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[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
From what I understand (though I haven't personally applied it) the OTA update updates the phone to B136, which is the same as B160. For whatever reason the Unicom roms are numbered higher but as far as I can tell are identical to the rest of the world counterparts (so that would be that 158 = 135 and 160 = 136), just with heaps of additional bloatware.

So basically if there are any differences between this and 136 then it's because Huawei have made unpublished changes to their kernel, which of course is highly possible. So if this is the case then there's no way for us to apply their fixes and also have overclocking and other tweaks that we can apply at a kernel level.

When I get the time I can make a package so that people can try the official B136 kernel to see if it makes a difference to them.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] astro_beta:
Cheers, no need to rush it though :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] adamnz:
Yes, smartass is on
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Just another quick note, before I went to work this morning I had a look on the huawei website and they've actually posted newer kernel source, but it's not specifically for the u8800. I only had a few minutes to have a look but it has at least some of the u8800 drivers so hopefully if they've made changes to the kernel for b136/b160 then the changes are contained in there.

I'll keep you guys updated.

Edit: okay nevermind, the kernel was actually for the S7. There could be some things in there that could be used but I doubt it.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iamelton:
just for the record im using B136 now..

its downloaded from huawei website..

if theres anything needed to be tested on B136, i can be one of the testers..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
Hello.

The tweaks that you made in the build.prop file are these ones?

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=90
ro.telephony.call_ring.delay=1000

And

dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m #previously 24

Could you please tell us what they do in short? :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
This is what i think:

windowsmgr: i have 85 here, it makes scrolling more smooth. don't know what it does, someone?!

wifi: 90seconds interval searching for new networks.

call: 1sec delay between ringing-sounds when someone is calling. ("1000" makes ringing almost instant)

dalvik: It is the memory allocated to the dalvik virtual machine, increasing it will use more memory if the apk calls for it.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
Thanks. Do you know the default values of those settings?

Imo isn't 90 sec searching too much and also is it generaly good or bad to increase dalvik?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
can't remember the defaults, only:

dalvik.vm.heapsize=24m

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60 (maybe 65)

i got 120 on wifi-scan and it isn't too much, low values drain battery..

Increasing dalvik should increase stability and performance (i got 48 here).

check this post for more build.prop edits:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=771232
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Here is the B136/B160 official kernel. I have also included the camera libs, otherwise the camera won't work properly.

Download: http://www.multiupload.com/XPDODU1M7E

To revert to the 1.5GHz kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/OISOHEHTDP

Edit: Just a quick note, I haven't tested the update package on B160 as I'm on B136 at the moment. It should work fine, just let me know if there are problems.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] GolfCranK:
Well for some reason mine has sorted itself out without having to reflash. Maybe the reboots clean something up. Anyway I am now at 98 hours since boot so I guess that's how long since the last freeze. Also the battery life is improving every day. I am at 88% now after 8 hours which is amazing for me. Although today it has been mostly phone calls and not much else.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] GolfCranK:
Smartass and Setcpu

I am trying to understand this. Is smartass something you added to the kernel to allow a cpu setting app to work?

Also is it better to use SetCpu? I use CPU Master and it seems fine (not that I know much about it).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Smartass is a CPU governor, added not by me but by Genokolar (I do have my own kernel but it's not worth releasing until it is significantly different to Geno's). The CPU frequency is scaled according to certain parameters (load, whether it is in sleep mode etc), and the CPU governor is the thing that decides what frequency to set the CPU to.

Smartass is designed to be a bit more snappy than the default governor (ondemand), but also to stay at lower frequencies longer, theoretically improving battery life.

Oh and in terms of setcpu vs cpu master, I'm not sure whether you can set the governor using CPU master. If you can't and you want to use a different governor then obviously setcpu would be better.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ryronz:
Hmm just wondering on something, my battery drains quite quickly (on 3g and screen on (doing nothing)). Was just wondering if anyway knows anything? I have SetCPU on conservative max 800. Yet my battery drains pretty quickly while using, its fine when not using, but the thing is, nothings held the cpu for an extremely long amount of time and it wasn't always like this.

Happens reinstalling roms

Factory reset

underclocking cpu

killing tasks

screen brightness etc etc etc.

stock

still have about 1% drain per 2 minutes, that would equal about 3 hours usage on a full battery, doing absolutely nothing. I do remember when I first got my phone though, i played game dev story for about 4 hours, sound on and everything, still had >50% battery.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
Try removing Android Assistant, Spare Parts, SetCPU and apps like that and see if it becomes any better. Check your Run % enter *#*#4636#*#* and check battery history.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] astro_beta:
I updated using the above file, then forced it into 2g and enabled data. But the phone reset almost immediately, doh. :(

So I'm back on the 1.5GHz kernel for now (with the 3G Data Only app).

