yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obijankenobi:
Goophone 4gs

I can't get this working on my goophone 4gs. I also found this on a chinees website. Have you got root access on your 4gs?

I got this from the sale website.

A Guide To Installing APK Apps On Your Google Android Phone

Thursday, June 30, 2011 7:26:52 PM America/Los_Angeles

Because the Android operating system is a relative newcomer to the mobile phone market, a strong and cohesive Android Internet support community appears to be lacking. Without an adequate Android support system in place, many Android users are left in the dark when it comes to many tricky tasks, like installing third party applications to their Android mobile phones. In order to install third party applications to your Android phone, you need to install APK, or Android Package, files. In this article, we will cover the two ways you can install APK files to your Android phone and show you how to take advantage of the wide variety of third party Android applications currently available.

Installing Applications Through the Android Market

The Android Market is essentially Android’s answer to Apple’s iPhone App Store. As of September 2009, the Android Market already offered well over 10,000 applications, and this number has only continued to grow. In addition to the applications the Android Market offers, you can also use it to install other downloaded third party applications.

Copy the APK file to your Android’s memory card and insert the card into your phone.

Download and install the Apps Installer application from the Android Market

Once installed, the Apps Installer will display the APK files on the memory card.

Click and install your APK files.

Installing Applications With Android SDK

It is possible to install APK files without utilizing the Android Market, although the process is more difficult and complex. To avoid the Android Market, you need to use Android SDK.

Download and install the Google Android SDK program and the Android USB drivers. The download links are as follows: code.google.com/android/intro/installing.html

dl.google.com/android/android_usb_windows.zip

You need to modify your Android’s settings to allow the installation of applications from other sources. Under “Settings,” select “Application Settings” and then enable “Unknown Sources.” Also under “Settings,” select “SD Card” and “Phone Storage,” and finally enable “Disable Use for USB Storage”

This last step is easy. Open Command Prompt and type the following: adb install <1>/<2>.apk

However, when you type the command, replace <1> with the path to your APK file and replace <2> with the name of the APK file.

You’re done! Your application is now ready for your use and enjoyment.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnston9234:
"Because the Android operating system is a relative newcomer to the mobile phone market, a strong and cohesive Android Internet support community appears to be lacking. Without an adequate Android support system in place, many Android users are left in the dark when it comes to many tricky tasks, like installing third party applications to their Android mobile phones."

I guess they never heard of us.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILOVETHE90's:
Yes I have root access, you must unzip the root file given then open the 谷锋4gs-ROOT-REC工具.bat file and it should give root through a adb looking process. Just have the phone plugged in the computer (it has to be windows) and the Adb will do the work.

Make sure you install the driver of this phone on the computer. or adb will give an error that it doesnt see any phone.

At the end of the adb process on your computer it will say your finished and your phone will restart into a Chinese clockworkmod just choose the FIRST one and it should restart again. But it freezes here sometimes and if so DONT WORRY just press the hidden reset button in the headphones jack and it will restart and check if you have root!

After you have root I can give you a file that gives market and it updates to the current one!

You'll have to flash that though which will be tricky sine CWM is in chinese....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obijankenobi:
Thanx the goophone is rooted, now all i need is the android market.

I tried to flash this with the clockwork mod, but thats tricky in chinese :cool:

I hope you can help me out i sent you a pm. Maybe a how2 on the forum for other gooapple owners as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alagoinhas:
I have a goophone 4gs, please who can help me to root it?

How can I install driver on pc?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ILOVETHE90's v2:
Found New Rom

http://www.zjapk.com/thread-525-1-1.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mayiandjay:
Greetings! I am user "mayiandjay" from youtube. I have made previous videos about the gooapple 3g providing some support. I have ordered the 2nd generation GOOAPPLE V5. I will receive it Tuesday January 17 2012, I will post many videos such as:

The Goophone 4gs unboxing

The Goophone 4gs sdcard memory upgrade

The Goophone 4gs root and recovery.img installation

How to install Goophone roms etc.

