Hello,
just got a Samsung Galaxy S in China (under the name of samsung GT-I9008) and use it with China Telecom as the carrier/operator
Specs as follows
Model Name : GT-I9008
Hardware version : 1.0
Firmware version : Ophone OS 2.0
Kernel : 2.6.29 Zeus 1
To my biggest disappointment, the phone doesnt come with Android market but with the Mobile phone operator own device called MM ( Mobile Market) which is only in Chinese !! and very limited in terms of applications you could download.
Is there any way I could install instead Android Market ?
Many thanks in advance for your reply
Christophe
I have the same problem in middle east.
Any help please.
I helped a friend with the same phone. Basically do the following:
1. Download and install z4root
2. Download the Cyanogenmod Google Apps (EPE54B)
3. Open up the update.zip file and get Vending.apk out of \system\app\ and copy to SD card using UMS mode.
4. Use File Explorer on the phone to copy the file from /sdcard to /data/app
5. Reboot
Any luck installing Google Apps on i9008 (Samsung Galaxy S for TD-SCDMA)?
Guys,
I followed the instructions posted on this thread and other sites, to help a friend who recently bought this phone. Successfully rooted the phone. Installed the Google Apps as instructed, but they all are malfunctioning to the point of being unusable.
- Gmail - only works OK with one account, will not allow extra accounts
- Google Maps - zooming does not function
- YouTube - does not even start
- Market - gets stuck at 0% download point for any downloaded apps
If someone managed to install any (or all of these) Google Apps on their i9008, I would be grateful for instructions on how to properly install.
thanks!!
I installed after updating the official ROM to the latest version. This is 2.1 eclair rather than 2.0 based so may explain why it doesn't work for some people. In that case, using the cyanogenmod 4 gapps files may work.
Another possibility is that not all files were copied from the extracted update.zip to the relevant places under /system (yes, it is /system, not /data as I mentioned in my last post)
These would be /system/app, /system/framework etc.
I daresay that you'll need to copy all files from the folders in update.zip over to the right places. I had to delete some of the Chinese apps to make space for all gapps.
Tell me if it works for you. Cheers.
Hi ,
thanks for your input! As I am not at all an expert on technical stuff and do not want to have my phone no longer working, please let me recap :
- I have downloaded the file z4root.1.3.0.apk --> then i have to install it on my SD card and launch the application?
- Checked to download the "Cyanogenmod Google Apps (EPE54B) and it appears on ur link that there are dozens of different files according to phone models but none for the Samsung GT I-9008. Kindly let me know which one to consider.
Did your friend with the same phone eventually managed to have all google apps including the english android market by doing such installation?
Again, the specs of my phone are :
Model Name : GT-I9008
Hardware version : 1.0
Firmware version : Ophone OS 2.0
Much appreciate your help !
Best
Christophe
Yes, we did manage to get the English market (and many Google apps) running properly.
With zroot, install then run it, choose the permanent root option. It'll reboot the phone to finish the rooting.
The gapps version you need to download is listed in the Cyanogenmod 5 row (android 2.1 or eclair based) and is under the HDPI column (means high dots per inch, or just a high resolution display as the i9008 has). Any of the links in that entry should be fine if they work.
I have realised that in my last post, I mentioned copying to /system/app. This is not possible unless you do the following:
Get http://androidterm.googlecode.com/files/Term.apk install same way as zroot.
Run it then type:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
Quit out of it then copy the extracted contents of update.zip to the corresponding directories under /system using file explorer.
Same thing happened to me w/
Model Name : GT-I9008
Hardware version : 1.0
Firmware version : Ophone OS 2.0
I had to follow the instructions above
thanks for your input..
Is your phone also operated by China Mobile ? was told that it was not possible to root the GT I-9008 being operated by China Mobile.
Anyhow, will try and follow above process.
Well I have watched an interview for Galaxy S2 and they showed a new technology in it...And told that they are challenging the Android market as Android challenged the Iphone...
How about this? Any news?
Hi, now I need some help...
I playing with my China Mobile I9008 yesterday, and as I trying without sucess to find a way to install the market, I think I installed a wrong version of clockworkmod, now my I9008 is bricked (I think). Its starts but after first screen (where's appears I9008 name and so on) the boot come back to ophone screen and keep in this looping more than 20 times... full wipe and others doesn't work
In my mind if I apply again the update.zip can solve, but my file having problems showing erros, can not read the file, etc...
I tryed to find this file but I have no success...
