Hi guys girls sorry i took so long to get this guide up had to find a few things first well this is a guide if you want to debrand your phone from orange to original firmware simfree. This will also remove the boot logo and the motionblur crap this guide can also be used if you have damaged your device and cannot get it to boot or damaged firmware shall we.
STEP 1 Download usb drivers here below
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/Handset_USB_Driver/?pubid=987654
STEP 2 Download the debranded Firmware here (note you can also use the uk one with motionblur its your choice for debranded use the RUTEM_U3_01.14.2 Central Europe
http://and-developers.com/sbf:ruth#bootloaders
STEP 3 Download RDSLite Latest is v4.5.3 here below
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/a1200-applications/13457-rsdlite-download-here.html
STEP 4 Install the USB Drivers and the RDSLite program and reboot PC
STEP 5 Extract the firmware file you downloaded a while ago to c:\Program files\Motorola\RSDLite place the folder you extracted there.
STEP 6 Start the RSDite program now where it says filename press the select area and find the downloaded firmware in c:\Program files\Motorola\RSDLite and select the (sbf) file some details will apear on the right hand side.
STEP 7 Now power down your phone and press the up button on the dpad and press the power button for 4 seconds and release the power button only you should see a bootmenu displayed reading the boot vershion and a simple battrey check etc.Now plug in your usb cable it should start loading usb driver wait for it to finish and your ready you should see where it says (port type) your usb connected in RDS Lite this means your ready to flash.
STEP 8 Press the start button on the RDS Lite and just relax while your device gets flashed,debranded etc. you will see a progress status on the right hand side wait till it reaches 100% but please do not disconect it will reboot the phone automaticly and restart the phone.And just wait untill android comes up and fully running untill you disconnect it should read (PLEASE START PHONE MANUALY) on RDS Lite when this shows it is safe to unplug.
STEP 9 Hopefully you now have a debranded phone and or unbricked your phone if it all went wrong for you please read carfully word by word and try the procedure again thankyou and enjoy.
Wow! Thank you!
I haven't tried this yet, but I'd really like to get rid of the moroblur, since currently it is only taking up space.
Does it mean that maybe in the not too distant future we might have custom roms? That's really cool!
awesome to know, I'm currently thinking of getting this phone and the only thing really holding me back is the motoblur on it.
DownTheCross said:
awesome to know, I'm currently thinking of getting this phone and the only thing really holding me back is the motoblur on it.
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Well yes it does get rid of the motion blur and also the horrible orange logo is replaced by a android one and no orange branding anywhere its the official europe firmware. For those of you that want motionblur but debrand then simply just use the other uk with motionblur rom simple hope this guide help people thats what i am here for enjoy.Oh and its as easy as 123
who developed this roms ?
will it work on other country flipouts ?
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who developed this roms ?
will it work on other country flipouts ?
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They are all official motorola roms singned and only flash uk phone with the uk rom or europe rom uk rom is debranded motionblur rom and europe rom is debranded no motionblur rom.
but what is the diferecens betwen phones from other countrys? the frequency ? or the radio is separately from the rom ?
motorola relased the debranded no motoblur rom ?
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but what is the diferecens betwen phones from other countrys? the frequency ? or the radio is separately from the rom ?
motorola relased the debranded no motoblur rom ?
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Bands are diferent and launguage.
i'm used to htc win mobile, the rom is totaly separated from the band (radio)
So anyone actually tried this guide if you did and it worked please post your comments.
I have flash the to China rom an it works well on flipout which i bought it in uk.
Anyone can down the UK rom yet? I can't download the rom in that website.
RSD lite update to 4.6 now.
u.115.com/file/f391489d24 (chinese)
I flashed yesterday my flipout which was locked from orange.
The phone is now withouy motoblur and orange Brand but it still sim locked.
The phone is much faster and the guide is very easy to do it.
Thanks a lot
Thanx, worked for me quite easy ;-)
I have just one problem, my german keyboard layout (with ä, ö, ü usw.) is gone. any idea, how i can get the layout back?
jyfans110 said:
I have flash the to China rom an it works well on flipout which i bought it in uk.
Anyone can down the UK rom yet? I can't download the rom in that website.
RSD lite update to 4.6 now.
u.115.com/file/f391489d24 (chinese)
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Try now with my debranding links the uk rom is now working in the downloads area.
German ROM
Anybody know where i can find the german original rom?
a friend of mine would make a fix for the keyboard layout.
Are there any de-branded images for the Motorola Charm MB502? From what I understand, hardware-wise it's almost identical to the Flipout.
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Are there any de-branded images for the Motorola Charm MB502? From what I understand, hardware-wise it's almost identical to the Flipout.
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http://modmymobile.com/forums/579-motorola-charm/
probly get some here soon
Noob inside
Hi there,
just bought the flipout (mainly because of his formfactor) and looking forward to have fun making the most of it. But, because I'm a noob, I have questions
Is your guide specific to Orange operator (mine is Bouygues - french one)?
What do you mean by "original firmware simfree"? That's motorola's implementation?
Last but most important question : does my questions make sense?
Kisses to all, receiving my flipout tomorrow
I flashed the UK rom as stated here and it bricked my flipout. I got 3 of them from AT&T for a penny each because of a 3 hour special. I had one to play around and i bricked it. Fresh install of windows 7, fresh downloads and fresh installs. No funny hardware or RAID configurations and nothing but new updates and essential software installed.