Lets work together and make this work! :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mayiandjay:
Hello ILOVETHE90's v2!

I have found that today 01/15/2012 the chinese released the latest rom for the Goophone 4gs and I assume it will work for the gooapple v5. I have successfully downloaded it but I am still waiting for the phone to arrive. I'll keep you guys updated. Here is the link: http://www.zjapk.com/thread-1874-1-1.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daytonahemi08:
Im lookin to buy one where can i order?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silkwort:
Hi, appreciate you video in youtube,done well.

I have goophone 4gs - can I use your rom 22-12 in my phone, phone was already rooted?

Try to make alive android market, but it still don't work. Do you solve this problem?

---------- Post added at 08:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:27 AM ----------

Is it in english or in chinese? I have goophone 4gs and I want to install pure android 2.3, because market don't work in this appleUI rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dregonx:
Some info.

Hey everyone,

I just got my Goophone 4GS this week, and have spent some time playing with it. Here is what I've figured out (I speak so-so Chinese):

1. Mine came unrooted. I used Superoneclick 2.3.3 (by Shortfuse) to root it, and it worked a charm. Using this software (I am on Win 7 64 bit PC), I didn't need any additional drivers, and all worked as expected. In the program, just go to - Advanced -, choose to - Check Drivers -, then go back to - General - and choose - Root. Then wait.

2. Clockworkmod came pre-installed for me (in Chinese). Hold down the volume up button when you start the phone to access CWM. Find screenshots of the software in English (if you can), and the menus in Chinese are arranged in exactly the same order. That should make navigating it easier.

3. New roms are readily available at goophone (dot) com and at zjapk (dot) com. You'll find both iOS interface roms and stock Android interface roms. Enjoy. The latest iOS rom as of this writing is 2012-March 02, and it claims to enable 3G on the phone!!! Haven't tried it yet, so can't confirm. Roms are updated weekly, and sometimes even daily!

4. I have yet to find a Google Apps zip to use with this phone. Any suggestions?

Hope I've been of some help.

Enjoy,

DregonX
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdxdel:
Hello.

I bought a Gooapple V6.

But I have some doubts on the apparatus.

More precisely, the seller who have sold it to me "achinaseller" guaranteed that it is a Gooapple V6 (a Gooapple V5 3G updated with a faster software). And with the promise to find pre-installed Google PlayStore.

But Google PlayStore there isn't in the phone. And even if I try to install it, at the time that I start downloading a file, the application crash.

In addition, if I want to try to put a classic Android's rom without the IOS interface available from the "official website" rom.gooapple.com, tells me that at first time I must check the version of my motherboard typing the code *#2170#* But, if I try to do this code, on my phone doesn't give any function...

Sure my phone is Android, 3G and It has an 8Mpixel camera. But what kind of phone is it??

Can you help me?

In the "system", I have just read that my phone is model MC605CH. In many threads I have read that this model name is the same of Goophone 4GS.

Is it possible that my phone is a Goophone 4GS?? And can I install a Goophone's rom?? I am afraid to break my phone..

I've just download drivers MTK6573.RAR (from Anexonel) and I've done the root by superoneclick.

Thanks in advance if you can give me an hand.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fruchtge:
I did this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1332554 to root it. After restart it just shows the apple bootscreen an it is no way to turn the device off or start recovery mode.... so i had to use the secret reset button in the audio jack. But now everything is fine!

---------- Post added at 02:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:01 AM ----------

Another issue is the gps Signal is verry weak on my goophone 4gs. Inside no signal at all ok... but even outside i get max 3-5 Satelites with max half a bar signal strength. I tested some different navigation apps. Somtime no localisation at all but most it jumps around in the streets like a druged frog...

Anyone the same problems maybe another rom may help? Or is my Hardware broken?

Another fummy thing is that GSM Signal strength loses up to 2 bars when I touch the phone on the metal frame on the upper side of the phone. When I phone sometimes i have to grab it as low as possible to get a goo voice quality... also verry wired. :eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giancarlo6363:
how to know the android version??

