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So I'm confused; what is the correct order to start upgrading your Huawei u8800? Which is the thing to start with? From what i gathered, the first thing is to do a backup and the best way to do it is with Clockworkmod, but when i check CWM page here on XDA, it says root requiered. Ultimate Guide to Huawei U8800 says that i can root the phone with Super Boot, so should i just go with that and worry about backup later? What if i screw my phone up and don't have a backup? Then is the part of selecting a proper ROM, and i think that i'm interested in the most stable one, so wich one i should go with (oh, and a circular battery with a presentage would be nice) custom or just a firmware update? And the Re-Partition mentioned in MoDaCos Ultimate Guide to Huawei U8800, does it also require a root?
Sorry for the n00b questions, but well, i am one.
I would recommend upgrading to stock ROMs first, but in order to install a custom ROM, you need both root and recovery mod. These 2 functions are being are done from the "shadow" memory, using 2 img files (boot.img and recovery.img).
To access that memory and replace the 2 files follow these steps:
1) Download the boot file and rename it to boot.img ( should be "boot.u8800-modaco-superboot-r1") from here:
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...nd-then-some-for-the-huawei-u8800-ideos-x5/om here the zip file (rename if not called that recovery.img).
2) Download and extract the recovery file (extract.zip) from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14870348
3) Turn off your phone and unplug the usb cable. Make sure you have enough battery (at least 50%).
2) Turn on your phone, holding VOL+, VOL- and POWER (should come up with pink screen, to indicate access to shadow memory)
3) Connect the usb cable and the driver should install (don't worry if it says drivers not found, the partition called "image" should still be accessible)
4) Browse your phone to find the folder with boot.img and recovery.img. Copy these 2 files somewhere on your computer, to create a backup of the original files. Now, replace both files with the ones you've downloaded.
5) Remove the battery from the phone to exit "shadow" memory.
To access the recovery mod, press VOL+ and Power, while the phone is off.
I hope this helps...
It does help, thanks! The rooting AND the recovery installation are done simultaneously. But i still have few conserns. Does this all work backwards? I mean in the case of hardware breakage - if i am giving the phone back to maintenance - can i just re-replace the original boot.img and recovery.img and thus "unroot" the phone? Previously recovering backupped data? Is the phone then as it were before whole prosidure?
Vk_ said:
It does help, thanks! The rooting AND the recovery installation are done simultaneously. But i still have few conserns. Does this all work backwards? I mean in the case of hardware breakage - if i am giving the phone back to maintenance - can i just re-replace the original boot.img and recovery.img and thus "unroot" the phone? Previously recovering backupped data? Is the phone then as it were before whole prosidure?
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Yes, replacing all things you done with stock will by default revert it to normal.
Right. One more thing, though this is a bit beside the subject. The re-partitioning, when upgraded from 600mb to 1.2G, does this actually add space for running apps or gives only more installation space?
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Vk_ said:
Right. One more thing, though this is a bit beside the subject. The re-partitioning, when upgraded from 600mb to 1.2G, does this actually add space for running apps or gives only more installation space?
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Yes it gives both actual space for installation. Running apps will always be loaded into ram and swap.
So RAM is its own thing and separate from (ROM?) the increasable space? But what is the actual gain IN increasing it? More apps in the phone? But I've read that the phone gets all cluttered and buggy, if its full of apps. Is this the gain in re-partitioning?
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Vk_ said:
So RAM is its own thing and separate from (ROM?) the increasable space? But what is the actual gain IN increasing it? More apps in the phone? But I've read that the phone gets all cluttered and buggy, if its full of apps. Is this the gain in re-partitioning?
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Where have you read that?
The thing is huawei included a external storage(build in SD card) which had the size of 2GB, and internal storage at 600MB, with geno's partition flash you just change the partitions, the 600MB becomes external storage, and the 2GB(1.2GB data) becomes internal storage. So we gain rather than lose storage. So I have used it for now quite and not experienced any problem.
Please link me up on where you found out this cluttered and buggy thing with this ok?
