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[Q] Help Needed with Thunderbird I5S Replica

Hi There
I have recently purchased a Thunderbird i5S Golden. According to the supplier website it is the following spec;
MTK6572 Dual Core CPU 1.3Ghz*2
1GB RAM, 8GB Rom
4.2.2 OS with IOS7 Theme Pack (Loader, icons etc)
I had a couple of issues when I received it, base language installed as Chinese, although I could select UK English, the base language stayed as Chinese.
Google PlayStore wasn't installed from factory (had about 3 versions of the Chinese app markets) Had MAJOR issues trying to get this working. Well to be honest, it has never worked. GPS also doesn't seem to work.
Anyway, rooted the phone using the one button root method, cant remember the software but was pretty simple
After farting around for another couple of hours, removing some of the Chinese bloatware, found that I still couldn't use the phone as I wished (still in Chinese, still with crap app markets etc) Google Play installed but would never download anything (would say it was installing but never would)
After using rootexplorer, I found the SYSTEMfolder called APP_UK. This contained all of the UK app's and Keyboard layouts etc. Doing without thinking I renamed the old APP folder and replaced with the APP_UK, but this doesn't contain ANY of the startup procedures, files etc,
Phone now stuck on the boot screen, can get into the Chinese factory mode and factory reset but it doesn't help, it comes up with a green android man with his chest open and a red exclaimation mark (my guess is that it cant find any of the boot up files) Can also load up a menu (although upside down) which advises :> Normal Boot :> Fast Boot or :>Recovery (Tried all three)
So to the questions:
Firstly does anyone have any ideas on how I can get onto the phone drive without it booting correctly (using COM ports or something). Ive tried using various software to get onto the phone but without it booting it cannot find the drives. (Using Win7 x64) Various drivers etc.
Secondly: Can anyone suggest an ios7 ROM for the MTK6572 in UK English, Rooted, with Google Play Store.
Tried contacting the suppliers but they are about as useful as a chocolate teapot. Ive requested a UK ROM from them so will see if they do come back with anything.
Any help greatly appreciated. Im new to the android flash and root world so be gentle
Thanks
Jamie

any news?
Any news about your problem?
I regreat so much of buying this phone...
I even cannot install the drivers for this phone, it detects only as an unknown device...I think the usb entry is damaged...

hi there
i need also some help with mt6572 (thunderbird i5s) !!!!!

[ROOT][RECOVERY] UNOFFICIAL Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 p310a Tablet Thread

So I noticed there's no official thread for this tablet. I went ahead a decided to try and get a thread going for this tablet only. I am strongly considering porting a Rom and possibly a recovery pending requests from users on xda for the device.
To ROOT the Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 p310a
1. Make sure Unknown sources is checked in Settings > Security > Device administration > Unknown Sources
2. You head over to alephzain's ROOT thread and download the framaroot 1.9.3 apk
LINK To Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/framaroot/root-framaroot-one-click-apk-to-root-t2130276
3. Follow the directions on alephzain's thread. Move the apk to the SD card and install the apk.
4. The apk will then run after clicking "install"
If successful, your OneTouch Pop 7 p310a will now be rooted after a reboot.
To test, after reboot you should see superuser in the list of installed applications.
Also you can download 'root checker' from Google play to verify.
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Clock Work Mod Recovery for Alcatel P310a.
DO NOT FLASH THIS RECOVERY ON ANY OTHER DEVICE OTHER THAN A P310A. THIS MAY BRICK YOUR DEVICE.
WORKING RECOVERY PORTED/TESTED BY Shawnj0
DOWNLOAD LINK ==> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Bp38aW17GiOXpKNEdXQXBSbjA/view?usp=sharing
Any questions, comments, suggestions all should be directed to this thread.

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Sent from my ALCATEL ONE TOUCH P310A using XDA Free mobile app

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Sent from my ALCATEL ONE TOUCH P310A using XDA Free mobile app

UPDATE 1/24/2015: CWM NON-Touch Now Available as a flashable img. You can use Flashify or Rashr (both can be downloaded through Google Play once you are ROOT.

Thank you for this. How many tablets has this been tested on ?

