" and extract the files in this folder.
Copy this "cwm" folder to external sdcard.
install "Android Terminal Emulator" from play store.
Now type the below code in the terminal.
Code:
su
cd /mnt/extsd/cwm
sh install-recovery.sh
This will install the cwm recovery.
If you want to boot in cwm recovery then shutdown tablet and press and hold Vol + and Power button.
Livesuit
May be at first you will feel some problem flashing with livesuit.
Every time before connecting the tablet to the PC press the Power button for about 15 secs to switch it off completely.
Connect the USB to PC first and then press and hold the Vol+ Button and connect the USB to the tablet.
Now press the power button about 5 to 6 times continually.
And follow the instruction that is present with the stock ROM.
Note: I will soon post CyanogenMod 9 and 10 ROMs for AX01.
But i can say after testing so many roms that this jelly bean 4.1.1 is the best supported ROM for AX01 that i have tested till date.
Now if you like my work you can hit :good: Thanks.
reserved
Reserved in case.
great
Thanks a lot. I will definitely try this new update today.
I have 2 questions., pls answer it.
1. Will it solve battery problem?
2. I should install this or wail for the CM 9 and10 ROM?
THANKS again.
One more thing. There is updated firmware of 20130319 in that link. Should i go for that or 20130110?
navtab said:
1. Will it solve battery problem?
2. I should install this or wail for the CM 9 and10 ROM?
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1. Battery backup is slightly better than the stock.
2. As of now install this, check and tell my if you find any bug. It will take some time to upload CM9 & 10 as there are many bug present in that ROM.
Thanks for response.
And what abt the version 20130319 or 20130911?
I was concerned adt battery because now my battery goes from 100 to 0% in 17-18 hrs even in idle because of lots of wakelocks.
Even in wifi it works for max 2 hrs.
Thanks.
navtab said:
Thanks for response.
And what abt the version 20130319 or 20130911?
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Thanks for correcting me. Download 20130319 only, even the download link that i have attached is the same.
navtab said:
I was concerned adt battery because now my battery goes from 100 to 0% in 17-18 hrs even in idle because of lots of wakelocks.
Even in wifi it works for max 2 hrs.
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You just try it. I am getting much better backup with this jelly bean ROM than what you have mentioned here.
ScreenShots For Jelly Bean 4.1.1
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Very nice screenshots. I m downloading it will tell my results after installation.
I have 2-3 queries. Pls help me out.
1. Is it essential to do CWM Recovery or i can install as mentioned in the official firmware?
2. My brothers phone has colourful logos in his phone on jellybean. So we get that also?
3. Whenever i open my wifi, mobile network logo always remain with wifi log. But it is not there in ur screenshot. I have attached screenshot for that.
Not able to attach file
Thanks in advance.
navtab said:
Very nice screenshots. I m downloading it will tell my results after installation.
I have 2-3 queries. Pls help me out.
1. Is it essential to do CWM Recovery or i can install as mentioned in the official firmware?
2. My brothers phone has colourful logos in his phone on jellybean. So we get that also?
3. Whenever i open my wifi, mobile network logo always remain with wifi log. But it is not there in ur screenshot. I have attached screenshot for that.
Not able to attach file
Thanks in advance.
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1. If you want cwm recovery then only install. It is not necessary to install cwm recovery.
2. If you are talking about boot logos then i didn't find any logo changer app that supports our tablet but if it is about the boot animation then you can use " Boot Animations" app for changing the animation.
3. In my case this mobile signal sign only comes whenever i connect the dongle. Check the setting in wireless & network >> More...
i have done that jellybean update on my Auxus 01 tab. ther r some problems.
1. internal memory is now 1+1.5. earlier it was 1+2gb.
2. not able to ROOT it, pls tell procedure.
3. panoroma is missing now in camera.
4. model has changed from auxus01 to f1.
5. Use of airplane mode??
pls help me out.
navtab said:
i have done that jellybean update on my Auxus 01 tab. ther r some problems.
1. internal memory is now 1+1.5. earlier it was 1+2gb.
2. not able to ROOT it, pls tell procedure.
3. panoroma is missing now in camera.
