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[Tutorial]"Noob Guide"[Tutorial]

Hi,
I made a step by step tutorial
for the new ones in this forum
for our LG O3D
Post if I had forgotten something
so here we go:
ROOT:
THIS WORKS ONLY ON FROYO AND GINGERBREAD V21A
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY I WILL ADD SOON
At first, before you can do anything special
is to root your phone.
You will need.
Froyo/V21A:
SuperOneClick
Gingerbread:
Megatron
LG USB Drivers
Froyo:
Video (it isn't my video!!!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5biS7DYqtLQ
Text:
1. Install the driver (it isn't shown in the video!)
2. Enable USB-Debugging on your phone (Settings-->Applications-->Development-->Activate USB Debugging)
3. Unzip the SuperOneClick package and run the exe as Admin
(Maybe you have to disable your Virus Scanner)
4. Connect your phone to the computer (No USB-HUB!)
5. Wait till the computer has installed the drivers.
6. Press Root in the SOC-Tool
7. Your phone will reboot between the root progress.
8. You have Succesfully rooted your Phone,
and you can now use apps witch requires root!
Gingerbread
Text:
1. Install LG ADB drivers
2. Put the device in USB debugging mode
3. Connect via USB
4. Extract the zip file
5. and execute run "run.bat”.
Credits go to Dan Rosenberg
INSTALL CWM-RECOVERY
Before you can install a ROM you need CWM-Recovery.
Video (It is my video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BChCSyPEfd0&feature=youtu.be
Text:
1. Install the free app Rom Manager from the Play Store
2. Start the app.
3. Press Flash CWM
4. Select the LG Optimus 3D (No Other devices from LG!!!)
5. An window will be opened witch
asks you if you want to give Rom Manager
Superuser rights, give it.
6. Wait till the progress bar is full.
7. You have no CWM-Recovery
BACKUP
If you want to install a new ROM all apps
will be lost so you'll need to backup them
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbz8-HkH0Lg&feature=youtu.be
Text:
1. Download the free app Titanium Backup
from the PlayStore.
2. Open the app and give it SU-rights.
3 Follow the video because I can't say
it in english
INSTALL NEW ROM:
Here in the forum are many
ROMS you can try...
1. Download a rom from the Forum. (Dont rename or unpack it!!!)
2. Put it on your Phone.
3. Open Rom Manager
4. Select Reboot to recovery.
5. The Phone will rebbot and you'll see an menu.
You can move with the volume kays and
select with the search button and go back
with the back button.
6. IMPORTANT!!!!:
Go to Backup and Restore
Select Backup and wait till it is ready.
7. go to the main menu with the back button.
8. Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset
9. Select Wipe Cache
10. Go to the install zip menu
11. Press install zip
12. Select your zip.
13. Reboot your phone when it is ready
14. Your done !
----I have not much time now so there will be only videos----
----Post if text is needed a reply----
RESTORE APPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHB5-9zoqNU&feature=youtu.be
If you want to restore faster you need the permium version
or the second way to restore apps
RESTORE APPS
This method is faster than the free version
of Titanium Backup but there could be problems
like force closing apps or annoying stuff like this
1. Boot into recovery with Rom Manager or
shut down the phone and press volume down +
3d + power (sometimes a little bit tricky)
2. Go to backup and restore and select advanced
restore.
3. Select the backup with the apps you want to restore.
4. Select restore data.
5. Reboot
INSTALL NEW KERNEL/OVERCLOCKING
1. Download a Kernel from the Forum (Titan Kernel is great!!!)
2. Boot into reckovery
3. !!!Make a Backup!!!
4. Select install zip
5. Select the zip
6. Reboot
After that you can take a look on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592110
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More things will be added soon!!!
If there are any questions you can post it
here. I will not answer on PMs or E-Mails!!!
You can post requests too.

Changelog
Changelog 05.01.2012
added Gingerbread root.

problem restoring
Hi ive recently ran into problems with my O3d and i need to do a recovery on it. I had rom manager on it and i backed up everything before it went wrong but now all my apps and games and stuff has gone including rom manager!!! Ive also tried the volume down and power button but i cant seem to access the restore part of it only wipe data/factory reset. I know all my stuff is still on my memory card though which makes it the more frustrating lol. Is there anything that can help me with this or is it a case of I just have to start again??? Any help would be grateful. Cheers

taffy2502 said:
Hi ive recently ran into problems with my O3d and i need to do a recovery on it. I had rom manager on it and i backed up everything before it went wrong but now all my apps and games and stuff has gone including rom manager!!! Ive also tried the volume down and power button but i cant seem to access the restore part of it only wipe data/factory reset. I know all my stuff is still on my memory card though which makes it the more frustrating lol. Is there anything that can help me with this or is it a case of I just have to start again??? Any help would be grateful. Cheers
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You could install a new rom using kdz method then root it then install clockwork recovery then enter clockwork recovery and restore

Hello...
Nice guide you have. Overlaps with manbearpig's somewhat, but you have the video tutorials
For flashing CWM, I recommend using this instead. Prevents the common problem where ROM Manager shows LG Optimus 2x rather than Optimus 3D and the user flashes it anyway, bricking/bootlooping the phone.

You have only included installation of custom roms, You may add installation of stock roms by kdz method. first do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473781&highlight=kdz then http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287236 and get kdz from here http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=2

thanks for the posts I will add this tomorror or in a few hours because I am now online with my phone and it is to much to write

Stunningkun said:
You could install a new rom using kdz method then root it then install clockwork recovery then enter clockwork recovery and restore
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Nope tried that method and still the same??? I spoke to someone from lg and they said theres a method of doing it through my googlemail account but I'd have to send the handset off??? Any ideas?

so u r on a stock rom which is rooted and you dont seem to be able install cwm and by pressing volume down and power you are entering default android recovery...right
have you tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1482713 for installing clockworkrecovery?

