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can install rom on chinese phone?

If i buy Galaxy SII chinese copy again whit android whit 1 sim , can i flash phone whit costume android rom ? or is it posible to root it ? Did anybody have expirence whit that?​

It's all about software & all country have same software for same model. So u can do all this things.but don't sure about Chinese copy.
Sent fromXperia Arc S LT18i with Rooted/Unlocked Bootloader & custom xperia s os

With these Chinese copies, there's no guarantee that anything will work like the original, since they don't have the same chips inside. You may be able to root, you might even be able to flash a new ROM, but the chance of finding a custom recovery or ROM which is 100% compatible is low. For that reason, your best chance is to not flash anything, otherwise you might brick it.

i think
mastercho said:
If i buy Galaxy SII chinese copy again whit android whit 1 sim , can i flash phone whit costume android rom ? or is it posible to root it ? Did anybody have expirence whit that?​
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will i think it will brick your phone its all about luck or just buy a galaxy original phone
press thanks if i helped:angel::angel:

i dont think its possible. most chinese phone version arent built for that.

spleetwarts said:
i dont think its possible. most chinese phone version arent built for that.
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its not Chinese build its brand samsung but only is HK version

i have buy galaxy s3 clone B92m model if there any rom please let me know

i think chinese roms are useless...slow and unstable

mastercho said:
If i buy Galaxy SII chinese copy again whit android whit 1 sim , can i flash phone whit costume android rom ? or is it posible to root it ? Did anybody have expirence whit that?​
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I have a Chinese galaxy note mt6575 replica so far it has been fantastic.
I have rooted it with bin4ry without any problems
I have flashed cwm custom recovery with help from the tutorials on xda and help from senior member yuweng
To flash a custom rom i would have to port it first to get it to work with my device more effort to do it but at least its possible.

can install rom on chinese phone
mastercho said:
its not Chinese build its brand samsung but only is HK version
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I'm not clear:
If you mean a genuine samsung phone: Yes, you can flash roms etc. But if possible double check the forums etc to make sure you can easily find all of the info and downloads you need based on the version numbers etc. If you can read chinese I think you will find tons of forums/support both on XDA.cn and local sites
If you mean a copy: Don't do it. 99% sure you will be disappointed very fast both by the quality / performance and by the lack of any community support.

ZTE Nubia Z5S Mini Update questions

I got a new phone today the ZTE Nubia Z5s Mini I noticed there is an update available but have some questions maybe someone could help, I bought the phone from China so no support available to me.
The update boots into a Chinese menu and I'm not sure as to which menu to select to upgrade the software, its currently Android 4.2.2 Custom ZTE Rom.
Since I bought the phone from China does anyone know if I will loose the English language if I update or any of the English functions?

Audiomad said:
I got a new phone today the ZTE Nubia Z5s Mini I noticed there is an update available but have some questions maybe someone could help, I bought the phone from China so no support available to me.
The update boots into a Chinese menu and I'm not sure as to which menu to select to upgrade the software, its currently Android 4.2.2 Custom ZTE Rom.
Since I bought the phone from China does anyone know if I will loose the English language if I update or any of the English functions?
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Which update do you refer to? There is one on May 12th but I don't know what it is exactly about

iPap said:
Which update do you refer to? There is one on May 12th but I don't know what it is exactly about
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The update says its 158.1m no details other than that, I've attempted to update it but fails to download any file it say's its downloading but no file exists after taking about 2 hours to download.
where did you hear about an update and is there anywhere I can download the file?

Audiomad said:
The update says its 158.1m no details other than that, I've attempted to update it but fails to download any file it say's its downloading but no file exists after taking about 2 hours to download.
where did you hear about an update and is there anywhere I can download the file?
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http://www.nubia.cn/article/57.html#con

Thanks but all the download links end up on 404 pages.

Audiomad said:
Thanks but all the download links end up on 404 pages.
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Weird. Loads normaly to me.
There is a 05/12/2014 file for Z5s mini. It is named as Z5s mini Unicorn. Any clue what maight that be? In addition in their forums I realized that a 4.4 version has been released today (May 15th). I hardly understand that we may have a 4.4 in our phone. Anyone that could deal better with chinese in order to learn details???

iPap said:
Weird. Loads normaly to me.
There is a 05/12/2014 file for Z5s mini. It is named as Z5s mini Unicorn. Any clue what maight that be? In addition in their forums I realized that a 4.4 version has been released today (May 15th). I hardly understand that we may have a 4.4 in our phone. Anyone that could deal better with chinese in order to learn details???
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I tried the may 15th download the site eventually worked for me but the update fails to install giving an error message in English over Chinese, the unicom might be a different model I've an NX403A according to the about phone stats.

