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[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Isis111:
Yes I have root, and I figured out how to upgrade to CWM 5.5.0.4. I appreciate your response. I do have another question though. I'm not a NOOB so I have experience. I got the U8800 for my husband and I want to run a custom rom. I have a HTC Sensation and whenever neccessary for the rom I'm running I need to upgrade the firmware. The U880 came with 2.2.2 installed. I have searched every thread on here and I can't find a way to upgrade to ICS. Is there a flashable upgrade? if not is there a thread somewhere that I can use to upgrade the firmware so I can install some of the newer roms??? Thanks in advance, I'll keep looking

Krissy
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Ponder Stibbons:
Try this and read the whole first post ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1492957
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Isis111:
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That's why I was asking for help. I'm not a noob, if I can find the files I can upgrade. so far I haven't been able to find any of the upgrade files.

Krissy
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jonykapa:
You can find the oficial 2.3.5 ROM in Huawei site. Than you can upgrade to ICS from dzo's Aurora thread ;)

http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwi...=toDownloadFile&flay=software&softid=NDQxODE=

Cumps
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Isis111:
This is the best guide I found as it also has all the links for downloads to upgrade your device.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s8ajc8a8vv5r3sa/gWY2azAXHE/u8800-51 ROM Flashing Tools

Cheers!!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] hung.ngomanh:
OP, could you please upload the Mod Launcher again, i cannot download by that link.

Thanks.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Thian:
here new link:

https://app.box.com/s/a6f48b5c815ad6cd1f4f
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jo3fis:
OP can you please fix download links as none of the are currently working
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fadsdr:
pls i need cust.img fix to server pls
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Ozgurce:
I know that but I can't use that right now. Because I'm not on my PC right now, and this is my friends PC I can't use forever =)

I tried to compile oxygen but no luck. I know @dzo will release in near future but I had to test it. If I make any good of it I'll share it. I'll try AOSP too but I don't have much time, I have part-time job and I'm a univercity student :P

---------- Post added at 07:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:42 AM ----------

And for using adb to remove apps that not needed.

Gel shell
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ksaplostra:
noob question :)

how do i gain access to the .cust folder with es file manager?

I can only see the sd,although i've given it,root access
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Its should be there somewhere :D

Try restarting phone :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ksaplostra:
super wisdom..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Got it working?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ksaplostra:
nope......
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Is there an option to "Show hidden files" may help.

If not try another File Manager like Root Explorer.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ksaplostra:
i have it checked too,hidden filees,system files,root access etc...

im trying astra now,

ok it worked with root explorer!

thanks!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jroozing:
How can i get r/w permissions to the .cust.... folder?

- Rooted (superoneclick) (ok: titanium backup works)

- installed busybox

- Es fileexplorer

-> root explorer

-> mount / and /system r/w ("succeed" message)

Still can't copy / remove / change anything to that folder....

only "failed" error messages
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tatanka1961:
When I try to copy recovery.img to .cust_backup/image, I get a message that the copy failed. Also I cannot delete the file.

I have rooted and enabled file system as RW

What am I doing wrong?:confused:

Seems I'm not the only one...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
For people having problems try Root Explorer :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Updated first post with new Modified Stock Launcher :)

Enjoy!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] swayjd:
For me it fails on both, even though it is mounted as r/w it wont let me change the .cust_backup

edit, it let me, aparently i had to disable wifi... weird.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] toeter80:
3) Using ES File Explorer move the cust.img from the SD Card to .cust_backup/image (replacing existing)

I don't see a dir called ".cust_backup"... I use ES explorer and it has /system mounted..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] swayjd:
you have to set it to show hidden folders.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jroozing:
Thanx! That did the trick.

You need to mount the dir r/w too.

Root explorer has this option.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Clevo89:
I used Root Explorer too...it was just something I was used too when following the Root instructions...

BTW.... should I turn logging off? Not having boot loop problems and now scared to turn it off in case it creates a problem I don't have... heh! :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
I have turn it off for days now. No problems at all.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tatanka1961:
That worked. You have to specifically set RW for .cust_backup/image, which you cannot do in ES File explorer.

@That-Guy: Thanks for the help and for the great tutorial.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Commsman:
Modifications to the guide...

Well you asked...

First of all, it is not so easy to delete the apks in system using ES File Explorer - these are read only - so it is necessary to use ADB with root priviledges, mount the system partition as read/write, then remove the apks you want to get rid of (back them up first to a local folder on your PC)

Secondly, installing a new recovery.img is again not as easy as you suggest:

"Using ES File Explorer copy the recovery.img from the SD Card to .cust_backup/image (replacing existing)"

This simply does not work - it is read only and an alternative way to do this must be found.