4. model has changed from auxus01 to f1.
5. Use of airplane mode??
pls help me out.
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1. Yes the internal in 1+1.5, rest is reserved by the OS.
2. Rooting can be done by the software named as SuperOneClick,download from here and follow the instructions from here. Its simple so now just try it and tell me if you got the success or not.
3. I don't even remember if panorama was present in stock ICS though that is of no use for front VGA camera as i think.
5. Yes just because this is LY-F1's stock ROM but you can change it by changing in build.prop(/system/) file by using ES File Explorer or if you want i will provide the file that is modified by myself only.
6. It can be useful while using internet with dongle.
Now can you please tell me the overall performance of the tablet with this jelly bean and how is the touch now?
CAN somebody please post the antutu benchmarks?
HI,
I have an AX01 TAB. I recently read on a spanish site that, the LYF1 tAB(same as ax01) best performed on a 4.0.4 ICS build rom.
The JB rom 4.1.1 (JAn 2013 update) had the worst performance compared to ICS.
Can someone confirm, whether the problem of wifi switching off when screen turns off is still there?
Are there any significant improvements in touch response near the edges.
Thanks
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PLease visit this site..
www*manzanavirtual*com/rom-android-411-woo-comet-ly-f1-19-03-2013*html
USe google chrome, and enable auto translation...
I m using this jellybean rom. Tab is some what looks fast now. I have to check for more 2-3 days and will tell u all. Battery is not improved. Even earlier i used to force close google maps because of its wakelocks but now it gets started again by itself.
Now 500mb of space is lostso we cant download large games. Some apps like Gsam battery monitor is very different now. Also opera mini.
Not able to root will try in afternoon. Pls tell me how to change model name.
GAmes are incompatible
navtab said:
I m using this jellybean rom. Tab is some what looks fast now. I have to check for more 2-3 days and will tell u all. Battery is not improved. Even earlier i used to force close google maps because of its wakelocks but now it gets started again by itself.
Now 500mb of space is lostso we cant download large games. Some apps like Gsam battery monitor is very different now. Also opera mini.
Not able to root will try in afternoon. Pls tell me how to change model name.
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HI,
Many games like temple run, temple run2 , subway surf, fifa 12, nfs mw etc.... simple games are incompatible...,...there are hardly any compatible apps in the google play...
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desrootear-tablet-prolink-peru-superoneclick.html"]here[/URL]. Its simple so now just try it and tell me if you got the success or not.
3. I don't even remember if panorama was present in stock ICS though that is of no use for front VGA camera as i think.
5. Yes just because this is LY-F1's stock ROM but you can change it by changing in build.prop(/system/) file by using ES File Explorer or if you want i will provide the file that is modified by myself only.
6. It can be useful while using internet with dongle.
Now can you please tell me the overall performance of the tablet with this jelly bean and how is the touch now?[/QUOTE]
Yes the performance has improved by leaps and bounds... The touch is much better than the stock iberry rom.
Even the keyboard is responsive..
Sadly there are no compatible games in the google play
I have rooted my tab using super one click..
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how to make apps compatible::
1) After rooting, Download ES file explorer.
2) Click on settings(es file explorer)--->Root settings-->Select all options(be sure to mount system )
3) now in the root menu ----> go to system-->build.prop
4) now scroll down to the last line and insert this
5) { ro.opengles.version=131072 } only the line inside the bracket.
6 now click save.
7) exit the application..
8) now go into settings----> apps---> clear cache and data of google play & google play services
9) restart the tab
10) thats it ........... all apps should be compatible in google play
Just some questions that I have
1)Did anyone flash the recovery as per the process given and did it work?were u able to go to recovery mode and Use it?Can Anyone please post a Pic of the recovery on auxus ax01 here.
2)I am Familiar with Flashing ROMs,Root,recoveries,custom Kernels n all,But I am Facing Problems understanding the flashing method to flash the jellybean ROM on ax01.Can someone please make a video on how to flash(flashing Tutorial) The jellybean ROM?
Also a video.of installing the Recovery on ax01 would be appreciated.
Please Reply
Thanks.