It works !!!! Now we need some lollipop on it !

memory swap mod
shawnj0 said:
UPDATE 1/24/2015: CWM NON-Touch Now Available as a flashable img. You can use Flashify or Rashr (both can be downloaded through Google Play once you are ROOT.
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Hi, thanks for this.
Will a memory swap mod, to make the tablet see the external SD Memory as the internal storage, work with the P310A?
Searched and found this for another Alcatel device:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2284347&page=39
Is something like this already available for the tablet?
Will be a big improvement if this can be ported to the P310A, and then have a 32Gb or even a 64 Gb memory card be seen as the internal storage.
Thanks.

I have one of these little tablets from T-Mobile (gotta love free) and love it. Last night I got an update warning but have not installed it yet. Unfortunately there is very little information for them like custom ROMs or custom recovery. I would even like to find the software and files needed to return the device back to stock if there was ever a problem and it needed to be reflashed back to out of the box state. Let me know if I can help as I would love to see more for this awesome little device.
Btw, interesting fact about T-Mobile 4G on these tablets. The base is 10 USD for 1gb of 4G a month. All T-Mobile tablets also come with free 200mb 4G a month one top of that. If you have the highest plan at T-Mobile (80 USD a month, unlimited everything including 4g, no drop back to 3g at all) then the tablet actually gets 5gb a month of 4G for the 10 USD instead of 1gb.

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Just installed the latest update from T-Mobile for the p310a and framaroot 1.93 no longer roots it. Damn.

Try this :wwwDOTmgyunDOTcom/m/en
It rooted my tablet and 2 others. It will install a "kinguser" superuser app. Download clockworks superuser from the play store.
Then disable kinguser and allow clockworks superuser to do its job.

TheEditor said:
Just installed the latest update from T-Mobile for the p310a and framaroot 1.93 no longer roots it. Damn.
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Can you please share what is on the update?
Find out the update is still on 4.2.
According to the Tmo support site is to improve battery, camera flicker and freezing.

That is about all I see in the update. The version is still the same and I have not seen any real difference personally. Kind of wish I hadn't updated.
Btw, thanks for the recommendation. I am rooted again, woohoo.
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Well, I am rooted but the only SU that will work is the installed KingUser, no others will work for me.

I have the same tablet, but the P310X, not the P310A variant. Is it safe to flash the CWM recovery? I tried booting into this recovery without flashing by the fastboot flash command, but nothing happens after the transfer, the device won't boot into the new recovery.
After a little searching, it seems to me the two varians only differ in the supported cellular networks and frequencies.

Ok so I rooted this device with kingo at first. I kept have su binary issues. I installed cwm and tried to update su binary through there. I tried booting into recovery using quick boot. My tablet is stuck on tmo screen. Hard reseting takes me back to cwm but I have no backup yet , had no time to even make one. Does anyone have one by chance or a way for me to boot back up through cwm?

Recovery flashed successfully and looks great but, no partitions will mount and I cannot flash any .zips. Anyone else having issues?

I flashed the recovery but when I backed up my data and started getting "unfortunately settings has stopped" error
I did all alternatives and was forced to wipe it clean. But when I tried to restore it kept saying MS5 is not found.
So I am screwed now cause although it did clean it, the settings issue is still there and it will not let me open the wifi /buletooth settings/
keeps crashing and sometimes reboots. So I just want to revert back to the original factory firmware.
Does anyone have the original firmware??

