Grettigs for all,i am gougous, [new][bie] on forum and android. My name is kelvin and i have a Huawei Ascend Y100 (u8185) with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
[About Phone]
The phone is a bit weak on hardware issues, but still very good for me. And whenever a user buy a device, he want more things to do, more updates, etc. In we/my case, we want updates or custom OS, experienced people who have PSP or PS3 will understand what im saying. But my machine is one of those old (little used) and unhackable, as I saw it.
http://mjanja.co.ke/2012/07/proposal-project-mjanja/
[My Questions]
Iam not understanding nothing about flash, superuser, root on my device or things like that on my device. I would love it if you could explain to me how to do that things on my android system.
[About adding custom rom]
i find a project saying the Cyanogenmod (modified for u8185) working like a dream on u8185 but it stills no phone (no SMS, No 3g, No Wi-Fi, relating stuffs..) and i think the project maker stop working on that. I really, really, really, really, reallly want cyanogen on my phone and i think one of you PRO guys :laugh: can adapt a cyanogen or make a rom for u8185. - here, I think I'm being a bit cheeky but it's because I really ..... you know :laugh:
[Conclusion]
-I want know how to root / give root permission or flash my device (if you dont know, you can explain what i need to do in this tutorial : http://mjanja.co.ke/2012/11/clockworkmod-recovery-6-0-1-2-for-huawei-u8185/ )
-I want to know if you can make or adapt a cyanogenmod/rom for my device
-And other things, if you can help me
-I want to know if i can make a rom for my device following this tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801690
Thx you for reading and comment if you want help me or you are in my case :victory:
Im always waiting for a reply
Hey why you guys dosnt reply?
Sent from my U8185 using xda app-developers app
Hi, I have rooted, flashed and tweaked my Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) in this way:
HOW TO GET ROOTED, FLASH A CUSTOM ROM AND EXPAND INTERNAL MEMORY ON HUAWAI U8185 ASCEND Y100
_Start the cellphone. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick these: "USB Debugging", "Stay awake", "Allow mock locations".
_Switch your phone off. REMOVE its battery for 10 seconds at least, then reput the battery in place.
_Now start the phone in this way: press BOTH the power button and volume DOWN simultaneusly and hold them down, until the starting logo screen of your cellphone will be frozen and the cell will NOT be able to access Android (it will hang up: it's OK!). If for any reason you want to get outta this, just remove the battery and re-put it in place: your phone and Android will properly start again.
_Connect the phone to your computer by USB cable.
_Now you have to install proper drivers to let your computer communicate with your cell phone (if you are a Mac or Linux user, I can't describe this step because I don't use them): as soon as the USB cable is connected, Windows (Windows 7? I have tested it on Windows 7) will pop up a balloon at the bottom right corner of your computer screen, near the clock: it will say "Driver install failed" or something like that. Immediately left click on the balloon before it disappears: in the new window that will be appeared after clicking on the balloon, choose to automatically search online for new drivers, from Windows Update (you have to have your computer online). If you can't proceed, you might need to unplug and re-plug the USB into the computer (anyway, leave the phone frozen on the start up screen, as said before).
_Be patient and let Windows search the drivers online... and wait... wait... wait... (even 5 minutes). "Suddenly", the proper drivers (about 8MB) will start to be downloaded and installed by Windows.
_Now, keeping the USB plugged in, download this file: Flash.zip
w w w. mediafire. com/?c4tzndkef63h1qi
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the links - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Unzip it onto your desktop, then open the file named "Start here". You'll have a black window opened.
_In that black windows, write this:
fastboot flash recovery clockworkmod.img
_Wait... (just few seconds).
_When the process will be finished, in the black window write this:
fastboot reboot
_Wait the cellphone and Android normally restarting. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". UN-tick this: "USB Debugging".
_Now download this onto your computer (it's a DE-BRANDED and ROOTED ROM for Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100). It means that it's like your original Huawei stock rom (=firmware), BUT WITHOUT BLOATWARE (=useless brand applications or apps: you will be able to choose by YOURself WHAT apps download from Google Play Store and install into your Android, saving a lot of internal memory!)
android. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
or
files. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Copy the above linked .zip file into your external SD card of your cellphone. DO NOT unzip it! Leave it zipped!
_Again, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick this back: "USB Debugging".
_Unplug the USB of the phone from the computer, then switch your cell OFF and plug the USB back into the computer. As soon as you will have plugged the USB back into the computer, your cellphone will NOT start the Android operating system, but it will automatically start and access to a new menu (it's OK!).
