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I have the BLU Dash 4.0 and was wondering if anyone has a custom ROM for it? You really cant find anything about it online except on how to root it. The root process was in Spanish but Google Translate will help. Can someone take a look into it please?.
Thank you,
flickpiston
BLU Dash 4.0 Update
I posted the update to 4.0.4 for the BLU Dash 4.0 on the GSM Arena site.
Its running stock android and a lot of the lag is gone.
Screenshots of the update
Screenshots for the new update on the BLU Dash 4.0
flickpiston said:
Screenshots for the new update on the BLU Dash 4.0
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Could you conduct me to update this rom, please? I'm from Vietnam and in my conuntry, we have a smartphone like Blu Dash 4.0, my phone is running this rom on B4-V2.2 Hardware Version and Build Number: BLU_D270_V06_GENERIC Fri Mar 1 15:20:04 CST 2013.
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nhh1994 said:
Could you conduct me to update this rom, please? I'm from Vietnam and in my conuntry, we have a smartphone like Blu Dash 4.0, my phone is running this rom on B4-V2.2 Hardware Version and Build Number: BLU_D270_V06_GENERIC Fri Mar 1 15:20:04 CST 2013.
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Download the update I posted on rapid-share
{**rapidshare**.com/files/21...20130521.zip}
(just remove the asterix)
Then follow these instructions, to get to recovery mode I don't know if your phone will be the same; you could always try.
1. Drag the update zip folder to your sd card from your computer.
2. after its on the sd card turn off your phone then
3. hold the power button and the volume down button until you get to the recovery screen.
4. select apply update from sd card then when everything is done installing turn off your device one more time and hold the power and volume button and select factory reset.
if you dont do a factory reset after you install the update then the google play store and anything from google wont work.
so make sure you do a factory reset after the update is done.
Hope that works
Found this thread from GSM Arena and applied the update. Thank you flickpiston for posting. It's a start in getting these phones some dev love.
With that said, about 24h have passed since flashing the update and this ROM is not much better than the original that shipped. I still experience frequent FCs, freezes requiring battery pulls, and battery drain. But hey, at least Google Play Services finally installs like it's supposed to.
Unfortunately, this ROM still has BLU's hands all over it considering there are some dialogs in Engrish just like the factory ROM.
I rooted using another guide translated from Brazilian Portuguese and applied the V6 Supercharger and it has somewhat helped with the lag. I'm going back and forth between the 512 balanced and aggressive settings.
Let's hope we can get a real recovery on this phone soon. And a proper ICS/JB port.
AlphaMack said:
Found this thread from GSM Arena and applied the update. Thank you flickpiston for posting. It's a start in getting these phones some dev love.
With that said, about 24h have passed since flashing the update and this ROM is not much better than the original that shipped. I still experience frequent FCs, freezes requiring battery pulls, and battery drain. But hey, at least Google Play Services finally installs like it's supposed to.
Unfortunately, this ROM still has BLU's hands all over it considering there are some dialogs in Engrish just like the factory ROM.
I rooted using another guide translated from Brazilian Portuguese and applied the V6 Supercharger and it has somewhat helped with the lag. I'm going back and forth between the 512 balanced and aggressive settings.
Let's hope we can get a real recovery on this phone soon. And a proper ICS/JB port.
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I found out that the XOLO A500 is extremely identical to the BLU Dash 4.0 and they have a CWM recovery that i tried and it worked when i flashed it, but when i turn off the device and try to go into recovery a second time it takes me into the stock recovery instead of CWM recovery. I don't know why it does that
Yeah, going by the specs it seems that the Dash 4.0 is a rebadged Xolo A500.
On another note, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I have finally tamed the lagging and crashiness of this ROM using zepplinrox's V6 supercharger and KAK scripts. Specifically I switched back to the 512HP balanced settings, enabled the Nitro Lag Nullifier, fixed permissions, and wiped the dalvik cache. The KAK script has everything enabled except for I/O scheduling since I don't want to risk bootlooping without a proper nandroid.
Finally, consider downloading No Frills or some other CPU manager. For some reason the cfq scheduler is the default; I switched it to noop. Also you have the choice of using the interactive governor; this also cuts down on lag at the cost of more battery.