The way I have found works is to 1. copy the Genkolar recover image (named as recovery.img) to the sd card, use ADB again to mount /.cust_backup as read/write, the you can use ES File explorer to copy the recovery.img file from the SD card into the now wrtable /.cust_backup/image folder, replacing the stock recovery.img file (back it up somewhere first!!)

Make sure all partitions you have made writable are set to read only again using ADB, then reboot. You can hold the Vol Up and Power buttons to boot into CW recovery mode (hooray - now at last I have the final ROM, rooted and with CW recovery to back everything up once in a while).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Have a few changes to make to the guide in a min.

Root Explorer works perfect, you have to pay but it costs very little :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Guide now updated and should be a little clearer :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skifyr123:
I have a tip for your guide, maybe add how to downgrade to Android 2.2 in a safe way. :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Commsman:
Thanks for updating with the info to remount the various partitions as RW - I did not know about the Remount app - that is a nice little tool.

You asked about other flashlight apps - I use Widget Locker (paid app) and the creators also have a neat little flashlight tool called TeslaLED - it works well for me, can be embedded in my lock screen, has on/off widget and more.

Cheers

J
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
I thought about adding this but have never downgraded and do not intend to as I haven't experienced any problems. Have only listed things in the guide which I have tried myself. What is the process for downgrading? Can add something to the guide if you can create some basic instructions :)

Thanks will take a look :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Invicta:
and maybe you could delete these apps in your cust image

-richpad

-email

:)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
U can uninstall apps U don't want by using Android Commander app for Windows... Very simple, and maybe with that U can replace the recovery and the cust_image(this I don't tried yet)

One question: After rooting and install CWM recovery We can use 2.32 Custom Rom's or only use only the new 2.35 Custom Rom's?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] krish_nank:
Only 2.35 ROM's should be flashed, not 2.32ROM's. 2.32 ROM's only on Froyo basse official firmware.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
Thanks! With that in mind i will wait a bit more until custom 2.35 give better overall experience....

although better graphics and camera, this rom's have some stabililty problems, and some bugs, so I will wait until this little problems are solved and then, up to 2.3 once for all....
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skifyr123:
Just tried myself and you simply have to place the "dload" folder with 2.2 firmware on sd-card and boot to update mode (pink screen).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
This is with the last official, after rooting? Seems good! :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Invicta:
although i have rooted my phone it doesnt recognise it as being rooted. weird..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
What? The program Android Commander?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Invicta:
yeah, the program doesnt list my phone as rooted
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Nice, does the update complete successfully? Thought I saw people saying it says failed at the end of it.

Richpad is already removed I think (unless I deleted from system/app folder), email I use so won't be removing that :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
Although don't give me that info in the panel (or any info like the space in partitions) If I click in "root acess" it opens a window with info and the root acess is OK, and I can make operations only allowed with Root. Using via Wifi, and 2.32 ROM.

That_guy, U should look into this, because if it works it's a clean way to install recovery and unnistall apps!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] bonowax:
Hello everyone;

Eventhough CWM 5.0.2.7 allows backup/restore to/from both the internal and external sdcard, I can only write or read from the internal, despite mounting the external through the menu. Anyone else experiencing this?

Cheers
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] zpmarcos:
Hi,

After installing the update I lost a lot of money with the Internet Data!

Everytime I delete de VPN it restores itself!

Everytime I change the name of VPN it also restores itself!

I need data ON to recieve MMS!

What can I do?

Thanks

PS. Fixed! It was an application!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Clevo89:
OK...thanks for the updates....

One other thing I noticed... after removing the bundled Facebook & Twitter apps as part of the bundles Huawei Social Scene app the FB & Twitter icons have remaind in the App Drawer/launcher. Of course pressing them does nothing and at one stage was giving me the dreaded "acore" error message (I fixed this by removing the account details for the bundled FB & Twitter accounts. I had signed in to check them out)

Any suggestions as to the location of the icon graphic file so I can remove them too?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nerdo:
@That-Guy

Thanks mate for sharing this!

Now that you have a CWM recovery can you kindly make a nandroid backup and upload the system.img and boot.img?

Appreciate it immensely :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Gefjon:
The rooting causes my phone to go into (a weird kind of) boot-loop. I have tried rooting it twice with the same result both times.

- After rooting, when I reboot the phone, it starts as intended, but after the boot-animation has completed, it returns to the Huawei bootlogo. This goes on over and over again, but it appears that the loop gets shorter for each time the phone loops. Aftes a few loops, the screen only shows the first part of the animation before it loops back to just before the animation......

Reflashing the phone with the official 2.3 worked fine. I am now running this ROM without any issues

I installed the official 2.3 directly from MIUI-PT 1.12.30 - just in case this has any relevance.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Updated the guide on the first page:

- Updated to newer ClockworkMod version.