RSD went through the process and everything finished with an OK and PASS. When phone rebooted, it said "Critical Error" and thats it. it then reboots few more times and goes into Recovery Mode. I flashed it again using the Chinese w/ Moto Blur rom and the same thing. I figured by this point its either needing an actual US Rom or it's really done for. I downloaded the bootloader and flashed that with no problems. same error and same recovery screen. tried flashing the chinese rom again and same error on reboot. Perhaps the phone was just a bad phone and already was going to have problems. I've rooted/flashed about 50 android phones and never ran into one that got bricked. Just thought I'd post this up for others..
pcnerd said:
I flashed the UK rom as stated here and it bricked my flipout. I got 3 of them from AT&T for a penny each because of a 3 hour special. I had one to play around and i bricked it. Fresh install of windows 7, fresh downloads and fresh installs. No funny hardware or RAID configurations and nothing but new updates and essential software installed.
RSD went through the process and everything finished with an OK and PASS. When phone rebooted, it said "Critical Error" and thats it. it then reboots few more times and goes into Recovery Mode. I flashed it again using the Chinese w/ Moto Blur rom and the same thing. I figured by this point its either needing an actual US Rom or it's really done for. I downloaded the bootloader and flashed that with no problems. same error and same recovery screen. tried flashing the chinese rom again and same error on reboot. Perhaps the phone was just a bad phone and already was going to have problems. I've rooted/flashed about 50 android phones and never ran into one that got bricked. Just thought I'd post this up for others..
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Probly cause of it being a us phone they work on a different band so thats probly the problem i would say you need the rom for your region this was a debranding guide for uk orange rom as stated anything else is not guarenteed.
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Hi everyone,
Have just purchased a new Galaxy Y here in China and restored to original factory settings however everything is in Chinese which isn't a problem as I can change the language to English however all the default Google Apps are missing and replaced with Chinese equivalents it seems so I'm unable to use them.
So... how can I restore it to a version of Android something functional for me? I'm on mac os x lion with vmware for any windows apps I need and am computer literate enough to attempt anything like flashing a device / updating a rom but have no idea where to start with this. Have read some docs on Odin but they made little sense at first because I don't quite know what steps I need to take in order to carry out this task. I've found various Roms but these are India, Netherlands, Greece versions, does anyone know of a UK version?
Any pointers would help greatly, thanks in advance!
Update: Just came across http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800 so am reading through here however I'm not sure which ROM to go for, the European pack work with sim cards in Asia?
Rich
first thing that the initial setup offers after full reset, is to change the language. It's the button on the the right hand side of the screen. if you press the green android, it's too late. then you must navigate to language setup by memory.
mai77 said:
first thing that the initial setup offers after full reset, is to change the language. It's the button on the the right hand side of the screen. if you press the green android, it's too late. then you must navigate to language setup by memory.
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I've changed the language but it's a custom Chinese rom as China bans everything google so I need to get it on a normal UK Android setup or something, maybe the European pack from the aforementioned link?
Current versions as follows:
PDA: S5360ZCKK2
PHONE: S5360ZCKK2
CSC: S5360ZHKK2
richd86 said:
I've changed the language but it's a custom Chinese rom as China bans everything google so I need to get it on a normal UK Android setup or something, maybe the European pack from the aforementioned link?
Current versions as follows:
PDA: S5360ZCKK2
PHONE: S5360ZCKK2
CSC: S5360ZHKK2
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Try and check Docky stock Rom under android development. He has european firmware. Flash it via Odin. There are guide how to flash via Odin in his thread if im not mistaken. Hope it helps.
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axilefoo said:
Try and check Docky stock Rom under android development. He has european firmware. Flash it via Odin. There are guide how to flash via Odin in his thread if im not mistaken. Hope it helps.
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Thank you for this, am just looking at Docky's stock roms now. Seems like the phone isn't locked to any specific network as accepts both Hong Kong and UK sim cards at the moment. I'm a little confused about setting the CSC and provider/region stuff after flashing it, basically I'm in Asia for the next 10 months and will have various sim cards from different countries and want them all to work. Possible do you think? Or will I have to flash to country specific firmware/csc relative to the sim card I'm inserting?
richd86 said:
Thank you for this, am just looking at Docky's stock roms now. Seems like the phone isn't locked to any specific network as accepts both Hong Kong and UK sim cards at the moment. I'm a little confused about setting the CSC and provider/region stuff after flashing it, basically I'm in Asia for the next 10 months and will have various sim cards from different countries and want them all to work. Possible do you think? Or will I have to flash to country specific firmware/csc relative to the sim card I'm inserting?
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Well, Im in Asia country too. I tried Docky's Custom ROM which is based on XX which is European firmware and my phone works together with the SIM provider and network. So, the CSC is basically the language supported by your phone (based on my experience). Thus, Im sure you can use European firmware when you are in Asia country
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Well, Im in Asia country too. I tried Docky's Custom ROM which is based on XX which is European firmware and my phone works together with the SIM provider and network. So, the CSC is basically the language supported by your phone (based on my experience). Thus, Im sure you can use European firmware when you are in Asia country
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Small world hehe I'm currently downloading S5360_XXLA2_OXXLA2_XXLA2_by_Doky.zip which seems to be the latest european multilingual build so hopefully that will do the trick. I'll let you know how I get on, thanks for the tips.
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Small world hehe I'm currently downloading S5360_XXLA2_OXXLA2_XXLA2_by_Doky.zip which seems to be the latest european multilingual build so hopefully that will do the trick. I'll let you know how I get on, thanks for the tips.
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Cool. Cant wait to hear from you soon. Good luck
I think the simpliest way to solve this is to update its firmware via samsung kies, besides its the official update you can get and you'll be sure it'll be safe. Ive updated mine through this method and havent tried the ODIN thing. Good luck though
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Cool. Cant wait to hear from you soon. Good luck
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Woo hoooo I have a working phone, or should I say a phone which I can understand. It took a while because I couldn't find a decent internet connection where I was but having found one the process, following Doky's instructions, was painless - what a result! Thanks for your help!
richd86 said:
Woo hoooo I have a working phone, or should I say a phone which I can understand. It took a while because I couldn't find a decent internet connection where I was but having found one the process, following Doky's instructions, was painless - what a result! Thanks for your help!