Audiomad said:
I tried the may 15th download the site eventually worked for me but the update fails to install giving an error message in English over Chinese, the unicom might be a different model I've an NX403A according to the about phone stats.
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I have the same model and i quess that this Unicom edition is for another model maybe. Kitkat and UI 2.0 that X6 "wears" is almost ready for Z5, Z5 mini and Z5s mini.

Rooting Lenovo S860

Lenovo S 860 is the latest offering from Lenovo and released recently in India. It has a massive battery of 4000 mah and is the best phone for people who want something which has a lot of stamina and this phone certainly lives up to the expectations.
SInce I was unable to find a specific forum for this phone I am posting it in the general section.
This is specifically for people who want more out of their Android phones.
So here you go, to root this phone, it is very simple, use VROOT. It is a one click process and works perfectly, but the super user installed will be in Chinese.
http://www.mgyun.com/en/GetVRoot

Thanks for posting/confirming that Vroot works for the S860 (and for starting this thread)- I'm about to purchase this phone later today. Is there any way to replace the Chinese superuser with an English one?
Edit: Just found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1965781

Has anyone bought and is using this phone? Haven't seen much activity online so far even though it's a fairly decent offering. Perhaps if the Mods could move this thread to Android General it might be more helpful?
On a side note, if anyone is using the phone have you received 4.4 update yet?

lolo60 said:
Has anyone bought and is using this phone? Haven't seen much activity online so far even though it's a fairly decent offering. Perhaps if the Mods could move this thread to Android General it might be more helpful?
On a side note, if anyone is using the phone have you received 4.4 update yet?
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Yeah...have been using the phone for the last 3 weeks. Performance is very good for day to day taks - calls/browsing/streaming etc . The best part I like about this phone is the mammoth battery and Lenovo still managed this in a rather slim body. It is also lighter than note 2.
Recieved kitkat update yesterday. A few changes to the UI - now it is lag free.

Kitkat update link
Can anybody post the link or how to upgrade Lenovo S860 to Kitkat. Lenovo released the update but since it around 1 GB unable to do so through phone. It gets interrupted due to unstable net connection and sloe speed. Is there anyway I can do this through PC.

VRoot did not work for me after upgrading phone to 4.4.2. It rebooted the phone constantly, asked for permission to restore data from PC to phone, but the root process kept failing. Anyone else face the same issue?

I have used S860 for a month now. Android 4.2.2 works good except for some lag. I would like to upgrade to 4.4 but don't want to loose google play. Any suggestions? Can I install the Lenovo update of 4.4 and then reinstall google play?

Lenovo S860 flashing tutorial for KitKat 4.4 & gaps
hello, this one will help you
xxx androidrookies.com/2014/06/lenovo-s860-flashing-android-kit-kat-44.html (insert www and copy link)
I already got the Lenovo S860 with KitKat bought from eBay, but without root permission, so I waiting for rooting the phone.
David :angel:

Solverino said:
hello, this one will help you
xxx androidrookies.com/2014/06/lenovo-s860-flashing-android-kit-kat-44.html (insert www and copy link)
I already got the Lenovo S860 with KitKat bought from eBay, but without root permission, so I waiting for rooting the phone.
David :angel:
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This will only work for the Chinese 1 GB model of Lenovo S860 - not the 2 GB ROW (Rest of the World) Model.
From whatever little is available online for this phone I'm guessing it's hard to root if the phone's running kitkat - and it doesn't look like any developer will come up with Root for it. It's just too bad, I miss using AdAway the most!

lolo60 said:
This will only work for the Chinese 1 GB model of Lenovo S860 - not the 2 GB ROW (Rest of the World) Model.
From whatever little is available online for this phone I'm guessing it's hard to root if the phone's running kitkat - and it doesn't look like any developer will come up with Root for it. It's just too bad, I miss using AdAway the most!
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and how about Framaroot one clik root, did you try it?
EDIT: just tried Framaroot 1.9.3 and don´t work for me, anyone of the three exploits

