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Hello My Friends I've Heard You Are Having Troubler Installing The New Upgrade Or Understanding What Is Needed To Be Done.
Note: THIS IS A WINDOWS BASED HOW TO AND WILL WORK ON WINDOWS ONLY
Before I Start I must Say, This Is a combination of process and I have not created any of those files or own the right to them so all the links are the same links found on other posts from where i got the info, so by downloading those files you are, supporting them not me i take no credit for this work
Well Here Is the quick Easy Guide In How To Do This
-Fist we Need To Get The Tools To Perform This Operation
pulled From This Tread we need
1. Motorola Drivers For Either 32 or 64 Bits
2. RSD Lite, witch is a tool for flashing your phone.
3. The GOT Open Recovery ToolUpdate: Added Latest version from G.O.T.'S Blog
4.The Firmware Files From Got
2.2.1 FIRMWARE FILES
DACH – GERMANY
http://www.multiupload.com/G9PP7JN78C
DACH AUSTRIA
http://www.multiupload.com/P8DDXCWW03
RETAIL EUROPE (RTEU)
http://www.multiupload.com/6X7H39HGCG
FRANCE RETAIL
http://www.multiupload.com/PK28LXE4SE
ITALY WIND
http://www.multiupload.com/3KYMZNRZW2
UK RETAIL (RTUK)
http://www.multiupload.com/60B78PRKNY
TELUS CANADA
http://www.multiupload.com/5S2CYGP3VW
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EDIT: G.O.T. Has Added the burnerable open recovery to these sfb files so no need to flash it latter
-Now That We Have The Stuff We Need We are going to do it, fist i must say that unlike other roms that are applied by a backup restore (corect me if im whrong) this is a full flash and its going to reset everything so no apps will remain no setting will remain and is highly recommended that you uninstall every app you have, don't back them up(except for apps some apps that have a create backup file, those seem to work) just uninstall them, and when we are done have them installed again, Here Is A Tool That Will Help You Get There Faster
1.ok you have everything uninstalled right? now time for some action
2.install the proper divers (32 or 64)
3.install the RSD Lite tool
4.unzip the 2.2.1 FIRMWARE FILES you downloaded and you will find a ".sbf" file
5.now connect your phone to USB cable and turn it off
6.boot it in boot-loader mode (press the D-PAD UP key while pressing the power button), some night need you to release the button after a minute, a black screen will be shown on your phone and you will see the divers being installed on your computer.
7.when drivers are done open the RSD Lite tool and your device should appear you can click on it to see details.
8.now click on the "..." buttons that are close to the start button and look for the ".sbf" file, after a couple of seconds it should be ready to start
9.press the start button and do not unplug the cable or let your computer show the screen saver or go to sleep, the posses must not be stopped while it has started .
10.when the posses is done the devise will restart and voala, you have 2.2
-As GOT stands there are some bugs on the firmware and they have developed a fix to them and get root and overclock, here is what you have to do.
1. unzip the got open recovery tool into the root of your SD card
2.check this quote
NOTE: On some devices, we have encountered that rooting directly after flashing without rebooting after the initial flash can bring some issues with RootExplorer not asking for root permissions. To be safe, reboot after flash so that the “welcome to milestone” menu comes up, set up the device in general, then reboot to recovery and root the device as well as apply our 2.2.1 tweaks with Launcher, Services.jar fix and Wireless Tethering app.
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this means if the fist time your milestone got restarted and you saw "Welcome to Milestone" Message You are good an you can root.
but if you didn't then restart you phone and see if the message comes out, if not , a factory reset should have that scree message shown.
3. open the open recovery by pressing camera and power button at the same time while the device id off. you should see a scree with a "!" symbol on it then press fist volume rocker up button a leave it pressed then press camera button, some letter will pop out.
4. using the pad scroll down to "apply update.zip", after a couple of seconds the GOT menu should pop out (everything from now on uses the pad)
5.root your phone (why not)
6.go down to "Launch 2.2.1 Menu" Option.
7.Here you will see the "Fix Bugs They Are Talking About
One of the first things you should do is use the “Fix 2.2.1 bugs” selection in the new OR 2.2.1 menu after you flash the sbf file.
This tweak will fix some of the issues with the generic sbf build such as dual USB notifications, replacing some stock Motorola applications such as the old launcher/mediagallery and adding the Wireless Tethering application.
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8. there is the overclock too.
Now your device should have all the things you need to start playing with it,I encourage you to check on some tweaks the GOT team might have, and you might want.