Lenovo P770 complete root and flash guide

P770 Flashing and rooting guide:
NOTE: Dropbox has temporarily suspended my public links for "generating too much trafic". Please use a mega alternative.
NOTE1: understand that I cannot keep no warranty or responsibility on a result of your effort. Please consider your abilities as following operations can easily brick your device. Also, for some dealers of mobile phones, modification like those bellow results in loss of your warranty.
NOTE2: this guide, all the modifications are created by community, to community. Please be noted that non of those shall be used for commercial purposes. Also I will not provide any support to those who wants to use stuff bellow anyhow for commercial purposes.
NOTE3: please note that I am not a pro-programmer, developer, geek. I am a bit advanced user who shares its result to community. All the stuff is provided as-is.. I am able to help but in time limits of my demandative work and personal life that is not on web .
NOTE4: if you have phone from Etotalk with their ROM, it already includes CWM. But the CWM has been modified by Etotalk to prevent a ROM Backup. Some features common in “normal” CWM might not work in Etotalk version.
Lets go!
This guide contains:
1) Short explanation of P770 firmware versions and its differences
2) Preparation for phone memory flashing
3) Guide for Winflash recovery flashing, including english CWM (Clockwork Mod Recovery)
4) Guide for rooting your phone (using CWM) and Google Apps (optionally)
5) Flashing your ROM - general
6) Guide for ROM flashing using Winflash utility
7) Guide for ROM flashing using CWM
8) Guide for ROM flashing using CWM - Recovery
9) Recommended ROMs and links
1) Short explanation of P770 firmware
P770 has two branches of fimware – “World” and “Asian” versions.
First and very crucial difference is, that they use different memory partitioning, resulting in fact that it is not possible to combine those two versions freely. Trying to do so may result in bricking your phone. Details will described in point 5 bellow:
Main differences for users are:
Asian version, marked S118-S124: usually more actual as Lenovo is focused on Asian market. Typically does not include Google Apps, and very often packed with strange Chinese applications of questionable use. Usually supports only Chinese and English
World version, marked S106-S113
Version for world customers, usually shrinked from useless apps and containing Google Apps. Released with a bit delay compared to Asian version. Better support of European languages, sometimes contains more languages than English. I suppose that version is prepared mainly for Russian Market
2) Preparation for memory flashing:
a) Download this package and upack it as a whole somewhere in your computer:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P770/P770_update_utility.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!tFcFyAhJ!OInJjjvLV8VYtJUIvN0EKEJo7vI8ul9kDzv9y_3ukNg
b) Turn off your phone, unplug cable, remove battery. Insert the battery but DO NOT plug your cable or power on the phone.
c) Open your device manager in “windows/system”
d) Connect your phone by cable. A new device named “MT65xx Preloader” shall appear for about 3 seconds in a section “Unknown devices”.
e) Catch it with mouse and manually change the drivers to the ones located in “SP_Drivers_v1.5” folder of downloaded (unpacked) file.
f) After updating, turn off phone, unplug and remove battery, reinsert battery and plug a phone. You should see a device “MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM (Android) (ComX)" in a “COM and LPT” section. If you see it, you are ready to go!
- If you don’t see it, you did something wrong, most probably you were not fast enough in point e), retry from b)
NOTE: if you are unable to pass step 2, please reconsider your decision to play with your phone. If something goes wrong during next phases, you will probably end up lost and sad with bricked phone :crying:
3) Guide for Winflash recovery flashing, including CWM (Clockwork Mod Recovery)
a) Turn off your phone, unplug cable, remove battery. Insert the battery but DO NOT plug your cable or power on the phone.
b) Run flash_tool.exe from directory downloaded in 2a
c) Hit “Scatter loading” button and choose a file “MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc” from a directory according to a FW version you have (described in Point 1):
110_recovery for a “world” version
121_recovery for a “Asian” version
Don’t mix it up otherwise a flashing will fail.
d) Hit “download” button and confirm any warning message.
e) Connect the phone by cable (phone has to be off and in state described in 3a)
f) Red bars on bottom side of the screen will show you a progress. When finished, green circle will appear.
g) Close flashtool.exe, unplug your phone, remove a battery, reinsert it.
h) To boot to CWM do this:
Press and Hold a power button for about 2 seconds, then release it and simultaneously press and hold volume buttons (both + and -) until phone boots to CWM
4) Guide for rooting your phone (using CWM) and Google Apps (optionally)
a) Download this zip file and place it to the root of your SDCard
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P770/Root_by_javum.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!MYd1UQyL!DwroiHcoML_iEHD2r1pwvSReM2MZgXJlhjeWMaeHlkM
b) Reboot to CWM (point 3h), choose “install zip from sdcard” “choose zip from sdcard” and choose the Root_by_javum.zip file. As the update proceeds, your phone is rooted. Reboot
Optional: Install google apps if necessary
c) Download this zip file and place it to the root of your SDCard
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P770/gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip
https://mega.co.nz/#!ERUzQAYa!RNAKJAxLj38cLKi_ezNIpClrHoYIiIaPGHmKqwzcieQ
d) Reboot to CWM (point 3h), choose “install zip from sdcard” “choose zip from sdcard” and choose the “gapps-jb-20120726-signed .zip” file. As the update proceeds, your phone has GAAPS included. Reboot
Note: this Google apps will work with a roms using Android 4.1.1, for other versions, different gaaps might be needed.
5) Flashing your ROM – general
Generally you have 3 options how to flash your ROM – full wipe by FLASHtool, via CWM zip install or via CWM recovery. The choice is usually up to the creator of the ROM as he chooses a way how backup is created.
Flashtool way is a most basic one, it erases not only a rom, but also repartitions a memory and erases internal data. SD card remain untouched. Flashtool way is very useful for switching from “World” to “Asian” version”
If you want to switch from “World” to “Asian” you have as a first step flash an Asian version by flashtool (e.g. you can use a P770_S121_winflash linked in point 9), then flash whatever Asian version you want. To switch back to European you have to use flashtool again (e.g flash P770_S110_winflash). Maybe there are a different ways, but this is only safe process I would recommend.
LAST WARNING: as mentioned above – for CWM flashes, NEVER mix up an “world” and “asian” version of ROM. The reason is that both types are having different partitioning, so if you will be lucky, the flash will fail. If you are unlucky, the flash will proceed, and you have just successfully bricked your phone
NOTE1: first boot of the phone can easily take about 5 minutes. If the phone stuck on boot logo for 10 minutes or more you have 2 options:
a) Boot to CWM and wipe everything (see point 7) and reboot
b) Reflash ROM again, or reflash another ROM.
NOTE2: some ROMs are rooted, some are not. Some includes Gaaps, some not. For guide how to solve it, return to point 4.
NOTE3: As there is mistake in Android 4.1.1, commercial widgets disappears after reboot. Its a mistake of Android, not ROM and can be easily solved by Titanium Backup. (App with widget you want to use has to be backuped by TB, then uninstalled and recovered from backup (all by TB). Problem shall be solved in next release of Android:
6) Guide for ROM flashing using Winflash utility
a) Turn off your phone, unplug cable, remove battery. Insert the battery but DO NOT plug your cable or power on the phone.
b) Run flash_tool.exe from directory downloaded in 2a
c) Dowload a ROM you need (you might look at point 9)
d) Hit “Scatter loading” button and choose a file “MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc” from a directory with a ROM
e) Hit “Firmware update”, the program will check the images (purple bars running in bottom part) and then awaits a connection of a phone:
f) Connect the phone by plug (phone has to be off and in state described in 6a)
g) Red bars on bottom side of the screen will show you a progres. When finished, green circle will appear.
h) Reboot.
7) Guide for ROM flashing using CWM
a) Download a ROM you want to flash (you may see Point9) and copy a zip file to a root of your SD card.
b) Reboot to CWM (see 3h) and do “wipe factory data” and “wipe cache”. Go to “advanced” and do “wipe Dalwik cache”.
c) choose “install zip from sdcard” “choose zip from sdcard” and choose the file you have placed on SD card.
d) When update is finished, perform one more time “wipe factory data”. Reboot.
8) Guide for ROM flashing using CWM - Recovery
a) Download and unpack a ROM you want (you may see Point9), to a directory on your card /clockworkmod/backup, that means that final route shall be /clockworkmod/backup/Romdirectory
b) Reboot to CWM (see 3h) and do “wipe factory data” and “wipe cache”. Go to “advanced” and do “wipe Dalvik cache”.
c) Choose “backup and restore”, “restore” ad “Romdirectoryname”. Restoration might end by error message, but its no reason to be scared.
d) Reboot
9) Recommended ROMs and links
Updated ROMs for P770 can be found here:
http://www.needrom.com/phone-roms/lenovo/p770/
Most actual versions appears usually on this Russian and Chinese forum, Google can translate:
http://bbs.ydss.cn/forum-Lenovo_p770-1.html
http://lenovo-forums.ru/forum/119-lenovo-ideaphone-p770/
So far, best roms I reccomend are:
1) S121 flashable via flashtool, I use it as a starting point for all the „asian“ mods:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P770/P770_S121_winflash.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!UY9GRCyb!S1C-Tz8Foc47atKPkD20HSsBROBZfZbOKEt36-5iNGY
2) S110 flashable via flashtool, I use it as a starting point for all the „european“ mods:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P770/P770_S110_winflash.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!YYE03byB!I-iSvBu4pzi6PrZ9N3zn3TkRv24oQIHbmdau1FIEXXs
3) S124_maomi_Pu_mod, CWM zip flashable, my modification of latest Asian ROM, shrinked, removed Asian Apps, added More Locale and Xperia Launcher
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P770/P770_S124_cwm_maomi_MOD_pu.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!FBN3SIwD!NK0jqVnxaYzlUPjGWvJf7iWb2YFp6sGo7zXMsltv76E
4) S113_Pu_mod, CWM Recovery flashable via Restore, not rooted, my modification of newest world ROM, shrinked, added More Locale, Calendar Pad and Xperia Launcher, FV5 Camera is installed along original one, battery percentage ability in settings, reboot option while holding a power keyboard
https://mega.co.nz/#!1A1BmTjZ!WAjB8kLmeddS2ZqnfeerZF9yvjRduCPGepBBcUFK6n8
Last link (4) is my actual version I do personaly use.
Hope it helps!

Fast guides for "typical scenarios", all the links in guides points to the steps described in first post.
1) I want to backup my Etotalk ROM:
Note: Etotalk uses its own, modifyed CWM version. It does not allow to perform a ROM backup, so a backup starts but never ends until phones memory is full. To backup your ROM you have to:
1.1. prepare your computer for winflash acc point 2
1.2. Flash "S121_recovery" according point 3 you will have CWM 5.5.0.4
1.3. Reboot to CWM, and perform a flash backup (advanced-backup and restore-backup)
Note: "Etotalk" rom is based on asean S_121 firmware, for going back to Etotalk, follow steps according scenario 5.
2) I have Etotalk ROM and I want to switch to "European" ROM (S106-113)
2.1. prepare your computer for winflash acc point 2
2.2. perform a winfflash of S110 rom (link 9.2) acc point 6
2.3. flash "S110_recovery" according point 3, you will have CWM 5.5.0.4
2.4. Now you can flash any rom or mod of "European family" you want. Be noted that flashing can overwrite your CWM again, so if it happens, repeat step 3.
2.5. (optionaly) root your ROM according point 4
3) I have Etotalk ROM and I want to switch to other "Asian" ROM (S118-124)
3.1. prepare your computer for winflash acc point 2
3.2. perform a winfflash of S121 rom (link 9.1) acc point 6
3.3. flash "S121_recovery" according point 3, you will have CWM 5.5.0.4
3.4. Now you can flash any rom or mod of "Asian family" you want. Be noted that flashing can overwrite your CWM again, so if it happens, repeat step 3.
3.5. (optionaly) root your ROM according point 4
4) I have Asian version (118-124) and I want to switch to "European" ROM (S106-113)
4.1. prepare your computer for winflash acc point 2
4.2. perform a winfflash of S110 rom (link 9.2) acc point 6
4.3. flash "S110_recovery" according point 3, you will have CWM 5.5.0.4
4.4. Now you can flash any rom or mod of "European family" you want. Be noted that flashing can overwrite your CWM again, so if it happens, repeat step 3.
4.5. (optionaly) root your ROM according point 4
5) I have "European" ROM (S106-113) and I want to switch to Asian version (118-124)
5.1. prepare your computer for winflash acc point 2
5.2. perform a winfflash of S121 rom (link 9.1) acc point 6
5.3. flash "S121_recovery" according point 3, you will have CWM 5.5.0.4
5.4. Now you can flash any rom of "Asian version" you want. Be noted that flashing can overwrite your CWM again, so if it happens, repeat step 3.
5.5. (optionaly) root your ROM according point 4

Guys, please think twice before you ask by PM. Last days I am overloaded by the tons of questions, and about half of them are motivated by your tendency to save your time by wasting mine. Especialy questions like"please can you compare batery life to SXXX" drives me crazy....
If you want to know - flash and try.
If you are too scared of bricking you phone - keep your stock ROM
I dont want to be unpolite, but please do not be offended if your PM remains unanswered, especially when its obvious that you did not even read whole guide.
ROM Archive: links to older versions of my mods, if handy for anyone:
S110_Pu_mod, CWM Recovery flashable via Restore, my modification of world ROM, shrinked, added More Locale and Xperia Launcher
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P770/P770_S110_cwm_mod_pu.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!QNFjRb6Y!aqYy325w-WKS38QkcemhqnltLls_DpoTzntjOiA1JBY
S111_Pu_mod, CWM Recovery flashable via Restore, my modification of world ROM, shrinked, added More Locale, Calendar Pad and Xperia Launcher
https://mega.co.nz/#!pMsy1LKS!aWqukSNdPadQsEuyFAhKV1YvaqZiL2-EYjSAxSrEFLI
S112_Pu_mod, CWM Recovery flashable via Restore, my modification of world ROM, shrinked, added More Locale, Calendar Pad and Xperia Launcher
https://mega.co.nz/#!YZshkLyZ!LJi_HR6NRa6jJKoORSckEkj8SeJ3-D4pgVPvekvbtpA

Very nice, thanks for your sharing!