_In that menu, select these three options, in order to clean THREE different cache in your cellphone - TIP: move the selection pressing volume up/down buttons, confirm selection pressing the central button (home button) of your phone, go back to the previous menu screen pressing back on your touchscreen -
(WARNING: you will lose all your data in the cellphone, except for the data stored in your external SD card):
1:Wipe (apps) cache (or someting like that, I don't remember well but you can't go wrong)
2:Wipe data/factory reset
3: Advanced options menu---> Wipe Dalvik cache
_Now, from the advanced options menu, go back to the main menu and select "Install (ROM) from zip file" (or something like that: again, you can't go wrong!) and select the zip file that you have previously copied into your external micro SD card.
_Wait for about 30 seconds to finish the installation of the rooted/debranded ROM (it's the zip file)
_Unplug the USB cable and restart the phone (select, in the menu, "Boot into Android" or something like that)
_Configure your new Android. Finally you are ROOTED and DEBRANDED!
_IMPORTANT NOTICE: when you want to copy/transfer any file from your computer into your external SD card of the phone, you'll have to UNtick "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, BUT when you are done to copy/transfer, TICK IT BACK otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges. For normal use, keep it always ticked.
------------NOW YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO INSTALL ALL YOUR APPS INTO THE EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD BY DEFAULT. Infact the Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100 cell phone has a great limitation: a very small internal memory. You can work around this problem in this way:
_Shortly after having installed the new ROM and rooted your cellphone (see above), so you are sure that you haven't installed or moved any new app in the external SD card yet (because all your data in the external micro SD card will be erased), you can proceed as follows:
_Google and install this on your computer:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
_UNtick "USB Debugging" and connect your phone to the computer by USB cable (the micro SD card have to be already inserted in the phone, of course).
_Start MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, click on your micro SD card icon on the right and in the leftside menu choose "DELETE PARTITION" to delete the micro SD card of your cellphone (be careful: you will see the local hard drive of your computer too!! Don't touch them!). You will lose ALL YOUR DATA STORED IN YOUR EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD.
_You will get "unallocated space" in your micro SD card. Now: create one FAT 32 partition in your micro SD card. Its size have to be like this:
if your micro SD card is 2GB (total) ----> make a 1GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 4GB (total) ----> make a 2,5GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 8GB (total) ----> make a 6GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 16GB (total) ----> make a 13GB fat 32 partition
While creating the fat 32 partition, put as a "label" whatever you want (ie: call the fat 32 partition "Storage", or "Personal data", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: FAT 32
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Now, create a second partition in your micro SD card:
Label: write what you want (ie: call it "Apps", or "Program files", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: EXT 2
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Finally, click on the top-left corner button called "Apply" of the MiniTool Partition Wizard's window: your micro SD card will be deleted, formatted and partitioned. Now it's ready.
_Unplug the USB of your cellphone, then TICK BACK "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges (never forget it!).
_In your cellphone, go to Google Play Store and download this app: "link2SD". Install it in your cell.
_Start link2SD and, when asked, choose your EXT 2 partition. If there any problem (ie: "link2SD can't get root privileges), simply close and restart link2SD, or even switch your phone off and restart it, then try again.
_After link2SD has started and working, you will see a list of your applications (apps) installed in your cell. Select one of them and, if allowed, push this button: "Link to SD card" (or something like that). Don't choose to MOVE to SD card or to freeze: I personally prefer to LINK them.
_If you want to uninstall any of your appllications, remember to do that using "link2SD" (don't uninstall them using the regular menu of Android).
_If you have "USB Debugging" unticket, link2SD will not be able to get root access!!!
_You can install hundreds new applications and immediately link them to your micro SD card, saving A LOT of space in the (very small) internal memory of Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100)!!
------------------------------
That's all. I've already done and successfully tested all of this stuff on two Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100): now they're working like a charm and I can do anything I want ("NOW" they're very functional and optimized!!).
----------------------------
I haven't ever tried to flash any cyanogenmodROM into the Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) because, although they're very interesting custom ROMs, I don't know if they TOTALLY work properly on this Huawei phone (I have read somewhere that you camera may stop working, etc... I don't know... Anyway, any tester is welcome!).
---------------------------
Hope it helps - greetings from Italy
:highfive:
Thanks
Thanks for the tutorial a I followed it and everything works perfect. I would like to know though, if there's any other custom ROM for this device, like Cyanogenmod?
