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Welcome to the Huawei U8860 Honor / Honour / Glory - Index!
(please treat this thread as dev-thread, it is part of a dev-forum, not Q&A)
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Different versions of the Huawei Honor
There are two feature differences that I am aware of:
Number of Touch-Points: 2 or 5; I have 2 touch-points and with B977 my ProjectMenu just printed "synaptic" as touchscreen version, with B919 it states "synaptics-TPK.6"
Position of Huawei Logo on the back: in the top-left corner (china / russia?) or in the middle like this: http://kaefert.is-a-geek.org/huawei_honor/IMG_7491_small.JPG
It seem's there are versions without a camera? at least user limzm states in his signature his U8860 doesn't have one.
Backup & Recovery
In my opinion the first and most important thing when playing around with different ROMs, is the ability to backup and restore the phones ROM & state.
For this you need a custom recovery (which you will also need to flash custom ROMs, so you might only skip this if you want to only flash stock ROMs)
If you're on an 2.3.6 ROM, then possibly for this to work, you first need to flash a different stock ROM. There have been reports that with 2.3.6 the method below may not work. Also some newer ROMs like B923 and above have locked boot loaders, the latest ICS ROM that you can use for this is B919
NEW: CWM 6.0.1.0 with touch-support: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
OLD: download recovery-u8860-en.img from here MOD EDIT: Link removed.
make sure there is no directory named "dload" on your micro-sd-card - if there is, rename or remove it.
Turn off Fast-Boot, and shutdown your phone. If you don't know how to turn off Fast-Boot, pull the battery (it can be found in different places in different ROMs)
Press and hold volume-up, volume-down and power-button at the same time.
You should now see your phones screen pink (="pink screen mode")
Now connect your phone with an USB cable to a computer
A few disks should be mounted, search for the one that has an "image" folder with an recovery.img and a boot.img inside it. rename the recovery.img to recovery-bak.img (or simular) and copy recovery-u8860-en.img there and rename it to recovery.img
WARNING: Don't use the file recovery_v8.img which is referenced in a few other guides. It crashes and leaves you with non bootable phone-states and/or with unfished backups which cannot be restored.
ROMs
Stock ROMs (& leaked stock ROMs)
Stock ROMs (or leaked stock ROMs) can be flashed like this:
Download and unpack onto your micro-SD Card like that: /mnt/sdcard/dload/UPDATE.APP (some ROMs also have UPDATE_CUST.APP, copy it to the same place. If you're update has a second dload_cust (or the like) folder, you need to flash it in a second round just as the first one, by renaming it to "dload")
Turn off Fast-Boot, and shutdown your phone. If you don't know how to turn off Fast-Boot, pull the battery (it can be found in different places in different ROMs)
Press and hold volume-up, volume-down and power-button at the same time.
If everything above was done correctly, you should be able to watch your phone upgrading now.
Alternative: Some ROMs have an option in the settings that lets you start the upgrade-procedure without step 2.) and 3.) from above. If you can find it, you can use that one.
You can find stock ROMs here:
International ROMs: http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/technicaIndex.do?method=gotoProductSupport&productId=3834&tb=1
Chinese ROMs (can be changed to english): http://www.huaweidevice.com/cn/technicaIndex.do?method=gotoProductSupport&productId=3884&tb=1
Huawei Germany ROM: http://huaweidevices.de/honour?show=downloads
Huawei Russia ROM: http://huaweidevice.ru/updates.html
a comprehensive german list of stock ROMs can be found here:
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(thanks to user det-happy for pointing it out to me)
The most important Stock-ROM in my eyes (as base for most custom ROMs there are) is B919, find it here:
http://www.huaweidevice.com/cn/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDE2OTU=
or here: http://kaefert.is-a-geek.org/huawei_honor/B919_official.7z
Root and Google-Apps for Stock ROMs
NEW: Rooting method for stock ICS B919/B923/B924 (and perhaps others older ICS)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28403132&postcount=799
For people running linux on their computers, I've created an adapted version of this root tool:
kaefert.is-a-geek.org/huawei_honor/HuaweiHonorRootTool_LinuxVersion.7z
OLD: Theres a nice guide explaining how to root and flash+enable google-apps here: (but don't take the recovery from there but from above. explanation also above) - only use this if the new method above doesn't work for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22688341&postcount=53
Custom ROMs
To flash custom ROMs:
download their .zip file and put it somewhere on your sd-card
boot into your custom recovery: turn off phone completly, then Long press volume up + power button (for installation of custom recovery see top of this post)
factory reset / wipe everything (not always necessary, but to be on the save side. Some ROMs will not work in some cases if you don't wipe first, however the other way round is also possible, there are custom ROMs that will NOT work if you wipe, best look at the instructions from where you downloaded the custom ROM..)
flash update zip -> choose zip from sd card.