Nice work! :good:

I flashed your S124 ROM while my phone was S110... Before you created this thread... I didnt brick my phone.
S124 is a nice ROM but i missed the business theme and magic launcher and lotus widget so i flash back original ROM.
About partitioning, does anyone know how to make internal storage bigger and usb storage smaller? Cause unfortunately stock ROM takes lot of internal memory space...

vietchecz said:
I flashed your S124 ROM while my phone was S110... Before you created this thread... I didnt brick my phone.
S124 is a nice ROM but i missed the business theme and magic launcher and lotus widget so i flash back original ROM.
About partitioning, does anyone know how to make internal storage bigger and usb storage smaller? Cause unfortunately stock ROM takes lot of internal memory space...
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Lucky you. I found several threads reporting a problems during S110xS124 and vice versa, so I recomend full flash as safe way.
As my primary goal is to shrink a size of a ROM, live wallpapers, etc are intentionaly deleted in my mods.

Non of above links is work
regards

s124 -> s110
hello,
i have a friend who have this phone with s124 version. (asia version)
but he need the phone in european version (s110) french if it's possible.
i think i just need to flash with flashtool all the rom but everytime i want use your dropbox link it's an error 509.
can you upload the files and maybe explain what i must take care to change the rom?
thank you

hallo, seems that a Dropbox has suspended my public links. I have added Mega alternatives.
sekptar: I hope that a to-do writen above is complete, all the informations are there. First flash the full S110 ROM according points 2 to 6. Then if you want, flash my S110 mod according point 7.
I dont know about any ROM with full french support. Install More Locale 2 to get at least partial French support.

many thanks
finally it works now.
regards

The instructions provided in the guides are quite clear however i dont understand the rooting procedure

Yes that's work.
He took english, easier than chinese..
Thank for all
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

abs0lut3z33r0 said:
The instructions provided in the guides are quite clear however i dont understand the rooting procedure
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Rooting is quite easy. Just download a "root_by_javum.zip" file, and flash it via CMW. Nothing more, nothing less.

I got it rooted , I will post some revisions in the instructions soon
Sent from my Lenovo P770 using Tapatalk 2

f) After updating, turn off phone, unplug and remove battery, reinsert battery and plug a phone. You should see a device “MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM (Android) (ComX)" in a “COM and LPT” section. If you see it, you are ready to go!
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Hi, I've installed the driver (SP_Drivers_v1.5) in Step 2.. but couldnt find the 'Mediatek...' under 'COM and LPT'.. When I plug in the phone (turned off), it didnt show anything in the device manager..
what should I do next?

This is entirely on my own experience on win7 x64
2) Preparation for memory flashing:
a) Download this package and upack it as a whole somewhere in your computer:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P7...te_utility.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!tFcFyAhJ!OInJjj...l9kDzv9y_3ukNg
b) Turn off your phone, unplug cable, remove battery. Insert the battery but DO NOT plug your cable or power on the phone.
c) Open your device manager in “windows/system”
d) Connect your phone by cable. A new device named “MT65xx Preloader” shall appear for about 3 seconds in a section “Unknown devices”.
e) Catch it with mouse and manually change the drivers to the ones located in “SP_Drivers_v1.5” folder of downloaded (unpacked) file.
f) After updating, turn off phone [the phone is already off], unplug and remove battery, reinsert battery and plug a phone. You should see a device “MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM (Android) (ComX)" in a “COM and LPT” section. If you see it, you are ready to go! The device display is also displayed for about 3seconds similar to the the previous one
- If you don’t see it, you did something wrong, most probably you were not fast enough in point e), retry from b)

4) S110_Pu_mod, CWM Recovery flashable, my modification of latest world ROM, shrinked, added More Locale and Xperia Launcher
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After all, i can use this rom using cwm mod recovery, but i think there s a bug since i cannot back up application using setting menu. Is it right ?
solved, have to install backup n restore apk

abs0lut3z33r0 said:
This is entirely on my own experience on win7 x64
2) Preparation for memory flashing:
a) Download this package and upack it as a whole somewhere in your computer:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25344416/P7...te_utility.zip
alternative link: https://mega.co.nz/#!tFcFyAhJ!OInJjj...l9kDzv9y_3ukNg
b) Turn off your phone, unplug cable, remove battery. Insert the battery but DO NOT plug your cable or power on the phone.
c) Open your device manager in “windows/system”
d) Connect your phone by cable. A new device named “MT65xx Preloader” shall appear for about 3 seconds in a section “Unknown devices”.
e) Catch it with mouse and manually change the drivers to the ones located in “SP_Drivers_v1.5” folder of downloaded (unpacked) file.
f) After updating, turn off phone [the phone is already off], unplug and remove battery, reinsert battery and plug a phone. You should see a device “MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM (Android) (ComX)" in a “COM and LPT” section. If you see it, you are ready to go! The device display is also displayed for about 3seconds similar to the the previous one
- If you don’t see it, you did something wrong, most probably you were not fast enough in point e), retry from b)
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yes, I am using windows 7 x64 too.. it did show up under COM and LPT but only for a few sec.. then it disappears.. this means that I can proceed?
EDIT: I use windowx xp too, and its the same. only appears for a few sec. Rooted!

Confirmation & Questions
Hi,
i can confirm the same behaviour. I also managed to load the new driver but when I connect the device again the "MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM (Android) (ComX)" in a “COM and LPT” section" only shows a second or so and then it dissapears again. Just like furredd describes it.Not sure if this is ok.
Note: I can see the driver using USBDeview.
Another thing: I tried twice to download the "4) S110_Pu_mod, CWM Recovery flashable, my modification of latest world ROM, shrinked, added More Locale and Xperia Launcher" from Mega but the download stopped at ~65% both times.
I use windowx xp prof.
Any ideas?
Edit: One more thing: I have a phone from Etotalk with their Rooted ROM. Does this mean I can not pull this update through or how am i supposed to understand it?
Thanks

[Q] ZTE V5 Red Bull V9180 WCDMA 2GB RAM, 8GB ROM- root, cwm

So by today (22.09.2014) is your phone oficialy renamed from "ZTE Red Bull V5" to "ZTE V5"
POSTING A PROBLEM
If you have some sort of problem with your device please please get us this info, so we could help you:
1-what rom/firmware are you using
2-what recovery
3-if you have rooted your device
4-what caused the problem
5-step by step description what you did before the problem shows up.​
Hi i just made this thread to make a base for everyone who bought this (form me) superb phone.
So far we got root, custom recovery, and many chinese roms (based on Nubia UI, Color OS, LEWA OS, FROG OS...).
There are Mokee AOSP 4.4.4. rom in develpoment and CM11 in development, CM12 also.
2015.02.13 - Latest firmware is 1.17 (andorid 4.4.2, nubia UI2.5.1)!!!
Changelog(google translation from chineese):
-optimize the signal problem
-solving open U disk mode or restart the phone, ringtones revert to the default issue
into the video again, this video from one schedule to start playing the video
-update time management software, to solve the problem of the shutdown alarm clock does not ring
-media library interface, Pictures Pictures folder appear as a blank
-to use the gallery under OTG open unsupported file error
-switching to the media library interface, multiple exposure, suggesting that language View screenshot untranslated
-save the video recording status suspended again after recording, the Pause button to display the error
-optimization manually Focus
-video recording in the recording pause again, long display of detailed information is incorrect
-horizontal screen - portrait - horizontal screen operation, not full screen
-video player interface to open the USB mass storage press the return key error
here is link to my google drive. It contains stock roms from 0.50 to 1.12, GAPPS ect. Also contains tools to root and flash custom recovery.
MY GOOGLE DRIVE ZTE V9180 FOLDER
In my Google Drive there is also two custom recovery CWM and TWRP (thanx a lot to FAZERGOO from 4PDA.ru, here on XDA it is fazerg, so please thank him for his work)..the script in my root+recovery folder is updated, so you have option to flash CWM (6.0.5.1) or TWRP (2.8.0.0.)
here is list of commands you can dial in dialer and get some hidden menu and settings:
*#06# - displays IMEI
##36 - update server settings for OTA
*#*#4636#*#* - display phone information, battery information, battery history, usage statistics, WiFi information
*#406# - touch screen calibration
--proximity sensor calibration--
*#777# - no cover of proximity sensor
*#776# - cover proximity sensor with hand 2-5 cm above..so the bar is in the green
*# 405# - MHL test
to go to recovery you have to poweroff the phone and hold "vol+" and "power" for 2 sec
to go to safe mode....???
best resources for ROMS (chinese sites):
bbs.anzhi.com
www.tdbeta.cn
www.ztehn.com
And of course our friends from Russia thread:
www.4pda.ru
proDOOMmans mega drive where you can find all Mokee, CM11, PAC roms:
HERE! and dont forget to hit THANKS button for everyone who develop and help us to use this device!!!!
TIPS & TRICKS
-HOW TO CHANGE LCD DENSITY and switch to phablet UI!!! Beware, the camera app is little bit smaller then the screen, becaouse of the density, but still works well.
-HOW TO ADD ONE HAND FEATURE
-did you know that when holding home button on locked screen lights a flashlight?
-when you double tap home button on locked screen the time changes to media player controls?
-when you tap several times on any home screen your glas will broke?
-when you zoom out with two fingers on any home screen you will get into screen manager?
-in alarm clock app there is setting "power of alarm", when turned on, you can turn off your phone at night and the phone turns on by itself in the alarmclock time and wakes you up?