Possible lollipop rom?
shawnj0 said:
So I noticed there's no official thread for this tablet. I went ahead a decided to try and get a thread going for this tablet only. I am strongly considering porting a Rom and possibly a recovery pending requests from users on xda for the device.
To ROOT the Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 p310a
1. Make sure Unknown sources is checked in Settings > Security > Device administration > Unknown Sources
2. You head over to alephzain's ROOT thread and download the framaroot 1.9.3 apk
LINK To Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/framaroot/root-framaroot-one-click-apk-to-root-t2130276
3. Follow the directions on alephzain's thread. Move the apk to the SD card and install the apk.
4. The apk will then run after clicking "install"
If successful, your OneTouch Pop 7 p310a will now be rooted after a reboot.
To test, after reboot you should see superuser in the list of installed applications.
Also you can download 'root checker' from Google play to verify.
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Clock Work Mod Recovery for Alcatel P310a.
DO NOT FLASH THIS RECOVERY ON ANY OTHER DEVICE OTHER THAN A P310A. THIS MAY BRICK YOUR DEVICE.
WORKING RECOVERY PORTED/TESTED BY Shawnj0
DOWNLOAD LINK ==> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Bp38aW17GiOXpKNEdXQXBSbjA/view?usp=sharing
Any questions, comments, suggestions all should be directed to this thread.
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i have this device and i have searched pretty much everywhere for a mod. can you show me how i could get a lollipop mod ( if there is one available). its a pretty nifty device and it i'm hoping to get the lollipop experience on it. Thanks.

Crying on the inside
SO, i did the absolute unthinkable of unthinkable actions. i attempted to flash what was purported to be a POP 7 MIUI port, and the damn thing crashed on me. To make matters worse, the backup with CWM failed when attempting to back up /system. Anyone manage to get it to work?

Sir Webb said:
I flashed the recovery but when I backed up my data and started getting "unfortunately settings has stopped" error
I did all alternatives and was forced to wipe it clean. But when I tried to restore it kept saying MS5 is not found.
So I am screwed now cause although it did clean it, the settings issue is still there and it will not let me open the wifi /buletooth settings/
keeps crashing and sometimes reboots. So I just want to revert back to the original factory firmware.
Does anyone have the original firmware??
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I have it
SuperUser666 said:
SO, i did the absolute unthinkable of unthinkable actions. i attempted to flash what was purported to be a POP 7 MIUI port, and the damn thing crashed on me. To make matters worse, the backup with CWM failed when attempting to back up /system. Anyone manage to get it to work?
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Did you ever get this working? I have this tablet rooted, but no recovery...
I don't mind giving either of you my backups from titanium

Strange problem about formatting

Hi,
i got strange problem about my lenovo A850, i have force closes of all of my apps, i tried formatting lenovo with setting/recovery.. , try uninstalling apps, flash new rom with flashtool, but e.g. i uninstall candy crush saga, and after restart, i have candy crush saga again installed.. this happens about formats as well, i cant format/reinstall it at all..

A850 storage lock?
I have a very similar issue. The A850 I have is from China and came with a customer ROM loaded. When I try to factory reset either in recovery or from Android settings the unit remains unchanged. I have also tried to flash a new ROM with SP Flash with the same result.
Can anyone confirm if there is a way the Lenovo device could have been write protected from supplier?

RASTAS12 said:
I have a very similar issue. The A850 I have is from China and came with a customer ROM loaded. When I try to factory reset either in recovery or from Android settings the unit remains unchanged. I have also tried to flash a new ROM with SP Flash with the same result.
Can anyone confirm if there is a way the Lenovo device could have been write protected from supplier?
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Same problem Here!
And it started this month... I own this phone since december 2013 and never had any problem.
I was using stock s123 rom (never flashed this phone before).
It started closing all apps and process, so I turned it off and on again. After boot the problem continues.
Tried wiping emmc via recovery and have no success.
Then I try flashing few different roms and the problem persist.
It´s like the phone is "Read Only" !!
As I see I´m not the only one with this problem, and never seen it before. We all started with the problem this month... very strange.
Perhaps it was an update from an app?
The problem started one morning after snooze the alarm. I found the phone was closing all apps and process.
I was using "Alarm Clock Plus". I also have "Clean Master" Installed.
Let´s see if we can find a solution, good luck!