From morning i m trying to root but not getting it. Mainly i m not getting to install driver for tablet. I dont knom why. I have done that earlier. I m not getting the Found new hardware window on attachin tab.
Pls help me out.
RK_DROID said:
Can someone confirm, whether the problem of wifi switching off when screen turns off is still there?
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WiFi is not switching off when screen turns off.
navtab said:
Battery is not improved. Even earlier i used to force close google maps because of its wakelocks but now it gets started again by itself.
Now 500mb of space is lostso we cant download large games. Some apps like Gsam battery monitor is very different now. Also opera mini.
Not able to root will try in afternoon. Pls tell me how to change model name.
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About the Battery, why dont you once calibrate the battery with Battery calibration app, follow the instruction written in the app. I will advice you not to use any battery notification app or any task killers.
There is a trick to convert your ext. sdcard to recognize as int. sdcard by changing in void.fstab file located in /system/etc/. Then you can install large size games also. Search in xda forum for this.
Rooting is very easy with SuperOneClick software, just follow the instructions carefully.
Now to change the model name, goto /system/ with the help of ES file explorer open build.prop file then
find the line
"ro.product.model=F1" and change F1 to AX01.
RK_DROID said:
Yes the performance has improved by leaps and bounds... The touch is much better than the stock iberry rom.
Even the keyboard is responsive..
Sadly there are no compatible games in the google play
I have rooted my tab using super one click..
---------- Post added at 12:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:44 AM ----------
how to make apps compatible::
1) After rooting, Download ES file explorer.
2) Click on settings(es file explorer)--->Root settings-->Select all options(be sure to mount system )
3) now in the root menu ----> go to system-->build.prop
4) now scroll down to the last line and insert this
5) { ro.opengles.version=131072 } only the line inside the bracket.
6 now click save.
7) exit the application..
8) now go into settings----> apps---> clear cache and data of google play & google play services
9) restart the tab
10) thats it ........... all apps should be compatible in google play
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Now finally i got one satisfied user . Thank you :good:
@ navtab: follow this instruction "how to make apps compatible:" after rooting and after doing this change the model no. also from the build.prop.
Ace King 34 said:
Just some questions that I have
1)Did anyone flash the recovery as per the process given and did it work?were u able to go to recovery mode and Use it?Can Anyone please post a Pic of the recovery on auxus ax01 here.
2)I am Familiar with Flashing ROMs,Root,recoveries,custom Kernels n all,But I am Facing Problems understanding the flashing method to flash the jellybean ROM on ax01.Can someone please make a video on how to flash(flashing Tutorial) The jellybean ROM?
Also a video.of installing the Recovery on ax01 would be appreciated.
Please Reply
Thanks.
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1. First of all here is the pic of the recovery mode in ax01
View attachment 1875321
Run the given code in the Android terminal only.
2. There is a simple way to flash ROM with livesuit. If you are using AX01 then i can say you are familiar with livesuit.
Here is the two videos present on youtube just have a look :
(i) Visual Land Re-Flashing tutorial .
(ii) Up Firmware Teclast A10t แบบ Livesuit .
navtab said:
From morning i m trying to root but not getting it. Mainly i m not getting to install driver for tablet. I dont knom why. I have done that earlier. I m not getting the Found new hardware window on attachin tab.
Pls help me out.
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Click to collapse
do you have teamviewer and good internet speed?.... if you want i will try to root your tablet using teamviewer.
Why dont you try this first, follow the steps given in the below link.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/165554-usb-driver-general-fix-problems.html
Boot ANimation
The new boot animation is horrible, although i feel the bootup time compared to the ICS stock rom is much faster..
There is a new option for GPS in the tab..(seems fake.)
The camera resolution is 640 X 480. ( if you actually go to see, the camera is an 1.3 megapixel camera,,, its only been lowered to shoot at 0.3--- this is confirmed.)
Jelly bean is really awesome..
Smooth and responsive( what more can you expect from the rom manufacturer(shenzen lyric),, ARE YOU listening IBERRY..)
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Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 MT6575
Hello Everybody!
I own a Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 CLONE, the MT6575.
