Hello Guys, First time poster here. I have been scouring the internet for the past few days looking for some solutions, and found that XDA was the best place for android users to congregate and give help and opinions.:highfive:
First off, let me start off by saying that I am a complete android noob when it comes to messing around with rooting and flashing. So pardon if some of the things I say come across as foolish.
My girlfriend bought me what she thought was an original iphone 5s on her recent trip to China where she was teaching English. Little did she know that she got fooled into buying what I now found out is a Goophone i5s MF353zp/a. :crying:Since I want to keep the phone since she did get it for me as a nice gesture, I am trying to get it to run a regular android 4.2.2 jelly bean or better, without all the iphone icons and iphone crap. Also the phone did not come with playstore so I cannot download apps that I would use on a regular basis. Also most of the stuff is in Chinese and I just want to be able to use it as a regular android phone. I read up on roms, and rooting and flashing, but if someone could tell me the best way to go about getting a regular android version on the phone along with google play store, It would be much appreciated.
Thanks for reading my long post. Be Safe. Cheers :good:
ir.sami said:
I think you can not install android in your idevice ... search for emulator .
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Thanks for your reply. Are you sure about this? Because it is currently running 4.2.2 with an ios skin from what I could read on the internet.
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. There is not much information about your device on XDA but I did find these which may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449981
http://www.xda-developers.com/goophone-i5-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-developer-tv/
I'm not that familiar with the Goophone but I believe you'll want to know the what I believe is the processor number, it starts with MTK followed by 4 numbers. Before you do anything see if you can find that and then ask in the threads linked. If all else fails ask in this forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck!
jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. There is not much information about your device on XDA but I did find these which may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449981
http://www.xda-developers.com/goophone-i5-unboxed-the-xda-way-xda-developer-tv/
I'm not that familiar with the Goophone but I believe you'll want to know the what I believe is the processor number, it starts with MTK followed by 4 numbers. Before you do anything see if you can find that and then ask in the threads linked. If all else fails ask in this forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck!
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Thanks buddy. I'll check out the links you gave. :good: I might have come across the links before, but I was too scared to try something since I did not want to brick the phone. As for the processor number, I came across MT6572, if that's the one. I can't find anything with MTK. Appreciate your help in this. :fingers-crossed:
Yes, it was my mistake on the MTK. It's MT. I'll close this thread then.
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Hello,
I have an old polaroid dual sim , it's not working very well so I'd like to speed it up by placing a custom rom on it. Unfortunately XDA doesn't have any relevant info about roms for this phone.
If anyone knows more about this phone or where to find the things i'm looking for, I'd be very glad.
Thanks in advance
D
Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Unfortunately low spec and low popularity devices like this just don't usually have ROMs developed for them, I can't find anything at all for this particular device. I found a thread that claims to be able to root Polaroid devices here:
Polaroid All in One - Root, Un-Root, Play Store, Should work on other devices
You could try that, but I can't say whether it's going to work or not, so it'll be trial and error. And please be aware that attempting an unknown method like this can be quite dangerous as the outcome is unknown, and stock firmware doesn't seem to be readily available to repair your phone in the case that something goes wrong.
Good luck!
Thread closed, thanks.
Hey all
I am currently in china and have brought a new, Huawei Honor 4X CHE-TL00H, and have been trying to make it as UK friendly as possible. Or in other words i am trying to get super user privileges in order to make English apks run better as without the support of google play a lot of them tend to fail. I am asking on here as a last resort as i have tried using several one click root options and even looked at custom roms with no luck.
So if any one can please help me figure out a way to somehow get superuser privileges or direct me to a compatible option i.e. using cyanogen under a different model number, i will be much obliged.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S. In addition please keep answers easy to follow as i am still relatively new to android modding etc.
olli100106 said:
Hey all
I am currently in china and have brought a new, Huawei Honor 4X CHE-TL00H, and have been trying to make it as UK friendly as possible. Or in other words i am trying to get super user privileges in order to make English apks run better as without the support of google play a lot of them tend to fail. I am asking on here as a last resort as i have tried using several one click root options and even looked at custom roms with no luck.
So if any one can please help me figure out a way to somehow get superuser privileges or direct me to a compatible option i.e. using cyanogen under a different model number, i will be much obliged.
Many thanks in advance.
P.S. In addition please keep answers easy to follow as i am still relatively new to android modding etc.
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Hi, thank you for using XDA assist.
Looks like there is no dedicated forum for your device yet.