PS I'm on the "3" network in Adelaide.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nanoloop:
Yeh I had resets when my fone was looking for the 3 network constantly, it is always searching and this uses more battery.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] astro_beta:
One of the guys from Whirlpool worked out that the reset problem is caused by the phone trying to use data when in 2g. To temporarily fix this you can install an app called "3G Data Only" or (going by reports) install the latest OTA update (if you are still on the stock rom).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] OmegaModr:
A few questions, for you guys.

I updated my stock rom with this one an like an idiot I didn't backit up first.

Now there is no stock rom available for my cust version, and all of the roms include the UPDATE_CUST.app. I would rather not overwrite my cust folder.

So here are the questions, if i use the generic overseas rom over this one, what will happen? Is there a way i can keep my cust version? How will the phone react if i just don't transfer the UPDATE_CUST.app. I'm running CUSTC270D001 if anyone can find it.

Oh and the update process wipes all data on the SD card too?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
I don't really understand what you have done and what you wan't, either you install b160 rom (this tread) or you take the stock rom from huawei-device webpage and flash it with that rom.

I would recommend you to connect your phone to your pc in recovery mode, and backup everything you need, then choose a rom and apply it.

And no, an update process will not format your SD-card.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] OmegaModr:
Sorry, I guess I was a little hard to understand.

I replaced my stock rom with this one (in this thread). I would like to flash back to my stock rom to play with it and try some things. But I did not backup my stock rom.

I can't find my stock rom on huawei-device (with my cust build), and i'm asking what happens wit my cust folder if I flash generic overseas rom.

Can i just backup my cust folder an restore it after the flash?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
The rom on huawei-device should be the "stock" rom, maybe not exactly the same as you got in your country, i'm not sure about that.

You can just backup your /cust folder and replace it after flashing with stock rom, if it gets removed/changed..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Yeah, just don't copy UPDATE_CUST.app to the dload directory and it will work fine.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] OmegaModr:
Great thank you

P.S.

Question, if I flash the stock rom, does it overwrite the boot image, and if it does can I just replace that with the one you provided to gain root?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] astro_beta:
The following link (sorry I can't make it a real link) should help if you are looking for the stock firmware links... wiki.modaco.com/index.php/Huawei_Firmware_U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tantric_pogo:
Great work as always!

Any chance of a widget/shortcut to activate wifi hotspot? ;p
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
There's a lot of widgets that can do that in the market, here are some examples i found right now:

https://market.android.com/details?id=at.mysandbox.android.hotspotwidget&feature=search_result

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.achmyr.android.froyo&feature=search_result

https://market.android.com/details?id=alei.switchpro&feature=search_result

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.siriusapplications.eclairwidgets&feature=search_result

You can just try to search for "tethering widget" on market..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
Just saw that there was an update released by genokolar on goapk yesterday.

Here's the link in case someone wan't to give it a try.

http://bbs.goapk.com/thread-2280290-1-1.html

There's two versions, i updated with the lower voltage version and i'll report here in case i notice any differences in batterylife.

edit: i'll upload the files, so you dont need to create an account on goapk to be able to download the files.

Normal voltage version:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RI52VAEJ

Low voltage version:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KU9GD9UC
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ioucorsa:
theoretically what are the differences for this 2 versions from the one we have already??

//also the links show "The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." just to inform you !
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
In the link it says that the low voltage is supposed to be more energy saving but there may be some stabillity issues
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] astro_beta:
I went back to the stock rom and installed the OTA update. I can confirm that for me the reset bug has been fixed. :)

Although they still have that stupid message about data over 3g enabled in the build props. :(
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iakoboss7:
do you know what are the differences about the custom rom here and that one? (except from the low voltage :) )

also more importantly can you or someone else that will try this rom confirm if it supports all android default Europe languages? (like greek for my case).

thank you for sharing it and all :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Ardeloth:
Are you sure that the low voltage version is new? I recently installed the "normal" version and last night as soon as my battery dropped below 25% things got REALLY ugly... I'm talking about constant reboots, crashes, radio instability (kept asking for my cards PIN every 3 minutes or so plus Wifi was a total no-go). Nasty stuff. I turned it off and left it to charge and today is another beautiful and stable day :P

P.S. sentiment since you're testing it, that would be a good benchmark for the version you installed. Could you please let it run below 25% and see if its still stable?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
I used google translate to read that goapk page i linked before, here is what it says about differences in this update (it's not a ROM, only a update).

