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[General Topics] m.er:
GUIDE - how to reinstall firmware 1.02 on Altek A14 Leo

Big THX to all on this forum, who helped me (and another not-so-advanced users) with Android Market and all that Google-stuff on Altek A14 Leo.

Because during my experiments with Leo I made it by accident completely unusable, I had to reinstall firmware. I didn't find any Altek's HOW-TO on internet, so I decided to ask Altek service support directly, what to do. I didn't expected any answer in fact (besides maybe "go to our service point" or something), but I was VERY nicely suprised - they quickly sent me detailed instruction and all necessary files!

Everything went OK, my Leo is alive again, and I prepared zipped pack with all that stuff:

www_multiupload_com/REQLLEXNJ4

CHANGE "_" IN LINK ABOVE WITH "." !!!

As new member of the forum I couldn't put links directly yet.

Anybody won't meet any problems with reinstalling firmware in Leo with this guide, if only follow attached instruction.

SUCH OPERATION (LIKE UPGRADE) DELETE ALL DATA FROM YOUR PHONE! (APPS, PHOTOS, ANOTHER FILES...), SO MAKE BACKUP BEFORE YOU START!

FIRMWARE IN THIS PACK IS IN VERSION 1.02, so immediately after reinstall you should upgrade (in normal way) your phone to the newest one - 1.03, and only THEN install all Google stuff, using method explained in this thread before.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
I'm guessing you guys don't have problems where your phone just crashes and you can't turn it on unless you remove the battery and put it back in? I have a feeling it is due to the temperature, getting about 10degree C over here.
[General Topics] Emix26:
@rocky7st : 10 °C ? **** ! It was 34 °C here today !

@daktak : I'm joining the request from m.er, could you please give us the apk which is working on your phone, please ?

And are you guys also having problems with the clock ? It keeps desynchronising... I think it's when I'm recharging the phone... It's quite annoying. I want to have the correct time on my phone...
[General Topics] daktak:
Hi all,

I used this link, and picked the hybrid one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=785445
[General Topics] daktak:
@m.er that's awesome, I was wondering what the boot mode buttons would be.

Anyone know how to pull apart and rebuild an image file? I would like to make the data partition bigger, maybe steal from cache and system? Dalvik-cache takes up a big slab.
[General Topics] Emix26:
The link is down... I get this message when I click :

The file link that you requested is not valid.

Could you please update it again elsewhere ? That would be great.
[General Topics] daktak:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BOYNQS52
[General Topics] daktak:
It seems my Wifi is stuck in an authenticating loop. To try rectifying I deleted /etc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf, this didn't work. Can someone post their wpa_supplicant.conf?
[General Topics] Emix26:
Lol, I still can't install the Lbstestmode.apk... I tried through the altek pc software and through astro... Do we have the same phone ??

Edit: I finally found one which worked, here's the link for those with the same issue as me :

http://download402.mediafire.com/31ie67q6qlzg/1k481n7s5wldh88/lbstestmode_gpsconf_south_america_update.zip
[General Topics] tomerabk:
Help restoring Altek Leo original fonts

Hi guys,

i tried to install hebrew fonts by replacing the fonts in /system/fonts

( i used root explorer to do that ).

Now my Altek Leo reboots every 5 seconds.

Can you please help me and post a zip file with the original fonts?

I still don't know how I will copy them to the phone.

If you have any advice for me please share.

P.S, the installation of the hebrew fonts worked, from what i could see in 5 seconds
[General Topics] Emix26:
I'm not an expert at all, so I don't know if there is a solution. But there is none, you can always reinstall the firmware given by m.er before in this thread.
[General Topics] daktak:
Interestingly my wifi does work at work...
[General Topics] tomerabk:
can u reinstall the firmware when the phone is off?

because it reboots every 5 seconds
[General Topics] Emix26:
I don't know, give it a try. There are these boot mode buttons which could maybe help.
[General Topics] daktak:
@tomerabk does it come up long enough to issue "adb reboot recovery"? I've had to do that before and factory reset (home, vol azd play buttons to navigate )
[General Topics] tomerabk:
how do i issue a"db reboot recovery"?

what are these boot mode buttons and how do i use them exacly?
[General Topics] Emix26:
@ tomerabk : Everything's explained in m.er zip file, give it a look.