I have a goophone 4s 8 gig.... how to know the android version??
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anªk|n:
Hi all,

this is my first post so first of all I want to say how amazing this community is !! :)

I've installed gingerDX v018 just following the xda instructions and all has gone smoothly.

Anyways, I'm posting 'cause sometimes my x8 reboots by itself, usually during the night (each time I heard the logo animation alert :( ). I guess the timing is not significant, but it happens quite every night.

Do you have any idea of what could it be?

There is some x8 log I could read from or may I use the terminal emulator app?

P.s. I didn't flash the kernel, so I'm still using the stock K. No overclocking apps (not yet).
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris95X8:
Do a full wipe. The GingerDX thread says there's no need to do a full wipe after update, that must have confused you.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
if what Chris95X8 said dosnt work then your stuck for a while until someone makes a -all-in-one sorta fix. i used to have this problem and after a while it rebooted itself and it got stuck in a bootloop so do the full wipe as soon as posible imo.

i did a full wipe and now its back to normal. no more auto reboots either now.

if that dosnt work then reinstall the rom.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anªk|n:
I thought I did. I mean, after the installation I did a full wipe to avoid reboot looping I experienced during my first time installation.

My installation steps actions:

- installed v018 zip

- installed extra zip

- ran Factory Reset (full wipe) option

- ran Wipe cache partitionoption

- reboot phone

Did I miss any steps?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anªk|n:
If I run out of options I'll try to install the v019 :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
hmmm you didnt miss anything...i will search around for an answer for you...if there is one...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anªk|n:
Thank you. :)

In the meanwhile this w/e I'll try to disinstall one app at a time, to see if there are some conflict. It has rebooted just 5 minute ago.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maliceomalice:
i read that u can try to use another memory card for awhile to check if the problem still happening.

i got the same problem too, and i tried using another memory card but it still happens. lastly, i sent it to the shop and the shop send it to the factory and it gonna take 3 weeks until i got my phone back.. :(
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbso:
oh man, thats a bummer... heres some smileys to cheer you up :D:):D:):D:):D:)

there you go.:)

---------- Post added at 08:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:54 PM ----------

ok, some answers show that it is either the rom or battery, they also suggest to have it sent off to have it looked at, see if anything is mucked up or something. sorry if it isnt much but its all i could find so far
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anªk|n:
Hope they will solve the issue. let us know if they will :)

Thank you wilbso, sending it off will be my very last resource. Anyway for now I've removed weather widget from the lockscreen and Homescreen, just to exclude any (?) refreshing data problems. Next step will be to install some task killer and so on. :)

I'll write if anything work it out!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris_Castro:
Coverage

How's coverage in your area?

I had frequent reboots on low signal areas (very bad) and the phone tried to connect 3G to check e-mail. Anyway, after each reboot, I cleaned dalvik and cache, and then eventually it went away after moving from CM7 to GingerDX.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X8invisible:
I think another possible problem is the ram cuz you said that you dont use task killers so the problem may be the low ram(every gb problem)if you confirm that this is the problem i sugest you should use advanced task killer form market
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evil_chris:
I don't think it's a ram problem, I suggest a full wipe an pay attention when you restore, do not restore system app or app data, the problem could be there...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moaj:
crazy x8:D. Full wipe is the solution for prob in almost cases in x8 using custom roms. Wierd:D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anªk|n:
@Chris_Castro:

2g signal looks stable, 3g poor, but at home I'm using wi-fi. But just to be sure I'll check the force 2G signal option, so we will see.

@X8invisible13:

I had the same idea yesterday, so I've installed Memory Booster - RAM Optimizer, here my ram data:

total memory: ~ 175MB

memory avaiable: ~26MB

and reading here and there they look to be average values. But one of the next tests will be to install the latest gingerDX rom, or some other cool roms and test each app at a time.