Cyanogenmod
dolmatov94 CM 10 Version 0.9.5 (2013-01-13)
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newer versions, look at: http://dolmatov94.ru/
Da_Nya v2.4 [with sound mod] (2012-12-30)
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Da_Nya v2.4.1 (2013-01-09)
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CM 10.1 (Android 4.2) from 4PDA (posted here by user tuanshungf 8th February 2013)
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Another list of Cyanogenmod ROMs can be found here (German):
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ShenduOS
This ROM seems to be quite popular, but before deciding to use this, think about if you really wan't to support guys that treat the open-source community like **** by violating the GPL (by not publishing their kernel sources)
Stable Versions: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Dev Versions: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Mixture of ShenduOS and CM, with Android 4.2
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FrozenPika (CM10.1, Android 4.2.2, based on ShenDu) GAPPS Integrated
Posted here by user "vTIMv" on 5th March 2013, 08:58 AM - found it on 4PDA.ru, uploaded 3rd March 2013
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Android 4.x MIUI ROMs
WARNING: most MIUI-ROMs have SMS-confirmations turned on by default, which costs extra with many providers (like mine..) so check it before sending your first SMS and turn it off
Sadly, these ROMs have serious RAM-problems, multi-tasking was quite impossible the last time I tried one of those (any app I tried to put into background was imediatly terminated)
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Android 2.3 MIUI ROM
Creator doc3000 posted it here, have not tried it out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1596442
WARNING: user paul89rulez informed me that you can loose your IMEI by flashing this ROM, you can find a IMEI backup app here: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Lists of other Custom ROMs
MOD EDIT: Link removed. --> chinese u8860 forum, contains ROMs, but also other stuff concerning the u8860
MOD EDIT: Link removed. --> chinese u8860 forum, contains ROMs, but also other stuff concerning the u8860
MOD EDIT: Link removed. --> an incomplete english index of the chinese list below
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Custom Kernels
I found a custom kernel that adds the option to overclock up to 2GHz. I'm used it running at 1.8GHz and it didn't seem to be any more unstable than before (I'm using the MIUI ROM which is a little bit instable all by itself already)
MOD EDIT: Link removed since you need to register to download the kernel, I also attached it MOD EDIT: Link removed to make it easier for you.
I also managed to build (and deploy) the 3.0.8 kernel sources provided by huawei myself, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23505650
With the help of the writer of rvoix I managed to adept our kernel in a way that rvoix works, but for the moment only mono so both parties mixed together in one channel (but recorded from the line, not only from the mic like most apps do). I attach the kernel that works with rvoix: View attachment boot_voc2.img.
Or for people wanting to build their kernels themselfs, here's the patch: http://code.google.com/p/rvoix/sour...pdragon/kernel/huawei_honor_u8860_rvoix.patch
UPDATE: Since our kernel sources don't work with B919 and later (non functional camera and wifi) I decided to go the other way round and modify the rvoix app to work with our kernel instead of adapting the kernel to work with the app. Here are the results: http://code.google.com/p/rvoix/downloads/detail?name=rvoix_mod_kaefert_v2.apk --> call recording that should work with all huawei honor 4.0.3 ROMs!
Various pointers
Adapting Chinese ROMs
Adding Google Apps (like the Market) --> Download zip from here http://goo-inside.me/gapps and flash it with recovery
Remove unwanted chinese system apps --> I do it with QtADB --> http://qtadb.wordpress.com/ But I guess you can also do it with some root app management apps
Change to languages that are not choosable in the standard language setting --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale
Reading chinese sites
People who don't use google chrome or the chromium project (yet) probably don't know, that it has a really nice built-in translating feature, thats very useful for finding your way arround all these chinese (or russian) websites, and much better then using translate.google.com (or other such services) manually with other browsers.
Miscellaneous
Silent Huawei camera (ICS)
I was annoyed one day by all the noises the huawei camera simulates. Therefore I investigated and found out how to make it silent.
If you're interested, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29079425&postcount=1028
Enabling logcat output on huawei phones
If your on stock ROM its quite easy, just dial *#*#2846579#*#* and enable logging in the project menu
For custom ROMs, I got a link from paul, but I didn't try it:
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
another site about enabling logcat on huawei devices:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...device-dev-log-main-no-such-file-or-directory
UPDATE
Sorry guys, but there won't be any updates by me anymore. I've moved on to Sony Xperia Z. The notoriosly low memory problem finally did it. (And Ingress)
There's a newer list of custom ROMs here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45164331&postcount=3056
Hi guys.
I've just cleaned this thread and would like to remind everyone about some points, so that they're not repeated in the future, and explain all the missing links you may notice.
Warez is strictly forbidden on XDA. Please do not link to websites that provide it, or to ROMs that contain pirated apps.
Kernels are licensed under the GPL. This means that the kernel's source should be provided. If it is not, it's illegal and will be treated as warez as far as XDA is concerned. In simpler terms: if you're posting a link to a ROM that contains a kernel, or a kernel, make sure the kernel's source is available and link to it as well.
Recoveries that aren't based on stock and that use a zImage (which is covered by the GPL) must also be provided along with the source.
Links to competing or commercial websites are not allowed. Links to websites that require registration to access downloads are also not allowed (there are exceptions, please see rule #11 for more info.)
Credits must be given, and you must have permission to share the work. Assuming that you do: if this goes against the point above, you may mention the member/website without linking directly to his work. Point #2 still applies - a link to the kernel's source must be provided if necessary.
I realize this may have caused links to your favorite custom ROMs to be removed, and I apologize about that. Many of you clearly put a lot of effort into building, maintaining and helping with this index. However, all posts must respect the rules first and foremost.
Please PM me if you have any questions or if you need further clarification.
Thanks for understanding.
Hey thanks so much for helping with this. I followed your guides and managed to get my Honor rooted and on an ICS version. Thanks so much.
limestar said:
Hey thanks so much for helping with this. I followed your guides and managed to get my Honor rooted and on an ICS version. Thanks so much.