Someone can help me? have some update.zip to my i9008ZMJI1 firmware version?
Thanks.
Install factory image
Ok, I've been trying to find a way to install CM (and the market app) onto my GT-I9008L and have managed to nearly brick my phone a number of times. The only thing I have succeeded in is rooting my phone (use Z4root) and installing a fresh factory image.
(I apologize for broken links, XDA doesn't trust me to post clickable links yet)
To install a fresh factory image:
a) Get the software from this Chinese thread: bbs.dkdiy.net/thread-12788-1-1.html
--The first message in the thread has a link to a RAR file that contains everything you need. Including all the tools & the image itself
--To see the link you'll have to create an account and post to the thread
--I was able to do it by using a combination of google chrome and google translate to work my through the free registration process.
b) run Odin v1.81 (I've tried other versions of Odin...they don't work)
c) select the files shown in this image: www .dkdiy.net/article.asp?id=633
d) the file versions in the image don't match the RAR file. The key is put the CSC file into the CSC blank, the CP file in the "phone" blank, the "all low" file into the PDA blank and the PIT file into the PIT blank
e) make sure you have selected the checkboxes in the image
f) start your phone by holding volume-down+home+power
g) when you see the yellow android digging plug your phone into your computer (you may need the samsung drivers)
h) wait for odin to detect your phone (the first box under ID:COM will turn yellow and list the com-port that your phone is connected to)
i) hit start, wait about 3 minutes, you will see the progress bar update every 5-10 seconds
j) it will auto reboot and finish the installation
To root your phone I followed the instructions on this chinese thread (use google chrome to get an instant translation):
ibbs.91.com/thread-53590-1-1. html
DUDE!!!
I think i got some good news.
I have the same problem with my new S2 bought in China, no Android market. I've been searching all around the web to try to fix it.
It is still not working for me, but i got a little bit farther though.
I find the hint here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351283
So what i did and what you can try is:
1) Install GoogleServicesFramework.apk
This seems to be the issue, as when you install it you can see the permissions Google requires, and pretty much says the can access ALL the data in your phone. (It would explain the censorship)
2) Install Android Market with any .apk you can find
3) Launch Android Market
The change for me is i can now input my account login. But it still fails connecting to google to actually login. Maybe because i'm still in china and it blocks the connection.
Could any one try this outside china and tell me if it works?
Cheers
EDIT:
By connecting my APN and Wifi (instead of wifi alone) i managed to finally loggin. I HOW NOW ACCESS TO ANDROID MARKET !!!
But not so fast. I have access to the market, but i get an error when downloading an app. So it is still not working, but getting closer. I sent an e-mail to google see if they can fix this (seems my account and my device are still not linked). Waiting for the reply...
Alright it's working now !!!
After exchanging a couple e-mail with google, i managed to download some apps.
I've been testing it for a couple hours now, works like a charm.
Hello all.
I've installed the 7.1.1 ROM on my Jaiyu S3 phone, as described here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/jiayu-s3/development/rom-unofficial-aosp-n-jiayu-s3-t3451923
(I also root it via SuperSU)
The ROM works great (thanks team M.A.D!), but after flashing it my IMEI is now empty (and as a result I can only make emergency calls).
I've installed MTK Engineering Mode (hoping to edit the IMEI through it), but it says "Cannot find EngineerMode App" when I try to use it (I understand that this is, perhaps, due to the ROM not including support for engineering mode yet).
I've tried using Chamelephon (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cryptotel.chamelephon), but it also doesn't work (it resets the phone after setting the IMEI, and when it reboots the IMEI is empty again).
I thought about editing the IMEI via one of many available Xposed extensions, but Xposed itself isn't available for 7.1.1 yet (see here - http://www.theandroidsoul.com/xposed-android-nougat-7-0).
So... I am at a bit of dead end at the moment. Can someone help?
Thanks!
Hello
Just noticed the problem - about mont ago I got second mi4c for my wife(2/16). We swapped the phones for a while as she claimed she'd need the 3/32gb version, I took the cheaper one. Couple of days later it turned out she'd need a new battery more than any extra RAM/storage, so we swapped back and I was too lazy to install stuff again on both phones and just cloned her system/data via TWRP from 3/32 to 2/16 and let it run (unfortunately at the same time I did a clean install for myself instead of cloning 2/16 to 3/32). So, we end up using same BT MAC adress taken from the 3/32.
So, my question is - how to recover her own Bluetooth MAC address in as few steps as possible?