I had to switch to this device temporally because I have my primary phone RMAed, I have to say that the y100 offers great value for such low price.
drivers
hi i have a problem. when my computer searches for the drivers for it cannot find them can you help. is there somewhere i can download them? thankyou
sorted
Wow, after a lot of time ive completed this i discovered the drivers needed are waiting in the phone xD lol
i also experienced some problems getting the phone to recognise the sd card, but went through the formatting/partitioning process again and all fine B) thanks alot for the tutorial
Blinking screen with smth and Blue Screen when touching after rooting
Hi,
followed the procedure you've described but after new rom was mounted, cell shows blue screen or white blinking smth. It does not recognized by computer. Have any idea how to fix it?
Unusual data usage
Thank you very much 4 your post about rooting and expanding the internal memory of the huawei ascend y100. Has helped me very much,,especially the memory part! There is a simple problem though. After I installed the 'Link2sD' app and linked some applications,,my phone data has started being used randomly and i cannot find the apps which are using the data unusually. Please help??? Thanks in advance.
encrease internal memory
you can factory reset by any unofficial recovery like 6 or 5
help
sim block not reset after followed yr steps.. What can I do to remove sim block.
Regards
done
i am newbie but i dit it, now got a different menu and apps like play, maps only.. and that dropdown menu from having shortcut to control wifi , bluetooth all gone !!..now how i customize that all. also menu was sliding type horizontally before, now its vertical... please help.
tryin to put cyanogen mod on huawei y100
jollypaluani said:
Hi, I have rooted, flashed and tweaked my Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) in this way:
HOW TO GET ROOTED, FLASH A CUSTOM ROM AND EXPAND INTERNAL MEMORY ON HUAWAI U8185 ASCEND Y100
_Start the cellphone. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick these: "USB Debugging", "Stay awake", "Allow mock locations".
_Switch your phone off. REMOVE its battery for 10 seconds at least, then reput the battery in place.
_Now start the phone in this way: press BOTH the power button and volume DOWN simultaneusly and hold them down, until the starting logo screen of your cellphone will be frozen and the cell will NOT be able to access Android (it will hang up: it's OK!). If for any reason you want to get outta this, just remove the battery and re-put it in place: your phone and Android will properly start again.
_Connect the phone to your computer by USB cable.
_Now you have to install proper drivers to let your computer communicate with your cell phone (if you are a Mac or Linux user, I can't describe this step because I don't use them): as soon as the USB cable is connected, Windows (Windows 7? I have tested it on Windows 7) will pop up a balloon at the bottom right corner of your computer screen, near the clock: it will say "Driver install failed" or something like that. Immediately left click on the balloon before it disappears: in the new window that will be appeared after clicking on the balloon, choose to automatically search online for new drivers, from Windows Update (you have to have your computer online). If you can't proceed, you might need to unplug and re-plug the USB into the computer (anyway, leave the phone frozen on the start up screen, as said before).
_Be patient and let Windows search the drivers online... and wait... wait... wait... (even 5 minutes). "Suddenly", the proper drivers (about 8MB) will start to be downloaded and installed by Windows.
_Now, keeping the USB plugged in, download this file: Flash.zip
w w w. mediafire. com/?c4tzndkef63h1qi
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the links - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Unzip it onto your desktop, then open the file named "Start here". You'll have a black window opened.
_In that black windows, write this:
fastboot flash recovery clockworkmod.img
_Wait... (just few seconds).
_When the process will be finished, in the black window write this:
fastboot reboot
_Wait the cellphone and Android normally restarting. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". UN-tick this: "USB Debugging".
_Now download this onto your computer (it's a DE-BRANDED and ROOTED ROM for Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100). It means that it's like your original Huawei stock rom (=firmware), BUT WITHOUT BLOATWARE (=useless brand applications or apps: you will be able to choose by YOURself WHAT apps download from Google Play Store and install into your Android, saving a lot of internal memory!)
android. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
or
files. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Copy the above linked .zip file into your external SD card of your cellphone. DO NOT unzip it! Leave it zipped!
_Again, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick this back: "USB Debugging".
_Unplug the USB of the phone from the computer, then switch your cell OFF and plug the USB back into the computer. As soon as you will have plugged the USB back into the computer, your cellphone will NOT start the Android operating system, but it will automatically start and access to a new menu (it's OK!).
_In that menu, select these three options, in order to clean THREE different cache in your cellphone - TIP: move the selection pressing volume up/down buttons, confirm selection pressing the central button (home button) of your phone, go back to the previous menu screen pressing back on your touchscreen -
(WARNING: you will lose all your data in the cellphone, except for the data stored in your external SD card):
1:Wipe (apps) cache (or someting like that, I don't remember well but you can't go wrong)
2:Wipe data/factory reset
3: Advanced options menu---> Wipe Dalvik cache
_Now, from the advanced options menu, go back to the main menu and select "Install (ROM) from zip file" (or something like that: again, you can't go wrong!) and select the zip file that you have previously copied into your external micro SD card.