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You're welcome. However, for the future, if theres nothing you want to say but to give thanks to someone for a post above yours, don't answer with a post of your own, but just use the "thanks" button. Thats what it was made for.
However if there are some questions or some obscurities in my post, feel free to ask.
Sir, does the miui rom is stable for daily use,
wahyuwidi said:
Sir, does the miui rom is stable for daily use,
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Well, I've been using it for 2 days now. I wouldn't call it stable, it has some rough edges, sometimes some system app crashes (like in the beginning I had a problem with the SMS-app), and I've had 2 complete system crashes (forced reboot) while running oruxmaps for navigation & gps-logging with my byclicle.
Check with you, if i installed the custom recovery, and root, can i revert back to stock by flashing via the settings menu or the vol/power button combination and stock rom in load directory?
cymagnus said:
Check with you, if i installed the custom recovery, and root, can i revert back to stock by flashing via the settings menu or the vol/power button combination and stock rom in load directory?
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Well the settings menue doesn't contain the huawei upgrade option in every ROM (for example not in the MUIU ROM), but the volumn up+down while booting will probably work, I haven't tried though. The upgrade directory however has to be call "dload", not "load".
To revert back to a previous ROM I find it much better to use the nandroid backup and recover options that every recovery image I saw yet contains. However be careful, the recovery-v8.img posted on some other places is instable and crashes before the backup is finished. you won't be able to recover such an incomplete backup. Always check if you have some backup complete message, it should NOT reboot automatically after making a backup.
kaefert said:
Well, I've been using it for 2 days now. I wouldn't call it stable, it has some rough edges, sometimes some system app crashes (like in the beginning I had a problem with the SMS-app), and I've had 2 complete system crashes (forced reboot) while running oruxmaps for navigation & gps-logging with my byclicle.
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Sir, is it ICS version that you are using? thanks.
daleylay said:
Sir, is it ICS version that you are using? thanks.
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As stated in my first post, I'm currently using the unofficial MIUI android 4.0.3 version from here:
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I have one or two unexpected reboots every day.
kaefert said:
As stated in my first post, I'm currently using the unofficial MIUI android 4.0.3 version from here:
MOD EDIT: Link removed.
I have one or two unexpected reboots every day.
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What is in MIUI rom better than the official rom that you like?
cbr900 said:
What is in MIUI rom better than the official rom that you like?
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Well the MIUI ROM has much more configuration options, for example you have a statusbar settings page where you can choose between default battery icon, percentage number or the top pixel row in green. Or also the MIUI theme chooser is really nice.
Another useful thing is the permission manager thats included that (if you config it that way) asks you whenever an app tries to use a permission that its defined to require. for example if you have an app that has the permission to send sms then the permission manager will ask you the first time that the app really sends an sms if you want to allow or deny it, and also if you want to save your choice or if it should ask next time again.
Hi, Sorry for my bad english, i have a awesome huawei honor, and i do all things that u describe in your post and run perfect but, i'm from mexico and y dont have 3G conection just Edge, do you know a way to resolve that? Thanks
Rafasdfgh said:
Hi, Sorry for my bad english, i have a awesome huawei honor, and i do all things that u describe in your post and run perfect but, i'm from mexico and y dont have 3G conection just Edge, do you know a way to resolve that? Thanks
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Hmm. Well the only ideas I have:
1.) Theres a 2G+3G / 2G only switch, in the MIUI ROM I linked in my first post you can reach it like this:
Home Screen --> Settings --> More... (4th point under the heading Wireless & Networks) --> Mobile Networks --> Only 2G-Networks
If that switch is on, than obviously your phone won't connect to a 3G network
2.) Your not in range of a 3G network?
Apparently there is bootloop issue for the newly released MIUI ROM 2.3.23 over at MOD EDIT: Link removed.
My experience is that I got stuck at the splashscreen as well.
I have download another at MIUI main site : MOD EDIT: Link removed.
and it works OK. Some portions of the UI are with Chinese texts and a few Chinese apps but overall still OK.
cymagnus said:
Apparently there is bootloop issue for the newly released MIUI ROM 2.3.23 over at MOD EDIT: Link removed.
My experience is that I got stuck at the splashscreen as well.
I have download another at MIUI main site : MOD EDIT: Link removed.
and it works OK. Some portions of the UI are with Chinese texts and a few Chinese apps but overall still OK.
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yep. I also flashed the version from there MOD EDIT: Link removed and am currently running it. Will update the first post again as soon as theres a working english version for the huawei over there: MOD EDIT: Link removed.
Hey could you recommend some other rom that will speed up my phone? Im currently overclocked to 1.8 Ghz using a kernel from the links you gave.
Sent from my U8860 using xda premium
EnDSK said:
Hey could you recommend some other rom that will speed up my phone? Im currently overclocked to 1.8 Ghz using a kernel from the links you gave.
Sent from my U8860 using xda premium
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The ROMs that I know of and that I've tried you find in the first post. I found the loader (=desktop) of the non-MIUI ROMs to be faster and snappier. (However, the MIUI is more feature-rich)
Okay thanks alot I think I'm gonna give MIUI a try. Downloaded the latest version from the MIUI website. Have you tried any CM Release?
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EnDSK said:
Okay thanks alot I think I'm gonna give MIUI a try. Downloaded the latest version from the MIUI website. Have you tried any CM Release?
Sent from my U8860 using xda premium
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As far as I know there is no CM (cyanogenmod) ROM for the Huawei U8860
Hello to everyone, this is the first time I post in the forums, but I have been reading it long time ago.