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No problem! Enjoy
Asian driver for Galaxy Young ?
richd86 said:
Woo hoooo I have a working phone, or should I say a phone which I can understand....
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Hi,
I really appreciate all the posting which is done on this site, and it has helped me many times (as I often act as the 'family' technician who can fix things).
But this time, I inherited a bricked Vietnamese Galaxy Young. The issue I have is that event though I installed ODIN in its most recent release, the phone in DOWNLOAD mode is not recognized on the 2 computers I usually use on other Samsung phones.
Is there an Asian-specific driver which needs to be used?
Alas, the phone was backed up using the CWM backup, but it refuses to boot into CWM (just hangs at logo). The only mode it boots into is Downlaod mode. But it need to be recognized correctly before Odin can do anything
Thanks for suggestions
Marc, from France
mwrmwr said:
Hi,
I really appreciate all the posting which is done on this site, and it has helped me many times (as I often act as the 'family' technician who can fix things).
But this time, I inherited a bricked Vietnamese Galaxy Young. The issue I have is that event though I installed ODIN in its most recent release, the phone in DOWNLOAD mode is not recognized on the 2 computers I usually use on other Samsung phones.
Is there an Asian-specific driver which needs to be used?
Alas, the phone was backed up using the CWM backup, but it refuses to boot into CWM (just hangs at logo). The only mode it boots into is Downlaod mode. But it need to be recognized correctly before Odin can do anything
Thanks for suggestions
Marc, from France
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make sure samsung usb drivers are installed - use rear usb ports not front ones and you can try a different usb cable (there is no specific regional driver just a generic samsung usb driver)
once in download mode connect usb cable to pc
push vol up on phone to start connection (wait a 30 secs in case drivers start installing)
open odin 3.07
if it is connected it will say com then a number in a coloured box under com:id on the left hand side
Steps to Flash Taiwanese or European ROM on Mainland Chinese T328W
Disclaimer: I m not claiming any credit for the tools. The tools are developed by other smart guys (some based in mainland China), and all the credit goes to them. I am merely collating and translating information here for the benefit of t328w users outside China.
And flashing ROM is a risky process as always. Use it at your own risk and have fun!
This is a general approach, and should work with ROMs or Official RUU from different regional replease or different version. In particular, this method should install the 100% stock version of Taiwanese or European ROM to your phone, without running into the CID unmatched problem. It does not change or upgrade Radio in the process.
REQUIREMENT:
unlocked bootloader
custom recovery
STEPS:
1) Download the pseudo flashing tool: HTC_T328w_1.56.1402.6_BackToOriginal_modified.rar
The download link: http://d-h.st/Hq2
This is a pseudo flashing tool that pretends to behave like the official flashing tool, and thus enable any unlocked phone to flash back a modified version (Slim down and rooted) of the OTA 1.56.1402.6 stock ROM. Don’t worry too much about this ROM as it is only needed as an intermediary process.
2) Unzip the file in a convenient location (e.g. desktop), it should contain several files including a ROM.ZIP.
3) Reboot the phone into “BOOTLOADER” by restarting (or switch on) the phone and pressing “POWER” and “VOLUME DOWN” at the same time. Then go into “FASTBOOT”.
4) Connect the t328w to PC via USB cable. The phone should now display “FASTBOOT USB”
5) Open the file HTC pseudo flashing tool.exe from step 2. Half the interface is in Chinese but don’t worry! It’s straightforward enough. The functions are as follow:
B – Enter Bootloader;
S – go into Flashing Mode
F – Flash the pseudo official ROM
Q – Reboot from Flashing Mode
I – developer’s information
what we need to use are S and F.
6) Press S and ENTER, then Y and ENTER to confirm. This will bring your phone into Flashing Mode. The screen will be displaying a big HTC logo in the middle of it and nothing else.
7) Press F and ENTER, then Y and ENTER to confirm. This will start the pseudo flashing process to flash the content of the ROM.ZIP into your phone.
8) When its done, reboot. The phone will be flashed with the pseudo official ROM.
NOW, THE INTERESTING STEPS:
The tool is created in such a way that you can flash a great variety of different custom ROM as if they are official ROM files. All that needed to be done is change what’s inside of the ROM.ZIP file.
9) Unzip two files from official RUU Taiwan version (PL11IMG_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_hTC_Asia_TW_1.59.709.3_Radio_1.05.34D.29_20.21.30.23U_release_264969_signed): BOOT_SIGNED.IMG and SYSTEM.IMG
see here for the Taiwan RUU url:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1714317
10) Open the ROM.ZIP using WINRAR as it is, do not extract or unpack.
11) Select the BOOT.IMG and SYSTEM.IMG, and click “Delete” on WINRAR.
12) Click “ADD” on WINRAR, and add the two files (“BOOT_SIGNED.IMG “ and “SYSTEM.IMG”) from the official Taiwanese ROM RUU from step 9. (DO NOT RENAME THE BOOT FILES! Leave it as BOOT_SIGNED.IMG). Save it as ROM.ZIP
13) Replace the ROM.ZIP from step 2 with the ROM.ZIP from step 12.
14) Repeat step 3 to step 8.
Alternatively, I have created a ROM_Taiwan.ZIP that was based off step 9-12.
The download link: http://d-h.st/v8B
You can download this file and go straight to step 13.
JOB DONE!