Thanks for the info it really does help. Till now i didnt know about supercharger or KAK scripts. I see improvements . I think the best thing to do right now till the development starts on this phone is to try and find compatible phone that already have developments for them and see if they work, because a custom rom would be nice.
flickpiston said:
Download the update I posted on rapid-share
{**rapidshare**.com/files/21...20130521.zip}
(just remove the asterix)
Then follow these instructions, to get to recovery mode I don't know if your phone will be the same; you could always try.
1. Drag the update zip folder to your sd card from your computer.
2. after its on the sd card turn off your phone then
3. hold the power button and the volume down button until you get to the recovery screen.
4. select apply update from sd card then when everything is done installing turn off your device one more time and hold the power and volume button and select factory reset.
if you dont do a factory reset after you install the update then the google play store and anything from google wont work.
so make sure you do a factory reset after the update is done.
Hope that works
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Thank you for your conduct I downloaded your rom but I downloaded from dev-host host because the host Rapidshare very glimmering. I think some friends in a thread for my phone in my country have contacted with some people who also using BLU Dash 4.0 and get the rom from them. That's maybe you, guy I also don't know . I will try update your rom later.
Back to the main subject, as I know, your phone(BLu dash 4.0), my phone (Q-smart S20), Xolo 500, Cherry Burst S280 and Gsmart R1, they are running on 3.0.21-perf Kernel Version and the same hardware like: ram, cpu, os,....., so I think they can use the rom of each other, I have tried with all but the rom of Gsmart R1 does not detect SDcard on my phone, others run well. And now i am using this rom of blue dash 4.0 and satisfied it. In forum in my country, we have a thread with collective rom as i told, if you want to try those roms, i can share. :fingers-crossed: Sorry for my bad English.
Something went wrong when I had tried to update this rom. My friend is trying researching more. In this zip pack, we found that it has many files *.enc, it doesn't like any zip packs which we have flashed.
I am happy to report that I have finally stabilized this ROM to the best possible degree. Scratch that, no I didn't. But the following HAS cut the lag. Forgive me if I repeat myself from previous posts but here are the steps I took in hopes that others can duplicate and confirm:
1. Root using this guide and use Google Translate. You will need the Android SDK, the script in the OP, and the Qualcomm driver linked further down in the thread.
2. Install Busybox from Google Play.
3. Optional: Install Koush's Superuser as SuperSU has been bad news in my experience especially if you wipe caches.
4. Grab the latest Supercharger script. You will need to carefully follow the instructions. You MUST patch services.jar as explained in the thread. I suggest using the balanced settings for 512 MB but of course you're free to use any of the 512 options. You should also try using the Nitro Lag Nullifier.
5. Optional: Grab the Kickass Kernelizer script. DO NOT include I/O tweaks.
Caveats:
TiBu freezes the phone if you try to backup the system apps. Backup your user apps and data. I'm still trying to find a way around this.
DUDE
HEY MAN could you make a CUSTOM ROM AND UPLOAD, because its difficult to me to do all that you said... i want to eliminate the lag
AlphaMack said:
I am happy to report that I have finally stabilized this ROM to the best possible degree. Forgive me if I repeat myself from previous posts but here are the steps I took in hopes that others can duplicate and confirm:
1. Root using this guide and use Google Translate. You will need the Android SDK, the script in the OP, and the Qualcomm driver linked further down in the thread.
2. Install Busybox from Google Play.
3. Optional: Install Koush's Superuser as SuperSU has been bad news in my experience especially if you wipe caches.
4. Grab the latest Supercharger script. You will need to carefully follow the instructions. You MUST patch services.jar as explained in the thread. I suggest using the balanced settings for 512 MB but of course you're free to use any of the 512 options. You should also try using the Nitro Lag Nullifier.
5. Optional: Grab the Kickass Kernelizer script. DO NOT include I/O tweaks.
Caveats:
TiBu freezes the phone if you try to backup the system apps. Backup your user apps and data. I'm still trying to find a way around this.
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nhh1994 said:
Thank you for your conduct I downloaded your rom but I downloaded from dev-host host because the host Rapidshare very glimmering. I think some friends in a thread for my phone in my country have contacted with some people who also using BLU Dash 4.0 and get the rom from them. That's maybe you, guy I also don't know . I will try update your rom later.
