I have this phone known as an i13 Plus. System information states its an Alps i13 Plus. It has Android 8.1 but would like to upgrade it to 9 or more. I dont know if this is phone is known as any other makes or if it can be upgraded at all. Screen shots included.
What I cant work out is that the phone information in settings states that it is running Android 8.1 Oreo. Hitting that repeatedly brings up the oreo cookie pic. However, Device Info HW is stating that it is Android 4.4.2 so Im a bit confused!
Update: Phone is running Android 8.1 but is running a system UI of Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat!
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IMO basically every phone's Android can get upgraded ( keyword: Custom ROM). Of course a matching Custom Recovery ( like TWRP ) must get flashed before.
jwoegerbauer said:
IMO basically every phone's Android can get upgraded ( keyword: Custom ROM). Of course a matching Custom Recovery ( like TWRP ) must get flashed before.
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Trouble is I do not know what brand this phone is. Alps does not come up under any of the phone listings in the TWRP site. I have also looked under Welcome brand. Can not find anything.
That's your cheap Chinese low-end phone
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001357288658.html
IMO you shouldn't waste your time trying to upgrade it.
Id like to try.. it was free after all. LOL
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Hey guys,
I have a big problem with my Mate 8. My build number was NXT-L29 C636 B170 and I never got any updates, because I was using this asian build with a european SIM-card. Because of these annoying notification bugs B170 has and because I was about to factory reset my phone I thought about updating it manually.
Tried to understand how all this works and started to do a small OTA update first to test if it's that easy. With the B180 from the screenshot of FF below I easily managed to update my phone.
What I tried next is to go to Android 7.0, so I used the selected blue FullOTA-MF-PV. My phone updated successfully and works really smooth, but now I see "NRD90M test-keys" as build number. I read a lot of bad things about this version because it seems to be a really early and bugged beta version and thats not what I need. I already wanted to try a factory reset but also read that you should completely avoid doing that.
I want to go back before anything unsuspected happens to my phone. My updater has gone, so I cannot install anything else. Can anyone explain for a newbie how to get back to my previous build?
Was it wrong to use the PV version?
What I want to reach then is an updated version of my phone software as a stable version.
Hope anyone can save my phone
Thanks in advance
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So, this is a little bit odd.
I have long since moved from using a Samsung phone as my daily driver, but still use my Note Edge while on the go as a mobile sketchbook. Well, last night I accidentally approved the OTA update that had been pending on my phone for several years straight, which updated my device to Marshmallow. The 6.0.1 update caused my performance to tank hardcore, to the point where it's borderline unusable and my battery drains in less than an hour. Unacceptable.
I used Odin to flash back to 4.4.4. I grabbed a stock ROM for my device and Odin 3.12.7, put it into recovery mode, and started the process. Surprisingly, everything went off without a hitch and I found myself with a green PASS box and no errors in the Odin log. Sweet.
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However, something's not right. I'm still on Marshmallow, but with all of the old KitKat apps having replaced the ones that updated. All of the icons are their older versions and even the system font is back to its old thick, round self. The OTA update is back, somehow, and my phone's About page says I'm still on 6.0.1. User data was also not touched. The baseband of the phone matches the file I used, so I definitely flashed the ROM.
Obviously I missed a step. I thought this process would factory reset my device?
I am preparing to bootloader unlock and root my note 20 ultra Sm-n9860 on Android 10 TGY csc.
In both samfirm and phone info app I am seeing two such firmware, both have same pda, csc and other details.
Can someone tell me which one should I download?
Phone info app. Shows manufacturing date6as 2020.12.16
In about phone security patch date is Nov, 1,2020.
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I don't know for sure but think there is no actual difference. I've unlocked my bootloader and rooted being on latest 1CUA3 (11 Android) TGY without any issues. Then flashed 10 Android just to check some things and then flashed 11 Android back. Why do you want to use 10 android firmware? Want to stay on that version after root?
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I don't know for sure but think there is no actual difference. I've unlocked my bootloader and rooted being on latest 1CUA3 (11 Android) TGY without any issues. Then flashed 10 Android just to check some things and then flashed 11 Android back. Why do you want to use 10 android firmware? Want to stay on that version after root?
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Yes currently on Android 10 and want to stay on it.
Will uogrwde once all bugs have been smoothed out.
Kinda like Android 10 stability and battery life
I got it. Then I would take the latest upload just in case. By the way, what's the name of app you use for this? I'm usually downloading to my PC using Frija app for Windows.
Hello people.
I did the mistake and bought a Chinese tablet from a website, that promised a lot, but finally it's not like that.
It's a 10,1 inch tablet . It should be very strong and fast, with 16GB Ram and so on. It also should have android 10.
Anyway, it works real slow. But the main problem is That it's android system is old and a lot of apps does not support it anymore.
Device Info HW application shows the specifications that you can see on the pictures.
I'm open to any suggestions that would make this device run smoothly and become a newer and more apps-compatible version of android.
I'm good at working through the PC, by connecting the tablet with it. I already did activate developer options and USB debugging. And it is also already rooted.
So, I don't know which TWRP image file to install, because I don't know which one would be compatible to this no-name tablet. Same goes also for a better custom ROM though.
Please people can anybody help me?
1. To find the right twrp image file
2. To find a custom rom
Thank you very much!
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Why don't you just return the phone and ask for a refund?
what did you do to save him? I did the same **** as you, I bought it thinking it would be the best tablet in the world, 12 core 16gb of RAM, 512 of sd... all a lie
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Hi there's Any Custom Rom for s23 ultra clone? I bought this one in a yard sale for 20 bucks hahaha. But the stock Firmware is so bad. I wanna Change it and use the device like retro emu. So...Anyone can help me?
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View attachment 5906995View attachment 5906989Hi there's Any Custom Rom for s23 ultra clone? I bought this one in a yard sale for 20 bucks hahaha. But the stock Firmware is so bad. I wanna Change it and use the device like retro emu. So...Anyone can help me?.
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There are Russian websites that have obscure firmware for cloned devices. Use a translator and post in those forums to get help finding a firmware that will work or can be made to work on your device. Cloned devices don't really have true support here at XDA, most users here focus on flagship and upper tier mid ranged devices.
There may also be a way for you to install a Linux or Ubuntu OS on the device to replace the stock firmware.
You need to see about opening the device to verify what motherboard and CPU series it actually has because you can't always trust that the installed software is showing the correct information.
@manlgonzlz92 hello OP, I have removed your first picture as it contains your device IMEI.
You can read further: https://security.stackexchange.com/...k-of-leaking-imei-imsi-numbers-over-a-network
I am also looking for a firmware that can be used with this model, as the device is relatively ok build but the original firmware is full of bugs