RADIO:
This method works on all radio version. There are mainly two radios version at the moment for the Chinese mainland t328w:
the original t328w is on 1.04.34D.11_20.11.30.11U
the OTA upgraded t328w is on 1.06.34D.05_20.22.30.23U
The 1.06.34D.05_20.22.30.23U is a different radio compared with the Taiwanese or European release. But it is a great bug fixing radio and massively improves the performance of t328w. I am using it in U.K. with no signal problem at all with this radio.
This method will NOT update Radio as the phone itself is S-ON. I am not aware of S-OFF method for this phone at this stage.
To update radio, you need to restore phone to stock Chinese status, do an OTA, and repeat the steps above.
ROOT:
Depends on if you have the OTA or not, the root methods can be different. Several root method that worked on the initial stock version will not work after OTA. See other thread for root methods.
wow, thank you so much, I'm gonna try this when I get home. I've been going crazy with Chinese version (I live in Vietnam) and unable to use Google play! Hopefully it'd work! Thanks again!
Edit: I re-locked my t328w, is it possible to do this with re-locked status?
awesome
cezent said:
Steps to Flash Taiwanese or European ROM on Mainland Chinese T328W
Disclaimer: I m not claiming any credit for the tools. The tools are developed by other smart guys (some based in mainland China), and all the credit goes to them. I am merely collating and translating information here for the benefit of t328w users outside China.
And flashing ROM is a risky process as always. Use it at your own risk and have fun!
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I have followed the steps from gfan and mobile01 and flashed the Taiwanese version ROM yesterday. I have tried but failed to translation the method into English. Your traslation is faultless.
bug report after flash the Taiwanese version ROM: Wandoujia (the most popular andriod devices manage software for PC in China) recongnises my T328w as HTC desire (G7) .
File not found! It is still uploading?
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File not found! It is still uploading?
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Uploaded to a different source. Should work now.
nam207 said:
wow, thank you so much, I'm gonna try this when I get home. I've been going crazy with Chinese version (I live in Vietnam) and unable to use Google play! Hopefully it'd work! Thanks again!
Edit: I re-locked my t328w, is it possible to do this with re-locked status?
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this tool requires unlocked bootloader, so u need to unlock again. should be a simple process.
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I have followed the steps from gfan and mobile01 and flashed the Taiwanese version ROM yesterday. I have tried but failed to translation the method into English. Your traslation is faultless.
bug report after flash the Taiwanese version ROM: Wandoujia (the most popular andriod devices manage software for PC in China) recongnises my T328w as HTC desire (G7) .
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unfortunatley there is no real quick solution to this one. the problem is with Wandoujia, not with the ROM.
The ROM will flash your phone into 100% stock Taiwanese or European version. This means in About - Phone identity - phone Model number will be converted into "HTC Desire V" instead of t328w.
Unless wandoujia data base is updated to include Desire V, it won't really identify the phone correctly.
Maybe I should give it a try,Thanks.
did anyone have PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed ZIP file?
plz upload it or post link to download it
thanks!
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did anyone have PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed ZIP file?
plz upload it or post link to download it
thanks!
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Google is your friend: (remove spaces i'am a new member and no links allowed)
ht tps: // docs.google.com / uc?id=0B5l6 hlK799AFMFdma0xKRXNrYlU&export=download
edit : oh its an exe file although i think it is what you want to have
Run the .exe until a dialog appears. Leave the program (dont exit) and go to your %temp% folder. There you will find 2 subfolders with a hash ID (look at created date/time to find these). Inside 1 of these folders you will find rom.zip. In this file look for system.img and boot_signed.img
I'm currently trying this procedure to flash the Europe version. I will post the result.
Just installed Europe version. Great it seems to work!
Google play is installed by default.
There seem to be 2 settings for language. I think (although i'am quite new to android) 1 language is for the system language and the other language is for the phone dictionary for messaging.
The system languages provide only a lot of different eastern europe languages and different variants. I (being Dutch) selected Russian English. For the dictionary setting I could see all major European languages.
The phone keypad still has some eastern europe characters. Not that anoying. You can also see 'normal' abc characters.
[deleted, update: after a while I was able to use web interface of google play]. The google play app lets me install all the apps i couldnt install before with the chinese rom.
I'm not sure if the radio has been updated but now I have 2 full bars which I i'am sure wasn't like that with the chinese rom.
So far I'am verry happy!
Still have to test some things that didn't work before.
Edit : cheered too fast. Mobile reception has increased. 3G connection won't go further then GPRS at my house ... which was HSDPA most often. Hopefully because of the bad weather...
Still I do have internet on most of my apps. However browsing doesn't work and randomly apps stop to have an internet connection. However facebook app always works. Anyone any clues why? This was before the ROM update and also after same behavoir.
jp1980 said:
I'm not sure if the radio has been updated but now I have 2 full bars which I i'am sure wasn't like that with the chinese rom.
So far I'am verry happy!
Still have to test some things that didn't work before.
Edit : cheered too fast. Mobile reception has increased. 3G connection won't go further then GPRS at my house ... which was HSDPA most often. Hopefully because of the bad weather...
Still I do have internet on most of my apps. However browsing doesn't work and randomly apps stop to have an internet connection. However facebook app always works. Anyone any clues why? This was before the ROM update and also after same behavoir.
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I think the issue is with ur radio.
Check ur radio version, it sounds like u have the 1st release radio 1.04.34D.11_20.11.30.11U
That radio version has known issue including unstable signal and dropping lines randomly, thats why HTC issued an OTA for this.the OTA upgraded t328w is on 1.06.34D.05_20.22.30.23U.
The European and Taiwanese Desire V has radio 1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U and 1.05.34D.29_20.21.30.23U. I m not sure if the 1.06 radio is definitely newer as it could simply be a different regional release, but I would assume the 1.06 is the latest ROM for the t328w variant.