Back to the main subject, as I know, your phone(BLu dash 4.0), my phone (Q-smart S20), Xolo 500, Cherry Burst S280 and Gsmart R1, they are running on 3.0.21-perf Kernel Version and the same hardware like: ram, cpu, os,....., so I think they can use the rom of each other, I have tried with all but the rom of Gsmart R1 does not detect SDcard on my phone, others run well. And now i am using this rom of blue dash 4.0 and satisfied it. In forum in my country, we have a thread with collective rom as i told, if you want to try those roms, i can share. :fingers-crossed: Sorry for my bad English.
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Sorry about the ROM , I hope it works out with you. I would really appreciate it if you did share the ROMS
Thnak you:good:
flickpiston said:
Sorry about the ROM , I hope it works out with you. I would really appreciate it if you did share the ROMS
Thnak you:good:
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Ok, here are some Roms which I have collected for my phone, you can try them, remember back up your rom to wary. Wipe data, cache then flash it by CWM.
Rom Cherry of TeamBurst
You can follow this thread to download and update this new Rom(update newest rom 03/06/2013): forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295030
Older (update 30/04/2013 - this rom is appreciated highly by my friends): docs.google.com/file/d/0B7N-XHierCuYTVZhUlREdFl4RFE/edit
ROM GALAXY S4 TRANSPARENT V1.0 (mod by my friend):
Press Ctrl + S to download it.
They have 2 file zip, download both and flash Rom first, launcher then.
Rom: docs.google.com/file/d/0B_xTO1cCsaoRYTAtQ3JXajgyUTg/edit
Launcher: docs.google.com/file/d/0ByfaI2A2gCbpdFdRd1VONUItTUk/edit
ROM XOLO MOD (mod by my friend):
docs.google.com/file/d/0BxomfBj2xBGSaW1OcWdQRnJWM3M/edit
ROM XOLO A500:
Stock Rom: www.mediafire.com/download/u1oxl5suz7tsuz2/XOLO_A500_Stock_Aroma.zip
Mod Xperia Style: www.mediafire.com/download/2bw0kr2c9sznddd/XOLO_A500_Mod.zip
And the last is Gsmart Rio R1's rom, my phone doesn't detect SDcard when i install this rom, but you can try, here is a example rom, you can search on xda with the key Gsmart Rio R1 rom or try "Videocon A30": forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200916
I attach the image of ROM GALAXY S4 TRANSPARENT V1.0 and ROM XOLO MOD.
Have fun, guy!
nhh1994 said:
Ok, here are some Roms which I have collected for my phone, you can try them, remember back up your rom to wary. Wipe data, cache then flash it by CWM.
Rom Cherry of TeamBurst
You can follow this thread to download and update this new Rom(update newest rom 03/06/2013): forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295030
Older (update 30/04/2013 - this rom is appreciated highly by my friends): docs.google.com/file/d/0B7N-XHierCuYTVZhUlREdFl4RFE/edit
ROM GALAXY S4 TRANSPARENT V1.0 (mod by my friend):
Press Ctrl + S to download it.
They have 2 file zip, download both and flash Rom first, launcher then.
Rom: docs.google.com/file/d/0B_xTO1cCsaoRYTAtQ3JXajgyUTg/edit
Launcher: docs.google.com/file/d/0ByfaI2A2gCbpdFdRd1VONUItTUk/edit
ROM XOLO MOD (mod by my friend):
docs.google.com/file/d/0BxomfBj2xBGSaW1OcWdQRnJWM3M/edit
ROM XOLO A500:
Stock Rom: www.mediafire.com/download/u1oxl5suz7tsuz2/XOLO_A500_Stock_Aroma.zip
Mod Xperia Style: www.mediafire.com/download/2bw0kr2c9sznddd/XOLO_A500_Mod.zip
And the last is Gsmart Rio R1's rom, my phone doesn't detect SDcard when i install this rom, but you can try, here is a example rom, you can search on xda with the key Gsmart Rio R1 rom or try "Videocon A30": forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200916
I attach the image of ROM GALAXY S4 TRANSPARENT V1.0 and ROM XOLO MOD.
Have fun, guy!
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Are they in english? Also what CWM are you using?
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Are they in english? Also what CWM are you using?