Hey guys, I've found that today :

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-flash-10-1-on-android-2-1-eclair-devices/comment-page-1/#comments

I just installed the apk they give with the altek pc software rather than the long procedure they suggest but I couldn't make it work. Do you think this could work on our phone ? Or is there another way to watch movies on youtube ?
[General Topics] tomerabk:
do u have a link or can u post the m.er zip file?

do u have a link or can u post the m.er zip file?
[General Topics] Emix26:
Lol, sorry for that misunderstanding. m.er is a guy which has posted his zip file in this thread. Just read the whole thing, it should be a few page back.
[General Topics] tomerabk:
thank u very much. it worked - i restore my phone orginal firware and now it works.

still need to install hebrew fonts.

P.S . , the usb cable only charge on my computer, but is not recognised by windows ( 7 ultimate x86 ). it worked on friend's computer with the same O.S.

and used his computer for recovery . Do you have any idea what could be the problem?
[General Topics] sanzoghenzo:
no sim and cooked roms?

Hi,

I just subscribed after reading this thread, 'cause is the only source of information about Altek Leo in the world!

I'm glad to see you make it work *better*

I'm planning to buy one at ebay (the one with 2 batteries just to be sure).

Some questions:

1-has someone tried to use it without SIM? (just to make sure I still get a working camera-mediaplayer-wifi device)

2-is someone looking to cook a rom in here? Can Leo_V1.23770_C2188600_BT-release_User.img be useful to start with?

3-is Nandroid Backup working for you after rooting?

4-is wifi so bad? someone managed to make it work well?

Thanks in advance

Cheers from Italy!
[General Topics] tomerabk:
the phone works without SIM
[General Topics] rocky7st:
I've never tried NANDROID Backup as I keep seeing you need ClockworkMod which doesn't work.

Wifi is just fine, had no problems with my one and can detect all available ones.
[General Topics] cypher0:
No sound from phone's speaker but headphones work

Hi everyone! Just received the Altek Leo which I purchased on ebay. I'm impressed with the fluid scrolling and the layout of the menu. Still, it will take me some time to effectively get used to navigating through it. The Altek software has been installed and updated the phone with the latest software which was dated around August. So, the PC-Link works and I am able to transfer files to the phone.

Well, I had a problem with the phone in keeping a constant connection to the wireless network. For a long time that day, it would drop the connection and I had to manually select a network for it to connect. After that, it would disconnect. However, I have managed to fix this issue, but don't know how I managed to do it. At least the connection works. :)

So, the really big problem with the phone right now is the fact that I'm getting no audio from the phone. I've checked all the audio settings and they are set pretty much halfway. Still, I should be getting audio from it. However, I know it's not a system problem because I'm getting audio from the headphones. My big worry is the phone's speaker. Could it be defective? Paid $300 for it, and a defective speaker is not going to go over well with me.

What am I overlooking? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[General Topics] sanzoghenzo:
Thanks for the info.

Maybe the "Porting clockwork recovery to new Devices" on Koushik Dutta's site could help to make it work :) (new user, I cant' post urls...)

But, first of all: do you think updating to froyo or gingerbread will improve this device or it's only wasted time?
[General Topics] m.er:
non-English (or Chinese ;) alphabets

@ tomerabk: Suddently I didn't discover any way to use in pure Altek system non-English (and another orginally installed ;) alphabests. However there is a way to partially resolve this problem - I use "Go SMS" (free, part of huge Go-family apps, aviable on Android Market) apps as a main SMS apps (instead of Message, which is part of the system) - there I can use Lithuanian, Polish and Russian alphabets to write my SMS/MMS. I'm not sure about Hebrew, but "Go SMS" covers wide range of languages, so I suppose that Hebrew is also supported - check it!

