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I have a phone, an LG C660 (LG Optimus Pro)
Unfortunately, I did something stupid and didn't read enough and bought an ASIAN release, without the proper 3G band for Canada - therefore I'm stuck on EDGE mode.
I found on craigslist a local who is selling the Canadian release of the phone, the LG C660R (LG Gossip Pro)
I've customized my phone quite a bit, plus I'm sure the Canadian release has a crippled rom (probably removing Tethering, which is something I want)
Would it be posssible to COMPLETELY copy the / from one phone to another, to have an identical mirror of the phone?
Are there any special "drivers" that could make a difference between the 3g radio bands, causing issues?
Please, enlighten me!
You said its the same phone right?
If so then go to your recovery menu and make a nandroid backup of your rom
Copy the backup folder to your pc and when you get the new phone place the folder into your sdcard go to your recovery menu and restore.Thats it !
It's "pretty much" the same phone:
It has a different antenna that supports different 3g frequencies, will the firmware be compatible?
Also I don't have a recovery menu, can I just copy /system?
I've been trying to figure out how to get NFC working on the stock ROM for a while now. In no way am I a DEV or experienced with Android coding, but I have learned a few things along the way. I know basic NFC functions are available in certain ROMS, but this is about getting it working on the stock ROM. I am also aware that Google Wallet will not work on these phones without a secure elemint (sp?). But with all of the interest in NFC (even though its uses are limited), I would think alot of people would like to have the option to enable it on the stock ROM.
Here is a few things a have discovered:
These phones already have the Nfc.apk and Nfc.Odex files included. They are very similar to the files on the Korean version of this phone that has working NFC.
The framework-res.apk xml already includes code for NFC operations. I have read where people have said that extra framework is needed, but from what I see (again limited knowledge) it already exists.
I also found (I can't remember where) more code for NFC that includes connection instructions and what it is supposed to do when a NFC signal is detected.
So I am thinking, maybe the only thing we need at this point is to have the option for NFC along with the toggle added to the "Wireless and Network" menu on the phone. Maybe it already exists and just needs to be activated.
Oddly enough, it seems very little information exists about trying to activate NFC on the SkyRocket I727 stock ROM. Alot of the information a got was from the regular Galaxy SII forum and it is obvious that phone isn't coded exactly as ours.
So, can any one tell me in which part of the coding is the "Menu options" enabled for the "Wireless and Network" settings? Maybe I am wrong about all of this, but if anyone knows anything more about it (not just guessing but actually knows something), please post it here so we can get the NFC function working on the stock ROM.
On a seperate note, the same place I found the coding about the NFC operations (like I said, I can't remember where it was but I will try to find it again) I also found additional mentioning of an"FM radio chip"???
OOOOKKKKKKK...can someone atleast point me in the right direction to find this out on my own?
You can edit setting.apk and enable nfc. Or just dload a rom that lets u use nfc.
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I've been trying to figure out how to get NFC working on the stock ROM for a while now. In no way am I a DEV or experienced with Android coding, but I have learned a few things along the way. I know basic NFC functions are available in certain ROMS, but this is about getting it working on the stock ROM. I am also aware that Google Wallet will not work on these phones without a secure elemint (sp?). But with all of the interest in NFC (even though its uses are limited), I would think alot of people would like to have the option to enable it on the stock ROM.
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appdroid said:
You can edit setting.apk and enable nfc. Or just dload a rom that lets u use nfc.
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Thanks for the response, but what do I edit in settings.apk? I have read this more than a couple of times, but no one seems to be able to say what edits to make to the settings.apk. As far as the others ROMS go, I realize NFC works in other ROMS, but I'm trying to find an option to enable it in the Stock ROM. Any info you can provide would be great. Thanks.
Edit...I took a look at the setting.apk XML from a T-mobile phone that has NFC enabled and it seems to be the same as the settings.apk XML from the Skyrocket. This is the confusing part. Everyone seems to think the settings.apk app needs editing, but it is the same as ones in the versions of our phones that have working NFC. As a matter of fact, the NFC.apk apps are the same as well. This is why I am thinking it only needs the option added to the "Wireless an Netwok" menu in order for it to work (which is my original question on how to do so). Things just aren't adding up here?
OK, so I've been looking around some more and I found something interesting.
The T-Mobile (T989) version of the Skyrocket has an extra file located in the settings.apk that the I727 AT&T Skyrocket doesn't appear to have in it's settings.apk.
This file is named "smali". Most of the rest of the settings.apk on both phones appear to be very similar. There are about 9 extra lines of code in the "manifest.xml" in the I727 but they do not appear to be related to Nfc operations at all.
This "smali" file in the settings.apk on the T-mobile phone contains a folder called "com" and the "com" folder contains three more folders called "android", "broadcom", and "samsung". The "broadcom" and "samsung" folders appear to contain information (code) about bluetooth operations. The 'android" folder is the interesting one. It contains a "settings" folder that has many other folders in it. Again, most interesting is a file called "Nfc". It contains 5 smali files that all contain code about Nfc functions. I think this may be the actual file(s) that AT&T had Samsung leave off of this phone (I727) so Nfc is not enabled.
So finally, my new question(s) is..........
Can anyone confirm that the exclusion of the "smali" file in the settings.apk on the Skyrocket is the reason we can not use Nfc?
