Hi,
I've loved the colour screen changes but since my EPD is messed up from the 6.0 update, I havent used it at all.
I would go back to 5.x but I didnt like how hot it got with that so my best bet is to go back to 4.4
Problem now is that yotadevices' ftp is down so yotaflasher doesnt work.
Does someone have the latest 4.4.x rom so I can flash it through twrp?
Seems like Yota is cleaning the slate for Yotaphone 3. As for the firmware, download it from below and decompress it in the 'firmware' folder where the Yota Flasher is installed. Follow the instructions of the installer.
Here you go:
Yotaphone 2 Kitkat 4.4.3 HK
is this same software as in yd206 from gearbest
master volume said:
is this same software as in yd206 from gearbest
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I can't say about that, though it's the official HK release from Yotaphone site ftp.fw.ydevices.com when it was online.
I am trying to find the 4.4.4 firmware version but I can't. Maybe it s because what you say that yotaphone are erasing the old files for the new model.Can any one help me with a link for the 4.4.4 firmware? I have a YD206 version, but I am no sure if its important.
Thanks
eReader Fan said:
I am trying to find the 4.4.4 firmware version but I can't. Maybe it s because what you say that yotaphone are erasing the old files for the new model.Can any one help me with a link for the 4.4.4 firmware? I have a YD206 version, but I am no sure if its important.
Thanks
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Kitkat remained briefly on my phone, so I did not update to 4.4.4. I hope someone might still have this lying around.
I just searched a torrent options and I found a 36GB ONE, which has dozens of firmwares for every flavor (HK, CN, RU, EUR,...), and no one has the 4.4.4. If some one have a link of the image and can upload to somewhere I would be gratefull
My firm is from HK. Why is everybody moving to the RU? It's because tis (I think) the most attented one? And the last questions.... When you move to a RU version it appears in an easy way to change it to english language?
Many thanks
Try this page
Many thanks glasseffects, but there aren't any 4.4.4 furmware version there, in any world region. It seems it just desapeared from internet
That seems to be the case. I haven't encountered it either, though 4.4.3 wasn't bad either in contrast to Lollipop, which was catastrophic.
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Hey guys,
Just bought Yotaphone 2 from Gearbest HK LINK, and i want to know if can be updated to Android Lolipop 5.0 without root the phone? (Want to play Pokemon GO )
If yes, can somenone tell the steps to do it? (Step by Step, please, with Firmware to download and etc...) I'm newbie to flashing devices...
PS. My network is from Brazil, and sorry for my Indian Engrish
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
Install yotaflasher and install the lowest firmare (kitkat) from the RU firmware. After that use OTA to upgrade to latest RU firmware. You can search the forum on how to obtain yotaflasher and what to do if something goes wrong.
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Install yotaflasher and install the lowest firmare (kitkat) from the RU firmware. After that use OTA to upgrade to latest RU firmware. You can search the forum on how to obtain yotaflasher and what to do if something goes wrong.
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I think this is a stupid question but... Installing RU version will not affected my GSM band or something like it? And about the language, the RU version is global, have all the languages avaliable?
I found a video on youtube (Russian btw) , that explains how to upgrade Android 5.0 RU firmware version 124 to 134.
I want to know if will be the exaclty the sabe steps to upgrade Android 4.4 to 5.0.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbKu_xNX63c
Can u clarify for me?
Thanks for the attention. :fingers-crossed:
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I think this is a stupid question but... Installing RU version will not affected my GSM band or something like it? And about the language, the RU version is global, have all the languages avaliable?
I found a video on youtube (Russian btw) , that explains how to upgrade Android 5.0 RU firmware version 124 to 134.
I want to know if will be the exaclty the sabe steps to upgrade Android 4.4 to 5.0.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbKu_xNX63c
Can u clarify for me?
Thanks for the attention. :fingers-crossed:
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Depending on where you live LTE bands can be different, in that case you have to flash the RADIO from the original Chinese firmware. GSM bands should not be affected as far as I know. There are several people who have replaced the radio in the firmware here on the forum so a quick search should let you know how to do that. All the languages are available in the RU version.
The only thing different in the video is that they download the firmware first and then extract it and put it in the right folder. YotaFlasher can also do that for you but the method in the video also works. Hope this helps.
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Depending on where you live LTE bands can be different, in that case you have to flash the RADIO from the original Chinese firmware.
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Sorry if i bothering you, but the RADIO is the responsible files for LTE Bands, that's right?
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GSM bands should not be affected as far as I know.
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Ok!
VirtuaLeech said:
There are several people who have replaced the radio in the firmware here on the forum so a quick search should let you know how to do that. All the languages are available in the RU version.