I have recently installed Mclaw's Cyanogenmod 11 on my Galaxy Ace 2 (I8160) 20140506 version.
I have two problems:
1. The GMAIL app (4.7.2) doesn't show the attachments in preview mode. I have to download and open them on external app, does this happen to anyone? I have tried previous versions of the app (4.6.1...) and always happens the same
2. I have an ipega 9017 bluetooth gamepad, on stock jelly bean rom is working ok, but in Cyanogen I can only to pair it to my phone, when I try to connect it doesn't do anything, the led blinks a few times and doesn't connect :crying:. Has anybody been able to make it work on Cyanogen 11?
I have tried previous versions of this rom but I always get the same results.
Thank you very much,
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farru1981
P.D. Sorry about my english, I'm learning.
farru1981 said:
Hello to everyone, this is the first time I post in the forums, but I have been reading it long time ago.
I have recently installed Mclaw's Cyanogenmod 11 on my Galaxy Ace 2 (I8160) 20140506 version.
I have two problems:
1. The GMAIL app (4.7.2) doesn't show the attachments in preview mode. I have to download and open them on external app, does this happen to anyone? I have tried previous versions of the app (4.6.1...) and always happens the same
2. I have an ipega 9017 bluetooth gamepad, on stock jelly bean rom is working ok, but in Cyanogen I can only to pair it to my phone, when I try to connect it doesn't do anything, the led blinks a few times and doesn't connect :crying:. Has anybody been able to make it work on Cyanogen 11?
I have tried previous versions of this rom but I always get the same results.
Thank you very much,
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P.D. Sorry about my english, I'm learning.
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Use "K9 Mail" instead --> its great! How about asking maclaw.pl about the BT issue? Contact data is available on the download page
LS.xD said:
Use "K9 Mail" instead --> its great! How about asking maclaw.pl about the BT issue? Contact data is available on the download page
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Thank you for your answer, I have written a comment at download site (I couldn't find direct contact info).
I wouldn't like to install more apps, so by now I will be using gmail APP and download the attachments, I have found posts in android google forums about this issue and seems to be very common with 4.7.2 version in KitKat in Nexus users. The same people say that downgrading it to 4.6.1 made it work again but this didn't happened to me
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Hello, I got a response from the developers forum, the user that answered me wrote this:
You can’t use gamepad or any HID devices BECAUSE developers won’t compile uhid driver to kernel or do workaround!!
Do you know how could I add that support?
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Q&A for [ROM][4.4.4r2]p6800/p6810/i815(10Oct2014)SlimKat build 8.4 Unofficial
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香港加油！
great work bro!!
well it's pretty good but I think it's quite lag .I only installed 19 apps but still i feel lag. please make it free bug and will our galaxy tab 7.7 p6800 update to android lollipop? will 2 gb ram computer can port a rom ? i like to port a rom using source code on my own but seems to be a hard work ←_← bty i tried to install cyanogenmod android 4.3 that u ported but still i feel lag=_= Anyway hope to make it free bugs and thank you so much for your hard work
Batery
I installed the rom on my tab 7.7 but battery consumption is very high.
The battery does not last more than 9 hours. Is this normal?
p6800 problem flashing Slimrom, Carbon, AOSB from PacRom milestone.1.release
Hey Everyone,
Noob here, been using Daniel_HK's Pac Rom as a daily for almost a year now, happy happy, but now I wanted to try Slimrom, smaller footprint, easier on RAM, maybe. Problem is, I can't get latest Slimrom, Carbon, or AOSB to flash with either CWM-6.0.3.0 or CWM-6.0.4.5. Just wondering what kind of diagnostic information to provide and if anyone can offer me some help. I have experience with Odin (took a stock p1000 through Overcome and CM9) and have tried CWM flash and Mobile Odin on the P6800. I try Factory Reset/Wipe Cache/Wipe Dalvik, flash rom, and then try reboot, also try all Wipes, then reboot, try Format System as suggests in the Slimrom FAQ. Not sure what my next step is, really want to try Slimrom or Carbon or OMNI. Any help is greatly appreciated. Big thanks to Daniel_HK and everyone who keeps our beloved P6800 alive.
Bluetooth pan
Trying to get Internet connection on Galaxy Tab 7.7 P6800 from Iphone over bluetooth
In iPhone, there is blue stripe on top saying there is one device connected to modem
In P6800, there is "Used for internet connection of another device" status in Bluetooth Settings under the Iphone (not sure of exact status as it is in Rusian)
But there's no Internet on P6800 (e.g. browser says "no internet connection")
Device is Galaxy tab 7.7 P6800, slimkat Slim-4.4.4.build.8.20-UNOFICCIAL-20141215-1732
File bluetooth-patch2.zip installed (from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2666261 )
From very same iphone, internet sharing over bluetooth works with sony z3 tablet without problems.
Files are transfered to P6800 from windows machine over bluetooth with no problems.
The question is if it is possible to connect to Internet from P6800 over bluetooth?
upd. Actually happens the following.
After connecting, I see in terminal window that interface bt-pan is up, but not ip address assigned to it
after performing commands in terminal with root rights
netcfg bt-pan dhcp
route add default gw 172.20.10.1 dev bt-pan
Internet is working in firefox and chrome browser (but not in embedded browser).