Suddently I didn't resolve (yet I hope) problem with using non-English diacritic signs (like "ą", "ź" or "ė") in SMSes - I can use them when I write, but in sendig they are converted to pure English alphabet - quite irritating, my old Samsung SGH-G810 with Symbian S60v3 didn't make me any problems with thatsh you ...

But SMSes written in Russian with cyrillic alphabet are sending without any problems, so the same should be with Hebrew, I suppose.
[General Topics] Emix26:
Hi guys, I've just encountered a new problem this week. I can't charge my phone anymore if it's turned on... It is quite annoying to turn it off every time I want to charge it... Does anybody know something about that problem and any solution to it ?
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Try a factory reset to see if that does anything. Else see if you can get a warranty, don't know what that is like with the ebay seller. Worse case you can try the Altek International support.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Wouldn't know much on either of those. Guess you can try it and let us know.
[General Topics] sanzoghenzo:
I don't own this device yet, this is why I'm asking this.

There are some features in gingerbread that could be useful (better memory and battery handling at first), but only if they don't mess up the phone...
[General Topics] tomerabk:
m.er: i got hebrew fonts working by copying files of hebrew fonts and replacing the existing ones with rootexplorer. i had to give all the permissions to this font files and it worked.

i have a question about the camcorder: is there any way to use light when recording video (keeping the flash on ) ?
[General Topics] cypher0:
This may sound silly but, what procedure is involved in doing a hard reset?
[General Topics] garthkiser:
Windows Driver

Could someone please upload the windows drivers somewhere and post a link? The company has a downloads page which is readable in english using google translate but it asks for an email and a captcha then just gives error messages when the download button is clicked. There seems to be no other location for the drivers online and company's listed email address also gets bounced back as unsendable.
[General Topics] cypher0:
Hard Reset and the nonfunctional speaker module

Well I found out how to do a hard reset and it didn't clear up the problem, but thanks for the suggestion. Apparently, I have to ship the phone back and they will fix the problem. A new phone and the earpiece speaker doesn't work! Well, at least it's an obvious problem that can be fixed, could be worse. Either the speaker module never worked at all, or it wasn't assembled on the circuit board. :(

Now I'll have to wait a month before I get a chance to use it.

As for upgrading the OS on the phone, is it possible to hack the phone to install 2.3 Gingerbread? I realize the phone is new on the market, but I'm sure someone must have tried this already. And to think this is the ONLY forum that has information on this phone. :D Thanks to all you folks in helping us newbie users!
[General Topics] garthkiser:
GPS and Market

Who else been dealing with GPS issues? If that's you then please post your progress. If you were able to use the lbstestmode.apk as mentioned in earlier posts, where did you get it and how did you use it? The last download link mentioned here did successfully install lbstestmode on my Leo, but no application icon appeared and I could not find it in my root file manager app.

Also, was able to install Market thanks to the instructions here but have still not been able to log in. All the methods listed here have so far proven unsuccessful.

Thanks to everyone for your posts here. This still seems to be the only place for Leo talk.

Updates: Problems solved. Was able to log into Market when my phone was in a different physical location.

GPS fixed by installing the free app "GPS Aids" from the Market and running the "GPS Status" option. The app will request super user access then run its "GPS Status" feature. Took several minutes to work it's magic and identify satellites, but after that it was smooth sailing with all GPS related apps.

Regarding a problem I mentioned in an earlier post, needing Windows drivers, my phone was able to install them fine after I put it in USB debugging mode. It selects the mode automatically for me when I choose the "charge only" option from the popup screen that appears when the phone is plugged in to USB.