complete guide by navin_n
People always asking again and again on flashing ROMs, Recovery, GApps, Root etc. So, I have made detailed step by step guide for this. Hope now it will be clear to everyone for these processes:
BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING FROM FOLLOWING, PLEASE MAKE ANANDROID BACKUP, BEST WITH TWRP!!!​BECAUSE TWRP CAN MAKE BACKUP INCLUDING PRESIST AND MODEMST PARTITIONS!!![/CENTER]
GUIDE TO FLASH STOCK ROM:
NOTE:
1. Be sure to backup all important data (contacts, messages, call records, etc.) before proceeding
2. Ensure that Phone Battery is at least 40%.
3. Downloaded required STOCK ROM.
4. Phone with Stock Recovery.
STEPS:
1. Copy the downloaded zipped STOCK ROM to the root directory of External SD card or Internal SD card.
2. Power-off the phone.
3. Put the phone in the Recovery Mode and for this you need to press Vol+ and Power button at the same time for few secs and then release the Power Button.
4. In the Stock Recovery, perform wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition (In the menu, use +/- volume keys to scroll up/down & power button for confirmation).
5. Depending on which SD card you have copied the zipped STOCK ROM, choose "Apply update from /sdcard" or "Apply update from external /sdcard" accordingly.
6. Select the zipped STOCK ROM to flash.
7. Wait until you get the confirmation of successful flashing.
8. Reboot the phone by selecting "reboot system now".
9. DONE. (Initial boot may take some time so have patience.)
GUIDE TO INSTALL CUSTOM RECOVERY + CUSTOM ROM:
AS FOR CERTAIN REPORTS IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO FLASH CWM RECOVERY IF YOU HAVE 1/8 VERSION
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Be sure to backup all important data (contacts, messages, call records, etc.) before proceeding.
2. Working Windows PC with ADB Drivers installed - without proper installation of drivers the process will not be successful.
3. Ensure that Phone Battery is at least 40%.
STEPS: (If you need only Custom Recovery, then follow the steps from 2 to 7, other steps you can skip)
1. Download the required zipped Custom ROM and copy it to the root directory of External SD card or Internal SD card.
2. Download the Recovery Tool zip file. (Link to download the Tool) . Make sure to download whole files. After that copy the zipped file to the root directory of C:\ or any place you prefer and then unzip the downloaded file.
3. Enable USB debuging mode. ("Menu Button" >> System settings(Settings) >> About phone(On the phone) >> Tap 6 times on Build number>>"Back button">> More >> Developer options >> Enable USB Debugging)
4. Connect the phone to the PC.
5. Go to the folder where you have unzipped the Recovery Tool file, and then execute the batch file "run.bat".
6. In PC, new window will open. Input your choice of Custom Recovery accordingly.
7. Follow the steps on-screen until all completes.
8. After completion, in the Fastboot menu, select "Boot recovery".
9. If the Custom Recovery was flashed succesfully, you will get CWM or TWRP recovery menu.
10. Perform wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition.
11. To flash the firmware: Select "Install ZIP" >> "choose zip from sdcard0 or sdcard1" depending on which SD card you have copied the ROM, external or internal >> Select Custom ROM >> Click Yes to flash selected ROM.
12. Wait until you get the confirmation of successful flashing.
13. Reboot the phone by selecting "reboot system now".
14. DONE. (Initial boot may take some time so have patience.)
GUIDE TO INSTALL GAPPs & ROOT:
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Backup all important data (contacts, messages, call records, etc.) before proceeding, if necessary.
2. Requires CUSTOM RECOVERY.(Mandatory)
STEPS:
1. Download appropriate flashable zipped GAPPS & ROOT files and copy it to the root directory of External SD card or Internal SD card.
2. Power-off the phone.
3. Put the phone in the CWM or TWRP Recovery Mode and for this you need to press Vol+ and Power button at the same time for few secs and then release the Power Button.
4. Flash the zipped files (one at a time): Select "Install ZIP" >> "choose zip from sdcard0 or sdcard1" depending on which SD card you have copied the file, external or internal >> Select Zipped File >> Click Yes to flash selected file.
(No need to do wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition)
5. After successful flashing, reboot the phone by selecting "reboot system now". If it ask to fix the permission when you reboot, select Yes.
7. Wait until you get the confirmation of successful flashing.
8. DONE. (Your phone will have GApps and Root Permission)
and don´t forget to hit thanx button to @navin_n, @fazerg and me maybe @DallasCZ

APPS taht can be remover (thanx navin_n)
If you have already Rooted your device then you can easily uninstall the system apps using "Root Uninstallers" available in Google Play.
However, for me , i prefer to use Root Explorer and delete the apps from system folder. The following apps are safe to delete but still i advise you to backup the files before deleting. If you use Root Explorer, make sure to change attribute of the system folder from Read Only (R/O) to Read Write (R/W) when deleting.
Be ware you make it on your own!! If there is also odex file, delete them too!!!
APPs that can be deleted:
folder --> /system/app
nubia_account.apk - only if you log in in nubia account (maybe you need this to use themes)
nubia_Calculator_v1.2.1.apk - calculator app (i dont like it so i installe another one and delete this)
nubia_Calendar_v1.0.apk - nubia calendar app
nubia_ClockWidget.apk - clock widget
nubia_Music.apk - nubia music player
nubia_myfile.apk - nubia file manager
nubia_NBSecurity.apk - nubia antivirus and system cleaner
nubia_NotePad_v1.1.5.apk - nubia notepad
nubia_zbiglauncher_v2.0.apk - nubia launcher for old people (everything is biiig)
NubiaPlatLogo_V1.0.0.apk - nubia lanim showing when you tap on NUBIA version in "about phone"
ZAppDataBackup.apk - nubia main app for backup your phone
ZDataBackup.apk - nubia backup app
ZQuickSearchBox.apk - nubia quick search box (if you install GAPPS it contains original google search box)
ZVideo.apk - very basic media player
If you dont use Live Wallpapers you cen delete the main app:
LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
and of course all livepaper apks
BasicDreams.apk
HoloSpiralWallpaper.apk
LiveWallpapers.apk
MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
NoiseField.apk
PhaseBeam.apk
folder --> /system/preset_apps
TP_360AppStore_1.9.203.apk
TP_360Video_1.2.0_Nubia.apk
TP_BaiduInput_1000541a.apk
TP_baidumap_6.2.0.apk
TP_baiduvideo_5.3.0.apk
TP_gowhere_1044_131118_150501.apk
TP_iReader_2013122410.apk
TP_JdAndroid_2.6.0.apk
TP_QQ_4.2.apk
TP_QRCodeScaner_v1.0.apk
TP_tieba_5.5.2.apk
TP_Weibo_4.0.0_602.apk
TP_weixin_502.apk

Hi, I'm interested in buying this phone.. Could you tell me your first impressions?
It seems very good but I can't see any support for it, even if it has a Snapdragon 400..
Sent from my VOTO X2

DallasCZ said:
ROOT
the only way to root it so far is to run an Chinese exe, which will root your phone and install superuser (chinese one). Then you need to uninstall the superuser and install one from google play.
CWM
so far there is only chinese CWM 6.0.4.6..looking for someone who can make it english.
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Hi, can you please provide me the exe file to root and explain me the process to root? I would be really grateful for your help! Thanks
I have WCDMA/GSM V5 3G 9180

ROOT CWM
Hello,
i made a simple bat file, which will root your phone, install custom recovery or original recovery.
here is the link: Dallas Google Drive.
you made everything on your own ..i am not responsible for any phone software/hardware damage.

jday17 said:
Hi, I'm interested in buying this phone.. Could you tell me your first impressions?
It seems very good but I can't see any support for it, even if it has a Snapdragon 400..
Sent from my VOTO X2
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Hi,
there ar ea lot of Chinese phones, this phone is ment to be sell china only.
There are many forums but in Chinese.
I wrote a little review on gizchina.cz (is in Czech language,so use google translator)

TIP
For new users i recommend do this:
-boot your phone and see vhich version of formware you have (latest at this time is 0.50).
-If you have 0.44, then go to dialer and dial ##36. You get to the menu where you can select which server will be used for updates (at this time is 0.50 only for few people for feedback). then go to ybout phone and tap serach for updates and you get the update.
-after update is installed, go to about phone and tap 5times "build number" line , go back and go to "more" and "developer option" and turn on usb debugging.
-launch my root.bat, select root your phone and th ephone will reboot to bootloader and will be rooted.
-now you can install custom recovery (from my bat.file) it is bilangual CWM 6.0.4.9 recovery. Everything works fine as i used it.
-now after root and cwm recovery installed, make backup of your 0.50 rom and then you can proceed to delete bloatware (a lot of bloatware).
for rotted phones with CWM recovery:
if you want to make update from ZTE OTA, you have to load original recovery, the one in my package is not functional with update to 0.50 and above, so you have to flash from CWM recovery this package, then reboot and get the proper stock recovery, which will be functional with the update 0.44-0.50 and later.

DallasCZ said:
For new users i recommend do this:
-boot your phone and see vhich version of formware you have (latest at this time is 0.50).
-If you have 0.44, then go to dialer and dial ##36. You get to the menu where you can select which server will be used for updates (at this time is 0.50 only for few people for feedback). then go to ybout phone and tap serach for updates and you get the update.
-after update is installed, go to about phone and tap 5times "build number" line , go back and go to "more" and "developer option" and turn on usb debugging.
-launch my root.bat, select root your phone and th ephone will reboot to bootloader and will be rooted.
-now you can install custom recovery (from my bat.file) it is bilangual CWM 6.0.4.9 recovery. Everything works fine as i used it.
-now after root and cwm recovery installed, make backup of your 0.50 rom and then you can proceed to delete bloatware (a lot of bloatware).
for rotted phones with CWM recovery:
if you want to make update from ZTE OTA, you have to load original recovery, the one in my package is not functional with update to 0.50 and above, so you have to flash from CWM recovery , then reboot and get the proper stock recovery, which will be functional with the update 0.44-0.50 and later.
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Thanks for the info! I'm currently updating to 0.5 and will let you know if I manage to root it too.
I`ve read the review and mine phone too has the squeaky back cover. It started squeaky after just few back panel removals. This is not a concern for me, but I wanted to ask you something else: How is you call quality? When I do calls the other side can hear me perfectly but the sound through my ear speaker is muffled and not very clear. Increasing the volume make it even worse. Do you experience such an issue?