- Added build.prop File Tweaks

- Added instructions on how to downgrade to 2.2.2 from 2.3.5

If anyone has any other build.prop tweaks let me know :)

Enjoy :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Ryrynz:
For overclocking would you recommend the Franco Kernel?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1166560

Also I know it's said on the recovery ROM page but it might be worth noting

"No capacitive key support on Synaptics?, due to v5.5.0.4 not having virtual keys implemented"

Superclick 2.3.3 is out (You have 2.3.1 linked) and can be found below.

http://shortfuse.org/?p=189

Thanks for this thread!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
Hi there!

Thanks for this nice "walkthrough"!

Just one suggestion. Can you make a little "update agenda" only on your FIRST post. That would make this thread more "followable" :) You don't have to go through each page on this thread but you can get all of informations from your first post. Hope you know what i have in mind :)

Thanks!

M.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Thanks for the info, will make a few changes :)

As for overclocking, people are reporting low call volume when switching to that kernel I believe.

Sorry not sure what you mean?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mesnati:
This QUOTE you can put it on your first POST of this thread. To looks like a summary.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snake_boss:
Don't use Franco Kernel from 19 Nov on any.35 rom! I think it won't work (when you upgrade to official U use .35 kernel and therefore if U need to use FFK U should donwgrade to 2.2 official to use again .32 kernel)

And if it works (not guessing) U will have no gain, as .35 kernel is better than any .32 kernel....
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Ozgurce:
ro.config.dualmic=false disables to second mic. (Near the camera).

If you have sound issues (I mean other side not quiet hear your voice or something like that) try to add it to build.prop

If its already exist just change true to false.

That setting was not worked on 2.2 releases.But In 2.3 official its works as expected.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Will add the the guide in a bit :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Gefjon:
After playing around with the phone for many hours, the situation is finally solved! This is how:

- Downgraded to official version 2.2.2

- Factory Reset

- Upgraded to official 2.3

- Rooted it!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Glad you got it sorted :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Ryrynz:
Yeah I worked that one out after posting that, thanks. In an update he said he's working on .35. soon, I'll wait till that has been released.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Added another build.prop edit to enable "HDR Mode" in the Camera Settings :)

Enjoy people!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] zaf_4:
hi there... i want please your help because i cant tell what did i do wrong.

I upgrade my phone to 2.3.5 and i manage to root the device. Then i followed the instructions for clockwork and i changed the image.

When i first booted the device i holded the vol + and i went to clockwork and i thought everything was ok.

But the problem is that when i rebooted the device, i cant do anything. I can see the image all over again and cant reboot. So what i ll do?

Please i would appreciate any help!!!

thanks in advance

p.s. the only thing that i can think is to take my sd card to a card reader and put the file dload and upgrade again my mobile. If there's any another solution please tell.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] nerdo:
Anyone else who can kindly upload system.img and boot.img from a nandroid backup after rooting successfully?

Aim is to make prerooted cooked rom for easier flashing!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yannn007:
Are they in system.ext4.tar and boot.vfat.tar? If they are then I can upload them tommorow ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lovetide:
Thanks!

About the cust.img, I delete it permanently by the following steps:

remove all files/directories(which are symbolic linked to /cust/*) under /data/cust:

busybox rm -f /data/cust/*

then copy all files under /cust to /data/cust:

busybox cp -r /cust/hw/default /data/cust

then delete the cust.img file permanently:

busybox mount -o remount,rw /.cust_backup
rm /.cust_backup/image/cust.img

reboot

Now, you can freely delete any bundled application (under /data/cust/app) as you want without a customized cust.img file.

btw: the Swype input method still exists under /.cust_backup/image/cus_data/CPW/GB/app/, and it's library files is /.cust_backup/image/cus_data/CPW/GB/lib/libSwypeCore.so & /data/cust/lib/libSwypeCore.so
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] boss_y:
Thank you for your help and this thread That-Guy. :thumbup:

Sent from my Huawei Ideos X5
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
No problem, glad to help :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spatjoe:
Good tutorial. Went well with Root Explorer.:)

Excellent
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] c0rpse_grinder:
hi, will this guide

work for the ideos U8800 PRO version?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Not tried myself, feel free to though :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dancer_69:
I think that doesn' t work on the latest 2.3 rom for pro. For previous versions should work.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] CyberDeath:
Nice post thanks for that
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
No problems glad to help :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] akaloith:
Amazing How to

Thank u

Worked all perfectly
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] skyseel:
Hi, I've followed your guide for downgrade to 2.2 android. When I turn on the phone with VOL+ & VOL- + POWER, it shows Firmware Update screen and immediately shows "Update failed" error. Any idea why?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] freeko2:
You need to use the internal memory and boot then sdcard and boot .. this way I got back to 2.2. I tryed several time till it worked. Only setback is I have the new startup animation -black background not white. Imei is fine
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] typci:
Anybody try this? I'm assuming he is talking about doing this in android terminal?