In play market, I can search for application but can not install it, as play market says "waiting for network connection".
ehm.gee said:
Not sure what my next step is, really want to try Slimrom or Carbon or OMNI. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Use TWRP instead of CWM. you can get TWRP for p6800 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352967 and install it using your CWM
CPU Voltage do not change
CPU Voltage settings in built-in performance settings do not change CPU voltage.
Device is P6800
ROM is Slim-p6800-4.4.4.build.8.20-UNOFFICIAL-20141215-1732.zip
Recovery is TWRP 2.8.x
14 Feb 2015 version - video now ok
Installed 14 Feb version. now HW decoder for video works fine. Youtube app, embedded video in web and FB, HW in MX player, all working fine. Thank you.
Few random reboot.
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Where did you find this version?
I can only find latest release from 2014/12/15
can't install 8.20
hi guys
pls help I want to install slimkat 8.20 from latest version of TWRP . But after i select slimkat an error apear and TWRP restarted .
what should i do?
help me
please help me...show me step by step to install slimrom for samsung tab 7.7
best rom i have tried
thanks alot daniel you are a genius
i have p6800 and it works perfect and battery runs longer
one thing that i have noticed
that my data sim card is not recognized by SLIMROM... if you would fix that it would be the complete ROM for me and p6800 users
my data sim card is from STC saudi telecommunication company in KSA.
i appreciate your time and efforts for bringing our lovely tab to life again !!
Hi Guys,
I am new to Android (a noob) - Started with flashing some custom ROMs on my devices and i am bothered by the security of my device, although android is open source, is it possible that a custom ROM is bugged to steal your personal or financial information? I don't have any experience with android development and i don't have time to jump into Android development so even if the ROM is open source i wont be going through the code to check for leaks or potential built-in hacks.
Basically my question is, is it safe to install Unofficial ROMs such as CM unofficial? I understand, the majority of apps store sensitive data on device in encrypted way but still, i don't think it will be hard to just modify the ROM to develop a built-in key-logger OR read username/password from a username/password fields while user is typing using an on-screen keyboard, save it as LOG file and when connected to the internet, send it to the 'unknown' source. I can see so many possibilities, the user wont even have a clue that they are sharing data. it is like Microsoft making windows Open Source and people making their own versions of Windows and users installing them on thier PCs.
Please help me understand - How safe are our devices when running on custom ROMs from developers we don't even know (no disrespect to any dev, all this amazing work is appriciated, I just want to understand the security of android - Please help me understand as after flashing custom ROMs on my devices i am avoiding installation of sensitive apps or even using chrome to type my passwords) - am i paranoid ?
Cheers
It's entirely possible that a malicious custom ROM could steal your data (or worse), and there's really no technical way to mitigate it. You're implicitly trusting the developer of a ROM by flashing it. All you can really do is make sure that whatever ROM you choose is from a well-known, trusted developer.
aliusman999 said:
Hi Guys,
I am new to Android (a noob) - Started with flashing some custom ROMs on my devices and i am bothered by the security of my device, although android is open source, is it possible that a custom ROM is bugged to steal your personal or financial information? I don't have any experience with android development and i don't have time to jump into Android development so even if the ROM is open source i wont be going through the code to check for leaks or potential built-in hacks.
Basically my question is, is it safe to install Unofficial ROMs such as CM unofficial? I understand, the majority of apps store sensitive data on device in encrypted way but still, i don't think it will be hard to just modify the ROM to develop a built-in key-logger OR read username/password from a username/password fields while user is typing using an on-screen keyboard, save it as LOG file and when connected to the internet, send it to the 'unknown' source. I can see so many possibilities, the user wont even have a clue that they are sharing data. it is like Microsoft making windows Open Source and people making their own versions of Windows and users installing them on thier PCs.
Please help me understand - How safe are our devices when running on custom ROMs from developers we don't even know (no disrespect to any dev, all this amazing work is appriciated, I just want to understand the security of android - Please help me understand as after flashing custom ROMs on my devices i am avoiding installation of sensitive apps or even using chrome to type my passwords) - am i paranoid ?
Cheers
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You are paranoid but that's good!
Yes we are trusting the devs (or Samsung et al with stock) AND hopefully smart coders who regularly check the code (but I suspect checking doesn't happen a lot!). You can use a firewall/packet sniffer to check what servers your phone is connecting to and see (some) of the data being sent to reduce your risk and put your mind at ease. But still it's no guarantee, as I understand it (I'm no expert!).
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trainsuit said:
If you get a stock android you are also trusting the developer. Just look at these lenovo laptops which had malware served on their stock windows versions. Best is to always start clean when buying any form of product.
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That's true, but how do you define ”clean”? In theory, you could build AOSP for your device yourself so you're only trusting Google, but that's completely impractical for most people. If you just switch from stock to someone else's custom ROM, you're just changing who you're trusting.
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Perhaps it's a silly question but I do it: do you think that a XDA Senior Member with one or two thousand of thanks is reliable?
Bach_J said:
Perhaps it's a silly question but I do it: do you think that a XDA Senior Member with one or two thousand of thanks is reliable?
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Another question for you: if a ROM has malicious code that send personal information to unknown servers, is using a firewall like AFWall+ twhich blocks all system apps sufficient to prevent this malicious ROM to stole data?
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Bach_J said:
Perhaps it's a silly question but I do it: do you think that a XDA Senior Member with one or two thousand of thanks is reliable?
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Probably.