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All is in English except ROM GALAXY S4 TRANSPARENT V1.0 and ROM XOLO MOD because I haven't flashed this 2 roms, but I think they also in English, I am using this CWM: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7N-XHierCuYRVdBOE1WWnZqb1U/edit
About your rom, my friends have just updated it successfully, one guy use my phone's stock recovery and another use Blu's CWM to flash. I saw the difference in Hardware version between your phone and my phone after updating your rom, do you know why?
nhh1994 said:
All is in English except ROM GALAXY S4 TRANSPARENT V1.0 and ROM XOLO MOD because I haven't flashed this 2 roms, but I think they also in English, I am using this CWM: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7N-XHierCuYRVdBOE1WWnZqb1U/edit
About your rom, my friends have just updated it successfully, one guy use my phone's stock recovery and another use Blu's CWM to flash. I saw the difference in Hardware version between your phone and my phone after updating your rom, do you know why?
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The Galaxy S4 doesnt really work for my phone the touch screen is off, but I've tried both xolo's and I'm using the CMICS then I will try the Rom_Gold. Also I would really like to know the difference.
Thanks
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The Galaxy S4 doesnt really work for my phone the touch screen is off, but I've tried both xolo's and I'm using the CMICS then I will try the Rom_Gold. Also I would really like to know the difference.
Thanks
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No, guy, I also don't know about that difference so I ask you.
About your rom, I have just update it successfully via Blu's recovery, not success on my phone's recovery, are you using other recovery, guy? I really like this rom, have you tried installing the Gsmart Rio R1's rom? I like both but prefer to Blu.
nhh1994 said:
No, guy, I also don't know about that difference so I ask you.
About your rom, I have just update it successfully via Blu's recovery, not success on my phone's recovery, are you using other recovery, guy? I really like this rom, have you tried installing the Gsmart Rio R1's rom? I like both but prefer to Blu.
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I really dont know , what phone are you using? AlsoI've tried the Gsmart Rio R1 and it was in a different language so i went back to stock BLU ROM I'm using V6 supercharger like AlphaMack suggested. It's not bad:good:
Hello fellas,
My girlfriend have a Xperia E Dual on stock JB and everything is slow, laggy and freeze sometimes. I tried disabling some apps, removing them from RAM, managing start up applications and nothing seems to be very effective.
I have a Galaxy Tab 2 and also had some lag on stock ROM and thanks to the xda community which offers plenty of ROM's for this device, I'm running a perfectly stable version of CM of Android 4.2.2 and have no lags since.Then, I came to the Xperia E forums to find a ROM to give a better performance to the phone. But for my surprise there's not an official version of CM and neither much stable options for this phone, and also I'm kinda lost in this forums due to amount of phones in the same sub forum.
My first question is, which is the most stable and will give me a better performance for the Xperia E Dual?
How is the easiest and complete method for installing? In my tablet I had to root it, install CWM from Play Store, put the .zips in the SD card and flash through CWM. But I have seen that for this phone the process is quite harder, something related with Fastboot and some cmd commands
Can someone provide me some links and fool-proof information to flash a new ROM?
Thanks in advance and greetings from Brazil!
First, Consider Rooting your phone through here http://unlockroot.com
After that unlock your bootloader here http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com
When doing the rooting I'm sure you already know that Enabling USB debugging and Unknown Sources is a must
Then install CWM and install CM, And of course CM 10 is unofficial build but still works fine and there is a slight error about the Signal carrier labeling "Unknown"
Please hit thanks if i helped
If any one is interested, i know a couple of you may be very intersted !!
I found this link someone posted on need rom, from 4PDA site, for the s650, these roms are custom based from CN roms which include MIUI , LEWA and AOSP !!
EDIT 10 / 5 / 14: New roms have been added and updates to LEWA and MIUI, also a couple of ROW based roms in there too !!
EDIT 15 / 5 / 14: All roms confirmed to be working fully with dual sim !!
All seem to be good and working , i am still testing and have got stuck on AOSP, I love it !! It is smooth and fast,and for first release on all these roms extremely good with a very promising future !!!!
They are all in development stage still but, in particular the AOSP is particularly stable, the only fault seems to be notification light not working for missed calls and messages !!! MINIMAL PROBLEM !!!
If only i could join these forums to thank the guys for their hard work !!
Problem is the verification code to join, needs to be in Russian, so i can't !!!
Here is the link, ENJOY !!!!!