"1, a comprehensive update enhanced the script, the main increase Judgement, there will be mistakes prompted (for example, swap, that you succeed, now is definitely a success)

2, provides two patches, a normal voltage version, a lower voltage version

3, on the lower voltage , the advantage is to some extent, energy saving, but it may affect stability. Therefore, the use of lower voltage version of the patch of oil, if we find a reason to restart the phenomenon, you can brush on the normal voltage version of the patch. And what better to feedback to the forum. (Lower voltage Description: This moderately reduced the frequency band 245-768 voltage, because the frequencies actually used the longest time)

4 CPU on the use of smartass adjustment mode as the default description: Because smartass mode when more cost-running power (such as students like to read the novel, the use of this model can save about half the electricity, the general operation can save about 30% about electricity), and in deep sleep can automatically set the maximum frequency is 245, this is equivalent to SETCPU the profile effect on the saving. So in fact the purpose of using this model is to conserve power. Concerned about the performance of family games, general games, then, smartass mode will not have to affect performance, as the big game in the micro-card problem, you can change the ondemand mode (you can temporarily change the control mode of cpu, but also permanently change the configuration file enhanced.conf to ondemand mode).

5, the version upgrade to V5.2"

iakoboss7: It's only a update so it doesnt affect languages at all, im in sweden and it works.

Ardeloth: the low voltage version must be new, this update was released 2 days ago, I'll report later when my battery is below 25% and see if it's stable and also about my batterylife with the low voltage version.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] simplistian:
Hey sentiment the ROM you linked from gopak.com is a combination of the official overseas B136 and China Unicom B160 ROM by genokolar, plus his kernel and scripts which format the 2GB internal space into ext3, enable app2ext, data2ext and swap.

There is another B136 only ROM with those scripts made by him as well. It looks more suitable for non-China Unicom devices.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iakoboss7:
from what i can see v5.2 (both versions) (~5mb) its an update to v5.1 (~80mb), so i am probably supposed to have v5.1 before... or at least thats what i understand from the google translation, if i am wrong can you correct me please?

@simplistian: have you tried both the "Mixed all-B136 + B160" rom & the "B136 ONLY" rom? what are the differences? and what should we choose? if the mixed one works good with us international users why should we still use the "B136 ONLY" rom?

as you can see i am a little confused with all those... :o

@all: what is the "GMS package" at the end of genokolar's mixed rom's page? do we need it? what it does?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
Im not sure about the differences between B136 only and the combo of B160+136 but i think that the B136 is the stock Rom which doesnt have an overclock kernel and some other features the b160 has, B136 is the latest updated rom from huawei (stock-rom). So the combo of them both must be a ROM with the best features from "both worlds"..

I only installed this new update because of the low voltage version, i wan't to see if it increases the batterylife.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] simplistian:
I didn't try the "combo" ROM but I'm using the custom B136 ROM from there. I'm not sure about the differences between the combo and the B136 only ROM and they are not stated there. Many Chinese users got issues with the international contact and dialer apps so there is a B160 ROM for them with a lot of custom applications for China Unicom. I guess the "combo" ROM is something mixing the B136 base ROM and China Unicom applications.

I'm using the B136 custom ROM by genokolar there, it contains the overclock kernel by him as well, plus some clean ups I believe. It performs well so far, but I did not enable app2ext and data2ext.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ktsak:
Loaded this ROM and everything went OK.

Now it's time to recover the stock ROM (Greek Wind ROM). Unfortunately by mistake i've deleted the saved backup of the stock ROM. Is it possible someone of our Greek friends to upload somewhere the stock (WIND) ROM, so I can recover it ? Your help will be appreciated :rolleyes:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ktsak:
Tried your backup stock rom. Everything went OK, except Wifi. Doesn't work. Can't enable Wifi. Get Error message. Any ideas ? Please HELP !!!!:(
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knevski:
Is there problem that phone doesn't go to sleep in this firmware? In original B136 and B160 my phone is running all the time 100% and eats battery very fast after some time of use. There is no any app that is causing this.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
Quick question, the installation guide says I should use update from sdcard. However I am using the full rom not the update, should I rename the zip and choose at clockworks the install from sdcard instead?

I would like to have a reply as soon as possible, thanks !
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
I seem to have a minor problem after doing install from zip and taking the update.zip file with the whole rom. It doesn't have english language I seem to have gotten only swedish as option what have happened?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] levibuko:
Is this deodexed?

And how about some themes?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
Deodexed, themes?

Not done anything of those. Installed clockworkmod, backedup my stockrom and installed from sdcard the update.zip which had a size of 100.1MB and now got only swedish language on the phone. However I can see the B160 is applied as its not the same as my old and I got the CM thingys, but I still got the preloaded programs like UNO,prince of persia and such things and I don't want them.