Flash S860
I have an S860 (1GB) bought from China obviously and when I received it it had no gapps and no caller id in Europe which was annoying.
What I did:
1. Installed 4.2.2 ROW Version (also when I flashed it I put a custom recovery image TWRP 2.7)
2. After I flashed it I installed root and modem for 3G calls from custom recovery.
That's it, feel free to ask me any question!

al3xlove said:
I have an S860 (1GB) bought from China obviously and when I received it it had no gapps and no caller id in Europe which was annoying.
What I did:
1. Installed 4.2.2 ROW Version (also when I flashed it I put a custom recovery image TWRP 2.7)
2. After I flashed it I installed root and modem for 3G calls from custom recovery.
That's it, feel free to ask me any question!
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I bought my S860 on eBay (Honk Kong), it has KitKat 4.4.2 already installed and all Google services on and working. Language only english and chinese. Also it haso no caller id in Europe (little annoying) so set OFF.
Point 2. will be interesting for me, how to root the phone (with build ver. VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_7_ST_S860 and baseband version S860.V102, 2014/04/15) and set caller ID to Europe?
Thanks.
David

al3xlove said:
I have an S860 (1GB) bought from China obviously and when I received it it had no gapps and no caller id in Europe which was annoying.
What I did:
1. Installed 4.2.2 ROW Version (also when I flashed it I put a custom recovery image TWRP 2.7)
2. After I flashed it I installed root and modem for 3G calls from custom recovery.
That's it, feel free to ask me any question!
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I have this Chinese version too, I got it few weeks ago.
When I got it, it had Android 4.2.* and everything was OK.
Then I got the notification that there is a system update (over 700MB), and I updated it.
After the update I have KitKat 4.4.2, Baseband S860.V102, Build VIBEUI_V1.5_1423_7_ST_S860., there was no Google Play store and stuff, so I had to loose time to make Google services to work.
Now it works, but I have some problems with notifications from the apps. Sometimes I get notifications from Facebook messenger and other apps, but most times I don't get any notifications, except from the mail.
It is really annoying, and I can't find any solution.
I'm no expert for rooting and stuff, I previously used Nexus 4 with stock system, and I bought this phone because of 2 SIM slots and good battery life.
Do you have any suggestions for my problem?
Do you know if it is possible to, maybe, install Cyanogenmod on it, and would that solve the problems?

2gb ram, 16gb rom, 5.3"ips,
I'm seriously considering this phone, the P780 has more development, but is lacking the extra features this model provides.
I'm in Canada and would need the development to reflect ROW needs.
BUT,,,
No development so far
So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and here's to (Prost!) to further development............

Mchael T. said:
I'm seriously considering this phone, the P780 has more development, but is lacking the extra features this model provides.
I'm in Canada and would need the development to reflect ROW needs.
BUT,,,
No development so far
So I'm keeping my fingers crossed and here's to (Prost!) to further development............
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I also have 2gb ram 16gb S860 rom. I was looking for a related article about root, but no one ever discusses it. if there was even discussed in the jelly bean root instead kitkat.
My experience using framaroot and vroot not succeed in kitkat (2gb ram 16 rom).
I am also waiting for this type of developer for lenovo, considering this phone is a new entry in Indonesia. I come from Indonesia.

AgungMantab said:
I also have 2gb ram 16gb S860 rom. I was looking for a related article about root, but no one ever discusses it. if there was even discussed in the jelly bean root instead kitkat.
My experience using framaroot and vroot not succeed in kitkat (2gb ram 16 rom).
I am also waiting for this type of developer for lenovo, considering this phone is a new entry in Indonesia. I come from Indonesia.
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So the Lenovo site lists this phone "Ports - Micro SD up to 32GB", does your phone have a Micro SD Memory slot?
http://shopap.lenovo.com/hk/en/smartphones/s-series/s860/#tab-tech_specs
If not, is there ROW version of this model?