I think that I accidentally misled you on this. It was some SGS(maybe) thread that I read sometime ago. The talk was about phone being laggy and probable cause that it was full of apps. So I kinda gathered that if any android phone is stuffed full of applications, it gets slow. But I guess I am wrong?
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Vk_ said:
I think that I accidentally misled you on this. It was some SGS(maybe) thread that I read sometime ago. The talk was about phone being laggy and probable cause that it was full of apps. So I kinda gathered that if any android phone is stuffed full of applications, it gets slow. But I guess I am wrong?
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Aha, well if the phone gets sluggish is because swap and ram is being used and less free for other processes. You could make it similar to any OS. I have tried once with this phone filled it up had 6mb left wasn't sluggish at.
So if I have still 389mb phone memory left free, re-partitioning isn't really acute procedure for me?
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So if I have still 389mb phone memory left free, re-partitioning isn't really acute procedure for me?
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The partition thing will work independently, only thing it does is formatting the external storage(2GB) and then moves all your data on to the 2GB internal SD and that's it. You can do this if you feel like you need lots of space for apps ok?
Yes, I understand. And since I still have lots of free space left, I think I save this for later. Thanks for explaining this to me. Oh jeah, what custom ROM would you recommend? Preferably one that has all its bugs smoothed out?
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This ROM seems to be stable and very fast.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059753
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Yes, I understand. And since I still have lots of free space left, I think I save this for later. Thanks for explaining this to me. Oh jeah, what custom ROM would you recommend? Preferably one that has all its bugs smoothed out?
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Uhm, I am really uncertain about this fact. It seems like phones from different regions have different problems with ROMs.
I would say like this, take a tour , visit different roms out and try out them for yourself and see which one suits your needs and such things.
What I use
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...rom-for-the-huawei-u8800-with-online-kitchen/
I am using this because I seem to have problems with other roms out nowdays. Might be only me
Other ones...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147103
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1059753
Try out and see for yourself, that's the best thing you can do !
Hope it helps !
Thanks for the help. Wanna Google+ invite?
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Thanks for the help. Wanna Google+ invite?
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Thanks, but no thanks
I am happy with forums and iirc.
The n00b question parade continues.
I applied new boot.img and new recovery.img and updated to B160 ROM (for now). So far so good. But its the Superuser that I can't figure out. I can't seem to make it do anything..
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The n00b question parade continues.
I applied new boot.img and new recovery.img and updated to B160 ROM (for now). So far so good. But its the Superuser that I can't figure out. I can't seem to make it do anything..
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Well, the superuser application is there for applications who require root access to make changes and such thing, so if you were to use SetCPU, noAds or Titanium Backup, they will require access from superuser(root). So don't worry, it works but you need something that demands root access to see anything happen !
And yet more questions. Is there a way to upgrade the touch screen? I mean to up the number of simultaneous touches from two to more?
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Hi all.
I'm sorry first of all on creating a new thread as I'm not allowed to add to dev posts.
I have created Custom MTD Partitions of : 140, 5
using CyanogenMod 7 Nightly: 220
(New Market)
I have tried to download a game third blade and i get an error of insufficient space
like ''Hanakie'' in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233340
I have downgraded the market now to an old one and now able to download this game.
I am going to try tonight to upgrade the market from old to new but not a fresh install of a rom and see if if Im still able to. I will post my findings when done.
ps I would like to thank all the Developers here for for making my phone awesome and interesting til my next upgrade and then will have 2 phones to tinker with.
5mb cache is too low i had the same problem
edit: cm7 should move cache files to data/local if they are larger but this dont work for me i got the low memory message
Only problem I had with 5mb cache was in clockwork recovery, I always got an error as there wasn't enough space for it to write a log.
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I have tried these MTD Partitions: 140,5 140,10 140,20 140,25 and 140,35 with same results.
Im currently running at 145,45 as i know works great, but would like to see if i can get a little more space.
I like to try everything on here lol i love beta testing.