-the back cover is really squeaky (i allready ordered another one)
-I am very happy vith the call quality. I had a nexus s whos volume vas up to 100%. Now i am about 60% and everything is loud and clear as i can hear
root and installing cwm is like a charm..i made it in the las 2 weeks (as i own the phone) about 10times
one Question: If you reboot the device do you also have the message "android is upgrading" every time no matter what you do or not do with the system?

DallasCZ said:
-the back cover is really squeaky (i allready ordered another one)
-I am very happy vith the call quality. I had a nexus s whos volume vas up to 100%. Now i am about 60% and everything is loud and clear as i can hear
root and installing cwm is like a charm..i made it in the las 2 weeks (as i own the phone) about 10times
one Question: If you reboot the device do you also have the message "android is upgrading" every time no matter what you do or not do with the system?
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- I tried updating to 0.5 both through FOTA and with direclty downloaded update from the chinese official site to the sd card, but I always get some error (forgot what it was), will try tomorrow once again.
- My apps are upgrade after each reboot too. I was hoping that 0.5 will fix this issue, but It seems this is not the case.
- I'm on the hunt for a new back cover too, but I will wait for the official blue ones Share your thoughts on the one you purchased after a few days of usage
My only problem with the phone I experience is the bad incoming sound quality during calls. I will have try another sim card.
ps: boy this phone is a beauty

HuKuTo said:
- I tried updating to 0.5 both through FOTA and with direclty downloaded update from the chinese official site to the sd card, but I always get some error (forgot what it was), will try tomorrow once again.
- My apps are upgrade after each reboot too. I was hoping that 0.5 will fix this issue, but It seems this is not the case.
- I'm on the hunt for a new back cover too, but I will wait for the official blue ones Share your thoughts on the one you purchased after a few days of usage
My only problem with the phone I experience is the bad incoming sound quality during calls. I will have try another sim card.
ps: boy this phone is a beauty
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Hi, can you please tell the name of chinese official site for our phone? thanks!

SITES IN cHINESE LANGUAGE
Hello,
so there are many sites. To see attachments you have to register to the sites, which is a little bit tricky due to instatnt need of translation in the registration process, but it can be done.
official with a lot of new information also from ZTE service:ztehn.com
the best for custom ROM and Recovery (development):anzhi.com
to see anzhi.com you need to add two adress in your windows hosts file see here
also some good information can be found here on myzte.cn

another tip
-If you get the "android is upgrading" on every boot, then you have to uninstall titanium backup, reboot, wait 3 minutes and let the system settle down, then install titanium again, reboot, and its done.
-if you want to restore WIFI access point and passwords form Titanium Backup, use backup from tar file, not from XML!!!

Waiting on a custom rom
Hello everyone,
I used the method I found at needrom.
It did the trick; the device was rooted, gapps installed, an multilangual.
But I didn't manage to install the latest update (50). I thought it was because the device was rooted, so I removed root, whitout succes, I am still not able to install the update.
Also I think the contact manager is buggy; newly added contacts dissapear after rebooting the device, it doesn't matter if I sync the device. I have to import my contacts from my SD card every time this happens.
So, I hope there comes a good custom rom for this device with this excellent hardware! I have Miui unofficiall on my Xiaomi Mi2s, it works like a charm. I hope soon this device appears on the list one of these days

update
-if you installed the ROm from needrom, i think you cannot upgrade to 0.50.
-on www.ztehn.com you can download the full 0.50 rom (only english and chinese language) this rom you can flash.
-contacts: If you are in contacts, press "more" and "advanced" and check the "default storage" it must be set to your google account. Then go back and check "display settings" and check which accounts are to show in contact list.
I had same problem and the problem was, that all new contact automaticly save to local storage and i have the local storage unchecked to display..so i havent seen my newly added contacts!!!

I have same issue
I have same isse. I dont hear anyone. But everyone hear me. i think that built in speaker doesnt work.

ZTE v5 DualSIM v1.06 beta released (4.4.2 + Nubia UI 2.0, package contains new recovery, H106 update package and G050 restore package)
http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=2878143782&uk=2436317143 Pass: [COLOR=#0640]j7cb
MD5:[/COLOR][COLOR=#0640]3C318AE402AC5424444F5862B540AF2D
[COLOR=#0640]Uploaded to my MEGA acc: link (1.06 unzipped too)
[COLOR=#0640]BETA release [COLOR=#0640]but seems stable (according to chinese forum feedbacks) I will try thi[COLOR=#0640]s next week, when i receive my v9180 2/8G. [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]
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I sucessfully installed 1.06 and its looking good so far. The problem Im facing is the "No connection to google servers" error when I try to add my google account. There is no playstore and I tried to manually install it trhough .apk but again no luck. Have you guys managed to run the playstore with this new firmware?

install my gapps package trough cwm recovery.

Japanese S7 Edge SCV33/SC-02H Magisk root and other tweaks!

This thread is for Japanese s7 edge scv33 that’s being booted up with SC-02H firmware after carrier unlocking.
This guide covers/ will help you
• Install Latest available Twrp recovery (Caution: will Trip Knox!)
• Magisk Root
• Remove Japanese carrier bloatwares.
• Make the default device language to English.
• Install latest available updates via default or, will add additional useful Samsung apps (will update the device stock apps like SMS, Touch wiz launcher, AOD, Contacts, etc to latest available.
• Various tweaks like sms delivery options turned on by default, always on display turned on by default etc-etc.
Overall, this guide is to help your Japanese S7 Edge scv33/SC-02H to look more like a standard international model.
So let’s begin.
Step 1:
All required files can be downloaded from here
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XElzbRcvlqf1CXjGK8Oiu6rmlnAvcphY
Caution. Backup all of your personal data. This process will need you to factory reset or will erase all of your data including your personal photographs, apps, videos etc.
You will also require to have a fresh piece of sd card (16 gb or more recommended) to store the twrp nandroid backup if anything goes wrong.
So, First, you will need to remove the modifications that were made to your device stock boot image. If you have flashed the modified kernel or have rooted using super-su, then, you will need to undo all the changes. You can flash the stock boot image file only but I would recommend you to flash the whole latest firmware that you can find easily over UPDATO Firmware website to start better all over again.
Here is the link to the latest SC-02H android 7.0 firmware:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=AD3D69507E2D11E7963AFA163EE8F90B
Download and extract it. You will find 5 files. You can ignore the HOME……. file. Flash the 4 firmware file using latest Odin.
After flashing, let it boot up. Finish the setup wizard and turn off the device.
Step 2:
Flash the TWRP that you downloaded from here. Download Link is same as above.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XElzbRcvlqf1CXjGK8Oiu6rmlnAvcphY
Twrp Bug: Device will reboot to twrp recovery if you choose to power down the phone from recovery option. You will have to choose “Reboot System” from twrp menu to solve this.
After installing, boot into twrp recovery. Go to Wipe and at the bottom right, you will have option to format data. Perform a Format data process. Then, make a TWRP backup to your sd card.
I repeat. Make a backup. This will help u a lot if anything goes wrong
Step 3:
Time to install magisk.
Extract root.zip file and there you’ll see magisk.zip
Flash this magisk installer file from twrp and reboot the device.
Install the latest magisk manager app apk.
Now your device is rooted with the latest magisk available.
Step 4:
Time to remove the bloatwares.
You will need ES file manager and System app remover from playstore.
Grant super-user access to both apps. Navigate to device/system/preloadFactoryResetOnly using es file manager and delete all the contents inside that folder.
Download the apps.zip file from here
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XElzbRcvlqf1CXjGK8Oiu6rmlnAvcphY
Extract it to your pc. Copy all the extracted apps including their folder to your device and paste it inside the same path i.e, device/system/preloadFactoryResetOnly folder.
Important: You will need to change the copied each app file permission to RW-R-R.
You do-not need to change the folder’s permission. But you will need to change the each apk’s permission one by one. Long press on the apk and then go to properties. Tick mark on (read-write, read, read).
But there will still remain some Japanese DoCoMo bloatwares. You will not be able to remove it by simply using system app remover.
So, use the system app remover app to track down the bloatware’s location by long pressing and delete it by using es file manager. Remember, only delete the bloatwares that are found in device/system/priv-app and device/system/app folders.
Caution:
You do-not need to super trim down your system in hopes for getting more internal space or whatsoever by deleting the bloatwares that you don’t know. Just delete the DoCoMo apps that you can see in the app drawers.
So be aware.
Factory reset after the above step.
Step 5:
Now comes the last part:
CSC Tweaks:
Download the 3 modified csc files from above link. Copy and replace them to path device/system/csc
Change the copied file permission to (rw-r-r).
To change the default device language and set the sms delivery option on by default, copy the Customer.xml file to your pc and edit it by using Notepad++.
Find the line as shown as in the picture below and modify as in it. Save it and replace it back to where it was from which will be device/system/csc and change its file permission again to rw-r-r.
Now turn off your device and boot into TWRP recovery. Perform a factory reset and reboot.
You will have latest apps with all the custom changes including your default language changed to English.
No need to install magisk manager apk as it is already there in the apps.zip folder.
Done!
Credit goes to all the rightful owners.
Special thanks to Mr. Buddha Tuladhar again for the phone.

Android 8.0 rom..and root/ twrp for scv33/sc-02h
Stock rom is in the link given
then flash
TWRP_3.1.1_hero2qltedcm.tar ( Wipe Data ->yes)
Boot to twrp and install:
1: no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip
2: Magisk-vXX.X.zip
Download link for all files
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/kn5cg1rolfjas/

Well done sir! thank you very much.
It would be wonderful if you can upload an odin flashable all in one file.
Appreciate your time and effort very much!