Now I love my Leo, thanks again to all of you!
[General Topics] tomerabk:
Windows Driver

In altek website choose from upper menu "news&events"->"download library",

then on side menu click "member"

there enter your email and password you registered your product with

(dont forget to fill validate code - letters are only uppercase )
[General Topics] evilmind04:
1 .apk file with all google apps

Hey,

i am thinking about buying a altek leo.

but as i was reading this forum, it noticed that it has a few problems.

myself dont know how to make software for android.

having a htc hero atm, and running android 2.1, and it runs very smooth.

now was my question, isnt it possible to make a .apk file that installs the google mail app, the market app, and the google maps app?

i could only find the market app as a .apk file, but dont know if it will work cos i dont have the phone yet.

thanks in advance, greets Melvin
[General Topics] rocky7st:
The maps apk will install without rooting but the other two require root to get them to work. I gave instructions over here on how to install them.
[General Topics] evilmind04:
thnx, i think i almost got it.

few questions :

do i need to run adb.exe and keep it running doing all the other steps?

and what kind of pc connection do you choose to do all this?

Last 1, what kind of root i need to choose normal root or shell root? (i have SuperOneClickv2.1.1-ShortFuse) is that the right one? and what does it do? it uninstalling anything?

srry first time doing something like this.

tnx
[General Topics] TiosLeo:
I don't understand steps 4 and 5

4. Go to Command prompt and type the following

CD C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

Note that is assuming this is where you installed Android SDK.

5. Now type the following into command prompt.

adb remount

adb push googlebits\GoogleCheckin.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk /system/app/

adb push googlebits\com.google.android.gtalkservice.jar /system/framework/
adb push googlebits\com.google.android.gtalkservice.xml /system/etc/permissions/
adb push googlebits\com.google.android.datamessaging.xml /system/etc/permissions/

adb push googlebits\SetupWizard.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleApps.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\Vending.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleSettingsProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\gtalkservice.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\talk.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\TalkProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleSettingsProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GooglePartnerSetup.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GmailProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\Gmail.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\MarketUpdater.apk /system/app/

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Hi everybody, I don't understand step 4 and 5. I need to use command prompt of windows or another. If I use windows command prompt, it doesn't work and if it's another, I don't know which.

I have 1.28 version on my leo and I want to install android market. Please help me to do it.

Thx a lot
[General Topics] tony78960:
Quality of the camera

Hello everyone !

I'm interested to buy the A14 Leo mainly because of its camera.

But does this camera is really good ?

14Mp is quite huge for a camera phone, but what is the quality of the picture ? Does it is clean ?

Are you satisfied with the camera?

Does the camera is fast to take a photo ? :confused:

Can somebody who has the Altek Leo post some photos (in full size) taken with the phone ? (Or make a Zip with the photos, or send them by PM... As you prefer.)

Please, I would like some photos at least in these configurations :

- in a dark place, with and without flash,

- outside, normal and with full zoom,

- at night, without flash,

- macro.

All this in order to get an idea of ​​the quality of the sensor.

Many thanks ! :)

@TiosLeo

Step 4

means open a dos command (open windows menu, click "execute", type "cmd") and go to in the sub-directory "platform-tools" of the directory where you installed Android SDK. Have you installed it in an other directory ?

In

step 5

, you have to type all the command lines in the dos command (one by one obviously) in order to install all sofware on your phone. If it doesn't work, either you hadn't copied the "googlebits" folder in "platform-tools" or your phone is not correctly connected.

(I apologize if I made some mistakes in English, I'm french)
[General Topics] TiosLeo:
Bonjour Tony, Hi !

I succeed ! Thx for help. I'm trying to install applications on sd card but it's not easy for a beginer like me lol.

@Tony, Altek Leo makes very good photos. For me it's better than SE Satio and Nokia N8.

PS: Achètes le mec, tu seras pas déçu ;)

I'm french too
[General Topics] rocky7st:
I will try and get those pictures you want when I get some free time. Here are some videos I have taken using the optical zoom to show you what is possible regarding recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6J5yqhnn5M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhrzakO7_v8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USEsgxZ6zkk

First one is taken from top grandstand at Eden Park. Other two at North Harbour stadium right near the field.

