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[Q] It is important to update the Firmware before Installing a Custom Rom ?

Hello Everyone,
I've been reading the "Ultimate Guide to the Huawei U8800" at the Modaco Android Forum, and until know I've been able to root my phone, install the recovery and fix the reversed Camera Bug.
But the fallowing part of the Tutorial talks about Firmware Update, is this really important before installing a Custom Rom ? And, if it is can anyone explain me why ?
Thanks in Advance,
Luis Da Costa
PS: Sorry for my bad English :S...

Well someone here at xda wrote that with the newest firmware you get a baseband-update for some devices (he was not sure I think). I did not apply the newest firmware, maybe it was already installed, at least I did not encounter any problems.
You cannot break anything by applying the newest update from Huawei. So if you want to make sure, go ahead. Just do not stick to the Huawei-ROM. Do yourself a favor and install void, Oxygen oder Miui. I use Oxygen, it is based on Android 2.3.5 which is just very fast and the battery lasts about 2 days. You won't get much support for the Huawei-ROMs and there are some bugs. But there also are bugs with the custom-ROMs, so read the description first.

I would strongly suggest updating to the latest B138/B162 before installing a custom Rom. To my knowledge, a stock Rom installation does the firmware upgrade on the screen/internal modules as well.

Thanks for your help. I just have one question. Since all links from Modaco are down, where can I download the lastest firmware ?
Thanks in Advance,
Luis Da Costa

Sent you a PM.

katu2006 said:
Sent you a PM.
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Thanks you. Just a question, are you sure it is safe to me to install this firmware with my U8800 Phone ?

aliasbody said:
Thanks you. Just a question, are you sure it is safe to me to install this firmware with my U8800 Phone ?
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As long as yours is a U8800 and not U8800H, then you should be just fine.

katu2006 said:
I would strongly suggest updating to the latest B138/B162 before installing a custom Rom. To my knowledge, a stock Rom installation does the firmware upgrade on the screen/internal modules as well.
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B138/B162 are the same?
I thought that B162 was newer than B13x versions.
Can you explain please?
Thanks

dancer_69 said:
B138/B162 are the same?
I thought that B162 was newer than B13x versions.
Can you explain please?
Thanks
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They are not the same. B13x are generally made for the whole world, except China. Being the home country, China has a dedicated set of Roms - B158, B160, B162 versions.
B138 is as new as B162, they were both released at the same time. I don't like B162, the icons and interface are slightly different.
I would recommend B137/B138, preferably 138 as it has the latest drivers.

Ok, thanks for the quick explanation.

dancer_69 said:
B138/B162 are the same?
I thought that B162 was newer than B13x versions.
Can you explain please?
Thanks
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I'm also interested in this, but i can't find the latest stock firmware for u8800. Anyone can help ?

ArbiterGR said:
I'm also interested in this, but i can't find the latest stock firmware for u8800. Anyone can help ?
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Sent you a PM.

katu2006 said:
Sent you a PM.
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I love you
Thanks!

where can I find B138?
I found only links to huawei' s site, but all have page not found error.
EDIT:
just refreshed the page and show that others asked same question.
Sent me a link please

Can anyone send me link for firmwares
Sent from my Huawei u8800 using xda premium

dancer_69 said:
where can I find B138?
I found only links to huawei' s site, but all have page not found error.
EDIT:
just refreshed the page and show that others asked same question.
Sent me a link please
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Just sent you a PM

shantam said:
Can anyone send me link for firmwares
Sent from my Huawei u8800 using xda premium
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You've got a PM.

katu2006 said:
Just sent you a PM
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Awesome and magnificent katu2006 can i have the b138 too ? You've sent me B137 (or it's the same ?)
edit: you beat me to it, i love you x2

Advise
For those that want to update the firmware of their devices, don't worry (I was very scary indeed :S), the phone will boot, and reboot, and reboot, and reboot .... until you see and Android screen ^^
OH THE CAMERA IS SO FAST COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE !!! Thank you ! A lot really

I've used all roms and they work very well (I still prefer Oxygen), but I cannot use them because they need and External SD Card to take picture and listen to Music....
So until there I have no choice that stay with the Original Rom :S...
If only I can help solve the problem...