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Would it be safe or even possible to insert the "smali" file contained in the T-mobile settings.apk into the settings.apk of the AT&T Skyrocket phone and see if it would properly activate Nfc on the AT&T Skyrocket? If so, could this be done on the "stock" AT&T 2.3.6 ROM without being DeOdexed?
I realize this is a lot to ask, but this is the only way we can get NFC working on the stock ROM like it should be in the first place. Maybe one of the Devs that works with the skyrocket can help to answer some of these questions. Thanks to anyone that can help.
This doesn't help u in your finally quest of enabling nfc, but the reason u see the smali folder in the decompiled system.apk for the T-Mobile apk is most likely because it is deodexed, and the apk that u are looking at from your skyrocket is not deodex. If u use apktool or something similar to apktool and decompile a non deodexed apk u will not see any smali file. The smali folder is basically the Java code that is in the system.odex file (layman's terms)
This is why most..or most ever apk edit is don't on an odex apk. Because without it being doedex u would have to edit both the apk and the odex file
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If can get your hands on a stock doedex sky rocket rom that's what u would want to use to compair the two with
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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If can get your hands on a stock doedex sky rocket rom that's what u would want to use to compair the two with
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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I have compared the Stock SkyRocket ROM to both T-Mobiles ROM and the Superstock ROM. The SuperStock ROM is a DeOdexed AT&T version of what I have. The Stock ROM (on my phone) and the SuperStock ROM (DeOdexed) seem to be the same. I have not searched and compared every single file and line of code but the settings.apk and framework.apk and framework-res.apk files seem to be the same? The "smali"file folders that were located on the T-mobile ROM are not on the DeOdexed Stock ROM (atleast not that I have found. Unfortunately I have seem to come to the end of my abilities to do anything else. I just don't have the knowledge to go any further. Hopefully one of the DEVs around here could help out if they get the time. I know the effort would be appriciated, but it is up to them.. Most of them seem to be keeping pretty busy with updating their ROMS.
**edit** Ok, I spoke too soon. I found the "smali" files in the DeOdexed Superstock ROM. They are in the ".jar" files. The framework.jar file has the folder that has info about NFC in it. I just have no idea what to do with it from this point. I still think that everything that is needed for NFC to work is already in the Stock ROM, it just needs menu options to get to it.
Please note this is a rewrite and cleanup of first post. Original firstpost is in post#3.
Here I publish the ROM's I make for the MT6575 based Lenovo Dual SIM phone
The current and advised ROM is A750_ROW_S114_cybermaus_ICS_V3.1 described in post#2 below
This is the original A750 thread, but as not everyone can post in developer threads, I also have a publicly available new Q&A thread.
I advise you post your question here (if a more advanced and development specific A750 question) or in the Q&A question.
I am not going to be policing, so you can post where you like, but I invite everyone to use this new thread for any Q&A, and this thread for ROM releases and deep development talk only. Please understand I do not know everything, so using the Q&A thread is better then PM'ing me, as that way maybe others know the answer too.
Also, I am moving file hosting to Dev-Host. So if you encounter a dead link to a ROM file, do look here in my Dev-Host folder.
ICS IceCream Sandwich
Starting 2012/09/12 I have a second flavor of ICS ROM for the A750
ICS V1 ~ V1.3 are based on the original Lenovo A750 ROM's Most people tried them, but went on to APKHOT because of multilang. There was a V2, but never released
ICS V3 and onward is based on the Lenovo P700 ROM, see below
ICS V1 series
It is a update.zip type update. If you already got S306, and rooted/gapps'ed it yourself, you could stick to that, this is the same, with some minor extra cleanup.
'Normal' cleanup actions:
- Prevented update from overwriting Recovery
- Added root (Chainfire) & gapps (CM9 120429) & Maps & Streetview
- Cleaned Chinese & SmsReg
- Replace talking Unicom bootup with silent butterfly
- Set to US/en & added MoreLocale2
- Added MobileUncle 2.0.9
Instructions for A750_S306_120530_cybermaus_ICS_V1:
Assuming you have the custom recovery. If not, flash the recovery from my 4-shared using the flash tool.
- Put S306 V1 zip file on SD card (do not unzip)
- Also put S306 V1.3 zip file on the SD card (do not unzip)
- Boot into Recovery
- First apply V1, then apply V1.3
- Potentially, clear userdata and cache, especially if you come from any S14x GB
- Reboot, and wait for it to complete.
BTW: It should probably be noted that while I packaged V1.2 and V1.3, it was again bgcngm who we have to thank for knowing how to solve the location problems.
If you already lost recovery due to the S306 OTA update, reinstall it using the flash method from first post.
Please always respond if you tested it, even if you did not like it.
Oh, and if you do like it, press the thanks button of course.
ICS V3 series
For a long time I guessed the P700 is similar to the A750, but why bother. Until I recently heard it has a multilingual ROW (Rest Of World 海外版) version!
So I took the leap, and transplanted the A750 kernel into the P700 ROM (needed because the screen driver is different), and installed it on my A750.
It works pretty well. I did not need to fix location services or gapps (though I did put the newest in there). Also did I not need to clean up any Chinese apps. And the Calender is Chinese free, and the Dialer free of Chinese city names. So I barely had to do anything. Also GAPPS TTS was in there, though I still cannot find the settings menu.
But alas, the only 'multilang' in the ROW was Vietnamese. I guess "Rest Of World" is pretty limited.