ALL LINKS FOR ROMS ARE OPEN TO GUEST USERS !!
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=567114
So far my impression of the AOSP is very good, the only slightly annoying thing is that after a long call the screen does not wake automatically, you must press the power button, otherwise really good !!!!
Just started testing LEWA and so far looks good, a couple of things to note:
After first boot leave it to settle for a few minutes and then reboot, if you don't a lot of the toggles in settings do not work !!!
Dual sim settings in main setting menu do not seem to work, i tried the sim in both sim 1 and sim 2 slots and they work as they should but i don't know about 2 sims together !! (TESTER NEEDED FOR THIS )
Will continue testing and move on to MIUI later , so more posts / issues and request for testers on dual sim use will follow !!
OK, so apart from the already mentioned issue with dual sim management, the LEWA rom is actually very good, everything seems to work and the interface is very clean and easy to use, with smooth graphics !
The MIUI rom also has the issue with dual sim management, it is not obvious if it works or not, the feature in settings only shows the card in use ( TESTER NEEDED TO TRY 2 SIMS ), otherwise works very well, the things i don't like so much are, trying to figure out the root manager ( seems to be on all MIUI roms ) and the annoying WI-FI only pop up everytime you try to download or if it thinks it is too big for data, which happens to be everything over about 2 mb !!!
The AOSP rom, seems to be working great except for notification LED not working and poor battery life, it seems that the dual sim function is OK, the warning is in notification drawer that no sim in slot 2 and each slot works individually ( TESTER NEEDED FOR 2 SIMS TOGETHER ) i am really hoping battery life will be fixed somewhere in development but it does seem to be a problem with AOSP roms specifically , so i am not optimistic !!
The AOSP is exactly as expected, pure android look and feel, very fast, light on the system and without all the overwhelming features of some roms, i do like it but battery drain is a real minus for me !!!
If you like MIUI roms and are used to the features, it is great if not i would try the LEWA rom for something similar to VIBEUI !! Go with the AOSP if you want simple, stock android, light on the system and very easy to use !!!!
thanks for the info. I do not have a backup phone so please let us know if dual sim is functional for the AOSP. I really hate the default ROW ROM.
It appears to be, the warning is there to the tell me that no card is insim2 slot and both slots work separately , I just have not tried both together !!! Worst case is going back to ROW if it doesn't work, bear in mind these are only first release customs so they should become more functional with development !!
The downside with AOSP is battery life, seems to drain twice as fast but seems to be a typical AOSP thing !!!
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It appears to be, the warning is there to the tell me that no card is insim2 slot and both slots work separately , I just have not tried both together !!! Worst case is going back to ROW if it doesn't work, bear in mind these are only first release customs so they should become more functional with development !!
The downside with AOSP is battery life, seems to drain twice as fast but seems to be a typical AOSP thing !!!
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Batter battery drain is a show stopper for me. My current Rom is fine with battery. I just want to run plain vanilla ROM. My gf doesn't need the extra crap they installed. I wish there was a Linux or Mac way of rooting. I don't run Windows, but if I have to dual boot, I guess I don't have a choice.
If there is flash tool for mac or linux you can actually load TWRP using flash tool and root through TWRP !??
Just make sure if you are with ROW download ROW recovery and CN for CN roms !!
Once you have chosen the scatter file in flash tool, tick DA DL ALL box at the top !
Click on the RECOVERY line, this will open up a window so that you can choose which recovery.
Choose the TWRP recovery you downloaded and then proceed with the flash procedure as normal.
Once finished reboot the phone.
Now power down
Now power on holding volume up and down together, release power button only on vibrate, this will boot recovery
You should see TWRP reovery, go to wipes / advanced wipe wipe cache and dalvik
Now go back to main menu and choose reboot, you should see a prompt that SUPERUSER IS NOT INSTALLED, JUST SLIDE THE BAR TO INSTALL
Now once the phone is rebooted you will see superuser icon on screen, click it and it will tell you to update, easiest is via play store ( make sure you added account ) , it will tell you upgrade success and tell you to update binary, do this too and now you are rooted
Awesome, hope the will be more progress on the AOSP rom.
Yeah, me too, i have been using it for a couple of days and it really is good, the battery does even out a bit after a couple of charges but not nearly as good as the battery life on stock Jelly bean rom, getting about 15-20%% less life !!