It is possible to put Android on this phone, and there are different versions which you can put on your phone, however, not all of them work fully. I am not responsible if you brick your phone, or any damage done to it, but hopefully, there shouldn't be much damage done.
Not sure this is your phone?
If you have any doubts that this is not your phone, please do not download or use the roms linked here, This can destroy your phone!
As I only have the MT6575, I do not know the differences between this and other phones, but this phone should have 2 Sim card slots (Covered with silver foil to start off with), and a battery which reads SUNSANG (Not SAMSUNG).
Some Images:
Sorry that some are pretty bad quality, I was using a temp. webcam when I took them and the webcam had a bad resolution.
UPDATE: I now have a galaxy ace so im not going to be using this phone much. I found a replacement charging port as mine broke. Any problems reply here and somebody will try to help! I dont check back often here, but i know some users do. Not many people have this phone so i thinnk this thread is kinda dead! If anybody wants to update the roms and stuff, feel free. I dont host the roms, its Pappiedappie, so pm him if you cant get the links! Have fun with this fun, its a decent phone for the price! Good luck![/URL]
Downloads
** IF SOME LINKS DON'T WORK, PLEASE PM HOPELESS_GUY103. IF YOU WANT YOUR LINK HERE, PM ME ASWELL **
** THE RAPIDSHARE LINKS HAVE STOPPED WORKING, I've tried to PM Pappiedappie as they are his links, but otherwise you can find all of the files HERE **
The Factory (Original) Rom which came on my phone when I bought it can be found HERE
The Modified Recovery for the mt6575 can be found HERE
Andriod 4.1.1 OS With camera fix can be found HERE
A signed version of " Gapps-ics-20120429 " Can be found HERE
If you wish to use the 4.1.9 Rom, Which I use & it works great, it can be found HERE
There is a link that I have found HERE, and also HERE but I have not tried downloading any of the ROM's and therefore do not know if they work, and they could be for a 1 sim phone, I don't know.
Most of these links come from pappiedappie's signature, which contains some very useful links! Thank you!
Instructions
************ CLICK ON THIS LINK IF YOU ARE BRICKED ************
FLASHING GUIDE
What's needed:
USB data cable
MediaTek USB VCOM drivers
SP Flash Tool ( Latest version SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1224.01)
First of all, make sure that you have MediaTek DA USB VCOM drivers installed.
Flashing the whole ROM
First of all open SP Flash Tool, then click Scatter-loading button to load the correct scatter file
(MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc.txt or MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt, depending on which phone you have) for your device and ignore any message that may appear.
Turn off your phone, remove the battery and replace it after some seconds (and don't turn on the phone).
Press F9 (or hit Download button) and connect your phone into the computer via USB data cable.
The process will start and a red progress bar will appear.
After the red progress bar is complete, there will appear a purple progress bar.
Right after the purple progress bar is complete, a message will appear underneath it:
“Please insert USB cable in x seconds” and then the download will start right away (you will see the yellow progress bar filling up).
When the yellow bar is complete, you'll get a popup with a green circle and Download OK message,
which means that the process has been successfully terminated.
You can now safely disconnect your phone and turn it on. The process ends here.
Flashing only part of the ROM
In case you want to flash just one part of the ROM, that is also possible. In the shown example, only recovery image will be flashed.
Deselect all parts except the one(s) you want to flash and then press F9 (or hit Download button).
The tool will immediately show a warning because not all parts are selected, but you should continue anyway. Safely press Yes to continue.
The download of the chosen partition image will start and after the yellow bar is complete, the popup with the green circle should appear.
Please note that, even though it isn't mandatory to select it on the list of images to flash,
preloader file must be present in the same folder as the other partition(s) that you want to flash, or else phone will not be able to enter into download mode.
Attention: Please follow the instructions carefully. I will not take any responsibility on whatever may happen with your phone.
Very important warning: Always make sure that you trust the sources of the ROM you download and know that it is meant for your phone.
After flashing a wrong preloader, your phone will be completely dead (can't be powered on, it will not charge and won't be detected anymore by the computer) and there is no way to recover it.