Hahah...yep...
Now that swarm has finally arrived. The swarms of ****ty Lenovo phones...
Don't get it? As rumoured there will be a batch of Lenovo phones from an unauthorized Chinese manufacturer spreading throughout the world including Malaysia (received biggest impact), and I think you are the affected ones. For gods sake that phones are total... failure.:thumbdown:
Not really different from what I'm using right now, it's a CN firmware out of the box, but it's good (the kernel sucked, can't flash third-party recovery).
Have you tried root? Root unlocks features and you can troubleshoot better with root access. How? Framaroot. Risks? Well depend on the phone's architecture. If it's stable then it shouldn't be a problem.
How's that phone acting? You can still try many ways to troubleshoot, like using the Lenovo phone PC suite. If it still can react with the PC suite then there's chance. If it reaches to the extent of "The computer can't find your device" or "wrong phone" or worse, "Your device is not supported or invalid", boop(!) dead end, blame the Chinese, you've been fraud.
That's all I can help.
This was sent from my fully-Xposed-modded Lenovo A850 rooted stock ROM via XDA mobile app.

Lenovo A850
hi i am new bird in here, same situation happen to my lenovo a850 too.
any new info related to this? my lenovo a850 also have the same condition as other user, READ ONLY status.
i have tried many rom version, even ROW version, TWRP, CWM, but it still not sucess.
appreaciate if any have new info related.
thank you very much.
regads,

Help choosing ROM and Recovery

Hi everyone.
I rooted my Note Pro 12.2 (wifi) a while back and installed a basic rooted ROM, not CW12.
I honestly don't remember which ROM I flashed. I believe it was just a stock de-bloated ROM, and if it's the one I think it is, in the thread it says that ROM was faulty and dev has stopped for it. I see the kernel version and build in the "about" section under settings but I'm not sure if that number would tell me which ROM it is, or just the ROM and kernal that it was built on top of.
I basically wanted a stock style ROM with the ability to change things as I wanted. I'm still noticing a TON of lag. Scrolling on pages, loading apps, screen lag between touch and actual input of characters when using on screen keyboard, etc etc. I've frozen a bunch of bloatware and other things and it helped a little, but it's still pretty bad.
Audio latency with recording and MIDI apps is very bad, but I know that's improved with lollipop.
Aside from lag, it seems that GPS won't lock on no matter how long Iet it look for a signal (hard to tell if it's the ROM, but my Note 4 has found GPS very easily). Also, my Note 4 (unrooted and stock at this point) is waaaaay smoother and faster than this tablet. I realize we're talking about lollipop vs kitkat, and that the Note 4 version I have is the snapdragon one. But it still seems like performance should be better on this tablet.
So I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a good ROM for me to flash until lollipop comes out for the wifi version of this tablet. I want the stock multi-window functions (4 at a time plus floating windows), so CW12 is not an option. I want to use some of the Samsung apps like s note and Hancom office. I use the s-pen from time to time with the pen apps like write-on-screen.
The "rooted" features I want to access are turning off the camera sound (adding the switch to the settings menu in the camera app, not just replacing the sound file with a dummy file) Changing PPI of apps (xposed module) and full access read/write on micro SD cards and really important is the ability to add any app to the multi-window apps list and force orientation. I've been able to do all this with xposed modules.
Other than that, stock would be fine if it wasn't so laggy. The main reason I want to try another ROM is the lag. On screen keyboard has a lot of lag, but even my Logitech k810 bluetooth keyboard is laggy.
I'm also currently travelling and don't have a PC with me. So I'm hoping I can flash the ROM without ODIN, or perhaps I can use one of the ODIN-for-android type things on my Note 4 to flash a ROM to the Note Pro 12.2. Also I have the stock recovey, and would like suggestions on which recovery to use instead. Again, no computer with me to flash a new recovery. Ido have an OTG cable and USB flash drive so Ican back up my files before flashing the new ROM, as well as a miscro SD card.
Any recommendations for a smooth, fast ROM? Any tips on flashing it without a PC? I know I can copy the ZIP to the tablet and flash it from recovery...but it is the stock recovery...is this going to be sufficient?
THANKS!