Mine is 2gb ram and 16 gb rom. I have rooted it with vroot. Then instaled twrm using mtk mobileoncle plus supersu. You can download correct version from lenovo.forum.ru
Sent from my Lenovo S860 using Tapatalk

Mchael T. said:
So the Lenovo site lists this phone "Ports - Micro SD up to 32GB", does your phone have a Micro SD Memory slot?
If not, is there ROW version of this model?
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I think one of the specifications listed there, whether or not there is behind casing. because mine is not available microSD slot. there are only a miniUSB slot and audio jack 3.5, as well as slots for dual SIM
to my knowledge, ROW version is 2gb and 1gb CN. please correct if I'm wrong.

chanur_000 said:
Mine is 2gb ram and 16 gb rom. I have rooted it with vroot. Then instaled twrm using mtk mobileoncle plus supersu. You can download correct version from lenovo.forum.ru
Sent from my Lenovo S860 using Tapatalk
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Did you root it while you were on jellybean or kitkat? After upgrading to kitkat neither vroot, nor framaroot are working. I tried with three different windows laptops.
Lenovo S860 2GB RAM = ROW
Lenovo S860 1GB RAM = CN/vibeui

I root it on kitkat with no problems using vroot.
Sent from my Lenovo S860 using Tapatalk

Official kit kat 4.4.2 ROM for HUAWEI ASCEND G6 - L11

I just want a beer!
OFFICIAL KIT KAT 4.4 ROM FOR G6-L11!!!!!!
Versions can be upgraded DIRECTLY is --- >G6-L11V100R001C432B118 or above (B127 Users look down how to do it)
Official B118 ROM:
DOWNLOAD HERE
G6-L11-ROM_V100R001C432B370CUSTC432D005_Firmware_Belgium_Germany_Netherlands_Portugal
DOWNLOAD HERE
G6-L11-ROM_V100R001C432B370CUSTC432D005_Firmware_Belgium_Germany_Netherlands_Portugal to flash with TWRP:
DOWNLOAD HERE
In the end are missing apps, like clock, or themes dont work? Is because in /data/custom.bin says different from the /cust in ROMs from above, but dont have importance . You can fix.
To fix /cust, in the end and with root, change the names in /cust folder, for the names in YOUR /data/custom.bin (open like a text file), use root browser to do it.
exemple in my /cust , first folder says vodafone" and inside "pt" because my custom.bin says "vodafone/pt". If yours says ee/es you must change "vodafone" to "ee" and "pt" to "es".YOU MUST DO a factory reset and all be fixed.
You can find the tools in this page: https://meocloud.pt/link/1b4a9bd1-c9ad-4832-a366-b3522464f3fb/B127 to B370/
This video shows how to do it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMDnP1tBsJ4
This are same changed ROMs:
For B127 users go to:
-----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/general/g6-l11-b127-rom-how-to-upgrade-to-kit-t3079179
Deodexed KITKAT ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/development/deodex-huawei-g6-l11-kitkat-t3093611
Customized (and a easy way to install) B370 Kit Kat ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/general/edited-version-rom-b370-kit-kat-huawei-t3236908
:good:

persona78 said:
I just want a beer!
OFFICIAL KIT KAT 4.4 ROM FOR G6-L11!!!!!!
G6-L11-ROM_V100R001C432B370CUSTC432D005_Firmware_Belgium_Germany_Netherlands_Portugal
http://consumer.huawei.com/kh/support/products/downloads/detail/ascend-g6-4g-kh.htm?id=38361
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nc humberto but it was better to put it in the development forum

a better place
messi2050 said:
nc humberto but it was better to put it in the development forum
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Hi!
I looked for a better place to put , but can not found .
If you find a better location in another section, can you change it ?
Thank U

Hi,
the Italian language is supported by this ROM?
Regards.

persona78 said:
I just want a beer!
OFFICIAL KIT KAT 4.4 ROM FOR G6-L11!!!!!!
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Hi,
the Italian language is supported by this ROM?
Regards.

slope76 said:
Hi,
the Italian language is supported by this ROM?
Regards.
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Yes

xire68 said:
Yes
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Thanks!
Have you try to install it?
It resets the initial configuration?
Regards.

I install this ROM but now I don't have clock application,any help?
Thanks

BeToven said:
I install this ROM but now I don't have clock application,any help?
Thanks
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Was branded Vodafone?
In a German blog, a user said in the comments, that the firmware B370 (EMUI 3.0 KitKat) of the P7-Mini (aka G6-L11) has caused the loss of the clock-application and blamed the Vodafone branding..
I do not know how he solved..
Regards.
p.s. I still have not installed. I want to wait the update via ota..

you can fix your missing app by changing the name of the cust folders.
this reason for this problem is that you came from another cust version.
here is a tutorial:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/328261053999820/permalink/405608112931780/

slope76 said:
Was branded Vodafone?
In a German blog, a user said in the comments, that the firmware B370 (EMUI 3.0 KitKat) of the P7-Mini (aka G6-L11) has caused the loss of the clock-application and blamed the Vodafone branding..
I do not know how he solved..
Regards.
p.s. I still have not installed. I want to wait the update via ota..
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yes was branded Vodafone .
I will try below solution.