However there is a general forum for android here http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help where you can get better help and support if you try to ask over there.
Good luck.
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I have been searching, reading, and attempting everything I could find to fix this tablet for night and days. Some root/busybox detectors/verifiers gave me different results. Before this I knew nothing about this world so i'm a real greenhorn here. All I know so far is my device is rooted because of build no. V2.0.1.JRO03C.user.root.20131219. Afterwards some apps tell me I'm rooted and some told me no. I'm afraid something went terribly wrong with the files. I can't unroot,flash a new recovery, install adb, pretty much nothing works. All the apps I've tried told me an unknown bootloader. I just want to either return the tablet to original factory default or take control of the thing. This is the info I gathered from settings>about :
Model NX007HD8G
Android V. 4.1.1
Kernel 3.0.8
Serial no. YF031412173
And the build number above
At the moment I don't know what other info you guys might need so forgive me if I'm not thorough. Please, help me take control of my device.
Hi,
Thanks for using XDA assist.
Although there are some guides that could help you solve your problem, none of them seem to have working links for you to download and use.
Because of this, I would recommend posting in the Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting forum. Please note that in order to post, you will need to create a XDA account.
Good Luck! - gsstudios
hello
I appreciate the pointer. as you can see, im officially a XDA rookie member,proudly. Very much admire the things you guys do here on your spare time. When I first came upon this site, i knew right away this is a huge community, well accomplished and highly respected. That is why when I came to a dead end, this was my first pick.
Hope to see you again,
Huy L.
Going to Q&A forum
Nexus 6, shamu 6.0.1, mmb29q, standard build kernel,
Does anyone direct me to a perfectly working good custom ROM pure nexus, benzo, etc that works on Nexus 6, 6.0.1 standard build kernel.
mike7287 said:
Nexus 6, shamu 6.0.1, mmb29q, standard build kernel,
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mike7287 said:
Does anyone direct me to a perfectly working good custom ROM pure nexus, benzo, etc that works on Nexus 6, 6.0.1 standard build kernel.
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Hello,
You may visit here Nexus 6 Android Development forum and find an appropriate rom for yourself.
-Vatsal
Thanks I'll give it some research before I install anything I'm having problems in the md5 matching that's main reason that I'm so hesitant on installing a new ROM as this in my first time doing it
Dont completely understand how it works yet so need to learn more before I install anything thanks
Vatsal said:
Hello,
You may visit here Nexus 6 Android Development forum and find an appropriate rom for yourself.
-Vatsal
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Ur link doesn't work, IV unrooted my phone anyway to much hassle trying to get info on XDA
u ask a question on here ppl just say find out for it self so what do u think I'm doing on XDA then
no point in having a forum if ppl don't answer Ur questions waste of time and joke
mike7287 said:
Ur link doesn't work, IV unrooted my phone anyway to much hassle trying to get info on XDA
u ask a question on here ppl just say find out for it self so what do u think I'm doing on XDA then
no point in having a forum if ppl don't answer Ur questions waste of time and joke
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Mike,
XDA forum is not your back yard where you can "command" and then whine about not getting the answer quickly. Be thankful that we have XDA assist to help lazy people like yourself to make your phones "cool".
If you thought for one second that we are here to provide you customer service, you are gravely and sadly mistaken.
I am going to excuse your tone with our support team this one time.
Please use the search function and find answers for yourself, and if you do not find an answer, the only reason would be that you did not search hard enough!!
Thanks.
For one thing go **** u think u can talk to me like that I was pointing out facts about what IV seen and experienced on here if u think that I'm lazy go take Ur phone bend over and ask Ur team for some assistance I work to much to have time to fiddle around with silly little school girls moaning if about I ask a question I expect it to be answered and been polite or I'll give them some kind words just so u remember who pays Ur wages
Hello people,
So I've been using this phone for quite some time(HTC desire 700 dual Sim) it's running on stock Android which is 4.1.2(it sucks, I know) I am not super good at phone and stuff but I am quite interested and I have already rooted this phone. The problem is that I cant find a custom recovery and custom rom (I would like any new ones, like android 6.0,which obviously will never make it officially into) so yes, I prefer 6.0 or similar ones... I would like to request you guys to help me in this. Would like detailed step to step instructions. I know my phone is stupid and I should replace it but atm I am not willing to buy anything since I have to pay rent. Thank you all. Sorry for my bad english.
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
I'm not finding a forum or thread that will help you, try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
The experts there may be able to help. Good luck.