The hyperdrive rom by sbreen (in the dev section) works great. Isnt there an internet cafe in the vicinity? Ask them for assistance flashing the beast. I love twrp. Good luck!
I tried to find an easy root apk thingy so you dont need a computer, couldnt find anything (but maybe kinguser or something like it will work)
Link to twrp with explanation
https://twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxynotepro122exynoswifi.html

Thanks! TWRP is I think what's on my Note II back home. My tablet is rooted already of course. For the Hyperdrive ROM, one thing I'm a little confused about is if I have to FIRST install a stock ROM and THEN flash the custom ROM. I'm a little confused about why exactly but I see that in the forums from time to time. It's recommended for certain ROMs. I don't know if flashing the stock ROM updates some other firmware/hardware driver type stuff that's needed for the new kernal to work or what.
There might be an internet cafe. I'm flying from Vienna to Lithuania today. Trying to explain to them that I want them to download and install ODIN might be tough knowing only English and Spanish haha.
Sorry for the noob question but is clicking the thumbs-up icon what generates "thanks" or do I do that somewhere else?

spaceturd3000 said:
Thanks! TWRP is I think what's on my Note II back home. My tablet is rooted already of course. For the Hyperdrive ROM, one thing I'm a little confused about is if I have to FIRST install a stock ROM and THEN flash the custom ROM. I'm a little confused about why exactly but I see that in the forums from time to time. It's recommended for certain ROMs. I don't know if flashing the stock ROM updates some other firmware/hardware driver type stuff that's needed for the new kernal to work or what.
There might be an internet cafe. I'm flying from Vienna to Lithuania today. Trying to explain to them that I want them to download and install ODIN might be tough knowing only English and Spanish haha.
Sorry for the noob question but is clicking the thumbs-up icon what generates "thanks" or do I do that somewhere else?
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If its rooted you can install twrp without computer (see my link) use twrp manager fromthe play store for that
You only have to flash the custom rom
(Make sure you backup on an ext sd or something, then delete everything in twrp, install custom rom, restart and done) I also always backup the launcher settings, if you backup the apps with titanium restoring is very easy afterwards)
Lemme know if this works for you!

goenieg said:
If its rooted you can install twrp without computer (see my link) use twrp manager fromthe play store for that
You only have to flash the custom rom
(Make sure you backup on an ext sd or something, then delete everything in twrp, install custom rom, restart and done) I also always backup the launcher settings, if you backup the apps with titanium restoring is very easy afterwards)
Lemme know if this works for you!
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I'm already having trouble installing TWRP. I can't do it from the app, as my device isn't listed. I downloaded the zip file of the correct version of TWRP and tried to flash it using the stock recovery. But when I boot into recovery mode, it still just goes to the stock recovery. Then I downloaded and installed ROM manager from the play store and it shows TWRP as being installed, but whenever I boot into recovery I just get the stock recovery.
I'm back home now and I guess I'll just try to do all this with ODIN.
Is there any reason I can't just install the custom ROM using the stock recovery? That's what I did last time.

Ok So I got TWRP installed via ODIN then I used it to clean wipe and flash Hyperdrive ROM but gmail app won't even open, just crashes immediately, and it's one of the main apps I need so...probably gonna look for another ROM...or most likely gonna flash the stock ROM, unroot and sell the tablet and get a Dell Venue 11 Pro. Might wait till the end of July though, the supposed release date for lollipop on this device.

Had the same problem. Install hyperdrive without the gmail app option. Afterwards install itmvia the play store.
And if you want lollipop give cyanogen a try. I love it (but its a personal thing).
Ad make sure to read the Venue reviews, they are not very positive.

goenieg said:
Had the same problem. Install hyperdrive without the gmail app option. Afterwards install itmvia the play store.
And if you want lollipop give cyanogen a try. I love it (but its a personal thing).
Ad make sure to read the Venue reviews, they are not very positive.
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I wanted to try lollipop because I use it for music, and latency is much better with lollipop. My Note 4 is running lollipop and I get way better performance from MIDI keyboards and guitar amp modelling. I really like the multi window functions on the stock and hyperdrive ROMs though, 4 at once, floating, etc. I'm sure as soon as lollipop is officially out for this device, someone will release a rooted version.
Thanks for the tip on gmail, fortunately I read it before getting too deep and just reflashed without gmail it and then installed the gmail app as you suggested and it does work. There still seems to be a bit of delay when using the on screen keyboard, not as fast as I had hoped. But it's up and running.
I was considering the Dell after trying a bunch of different audio and video editing apps for android and realizing that I just need full photoshop, premiere, and Reaper with all my VST plugins, so I need windows. Perhaps Surface Pro is a better choice but I like the Venue's chassis better, fanless, rounded corners. Also new tablets might be coming out with Windows 10 so another reason to wait...
My laptop is great but it's really big and I like a touch interface for on screen mixers and instruments. So I figured a tablet PC might work best for me. But the problem is GUI scaling. with the Windows legacy apps like Premiere and Photoshop, the buttons and menus don't scale, and on an 11" 1080 display they are quite small.