Hi apollo, can you please clarify whether you are using any sort of Apps2SD stuff? (Except for the built in one in CM)
my custom part is 110 15 with latest cm nite
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my custom part is 110 15 with latest cm nite
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You were able to fit the latest CM Nightly on a 110MB /system partition? Did you go for a barebones build? AFAIK, the standard CM will not fit on a 110MB system partition. (Unless of course, it is stripped)
its not bearbone as such ujst took out all ringtones, all but on each alarm tone and notification tone and removed some of the not needed apps from the rom like email, music player (got power amp), cm wallpapers, live wallpapers u get the picture
hi 3xeno (thank you for your hard work)
I'm not using any Apps2SD any more as wanted all my stuff on internal memory.
i did a
1. wipe/factory reset
2. MTD Partitions Guide but instead of restoring from backup i did a fresh flash of
cm7 nightly 220
3. Then flashed gapps-gb-20110828 for Market
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hi 3xeno (thank you for your hard work)
I'm not using any Apps2SD any more as wanted all my stuff on internal memory.
i did a
1. wipe/factory reset
2. MTD Partitions Guide but instead of restoring from backup i did a fresh flash of
cm7 nightly 220
3. Then flashed gapps-gb-20110828 for Market
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Did u flashed bravo boot after all these steps?
Is anyone except me able to run 5mb cache without market and recovery errors?
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I had it running with the market fine, just got a can't write a log error in recovery if my cache was full. Recovery still worked fine manually but wouldn't do the auto backups from rom manager etc etc....
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Did u flashed bravo boot after all these steps?
Is anyone except me able to run 5mb cache without market and recovery errors?
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yes i did. going to try again tomorrow see if anything is different
Hello everybody,
a rather odd thing happened to me: after the latest update to cm7-111107[unofficial] from genokolar I am not able to download most apps from the market (including Flash player and even Angry Birds!). It says the applications were not compatible with my device (U8800). But I had no problems with the versions before, as exactly the same apps installed just fine! I've checked both build.prop files and there are virtually no differences. Does anyone experience the same issue? And what reasons for incompatibility are there besides the device settings in the build.prop? Clearing the market data doesn't help. And I did a full wipe, cleared system, data and cache partition and dalvik cache...
Thanks in advance!
Edit: I found the key problem. At least for me it was... In the build.prop there is an option "qemu.sf.lcd_density" which I Set to 220. Back to 240 and everything is working fine again. Just a littlebit bigger. But you can change this after the installation of the desired programs. Never thought this entry was the reason. But anyway thanks for your answers to my question.
Huh weird.... everything works for me and I also have the latest cm7.
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I have the same problem. Install from previous backup was the only way
use the newest oxygen. so far I didn't notice any issue, all apps works well
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use the newest oxygen
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you understand that this doesnt help at all... right?
Thanks to MyronJ906 for the start of this. FINALLY!! Anyone who's having trouble with My Apps not showing in the Market, here's what did it for me. To get Market to show My Apps, change the following in build prop. (I used prop editor via ROM Toolbox.)
Changed:
Code:
ro.build.id=4.5.133
ro.product.manufacturer=motorola
ro.build.product=olyatt
ro.build.description=olympus-user 2.3.5 4.5.133 111012 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=MOTO/olyatt/olympus:2.3.5/4.5.133/111012:user/release-keys
to
Code:
ro.build.id=4.5.91
ro.product.manufacturer=Motorola
ro.build.product=olympus
ro.build.description=olympus-user 2.3.4 4.5.91 110625 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=MOTO/olyatt/olympus:2.3.4/4.5.91/110625:user/release-keys
ro.buildversion.release=2.3.4
I had this problem when I was using the 2.3.4 BLUR ROMs (retail UK, wet dream, etc). These problems made be rollback (or rollforward depends on how you see it) to CM7 week4 rom.
Will flash a blur ROM to test this and report my results.
Cheers!!
Flashed retail UK ROM (SBF), have the "market problem".
Apply the change to build.prop, no luck.
delete data & cache from market app, no luck.
wipe data & cache, no luck.