@evil_chris:

mmm, I'm quite the noob here, so I don't have any backup data or backup apps. I was playing around with HS/LS, sliders, icons when I experienced first problems, so had no time to deepen backup systems. :p

But I got what do you mean, so as I said, the next installation will be a naked one. :o

Last episode happened yesterday morning, I checked the locked screen, w/o unlocking it, and after 20 sec it rebooted. Just after I logged in it rebooted again :eek:

Anyways Thanks guys :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chequebo1:
I Cleaned Dalvik and cache, and removed the overclock and now looks good
[LG Optimus 2x] Philotec:
Well since a few days i tried to upgrade my Lg P990 from V10D to V20l but the updater still shows that theres no update available for my phone. That cant be true because LG released Gingerbread for my country. I tried everything. I flashed back to V10B and upgraded via the Lg Updater to V10D ,but the Updater still shows no update. Then I tried to flash it via the kdz-method, but the kdz-updater got stuck and showed (no feedback). I really dont know what I´m doin wrong.

Would be great if anyone has an idea..

greetz Philotec
[LG Optimus 2x] mr911omar:
the key to make it work

try the kdz-method it works there only one thing you have to do to make it work change the (phone mode) to(CS_EMERGENCY) then it will work for shure
[LG Optimus 2x] Philotec:
Thanks a lot now the kdz-method worked :D
[LG Optimus 2x] mr911omar:
just helping

no problem man just doing my job helping anyone thats needs it
[LG Optimus 2x] lildaan:
for me the updater stays crashed The change made no difference
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futurepr0n:
Hi guys.. I was using BLN Control fine no problems, until upgrading to Cognition 1.6 I am now getting "This liblights does not support BLN"

Could anyone help me fix this?
[Networking] xoted:
I'm not sure if it's ok to post something like this, it's from computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221404/New_low_cost_mobile_carrier_set_for_Tuesday_launch

It talks about a $19/month unlimited plan for android users.
[Networking] lowandbehold:
Good find. I always hope these little companies catch on. Eventually it may force large carriers to lower their prices.
[Networking] upichie:
Seems like a great idea! Unfortunately for where I live, there's a 0% chance of something like this starting up. 60% of the time we're near free WiFi? Not for me. More like 2%, and when I am, it's unusably slow.

But nonetheless, great idea. $19 a month is certainly some huge savings.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyperez0:
I had MMS working way back when I used SteelROM. Once I moved to Synergy it stopped working. When I then moved to MikG, I was extremely pleased by it over Synergy. The only thing standing between me and the perfect phone is I get an error every startup that says the messenger app has stopped working. I now use Handcent for SMS but MMS still errors out. I'm hoping I just need to install the proper MMS.apk and be done with it but im not sure. I finally got my 3G working from a guy named montecristo1 on XDA thanks to his Update PRL.rar that he posted and it worked like a charm. (BIG thanks to him!) I don't suppose there is anyone with a working MMS.apk on MikG that might be able to post it or offer some advice? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated and thanked.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrguru2011:
Problem solved

Just download Gosms it never fails..:cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
I have an Epic 4G Touch, hence this question being in the Epic 4G Touch forum.

When I press the power button to turn on the display, it takes the phone anywhere between 1-3 seconds for the screen to turn on. The same thing happens when I'm on a phone call and the screen is off because of the proximity sensor. When I move the phone away from my head (say to use the dial pad), it again takes the screen 1-3 seconds before it turns on.

This seems like it's a bit longer than what it should be. What can I do to improve the situation?

I don't use any task killer apps (because they're bad for your OS), and I don't really have much running in the background. I use Minimalistic Text widgets and Llama, but I think that's all I've downloaded that runs in the background.

Thanks in advance for your replies :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
do a search on here its been discussed a few times already
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tracerit:
it's because of the SD Card. It's a known issue. Some people don't mind, some people do. I'm the latter, it's annoyingly laggy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
Tried searching. I saw the topic for some other phones, but I figured this might be phone specific. If you're aware of a relevant thread maybe you could point me to it?