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The video shows that. Thanks!
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The only thing different in the video is that they download the firmware first and then extract it and put it in the right folder. YotaFlasher can also do that for you but the method in the video also works. Hope this helps.
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Hmm nice! I'll give a try...
Well, another little question about battery life on Android 5.0
Looking on the posts here, i found some ppl telling of the battery life of Yotaphone 2 on Android 5.0 is reducing more fast.
I'm sure you use A 5.0, can you review for me how's going your battery life after the upgrade?
Btw Thanks again!
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Sorry if i bothering you, but the RADIO is the responsible files for LTE Bands, that's right?
Well, another little question about battery life on Android 5.0
Looking on the posts here, i found some ppl telling of the battery life of Yotaphone 2 on Android 5.0 is reducing more fast.
I'm sure you use A 5.0, can you review for me how's going your battery life after the upgrade?
Btw Thanks again!
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The RADIO is ondeed responsible for supporting the LTE bands, they have to match the phones hardware.
I use my YotaPhone as my seconds phone and only use the second screen for message checking and stuff like that. I rarely use the main screen. With that kind of use I can get between 3 and 5 days of battery use. But I don't know what the battery use is of used as your primary phone.
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The RADIO is ondeed responsible for supporting the LTE bands, they have to match the phones hardware.
I use my YotaPhone as my seconds phone and only use the second screen for message checking and stuff like that. I rarely use the main screen. With that kind of use I can get between 3 and 5 days of battery use. But I don't know what the battery use is of used as your primary phone.
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VirtuaLeech, Thanks for the replys! I really appreciated!
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Hey guys,
Just bought Yotaphone 2 from Gearbest HK, and i want to know if can be updated to Android Lolipop 5.0 without root the phone? (Want to play Pokemon GO )
If yes, can somenone tell the steps to do it? (Step by Step, please, with Firmware to download and etc...) I'm newbie to flashing devices...
PS. My network is from Brazil, and sorry for my Indian Engrish
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
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MOD EDIT: Are you able to use the 4G here from Brazil in this version of GearBest that you bought?
Vc está conseguindo usar o 4G aqui do Brasil nessa versão do GearBest que vc comprou?
Dear all, I'm new here and just got my yotaphone 2 today, bought it locally from UAE, i beleive that the build ME refers to Middle East, got an android version of 4.4.3 YD201 model.
I thought that YD201 models are OTA updatable versions but seems not
Please can you guide me in a simple way how to update to lollipop? Noting that I've never flashed or done this before
Thank you so much..
drivers!!!
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Dear all, I'm new here and just got my yotaphone 2 today, bought it locally from UAE, i beleive that the build ME refers to Middle East, got an android version of 4.4.3 YD201 model.
I thought that YD201 models are OTA updatable versions but seems not
Please can you guide me in a simple way how to update to lollipop? Noting that I've never flashed or done this before
Thank you so much..
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Thank you again.. OK I'm all set everything is ready but the only thing that's keeping me is drivers installation... Somehow the Google drive coming with the flasher is not being installed. I tried all ways possible, I.e. right click on the INF file and install but I get error message, and also tried to install it from device manager but couldn't. Can you please help with this? Thanks again
Btw I'm using Windows 7
as I read yotaphone 2 thread at 4pda forum(by google translate),
one of the user RomanS_85 give this ftp link that point to special 4.4.3 hk 1.0.3.61a firmware.
There is different in size compare to hk 1.0.3.61a at ftp from fw.ydevices.com.
there also Chinese doc, pdf file and yd206 3.28a commercial firmware.
I not yet tried both firmware. any members already tried that special firmware?
maybe any members here can read Chinese can have a peek some info.
Any safe method to downgrade from lollipop to KitKat?
as last time I got problem just to downgrade from ru 134 to hk 66.
thanks.
this special hk 61a firmware using CN1_M05 radio. so I think this special firmware is original firmware of yd206 hk.
p.s. do note that, I flash radio only.
dmix_shinri said:
as I read yotaphone 2 thread at 4pda forum(by google translate),
one of the user RomanS_85 give this ftp link that point to special 4.4.3 hk 1.0.3.61a firmware.
There is different in size compare to hk 1.0.3.61a at ftp from fw.ydevices.com.
there also Chinese doc, pdf file and yd206 3.28a commercial firmware.
I not yet tried both firmware. any members already tried that special firmware?
maybe any members here can read Chinese can have a peek some info.
Any safe method to downgrade from lollipop to KitKat?
as last time I got problem just to downgrade from ru 134 to hk 66.
thanks.