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[Tool]SP FlashTool ||MTK Android FLASHER
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982576
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Reserved for the future.
waiting.. especially for CWM Recovery and GAPPS
hopeless_guy103 said:
Reserved for when I have time to put downloads
{Im still collecting them}
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hello I have purchased at a very low low low price a bricked SUNSANG I9300 ONE sim version
the seller has locked the phone with a wrong rom (now does not detect sim cards)
so I'm desperately looking for the stock rom,
please, can you help me ?
hey, I dont see any link in there, dude, could you kindly put download link for me ? I face a problem with my S3 clone camera driver
thank in advance
mariosbbs said:
hello I have purchased at a very low low low price a bricked SUNSANG I9300 ONE sim version
the seller has locked the phone with a wrong rom (now does not detect sim cards)
so I'm desperately looking for the stock rom,
please, can you help me ?
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Hi,
In this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1921178), if you read through it, I believe there is also somebody else who has a 1 sim phone.
If you take off the back cover, above the battery, there may be a CONCEALED 2nd sim slot, under some foil. If there is, You should have the right phone as the one in this forum, if not, check the other thread.
Cool. I will follow. I have this phone but my battery does indeed say samsung. I have two and they both say samsung.
Nice..good luck with this thread. As long as I own such phone I'll follow this thread and will help when possible. Keep on this work.
if possible op please upload the 4.1 rom on dev host
khan_frd2002 said:
if possible op please upload the 4.1 rom on dev host
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Hiya,
I don't actually know how to make the roms, they have been created by others. If you have a link, please PM me it, so i can put it on the main page. However, I think the last link in PappieDappie's sig. is 4.1.1 Dekdee?
I thought that seeming as the other old thread never got updated, I should make a new one, as it would help new people find their way.
Also, if you see a samsung galaxy sIII theme for andriod, please let me know, as normal andriod looks a lil different from samsung andriod
thanks
- hopeless
Hi...
Wonderful Thread......and very informative.......Just couple of suggestions........
1) If you could ask / request all users and posters in this thread to include 2 Pics of their Phone....front and Back (with back cover removed, showing battery, SIM(s)and Memory Card) .....this so everyone can figure out what phone He or She is using and would seek any help from the User of same phone.
2) If you could attach the Pics of the ROM (s) that are posted here.......along with the About System Pic.
I think it would be very helpful to you.....and to all the Users of this thread.....Everyone will know exactly what they are looking for.
Also.....if these ROMS's can be flashed via CWM or Custom Recovery.......that information can also be provided....
these are just suggestions......
Thanxxx
I'm trying how to restore a samsung logo after factory reset on my mtk6575?
When I try to flash it i get this message?
Lockscreen
How do I change the lockscreen background?!?!
bluejeanstv said:
How do I change the lockscreen background?!?!
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You have to change the home screen background too. On your launcher, press the left menu button, then System Settings, Display, Wallpaper and pick a option from there.
Then again, it depends what rom you are using.
Hi everybody
I came across this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2123239 . I was wondering if anybody has tried this or can try this? The charging point on my phone is broken so im waiting to get it fixed!
Tell me what you think (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2123239)
- hopeless
Tips
Hey! I have some tips!! I have a camera.apk that works for our phone. You have to push it to system though. It has camera, video, and panroma (sorry I don't know how to spell it) works perfectly it's not upside down!!! I also have svoice if you want it.I also suggest you guys use xposed if youre rooted and then use tweakbox if you want to change your status bar and clock color! It's so easy!!
Also, I tweaked my 4.1.9 rom, but I'm not sure how to put it together like a zip so others can use it! There are some pics of my rom using nova launcher!
bluejeanstv said:
Hey! I have some tips!! I have a camera.apk that works for our phone. You have to push it to system though. It has camera, video, and panroma (sorry I don't know how to spell it) works perfectly it's not upside down!!! I also have svoice if you want it.I also suggest you guys use xposed if youre rooted and then use tweakbox if you want to change your status bar and clock color! It's so easy!!
Also, I tweaked my 4.1.9 rom, but I'm not sure how to put it together like a zip so others can use it! There are some pics of my rom using nova launcher!
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Do you mind if I put the Camera.apk on the 1st page? (Just so others can see it quickly!)