Miui8 based on android 6.0.1 for g920f

Hey,my dear friend,I flashed miui8 rom for my g920f, first introduce this rom is from a Chineses romer names Graceox who made it,it patches with g9200 this model,and I flash it with arter97's for note7 grace ui kernel,and it can boot into system,everything works fine except fingerprint and mobile signal,I found mobile signal isn't working fine,the signal appears and then it disappears,then it appear and it disappear,just do this loop,I think this is the problem of kernel,I hope someone can make a suitable kernel for g920f,thanks in advance!I am soory for my poor ability to make this rom perfect,so I hope gifted brother can solve this problem.I shared it with Mega , hope it can be solved as soon!
Important:
This is an alpha version,you can just experience it,it can't be used for a long time,because it needs time to solve existing problem.If you
want to flash this rom,first you must use custom recovery like TWRP,download this rom to your phone,after dong this, press power button,home button and volume down together,the phone will get into recovery mode,press "Wipe" button,then press "Advanced Wipe",check Dalvik/ART Cache,System,Data,and Cache,next swipe to wipe,go back to recovery home,click "Install" button,find directory where you put this rom,choose it,swipe to confirm flash,no other mods,you just flash this rom is ok.
Download
https://mega.nz/#!mkV03RJB!e7VtVYiLm4o2sd5XB93VQZ6jGsnLxba0inMDQLjyF2s

Source?

https://mega.nz/#!mkV03RJB!e7VtVYiLm4o2sd5XB93VQZ6jGsnLxba0inMDQLjyF2s

CODEG33K said:
Source?
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link:https://mega.nz/#!mkV03RJB!e7VtVYiLm4o2sd5XB93VQZ6jGsnLxba0inMDQLjyF2s

john1850208 said:
link:https://mega.nz/#!mkV03RJB!e7VtVYiLm4o2sd5XB93VQZ6jGsnLxba0inMDQLjyF2s
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Not link to the rom, but link where you got the details from, or news/forum.

CODEG33K said:
Not link to the rom, but link where you got the details from, or news/forum.
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It is a alpha version,the author needs time to fix some problems,and do you know Chinese, if you know, you can go to here http://bbs.gfan.com/forum-1619-1.html

john1850208 said:
It is a alpha version,the author needs time to fix some problems,and do you know Chinese, if you know, you can go to here
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Still, let users be able to read, what it's all about.
And maybe letting them know, that it won't boot on TWRP without modifications.

CODEG33K said:
Still, let users be able to read, what it's all about.
And maybe letting them know, that it won't boot on TWRP without modifications.
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Thanks for your reminding

This rom sounds good i hope itt will appear soon for our beloved phone in a stable version

Nice:good:

delete

Screenshot or video mayb ?

Really? MiUi8 stable for 920F?

So what are the bugs ?

Diaze said:
So what are the bugs ?
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Fingerprint, data connection and sound not working, just that.

Greck98 said:
Fingerprint, data connection and sound not working, just that.
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Ok. Thanks man

Greck98 said:
Fingerprint, data connection and sound not working, just that.
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no sound is the real problem for me.

Diaze said:
So what are the bugs ?
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brujo55 said:
no sound is the real problem for me.
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Probably it's a kernel or modem problem. If a dev work on it, the rom is more less stable for daily use. Just those bugs.

can you provide the topic link, not the link of the forum?

PepsyXDA said:
Really? MiUi8 stable for 920F?
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It's an Alpha Rom. It's written in the first post.

[GUIDE]FIX Camera Crashing issue on any 7.1.1 ROMs with flashable zip

Hi guys
I am making this post to help those of you who doesn't know how to push a file to system partition to fix camera crashing issue and flash sync bug in Nougat ROMs on redmi note 3.
I have made a video for better understanding .
Link to video : https://youtu.be/JB0BIcsbs4M
But yeah , all you have to do is flash the file after flashing ROM on dirty flash the file on top of current ROM ( must be 7.1.1) and then reboot.
This is will fix camera .
I made the flashable zip.
But full credits goes to sir billchen1977 for making and sharing the basic fix.
Thanks a lot !
UPDATE: LINK OF FLASHABLE ZIP IN VIDEO DESCRIPTION

I am confused. If someone is capable of flashing a Nougat based ROM. They surely have the ability to flash the .zip in the first post of the original fix thread. What's the video for?