Also, for those of you that liked it, the Security App (Anti-Virus, and limit permissions per App, so sort of a firewall) is also missing. I may put it back in later, but I want to run vanilla for a while to test stability.
But it is still nice and clean, and all programs a month newer. And Chinese out of the browser/email-setup/calender/dialer. Oh, and for all of you that went to APKHOT because of the newer SIM taskbar icons: It also has the newer icons. For an ongoing list of findings in post #585
So for those of you that want to try: A750_ROW_S113_cybermaus_ICS_V3 based on P700_ROW_S113_120801.
Assuming you have the custom recovery. If not, flash the recovery from my 4-shared using the flash tool.
A750_ROW_S114_cybermaus_ICS_V3.1
Based on factory ROM P700_ROW_S114_120903, and located in my Dev_host. Similar to V3, but newer, and a few extra tweaks.
Summery of changes:
- Same as on V3, and additionally:
- Whatever Lenovo fixed in their S114 (there is a unconfirmed suggestion that it may be signal strength related)
- Different (better?) call-log and Caller-ID behavior, see post #3 below
- Prepared busybox (you need to run script /system/xbin/installbusybox as root if you want it)
- Added a tweak so USB-Debug notification is no longer shown
- Added a tweak so Wifi works on all 14 international channels (rather than only the 11 US ones, may be undone if you set a different locale)
- Kept the original S306 radio firmware (baseband). They had the same timestamp as the P700 one anyway.
Instructions:
This is a update.zip type ROM. If you are on any ICS ROM, you do not need to flash V3 first, you can directly flash V3.1"
- Put ROW_S114 zip on SD card
- Boot into recovery
- Apply zip file
- Reboot, and wait for it to complete.
- If you came from a domestic Chinese ROM, clean data for calender, notes, desktop and if possible contacts, using these utilities. Or if you do not mind, wipe all data from recovery.
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BTW: Due to new forum rules, resulting in a large number of people that cannot post into developer threads and that subsequently PM me, I open op a new Q&A thread.
I am not going to be policing, so you can post where you like, but I invite everyone to use this new thread for any Q&A, and this thread for ROM releases and deep development talk only.
Consequently, if you PM'ed me, look for your reply in this new thread
Thanks
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PS: do drop me a reply if you use or tried it! Or press the 'thanks' button.
HELP, I lost my IMEI ! / Caller ID
Please note the content below was originally in post#1. I cleanup Post#1 a little, to make it clearer to new users.
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Hi All
My second Lenovo A750 ROM release: A750_S148_120428_cybermaus_V1
Edit: For ICS rom check the 2nd post.
Fixed toward V0
- Different GAPPS, resulting in
- More stable Play Store with less unlisted apps
- WiFi based Location services (from for example Places) working (GPS did work in V0)
- NANP (US style) numbering formating removed from phone
- Replaced Unicom talking bootup animation with silent Lenove butterfly
- Added 'new phone Setup' program
Still to improve (if you know how, on a MT6573/MT6575, let me know!)
- Caller ID lookup in Contacts should ignore IDD prefixes
- SMS app trips over hyphens and brackets in stored numbers
- Arabic/Hebrew RTL fix not applied yet.
- Remove 'new phone Setup' program again?
This is a simple and clean ROM, not too much done, essentially just the factory S148 ROM (A750_S148_120428) rooted, cleansed from Chinese and with Google Play Store and other GAPPS.
So it is mostly clean. It does not even have the Skype/YouTube/Flash apps, as I believe such apps change too often to be in the system portion. I upload the ones I got from Etowalk separately, in folder Etotalk_apk, you can install yourself.
Specific changes:
- Rooted the phone
- Set to boot in US-english
- Added MoreLocale for extra languages
- Removed Chinese apps, incl Chinese keyboard
- Removed SmsReg.apk
- Left Lenovo Security (anti-malware) intact
- Added Google framework
- Added modded Play Store 3.x.16-mod from XDA
- Added MobileUncle toolbox V2.0.9
- Added CWMR Touch / 593zn.com recovery image
Most images are unmodified from stock S148, even boot.img is unmodified. Only system.img was really changed, you could flash only that.
You will also need the flash tool and USB driver. For example tool SP_Flash_tool_v3.1208.01 and driver USB_VCOM_Driver. The flashing is the
typical Mediatek MT6573/MT6575 based flashing sequence as shown by bgcngm, the undisputed champion of Mediatek ROMS.
Which reminds me: Thanks to bgcngm for his help, and to jazzor for his help
Instructions:
By default, the ROM will not overwrite USERDATA. If you want a clean slate, first extract empty.userdata.rar. Also do this if you get "weird" behaviour after flashing, like Play Store not starting, your old setting may be incompatible with the new ROM
By default, the ROM will not overwrite FAT (the internal SD card). If you like an empty internal SD card, extract empty.fat.rar before flashing.
By default, the ROM will clean out CACHE. If for some reason you feel CACHE should not be cleared, deselect the CACHE from flashing.
IMPORTANT: If you want to play it safe, it may be wise to backup your phone's IMEI file before you flash or reset to factory defaults. See here for help on backup or restoring IMEI
IMPORTANT: If you are trying this ROM on another model phone, which I STRONGLY advise AGAINST, then do NOT flash the first two (preloader and dsp_bl) as you will may not be able to flash it back afterward and thus brick your phone. Someone tried it against an ZP100 and bricked his phone.
Download A750_S148_120428_cybermaus_V1
I will also upload the driver, flash utility and official ROM's there.