The Desire V is Radio S-On, which means only stock phone with locked bootloader can change radio version. As mentioned in my original post, flashing ROM won't update the radio.
The radio included in t328w s OTA is much better with significant stability improvement, and it worked very well on mine with the Taiwanese ROM. I would recommend restore the phone back to stock, OTA, then reFlash ur European ROM.
What u need to do is the following:
1) Do a backup in CWM recovery
2) relock bootloader
3) get the RUU ( the .exe file) for the first release of the phone, boot ur phone into fastboot, run RUU to restore ur phone to factory states
4) OTA
5) unlock bootloader again
6) flash modified recovery
7) wipe and restore from the backup in step 1. (or reFlash the European or Taiwanese rom from beginning )
I would also recommend root ur phone before starting this process. The OTA locked some partition on the phone, which makes rooting afterwards slightly tricky (ADB won't work any more), but there are still easy way to do it.
Anyway, I ll write another guide for the radio upgrade when I ve got the time.
WORKED
I have a chinese version. I was unable to do anything. Bloat chinese software slowed my phone, and I can't use Google play.
Followed exactly the steps you gave and my t328w has become Desire V. Who cares? As long as everything works, and they are (google play, wifi, 3g, dual sim)
So thank you very much for Russion version (Europe?)
Can u give me another link plz????
jp1980 said:
Google is your friend: (remove spaces i'am a new member and no links allowed)
ht tps: // docs.google.com / uc?id=0B5l6 hlK799AFMFdma0xKRXNrYlU&export=download
edit : oh its an exe file although i think it is what you want to have
Run the .exe until a dialog appears. Leave the program (dont exit) and go to your %temp% folder. There you will find 2 subfolders with a hash ID (look at created date/time to find these). Inside 1 of these folders you will find rom.zip. In this file look for system.img and boot_signed.img
I'm currently trying this procedure to flash the Europe version. I will post the result.
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PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05. 34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed ZIP NEEEEEEEDDDDD
ht tps: // docs.google.com / uc?id=0B5l6 hlK799AFMFdma0xKRXNrYlU&export=download
NOT WORKING
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PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05. 34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed ZIP NEEEEEEEDDDDD
ht tps: // docs.google.com / uc?id=0B5l6 hlK799AFMFdma0xKRXNrYlU&export=download
NOT WORKING
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Try this (still you could have found this easally with google)
http: // hotfile.com/dl/158782968/55e3eb6/RUU_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Europe_1.59.401.1_Radio_1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U_release_263747_signed.exe. html
generic rom?
I found a "Generic ROM" from a Chinese forum http :// bbs.zhangku. com/thread-102863-1-1.html.
http ://down2.zhangku.com/htcrom2/Desire_V/PL11IMG_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Generic_1.37.997.1_Radio_1.04.34D.12_20.11.30.11U_test_256967.zip
I downloaded but failed to flash into my Desire V.
Any recommend?
kingcedz said:
I think the issue is with ur radio.
Check ur radio version, it sounds like u have the 1st release radio 1.04.34D.11_20.11.30.11U
That radio version has known issue including unstable signal and dropping lines randomly, thats why HTC issued an OTA for this.the OTA upgraded t328w is on 1.06.34D.05_20.22.30.23U.
The European and Taiwanese Desire V has radio 1.05.34D.25_20.20.30.22U and 1.05.34D.29_20.21.30.23U. I m not sure if the 1.06 radio is definitely newer as it could simply be a different regional release, but I would assume the 1.06 is the latest ROM for the t328w variant.
The Desire V is Radio S-On, which means only stock phone with locked bootloader can change radio version. As mentioned in my original post, flashing ROM won't update the radio.
The radio included in t328w s OTA is much better with significant stability improvement, and it worked very well on mine with the Taiwanese ROM. I would recommend restore the phone back to stock, OTA, then reFlash ur European ROM.
What u need to do is the following:
1) Do a backup in CWM recovery
2) relock bootloader
3) get the RUU ( the .exe file) for the first release of the phone, boot ur phone into fastboot, run RUU to restore ur phone to factory states
4) OTA
5) unlock bootloader again
6) flash modified recovery
7) wipe and restore from the backup in step 1. (or reFlash the European or Taiwanese rom from beginning )
I would also recommend root ur phone before starting this process. The OTA locked some partition on the phone, which makes rooting afterwards slightly tricky (ADB won't work any more), but there are still easy way to do it.
Anyway, I ll write another guide for the radio upgrade when I ve got the time.
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Hi Kingdez, many thanks. I think it might be a radio problem. My radio is still 1.04.
I do have the europe RUU which contains radio 1.05. I can't find 1.06 anywhere.
I would love to update the radio.
I will be fine with the procedure except for step 4 and step 6. When you have time could you explain those in detail? Many many thanks!
koyfee said:
I found a "Generic ROM" from a Chinese forum http :// bbs.zhangku. com/thread-102863-1-1.html.
http ://down2.zhangku.com/htcrom2/Desire_V/PL11IMG_PRIMO_DS_ICS_40A_HTC_Generic_1.37.997.1_Radio_1.04.34D.12_20.11.30.11U_test_256967.zip
I downloaded but failed to flash into my Desire V.
Any recommend?
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Not seen this ROM before, interesting as it is generic without regional codes ( HTCCN or Asia..etc). Have u tried taking out the system and boot.img from this file, and replaces them with my what's in my original post?
jp1980 said:
Hi Kingdez, many thanks. I think it might be a radio problem. My radio is still 1.04.
I do have the europe RUU which contains radio 1.05. I can't find 1.06 anywhere.
I would love to update the radio.
I will be fine with the procedure except for step 4 and step 6. When you have time could you explain those in detail? Many many thanks!