01. Flash 2017.03.07_SC02HOMU1BQC4 with Odin (upload by tienquynh93)
02. Flash 2017.04.07_1BQC4_Gobal_ManhIT.zip with Odin (upload & rebuild by ManhIT)
03. Flash 2017.03.17_TWRP_3.1.0 with Odin (AP) (Rebuild by ManhIT)
3.1 Reboot to TWRP Flash:
3.2 MaGisk to root (topjohnwu)
3.3 xPosed SDK 24 (Android 7.0) (rovo89)
This rom support multilanguage with defaulft vietnamese.
Lasest firmware: 2017.12.12_SC02HOMU1BQL3

Confused.
DariasLuc said:
01. Flash 2017.03.07_SC02HOMU1BQC4 with Odin (upload by tienquynh93)
02. Flash 2017.04.07_1BQC4_Gobal_ManhIT.zip with Odin (upload & rebuild by ManhIT)
03. Flash 2017.03.17_TWRP_3.1.0 with Odin (AP) (Rebuild by ManhIT)
3.1 Reboot to TWRP Flash:
3.2 MaGisk to root (topjohnwu)
3.3 xPosed SDK 24 (Android 7.0) (rovo89)
This rom support multilanguage with defaulft vietnamese.
Lasest firmware: 2017.12.12_SC02HOMU1BQL3
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Is it necessary to flash 2017.03.07_SC02HOMU1BQC4 and 2017.04.07_1BQC4_Gobal_ManhIT.zip ? Or can i just simply flash the latest firmware 2017.12.12_SC02HOMU1BQL3 and root my phone?

Thank you, great job on compiling all this! It took quite a bit of study, but I understand now. Thanks again.

This root works.. but it kills NFC and Beam, Is that a known issue?
I tried this out about 15-20 different times this weekend. I was trying to get obtain root without losing NFC or Beam. (I need NFC on a daily basis).
Galaxy S7 Edge SC-02H (Docomo)
I have no problem installing TWRP. I can get root by either SuperSU or Magisk. Both kill NFC though.
I have tried so many different procedures.
1) Flash stock room (see below *) using Odin 3.12.3 and 3.12.5 (.5 works better)
As soon as installation was complete, I tested out NFC to make sure it works. It does. Then configured Developer options.
2) Then install TWRP (3.1.1 and 3.2.1) via Odin 3.12.5
3) Format then wiped (I also tried wipe without formatting)
4) Installed Magisk via TWRP. (I tried SuperSU as well)
5) Rebooted to system. I also tried Wiped cache, then reboot to system.
6) Once booted up, the first thing I did was check and see if NFC or Beem work. No.
Next I installed Magisk Manager app. I tried the one posted here. Also tried updating to the latest. And also tried installing the latest version of Magisk first.
I tested out root by using ES explorer and opening up the root directory. It worked.
I checked to see if NFC or Beam worked afterwards.. no.
7) Deleted bloatware. Followed this post's Step 5 exactly as is. Root stilled worked. NFC still didn't work.
So as much as I tried.. is it a known that NFC will not work if rooted?
* Firmwares tried:
SC02HOMU1BRG1
SC02HOMU1BRE1
SC02HOMU1BQL3
SC02HOMU1CRH5 (8.0)
SC02HOMU1BQC5 (Travis82's Nougat firmware)
SC02HOMU1BQC5 (the one posted on this thread)

Hi
audioqueso said:
This root works.. but it kills NFC and Beam, Is that a known issue?
I tried this out about 15-20 different times this weekend. I was trying to get obtain root without losing NFC or Beam. (I need NFC on a daily basis).
Galaxy S7 Edge SC-02H (Docomo)
I have no problem installing TWRP. I can get root by either SuperSU or Magisk. Both kill NFC though.
I have tried so many different procedures.
1) Flash stock room (see below *) using Odin 3.12.3 and 3.12.5 (.5 works better)
As soon as installation was complete, I tested out NFC to make sure it works. It does. Then configured Developer options.
2) Then install TWRP (3.1.1 and 3.2.1) via Odin 3.12.5
3) Format then wiped (I also tried wipe without formatting)
4) Installed Magisk via TWRP. (I tried SuperSU as well)
5) Rebooted to system. I also tried Wiped cache, then reboot to system.
6) Once booted up, the first thing I did was check and see if NFC or Beem work. No.
Next I installed Magisk Manager app. I tried the one posted here. Also tried updating to the latest. And also tried installing the latest version of Magisk first.
I tested out root by using ES explorer and opening up the root directory. It worked.
I checked to see if NFC or Beam worked afterwards.. no.
7) Deleted bloatware. Followed this post's Step 5 exactly as is. Root stilled worked. NFC still didn't work.
So as much as I tried.. is it a known that NFC will not work if rooted?
* Firmwares tried:
SC02HOMU1BRG1
SC02HOMU1BRE1
SC02HOMU1BQL3
SC02HOMU1CRH5 (8.0)
SC02HOMU1BQC5 (Travis82's Nougat firmware)
SC02HOMU1BQC5 (the one posted on this thread)
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Hi, what Twrp Work in Android 8.0 you can Shared whith me?

3.1.1, 3.2.1 and 3.2.3
They all worked. I had originally started working with 3.1.1 and 3.2.1. However, I tried the latest 3.2.3 because I couldn't get NFC to work. I did it just to give it a try.
But all three versions that I listed had no problem installing.
Are you having trouble installing TWRP?

Yes, recovery is not remplace
Will you have a link and instructions for Android 8?

How to install TWRP on Galaxy S7 Edge (SC-02H)
TWRP Installation:
1) Download and installed Odin 3.12.5 (or the latest)
2) Turn off phone. Pressed and hold Volume Down+Home+Power at the same time to get to Download Mode. Once you see the Download Mode page, let go of the buttons. Press Volume Up to accept. (To cancel, press Volume Down )
3) Open Odin and click on AP. Load the TWRP file from your computer.
4) On the second tab of Odin, uncheck "Auto-reboot" (you need to have auto reboot disabled in order to successfully install TWRP). Press 'Start'.
5) Once the Odin status changes to a green "Pass", the installation is complete.
At this point, your phone will still be in Download Mode screen. For this step only, you will need to do two steps back to back. First, press and hold Vol.Down+Home+Power in order to get the phone out of the Download Mode screen.
As soon as the screen changes, press Volume UP+Home+Power.
You will see TWRP load.
That's it. You have successfully loaded TWRP.
From here on out, you will need to press Vol. Up+Home+Power in order to boot into TWRP. If you reflash your phone back to stock firmware using Odin, you will lose TWRP and will need to repeat these steps in order to install TWRP again.

audioqueso said:
TWRP Installation:
1) Download and installed Odin 3.12.5 (or the latest)
2) Turn off phone. Pressed and hold Volume Down+Home+Power at the same time to get to Download Mode. Once you see the Download Mode page, let go of the buttons. Press Volume Up to accept. (To cancel, press Volume Down )
3) Open Odin and click on AP. Load the TWRP file from your computer.
4) On the second tab of Odin, uncheck "Auto-reboot" (you need to have auto reboot disabled in order to successfully install TWRP). Press 'Start'.
5) Once the Odin status changes to a green "Pass", the installation is complete.
At this point, your phone will still be in Download Mode screen. For this step only, you will need to do two steps back to back. First, press and hold Vol.Down+Home+Power in order to get the phone out of the Download Mode screen.
As soon as the screen changes, press Volume UP+Home+Power.
You will see TWRP load.
That's it. You have successfully loaded TWRP.
From here on out, you will need to press Vol. Up+Home+Power in order to boot into TWRP. If you reflash your phone back to stock firmware using Odin, you will lose TWRP and will need to repeat these steps in order to install TWRP again.
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Could you provide a link to the latest version of twrp?

Joslem said:
Could you provide a link to the latest version of twrp?
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http://bfy.tw/KPwS

For Root SC02HOMU1CRH5
TWRP_3.1.1_hero2qltedcm.tar ( Wipe Data ->yes)
no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip
Magisk-vXX.X.zip
From: https://itok01.com/2018/09/23/root-sc-02h/

Global Rom for SCV33/SH-02H 8.0
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1MiYK-VSYLRH_9T43sYbfgfvvKqqwRJjO&export=download
Go to Recovery and run "graphic test" > "Format Data" > ReBoot.
Install Magisk to root:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77942910&postcount=14

DariasLuc said:
For Root SC02HOMU1CRH5
TWRP_3.1.1_hero2qltedcm.tar ( Wipe Data ->yes)
no-verity-opt-encrypt-6.0.zip
Magisk-vXX.X.zip
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it works, thank you very much!!