*EDIT*

I noticed the phone doesn't sleep properly. When pressing the power button to set the phone to sleep, if you try pressing the volume buttons it wakes up. Is it a feature or a downside bug?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
It's only a feature that also works with the stock rom, the phone is sleeping properly otherwise it would be draining battery to quick.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
But it does drain battery quick for me :S

If I press the volume buttons it wakes up and it seems each 15min my phone drains 1% after from B133[Swedish Expert rom] to B160.

Could anyone help me?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
Try wiping /data /cust and clear Dalvik cache.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
Please tell me how to do this?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
Boot into recovery (power+vol up) there choose wipe data/factory reset (you will loose all your apps so take backup before then in advanced clear dalvik cache (if you didn't do it at the install as the instructions said)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cirnocirno:
I meant with the cust_data, if I clear that thing will I not lose the safety backup?

Incase clockwork just goes boom ?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] levibuko:
Haha i was asking those question to the developer of thos rom xD
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
The saftey backup resides in cust_backup\?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Sanningr:
Hello

I successfully installed the rom, but i have an old version of market and i can' t get it updated. I have tried clearing the cache and *#*#checkin#*#* code but it didn't work. Has it happened to anyone else?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ryronz:
I had that issue, where the market app wouldn't automatically update, all i did was find the latest version at the time and install that then it would continue to update as normal :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Sanningr:
That seems to work, i hope it will update in the future without problems, thanx a lot! ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
The framework is actually not odexed in the original files from Huawei, but they do use a customized version of the SDK so you can't directly decode and recompile framework using apktool. I was going to get some themes done soon, I just don't really have any time to work on this stuff until I finish uni (about two weeks).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] levibuko:
Ok thx! I want to try it on my own but i dont know how. Can you write a tutorialif you have time?:)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] levibuko:
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[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] OmegaModr:
I have the same problem, where do I get the latest market app?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sentiment:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/android-market/am.am
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knevski:
Answer to myself: yes there seems to be.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
Try reinstalling the kernel with fixes (check first post) it seems to run smooth for me now. Running at 16% and after 20hrs on and some use still 50% left.

EDIT: also latest SetCPU to change to smartass.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knevski:
Yesterday i installed this: "Complete rom with all fixes and 1.5Ghz kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/0HR8W3BMUR (updated 15/5/11)".

So there should already be the kernel and all the fixes?

I have already SetCPU using smartass.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
I did that too but after the seperate kernel package http://www.multiupload.com/OISOHEHTDP
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] rekec:
ROM works great, camera recording is even better (especially with LgCamera app), UI is more responsive. Overclocking works flawlessly, menu looks better.

Great job stockwell ! :):)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knevski:
So installation order should be: first the kernel and then firmware? I thought firmware includes kernel..?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
It does but I noticed an improvement in battery time by reinstalling the kernel and fixes some time after I had installed the whole firmware.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knevski:
That sounds very weird, when considered that kernel and fixes are already included in the firmware package... But maybe i should give it a try sometimes. Thanks for trying to help.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] leonclement:
very cool rom, overclocking works great, alot smoother to use, the wifi even works better than the stock rom, it will now auto connect to network when back in range properly!! battery seems to be the same if not a bit better (i have it set to ondemand and 'screen off' profile set to a low cpu speed) the only thing i can find thats not working (and is on the stock rom) is the blinking red led when the battery gets below 10% can you post an update for this?:)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] zx9john:
Installed last night and it's been running flawlessly all day.

Love the "hide" feature for all that crap-ware like Iron Man etc and the Launcher Pro suite is fookin awesome.

The only issue I haven't fully tested out is wifi WPA2 connection stability. On stock Roadhound it was flakey as - here's hoping this ROM is better.

I dips me lid to ya's thou!

Cheers
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] data55:
Does someone have the MD5 for the files so I can check if my download is corrupted:D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
How to change the default cpu guvernor (without the need of SetCPU)?

EDIT: busybox echo smartass > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

now how to run it at boot hmm
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] leonclement:
sorry my mistake, low battery red led does work :) all good so far :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] plerohero:
call recording

Great rom i'm using it since i bought my x5.

After a couple of searching the call recording feature depends on rom and phone.

Does this rom supports call recording?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] PanagiotisGreece:
it works just fine
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] PanagiotisGreece:
it is pretty good thanks for sharing
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Pretor:
So far so good. Overclocked to 1017MHz (smartass).

Only problem i found is when my friend calls me it only rings once and then it just only vibrating (personal ringtone is set to Digital Phone)

Just tested quickly and its only Digital Phone ringtone that is not work properly :/
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AceDroidX:
Guys is the camera any better with that ROM?

Actually it is pretty good while shooting/recording during the day, but is pretty bad at night. Also, is the problem with the autofocus fixed?