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you tried? There are good, because I ahve low signal on android 5 RU and I want to go back...
Hello Everybody,
I bought a Yotaphone 2 model YD206 at Gearbest. The Smartphone arrived with Android KitKat, I used for some time and it was OK, but after updating to Android 5 ROM CN it started getting too hot while casual using such as Facebook, E-mail, Whatsapp.
Is that normal? I expected that it could get warm only while playing games or using GPS, but for my surprise it is getting too hot only for normal usage.
Is there anyone who get the same problem? If I change to another rom such RU or EU can solve the problem?
I already root the phone and also installed xposed together with L Speed to see if the problem persists, but it is still happening.
Thanks in advance!
Is there a chinese version of Lollipop?
Anyway, I see many people like you complaining about the phone getting hot after an upgrade. My guess is that its related to the baseband version. Since your model is YD206, are you sure you have flashed the correct chinese baseband with this so-called CN firmware (isn't it HK? Isn't it for YD201 models?)?
fcarlosjr said:
Is there a chinese version of Lollipop?
Anyway, I see many people like you complaining about the phone getting hot after an upgrade. My guess is that its related to the baseband version. Since your model is YD206, are you sure you have flashed the correct chinese baseband with this so-called CN firmware (isn't it HK? Isn't it for YD201 models?)?
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Yes, the model before updating was YD206 CN and after flashing to Android 5 it changed to YD201 HK 1.124d.
Is there a CN firmware running Android 5? I only found HK. Maybe this is the reason it is getting hot, the baseband / radio from these versions are different, can it be?
Yeah, I would definitely flash the YD206 baseband.
In this thread here (https://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/guide-everything-to-yotaphone2-t3547194), there's a revamped version of the YotaFlasher attached to the first post. With this one, it is possible to select what to flash individually to the device, i.e, whether system+radio+userdata, or only system, or only radio etc. With that you can choose to flash only the radio files from YD206 firmwares.
Use this reworked YotaFlasher, download any chinese Kitkat firmware and make sure to allow to flash only the radio binaries when prompted.
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Yeah, I would definitely flash the YD206 baseband.
In this thread here (https://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/guide-everything-to-yotaphone2-t3547194), there's a revamped version of the YotaFlasher attached to the first post. With this one, it is possible to select what to flash individually to the device, i.e, whether system+radio+userdata, or only system, or only radio etc. With that you can choose to flash only the radio files from YD206 firmwares.
Use this reworked YotaFlasher, download any chinese Kitkat firmware and make sure to allow to flash only the radio binaries when prompted.
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Great! With this I can flash only the radio files fomr YD206 firmware. Thanks a lot!
I will do this process and reply with the results in the next hours.
HI. I run android 6.0.1 and want to downgrade to android 5 dure the bad quality of the epd resolution on marshmallow. I know I need to be in 4.4.3 and then upgrade to 5.0 to achieve lollipop, but read in the forum I would break the phone if I flash to 4.4.3 once I flash to marshmallow, because the bootloader changed .
So, if there isn't a FOTA of lollipop it means I can't run it no more?
You can also flash the bootloader, and I am pretty sure that you don't need to go to 4.4.3 first. You can just directly flash lollipop. Lollipop and MM don't have a different bootloader by the way.
I know because I when MM was still in testing phase, I switched back to lollipop first before upgrading to the official MM release.
That being said, a lot of stuff can go wrong if you start flashing while not completely knowing what you are doing and there are no completely foolproof programs or guides for the yotaphone out there.
If you wanna go at it anyway, you can start with the links below for info and firmware files.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/help/guide-everything-to-yotaphone2-t3547194
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/general/firrmware-files-one-files-onedrive-t3633138
Grts
Yeah that's great to know, but thats why I ask about the tioe of firmwares, because, if I am right, I can flash a FOTA but not a OTA of a lower version coming from a newer one.
Which lollipop firmware did you flashed?
As you say, I want to understand it before maybe bricking it
eReader Fan said:
Yeah that's great to know, but thats why I ask about the tioe of firmwares, because, if I am right, I can flash a FOTA but not a OTA of a lower version coming from a newer one.
Which lollipop firmware did you flashed?
As you say, I want to understand it before maybe bricking it
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I flashed the ru 124 firmware. Someone uploaded all firmware files here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/yotaphone-one/general/firrmware-files-one-files-onedrive-t3633138.
Downside is that you have to download everything even though you probably just want 1 of the firmware files.
For your convenience, I uploaded my lollipop firmware files here along with the needed software and drivers and a bat script to flash it all:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Z57M1pKWRuSm5LTXhBYzJfS00