I Hope This Was Helpful enjoy ^_^
To Do For This thread:
Code:
1. Make It More Easy To Use, and clear to read
2. Add Suggestions
3. Add screenshots
4. Add Other OS Options
5. Add Attachments (For Some reason I Can't Now)
Please Post And Rate If This Was Useful
Bug Counter:
Common Problems Found On Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=810726
1. AppBrain Market Sync Not Connecting To server.
2. Google Chrome To Phone Not Working.
3. WiFi Having Trouble To Connect On Some Routers, Sometimes Not Connecting At All on WPA2
4. Activating The Camera From The The Albums Will "Force Close"
5. Facebook Sync Is Not Working
6. The menu button on the keyboard activates the voice recognition option, and cannot be used to trigger shortcuts anymore (To me its more like a change on the way the keyboard works instead of a bug since you can use the menu button on the screen to trigger keyboard shortcuts)
7. No Vibration On key press
8. Russian Language Will Have Problems with phone and contacts apps
9. problem with android id
If Any Of Those Work On Yours Please Report Witch version you installed maybe yours can help fix others,you think you found a bug and its not listed? post it here and post
Fixing Problems:
1. Problem with android ID:
A. If Not Installed The Update Yet(Needs Root)
-Install This AppAndroidID
-Back your android ID up, and put ir somewhere safe
-follow the guide to update to froyo
-Install This App againAndroidID
-restore your android id
B. If Already did it(Needs Root)
-install this appAndroidID
-invent a number that might serve as your android ID (you need numbers and letters)
-input it on the app
okay nice tut, butttttt... im stuck at the part where i should install openrecovery. at first, to come to the "!" screen, camera screen + power did not work. i got there by pressing X + Power... but now i dont know how to access the menu where i should install update.zip..
please help!
November91 said:
okay nice tut, butttttt... im stuck at the part where i should install openrecovery. at first, to come to the "!" screen, camera screen + power did not work. i got there by pressing X + Power... but now i dont know how to access the menu where i should install update.zip..
please help!
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okay i got it, im so sorry, i used the up button on the dpad
Also I did not see a launch 2.2.1 menu option. But I have currently launched the GOT open recov without an issue. I have rooted as well as many other things but didn't see that specific menu.
FoTwoZero said:
Also I did not see a launch 2.2.1 menu option. But I have currently launched the GOT open recov without an issue. I have rooted as well as many other things but didn't see that specific menu.
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Silly question are you suing the newest version?
if you press down should on the open recovery menu it should be your sixth option, I have recorded a video about it this morning but its backwards I'm Going To Try And Have it Fixed and up today hopefully
For Tmobile USA ?
Which SBF for a german Mlestone on TMobile USA ? Will telus do fine ?
gbzygil said:
Which SBF for a german Mlestone on TMobile USA ? Will telus do fine ?
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your Should use the rom depending on which band your phone has
German milestone should work with Europe ROM
under setting about phone check the Build Number
and look for that same number in here
http://and-developers.com/sbf:milestone
it will give us an idea where the phone is actually from
hi there. i have instaled europe GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL.zip version and now sometimes my touchscreen does not work. i mean that if i put the phone in standby and i try to unlock the touchscreen is not responding. i have to power off/on to make it work again. thanks in advance
Facebook app wont Synch with my contacts on first launch of FB app.
No other bugs so far...
Israel milestons should use retail europe?
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
protozeloz said:
2. Google Chrome To Phone Not Working.
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for me it's working perfectly. RTEU
Thank for this tutorial.
My milestone works fine so far, but 3g mobile hotspot and wireless tether not working.
Flash on milestone is so cool
something i don't get
I updated the firmware with RSD Lite, and used the one click tool, because:
whenever i try to hit update.zip i will get an errormessage, stating that these blocks couldn't be found -> ergo, the card not be mounted.
The HTC stuff i always managed, but this one is a mistery to me. Also, i did format fat32, pushed the stuff and then straight on bootup trying to hit the update.zip, without success.
I've read about how other people solved that problem, none of those approaches helped me.
Any hint is more than welcome.
2 bugs i've discovered so far: Battery drain like almost to be declared useless, some market apps "vanish" after installing them. I suppose those fixes would have done the job. I might attempt to use root explorer and execute the scripts like that, still I'd like to know why I'm unable to get the update.zip, resp. the G.O.T or any other "intelligent" boot menu installed.
Edit2: Even when installing the vulnerable sbf, i still get the error: E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 ....
plvt_florian said:
hi there. i have instaled europe GOT_RTEU_2_2_1FULL.zip version and now sometimes my touchscreen does not work. i mean that if i put the phone in standby and i try to unlock the touchscreen is not responding. i have to power off/on to make it work again. thanks in advance
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This could be for any reason try this
-Re download and re flash the files(do the whole thing again)
-there is an app i have called sd dual mount that makes my screen go crazy wen i connect the phone to an usb port, it was stable on 2.1 but now goes crazy on 2.2 check some of your apps to ensure they are not the ones responsible for this
hanslast said:
Facebook app wont Synch with my contacts on first launch of FB app.
No other bugs so far...
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yurasts said:
Israel milestons should use retail europe?