Enjoy
May 11, 2012
cybermaus
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Caller ID bug
Caller ID on the on the A750, on the P700 ROW, and I suspect in general on the Lenovo phones.
The lenovo ROW (=Rest Of World) based ROM are much more international then the other Lenovo ROMs. I cannot be sure about the other china brands, but Lenovo in ROMs intended for the local China market, 'update' the phone to nicely recognise chinese cities. I am sure China locals will be pleased with this service. I do not know if/how this applies on phones which are already more international like the multilingual Zopo's and Thl's out there.
In doing so, Lenovo seems to break the normal caller ID function. Not only do you get to see Chinese city names for non-Chinese numbers, but also in some cases it does not resolve an incoming call to your phone book. This seem to be especially true if the incoming call is in local format (no +CC) and the phone book is in international format (with +CC)
The ROW based ROMs work much nicer. No Chinese city names for non Chinese numbers. Also, it finds correct country names. So far, I was called by unknown numbers from California, UK, London, Russia, Romania, Saudi, Yemen and Jordan, and it all correctly resolved them. For California and London even to greater detail then the country. It only shows this for unknown numbers, for known ones it shows the contact name.
Indeed Caller ID seems to work correctly for local vs international format. So if the incoming is formatted without +CC, but leading 0, and the phone book is +CC, it finds it.
And it seems to nicely format all phones according to the desired national formatting. So +1 XXX-XXX-XXXX for US, but +966 X XXX XXXX SA fixed and +966 XX XXX XXXX for SA mobile. And +31 XX XXXXXXX for NL fixed and +31 XXX XXXXXX for NL mobile.Very nice
HOWEVER: The caller-ID lookup now seems 'whitespace-sensitive'. I had a contact number stored as +966 XXX XXXXXX, and he did not find it. But when I changed it to +966 XX XXX XXXX it did find it. Similar for number that had "(XXX)" brackets in it, as was common in NL in the past.
This may or may not be a problem, because if you touch your phone book entry in the edit mode, it will automatically change +966 XXX XXXXXX to +966 XX XXX XXXX. Symilar if you sync through Google. But as I sync with outlook using Android-Sync, many are stored like +CC (XXX) XXXXXXX
So, Caller ID is 'different'. But better? For most people probably yes. But may depend on your situation.
EDIT: I found the whitespace was actually due to me not clearing data. Everything seemed find, but the caller ID was a resulting problem. You need to clear contacts, so it reindexes the phone numbers, and then Caller ID is perfect. Even ignores () brackets. You can clear contacts many ways, but I made a patch for it.
Links to other A750 ROMS and other useful information:
EDIT: I have not kept this list updated. Search this thread for other ROMS, especially Smileyvvv's APKHOT seems popular
Original A750 ROMs: (S14x=GB; S30x=ICS)
A750_S148_120428 - Chinese/English - No root - No play store
A750-S305-120514 - Chinese/English - No root - No play store
A750_S306_120530 Original full S306 (no OTA, flash package)
Please note that all *official* ROMs come with password bbs.lenovomobile.com. If the password is missing, someone did something to the ROM. Also, there are 'root' images availible that only flash boot.img. These work by overwriting system.img *on every restart*. Creative, and I used it myself for a while, but currently I feel the method described below is a better method.
Other modified ROMs (GB):
S750 S143 Etotalk Multilang
A750_S148_120428_RUS by Anton_vrn V1.3 (true Russian translation!)
BM's Hebrew fixed
BaderMQ's multilang+Arabic fix
(please note none of these are really multilang, just multi-locale, which means system apps will remain English, but third party apps can be set to other languages, similar to my ROM's, I simply do not make the claim. Anton is the only one who actually translated the ROM, but to only one new language)
Other modified ROMs (ICS)
My ROM in sepo of course
lenovo750-4.0.3_Anton_vrn_v3.01(true multilang?? Hints that it contains: ar-de-es-fa-fr-in-it-nl-pt-ru-th-tr-vi-zh, but based on S305)
Etotalk S306 multilang_by_Dean : It exists, but I do not know an internet location to download it from.
How to root a ROM yourself:
- Flash the CWMR Recovery partition (the recovery only, not the root&recovery one)
- Reboot into recovery (poweroff - Press/hold Power for 2 secs, then also Up/Down)
- Apply this root update
- Use RootExplorer to remove any Vending* or Phonesky* from /system/app
- Apply the correct GB or ICS GAPPS package, from bottom page here, or its mirror here.
- If a ICS rom, even though not from me, you may still want to apply my ICS V1.3 update, especially if you have location or market compatibility issues.
Caller ID
Hy I have a Lenovo A750 and all my contacts in the address book are saved in international format ex.: +44 78......, and when somebody calls me the number that shows up on the display is 0 78....., as local format.
Unfortunately the phone doesn't recognise it as being saved in my address book and it show's me "078 .... is calling" instead of "Ben is calling".
How could I fix this?
Please help me, or at least give me directions.
Thank you
Its one of the more important (of not most important) issues, and it has focus of myself and more experienced people. It's listed above as "Caller-ID to Contact mapping should ignore IDD prefixes." But alas, afaik, at this moment, no solution exists.
Keep an eye on this thread, and/or this one. Rest assured that as soon as we know how, it will be fixed.
Edit: Caller ID bug is less prominent in ICS ROM's
And in any case, using this, you can work around it.