_Wait for about 30 seconds to finish the installation of the rooted/debranded ROM (it's the zip file)
_Unplug the USB cable and restart the phone (select, in the menu, "Boot into Android" or something like that)
_Configure your new Android. Finally you are ROOTED and DEBRANDED!
_IMPORTANT NOTICE: when you want to copy/transfer any file from your computer into your external SD card of the phone, you'll have to UNtick "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, BUT when you are done to copy/transfer, TICK IT BACK otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges. For normal use, keep it always ticked.
------------NOW YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO INSTALL ALL YOUR APPS INTO THE EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD BY DEFAULT. Infact the Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100 cell phone has a great limitation: a very small internal memory. You can work around this problem in this way:
_Shortly after having installed the new ROM and rooted your cellphone (see above), so you are sure that you haven't installed or moved any new app in the external SD card yet (because all your data in the external micro SD card will be erased), you can proceed as follows:
_Google and install this on your computer:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
_UNtick "USB Debugging" and connect your phone to the computer by USB cable (the micro SD card have to be already inserted in the phone, of course).
_Start MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, click on your micro SD card icon on the right and in the leftside menu choose "DELETE PARTITION" to delete the micro SD card of your cellphone (be careful: you will see the local hard drive of your computer too!! Don't touch them!). You will lose ALL YOUR DATA STORED IN YOUR EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD.
_You will get "unallocated space" in your micro SD card. Now: create one FAT 32 partition in your micro SD card. Its size have to be like this:
if your micro SD card is 2GB (total) ----> make a 1GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 4GB (total) ----> make a 2,5GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 8GB (total) ----> make a 6GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 16GB (total) ----> make a 13GB fat 32 partition
While creating the fat 32 partition, put as a "label" whatever you want (ie: call the fat 32 partition "Storage", or "Personal data", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: FAT 32
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Now, create a second partition in your micro SD card:
Label: write what you want (ie: call it "Apps", or "Program files", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: EXT 2
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Finally, click on the top-left corner button called "Apply" of the MiniTool Partition Wizard's window: your micro SD card will be deleted, formatted and partitioned. Now it's ready.
_Unplug the USB of your cellphone, then TICK BACK "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges (never forget it!).
_In your cellphone, go to Google Play Store and download this app: "link2SD". Install it in your cell.
_Start link2SD and, when asked, choose your EXT 2 partition. If there any problem (ie: "link2SD can't get root privileges), simply close and restart link2SD, or even switch your phone off and restart it, then try again.
_After link2SD has started and working, you will see a list of your applications (apps) installed in your cell. Select one of them and, if allowed, push this button: "Link to SD card" (or something like that). Don't choose to MOVE to SD card or to freeze: I personally prefer to LINK them.
_If you want to uninstall any of your appllications, remember to do that using "link2SD" (don't uninstall them using the regular menu of Android).
_If you have "USB Debugging" unticket, link2SD will not be able to get root access!!!
_You can install hundreds new applications and immediately link them to your micro SD card, saving A LOT of space in the (very small) internal memory of Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100)!!
------------------------------
That's all. I've already done and successfully tested all of this stuff on two Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100): now they're working like a charm and I can do anything I want ("NOW" they're very functional and optimized!!).
----------------------------
I haven't ever tried to flash any cyanogenmodROM into the Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) because, although they're very interesting custom ROMs, I don't know if they TOTALLY work properly on this Huawei phone (I have read somewhere that you camera may stop working, etc... I don't know... Anyway, any tester is welcome!).
---------------------------
Hope it helps - greetings from Italy
:highfive:
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is it possible to install cyanogenmod on my huawei Y100...
having shortcut to control wifi , bluetooth etc.
sichil said:
i am newbie but i dit it, now got a different menu and apps like play, maps only.. and that dropdown menu from having shortcut to control wifi , bluetooth all gone !!..now how i customize that all. also menu was sliding type horizontally before, now its vertical... please help.
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You just need to go to \data and look what you have in "custom.bin" (for ex. u have there «vip/en» . Then you have to go to \cust and you have to rename the folder you see there to «vip», and the folder within it in «en». After that you have to make «Factory reset». That might help with the status bar...