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Once u factory reset with an RUU with a locked bootloader, OTA should ve straight forward. Check for update and accept.
The next 2-3 steps goes back to unlock the phone all over again.
I ll try to put sth together on radio upgrades
kingcedz said:
Not seen this ROM before, interesting as it is generic without regional codes ( HTCCN or Asia..etc). Have u tried taking out the system and boot.img from this file, and replaces them with my what's in my original post?
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Not yet. I think it would work well.
I have unpackaged the system image file and I found some appliactions (Renren, Sina music, Sina weibo, etc.), customized for Chinese users . And NO mobile operators customized apps were found. NO google service apps stocked too.
So I think the name "Generic" is as distingushed from operators customized. It's still for China.
Hi there guys searched around and relaly dont see a similiar problem I am having and any help would be appreciated. So I flashed the ics leak forthe unrooted v ersion of my att&t nitro that worked fine(its the exact same one as hono's but for unrooted roms) Anyways now that att official is coming out I wish to downgrade back to a stock rom so it will update to official. problem is during the unbrick method as its at some points in broken english(not a dis) just saying can get a bit confusing.
So I get to the step where the lg tool is updating and reboots phone and phone is back on and we are at about 93 percent that the problem occurs. the program(lg tool) says that there is a problem with the usb connection to the phone communicating please pull out usb remove battery and turn phone back on and hit restart ive tried that and still gets to same point to eventually program gives up and say exit.
ive reinstalled teh shttp server and all the tools redownloaded the linked kdz file etc...cant i just flash the official att rom since im not actually bricked. or is it better to dowgrade and redo it how i am trying to do now. Any hlep is appreciated seems as newer phones come out things get more confusing then easier
talrune said:
Hi there guys searched around and relaly dont see a similiar problem I am having and any help would be appreciated. So I flashed the ics leak forthe unrooted v ersion of my att&t nitro that worked fine(its the exact same one as hono's but for unrooted roms) Anyways now that att official is coming out I wish to downgrade back to a stock rom so it will update to official. problem is during the unbrick method as its at some points in broken english(not a dis) just saying can get a bit confusing.
So I get to the step where the lg tool is updating and reboots phone and phone is back on and we are at about 93 percent that the problem occurs. the program(lg tool) says that there is a problem with the usb connection to the phone communicating please pull out usb remove battery and turn phone back on and hit restart ive tried that and still gets to same point to eventually program gives up and say exit.
ive reinstalled teh shttp server and all the tools redownloaded the linked kdz file etc...cant i just flash the official att rom since im not actually bricked. or is it better to dowgrade and redo it how i am trying to do now. Any hlep is appreciated seems as newer phones come out things get more confusing then easier
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i recommend you to use the original data cable that came alongwith the phone package and the usb ports at the back of the pc !
do this and try again !
yeah I am using the data cable that came with it and using the usb ports on back of pc. also i assume I cannot access the adb commands via the command line if phone isnt rooted correct? because i have t ried but thats a no go but as i said i assume thats because im not rooted.
You shouldn't have any reason to downgrade. You should just be able to use the LG tool to install the new ICS version when it "officially" comes out without any fuss.
If you want to install it right away (but slightly more difficult method), then follow the unbricking guide but use the new AT&T KDZ file instead of the one listed in the guide. And stop after it flashes that because you're done.
ok i assume the new att kdz is on this forum so i will look for it and give it a go i know the link hono had up yesterday for official attv20 was dead link.
oh another question when ya luanch the R&D test tool(UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe ) for select type do i leave it at cdma? and for phone mode leave it in diag? or should it be in emergency or cs_emergency that is not listed in the guide
ok got it to work i had to block the 127.0.0.1 lgmobile line in host and rebooted computer and pointed model dll on the R&D tool to the one in kd folder and then used the v20 official att ics and slet it stay on korean as country but chose english as language,thanks for hte help.
hi guys, i got a new HTC ONE M8 from China Mobile 3 days ago, when i got home i realized that it works with Sina Weibo instead of asking me for my google acount like all the previous Android phones i had before, i went to the store asked for a refund.. not happening. I paid 800 bucks for a phone i cant use.. so i went ahead and tried to solve the issue and root it, i followed a threat here every instruction but i messed up somehow and at the end i wasnt able to enter the recovery mode, so i couldnt install the rom i downloaded (this is the guide i followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2705292 ) so being unable to do anything i went to a tech today, he charged me 100 bucks to "solve the problem" and he was able to S-OFF the phone and i was finally able to get into recovery mode with TWRP but he said he didnt have any rom cause the phone was too new.. so i came back home where i had the ones i downloaded from the link i posted above... followed the insutrctions and installed the rom, everything seemed to be fine but then when it rebooted, nothing happens, the phone is stuck on fastboot mode and wont load into the operating system, i have tried to reboot a million times, updated the kernel , updated the twrp... still nothing. i am in china and have been trying to find another tech.. no luck at all. can someone help me or give me ideas on what to do? i would really appreciate the help!
maoa2121 said:
hi guys, i got a new HTC ONE M8 from China Mobile 3 days ago, when i got home i realized that it works with Sina Weibo instead of asking me for my google acount like all the previous Android phones i had before, i went to the store asked for a refund.. not happening. I paid 800 bucks for a phone i cant use.. so i went ahead and tried to solve the issue and root it, i followed a threat here every instruction but i messed up somehow and at the end i wasnt able to enter the recovery mode, so i couldnt install the rom i downloaded (this is the guide i followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2705292 ) so being unable to do anything i went to a tech today, he charged me 100 bucks to "solve the problem" and he was able to S-OFF the phone and i was finally able to get into recovery mode with TWRP but he said he didnt have any rom cause the phone was too new.. so i came back home where i had the ones i downloaded from the link i posted above... followed the insutrctions and installed the rom, everything seemed to be fine but then when it rebooted, nothing happens, the phone is stuck on fastboot mode and wont load into the operating system, i have tried to reboot a million times, updated the kernel , updated the twrp... still nothing. i am in china and have been trying to find another tech.. no luck at all. can someone help me or give me ideas on what to do? i would really appreciate the help!