Sent from my Milestone using XDA App
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you can try with the retail Europe,
evolucja said:
for me it's working perfectly. RTEU
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can you tell me if you have an android ID? it should work when your device has it
czescdziadek said:
Thank for this tutorial.
My milestone works fine so far, but 3g mobile hotspot and wireless tether not working.
Flash on milestone is so cool
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you can try and uninstall the wireless teeter app an have it reinstalled that should sort it out
MenoDev said:
I updated the firmware with RSD Lite, and used the one click tool, because:
whenever i try to hit update.zip i will get an errormessage, stating that these blocks couldn't be found -> ergo, the card not be mounted.
The HTC stuff i always managed, but this one is a mistery to me. Also, i did format fat32, pushed the stuff and then straight on bootup trying to hit the update.zip, without success.
I've read about how other people solved that problem, none of those approaches helped me.
Any hint is more than welcome.
2 bugs i've discovered so far: Battery drain like almost to be declared useless, some market apps "vanish" after installing them. I suppose those fixes would have done the job. I might attempt to use root explorer and execute the scripts like that, still I'd like to know why I'm unable to get the update.zip, resp. the G.O.T or any other "intelligent" boot menu installed.
Edit2: Even when installing the vulnerable sbf, i still get the error: E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 ....
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have you tried re downloading the files and doing all over again?, it could be a broken file
thats why i tell devs and chefs they should add an MD5 sum to their files larger than 20MB some errors are caused by just having downloaded broken files
Root phone from the GOT OR menu doesn't seem to actually root my phone (2.2.1 UK version)
Superuser whitelist app FCs instead of prompting to allow access. Have tried using Better Terminal for root access & also Wireless Tether app.
Anyone else getting this? Any ideas? Do any of the 1-click root apps still work with this build of Froyo? Which can we use?
aboycalledsu said:
Root phone from the GOT OR menu doesn't seem to actually root my phone (2.2.1 UK version)
Superuser whitelist app FCs instead of prompting to allow access. Have tried using Better Terminal for root access & also Wireless Tether app.
Anyone else getting this? Any ideas? Do any of the 1-click root apps still work with this build of Froyo? Which can we use?
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i can confirm this. Simply trying it a second time worked for me
I'd like to add something for Linux users:
Using a virtual machine (virtualizing WinXP) that has USB support (eg Oracle VM VirtuaBox, since VirtualBox OSE does not support USB forwarding) can do this pretty easy. So no worries when trying this via a VM.
i try to instal GOT and its succesfull.
but why i install the application not bring to SD card
but still bring to internal memory
many said 2.2 automatic have app2sd
can you help me?
THX
m0jo said:
i can confirm this. Simply trying it a second time worked for me
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not for me unfortunately!
weird...
this guide for who is coming from stock rom or who want to turn back to stock rom
https://drive.google.com/?usp=folder&authuser=0#folders/0B-0z38I_H4CfWUxCaXhNSU5oSGs
to download fill the box near of z5s_nubia.zip, ower the line you will see more section, click on it and chose download, unzip anywhere. in the folder there is a Nubia-en.bat file, click on it and follow instructions
you can root, flash cwm or original nubia recovery.
(you can find seperate guide for root and cwm after pictures)
ROOTING:
a) firstly activate, Settings> Developer Options> USB Debugging (fill it)
if you cant see developer options in your settings so go settings>about phone>build number and click on it 7-8 times, now you can see Developer Options
b) connect your phone to pc, you will see a window on your screen of pc about drivers, enter the directory and install drivers, later unconnect phone and restart pc
c) download vroot and install to pc
http://vroot.co/VRoot-download-1.7.3.zip
d) from start>all programs, find vroot and start it as a click on it
e) connect your phone to pc, wait until vroot find your device
f) on vroot window you will see ROOT word, click on it and wait until finish. İF YOU SEE ALERT ON YOUR PHONE SELLECT YES TO LET ROOTİNG
now your phone is rooted
INSTALLING RECOVERY
a) download cwm recovery to your pc:
http://yadi.sk/d/PukcVIIcLB9Gi
b) start Z5S_recovery.exe, you will see msdos screen
c) connect your phone to pc
d) on msdos screen write 1 and tap enter
e) wait untill the program install recovery to phone
now you have cwm
after setup we will test do we have recovery.