For more info go 4pda forum for u8186 using google translate, and you'll see there the cure :cyclops:
Stock apps missing
Dear i ve rooted this phone after system reset half of my stock apps are gone like stock huawei weather or social network integration , is theer any way of returning them pls help.
jco83 said:
hi i have a problem. when my computer searches for the drivers for it cannot find them can you help. is there somewhere i can download them? thankyou
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yes there is i had the same problem here is the link delete the spaces w w w .mediafire. com/ download/ rgo7zjp1xni3qv3/ usb_driver_ U8810-U8815.zip
jollypaluani said:
Hi, I have rooted, flashed and tweaked my Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) in this way:
HOW TO GET ROOTED, FLASH A CUSTOM ROM AND EXPAND INTERNAL MEMORY ON HUAWAI U8185 ASCEND Y100
_Start the cellphone. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick these: "USB Debugging", "Stay awake", "Allow mock locations".
_Switch your phone off. REMOVE its battery for 10 seconds at least, then reput the battery in place.
_Now start the phone in this way: press BOTH the power button and volume DOWN simultaneusly and hold them down, until the starting logo screen of your cellphone will be frozen and the cell will NOT be able to access Android (it will hang up: it's OK!). If for any reason you want to get outta this, just remove the battery and re-put it in place: your phone and Android will properly start again.
_Connect the phone to your computer by USB cable.
_Now you have to install proper drivers to let your computer communicate with your cell phone (if you are a Mac or Linux user, I can't describe this step because I don't use them): as soon as the USB cable is connected, Windows (Windows 7? I have tested it on Windows 7) will pop up a balloon at the bottom right corner of your computer screen, near the clock: it will say "Driver install failed" or something like that. Immediately left click on the balloon before it disappears: in the new window that will be appeared after clicking on the balloon, choose to automatically search online for new drivers, from Windows Update (you have to have your computer online). If you can't proceed, you might need to unplug and re-plug the USB into the computer (anyway, leave the phone frozen on the start up screen, as said before).
_Be patient and let Windows search the drivers online... and wait... wait... wait... (even 5 minutes). "Suddenly", the proper drivers (about 8MB) will start to be downloaded and installed by Windows.
_Now, keeping the USB plugged in, download this file: Flash.zip
w w w. mediafire. com/?c4tzndkef63h1qi
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the links - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Unzip it onto your desktop, then open the file named "Start here". You'll have a black window opened.
_In that black windows, write this:
fastboot flash recovery clockworkmod.img
_Wait... (just few seconds).
_When the process will be finished, in the black window write this:
fastboot reboot
_Wait the cellphone and Android normally restarting. As Android operating system has started, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". UN-tick this: "USB Debugging".
_Now download this onto your computer (it's a DE-BRANDED and ROOTED ROM for Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100). It means that it's like your original Huawei stock rom (=firmware), BUT WITHOUT BLOATWARE (=useless brand applications or apps: you will be able to choose by YOURself WHAT apps download from Google Play Store and install into your Android, saving a lot of internal memory!)
android. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
or
files. podtwo. com/roms/r0_de-branded_hwu8185-update-signed.zip
(rewrite this link properly - I have put some spaces in the link - because this forum doesn't allow me to post external links)
_Copy the above linked .zip file into your external SD card of your cellphone. DO NOT unzip it! Leave it zipped!
_Again, access the "Settings" menu of Android, then choose "Applications" and go to "Development". Tick this back: "USB Debugging".
_Unplug the USB of the phone from the computer, then switch your cell OFF and plug the USB back into the computer. As soon as you will have plugged the USB back into the computer, your cellphone will NOT start the Android operating system, but it will automatically start and access to a new menu (it's OK!).
_In that menu, select these three options, in order to clean THREE different cache in your cellphone - TIP: move the selection pressing volume up/down buttons, confirm selection pressing the central button (home button) of your phone, go back to the previous menu screen pressing back on your touchscreen -
(WARNING: you will lose all your data in the cellphone, except for the data stored in your external SD card):
1:Wipe (apps) cache (or someting like that, I don't remember well but you can't go wrong)
2:Wipe data/factory reset
3: Advanced options menu---> Wipe Dalvik cache
_Now, from the advanced options menu, go back to the main menu and select "Install (ROM) from zip file" (or something like that: again, you can't go wrong!) and select the zip file that you have previously copied into your external micro SD card.
_Wait for about 30 seconds to finish the installation of the rooted/debranded ROM (it's the zip file)
_Unplug the USB cable and restart the phone (select, in the menu, "Boot into Android" or something like that)
_Configure your new Android. Finally you are ROOTED and DEBRANDED!
_IMPORTANT NOTICE: when you want to copy/transfer any file from your computer into your external SD card of the phone, you'll have to UNtick "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, BUT when you are done to copy/transfer, TICK IT BACK otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges. For normal use, keep it always ticked.