S7 Edge Docomo sc-02h lost imei after factory reset
Sorry for being off topic, but please cam someone help me out in the regard that my S7 Edge Docomo sc-02h lost imei after just the factory reset. Any recommendation what i can do to get it back as my sim signals are now gone as well that means i cant make any calls or msg whatsoever.
Thanks in advance

usmann93 said:
Sorry for being off topic, but please cam someone help me out in the regard that my S7 Edge Docomo sc-02h lost imei after just the factory reset. Any recommendation what i can do to get it back as my sim signals are now gone as well that means i cant make any calls or msg whatsoever.
Thanks in advance
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you just need working 3G sim card to fix your imei... after put 3g sim card to your phone and reboot imei will appear and you can use your normal sim again!

everyonesweird said:
This thread is for Japanese s7 edge scv33 that’s being booted up with SC-02H firmware after carrier unlocking.
I need help in order to compile all of these tweaks into an Odin flashable file so that users can simply flash it and make the changes.I would also like to add App-lock feature and international Samsung keyboard with secondary symbol in but can’t seem to make it work. So, if you are interested or have tried, please let me know.....
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Very thank, im removed almost bloat of AU. But, what happen if i dont have CSC folder? and how to add Vietnamese laguage to SCV33 (AU) stock rom?

audioqueso said:
This root works.. but it kills NFC and Beam, Is that a known issue?
I tried this out about 15-20 different times this weekend. I was trying to get obtain root without losing NFC or Beam. (I need NFC on a daily basis).
Galaxy S7 Edge SC-02H (Docomo)
I have no problem installing TWRP. I can get root by either SuperSU or Magisk. Both kill NFC though.
I have tried so many different procedures.
1) Flash stock room (see below *) using Odin 3.12.3 and 3.12.5 (.5 works better)
As soon as installation was complete, I tested out NFC to make sure it works. It does. Then configured Developer options.
2) Then install TWRP (3.1.1 and 3.2.1) via Odin 3.12.5
3) Format then wiped (I also tried wipe without formatting)
4) Installed Magisk via TWRP. (I tried SuperSU as well)
5) Rebooted to system. I also tried Wiped cache, then reboot to system.
6) Once booted up, the first thing I did was check and see if NFC or Beem work. No.
Next I installed Magisk Manager app. I tried the one posted here. Also tried updating to the latest. And also tried installing the latest version of Magisk first.
I tested out root by using ES explorer and opening up the root directory. It worked.
I checked to see if NFC or Beam worked afterwards.. no.
7) Deleted bloatware. Followed this post's Step 5 exactly as is. Root stilled worked. NFC still didn't work.
So as much as I tried.. is it a known that NFC will not work if rooted?
* Firmwares tried:
SC02HOMU1BRG1
SC02HOMU1BRE1
SC02HOMU1BQL3
SC02HOMU1CRH5 (8.0)
SC02HOMU1BQC5 (Travis82's Nougat firmware)
SC02HOMU1BQC5 (the one posted on this thread)
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I am also struggling about this. I think the problem only concerns TWRP or Root. However I think the problem is TWRP, because when I flash stock rom, nfc ok. Next, i flash TWRP (not root yet), nfc has been disabled now. So i think TWRP causes this problem. However, if i reflash stock recovery, everything remains unchanged, NFC is still turned off. so it is very contradictory.
Now I think of a test, after installing all (root), backing up all android. Then flash again with stock rom, check NFC. Finally, restore the backup. The goal is to completely remove the TWRP from the process but still root the device. I hope it will work. Will try if i have the time

Ulefone Power 5 twrp + root + project treble

Hello everyone, lets root your ulefone power 5 and if you want: flash another rom. I'm kinda new here so don't mind if I'm telling things in a stupid way.
Code:
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/
Ok, first of all, massive shout out to @gamr13 and @Dukino and @CarelMinnaar for providing some of the files.
Original threat: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/ulefone-power-5-twrp-root-t3848501/
Link to the website I copied and translated the guide from: https://www.chinahandys.net/android-9-auf-dem-ulefone-power-5-anleitung/
Code:
If you are using any custom rom on your phone, I strongly
recommend reflashing your whole phone with the original
firmware provided by ulefone. I'll add the link.
I assume you know how to flash, otherwise search on youtube or
request it and I'll add a guide.
Most files you may need and worked in my case:
MediaFire
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com
More files in the spoiler below.
Let's begin!
First of all, make sure your phone is recognized by your pc and use a good cable. (the original one broke pretty quickly in my case)
Next, go to system and search for 'build number'.
Tap it untill it says: you are now developer.
Go to developer options and enable: OEM unlocking. Then power your phone off.
Next, download the fastboot and adb zip file I provided. If you already use adb and fastboot, download the recovery zip and you know how it works.
Extract the 'android' folder and put it on the root of your system disk (mostly /C).
Next, go to your command prompt and type: cd \android
Now you start your phone in bootloader. Press and hold volume up and power and let your phone cycle untill you enter bootloader.
Select 'fastboot'.
Plug your phone into your pc and type in the command prompt: fastboot devices
Now you should see the serial number of one device (in my case it was something like ABCD1234567890). If not, install some fastboot drivers and use device manager to select the fastboot driver for your phone.
Then, type: fastboot oem-unlock
Select Yes on your phone and let it reboot.
Re-enter fastboot on your phone.
To be sure: fastboot devices
Flash your recovery using: fastboot flash recovery TWRP_3.2.3_Ulefone_Power_5_AND_5S.img
Then, you need (maybe not but just do it) to reboot straight into bootloader. So press volume up and power untill it shows the bootloader, and then select recovery.
Now your phone may be encrypted or something like that. Select 'Wipe' and accept.
Next, put your gsi (A only, arm64), gapps and/or your decrypt file on your sdcard and flash it!
Known bugs:
- VoLTE - I needed to use a simcard from a different provider to get calling working.
- Hotspot
- Seems sticky to 2.4G?
- MTP not working in recovery
- When waking up your device you may encounter some weird behaviour. Just wait a second and it's gone.
Spoiler: The old guide
Files:
https://mega.nz/#!N2hijYAB!0LLshTYgW...SUfOKpV5BELo4A (seems to be down and dated)
or
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/55lxwzgdd938t/ulefone_power_5
or
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1totRbNzS1RBeSO66WW2O0hG2kPGbGERl?usp=sharing
So, the method.
1.) In the files above you will find a file ulefone power 5 twrp root. Extract it and find the map called SP_Flash_Tool. Open this and run the flash_tool.exe. Please download the firmware.zip and the flashtool.zip and extract them. Put the decrypt.zip on your sdcard. (in some cases you need also the 'MT65xx_USB_VCOM_DRIVERS.zip' to install properly)
2.) Once opened the flashtool.exe, go into the options menu, click the connection tag and make sure USB is selected. make sure its set to Full speed and auto detect.
3.) Browse through the map sp flashtool and use the MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin file as the DA file (may be selected by default).
4.) Select the scatter file found in the firmware folder with all the .img files. Its called: MT6763_Android_scatter.txt
5.) While unplugged, hold the volume up and power button to load the phone into it's bootloader mode.
(if your phone is bricked in any screen skip this step) Turn your phone totally off.
6.) Set the SP flash tool to download only and press the download button to start the download.
7.) Plug your phone in and as expected, nothing will happen.
8.) Now, hold the volume up and power button continuously. Keep holding it until the SP Flash tool starts start downloading and the bottom bar loads things. Be sure you immediately loose the buttons, otherwise it soft-bricks itself so you have to start the download again.
9.) Be patient and wait until you get the green check mark, then unplug your phone.
10.) Boot directly back into bootloader. (vol. up and power, hold it untill you get the fastboot screen. Sometimes it takes up to 4 reboots), select and boot recovery.
11.) Now it's all for you! Put something on your sdcard and flash it. Mine seems to be broken so I used an usb stick, wich is working fine. MTP is not working in the recovery.
12.) CarelMinnaar published the new decrypt file, wich I thrust more than the previous russian one. Put it on your sdcard, do a full wipe and install. This should ban the forced encryption.
12.)
A.) For root: flash the magisk .zip file from the files above or search on the internet for the right one.
Thanks to @gamr13
1. Reboot to TWRP
2. MAKE A FULL BACKUP (every partition checked)
3. Mount System and Vendor
4. Go back to the main screen
5. Advanced > File Manager
6. Go to Vendor
7. Go to the "lib" folder
8. tap libdirect-coredump.so and Copy File
9. Go to /system/lib
10. paste the file in here
11. Go to /vendor/lib64
12. Copy libdirect-coredump.so
13. Paste in /system/lib64
14. Install Magisk
15. Reboot
16. Go to Magisk > Download > Search for "SafetyPatch" by hackintosh5
17. Reboot and enjoy
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B.) 1. For another rom: search overhere for a system.img Download the A only variant. I'll keep you updated below. I am not using this phone frequently anymore, so updates may come later. @gamr13 will keep you updated
2. Wipe cache, dalvik cache, data and System.
3. Select flash .img and flash the .img at your System.
4. Flash magisk or other mods.
5. There may be some bugs. Sms was not working on the phh treble for me. The launcher crashed also.
13.) Boot up
14.) Enjoy! Feel free to ask anything.
Got some pm's asking what to do if stuck on boot/recovery, this video explains the return to stock process. In short: start spflashtool, select the scatter file in the stock firmware, select download only, firmware upgrade or download and format. Plug your cable in. Then click start, and press vol. up and power until you hear the 'new device found' sound on your pc and let it go. Then just reboot.
Feel free to use his files or mine. Doesn't really matter.

Working gsi images
These gsi images are tested on this phone:
Android 8.1
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...-development/experimental-phh-treble-t3709659
bugs: sometimes the screen flickers when powering on. (once or twice per month)
Android 9
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...0-resurrection-remix-v7-0-arm64-32-b-t3891636
bugs: a bit laggy. It takes up to 30 seconds to wake up from just screen off. Maybe a bug with the sleep state. When you use your phone frequently you don't suffer from this.
Thanks to @gamr13 :
Alright boys, yet another stride made today.
I've done some extensive testing on some Generic System Images for the Ulefone Power 5. This GSI seems to be the most stable I've used so far and best of all, it has root built-in (of course, it's LineageOS).
This is the only one I've gotten to work with ViPER4Android and root. Quick note that this still does have the screen flicker on the lock screen, but it's not as bad in this ROM compared to others I've tried.
Android Q GSIs currently do not work on the Ulefone Power 5, I've tried and fought hard with 'em but nothing. So, Pie it is for now.
Note: Magisk DOES NOT work. Please do not flash it on this ROM or you will break root access and need to reflash the system image.
First things first:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/andyyan-gsi/files/
1) Download the A-ONLY ROM.(avN): https://sourceforge.net/projects/an...309-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm_avN.img.xz/download
2) Make a backup of your stock ROM as it is, just in case in TWRP.
3) WIPE System, Data, Cache and Dalvic in the Advanced Wipe section of TWRP.
4) Flash the image as a System Image in TWRP.
5) Flash Open Gapps
7) Reboot into ROM
8) Enable Developer Options and enable root for apps and adb
9) Download ViPER4Android 2.5.0.4 (This is critical as the newest release will not work)
10) Install the driver
11) On every reboot you will have to go into V4A and go to Settings > Turn on developer mode > Disable SELinux
12) Enjoy Android Pie with ViPER4Android on your Ulefone Power 5.
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Android 11
Havoc os
[11][OFFICIAL] Havoc-OS 4.1 [ARM64/ARM/A64][A/AB/AB-VNDKLITE][GApps/Vanilla]
Havoc-OS 4.x is based on AOSP, inspired by Google Pixel. Has a refined Material Design 2 UI crafted by @SKULSHADY. Many useful features that will blow your mind. All you can dream of and all you'll ever need. Just flash and enjoy... General...
forum.xda-developers.com
Not the quickest, but looks nice with the pixel inspired interface. No extra bugs found.