COOL
You have done great job man thank you. I was using etotaks v 2.0 rom but it kind of sucked so i decided to try yours and its all good. I like the net traffic, battery saving and LeSecurity and they come only with the lenovos rom. I will look foreward for future releases. Great Job.
Reagards.
RTL
Hi,
Are you planning to update your rom?
i was searching for a Lenovo A750 rom that support Arabic - Hebrw RTL.
There is a methods out there but its only for deodex Roms,and your rom odex.
anyway to convert odex to deodex?
Thanks
There is already a Arabic & Hebrew RTL version for A750 out there. Not my me, but by someone more experienced, though A750 is not his focus.
I am playing with my ROM, and while it is not on the top of my list, once I get round to updating it I was thinking of copying his RTL fix to my ROM also. In the mean time, try the other one, and tell me how it works in relation to the issues I still have on the to-do list.
Thanks
I downloaded the rom from that topic , it failed to install . it give me an error msg when i try to flash it thru CWM.
I manage to convert the lenovo A750 Roms to odex using crcstudio_1.2.0.0
now i'll try to apply the fix manually.
Well, you can always try to use the recovery I am using. It seems to work well for Bruno's ROM's.
I have never even attempted to put CWM on these Mediatek based phones. Nor have I heard of anyone else (other than you). Are you able to flash anything with it? I was assuming there was a reason people were not using CWM on Mediatek.
I advise you to put Recovery ROM from here, flash it using this method. And then use that to apply the zip based ROM's.
I am working to update my ROM with Hebrew also (actually, working on other stuff, but will try to also put that in), but be aware, it will also be a 'flash-utility' ROM.
Edit: ROM V1 is coming tomorrow, but no RTL, sorry. I was able to fix the location service and Play Store is now not blocking so many apps.
I already did try CWMR ... But when i ever try to flash BM Rom it shows an error.
And by the way .. I already used CWM to flash other roms on my A750 and its working.
so what i did:
I extract BM Rom and merge it with other chinese rom S148 and build new rom.
It works.. i can read/write Arabic . and for browser/gmail i install the Brightidea's app from the market. it fix the Arabic problem.
New V1 upload in first post.
Spanish from etotalk?
There are any possibility to get the spanish traduction from the etotalk rom?
Thank you
I'm using new ROM since last night.
I made a complete flash (userdata, sd...).
Now there are less Chinese applications, is good.
Good work, Thank you.
Quick question
Hi cybermaus
sorry for the noobie question but I didn't own a smartphone since windows mobile. I expect a A750 and it might come unrooted. Do I have to root it before installing the rom or is this done automatically in the flushing process? Thank you.
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There are any possibility to get the spanish traduction from the etotalk rom?
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Check if the Spanish selection is part of the 'MoreLocale2' app. If not already there, add it as a custom locale.
Edit: If you meant: can I take Etotalk ROM and transplant its Spanish into my ROM, then that is already done! Neither Etotalk nor myself actually translate anything, we both just added the free public app MoreLocale2, which has most translations in it. Using MoreLocale2, the phone becomes 'reasonably' translated, though there may remain some English parts.
cliviu said:
Hi cybermaus
sorry for the noobie question but I didn't own a smartphone since windows mobile. I expect a A750 and it might come unrooted. Do I have to root it before installing the rom or is this done automatically in the flushing process? Thank you.
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This flash is using bootloader method, not recovery, and it will not need root. Upon flash, it will apply root automatically. Use the flash sequence as linked in the first post.
It is strange the size is only 157 mb. I will give it a try
Yes, V0 accidentally had two copies of the rom image inside the rar. It did not hurt, but it bloated the package a bit. The 157GB (164 981 710 bytes) is correct
Good to see you are paying attention though
Remove the Unicom bootup animation
I landed on this page when I was looking for help to remove the Unicom talking bootup animation/sound and remove all Chinese apps from my phone (A750) that I recently picked up.
But I have never done this and I am no developer but can you please help me with a list of procedure that I can follow to use this A750_S148_120428_cybermaus_V1?
If someone has skype or share their phone number I can call to seek help.
Email: [email protected]
Have anyone found any custom roms or kernels for your pop , I have a alcetel t pop and my family have another 2 , low spec mt6575 powervr 512ram 150mb rom,my own was locked to virgin till I unlocked it , u have to use nck and spck codes to permanently unlock it or it needs code every sim change and some reboot, but I used rua1's guide to install cwn with mobile uncle.apk but rooting I used e root it Chinese but its never failed me yet,but really where to find a Rom for t pop aka 4010x, also with my virgin brand phone couldnt change sms notifications wouldnt change, after looking at the build props of mine branded and my family unbranded ones , I noticed. In the branded ringtone sms/mms and normal Notifications,build prop ro.config.ringtone/notifications etc was in build prop twice , once in alcetel orignal and once in virgin added bit,so just delete One sets of build prop lines and u can set ringtone and sms mms notifications sounds ,just heads up peeps and if any can help point to a ics or jb Rom for 4010x makes me well happy
Sent from my SK17i using Tapatalk 2
Would you do me a favour and back up your stock rom? then upload it since my phone is brick, so that i can restore the stock rom with your back up.