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hi..my m8 china is stuck on boot and now it is totally dead after flashing it with a wrong ROM.. i searched the internet for the right firmware but found nothing..please where can i get the right ROM ..pls pls it would be a big help if you could give me the download link:crying:
marchjunah07 said:
hi..my m8 china is stuck on boot and now it is totally dead after flashing it with a wrong ROM.. i searched the internet for the right firmware but found nothing..please where can i get the right ROM ..pls pls it would be a big help if you could give me the download link:crying:
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You should be able to just flash any GSM ROM unless the Chinese model is a different variant. You could have bricked it, never a good idea to flash incorrect ROM for a device.
May I ask what ROM did you flash and for what device?
marchjunah07 said:
hi..my m8 china is stuck on boot and now it is totally dead after flashing it with a wrong ROM.. i searched the internet for the right firmware but found nothing..please where can i get the right ROM ..pls pls it would be a big help if you could give me the download link:crying:
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What does "totally dead" mean? Any charge LED? Any response when connected to a computer.
Also, not a good idea to dig up a thread from 5 months ago, with limited relevance. The top post did different steps, and was stuck in fastboot, which doesn't sound the same as your situation.
redpoint73 said:
What does "totally dead" mean? Any charge LED? Any response when connected to a computer.
Also, not a good idea to dig up a thread from 5 months ago, with limited relevance. The top post did different steps, and was stuck in fastboot, which doesn't sound the same as your situation.
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Well at least we know he did some searching before he posted
BerndM14 said:
Well at least we know he did some searching before he posted
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And that his favorite color is fuchsia.
Just downloaded this:
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.co.il/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html?m=1
put on microsd using a card reader/adapter
Enter twrp, choose install from zip, choose microsd, and install.
K-a-M-u-Z-u said:
Just downloaded this:
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.co.il/p/android-revolution-hd-mirror-site-var.html?m=1
put on microsd using a card reader/adapter
Enter twrp, choose install from zip, choose microsd, and install.
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Link doesn't work. Sure it's m8 version?
KJ said:
Link doesn't work. Sure it's m8 version?
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its a link to all RevolutionHD versions, the htc one m8 links are on the top.
here are direct links:
HTC One 2014 (M8)
KitKat (Android 4.4.3 + HTC Sense 6.0)
Download Android Revolution HD 11.2
Stock KitKat (Android 4.4.3 + HTC Sense 6.0)
Download stock odexed 2.22.401.4
Download stock de-odexed 2.22.401.4
Download stock recovery 2.22.401.4
md1008 said:
You should be able to just flash any GSM ROM unless the Chinese model is a different variant. You could have bricked it, never a good idea to flash incorrect ROM for a device.
May I ask what ROM did you flash and for what device?
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i flashed it with ROM for mt6572 m8 4.2.2 android, but the model manufacturer is different.. mine was xiaoxing china.. i think i bricked it..is there any other way to bring it back to life?
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redpoint73 said:
What does "totally dead" mean? Any charge LED? Any response when connected to a computer.
Also, not a good idea to dig up a thread from 5 months ago, with limited relevance. The top post did different steps, and was stuck in fastboot, which doesn't sound the same as your situation.
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dead as not charging when connected via usb..doesn't power on at all, download mode cannot be set. .but computer with mtk driver installed in it can detect the phone. .
here are the phone specs:
mt6572
model: m8
manufacturer: xiaoxing
android ver: 4.2.2
sw version: alps.jb3.mp.v1
is there any other way to bring it back to life? plss help
xiaoxing m8 flash solved
md1008 said:
You should be able to just flash any GSM ROM unless the Chinese model is a different variant. You could have bricked it, never a good idea to flash incorrect ROM for a device.
May I ask what ROM did you flash and for what device?
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hi again. .thanks to those who helped me here xda members/mentors ..after 3 weeks, i was able to flash my xiaoxing m8 using sp flash tool version 2.111 and a downloaded ROM from google. .for those with thesame problem, use older version sp flash tool and a lot of patience ..
HTC One M8 ROM
marchjunah07 said:
hi again. .thanks to those who helped me here xda members/mentors ..after 3 weeks, i was able to flash my xiaoxing m8 using sp flash tool version 2.111 and a downloaded ROM from google. .for those with thesame problem, use older version sp flash tool and a lot of patience ..
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May i know where did you find the Old Rom of HTC one M8 China phone? Please Send me a Link. Its for MTK6572.
What Device you have?
Hi,
2 weeks ago I got my P8000 from the german elephone distribution, it came with android 6. It seems to be an other version of the phone, the fingerprint sensor has moved up near the camera.
So my problem is, that I can't find a working rom for this device. I tried to root the phone and after that it did not boot anymore, so I tried to flash the 6.0 stock rom but the screen is white with moving stripes.
Where can I get a working rom for my phone?
Nobody with a new version phone who could take a dump for me?
flo1k said:
Nobody with a new version phone who could take a dump for me?
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I think you should ask elephone (on facebook or some other social medias) for a dump, I don't see any chances that there are many people out there that own the 2016 version... :/
I wrote to the elephone facebook contact but they just pointed me to the BBS with the not working 'old' Rom file.