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Pretty much follow the instructions there are no extra things you need to do. The one thing I left off was rooting your phone, this is the very first step you take. So using SuperOneClickv2.1.1 normal root to make your phone rooted. Once you have done that successfully then follow the steps I mentioned. You do not need to run adb.exe, the command prompt lines will do that for you. Either PC Sync or Charger should work

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What I have done to do this is install Link2SD android app. As long as you have done the partition thing mentioned on the Altek site to enable app2sd then you will be able to link your apps to the SD card and get valuable space.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Here are some pictures I've taken. Macro mode, flash and no flash and outdoor mode. For full zoom I went to where the yellow bar stopped, there was a bit more zoom but usually causes a blurry image. I'm not a photographer so my pictures might not show what the phone can actually do. Will grab a night one later on.

http://www.mediafire.com/?8ns4jnnzmon7uc2

Has anyone tried a lock application, I am more after something that I can quickly lock the screen without the power button. I found a couple of apps but my phone seems to be constantly restarting.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Last images you requested. http://www.mediafire.com/?m73z9vm4tpzdj9h

Night time, no zoom, zoom and no flash. I didn't have the image focus thing on the last image so don't know if that played a part in the image quality.
[General Topics] pduffyd:
Battery life

Hi guys Im a noob, Great site

Just got one of these A14 camera/phone last week, and I noticed straight away how bad the battery life was (under 10hrs not in use much phone only).

I noticed the post about the newer software, restoring a bricked phone and downloaded the Zip file containing all the files needed which the member had received from Altek tech support.

I was running the stock rom Sw ver 1.23760, now I have loaded the Altek software from the Zip file, and updated as per the PC software allows, I am now running 1.23770(TW)_1.0110, Baseband Ver V02.1043.2011-Aug-5 13.50;24 and Kernal 2.6.29 Tue Jun14.

These updates have fixed the battery drain as I have been running this phone "normally", sms mms phone use internet etc, for the past day and the battery is still at 80%, it would have been dead in under 7hours before.

Just thought I would share. I have yet to do the GPS and other mods but I will be once I read the complete "how to" again
[General Topics] evilmind04:
i got a problem, i rooted my phone then in command promp i does the adb remount, and after that it just say cant find files.

While i made the map googlebits, did everything that is in the tut.

it just stops after i do the remount.

also a application called superuser is installed, what to do with that?
[General Topics] cypher0:
Okay, well I'm stumped here, or I'm just not getting it. I completed step 1 and 2, but for step 3, how do you copy the files from the GoogleBits to the memory card on the phone? Windows File Manager won't do it, and neither will the Altek PC Sync. The subdirectory is /system/app so is that supposed to be the Windows system dir?

I apologize for my ineptness, but I really am lost at step 3

...okay never mind, I figured it out...

-copy the GoogleBits dir into that Android directory under \platform-tools

-then go to Start, Run, and type cmd in the prompt for the executable.

-at the good old DOS command line, type in all that stuff

Now for some reason it isn't seeing the files, my question here is should I root the phone first via SuperOneClick so that the files can be transferred to the phone? If not, then how should it be done?
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Can you take a screenshot of what you see in the command prompt. It sounds like you might have installed it elsewhere. You don't need to worry about superuser.

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Don't know which tutorial you used, here is mine http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16167905&postcount=58

Yes make sure you root the phone first.
[General Topics] Emix26:
new firmware

Hi guys,

It seems there is a new firmware out there. Have you ckeck it out ? Do you know a way to update it whithout loosing everything you have on the phone ? The apps and all the settings ? I kinda don't wanna go through all steps again to get android market, the gps and link to sd...

My leo's working fine now, but I don't want to miss cool updates...
[General Topics] TiosLeo:
New Firmware ???

I don't think there is a new firmware. Nothing with Altek PC Sync or in Altek website. Are you sure ? My Leo has got:

2.1-update1

1.29300(TW)_1.0430

Where did you find a new firmware ?
[General Topics] Emix26:
lol, yes it's the one I saw, the 1.29.. I thought it was a new firmware. I still have the 1.28 and last time I checked, there was nothing new. Sorry for the false hope ! ^^ But by updating my firmware, I lose all apps, right ?

Does this firmware bring something new ?