Flash Wet Dream 1.3 lite, modify build.prop,
clear market data & cache, restart.
still doesn't work
Cm7 redpill. This did not work. I even had the problem with cm9
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I don't have problem on CM7/9 (touch wood). but I have problem with all blur based roms.
In my case, I managed to fix it by
1) Uninstall Preset 1.0 using Titanium Backup
2) Clear Data from Market
I compared the CM7 market database and Blur market database, found com.motorola.contacts.preloaded in the blur version, but not in the CM7 version, and traced it back to the Preset 1.0.
i just download something from the market and all they appear again...
do you mean, without making any change at all?
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In my case, I managed to fix it by
1) Uninstall Preset 1.0 using Titanium Backup
2) Clear Data from Market
I compared the CM7 market database and Blur market database, found com.motorola.contacts.preloaded in the blur version, but not in the CM7 version, and traced it back to the Preset 1.0.
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Will try this but went from Cm7 to CM9 and still the same bullocks.
Edit Cannot find preset 1.0 maybe cause im on C9 but looked at all system files on system files using Tit back
check the market database, see if there is anything likely to caus problem.
preset 1.0 is only in the blur roms.
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Weird, I cleared data on market and froze updator as well as cleared its data. Loaded market, as soon as I accepted I hit my apps and my apps populated. I could update and did update an app. I closed the market, reopened, went to my apps and the same old thing happened.
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one of your app is causing this issue. when you wipe data from market, it rebuild market links from apps on your device.
after you wiped the data and check back to the arket, it is still busy building the database, that is why it worked for a short period of time.
look in data\data\com.android.vending\database
the market database is there. if you can find the app causing the issue and remove it, you can get your apps showing again.
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just to add, the app might not be what you have downladed, it might be something in the rom.
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Thanks but couldnt find problem in databases. Will wipe and restore in batches.
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News; found the culprit, warez app (blackmart) don't use it anyway since I've spent like $100 bucks on apps. I like the updates. All is well now. Thanks
Well anytime I use stock rom the wifi wont connect. And when I was unrooted it still wourent connect. Im using royal glacier n I like it but wifi cant connect, only when im close to the wifi router it does.but miui and sense roms connect perfectly and being far away. Ive use apps like wifi fix and stuff from market and still wont work. And I googled build prop wifi fix and dirent find answer. Ands its not the kernel cause ive used a stock rom with tdj kernel...so my question is how can I make it work? And my problem is only with stock roms. Any way with the build prop or an app or tweak? And it connects only when im next to router but disables when im more away. Thanks
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Try these steps:
Restart the router by unplugging for 10 seconds and then powering it back on again. (I'm assuming it's not a router issue but sometimes this can simply be the cause)
This may be a bug in the ROM or an error during the installation, so I would re-download the ROM, verify the MD5 sum.
In CWM, backup the current ROM. Do a factory data reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, go to mounts and storage and format /system. (this is to ensure there aren't any files lingering on the phone)
Flash the ROM, and after the flash wipe cache and dalvik cache (just in case.) Reboot.
If you're still experiencing WiFi issues it's most likely is a bug in the ROM and I would contact the developer of the ROM for a fix/workaround.
If you want to try, you can download the Kick Ass Kernelizer script by Zepplinrox found here:
Kick Ass Kernelizer RC7
After you have the script on your phone, install script manager from the market, err, play store
Navigate to the Kick Ass Kernelizer script and tap it. On the dialogue the pops up click 'run as root' and run the script.
Follow the on-screen instructions and choose if you want I/O tweaks.
After this, in order to make sure the script runs, there should be a log somewhere that would tell you
If it isn't running from your init.d folder you may have to navigate to your init.d folder at /system/etc/init.d
Find the script usually 98 something Kernelizer. Click it and select Run at boot as well as run as root. This should fix that issue if it's not running.
And if the kernel tweaks there don't help you, it's a bug. Contact the developer or switch to a different ROM
Wow thanks for all that help!
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It did work thanks !
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It did work thanks !
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No problem
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