power off your phone, now press volume up and power together until you see the article nubia. the phone will enter cwm screen. if everything allright you can go on follow the guide
NOTE: if Z5S_recovery.exe dont work for you try this one http://yadi.sk/d/pIse-hscQLHW7 which is chinese version, i am sure about you know this order and you can use chinese version
1. Reboot system
2. install Zip from sdcard
3 wipe data/factory reset
4 wipe cache partition
5 back up /restore
6 mounts / storage
7 Advanced
FLASHING ROM
i will give you the best rom link, it is smooth and full functional rom and has extras. for ex, you cant use xposed with stock rom but xposed is preinstalled on this rom. i will explain extras in second message
original link for rom:
http://bbs.anzhi.com/forum.php?mod=...age=1&filter=typeid&typeid=14029&typeid=14029
rom download link:
http://yadi.sk/d/G2bymtNFNrBAP
a) download the rom and copy to your phone, or download it from your phone directly ( i will offer you register to yandex and use yandex disk for fast download)
test your download as a enter in it with winrar, if there is no error alert you can flash it from cwm
b) enter cwm, wipe factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache. from mounts format system
c) then choose install zip and find our downloaded rom and flash it
then restart system.
test your root situation, for example enter file manager, go settings, at the bottom fill root explorer so superuser window must be appear if dont you must reroot your phone
FLASHING STOCK ROM
a) firstly you will need to flash stock recovery, http://yadi.sk/d/JvtBaN5rQqwY8 download this and unrar.
as you can see from picture, number 1 is stock recovery. load it
b) download latest official rom and rename it as a update.zip and put your sd card
c) go to recovery and install update from update.zip
thats all
EXTRAS
a) i offer nova prime as a launcher
b) to activate XPOSED
in app menü there is a advanced settings, open it click the first four boxes and let superuser.
later fill box of 2131034223. now xposed activated.
when you click on 2131034255 xposed will be opened, athers as you know about using xposed
c) for best battery life install greenify and snapdragon guru apk from play store and also use preinstalled powersaver
d) on greenify hibernate everything about google, download manager, everything about calender,everything about backup, everything about contacs, mobile sync service,picasa uploader
e) on powersaver has good features, powersaver will close background apps when your screen turn off. you can sellect app from powersaver>aplications>whitelist and add to whitelist. i have added battery guru, greenify, mxplayer (if you dont add hen you turn on screen you must start the movie again), chrome, tapatalk,gmail,facebook,instagram line, skype, twitter, whatsapp.
latest, go to powersaver>settings and click power on auto starting app, lockscreen clean, fast dormancy, meanwhile wake up
f)for gps flash this zip http://yadi.sk/d/eNQz_1SMQMX7u
this is my screen on time with this rom. dont download the rom from anzhi.com, because i have replaced boot file with powersaver kernel
with mxplayer, 2g open, wifi and gps closed with min brightness
latest xposed modified to work on stock rom (you need root)
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1nt4XJx3
latest cwm 6.0.4.8 (you can flash it from existing cwm)
http://yadi.sk/d/B2G--JlGNqRSa
stock camera update
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1sjwIGGH
V1.0.30 ~ V1.0.32 version change information:
1 When adding a video camera can
add a watermark 2 Press and drag functions.
3 new set picture size can be full screen preview function.
4 new horizontal menu. screen display function
5. items after setting new photo sharing option, after taking photographs directly into the open sharing
6 delay before the camera new camera features
7 before setting items added a new photo camera size option
8. correction watermark information loss after taking a photo of the problem
. 9 adjust some irrational layout
. Bug 10 other partially known optimization
if you wish i can prepare mokee 4.4.2 and cyanogenmod 11 guide. i have tried all of them, smooter then miui and coustomized stock roms with ART modealso you can use double click wake up. battery life is not bad, you can easily get 4 hours screen on time but you cant use infared, fm radio, free screenshot and other stock genstures.
there is also trwp recovery. but i must have free time to prepare these things
Yes, the other Roms would be great, too.
i heard ZTE releasing Kitkat and nubia UI 2.0 for rest of the devices at the end of this month. that includes Z5s and Z5sn.
Remember to turn on the developer options (debug)...must go to about phone...press 7 time the serial of the phone.
tivac said:
this guide for who is coming from stock rom
ROOTING:
a) firstly activate, Settings> Developer Options> USB Debugging (fill it)
if you cant see developer options in your settings so go settings>about phone>build number and click on it 7-8 times, now you can see Developer Options
b) connect your phone to pc, you will see a window on your screen of pc about drivers, enter the directory and install drivers, later unconnect phone and restart pc
c) download vroot and install to pc
http://vroot.co/VRoot-download-1.7.3.zip
d) from start>all programs, find vroot and start it as a click on it
e) connect your phone to pc, wait until vroot find your device
f) on vroot window you will see ROOT word, click on it and wait until finish. İF YOU SEE ALERT ON YOUR PHONE SELLECT YES TO LET ROOTİNG
now your phone is rooted
INSTALLING RECOVERY
a) download cwm recovery to your pc:
http://yadi.sk/d/PukcVIIcLB9Gi
b) start Z5S_recovery.exe, you will see msdos screen
c) connect your phone to pc
d) on msdos screen write 1 and tap enter
e) wait untill the program install recovery to phone
now you have cwm
after setup we will test do we have recovery.