------------NOW YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO INSTALL ALL YOUR APPS INTO THE EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD BY DEFAULT. Infact the Huawei U8185 Ascend Y100 cell phone has a great limitation: a very small internal memory. You can work around this problem in this way:
_Shortly after having installed the new ROM and rooted your cellphone (see above), so you are sure that you haven't installed or moved any new app in the external SD card yet (because all your data in the external micro SD card will be erased), you can proceed as follows:
_Google and install this on your computer:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
_UNtick "USB Debugging" and connect your phone to the computer by USB cable (the micro SD card have to be already inserted in the phone, of course).
_Start MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, click on your micro SD card icon on the right and in the leftside menu choose "DELETE PARTITION" to delete the micro SD card of your cellphone (be careful: you will see the local hard drive of your computer too!! Don't touch them!). You will lose ALL YOUR DATA STORED IN YOUR EXTERNAL MICRO SD CARD.
_You will get "unallocated space" in your micro SD card. Now: create one FAT 32 partition in your micro SD card. Its size have to be like this:
if your micro SD card is 2GB (total) ----> make a 1GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 4GB (total) ----> make a 2,5GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 8GB (total) ----> make a 6GB fat 32 partition
if your micro SD card is 16GB (total) ----> make a 13GB fat 32 partition
While creating the fat 32 partition, put as a "label" whatever you want (ie: call the fat 32 partition "Storage", or "Personal data", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: FAT 32
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Now, create a second partition in your micro SD card:
Label: write what you want (ie: call it "Apps", or "Program files", etc.)
Create as: PRIMARY partition
File System: EXT 2
Driver letter: don't touch/modify the value
Cluster size: don't touch/modify the value
_Finally, click on the top-left corner button called "Apply" of the MiniTool Partition Wizard's window: your micro SD card will be deleted, formatted and partitioned. Now it's ready.
_Unplug the USB of your cellphone, then TICK BACK "USB Debugging" in the "Settings/Applications" menu of Android, otherwise you will NOT be able to have ROOT privileges (never forget it!).
_In your cellphone, go to Google Play Store and download this app: "link2SD". Install it in your cell.
_Start link2SD and, when asked, choose your EXT 2 partition. If there any problem (ie: "link2SD can't get root privileges), simply close and restart link2SD, or even switch your phone off and restart it, then try again.
_After link2SD has started and working, you will see a list of your applications (apps) installed in your cell. Select one of them and, if allowed, push this button: "Link to SD card" (or something like that). Don't choose to MOVE to SD card or to freeze: I personally prefer to LINK them.
_If you want to uninstall any of your appllications, remember to do that using "link2SD" (don't uninstall them using the regular menu of Android).
_If you have "USB Debugging" unticket, link2SD will not be able to get root access!!!
_You can install hundreds new applications and immediately link them to your micro SD card, saving A LOT of space in the (very small) internal memory of Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100)!!
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That's all. I've already done and successfully tested all of this stuff on two Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100): now they're working like a charm and I can do anything I want ("NOW" they're very functional and optimized!!).
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I haven't ever tried to flash any cyanogenmodROM into the Huawei U8185 (Ascend Y100) because, although they're very interesting custom ROMs, I don't know if they TOTALLY work properly on this Huawei phone (I have read somewhere that you camera may stop working, etc... I don't know... Anyway, any tester is welcome!).
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Hope it helps - greetings from Italy
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I tried Extending the storage but it didn't work. While creating a link, Link2sd says cannot create a (directory). Gives an I/O error
Phone not able to boot any more
Your post was indeed helpful and I followed through well until the final stage after installing the (ROM) from zip file.
after that I did not choose install from android, I only forced it off and now I cant even boot back into the phone neither the power and Volume down key works.
What can I do rerun or have the phone boot back to normal?
I am completely shut out
Thanks for you help
Back to stock / working ROM
wilsbf said:
What can I do rerun or have the phone boot back to normal?
I am completely shut out
Thanks for you help
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If nothing helps (including restoring from a backup) and you can't load custom ROM and/or custom recovery, u can do the following steps:
1) Turn off your phone, eject your SD card from your phone
2) Download a stock ROM from Huawei Device site (just google it...)
3) Find the way to put this unziped ROM (UPDATE.APP or something like this) to your SD card. You need to create the folder "dload" on your SD and put the file *.app right there
4) Then insert your SD card into your phone
5) Press BOTH volume control keys ("+" and "-"), hold them and press POWER button
6) You'll see on your screen something like "Unpacking ROM.." and "Installing ROM".