theoneofgod said:
I am confused. If someone is capable of flashing a Nougat based ROM. They surely have the ability to flash the .zip in the first post of the original fix thread. What's the video for?
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Some had issues with permissions. Fortunately, theres a patch that skips setting new permission.
Take that xiaomi, we made a fully working nougat rom before you would've even started to work on it

theoneofgod said:
I am confused. If someone is capable of flashing a Nougat based ROM. They surely have the ability to flash the .zip in the first post of the original fix thread. What's the video for?
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Well in the original post zip was added later..
And there was only module file..
So I found this and posted thinking that it will help some newbiees

AgentBuBu said:
Some had issues with permissions. Fortunately, theres a patch that skips setting new permission.
Take that xiaomi, we made a fully working nougat rom before you would've even started to work on it
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Info from trusted sources ( please don't ask where) is saying that we will be getting first versions of miui based in nougat for redmi note 3 on end of this month .

By just using X-plore file manager in moving the file, all of the permissions are automatically set. All you have to do after moving the file is to reboot the phone.

batuken said:
By just using X-plore file manager in moving the file, all of the permissions are automatically set. All you have to do after moving the file is to reboot the phone.
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Yes we know that bro...but not everyone .I didn't posted as per request from few of my friends who also use RN3:highfive:

Thanks for the video man!
Yesterday I was confused what to do with that file.
Now fixed camera ..
Thanks to billchen1977 and you:good:

Jet ray said:
Info from trusted sources ( please don't ask where) is saying that we will be getting first versions of miui based in nougat for redmi note 3 on end of this month .
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It's not anymore a must to have the kernel sources, the rom is almost bugfree

AgentBuBu said:
It's not anymore a must to have the kernel sources, the rom is almost bugfree
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Yeah! LONG LIVE KENZO?

Jet ray said:
Info from trusted sources ( please don't ask where) is saying that we will be getting first versions of miui based in nougat for redmi note 3 on end of this month .
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Really bro, really? Can we trust your "trusted sources"?

AtomR said:
Really bro, really? Can we trust your "trusted sources"?
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Yes bro! I do trust the guys who told me.he is a very much trusted person .

AgentBuBu said:
It's not anymore a must to have the kernel sources, the rom is almost bugfree
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We... ummm... have kernel sources already

BlueFlame4 said:
We... ummm... have kernel sources already
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We don't have the complete ones for nougat rom

Jet ray said:
Yes bro! I do trust the guys who told me.he is a very much trusted person .
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Now what? It's May already. You said, nougat will get released in last of March. What say?

Camera with all features.

Hello can anybody send me ported apk of camera that includes all features light painting professional mode, night mode ?? My phone is not rooted.

Pimpmywife said:
Hello can anybody send me ported apk of camera that includes all features light painting professional mode, night mode ?? My phone is not rooted.
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Install sokkobans rom. You'll have all the features.
P.s You need to unlock bootloader and flash twrp for this.

Suleiman01 said:
Install sokkobans rom. You'll have all the features.
P.s You need to unlock bootloader and flash twrp for this.
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Can I do it without rooting my phone or installing custom rom

Pimpmywife said:
Can I do it without rooting my phone or installing custom rom
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You can try my B600 version, camera have all that and documents readjustment to.
The link is in my signature.
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Pimpmywife said:
Can I do it without rooting my phone or installing custom rom
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No. You can update to Marshmallow and get pro mode but to get all features you need to install custom rom.

Suleiman01 said:
No. You can update to Marshmallow and get pro mode but to get all features you need to install custom rom.
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Thank you for your help, can you provide me link or source for SOKOBAN lastest rom? Its stable?

Pimpmywife said:
Thank you for your help, can you provide me link or source for SOKOBAN lastest rom? Its stable?
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It is stable. Here is link. Download according to your model number.
http://huaweip8lite.blogspot.com/?m=1
Just press thanks button. No need to thank in post

Suleiman01 said:
It is stable. Here is link. Download according to your model number.
http://huaweip8lite.blogspot.com/?m=1
Just press thanks button. No need to thank in post
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Annnd last question as I dont see it included it has super night camera mode?

Pimpmywife said:
Annnd last question as I dont see it included it has super night camera mode?
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It was when i used the rom. Even if it is not present you can get similar result by using pro mode.