I have mentioned somewhere before that during 6 hours intense use on internet, testing GPS, bluetooth and downloading 2 rom zip files at 600mb each, on stock 4.2.2 rom still had about 50% left on battery but on this AOSP rom during exactly the same use it went down to 31% !!
Waiting for a 4.4.2 AOSP
Sent from my Lenovo S650 using Tapatalk
The 4.4.2. stock rom is still in development, so my guess is they are waiting for a more stable version to use for custom, it does take time and i honestly think there will be something by about July / August, provided everything goes well !!
Everything stable and working fine after a week using 1417 dev
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Is there an AOSP ROW?
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Hi bluerichblue. I know you've been around the block with the current released ROMs. I found out that ROW is required for other because of the different languages. I only need EN so I can install any ROM correct?
The original ROM I got for this unit had some anti-malware / AV installed which resulted the unit lagging. Especially when it lists the text messages and opening texts. I restore to the S650_S119_131014 form needrom and it had the stripped down ROM that only has a few 3rd party apps and GAPPS included. The S650_S119_131014 is very light weight and the battery lasts longer than a day for heavy texting and and ligh calls. I was impressed! The only problem I have with the S650_S119_131014 ROM is that it has some Chinese characters in the text app and a few other minor Chinese characters on a few other places. It's not a show stopper though.
have you encountered other custom ROMs that have all English in it?
Yes you can install any rom, if you are using flash tool it is a straight forward flash, if you use TWRP you must make sure that you have the corresponding recovery installed, that means if you want to go from CN to ROW you need ROW TWRP installed even on the CN rom !!
Also the same in reverse, if you want to go from ROW to CN you need to install CN recovery even on ROW rom to flash !!
The reason is the partitions are different, on ROW roms you will have about 5gb allocated to apps space but on CN only 2.8gb !!
The ROW roms have been tweaked so the Chinese is not there and the AOSP is proper English !!
Hope this helps !!!
X3r0X said:
Is there an AOSP ROW?
Sent from my Lenovo S650 using Tapatalk
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There have been some new roms added to the given link over the past few days, there is a ROW AOSP but i haven't tested it, if you want to try please let us know how it is !!
There have also been updates to LEWA and MIUI roms on the same page !!
bluerichblue said:
There have been some new roms added to the given link over the past few days, there is a ROW AOSP but i haven't tested it, if you want to try please let us know how it is !!
There have also been updates to LEWA and MIUI roms on the same page !!
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Are you talking about AOSP OS 4.2.2 R-V0.11.2 ROW - old? I'm assuming there is no AOSP version that matches the latest official *VibeUI* rom right?
Yes the version of AOSP you saw is correct but so far no AOSP for the latest KitKat version,
The latest release for VibeUI is a stable CN version so i am guessing they will start on ROW versions now and hopefully some of the Russian developers will pick it up and start developing custom KitKat for us but saying that Mediatek roms are known for having different dependencies which are meant to be a pain to work with and with the partitions in KitKat being different, could be a while before we get something !!
bluerichblue
I used TWRP v 2.6.3.0
Failed flashing Lenovui_sofina_row_s650-s127 and s650_s930_row.
What TWRP version is consider ROW TWRP Will you link me.
RedBux said:
bluerichblue
I used TWRP v 2.6.3.0
Failed flashing Lenovui_sofina_row_s650-s127 and s650_s930_row.
What TWRP version is consider ROW TWRP Will you link me.
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You need to use the ROW TWRP even if you are on a CN rom , as the partitions are different and the recoveries are set for specific partition !!
Go here and scroll down a bit you will see 2 lines for recoveries :
http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/3499-...-lenovo-vibe-x-mini-s650/?hl=s650#entry166471
Lenovo S650 TWRP NEW VERSION
General information for users of CN based roms who have updated to KitKat 4.4.2 roms !!
There is a new version of TWRP recovery 2.7.0, found here:
http://lenovo-forums.ru/topic/3499-расширенные-recovery-для-lenovo-vibe-x-mini-s650/
THIS IS FOR CN, KITKAT BASED ROMS ONLY, NOW WORKING MOUNT STORAGE IN RECOVERY MODE AND BACKUP FOR KITKAT ROMS NOW FULLY WORKING !!!