Both phones run CM13.1 by TS
Is it sufficient to run a clean install of ROM on her phone? Or do I have to flash original firmware via miflash first or is it even worse? Or maybe it's enough to delete a file that keeps the BT MAC and it recreates itself with proper MAC upon reboot?
I tried to google for that, but I haven't found anything useful
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EDIT:
Solved by myself - I tried to modify /data/misc/bluedroid/bt_config.conf - but it was not enough
To recover the original BT MAC you need to remove whole /data/misc/bluedroid folder and reboot. After that it's build again with proper MAC, but beware - you'll lose your current BT pairings. So, if cloning someone's elses TWRP backup, delete the given folder through TWRP manager before rebooting.
I have an issue with my one click xmusic pro 2 (Chinese) phone, i have this malware that i cannot remove (andriod/trojan.spy.agent.ytb) full path is system/priv-apps/youtube/youtube.apk
It looks like its affecting the youtube, i cannot either update the app (its really old version) or even uninstall. i tried to remove it using malware but it cannot be deleted, i downloaded avg but it didnt even detect it was even an a problem
i tried Ahnlab V3 it detected the issue but it said (unremovable)
how can i remove it
Model xmusic 2 pro
Andriod : 6.0
Andriod security patch : sept 5 2016
Baseband version : oneclick xmusic 2 pro 20161101
Kernel 3.18.19
Hi !
This malware apps are so bad ... the only way to fully get rid of them is by performing a factory reset and also avoid the installation of suspect applications
Delete after saving your data from your phone too
A flash to stock should do the trick as well , if available , I couldn`t find anything though here on xda
Good luck !
For those who are looking for the firmware of Maimeite M3 Pro, I have attached here the zip file. Don't worry I didn't put a password so you're free to extract it. You may need to use SP Flash Tool to flash the firmware. The Maimeite M3 Pro is a chinese clone of the Poco M3 Pro. It has a 512MB of RAM, 1.3GB of internal storage, 3MP Rear cam and i think 1MP of front cam. I know you would say that these are terrible specs and really outdated OS but I've got to appreciate this thing as it was a gift to me by my grandma.
Let me tell you how I got this firmware....
The stock firmware of this phone comes preinstalled with adwares as what you might expect from a cheap clone china phone. It really sucks whenever I connect it to the internet, the ads are randomly popping out on the screen, it downloads malicious apps by itself. So I decided to root it to uninstall the system apps that are adwares which are causing the issue. I was able to gain root access and uninstalled the suspicious system apps. Yes it worked, it fixed the issue and I was no longer receiving ads/malwares but while navigating the kingoroot uninstaller application, I accidentally uninstalled the telephony provider which made the phone unusable because of the "the process has stopped" window that kept appearing on the screen....
So yeah maybe some of you may just throw it in trash heheh but I can't do it as this was a gift to me by my loving grandma. After all, it's not really a bad phone for basic uses like messaging, facebook, internet browsing, echolink, zello). I was left with no other options but to reflash the stock firmware. Unfortunately, I couldn't find its stock firmware on google, well there is one I found from KangSuper but the zip file is password protected and you have to pay for it to obtain the password and be able to extract it. There are other firmwares I found on google not specifically made for M3 pro but its stated device model is x6_v5_x50, which is the same as with the Maimeite M3 Pro. Looking up the x6_v5_x50 on google revealed that there are lot of chinese clone models who share the same motherboard, chipset and their firmwares are all based on Android kitkat 4.4.2. My plan was to search and download any firmware for x6_v5_x50 that is free and copy its system.img to replace the same one on the original firmware of Maimeite M3 Pro. It worked and the phone became usable again. The system.img that I flashed on the phone was from the firmware of Note30 plus which is also a chinese clone. But again, it came preinstalled with adwares and getting root access was unsuccessful.
Since this ported firmware that I made is unrootable, I decided to unpack the system.img and deleted the apk and odex files of the suspicious apps. I've also edited the build.prop and changed the value of qemu.hw.mainkeys to 1 to disable softkeys because these are enabled by default and the Maimeite M3 pro uses capacitive buttons instead. Then I repacked the system.img and flashed it on the phone...Problem Solved!
Now the phone works wonderfully and adware free. Maybe there are folks out there who'll need this firmware so I decided to share it here....Make sure that if you use the SP Flash Tool, all the boxes are ticked, if not, you may need to point the location of the file. I assume that you already know how to use the SP Flash Tool. There are many tutorials out there if this is the first time you heard the tool.