Great post, im going to try the camera.apk when my phone is fixed (the charging point is damaged).
hopeless_guy103 said:
Do you mind if I put the Camera.apk on the 1st page? (Just so others can see it quickly!)
Great post, im going to try the camera.apk when my phone is fixed (the charging point is damaged).
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yea you can what you want. Sadly this phone stopped working because the charger port broke. Now I have the real s4! Best decision ever!
Hello everyone,
After wasting so many hours and trying a million of times, I gave up and decided to seek any help from the community.
I recently bought a Lenovo TB-8804F from China. I had no idea that the tablet would come without any Google Apps or Services installed on it. When I realised that there are no Google Apps, I thought it won't be hard to get Google Apps apks and install them on the devices, should work fine. I'm using the tablet in Australia.
After trying so many different versions of Google Services Framework and Google Play services, I got really frustrated. I keep getting "Google Services framework keeps stopping" or "Google Play services keep stopping" error, flashing on screen so many times in a kind of infinite loop.
The tablet is running Android 7.1.1 (TB-8804F-XXXXXXXXXX-_PRC)
What should I do, please someone help me? Any help would be highly appreciated!
jamescherry0123 said:
Hello everyone,
After wasting so many hours and trying a million of times, I gave up and decided to seek any help from the community.
I recently bought a Lenovo TB-8804F from China. I had no idea that the tablet would come without any Google Apps or Services installed on it. When I realised that there are no Google Apps, I thought it won't be hard to get Google Apps apks and install them on the devices, should work fine. I'm using the tablet in Australia.
After trying so many different versions of Google Services Framework and Google Play services, I got really frustrated. I keep getting "Google Services framework keeps stopping" or "Google Play services keep stopping" error, flashing on screen so many times in a kind of infinite loop.
The tablet is running Android 7.1.1 (TB-8804F-XXXXXXXXXX-_PRC)
What should I do, please someone help me? Any help would be highly appreciated!
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Some more details on this matter:
I have been searching through forums like crazy from last couple of days.
Few things I noticed that my tablet has Chinese firmware installed as the build number ends with _PRC (People's Republic of China) as I mentioned in the original post. All the YouTube videos that I have seen of TB-8804F have _ROW build of the Operating System.
I'm not sure but so far it seems like PRC firmwares doen't all any Google Apps at all, so even if I install the apks, they just crash. Please tell me if I'm wrong.
One solution I could think of is, if someone with the same tablet and _ROW build can create an system image and share it with us, then I can flash that image and get my tablet up and running.
Would that work? I'm new to Flashing ROMs, bootloaders, rooting stuff. Please, anyone? Any good soul out there who can help a poor fellow? I would highly highly appreciate any help. I'm in a bad situation! PLEASE!
Here is my fastboot oem device-info:
Code:
(bootloader) Device tampered: false
(bootloader) Device unlocked: false
(bootloader) Device critical unlocked: false
(bootloader) Charger screen enabled: false
(bootloader) Display panel:
OKAY [ 0.071s]
finished. total time: 0.073s
This is what I'm after:
I found a great guy who is willing to help me out if this idea works:
In the image below, on left is my tablet (with PRC build) and on right is that guy's tablet (with ROW build) and has Google apps installed. The two tablets are exact replica except the slightly different ROM they are running. The Kernel is same, hardware is same, model is same.
Now, I don't know whether it is possible or not, but what I was thinking is creating a system image of the tablet on the right, and flash it on my tablet. But the question is:
a) Is it even possible? Copy firmware from on tablet and install it on another provided the hardware is exactly the same.
b) Would it work? Is there anything else which I should double check?
I'm not finding much help from anywhere, the communities I have posted in are quite silent on this topic.
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Finally found a way to root my tablet and install all the Google Apps on it.
For those of you who have got the TB-8804F version of the tablet with _PRC build. I can confirm now, that after rooting the tablet you can easily flash the google apps. I have done it and been using it without any problems now.
All you need is TWRP for your device, here is one from a Chinese developer (thanks a million to him):
https://club.lenovo.com.cn/thread-4285931-1-1.html
Download the TWRP img from the link above, and then follow the instructions from the following website:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/thinkpad-tablet/general/twrp-root-tab-4-plus-tb-x704l-f-tb-t3664407
TIP:
1. Instead of flashing your tablet with TWRP, you can just boot it temporarily. (That is much safer option, as mentioned in the article above).
