I am currently having ongoing arguments with T-Mobile about how the GPS in the SGS is flawed no matter what they do it for things like navigation, especially when compared to other phones.
I am very close to been able to swap it for another phone, but I want to bring it right back so they can't tell i've had custom firmware on.
If someone can help I'd be very grateful.
Many thanks.
My question about my P1000:
I've used this device for 2 years now and yesterday I received my new phone (i9505).
The P1000 isn't going to leave, as I have changed my sim to a new dual sim card (for both devices... unfortunately one at a time...).
Now I want to install the P1000 into my car's dashboard, therefore I need another ROM, but there are so many to choose from!
I'm not asking for what is the BEST rom version, but:
I hope someone can tell me, what rom is the cleanest (least installed apps)... essentially I want only android (v?, what's the fastest and most stable version that Google had made so far?) and I want to use the play store, so I can install my bought apps... this to ensure nothing is installed that won't EVER be used... can anyone tell me, what ROM I can use best? (and what android version? 2.3 or 4, I know 3 is slow and the currently running 4.2 (nightly) isn't stable enough, yet...)
You can look for a forumer called RED ZMAN
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=895291
He has his tab in his car dashboard.
I am sure he has some interesting input on what is ideal for car dashboard mounted tab.
Got my hands - ( don't ask how ) - on what appears to be a fake S5 Mini. Everything about it says Samsung, however neither Kies nor Odin detect the phone and the specs are all wrong anyway. Attached are screenshots from Device Info and CPU-Z.
The phone actually works OK, though it's not nearly as good as a real S5 Mini. But there are several glitches in the system: some apps or options just don't work, multi-language support is deficient, etc.
Nothing surprising from a clone.
Question: is there a ROM I can try to load to that device to see if I can make it work better? I was reading up on MoKee (because of the serrano3g identifier in the model name displayed by CPU-Z), would one of those ROMs work? The phone/wifi/BT portions all work correctly, so I guess there's no need to flash a new radio. Then again, I haven't flashed an Android device in a couple years, I'm basically like a newbie at that stuff, so if anyone can provide me with information on what/how to flash, I'd be grateful.
Thanks!
neat
Any pictures of the phone itself?
SOC seems to be a MediaTek MT6572 if correct see this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2687487
@protogenxl: Visually, it's an exact replica of a Samsung S5 Mini, with the brandname and all. So if you check out the Samsung site, you'll find plenty of pictures there!
As for the thread you mentioned, I had already read it but I'm still not sure whether that particular ROM can be installed on my device, even though it's a MT6572 ROM. And keep in mind that I am a newbie on flashing devices, so I'm not even sure where to start, what tools to use and what I should be looking for.
Thanks for the suggestion, though!
s5
I have a S5 Mini G8800-F, so the most interesting part would be the layout of the inside of the battery compartment, is the dead space for a second sim there etc....
I would say first order of business is getting a custom recovery installed and getting full backups of original OS in a safe place, after that should be relatively hard to completely brick it as I seriously doubt the clone company put any effort in to boot security
@protogenxl: I'll try and upload a picture of the battery compartment later today. Don't recall seeing a second SIM slot in there, though.
And I agree with you that the clone company didn't put any effort on securing the device. It was rooted when I got it, it's got one of those chinese bootloader menus (I found a video on Youtube explaining what each option means).
As for the custom recovery, should I just pick any of them or are there any recommendations specific to this chipset (or do I even have to care about the chipset at that stage)?
@protogenxl it has been to long since I messed with sisters then boyfriend's phone to get it usable but if memory serves I got a custom made version of CWM from the ChinaPhoneArenea forum.
@protogenxl: here's a youtube video I found which describes the exact device I have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-OoKhkD_0
It shows it with its back cover open around the 2:30 mark.
Hi.
I hope this is the right forum for this. I've done a fair bit of reading / searching and can't find any definitive answers.
I've got an S4 that I've flashed CM 12.1 (5.1.1) onto. Everything is great, except that I didn't realize at the time that my gear 2 doesn't like the non samsung os. I tried the various ways to get gear manager to work on non samsung devices (which mine basically is right now), and none of them worked. GM either wouldn't run, or would keep crashing, even after it was supposed to stop crashing.
I figured I'd just reflash the watch with a ROM that was more friendly to non samsung phones. I found http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-2/development/rom-tizenmod-3-0-skin1980-t2850351 which says it bypasses samsung protection. It also says to upgrade to NE5 firmware first.
I checked my firmware, and I'm running R380XXU0BOA2, or simply OA2. I can't really find a list that states whether this is older or newer than the required NE5. If it's older, I assume I can simply upgrade to NE5? If it's newer, do I have to downgrade to NE5 first?
Any other suggestions for getting the Gear 2 connected to CM12.1 would be appreciated. I don't use a lot of the watches functionality, just basic email / text notification / reading. Don't use the camera, speaker phone, etc.
Thanks in advance.
Hi, I have an old ZB450KL from 2017 that I left for another phone due to the battery dying and it being not fit anymore for my daily use. I recently just found it while spring cleaning and I intend to use it as a work-only phone after the replacement battery I ordered for it arrive.
I haven't found a single custom ROM designed specifically for the device. I assume it's due to the phone being not very popular as it's pretty weak as performance goes. However, it should work fine for me sending and receiving email and some WhatsApp. Not with the current ZenUI version installed on it though.
Has anybody found any custom ROMs that work or at least boot on the device? I don't need much, I mainly just need wifi + data to be working and a fairly recent version of Android. Everything else is a bonus.