Handy thread!
I can’t get Magisk working though on any GSIs. I don’t ever get a prompt to allow root access to an app or even with it set to automatically grant, nothing happens and apps don’t detect it, yet, Magisk is installed and Magisk Modules install and work no problem.
Weird issue.

oes20 said:
These gsi images are tested on this phone:
Android 8.1
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...-development/experimental-phh-treble-t3709659
bugs: sometimes the screen flickers when powering on. (once or twice per month)
Android 9
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...0-resurrection-remix-v7-0-arm64-32-b-t3891636
bugs: a bit laggy. It takes up to 30 seconds to wake up from just screen off. Maybe a bug with the sleep state. When you use your phone frequently you don't suffer from this.
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Does Magisk work for you on these GSIs?

gamr13 said:
Does Magisk work for you on these GSIs?
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It works on (i guess) the android 8 gsi. I do not recommend magisk, as it messes with your /vendor partition. That partition can not be factory reset other than re-flashing the whole recovery/system/vendor/radio etc. Magisk is also not optimized for this device. Tweaks like viper4androidfx won't work. I don't use my phone anymore at this moment, so any tips, tricks or new information is always welcome to ensure that everybody can get the same good experience

oes20 said:
It works on (i guess) the android 8 gsi. I do not recommend magisk, as it messes with your /vendor partition. That partition can not be factory reset other than re-flashing the whole recovery/system/vendor/radio etc. Magisk is also not optimized for this device. Tweaks like viper4androidfx won't work. I don't use my phone anymore at this moment, so any tips, tricks or new information is always welcome to ensure that everybody can get the same good experience
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That reply gave me serious doubt that you know a single thing about what you're doing. If it touches /vendor, you flash stock vendor.img in fastboot mode, ez pz. Not that it matters at all since nothing will get messed up at all. Magisk works perfectly fine on stock ROM. V4A works on stock, but when I use any GSI then no apps that require root work at all.

gamr13 said:
Handy thread!
I can’t get Magisk working though on any GSIs. I don’t ever get a prompt to allow root access to an app or even with it set to automatically grant, nothing happens and apps don’t detect it, yet, Magisk is installed and Magisk Modules install and work no problem.
Weird issue.
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It is a problem, I know. We can't do anything than reporting these problems to the Magisk team and hope for help. In my case, Magisk worked for root, but not for the modules. I got also knocked out of Snapchat because of Magisk. Just one of those little things that are part of our development hobby

gamr13 said:
That reply gave me serious doubt that you know a single thing about what you're doing. If it touches /vendor, you flash stock vendor.img in fastboot mode, ez pz. Not that it matters at all since nothing will get messed up at all. Magisk works perfectly fine on stock ROM. V4A works on stock, but when I use any GSI then no apps that require root work at all.
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In my case I got root acces working in Magisk. I apologize for that part about the vendor. You are right about that. I am trying my best to share my experience. I am no expert in anything.

Alright boys, yet another stride made today.
I've done some extensive testing on some Generic System Images for the Ulefone Power 5. This GSI seems to be the most stable I've used so far and best of all, it has root built-in (of course, it's LineageOS).
This is the only one I've gotten to work with ViPER4Android and root. Quick note that this still does have the screen flicker on the lock screen, but it's not as bad in this ROM compared to others I've tried.
Android Q GSIs currently do not work on the Ulefone Power 5, I've tried and fought hard with 'em but nothing. So, Pie it is for now.
Note: Magisk DOES NOT work. Please do not flash it on this ROM or you will break root access and need to reflash the system image.
First things first:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/andyyan-gsi/files/
1) Download the A-ONLY ROM.(avN): https://sourceforge.net/projects/an...7-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avN.img.xz/download
2) Make a backup of your stock ROM as it is, just in case in TWRP.
3) WIPE System, Data, Cache and Dalvic in the Advanced Wipe section of TWRP.
4) Flash the image as a System Image in TWRP.
5) Flash Open Gapps
7) Reboot into ROM
8) Enable Developer Options and enable root for apps and adb
9) Download ViPER4Android 2.5.0.4 (This is critical as the newest release will not work)
10) Install the driver
11) On every reboot you will have to go into V4A and go to Settings > Turn on developer mode > Disable SELinux
12) Enjoy Android Pie with ViPER4Android on your Ulefone Power 5.

Android 10 and TWRP...
Me. I tested 10 different roms of Android 10 and none works correctly .. I always stay on the Android logo that lights up in a loop. if you find information and manipulations or roms that work and are stable, send me the link or download. Thank you. And if you also find a new TWRP custom 3.3.0 or 3.3.1, put the download here. Thanks ?

gamr13 said:
Alright boys, yet another stride made today.
I've done some extensive testing on some Generic System Images for the Ulefone Power 5. This GSI seems to be the most stable I've used so far and best of all, it has root built-in (of course, it's LineageOS).
This is the only one I've gotten to work with ViPER4Android and root. Quick note that this still does have the screen flicker on the lock screen, but it's not as bad in this ROM compared to others I've tried.
Android Q GSIs currently do not work on the Ulefone Power 5, I've tried and fought hard with 'em but nothing. So, Pie it is for now.
Note: Magisk DOES NOT work. Please do not flash it on this ROM or you will break root access and need to reflash the system image.
First things first:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/andyyan-gsi/files/
1) Download the A-ONLY ROM.(avN): https://sourceforge.net/projects/an...7-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_avN.img.xz/download
2) Make a backup of your stock ROM as it is, just in case in TWRP.
3) WIPE System, Data, Cache and Dalvic in the Advanced Wipe section of TWRP.
4) Flash the image as a System Image in TWRP.
5) Flash Open Gapps
7) Reboot into ROM
8) Enable Developer Options and enable root for apps and adb
9) Download ViPER4Android 2.5.0.4 (This is critical as the newest release will not work)
10) Install the driver
11) On every reboot you will have to go into V4A and go to Settings > Turn on developer mode > Disable SELinux
12) Enjoy Android Pie with ViPER4Android on your Ulefone Power 5.
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8 Days later and I can confirm the ROM has been really stable with no issues other than the lock screen flicker which rarely happens, especially compared to other ROMs. Battery life has had a significant increase even when putting the phone under heavy usage (Call of Duty: Mobile and other games). Performance has shown a decent increase compared to the stock ROM. All in all, very impressed with the substantial improvements the GSI has brought over the stock Oreo firmware that came with this phone.

Can not install ANDROID 10 AOSP v201 !
Hello, I tested all versions of Android 10 phhusson and none works ..
phhusson offers to do this manually but I do not understand where to put it and how to run it!
phhusson: "need to manually setprop ro.skia.ignore_swizzle true"
If you have a solution to my problem, tell me here because I'm tired of Android 9 .. I'd like to upgrade to the latest version and not bother with this Android 9 .. Thanks ​

Android 10 GSIs currently do not work with the Ulefone Power 5.

gamr13 said:
8 Days later and I can confirm the ROM has been really stable with no issues other than the lock screen flicker which rarely happens, especially compared to other ROMs. Battery life has had a significant increase even when putting the phone under heavy usage (Call of Duty: Mobile and other games). Performance has shown a decent increase compared to the stock ROM. All in all, very impressed with the substantial improvements the GSI has brought over the stock Oreo firmware that came with this phone.
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Tried to install the .xz gsi-image in TWRP but that doesn't work. Can anybody tell me how to install this image, because in TWRP you can only choose between .zip and .img install. Thanks in advance!

fernseher said:
Tried to install the .xz gsi-image in TWRP but that doesn't work. Can anybody tell me how to install this image, because in TWRP you can only choose between .zip and .img install. Thanks in advance!
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You have to extract the file and then you will have an .img
Extract it with Winrar or 7ZIP

PetroChina said:
You have to extract the file and then you will have an .img
Extract it with Winrar or 7ZIP
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This!

A guy was able to install Android 10 with another TWRP
I will soon receive the recovery on Facebook,
I am impatient for me and for all of you who tries to
install Android 10 without success, I hope to have it this week!
I'll let you know about Ulefone Power_5's friends <3
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AidaoCKFpLudgeJAwtAZTJlaLIV2EQ?e=6N3RaD​

PetroChina said:
I will soon receive the recovery on Facebook,
I am impatient for me and for all of you who tries to
install Android 10 without success, I hope to have it this week!
I'll let you know about Ulefone Power_5's friends <3
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AidaoCKFpLudgeJAwtAZTJlaLIV2EQ?e=6N3RaD​
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Great! Let us know what bugs it has (if any) and especially for TWRP if it has the screen flicker!

gamr13 said:
Great! Let us know what bugs it has (if any) and especially for TWRP if it has the screen flicker!
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I will tell you everything, I must first test it personally and after the upload on Mediafire.
In my opinion, I hope that the scienceillements of the TWRP will not be there ​

I have the files but I can not install it because it did not explain very well the steps ..
http://www.mediafire.com/file/eqzhwznxxr9qlsf/TWRP_3.3.1_UlefoneP5.img/file
http://www.mediafire.com/file/1sf9mi9qlcv5ari/no_encryption_mod.zip/file
He told me this and I do not understand much and it is not clear enough... : no encryption mod first before install latest twrp if your phone doesnt boot from old twrp to twrp 3.3.1​