Hi!
I have an unbranded portuguese G535-L11, also known as GOVA (same machine as G6). The firmware version I have is the G535-L11V100R001C15B139. Would this work on my phone? Has anyone tested yet? Browsing trough the internet I can see that they're exactly the same phone. But better be safe than sorry...
Many thanks in advance!
PS: About time we see our phone in this forum!

Root and fix cust
BeToven said:
I install this ROM but now I don't have clock application,any help?
Thanks
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In the end are missing apps, like clock, or themes dont work? Is because in ( /data/custom.bin ) says different from the /cust in ROMs from above, but dont have importance . You can fix.
To fix /cust, in the end and with root, change the names in /cust folder, for the names in YOUR /data/custom.bin (open like a text file), use root browser to do it.
exemple in my /cust , first folder says vodafone" and inside "pt" because my custom.bin says "vodafone/pt". If yours says ee/es you must change "vodafone" to "ee" and "pt" to "es".YOU MUST DO a factory reset and all be fixed.
See this link and you will found the tools: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/general/g6-l11-b127-rom-how-to-upgrade-to-kit-t3079179

i dnt
slope76 said:
Hi,
the Italian language is supported by this ROM?
Regards.
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I do not receive notices from the post, i don't know why ????
Only today I saw the comment .
And yes .
Sorry

Hi!
I have an EE Kestrel G535-L11 Is it possible to update it to use this rom as-well ?

No, im sorry...
GODISMYCOPILOT said:
Hi!
I have an EE Kestrel G535-L11 Is it possible to update it to use this rom as-well ?
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Your phone have a diferent Kernel, only G6-L11, L22, L33.

Huawei Ascend G6-11 Digitel Venezuela
Hi everyone and thanks, persona, for your great work! I'd like to know if I can have this in my phone, which is a branded version for Digitel Venezuela. BTW, I had two of these phones and 4G never worked. :#

Hi! I think so, you need to update to B118 first, than toB370.
And the 4G depends from the SIM card, olds SIM cards don't support 4G, and you must see if your area have 4G.

I bought G6-U10 and i have problem that every time i try to download Apps it's says that there's not enough space, however, there's 8GB SDcard in the mobile and i change it in setting to SDcard too but still the same problem. I don't know what should...

That is a Google Play Services issu. Have you try it to turn off and boot again? If don't fixe, only a factory reset can help you. Do a backup first.

ROOT a fake S6 ?!

Hello everyone,
I read several forums, so I installed cpu-z to know on what mtk my phonewas running. Strangely I was on Exynos Octa 7420. So I put my phone in download mode, and appeared a Chinese menu (that's how I know I have a fake s6).
So I would like to know, is there a way to install a recovery and a rom on a phone like this ?!
PS: model number is sm-g920l on lollipop 5.0.2

I think you can try kingroot because supports a lot of smartphones, and if the root method works then you can try follow this guide for switching to supersu

iDareU7 said:
Hello everyone,
I read several forums, so I installed cpu-z to know on what mtk my phonewas running. Strangely I was on Exynos Octa 7420. So I put my phone in download mode, and appeared a Chinese menu (that's how I know I have a fake s6).
So I would like to know, is there a way to install a recovery and a rom on a phone like this ?!
PS: model number is sm-g920l on lollipop 5.0.2
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i think its just fake info keep in mind they still can trick apps to show fake info if you want to root it without knowing what are you doing it may end up dead forever

I found that it's a mtk mobile. But my version (mt6735) is unrootable ... Any idea why ?!

Why so you even have a fake device? How about returning it for a real one?

XxM4tzexX said:
Why so you even have a fake device? How about returning it for a real one?
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Fake one cost under 100$ new this was a year ago [emoji1]
Sent from my SM-N930F using Tapatalk

iDareU7 said:
I found that it's a mtk mobile. But my version (mt6735) is unrootable ... Any idea why ?!
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There are a few root methods for this chipset, you need to make sure the bootloader is unlocked though 1st before trying. I had a quick google for root methods and did see a few possible working ones.