So if I could get another new P8000 would it be easy to take a dump oft it and flash it to my phone?
flo1k said:
I wrote to the elephone facebook contact but they just pointed me to the BBS with the not working 'old' Rom file.
So if I could get another new P8000 would it be easy to take a dump oft it and flash it to my phone?
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I think you won't have to buy a new device, just point out to them that, that rom on the forum is for the old version and it's not working for your's. I hope they'll provide it for you.
Hey!
I just received this version and would be willing to take the dump, but I don't know how.
MTKDroidTools says unknown rom structure and doesn't allow me to do it.
Any tips?
Emile
Hey Emileh these are great news! I cannot help you with this, but surely someone here can!
Many thanks,
Flo
flo1k said:
Hi,
2 weeks ago I got my P8000 from the german elephone distribution, it came with android 6. It seems to be an other version of the phone, the fingerprint sensor has moved up near the camera.
So my problem is, that I can't find a working rom for this device. I tried to root the phone and after that it did not boot anymore, so I tried to flash the 6.0 stock rom but the screen is white with moving stripes.
Where can I get a working rom for my phone?
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install niew rom
vagca said:
install niew rom
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Sorry, I don't understand
I have at least two P8000(B) - and bricked one of them see this post:http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/help/stock-rom-p8000b-t3434477
The good news are: I still have a working one and could use this as a source to generate a firmware file... if someone could tell me how
I think I have to do the procedure with the SP Flashtool because the display of the faulty phone is not usable
FrauHofrat said:
I think I have to do the procedure with the SP Flashtool because the display of the faulty phone is not usable
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Same as mine. The display controller seems to be another one.
I'm guessing thats just a kernel problem, right? The drivers in the kernel?
FrauHofrat said:
I have at least two P8000(B) - and bricked one of them see this post:http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/help/stock-rom-p8000b-t3434477
The good news are: I still have a working one and could use this as a source to generate a firmware file... if someone could tell me how
I think I have to do the procedure with the SP Flashtool because the display of the faulty phone is not usable
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P8000B is almost impossible to brick. If you install SP flash, and download the correct recovery (like TWRP), and the correct version ROM's with scatter.txt you can recovery the phone in just about any circumstance. I put the P8000B recovery files on my PC, Formatted whole flash and bootloader. After that, the phone was bricked, and wouldn't turn on. Loaded the P8000B system recovery scatter.txt, and SP flash installed it perfectly. Booted fine. With SP flash it's almost impossible not to be able to restore the P8000B as long as you have proper files,
kgoerbig said:
P8000B is almost impossible to brick. If you install SP flash, and download the correct recovery (like TWRP), and the correct version ROM's with scatter.txt you can recovery the phone in just about any circumstance. I put the P8000B recovery files on my PC, Formatted whole flash and bootloader. After that, the phone was bricked, and wouldn't turn on. Loaded the P8000B system recovery scatter.txt, and SP flash installed it perfectly. Booted fine. With SP flash it's almost impossible not to be able to restore the P8000B as long as you have proper files,
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This is mainly correct, but....
With SP flash it's almost impossible not to be able to restore the P8000B as long as you have proper files,
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there is no Stock ROM, no scatter file and I think not even a TWRP or Philz Recovery available for the 'new version' of the P8000 - I call it P8000(B) because it is written on the box of the phone.
Emileh made a good description of the problem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/general/2016-version-fingerprint-scanner-t3436270
But you could help us if you can provide the necessary files....
Is it the us version? It's the same one I have. I'll post a video how to soon
******EDIT******
FrauHofrat, sorry I did not realize that there was a "Rev.2" out for the P8000 US Version. I am surprised Elephone hasn't released a flash-able version for SPflash yet. Honestly, it would be in their best interest to ship any Rev of their US versions w/ TWRP and freely distributing flash-able images/scatter.txt, so if it gets bricked during a failed OTA update, folks would not have to send their phones back to be fixed. I have the Rev 1 of that phone.
Any word on the Elephone forum regarding the Rev. 2 version for images/scatter.txt? I will keep an eye out. Is there any specific model related info that shows up in About Phone, or written on the box/battery?
Sent from my p8000 using Tapatalk
We're not talking about the P8000-B here, which I believe has different LTE bands so it's better suited for the USA
We're talking about P8000 6.0, which is the newer version of the phone that's currently being shipped in Europe. It has some small technical changes and stock Android 6
Edit: by the way, the box does say P8000(B), but I don't really trust that description
Hi guys,
I was just looking at the elephone forum and found this: http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-11929-1-1.html#.V7WrLDWbfSY . There's the stock rom link for the 2nd revision of the P8000, so hope you can get it working properly again.
@ardrift
Thank you for this information - the ROM works and the phone is alive again!
But there is still one thing to do: because of flashing the wrong firmware my phone lost the IMEI. This should'nt be a problem on rooted devices but the stock ROM resists all attempts to be rooted
FrauHofrat said:
@ardrift
Thank you for this information - the ROM works and the phone is alive again!
But there is still one thing to do: because of flashing the wrong firmware my phone lost the IMEI. This should'nt be a problem on rooted devices but the stock ROM resists all attempts to be rooted
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Can you try dialing *#*6813#*#* in the stock dialer app? Someone on the elephone forum has written this as a solution, altough I don't know if it works, or how would it work... If you are stuck you can upload a screenshot, I can look at it
PS: Your IMEI numbers should be sticked on your battery, you can see them if you remove the phone's back.
Change IMEI on P8000
@ardrift:
first I thought this is a joke but actually it worked :victory:
with *#*#6813#*#* entered on the stock dialer you can acess the "IMEI-Tool" which allows you to enter a new IMEI for both SIM cards. The new IMEI stay permanent even after reboot and this also works on 'old' P8000.
Sometimes life can be so easy