So you're saying without the SD card that doesn't happen? Got any sources or further reading? Sounds like a huge bummer if this is the case...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Ok here is a link where they discuss the sdcard issue

Here is one where they actually did a lil study on it

Here is a google search link with some from different forums.

Its out there my friend I have been reading up on this phone since I got it and there is not a question you can think of that someone has not already asked. You got to look much deeper than page 1 of any of the forums just to see whats going on.... lol Hope that helps man
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
Thanks dude, most helpful!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Try GoSms with GoLocker I put both of them on my phone after I formatted my sdcard and moved my lockscreen background pic to my internal sd and it cut down on the lag
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
I use a pattern lock screen. Does GoLocker work with that?

Also, I read through those other threads you mentioned and people claimed that a class 10 micro SD card helped a lot with the lag, so I ordered a PNY class 10 off of Amazon.

I'll post results here when I get it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bluefire808:
Hey Guy. Literally the thread right below you with 111 responses on the same exact subject answering all your questions. Do a thread search next time!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
GoLocker has its own lockscreen patterns
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xluryan:
Yeah the only reason it's right below this one is because I posted in it after it was already recommended to me in this thread.

But thanks anyway.
[Desire HD General] stacy_us:
help me guys my DHD it was working very well then i just upgrade it after the upgrading process finish the phone restart and stuck on lock screen (No SIM in phone emergency calls only) i can't slide it down to continue

the touch screen is not Responding :(

by the way i flash it with stock ROM :

RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.32.405.6_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_155891_signed.exe

but its still the same thing :mad:
[Desire HD General] fshami:
Did u pull the battery out & check?
[Desire HD General] Vintage76:
I have just flashed the new Revolutuon Hd 6.1.5 and it works well, try flashing that rom.

Use the ace hack kit and try re-rooting your phone if problems persist.

Hope this helps.
[Desire HD General] Grant Barker:
It's a long shot but did you try sliding down from all areas of the screen. (In case there's a graphics resizing or positioning error.)
[Desire HD General] evred:
Have you tried holding down volume button on reboot? and resetting that way.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chavab:
I just flash HBOOT Cm7 r2 with this file now(PB99IMG.zip).

and reboot it.

but now it shows whitescreen with HTC logo 2 hours now.

what should i do?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
What ROM did you have on before you flashed it? Does it fit in the hboot? Have you tried boot recovery and nandroid restore?
[Off-topic] AllGamer:
made it easy for you

check this out
[Off-topic] TJBunch1228:
Haha funny ****, I love me some Starfox. I need to get a me controller so I can hook up the old system.
[Off-topic] lqaddict:
Cool :)

Added to the collection that includes

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=tilt
[Off-topic] russ18uk:
Yeah, askew does the same as tilt :cool:
[Off-topic] upichie:
Funny, I never knew these existed.

Tilt/askew works for me, but "do a barrel roll" does not.
[Off-topic] xaccers:
You need chrome/firefox/safari for the barrel roll
[Off-topic] upichie:
Oh, thank you! Poor Opera, gettin' no love.

Hilarious though, haha. Google makes me laugh.
[Off-topic] Gamer_Girl:
LOL thanks for this!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Will32:
Can someone please tell me how I can tell which type of touch panel I have
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
It says it in the bootloader menu at the top.

We're comin from a pure power source.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
So did you find it?

We're comin from a pure power source.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
Also there is some command you can type into terminal emulator to tell if you have a novatec or Epson. I don't remember what it is tho...

Sent From My Pocket
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndstrctbl:
If your screen dims by fadding, you have novatec. If it just jumps levels, Epson
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmoore55:
Use the brightness widget and place it on your home screen

click it - if your brightness fades slowly (where you can see the transition) you have a novatec

if it jumps meaning when you click the button its instantly brighter or darker you have an epson
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndstrctbl:
Isn't that basically what I said lol