power off your phone, now press volume up and power together until you see the article nubia. the phone will enter cwm screen. if everything allright you can go on follow the guide
FLASHING ROM
i will give you the best rom link, it is smooth and full functional rom and has extras. for ex, you cant use xposed with stock rom but xposed is preinstalled on this rom. i will explain extras in second message
original link for rom:
http://bbs.anzhi.com/forum.php?mod=...age=1&filter=typeid&typeid=14029&typeid=14029
rom download link:
http://yadi.sk/d/G2bymtNFNrBAP
a) download the rom and copy to your phone, or download it from your phone directly ( i will offer you register to yandex and use yandex disk for fast download)
test your download as a enter in it with winrar, if there is no error alert you can flash it from cwm
b) enter cwm, wipe factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache. from mounts format system
c) then choose install zip and find our downloaded rom and flash it
then restart system.
test your root situation, for example enter file manager, go settings, at the bottom fill root explorer so superuser window must be appear if dont you must reroot your phone
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Hi Thanks for the instructions,
I just got my phone updated and everything seems fine. However I can not get any GPS signal using google map and was wondering if you know a fix. Any help will be much appreciated.
Can we still get the OTA update with this Rom ?
And if i do the update then, will i loose root ?
maroine80 said:
Hi Thanks for the instructions,
I just got my phone updated and everything seems fine. However I can not get any GPS signal using google map and was wondering if you know a fix. Any help will be much appreciated.
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http://yadi.sk/d/eNQz_1SMQMX7u
flash this zip for gps
loechie said:
Can we still get the OTA update with this Rom ?
And if i do the update then, will i loose root ?
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this is the latest version, zte will publish 4.4.2 rom, not any update for 4.2.2 anymore.
if you loose your root you can manage it easly again
tivac said:
this is the latest version, zte will publish 4.4.2 rom, not any update for 4.2.2 anymore.
if you loose your root you can manage it easly again
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I know they will release UI2 version... Can not wait to try it.
:laugh:
I also have trouble with GPS - sometimes it works good, sometimes it looses signal frequently (with GPS test - i see it drop from using 10 sattelites to zero in less then a second...)
Is the GPS zip file you posted the same as if i use the APK GpsFix ?( i tried a lot of programs and put different GPS Conf. files but none of them solved my problem)
Tanx in advance
loechie said:
I know they will release UI2 version... Can not wait to try it.
:laugh:
I also have trouble with GPS - sometimes it works good, sometimes it looses signal frequently (with GPS test - i see it drop from using 10 sattelites to zero in less then a second...)
Is the GPS zip file you posted the same as if i use the APK GpsFix ?( i tried a lot of programs and put different GPS Conf. files but none of them solved my problem)
Tanx in advance
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Try it, solved my problems
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tivac said:
http://yadi.sk/d/eNQz_1SMQMX7u
flash this zip for gps
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I did flash with the above zip file but still no signal. Is anyone else having this problem?
maroine80 said:
I did flash with the above zip file but still no signal. Is anyone else having this problem?
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That one has been solved my gps problem. İ tried others also.
Maybe it can be about your country. What is your country
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Try it, solved my problems
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Thanks for your answer.
Can i just change the GPSconf. file with root explorer ?
Or do i flash the zip (i will loose all my settings ?) like i flash a new rom ?
sorry to bother you (but you are a great help
loechie said:
Thanks for your answer.
Can i just change the GPSconf. file with root explorer ?
Or do i flash the zip (i will loose all my settings ?) like i flash a new rom ?
sorry to bother you (but you are a great help
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You wont loose your settings. This zip replacing gpsconf file. You can do with root explorer too. İ offer load gpstest apk, in app settings there is a reset gps sections, reset it before flash zip
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tivac said:
That one has been solved my gps problem. İ tried others also.
Maybe it can be about your country. What is your country
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I did replace the gps config file but no luck, I am in the United Kingdom. That The only thing not working
loechie said:
Thanks for your answer.
Can i just change the GPSconf. file with root explorer ?
Or do i flash the zip (i will loose all my settings ?) like i flash a new rom ?
sorry to bother you (but you are a great help
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You wont loose your settings. This zip replacing gpsconf file. You can do with root explorer too. İ offer load gpstest apk, in app settings there is a reset gps sections, reset it before flash zip
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Some great news guys. On my third and fourth phones (not tries, PHONES), I finally found an incredibly easy approach to get the KDZ flash/upgrade working without having to downgrade or play around with download mode. Here are the steps I took , one by one. These steps have been confirmed on two phones: the first was the F350L running stock Kit Kat 4.4.2, and the second was an F350L running stock Lollipop (F350L20d, 5.0.1 Lollipop). The variations in both steps vary slightly depending on your OS, so pay attention please =3.
Requirements!!!
Before continuing, please ensure you have the LG Drivers installed as well as LG Flash Tool 2014. Both can be found here.