7) Then your phone will reboot and u'll have a "virgin" stock Android 2.3.6 from Huawei
BE CAREFUL!!! Cause installing a stock ROM will kill any custom data in your phone. But nothing happens with SD card, don't be afraid...
Phone wont switch on either
Thank you for wanting to help,
The problem is that I am completely shut out, I cant use even the Power + Volume down keys, even the power button alone wont turn on the phone.
However, when I fix in the USB cable it will display on and off green icon...
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Thank you for wanting to help,
The problem is that I am completely shut out, I cant use even the Power + Volume down keys, even the power button alone wont turn on the phone.
However, when I fix in the USB cable it will display on and off green icon...
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Try to pull out the battery, then plug the USB-cable and push the power button. The device has to turn on. Maybe something wrong with your battery.
I tried Titanium backup today and it can't write my Micro SD Card, how do I allow that? Also Airdroid can't write to the Micro SD card as well, I tried their instruction but it didn't work (it open up the default file manager app and it didn't seems to show what the app said...
could it be that while introducing the sd card into ur system, android encrypted the storage? try and completely format the sd card, see if that helps remove the encryption... (beware, that might take a while, so just let it sit there for an hour or so if it seems to be "stuck")
after opening the stock file manager , u have to go to settings and select show advanced storage (don't know if it's the correct name in english) go out of settings and u will see selection on the left side. select ur sd card and then choose "select all" titanium backup isn't working for me on ext card, the same with spotify. it works only if stock file manager is opening at writing access from the app u want to use with ext card
@jbmc83
farmating ext card isn't helping
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could it be that while introducing the sd card into ur system, android encrypted the storage? try and completely format the sd card, see if that helps remove the encryption... (beware, that might take a while, so just let it sit there for an hour or so if it seems to be "stuck")
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I don't think so because I simply put my Micro SD card from S4 into Mate 8 and it see the card and it's contents normally right away.
dlorean said:
after opening the stock file manager , u have to go to settings and select show advanced storage (don't know if it's the correct name in english) go out of settings and u will see selection on the left side. select ur sd card and then choose "select all" titanium backup isn't working for me on ext card, the same with spotify. it works only if stock file manager is opening at writing access from the app u want to use with ext card
@jbmc83
farmating ext card isn't helping
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Hmmm, I somehow managed to make AirDroid work... By choosing the select all button at the bottom of the stock file manager after selecting the external card (not in the settings).
hm ok, well its was just an idea anyways
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I got it working.
Going to Setting -> Preferences -> Backup folder location -> Storage provider (click to change) (the white text just below the grey "Browse to the path your backups will be stored..." paragraph) -> Then choose the DocumentProvider storage and then choose your location again. TB prompt if I want to move backup from old folder, I said yes even though it was the same folder. It took only a few seconds.
Now I can back up in my Micro SD .
kefrayba said:
I got it working.
Going to Setting -> Preferences -> Backup folder location -> Storage provider (click to change) (the white text just below the grey "Browse to the path your backups will be stored..." paragraph) -> Then choose the DocumentProvider storage and then choose your location again. TB prompt if I want to move backup from old folder, I said yes even though it was the same folder. It took only a few seconds.
Now I can back up in my Micro SD .
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Were you able to find a similar setting for Move to SD? I don't even have that option available to me in TiBu.
fleapower said:
Were you able to find a similar setting for Move to SD? I don't even have that option available to me in TiBu.
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I never try the Move to SD function, sorry.
Hello,
so I have this SanDisk Ultra 32 GB MicroSD card that I wanted to move to another Android phone but no matter what I do I cannot properly erase the files that are written on it. Every time I format the card the process seemingly completes without errors and you get the "card ready for use blah blah blah" message but the files are still there like nothing happened.
I tried to format it on the new phone -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
I tried to format it on the old phone -> files still there., 13GB out of 30ish space free
I connected the old phone as mass storage to PC:
- a dialog appears if I want to check sdcard for errors -> no errors found
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > fast format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > full format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- ran chkdsk -> no errors
After searching for some answers I tried:
1) diskpart > attributes disk clear readonly
2) diskpart > clean
3) computer management tool > new simple volume
4) sdcard shows as empty on PC with full 30ish space free
5) disconnected from PC -> in Android the files are still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free (same after phone reboot)
6) reconnected to PC as mass storage -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
So I repeated the whole process with diskpart and computer management tool but this time before disconnecting from PC I created a test txt file on the empty SD card. After disconnecting from PC the test txt file was gone while old files were back yet again.
I also checked if there's a physical readonly switch on the card itself but couldn't find any, so I guess there isn't.