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Have anyone found any custom roms or kernels for your pop , I have a alcetel t pop and my family have another 2 , low spec mt6575 powervr 512ram 150mb rom,my own was locked to virgin till I unlocked it , u have to use nck and spck codes to permanently unlock it or it needs code every sim change and some reboot, but I used rua1's guide to install cwn with mobile uncle.apk but rooting I used e root it Chinese but its never failed me yet,but really where to find a Rom for t pop aka 4010x, also with my virgin brand phone couldnt change sms notifications wouldnt change, after looking at the build props of mine branded and my family unbranded ones , I noticed. In the branded ringtone sms/mms and normal Notifications,build prop ro.config.ringtone/notifications etc was in build prop twice , once in alcetel orignal and once in virgin added bit,so just delete One sets of build prop lines and u can set ringtone and sms mms notifications sounds ,just heads up peeps and if any can help point to a ics or jb Rom for 4010x makes me well happy
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Hi
Hi Thanks for the post.
Noo-be here, I have the same device and I rooted it by a chinese tool via USB.
However, after installing mobile uncle.apk v1.3 (via file) after rooting ; i am not able to flash a recovery image (CWM) into the boot-rom for the bootloader trigger.
I have not sim-unlocked the phone yet - would that be causing a ROM lock for CWM image install ?.
Anyone could help. I will post somewhere else too - as there are few threads hanging around, Thanks
darkmash said:
Have anyone found any custom roms or kernels for your pop , I have a alcetel t pop and my family have another 2 , low spec mt6575 powervr 512ram 150mb rom,my own was locked to virgin till I unlocked it , u have to use nck and spck codes to permanently unlock it or it needs code every sim change and some reboot, but I used rua1's guide to install cwn with mobile uncle.apk but rooting I used e root it Chinese but its never failed me yet,but really where to find a Rom for t pop aka 4010x, also with my virgin brand phone couldnt change sms notifications wouldnt change, after looking at the build props of mine branded and my family unbranded ones , I noticed. In the branded ringtone sms/mms and normal Notifications,build prop ro.config.ringtone/notifications etc was in build prop twice , once in alcetel orignal and once in virgin added bit,so just delete One sets of build prop lines and u can set ringtone and sms mms notifications sounds ,just heads up peeps and if any can help point to a ics or jb Rom for 4010x makes me well happy
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alcatel 4010x rom found
darkmash said:
Have anyone found any custom roms or kernels for your pop , I have a alcetel t pop and my family have another 2 , low spec mt6575 powervr 512ram 150mb rom,my own was locked to virgin till I unlocked it , u have to use nck and spck codes to permanently unlock it or it needs code every sim change and some reboot, but I used rua1's guide to install cwn with mobile uncle.apk but rooting I used e root it Chinese but its never failed me yet,but really where to find a Rom for t pop aka 4010x, also with my virgin brand phone couldnt change sms notifications wouldnt change, after looking at the build props of mine branded and my family unbranded ones , I noticed. In the branded ringtone sms/mms and normal Notifications,build prop ro.config.ringtone/notifications etc was in build prop twice , once in alcetel orignal and once in virgin added bit,so just delete One sets of build prop lines and u can set ringtone and sms mms notifications sounds ,just heads up peeps and if any can help point to a ics or jb Rom for 4010x makes me well happy
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I have found the specific custom rom for this particular phone.
I may add that it is super fast...
INSTALLING XPERIA Z MOD FOR ALCATEL T’POP
Now that you have a rooted phone and CWM recovery installed lets
play with custom roms. To install a custom rom is simple but
sometime things can go wrong. First you have to save your current
rom. Switch off your phone and Press the Volume Up and Power
button to enter recover mode. Select Backup and Restore, then Backup
and wait for CWM to backup your current ROM which can be used to
restore your phone to an earlier state.
Download the Xperia Z custom rom for Alcatel T’pop from here (pm for link...i am not allowed to post links) Alcatel Custom Rom .
Extract the RAR archive which contains XPERIA ROM MOD BY VIKTOR
DOMINGUEZ.zip and a Folder named RESTORE containing other files.
Create a Folder with the name clockworkmod in root of your sd card if
its not yet available. Open the folder and create another named
backup.
Copy the Restore folder you extracted to clockworkmod>backup.
Copy XPERIA ROM MOD BY VIKTOR DOMINGUEZ.zip to the root of
your sd card, do not extract the zip file.
Installation
Switch off your phone.
Press volume up and power buttons at the same time until you enter
recovery mode.
Do the following first -Wipe data/factory reset -Wipe cache partition if
any
Select the option INSTALL ZIP FROM SDCARD. Select XPERIA ROM MOD
BY VIKTOR DOMINGUEZ.zip.
Install the zip
When complete select go back until you find the option BACKUP AND
RESTORE.
Select Restore and select Restore/ .Wait until the operation is complete
and reboot your system.
THATS ALL. ENJOY YOUR CUSTOM ANDROID. (STAY TUNED FOR OTHER
CUSTOM ROMS)
syserr presents...
"SE" ROMs for the A2107A-F and A2107A-H
Stock ROMs flashable with SP Flash Tool
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SE_A2107A-F_S486_130221_SP.7z (updated Oct 5, 2013)
Complete, all partition blocks you need and then some
Partition block images from freshly opened -F, made with SPFT read mem then chunked with dd
No Root
NVRAM partition for those that have clobbered it and don't have a backup
^ yes, I know I just gave away my MAC address, but I doubt we are neighbors
Android 4.0.3
SE_A2107A-H_A404_121011_ATT_SP.7z (updated Oct 8, 2013)
Note: This is for the 1 SIM version, I don't guarantee it will work on 2 SIM hw.