[ROM][7.1.2][OTA] Flyme 6

It's Not My Work I'm just sharing it
Flyme Os 6 with OTA and Android 7.1.2 with December Security Patch with Global Languages(English India also available).
What's Working :
RIL
Camera
GPS
Pretty Much Everything
What's Not Working :
VoLTE (not working even with patch)
Dual SIM mobile data
MultiScreen(split screen)
Here's The Official Link : Download

Nice

Elaborate plz... What's new ...any interesting features.... Little review....if u r using it... Few screenshots will be also useful

panu09 said:
Elaborate plz... What's new ...any interesting features.... Little review....if u r using it... Few screenshots will be also useful
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Just Installed and got back. Because VoLTE is my main concern (Only one sim which is Jio).

Sampath521 said:
Just Installed and got back. Because VoLTE is my main concern (Only one sim which is Jio).
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O dude...as wish u had taken ss ..:crying: or the features

Sampath521 said:
Just Installed and got back. Because VoLTE is my main concern (Only one sim which is Jio).
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Tried flashing volte fix?

Duplicated thread. Stop making new flyme rom threads every month. https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/development/flyme-os-6-rn3-pro-t3611934
I would suggest you to get this closed.

scrubjay55 said:
Duplicated thread. Stop making new flyme rom threads every month. https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/development/flyme-os-6-rn3-pro-t3611934
I would suggest you to get this closed.
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No. If you don't want threads ask OP to update the thread. How do you think people will stay updated.

Sampath521 said:
No. If you don't want threads ask OP to update the thread. How do you think people will stay updated.
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If a thread is not upper list you cant simply spam new threads move it upper. Already reported.

scrubjay55 said:
If a thread is not upper list you cant simply spam new threads move it upper. Already reported.
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lmao
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What are the exactly instructions to flash this rom on kate device ? i need flash kate firmware after flash the rom?
This rom delete TWRP after flash the rom? (like miui rom)
I really dont wanna lose TWRP (i dont have a PC to install it again using fastboot method)

Well, seems these ones are not capable of understand what i said. Not surprised though.

scrubjay55 said:
Well, seems these ones are not capable of understand what i said. Not surprised though.
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lmao... child boi. let moderators do their jobs

Mayr1k said:
lmao... child boi. let moderators do their jobs
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Mate, stop replying me with cringy messages.

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Mate, stop replying me with cringy messages.
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If he's not updating. What's the problem in updating(& Making people aware) with new? Before flashing I almost thought it's same old 6.0. I don't see any harm in it.

Mayr1k said:
lmao
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What are the exactly instructions to flash this rom on kate device ? i need flash kate firmware after flash the rom?
This rom delete TWRP after flash the rom? (like miui rom)
I really dont wanna lose TWRP (i dont have a PC to install it again using fastboot method)
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1.Go to TWRP and wipe System,Data,Cache
Flash it with Gapps and SU(Optional)
Flash miui firmware
2.No it doesn't delete TWRP

I wrote to him
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/development/flyme-os-6-rn3-pro-t3611934/page41
""" ***For flyme6 v7.1.2 N***
the numeric notifications on the application still do not work.
Camera and other applications are good.
However, if the Rom is based on the global Mi,
then when the application is updated,
the information expressions become some chinese characters.
and not work volte
It's like they did it for China only, not for the whole world.
In fact, this roman port should have been an option with the aroma installer.
and not work volte
would I be better off agreeing with another developer for meizeu redmi note3?
this person does not care. does not answer anyone.
Developer haohao3344 this works is still not able to make full stability, unfortunately
and ...
By SMYM does not follow the updates of this rom and keeps the page up to date.
There is also a problem when someone else updates it and publishes it in xda.
If By SMYM does not continue, transfer the page.
I'm calling the authorities!"""

ahmet ferid said:
I wrote to him
https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/development/flyme-os-6-rn3-pro-t3611934/page41
""" ***For flyme6 v7.1.2 N***
the numeric notifications on the application still do not work.
Camera and other applications are good.
However, if the Rom is based on the global Mi,
then when the application is updated,
the information expressions become some chinese characters.
and not work volte
It's like they did it for China only, not for the whole world.
In fact, this roman port should have been an option with the aroma installer.
and not work volte
would I be better off agreeing with another developer for meizeu redmi note3?
this person does not care. does not answer anyone.
Developer haohao3344 this works is still not able to make full stability, unfortunately
and ...
By SMYM does not follow the updates of this rom and keeps the page up to date.
There is also a problem when someone else updates it and publishes it in xda.
If By SMYM does not continue, transfer the page.
I'm calling the authorities!"""
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:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

???

ss please
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Is working FPC?