Bach_J said:
Another question for you: if a ROM has malicious code that send personal information to unknown servers, is using a firewall like AFWall+ twhich blocks all system apps sufficient to prevent this malicious ROM to stole data?
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No, a custom ROM could make data look like it's coming from any app it wants, or just bypass the firewall completely.
josephcsible said:
No, a custom ROM could make data look like it's coming from any app it wants, or just bypass the firewall completely.
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Alternatively if the device is on your own network you could wireshark it using a computer and monitor IP addresses that the device attempts to connect to.
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Alternatively if the device is on your own network you could wireshark it using a computer and monitor IP addresses that the device attempts to connect to.
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This is helpful but not perfect. There's a bunch of ways to stealthily exfiltrate data over a monitored network, and don't forget a malicious ROM might only do its dirty work over cell and not Wi-Fi for this very reason.
josephcsible said:
This is helpful but not perfect. There's a bunch of ways to stealthily exfiltrate data over a monitored network, and don't forget a malicious ROM might only do its dirty work over cell and not Wi-Fi for this very reason.
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I agree with you it's not a perfect solution; this question is sort of like asking if you can trust someone who has a root account to your computer when you cannot see what they are doing, it's an incredibly disadvantaged situation from the start.
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I agree with you it's not a perfect solution; this question is sort of like asking if you can trust someone who has a root account to your computer when you cannot see what they are doing, it's an incredibly disadvantaged situation from the start.
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I don't want to flash custom ROMs anymore! :crying:
It can be very dangerous! Or am I paranoid and I can trust xda developers?
Bach_J said:
I don't want to flash custom ROMs anymore! :crying:
It can be very dangerous! Or am I paranoid and I can trust xda developers?
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Remember, everything I've been saying is reasons not to flash a ROM unless you trust the dev. None of it is saying that devs aren't trustworthy. I don't know of a single instance when a well-respected XDA member's ROM turned out to be malicious.
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Remember, everything I've been saying is reasons not to flash a ROM unless you trust the dev. None of it is saying that devs aren't trustworthy. I don't know of a single instance when a well-respected XDA member's ROM turned out to be malicious.
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Thank you for clarifying that but the question comes once more: how to recognize a well-respected XDA member? With the number of thanks? It is obvious that if the smartphone you are interested in is not so famous, there will be few comments on custom ROMs, too. So, how to evaluate the reliability of a xda dev who is developing ROM for not-well-known devices?
Are ROMs in Original development Section trustworthy?
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Thank you for clarifying that but the question comes once more: how to recognize a well-respected XDA member? With the number of thanks? It is obvious that if the smartphone you are interested in is not so famous, there will be few comments on custom ROMs, too. So, how to evaluate the reliability of a xda dev who is developing ROM for not-well-known devices?
Are ROMs in Original development Section trustworthy?
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Number of thanks can hardly tell that a dev is reliable or not(in some cases it can), rather it's the quality of their work and their expertise on the related topics that could clarify their position a bit. the recognized contributors, recognized developers, recognized themers you should look at cause
these are given to a member after being checked and passed by moderaters here on XDA. So they are pretty much reliable guys. in cases where there are no recognized developers and hardly any comments. you will have to check and find out yourself
1. ask the dev if he has tested the ROM himself?
2. how did he compiled the ROM? is it a port or just a modified copy of another ROM or a build from source.
3. check the link of the download, if it's to some survey site or ask for a password, stay away from it.
4. if you trust the download link, then download scan with antivirus and unzip the file.
5. generally I look inside app if there are apps which I don't trust and I remove them, then check build.prop, init.d folders. basic things to look for is any references of some other website/ports in between codes. if you're more paranoid you can check bin folder as well and every other you want.
6.don't install the ROM simply Root and debloat.
billysam said:
Number of thanks can hardly tell that a dev is reliable or not(in some cases it can), rather it's the quality of their work and their expertise on the related topics that could clarify their position a bit. the recognized contributors, recognized developers, recognized themers you should look at cause
these are given to a member after being checked and passed by moderaters here on XDA. So they are pretty much reliable guys. in cases where there are no recognized developers and hardly any comments. you will have to check and find out yourself
1. ask the dev if he has tested the ROM himself?
2. how did he compiled the ROM? is it a port or just a modified copy of another ROM or a build from source.
3. check the link of the download, if it's to some survey site or ask for a password, stay away from it.
4. if you trust the download link, then download scan with antivirus and unzip the file.
5. generally I look inside app if there are apps which I don't trust and I remove them, then check build.prop, init.d folders. basic things to look for is any references of some other website/ports in between codes. if you're more paranoid you can check bin folder as well and every other you want.
6.don't install the ROM simply Root and debloat.
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Thanks for the complete explanation!
billysam said:
Number of thanks can hardly tell that a dev is reliable or not(in some cases it can), rather it's the quality of their work and their expertise on the related topics that could clarify their position a bit. the recognized contributors, recognized developers, recognized themers you should look at cause
these are given to a member after being checked and passed by moderaters here on XDA. So they are pretty much reliable guys. in cases where there are no recognized developers and hardly any comments. you will have to check and find out yourself
1. ask the dev if he has tested the ROM himself?
2. how did he compiled the ROM? is it a port or just a modified copy of another ROM or a build from source.
3. check the link of the download, if it's to some survey site or ask for a password, stay away from it.
4. if you trust the download link, then download scan with antivirus and unzip the file.