Additionally, you want to have the latest peachy clean KDZ already downloaded. I've used the D83820DTW, the very first one, very successfully all four times. Get the KDZ of your choice here.
Onwards!
Step 1:
Kit Kat Users: Root using Stump Root. After hitting Grind it'll ask to Brute Force. Do it, wait a while, and reboot (used latest APK at the time, v1.2.0; One Click Root and IORoot failed me).
Lollipop Users: Follow the instructions as written here. DO NOT SKIP STEPS! For rooting Lollipop you will have to use download mode, no other way around it sadly.
Step 2: Install SuperSU (if on Kit Kat, Lollipop gets it with root), Kernel Adiutor (or any build.prop editor), and Busybox (required for Kernel Adiutor, skip if not needed).
Step 3: Once required Apps are installed (and you've rebooted for necessary SU access), change the following build.prop configurations:
ro.product.model = LG-D838
ro.product.name = b1w_open_tw
ro.product.device = b1w
ro.build.target_operator = OPEN
ro.build.target_country = TW
(much thanks to @tjlabais for this valuable info)
If you installed Kernel Adiutor, launch it. BusyBox must have installed properly. On the left main menu is a build.prop editor, so tap that. Kernel Adiutor has a nice search function that lets you filter the build.prop variables, so search for "prod" and "get" for the first three and last two parameters respectively ("prod" without quotes will get you all settings that have prod in them; some scrolling required, but a lot less than without filtering; "get" yields only three or four results anyway).
Step 4: Reboot after editing build.prop and check after reboot if these variables have changed. The new values should be there now.
Step 5: Connect the USB cable and set the USB mode to MTP.
Step 6: Launch LG Flash Tool 2014 on your PC (run as admin to be safe; UAC turned off in Win8/8.1/10 never gives true admin access)
Step 7: Select Type as 3GQCT and PhoneMode as DIAG. Select the KDZ file. It'll look something like the attached file at the bottom of this post. Then click Normal Mode. In the new window, click Start. NOTE: This mode WILL wipe your data. I've done it four times now, it's legit, you WILL lose your data.
Step 8: A new window shows up. Country doesn't matter, but language in my experience does. Set it to English so that the output in the tool is all English, otherwise you'll get a bunch of question marks or Korean. Click OK.
Step 9: In the flash tool, the first process will complete after a minute, verifying Windows and whatnot. Then it'll give you an error saying that the connection the to server failed. OK that, and wait a few seconds. The button towards the bottom right will say exit at first, but then change to retry. Hit retry. If the software's frozen and not responsive, it doesn't matter, don't close it. If you're keeping an eye on your phone, you'll see that some magic's started.
Step 9.5: The phone will auto restart into download mode at the right COM port. No fiddling in Device Manager needed. The KDZ will upload automagically at this point.
Step 10: Watch the magic on your phone~
Step 10.5: At this point it's safe to leave the flash tool alone. Once your phone restarts into normal operation, your flash tool MIGHT crash. It does with me (Windows 10 Pro 64-bit). That's fine, cancel and close whatever was open. You're all set =3
Some tips: If your phone isn't connecting to Play Store for whatever reasons, just download the needed APKs (Kernel Aduitor and whatnot) and copy/paste/install them directly on the phone. My sister's Lollipop phone wasn't playing nice, probably because it was outside South Korea. Also, when you need to do lots of typing, this program called Vysor makes life easy by allowing you to control your android device remotely via USB. Just need USB debugging enabled and the PC needs to be authorized. Vysor is a Google Chrome app, so get it from Chrome's market. It's totally free, and damn useful.
Additional Information:
Root Access:
Pre-requisite: USB Debugging enabled and a USB data cable
As stated earlier, follow the instructions here completely to the letter, and you'll be a happy camper (mucho gracias to @Unjustified Dev).
NOTE: Make sure that when you run the Send_Command exe, it must be on the Com Port matching your DIAG mode.
Enabling LTE:
Pre-requisite: Root access with SuperSU and a build.prop editor (I prefer Kernel Adiutor, since I can use filter functions; requires installed and functional BusyBox install)
After upgrading to TW Lollipop, your phone is almost ready for LTE usage. However, the OS has the LTE option disabled. If you go into the hidden menu you'll see that the LTE options are still there though. Contrary to many online spec sheets that said that the F350L only supports three bands, I was able to get an unlisted band, Band 3 (1800 MHz), working fine. I managed to enable LTE by changing the following option in build.prop on Lollipop:
ro.telephony.default_network=12
Restarted and the Mobile Data / Mobile Networks / Network Mode option finally showed GSM/WCDMA/LTE Auto. Since then I've been enjoying LTE =).
PS: Don't forget to input your carrier's APN settings! Google is your friend, otherwise just call up your carrier's hotline and get the info.