2. The TWRP for TB-8804F that you can download from the link give above is in Chinese version by default. Use Google Translate live camera feature to translate the buttons, there is one button on TWRP which allows you to change the language to English.
3. Take a full backup of your tablet and store multiple copies of it securely before flashing anything.
4. Download your desired GAPPS from http://opengapps.org/
Hope you can easily do it and enjoy this wonderful piece of hardware.
Cheers!
Hi. I breaker my device trying this method. does anybody has the firmware of this model?
Hi, i wasn't aware that mine is originally TB-8804F that had TB-8704 firmware flashed over it. now i'm stuck in bootloop after flashing the 8704 QFIL, any chance you can share and upload your boot and system image?
jamescherry0123 said:
Finally found a way to root my tablet and install all the Google Apps on it.
For those of you who have got the TB-8804F version of the tablet with _PRC build. I can confirm now, that after rooting the tablet you can easily flash the google apps. I have done it and been using it without any problems now.
All you need is TWRP for your device, here is one from a Chinese developer (thanks a million to him):
https://club.lenovo.com.cn/thread-4285931-1-1.html
Download the TWRP img from the link above, and then follow the instructions from the following website:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/thinkpad-tablet/general/twrp-root-tab-4-plus-tb-x704l-f-tb-t3664407
TIP:
1. Instead of flashing your tablet with TWRP, you can just boot it temporarily. (That is much safer option, as mentioned in the article above).
2. The TWRP for TB-8804F that you can download from the link give above is in Chinese version by default. Use Google Translate live camera feature to translate the buttons, there is one button on TWRP which allows you to change the language to English.
3. Take a full backup of your tablet and store multiple copies of it securely before flashing anything.
4. Download your desired GAPPS from http://opengapps.org/
Hope you can easily do it and enjoy this wonderful piece of hardware.
Cheers!
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I found a GMS Core installer the size of which is 55.25 MB. https://goo.gl/P5CPC1
Just for your reference.
Hello
I own this tablet from gearbest.com https://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_1052933.html
It has software in the ROW version. Tell me please, how can I make a copy of this system? If I do, I will give it here.
Hello,
I am unable to download the TWRP. Need to register with China mobile number to reply. Can you provide another link. Thanks.
waiman2807 said:
Hello,
I am unable to download the TWRP. Need to register with China mobile number to reply. Can you provide another link. Thanks.
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Good day. You will not share twrp lenovo tb-8804. I have 2 days can not download it from the Chinese. I'm grateful.
vovanpetrov1212 said:
Good day. You will not share twrp lenovo tb-8804. I have 2 days can not download it from the Chinese. I'm grateful.
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Hello, I'm ready to share twrp with you, in exchange for the system, boot, pesist partition backups can be downloaded from the following link.
Original ROM
Hi,
I follow the steps but ended up having the machine not bootable. It only shows the Lenovo logo and no further booting. Could someone please upload the original ROM? Thank you in advance.
Found a backup
Finally found a nice guy who shares his backup.
However, after using it to restore, still struck at boot up Lenovo logo.
Please kindly advise if you have a successfully story to rescue your TB-8804F
https://club.lenovo.com.cn/thread-4459452-1-1.html
mickyman123 said:
Finally found a nice guy who shares his backup.
However, after using it to restore, still struck at boot up Lenovo logo.
Please kindly advise if you have a successfully story to rescue your TB-8804F
https://club.lenovo.com.cn/thread-4459452-1-1.html
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are you able to upload this twrp backup to another site? its taking days to dl this 2gb from baidu hahah
I need the system backup to restore on twrp, and will update if I succeed
w0sh1des said:
are you able to upload this twrp backup to another site? its taking days to dl this 2gb from baidu hahah
I need the system backup to restore on twrp, and will update if I succeed
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i just recieved my TB-8804F (ROW version) i take a full TWRP backup and uploaded on mega.
(ignore the date on zip is wrong backup is made today)