5. generally I look inside app if there are apps which I don't trust and I remove them, then check build.prop, init.d folders. basic things to look for is any references of some other website/ports in between codes. if you're more paranoid you can check bin folder as well and every other you want.
6.don't install the ROM simply Root and debloat.
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I've just unzipped ROM but I can't find what you said. I've only found build.prop and nothing else!
Here a screenshot:
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I've just unzipped ROM but I can't find what you said. I've only found build.prop and nothing else!
Here a screenshot:
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That's because lollipop and marshmallow ROM files are further zipped into system.new.dat files which needs another method to extract, https:\\forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/extract-dat-marshmallow-lollipop-easily-t3334117
Just a small correction. When going to aosp you I ly are trusting yourself as you can inspect everything you add and remove what you don't.
Now to add to your paranoia. A custom rom could be made that allows all apps root permission without the users knowing. Add in a Key logger and have e it all headed without you ever knowing. This is common is xiaomi and other china based devices.
Heck there are a few key parts in the playstore with built in Key loggers.
Heck most of the go apps send all their data to China. Things like their Keylogger files, screen recording and device usage. But mind you it is all legal
Here I will post useful info, firmwares, etc for Teclast T8 master. You can ask any related questions here.
Official Stock firmware
Link: http://www.teclast.com/en/
TWRP+ROOT
Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/twrp-root-custom-recovery-teclast-t8-t3892647
Custom ROMs (for TWRP only)
Modified stock ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-modified-stock-rom-v2-01-t3894124
ASUS ZenUI ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-asus-zenui-rom-teclast-t8-t3898591
MIUI 10 ROM (stable!): https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-miui-10-rom-teclast-t8-beta-t3910219
Pixel Experience ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-pixel-experience-rom-teclast-t8-t3919512
Tricks and tips
Messengers (Facebook, Twitter etc) crush problem solutions: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/solution-solving-problem-messengers-t3994365
Facebook login issue fix: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/solution-facebook-login-issue-in-teclast-t8-e8c1.4169035/
Spare Parts
Battery (tested - suits and works fine): https://aliexpress.ru/item/10050030...earchweb0_0,searchweb201602_,searchweb201603_
Hey man, thanks for your works for this tablet! I've got one in the mail...
What ROM is your your favourite and recommend trying out first?
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Here I will post useful info, firmwares, etc for Teclast T8 master. You can ask any related questions here.
Official Stock firmware
Link: http://www.teclast.com/en/
TWRP+ROOT
Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/twrp-root-custom-recovery-teclast-t8-t3892647
Custom ROMs (for TWRP only)
Modified stock ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-modified-stock-rom-v2-01-t3894124
ASUS ZenUI ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-asus-zenui-rom-teclast-t8-t3898591
MIUI 10 ROM (BETA): https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-miui-10-rom-teclast-t8-beta-t3910219
Pixel Experience ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-pixel-experience-rom-teclast-t8-t3919512
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_jonte said:
Hey man, thanks for your works for this tablet! I've got one in the mail...
What ROM is your your favourite and recommend trying out first?
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Just try any you like. Both ASUS and PIXEL Roms are stable
Sword900 said:
Here I will post useful info, firmwares, etc for Teclast T8 master. You can ask any related questions here.
Official Stock firmware
Link: http://www.teclast.com/en/
TWRP+ROOT
Link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/twrp-root-custom-recovery-teclast-t8-t3892647
Custom ROMs (for TWRP only)
Modified stock ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-modified-stock-rom-v2-01-t3894124
ASUS ZenUI ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-asus-zenui-rom-teclast-t8-t3898591
MIUI 10 ROM (BETA): https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-miui-10-rom-teclast-t8-beta-t3910219
Pixel Experience ROM: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/firmware-pixel-experience-rom-teclast-t8-t3919512
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Sword900 said:
Just try any you like. Both ASUS and PIXEL Roms are stable
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Do these ROMs have the slight but constant micro-stuttering that the stock ROM has?
I guess all these ROMs are loaded with Google's stuff?
With the exception of Play Store I'd like to be free of the Google fleet of useless apps.
It's great that you've been able to port these ROMs. I hope a lot of people use them. I just have different needs! Tx.
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Do these ROMs have the slight but constant micro-stuttering that the stock ROM has?
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What do you mean exactly?
doktorspin said:
I guess all these ROMs are loaded with Google's stuff?
With the exception of Play Store I'd like to be free of the Google fleet of useless apps.
It's great that you've been able to port these ROMs. I hope a lot of people use them. I just have different needs! Tx.
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Yes, all of them. You can "freeze" or delete unwanted Google apps. Do it manually or try to find scripts which can do this automatically.
Hi, I was thinking to buy this tablet.
Can these ROMs fix the issue of too high brightness even at the lowest level?
If not can you recommend a free application to solve the problem?
Better this or teclast m89 pro? Thanks.
dr.Dobermann said:
Hi, I was thinking to buy this tablet.
Can these ROMs fix the issue of too high brightness even at the lowest level?
If not can you recommend a free application to solve the problem?
Better this or teclast m89 pro? Thanks.
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To solved this brightness issue I use the sFilter app or any other blue light filter app.
But to tell the truth, I wouldn't recommend to buy any Teclast tablet. I have a problem where he doesn't accept the installation of Instagram or Facebook app. I saw that many people have the same problem.
Anyone else with this problem or know how to solve?
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To solved this brightness issue I use the sFilter app or any other blue light filter app.