Custom Recovery:
Pre-requisite: USB Debugging enabled, a USB data cable, and root access with SuperSU
The upgrade process discussed here doesn't take place through a custom recovery, only KDZ. As a result, even if you have root, you won't be able to flash zips, make dumps, or clear your cache so much.
Follow the instructions in this post to install the Chinese CWM recovery. After that, download this apk and install it (credit goes to @Hattori Suzuki for this valuable info). After installing this APK, run it and grant it root access. Tap the Flash Recovery option and you'll now have PhilZ recovery in English (thanks goes to @pereradileepa for this valuable resource)
Viper4Android:
Pre-requisite: Custom recovery and root access
I'm personally a big consumer of music, and can't do without having some tunes on the go. I found the sound on the G Pro 2 to be a bit too lacking in bass (especially when compared to my Optimus G E970), so I gave this a whirl. What ultimately worked for me was this mod (thumbs up goes to @AndrasLOHF for a wonderful contribution). Download it, put it on your G Pro 2, flash it via custom recovery, and V4A is installed.
To check whether or not V4A is working, open Viper4AndroidFX from the app drawer, tap on the three dots in the upper right corner, and go to Driver Status. If it says NEON Enabled: Yes and Status: Normal, you're good to go.
IF NOT, YOU MUST SET SELINUX TO PERMISSIVE!
There's a great app that you can get here that'll do so automatically for you, so just install that, set the mode to permissive, reboot, and check the driver status again (applause to @MrBIMC for such a great app). You should be good to go. Note that V4A doesn't work on all apps, at least for me. Google Play Music and Orpheus are the only apps that get processed by V4A. Neutron, Winamp, Onkyo HF Player, and N7Player just didn't play nicely with V4A. Ah, I think the YouTube app also works with V4A, I did notice a difference.
Tip: I hate how Play Music doesn't have folder capabilities, so I used N7Player to put music into the que, save it as a playlist, then open it in Play Music. For some reason, upon restarting the phone the playlist would disappear, so I opened the playlist I made from N7Player in Play Music and added it to a new playlist in Google Play Music that actually persists. For example, I save a que in N7Player as a playlist called Temp. I then open Play Music and find the Temp playlist in My Library. I open the playlist, tap the three dots and add the playlist items to a new playlist in Play Music, for example Favorites. When my phone restarts, the Temp playlist disappears from Play Music (it's still there in N7Player) but my Favorites playlist sticks just fine. Voila~
Happy headbanging.
A note on PhilZ Recovery: Any zips that I install give an annoying error about loki-fying. Ignore it, ultimately the zip that you wanted to install DID get installed. I've tested this with Xposed as well as V4A, and both cases I got an error on loki-fying. I tried turning it off in PhilZ but I have no clue what I was doing wrong, it wouldn't turn off, it still has an X in the Lokify option. Oh well, as long as it works.
Cheers!
Blitz9826
PS: Sorry if the details become too "thick." I personally hate having to read between lines wondering "WHAT DID YOU SEE AND WHAT DID YOU DO?!" I hope nobody reading this experiences such a feeling, thus the verbose details.
Hi, blitz. So basically you flashed the D838 TOT and DLL files on your F350 to get it running D838 KitKat and then flashed the D838 V20d Kdz to get D838 Lollipop, right?
I own a D838 and I'm familiar with flashing via TOT+DLL so, if I understand correctly, I could flash my upcoming F350 with the D838 TOT+DLL files -I used to return from 5.0.1 to 4.4.2- to turn it into a D838...
If so, will I have to make any changes in the buildprop beforehand, as mentioned in other posts? Or just go ahead with the TOT+DLL flashing?
Thanks for your help
Answered in parent post, but basically yes you can =3
I just took my colleague to the shopkeeper, he bought one too! Third phone is ready for playing around with. I'll update as I try a new approach. This time, I'll edit the build.prop file directly (last time I didn't on my mom's phone), and like with my mom's phone, set the USB mode to LG Software (I forgot to mention this part on the last post because..... 36 hours of no sleep does that to you), and let's see how that fares. If it does a KDZ restore directly from stock 4.4.2 to the Taiwanese 20d firmware then hooray. Also for fun's sake, I'll leave the COM port alone first. If it doesn't work then I'll change the COM port to 42. Still no then 41. And if still nothing, ffs, TOT-then-KDZ it is. More info tomorrow.
This phone is costing 18,000 PKR (that's like a little less than 180 USD).... for THOSE specs, holy ****.
Great news! Check the first post, I'm updating with new super-easy-as-fudge instructions.
Tried This With My F350S & This Works Perfectly. I Have Flashed This Download D83820D TWN Via Philz Touch Recover. Everything is Fine. Thanks Man.
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Tried This With My F350S & This Works Perfectly. I Have Flashed This Download D83820D TWN Via Philz Touch Recover. Everything is Fine. Thanks Man.