Complete, all partition blocks you need and then some
Partition block images from a barely used -H, made with SPFT read mem then chunked with dd
I had rooted it before, so I carefully removed Superuser, su, busybox, busbox symlinks, and RootExplorer.
NVRAM partition for those that have clobbered it and don't have a backup, but I've blanked the MEID... so you'd have to restore your own with MKDRT or similar tool.
Android 4.0.4
SE_A2107A-H_VOD_SP.7z (updated May 15, 2014)
Note: This is for the 1 SIM version, I don't guarantee it will work on 2 SIM hw.
Complete, all partition blocks you need and then some
Partition block images from a Vodafone -H, made with SPFT read mem then chunked with dd
Rooted.
NVRAM partition for those that have clobbered it and don't have a backup, but I've blanked the MEID... so you'd have to restore your own with MKDRT or similar tool.
Android 4.0.4
A2107A-F ROMs flashable with CWM Recovery
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SE_STOCK_A2107A-F_S486_130221-signed.zip (updated Oct 5, 2013)
FAC partition is recreated with a lighter weight mechanism to choose country.
Origins were the above "-F" SPFT dump
No Root, Trying to be stock!
SE_SRS_A2107A-F_S486_130221-signed.zip (updated Oct 7, 2013)
SRS = Stock Rooted Scrubbed
FAC partition is recreated with a lighter weight mechanism to choose country.
Rooted with SuperSU Rooted with chainsdd Superuser
Busybox
All the vendor bloatware removed
Splash animations and annoying load audio removed
A2107A-H ROMs flashable with CWM Recovery
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SE_STOCK_A2107A-H_ATT_A404-signed.zip (updated Oct 8, 2013)
Note: Only use this on Dual-SIM if you are an experimenter with a full backup of NVRAM partition
Origins were the above "-H" SPFT dump
No Root, Trying to be stock!
Android 4.0.4
From US/AT&T model with 1 SIM slot
This appears much snappier than my -F with 4.0.3 firmware
SE_SRS_A2107A-H_ATT_A404-signed.zip (updated Oct 8, 2013)
Note: Only use this on Dual-SIM if you are an experimenter with a full backup of NVRAM partition
Like SE_STOCK*, but rooted with chainsdd and busybox installed.
Removed boot and shutdown animations
Really there isn't much bloatware to begin with.
Android 4.0.4
SE_FOXTROT_REROOTED-signed.zip (updated Nov 11, 2013) NEW!
I started with FoxtrotKZ's ROM
I found that "su" didn't work and the Busybox install said there was a problem opening a shell with root access.
I re-rooted it. (it works now)
I re-installed busybox. (it works now)
USB Debugging / ADB is enabled right away - adb logcat works first boot.
I removed boot animation/audio and shutdown.
I resisted the urge to remove more, but my objective was just to rework it as a test ROM for myself.
Tree of Tools for the A2107A
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in my A2107A directory
I'm going to make this second post contain...
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MISC ROM Tweaks
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ClearSky_Overlay_BigData_For_4GB.7z
Overlay files for A2107A-H with 4GB.
Increases standard 1.35GB /data to 2.01GB
Copy these files over your SPFT ROM directory
Tested with ClearSky SPFT ROM, but other 4GB SPFT should work
Custom Scatters
Scatter_And_XBRs_16GB_-_SYSTEM_1.5G_CACHE_.5G_DATA_2.0G.7z
Looking good thanks
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F user here, looking forward to flashing this and playing around with it tomorrow. Just wanted to say thanks!
Fine, I bought it for € 99.- in germany last week. In the moment I have the foxtrot rom with phone function on it. Do you plan a 4.04. rooted zip rom for recovery, also ?
Nice rom but dual sim version do not see any sim card.
good :good:
xclaw said:
F user here, looking forward to flashing this and playing around with it tomorrow. Just wanted to say thanks!
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Your welcome. I found a little oddness with the root, I just switched back from chainfire SuperSU to chainsdd Superuser. I'll get the new SRS uploaded today. (UPDATE: new one is uploaded a few hours ago)
NEO130 said:
Fine, I bought it for € 99.- in germany last week. In the moment I have the foxtrot rom with phone function on it. Do you plan a 4.04. rooted zip rom for recovery, also ?
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For -H, I will be releasing a rooted one probably tonight. Bare in mind though, this is from a single SIM model. I wouldn't mind purchasing a dual SIM so I had all variants to test on.
I could release an updater that would allow you to reinstall the recovery to CWM5 or CWM6.
nefilim23 said:
Nice rom but dual sim version do not see any sim card.
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Thanks. Hum, I wonder what is going on. My single SIM -H works "ok" with the dual SIM -H ROMs. I can see MEID etc.. it just shows the second SIM as MEID 000000 or unknown.
It'd be nice to get my hands on a couple of the SPFT dumps of stock roms for -H variants. Or purchase a dual -H tablets even.
That would be great if You could make it work on dual sim. Rom is faster and more responsive than 4.03.
In dual sim all the sim options are inactive and there is no cell networks.
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That would be great if You could make it work on dual sim. Rom is faster and more responsive than 4.03.
In dual sim all the sim options are inactive and there is no cell networks.
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Thanks for the confirmation on it 4.0.4 being snappier, very good to know. Apparently AT&T was able to have Lenovo develop longer than they would have normally and got 4.0.4 stock.