But to tell the truth, I wouldn't recommend to buy any Teclast tablet. I have a problem where he doesn't accept the installation of Instagram or Facebook app. I saw that many people have the same problem.
Anyone else with this problem or know how to solve?
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I added solution, check it and let me know if it works for u
It's possible to change brightness limits manually by editing firmware files, If there's a big problem for u and other users I can change its' range sometime. Just let me know what firmware u are using.
Hello dev!
Are you still working on this device firmware? I bought it this month and not even on official site could find updates for, so I don't know if there is any firmware that I should update before using these that you made...
I'm using Pixel Experience and found it great. But I had problems with the initial setup, which always had trouble trying to recover the configuration of another device. When I checked to set up as a new device it work fine.
I could not open Magisk too, but i wanted to disable it and remove, but always shows error when trying. I'll try MIUI in sequence to see if I can.
Another question: The modified Stock has gapps included? (and can I remove root?)
Thank you so much for your work, I was happy to know that have other firmware for this tablet.
PS.: sorry for the "google translator english", my english is poor. lol
the.password said:
Hello dev!
Are you still working on this device firmware? I bought it this month and not even on official site could find updates for, so I don't know if there is any firmware that I should update before using these that you made...
I'm using Pixel Experience and found it great. But I had problems with the initial setup, which always had trouble trying to recover the configuration of another device. When I checked to set up as a new device it work fine.
I could not open Magisk too, but i wanted to disable it and remove, but always shows error when trying. I'll try MIUI in sequence to see if I can.
Another question: The modified Stock has gapps included? (and can I remove root?)
Thank you so much for your work, I was happy to know that have other firmware for this tablet.
PS.: sorry for the "google translator english", my english is poor. lol
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I use the modified rom and it comes with gapps. And with another very interesting option "PC mode"
DrZocato said:
I use the modified rom and it comes with gapps. And with another very interesting option "PC mode"
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I used the modified rom too and liked a lot, but I couldn't install some apps through the playstore and had problems to remove root (Magisk). So I installed ASUS ROM and it is very stable and everything is working great. I'll leave it and see what happens!
Thanks!
the.password said:
Hello dev!
Are you still working on this device firmware? I bought it this month and not even on official site could find updates for, so I don't know if there is any firmware that I should update before using these that you made...
I'm using Pixel Experience and found it great. But I had problems with the initial setup, which always had trouble trying to recover the configuration of another device. When I checked to set up as a new device it work fine.
I could not open Magisk too, but i wanted to disable it and remove, but always shows error when trying. I'll try MIUI in sequence to see if I can.
Another question: The modified Stock has gapps included? (and can I remove root?)
Thank you so much for your work, I was happy to know that have other firmware for this tablet.
PS.: sorry for the "google translator english", my english is poor. lol
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Hello!
1) There is no more firmwares to port for our device. Also I don't know much about modding firmwares, so Pixel was my first successful experiment.
2) Latest official firmware for our device is TOS v2.1 which can be found in appropriative thread here. Seems no more updates will be released for our device.
3) Restoring function is bad idea esp on custom ROM. You should always make clean installation.
4) Custom ROMs can only boot with root access (e.g. Magisk). You cant uninstall it. In other case your device wont boot (Android 7.0 classical issue). P.S Magisk is not like "classic" root, so you can "hide" it for apps that don't work on rooted device.
5) Of course stock ROM includes Gapps. All made changes are listed in topic. Root can'f be removed on any custom ROM (see p.4).
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Hello!
1) There is no more firmwares to port for our device. Also I don't know much about modding firmwares, so Pixel was my first successful experiment.
2) Latest official firmware for our device is TOS v2.1 which can be found in appropriative thread here. Seems no more updates will be released for our device.
3) Restoring function is bad idea esp on custom ROM. You should always make clean installation.
4) Custom ROMs can only boot with root access (e.g. Magisk). You cant uninstall it. In other case your device wont boot (Android 7.0 classical issue). P.S Magisk is not like "classic" root, so you can "hide" it for apps that don't work on rooted device.
5) Of course stock ROM includes Gapps. All made changes are listed in topic. Root can'f be removed on any custom ROM (see p.4).
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Thank you!
I gave the tablet to my son, the Stock ROM that came on it is'nt good and so I put the ASUS ZenUI ROM. (After testing all others)
I hide Magisk and the ROM is working perfectly.
Thank you so much for the great work.
Happy 2020.
fix login facebook in Teclast T8
Failed to enter An unexpected error has occurred. Try again later. (IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL content://com.facebook.katana.provider.UserValuesProvider/user_values)
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Hi all, just wonder if anyone have some kind of t8 teardown? my t8 volume button is kinda broken like 2 years ago and now its stop functioning. Also the battery is starting to swollen..
wanna try to see part number for it.
alveox said:
Hi all, just wonder if anyone have some kind of t8 teardown? my t8 volume button is kinda broken like 2 years ago and now its stop functioning. Also the battery is starting to swollen..
wanna try to see part number for it.
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Hi, man! I disassembled our device a year ago. So here you can see batteries photos, btw we have 2 here. I tried to find batteries by their part number but not succeded in it... If you will find it, please let the community know.
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i need flat cable lcd to motherboard
Could you please share the download link of MIUI and Pixel Experience ROM again, the link of Mega has been lost. Thank you
Quannis said:
Could you please share the download link of MIUI and Pixel Experience ROM again, the link of Mega has been lost. Thank you
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Links were updated. Check it out!