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Hi, tsohel. What did you do exactly? Today I received a F350S and, after editing the build.prop, tried flashing via zip and got Lollipop working but lost the double touch to wake up the screen. Also tried going back to KitKat via tot+dll and then flashed kdz with same result... I even installed Tizen 7.1 to no avail. I can't think of anything else to do, and knock-on and knock-code are a must for me...
Any ideas? Thanks
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inhalt said:
Hi, tsohel. What did you do exactly? Today I received a F350S and, after editing the build.prop, tried flashing via zip and got Lollipop working but lost the double touch to wake up the screen. Also tried going back to KitKat via tot+dll and then flashed kdz with same result... I even installed Tizen 7.1 to no avail. I can't think of anything else to do, and knock-on and knock-code are a must for me...
Any ideas? Thanks
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First Flash This KDZ F350S20b_00.kdz & Then Changed Everything This Tutorial Said & Then Flash The ZIP D83820D TWN Via Recovery lollipop-hoangtnt. Thats It. Everything is Working Great.
@inhalt sorry to hear you're having such a problem. I've done four F350L phones with the same 20d TWN firmware and two of those with the aforementioned method, none have lost the double tap to wake. Can you share your exact steps that you took please?
Well, I took them all I refreshed via TOT+DLL and then upgraded via KDZ, ZIP... They all worked but then I had the screen issues. Besides, reception is crap either on KitKat or Lollipop
I just think the phone is defective. Will be sending it back to the seller most likely, cause I've run out of ideas
I was actually thinking that might be the case. I didn't want to jump to conclusions though since you said it in a way that made it sound as if the double tap to wake and knock code were working stock when you first got it. So keep us posted when you get another phone.
Thank you for this complete guide.
Hello. Could somebody describe what profit will be when I make D from F?
break_da_funk said:
Hello. Could somebody describe what profit will be when I make D from F?
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i think it will be make your GPRO2 Korea version working on LTE on Band2-1800MHz on some countries.. ex: Indonesia.
can some help me plz? Ive sucefully converted to d838 but now i cant root the phone. i do all the steps and when the phone do download mode it does not do anything
any help is apreciated
frederic5000 said:
can some help me plz? Ive sucefully converted to d838 but now i cant root the phone. i do all the steps and when the phone do download mode it does not do anything
any help is apreciated
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I don't really understand what you mean by download mode doesn't do anything. Immediately after converting to d838, do not connect to the internet. neither wireless nor data connection. Put on developer option and USB debugging. plug via USB to a connected pc and make sure all drivers are installed. use an online root tool like kingo or root genius. after root success. go to settings and reset the phone. After reboot, you can then connect and install supersu from play store. Thats what I did. The problem I have now is I can't install any custom recovery.
I was saying that when i try to flash anything like rooting or rom on download mode it doesnt start the process. The only way that i did was by returning to kk then install lollipop again. I had the same problem with instaling an recovery but i followed these steps and worked. Heres the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...thod-to-flash-recovery-lollipop-lg-g-t3414263
I thought maybe the firmware needed updating but thru wifi nothing comes up. Also, since im using a custom ROM i cant connect with wearable. Does anyone know a way to install applications or place music files on the watch without gear wearables because without the heart sensor and the music this is an extremely expensive watch.
Can you give more details about your "Custom ROM"...
Name or Link...
With Tool SDB and/or ADB you can install and copy files...
Best Regards
adfree said:
Can you give more details about your "Custom ROM"...
Name or Link...
With Tool SDB and/or ADB you can install and copy files...
Best Regards
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Its not a custom watch rom. Its a custom Phone rom, Blackdiamond for the S7. And the wearable app not working is a known issue.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/blackdiamondfesmooth-fastv1-0-t3915483
I connected my watch to a friends un modded galaxy and it put all the programs on it that I can't. So could I repeat this procedure, since when I hard reset the device in desperation everything disappeared. And then use adb to push mp3 files to the phone? Or could I skip the middle man and install say, spotify or speedo go directly with adb?
Still don't know what happened to the sensor, it worked once, and then it didn't.
Hello.
i have a Xomax xm-2va757 Radio. It seems to be an Allwinner Venus a3.
My Problem is, that I can’t using other apps or launchers correctly. Because the Apps haven’t any access to the system notifications. And no, I have also no access to activate it. So if there is no hidden menu for it, I meet to root.
If buyed this device with Android 10q. But it is only 9 pie.
i tried many things but nothing worked. And no proper help from the Seller.
I also doesn’t know, how to get into recovery.
I tried an update file with supersu. And the system doesn’t said any error. But nothing happens after restart.
And Rom manager gets no internet, but WiFi is still connected. And king and also Kongo root does not worked.
I also want to deactivate the building music player, because it is only good when you have only 20 audiofiles(No Folder Structure).
so, what kind of data you need else?
oh, this is mine: Radio on Amazon
Thx for help
kindly
Hi, do you find any solution ?