In general to all readers....
So here is what I've found:
The LeWa ROM claims to be 4.0.4 also. It is the only -H ROM I've seen out of about 10 I've archived that claims this, besides my AT&T ROM.
The LeWa ROM may have originated from the Lenovo A750 phone... as that shows as it's build:
ro.product.device=lenovo75_ics
A few reason that the AT&T ROM might serve as a better base for custom work:
1. It's for the hardware, no doubt. Need to figure out tweaks needed for 2 SIMS
2. It apparently uses a newer MTK frameworks: ro.mediatek.version.release=ALPS.ICS.MP.V2 instead of V1
LeWa is much slower than Your rom. I am on foxtrot now that seems little faster than LeWa.
thanks for your sharing
but please , I want to know one thing before flashing this rom to my Lenovo A2107A-H with Duel SIM ,
Is this rom will change my original wireless address and my IMEI for the Duel SIM , I mean is this rom will change the original nvram folder , or it will keep it as it is .
And please for the stock roms without root , I found that the link to A2107A-F is the same as A2107A-H , it means that there is no right link to A2107A-H
I hope that I get an answer from you before I make any crazy modification .
Thanks again and have a nice day
sam_pon said:
thanks for your sharing
but please , I want to know one thing before flashing this rom to my Lenovo A2107A-H with Duel SIM ,
Is this rom will change my original wireless address and my IMEI for the Duel SIM , I mean is this rom will change the original nvram folder , or it will keep it as it is .
And please for the stock roms without root , I found that the link to A2107A-F is the same as A2107A-H , it means that there is no right link to A2107A-H
I hope that I get an answer from you before I make any crazy modification .
Thanks again and have a nice day
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Oops on the mixup of links. I'll fix, sorry.
It shouldn't change anything in the nvram. NVRAM is somehow magically mounted, it's actually it's own filesystem in a partition block on the flash. So when my -H ROM installs it -- it ONLY writes to the BOOT and SYSTEM/ANDROID partition blocks -- no others. If I were you, I'd still have a backup of your NVRAM directory or partition block (.img).
About root vs no root, I think you noticed I removed the root files from the -H image -- it should be truly stock now. I'm pretty sure I was careful enough that no one would ever notice it was ever rooted.
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Oops on the mixup of links. I'll fix, sorry.
It shouldn't change anything in the nvram. NVRAM is somehow magically mounted, it's actually it's own filesystem in a partition block on the flash. So when my -H ROM installs it -- it ONLY writes to the BOOT and SYSTEM/ANDROID partition blocks -- no others. If I were you, I'd still have a backup of your NVRAM directory or partition block (.img).
About root vs no root, I think you noticed I removed the root files from the -H image -- it should be truly stock now. I'm pretty sure I was careful enough that no one would ever notice it was ever rooted.
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Thanks for answering my question , you know : my problem is that i sent my tablet to changing the whole motherboard for only that NVRAM , So , if you are sure that it will not be touch , i will try the rom , because i realy liked this rom even before i test it ,
and one other thing : you told me that to keep partition block (.img) , what is that partition , and is that mean that there is a way to fix nvram fixed fix or you mean that this fix will be a temperory fix .
please excuse my english because i am egyption , and forgive me for all this questions , but i want to understand every thing before taking my decision .
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Thanks for answering my question , you know : my problem is that i sent my tablet to changing the whole motherboard for only that NVRAM , So , if you are sure that it will not be touch , i will try the rom , because i realy liked this rom even before i test it ,
and one other thing : you told me that to keep partition block (.img) , what is that partition , and is that mean that there is a way to fix nvram fixed fix or you mean that this fix will be a temperory fix .
please excuse my english because i am egyption , and forgive me for all this questions , but i want to understand every thing before taking my decision .
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Your English is certainly good enough.
What I meant: Your /data/nvram is really just it's own file system on a partition block on flash. You can copy the files form /data/nvram, but also you can make an image backup of the partition block of flash. Either way should work fine, the partition block image is a bit more "absolute" and it could be restored easily with SP Flash Tool.
Flashing this rom do not change mac, imei etc. WiFi works fine but still no 3g for dual sim
Can You add more languages to this rom? I would like to have polish language and working 3g .
Thanks for Your work. Rom is great and it is good to see this device have chance for better software.
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Your English is certainly good enough.
What I meant: Your /data/nvram is really just it's own file system on a partition block on flash. You can copy the files form /data/nvram, but also you can make an image backup of the partition block of flash. Either way should work fine, the partition block image is a bit more "absolute" and it could be restored easily with SP Flash Tool.
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Really , many many thanks for you , i got your point now about taking a copy of my NVRAM folder for safety Purpose only , but final question : could you please tell me how to make an image backup of this partition to be flashed later by SP flash tool .
i know that my questions too much , but i believe that you are the best one to answer me.
nefilim23 said:
Flashing this rom do not change mac, imei etc. WiFi works fine but still no 3g for dual sim
Can You add more languages to this rom? I would like to have polish language and working 3g .
Thanks for Your work. Rom is great and it is good to see this device have chance for better software.
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thanks for telling us about your try , and many thanks to make me sure that nothing will change .
Last night I wasn't successful at much.
I tried throwing FM on the AT&T ROM... App and drivers. Didn't work.
Then I tried putting the AT&T ROM on the -F but with boot.img tweaks so it would find the system partition. Didn't work.
I guess I need to scale back a little to have some success.
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