I'm thinking that maybe the card is busted, but if it is, why isn't it showing any errors?
CuriousJack said:
Hello,
so I have this SanDisk Ultra 32 GB MicroSD card that I wanted to move to another Android phone but no matter what I do I cannot properly erase the files that are written on it. Every time I format the card the process seemingly completes without errors and you get the "card ready for use blah blah blah" message but the files are still there like nothing happened.
I tried to format it on the new phone -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
I tried to format it on the old phone -> files still there., 13GB out of 30ish space free
I connected the old phone as mass storage to PC:
- a dialog appears if I want to check sdcard for errors -> no errors found
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > fast format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- tried to format by right clicking in My Computer > H: drive > full format -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
- ran chkdsk -> no errors
After searching for some answers I tried:
1) diskpart > attributes disk clear readonly
2) diskpart > clean
3) computer management tool > new simple volume
4) sdcard shows as empty on PC with full 30ish space free
5) disconnected from PC -> in Android the files are still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free (same after phone reboot)
6) reconnected to PC as mass storage -> files still there, 13GB out of 30ish space free
So I repeated the whole process with diskpart and computer management tool but this time before disconnecting from PC I created a test txt file on the empty SD card. After disconnecting from PC the test txt file was gone while old files were back yet again.
I also checked if there's a physical readonly switch on the card itself but couldn't find any, so I guess there isn't.
I'm thinking that maybe the card is busted, but if it is, why isn't it showing any errors?
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Use the PC to directly format the sdcard instead of trying to do it through the device or trying to do it with PC connected to the device. Use a card reader. Also, make sure the sdcard isn't encrypted or right protected.
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Droidriven said:
Use the PC to directly format the sdcard instead of trying to do it through the device or trying to do it with PC connected to the device. Use a card reader. Also, make sure the sdcard isn't encrypted or right protected.
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I don't have a card reader, that's why I'm connecting it through a phone. Wouldn't the mass storage option be essentially the same as putting the card in a card reader (the phone has Android 5, which still has the mass storage capability)?
I also noticed that I cannot even create a new folder on the card from within Android. Built in file explorer says "some file operation failed", Astro says "could not write file".
CuriousJack said:
I don't have a card reader, that's why I'm connecting it through a phone. Wouldn't the mass storage option be essentially the same as putting the card in a card reader (the phone has Android 5, which still has the mass storage capability)?
I also noticed that I cannot even create a new folder on the card from within Android. Built in file explorer says "some file operation failed", Astro says "could not write file".
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It sounds to me like the sdcard has been "write protected", in other words, it is set to read-only and needs to be set to read/write, look for methods to remove the write protection to return it to read/write status.
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Droidriven said:
It sounds to me like the sdcard has been "write protected", in other words, it is set to read-only and needs to be set to read/write, look for methods to remove the write protection to return it to read/write status.
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Could the write protection be caused by the fact that I used to move apps to SD onto this sdcard (the old "move to sd" option, not adoptable storage)? I moved all apps to internal storage and set internal storage as the default install location prior to the first format attempt but dunno if it was enough.
CuriousJack said:
Could the write protection be caused by the fact that I used to move apps to SD onto this sdcard (the old "move to sd" option, not adoptable storage)? I moved all apps to internal storage and set internal storage as the default install location prior to the first format attempt but dunno if it was enough.
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If you mean the standard "move to sd" option in the app info page in system settings>apps settings, I doubt that is the issue.
If you used some kind of mod like Link2SD, that might be part of the issue.
If you moved system apps to SD, that also might be part of the issue.
Try factory resetting the device then see if it will format the card.
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Droidriven said:
If you mean the standard "move to sd" option in the app info page in system settings>apps settings, I doubt that is the issue.
If you used some kind of mod like Link2SD, that might be part of the issue.
If you moved system apps to SD, that also might be part of the issue.
Try factory resetting the device then see if it will format the card.
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Just the standard "move to SD" option and I didn't touch any system apps. Also the phone wasn't rooted.
Now I'm trying to format the card using SD Formatter but it seems to be stuck at 0%.
Is there a piece of software that could tell me if the card is out of write cycles or generally check its health?
CuriousJack said:
Just the standard "move to SD" option and I didn't touch any system apps. Also the phone wasn't rooted.
Now I'm trying to format the card using SD Formatter but it seems to be stuck at 0%.
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With the sdcard inserted in your phone, boot to stock recovery and select the factory reset option, after you reset the device, then choose the option to wipe cache partition. After resetting and wiping, reboot into system and try formatting the sdcard.
The reason I say to do this is because it will remove any settings or cached files that might be causing the issue.
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