Latest AOSP runs good. Have some problems with google account sync.
Sorry for the noob question but someone helped me root and install ElementalX many months ago and I've just been keeping it up to date using the ElementalX Ex Kernel Manager software which has been awesome and super easy to use. One-click updates and so on.
I'm already rooted and running a custom rom so my wishful thinking tells me it should be easy to update to the latest Marshmallow version of ElementalX.. IE I'm hoping I don't have to flash back to stock first.. get adb working again and run a bunch of commands etc. Plus lose all my configuration settings?
Maybe that's the only way but I thought I would ask first just in case there is in fact a dead easy way to do it considering my circumstances.
Many thanks to any who take the time to school me
vesperknight said:
Sorry for the noob question but someone helped me root and install ElementalX many months ago and I've just been keeping it up to date using the ElementalX Ex Kernel Manager software which has been awesome and super easy to use. One-click updates and so on.
I'm already rooted and running a custom rom so my wishful thinking tells me it should be easy to update to the latest Marshmallow version of ElementalX.. IE I'm hoping I don't have to flash back to stock first.. get adb working again and run a bunch of commands etc. Plus lose all my configuration settings?
Maybe that's the only way but I thought I would ask first just in case there is in fact a dead easy way to do it considering my circumstances.
Many thanks to any who take the time to school me
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At first, do you have a Marshmallow build? If you are on Lollipop, you can't install ElementalX 6.
Do you have a custom recovery?
You won't lose anything by flashing a new kernel.
Up until about a week ago, my HTC One E8 dual sim (M8SW - China Unicom) had been working perfectly, albeit only running android 4.4.2 as unknown to me when i bought it, it had been rooted and TWRP/Super SU installed (I assume because I'm in Australia and it's a chinese phone... ebay purchase...)
I'm not entirely sure why, but the battery life is now draining literally about twice as fast, and the google play services app seems to be using up a fair amount of the battery. I've tried a few apps (google services fix etc) to try to amend the problem, and have completely reset the phone, but haven't had any luck.
Just wanted some thoughts as to whether upgrading the phone to Android MM would fix this?
I've attempted to do so, but because my phone is rooted I can't get OTA updates. the other issue I have is that I can't get a copy of the stock recovery (the link provided at http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-e8/help/htc-one-e8-mid-cid-ruu-ota-twrp-t2903210 does not work...) and I believe I need to install the stock recovery to get the OTA updates. I'm not confident enough to try and install a custom rom and I have no issue with HTC 'bloatware'...
very much a rookie, but would appreciate if anyone is able to help as the phone is great and I'd rather not fork out the money for a new one just yet...
thanks
Hi there! I also bought a M8SW and also from eBay with the ROM in bootloop mode where the previous owner attempted to put in another ROM but failed but that's another story.
Not sure what's wrong with your phone battery drain but I initially finally got stock LP on mine and the battery life was good.
When I saw the MM update, I jumped on it straightaway but struggled to get OTA working as my initial LP was rooted with xposed hence my little journey to get back to stock LP and then OTA to MM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-e8/general/tedious-update-m8sw-to-marshmallow-twrp-t3346318
I would say that MM seems to maybe drain the battery faster than LP but tbh, I love the super smooth stock Sense. Only thing to watchout for is that xposed on MM is not fully working for all the modules. That was nearly too much for me but I have stayed with MM with xposed with N-ify, Amplify, XNotifications and SenseToolBox - all semi working for the bits that I need.
My battery lasts for at least 2 days before I need to charge it. My typical usage is low: WhatsApp, twitter, FireFox and occasionally Music, News Republic and VLC to watch videos.
The E8 still cuts it I think. I don't play any games on it and recently I am using so called Sense8 HTC10 ROM which is pretty good - definitely recommend it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-e8/development/s-team-e8-s4-20-2x-ported-htc-10-sense-t3364650
I'm pretty keen to get a stock version of MM on the phone - provided I can get this issue sorted the phone will last me another year or two at least.
By the sound of things, if I want to get the stock version of MM or LP on my phone, I'll need to convert it to the European model?? is that an easy thing to do? I assume it's just installing a different ROM??
Alternatively, if I download the ROM you provided the link to, I should be able to install this onto my phone and have MM with this different version of sense?
thanks for your help!