Just wait for win 10 and while waiting fine tune your 12" beast did you try system tuner pro already? You should be able to get less latency from that.
(And did someone mention "buy a Mac" already?

I am surprised, because after testing dozen ROMs I found stock ROM fastest one. Just root and debloat it.
Not so any lag or problems, but with custom ROMS I had a lot of problems.

tin2404 said:
I am surprised, because after testing dozen ROMs I found stock ROM fastest one. Just root and debloat it.
Not so any lag or problems, but with custom ROMS I had a lot of problems.
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Indeed, cyanogen requires a lot of tuning (but its what I like about Android, I am more tinkering with it than actually using it I believe

goenieg said:
Just wait for win 10 and while waiting fine tune your 12" beast did you try system tuner pro already? You should be able to get less latency from that.
(And did someone mention "buy a Mac" already?
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I checked out system tuner pro (didn't buy it yet just read the description) What exactly would I adjust to get lower audio latency? Just clock the CPU higher? OR does it have audio-specific settings not mentioned in the description?

Hold yer horses
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/49414/P900XXU0BOF2_P900OXA0BOF2_PHN/
Looks like Samsung official lollipop (I read that it has way better latency) is finally coming to your tablet.
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Better link https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4ccvyxgge4kaUktYWtPUl9QSW8/view?pli=1

WHAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?!!? I've been checking sammobile EVERY day for the lost couple weeks waiting for this! OMG OMG I'm hoping I'll be able to use the Samsung Audio stuff with this, their DAW and amplitube and all that...plus I'll get Hancom office back...Thanks for the heads-up. I'm glad I've been using CM12.1 though So I can compare the experience.
Looking forward to the rooted version of stock lollipop making its way to xda as well! Now... to figure out the best way to back up my current installation...

Can't update either with OTA or manually!! [original firmware]

Hi there, I have an Letv 1s X500 with stock EUI, not the international one with the app drawer, but the chinese original rom (but in english) with the 'Live' button.
The phone did *one* OTA update from 012S to 013S, but after that I waited way more than a month for the next one, only to find out that there's already the 016S. But my phone's update app and the "Settings/About phone" both say the operating system is updated to the 013S. Did this happened to anybody else?
I never rooted my phone and I have (and always had) the original rom and original recovery, and again, I have the chinese firmware which permits OTA updates.
Not only that but I can't update it manually either! I download the update, rename it to "update.zip", put it in the internal memory root (the file is ok, not an incomplete download)
I tried installing it with both the recovery boot, and the system update app /more options ('...' symbol) / "local update"; and the result is always the same: it aborts the update by saying "error in signature".
I downloaded the rom from here although their official site seems to be less and less reliable (016S link doesn't work).
Later I downloaded this 014S for my phone "S1_x500-OS-OP-DHXOSOP5501405251S-5.5.014S.zip" (don't remember the site), and also a no-go.
I did nothing to corrupt my phone. The only thing I did was unchecking the notifications of some Letv apps (didn't disable the apps though), but I already re-enabled them. I also installed google play and google services via that Google installer apk (not through any custom recovery).
So, what's going on? Can anyone point me to an updated (014S+) working rom for the Letv 1s X500?
The phone is working fine with the current 013S, but I'm already 2 or 3 updates behind.
I hope someone can help me.
Thank you.

Anyone?

pipoawas said:
Anyone?
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man, stock ROM is very unstable. Flash custom Rom named Miui, is very stable, without Chinese apps and you will get frequently updates. Good luck http://forum.xda-developers.com/leeco-le-1s/development/miui-8-6-7-8-international-t3415088