I just need to delete Swype so I can install the beta swype version, since the U8800 version doesn't have Chinese. I don't want to use the modified cust.img because it turns out the huawei keyboard is actually pretty awesome for writing Chinese.

What if I just copied the huawei keyboard apk, installed the modified cust.img, and then reinstalled the huawei keyboard apk via an apk installer? Think it will work?

I'd do the linux thing, but I never used used linux. I feel safer just hacking directly on the phone since I have a good bit of experience with it. I wish it was back before with 2.2 when I could just delete stuff through the pink screen and it would be all good. Maybe I should just learn to use linux.

Also, That-Guy, thanks for all your hard work. Ever since I got my U8800 and been reading about how to do stuff with it on various forums, you always seem to be there writing guides and what not.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lovetide:
Yes, it is done in Android Terminal Emulator or adb shell, and you need root priviledge to do this (type 'su' command first).

I don't know how many files are stripped out of the original cust.img. There's a file called libjni_hwime.so under /cust/hw/default/lib, I guess it's needed by Huawei Input Method, so if this file is stripped out, Huawei Input Method may not work even if you reinstall the apk.

Another good input method I'm currently using is iFlyTek Input Method (讯飞语音输入法), you can input by typing/handwriting/speeching, and when handwriting, you don't even need to switch to handwriting mode, just write on the soft keyboard. And it's Chinese speech recognition is better than Google.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Not tried this, wondering if it will lead to problems if you need to update official firmware at some point :confused:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mclaudio:
cannot root

hi. i installed 2.3.5 official rom but i cannot root...can anybody help?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] swayjd:
what went wrong? what does superoneclick say?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mclaudio:
finally i have rooted.

can anybody help on the following:

since 2.3.5 i cannot wake up phone by using volume keys(only power keys)

is there any way to make the volume keys also wake up the phone?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yannn007:
Try adding this to system/build.prop: ro.config.hwfeature_wakeupkey=1 (search if it is not already here).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mclaudio:
will try. thank you
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mclaudio:
it worked...now volume keys wake up phone

meanwhile i tried to install Clockwork but the phone does not seem to have it installed, what have changed it that the phones boots in 1,5 seconds !!!!

never seen nothing like this.... amazing...but no CWR :-(

may this have to do with the build.prop modification for it to wake up?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yannn007:
Turn off fast boot ;) (setting --> application --> fast boot)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Cursed Chico:
Hello. I never changed anything of my u8800. So now what should i do firstly, backup all data, root or change room?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] jdfeos:
How did you do it, i have opened the build.prop but don't know where to add the line. Can you help me?

Abraço
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] krish_nank:
You can put it any where in buid prop just mention # Tweaks fallowed by any tweaks you want so that you will know where you have added extra lines :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] samsungi5500:
It does not work for me, U8800 beta2 stock rom.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] PsychoMaster:
Im also having problems adding that line to build prop, i edit the file with root explorer, add that line at the end, save and reboot, but it doesnt work. In fact when i view/edit the build prop again, the line that i just added disapered! Do i need to put the line in a specifiq place or need to add something in the begining of the line? I have oficial rom 2.3.5 gingerbred rooted. Thanks from Madeira
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Cursed Chico:
Enable "HDR Mode" in the Camera Settings

Change:

Code:

ro.config.hw_camera_hdr=false

To:

Code:

ro.config.hw_camera_hdr=true

I could not find thatline so i added it myself.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yannn007:
Are you sure you did it right?

These are the steps:

1. Open root explorer and go to system / build.prop

2. Mount system r/w (upper right corner)

3. Long press on build.prop and select "open in text editor"

4. Go to the end of file and add this line:

ro.config.hwfeature_wakeupkey=1

(if it is already there just change 0 to 1)

5. Click MENU and SAVE!

6. If everything went alright then the old build.prop will be saved as build.prop.bak

7. Reboot
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] That-Guy:
Its not that simple with the official 2.3 rom look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22163344&postcount=2

Hope it helps :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yannn007:
I see now... I havent tested it because I dont have a backup of official ROM so I am stuck with custom ROMs. Mclaudio said it was working so i thinked that he just did something wrong ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Cursed Chico:
I need help about using remount applications. It can only make rw to specific locations which written there, for example not to cust. How can i mount anywhere i want to do?

And for removing bundle applications, what about browser,maps , email, richpad, streets in system/app?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] edarr:
the link for SuperOneClick v2.3.3 is off. please, can someone put a new link?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] JoseRebelo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Cursed Chico:
I could not make enable hdr mode, I looked for that line but there was no line so i wrote it myself but i cant see any hdr mode option while in camera. HElp me..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] spatjoe:
Did you restart your device?

If so, while on camera just touch the menu and you should see the HDR option.