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[HTC Sensation] amaan9090:
Hi people

I am new to android and have heard lot about rooting a fone I don't know what need to be done and which custom ROMS will be safe for my phone.

Please provide me a link where I can download the custom ROM for my fone and steps please
[HTC Sensation] ipotoEJ6:
To be able to point you into the specific direction you need to provide some additional information, especially like:

- country

- branding/provider

In general you can find all available stock RUU here:

http://www.filefactory.com/f/c87a2330449af512/
[HTC Sensation] boroboy69r:
1st of go here [Guide] to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on that will tell you how to get root and flash custom rom.

2nd go hereROMS that is where all custom roms are.

3rd you should realy open your own thread or use search box as hijacking someones thread aint nice
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
I would strongly recomment you to read, re-read and search (google or XDA) if you have questions.

Anyway the starting place is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192300

o S-OFF allows you to install stuff that you need by bypassing phone security.

o Recovery (e.g. ClockworkMod a.k.a CWM) allows you to install ROMs. It also allows you to do a complete (well almost) phone backup and recovery of the phone. So it's easy to get back to a prior version, Nandroid backup/recovery.

o SU gives you admin rights on the phone.

o SuperCID alows you to install any county's /carrier's ROM. e.g. debrand the phone from the shipped ROM.

There are a myriad of ROMs in: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1112

Have a look at the number of replies / number of times they've been viewed to get some idea about the popularity.

You'll need to make a couple of decisions:

1: AOSP or Sense based ROMs. The stock one is Sense, pure Google Android is AOSP, they each have a different look and feel.

2: GB (Gingerbread) or ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich). ICS is the latest BUT BUT BUT needs additional steps to be performed to update the phone's firmware. I WOULD strongly suggest starting out with a GB ROM first as there is less likely to go wrong.

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[HTC Sensation] ptlsajan:
Can u tell me answer to my original question of this thread please
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
Surely the post immediately after your OP answered the question, or did it not ?

The other posts, including my earlier one, answered a different question. Hence the comment from another poster, sorry don't have the name, mentioned hijacking threads is not cool.
[HTC Sensation] ptlsajan:
sorry i am a newbee.........but the post you gave was a link for guide to s-off and s-on....and i have completely done s-on...........but still worried to have official ota as my phone is still 30 days old
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
OK getting the thread back on track.

Did the post after you original one answer the your question.

If not, get the phone S-OFF'd and SuperCID then just install an appropriate RUU, then you'd get the OTA.

EDIT: or just reinstall the RUU for your county/carrier

Most people are going away from shipped ROMs here and trying different ROMs with their good and bad things.
[HTC Sensation] ptlsajan:
So you mean to say that we can get HTC update with s-off and original ruu only......and u mean no need to do s-on also ????
[HTC Sensation] gol_n_dal:
Look, someone posted a potential solution. Someone else asked a different question (hijacked thread) which was answered.

Please explain the current situation and the attemps you've tried that have failed.

HBOOT, Recovery, Radio, ...... That info is crutial. Also what you are attempting to achieve .
[HTC Sensation] ptlsajan:
i had s-off and rooted and now i have succesfully s-on and unrooted my device and now i am on official stock ruu...........my question is that can i update my phone via ota updates from htc???
[HTC Sensation] pakraider:
I think OP is trying to ask if flashing an Asian RUU and going to S-ON will turn his T-Mobile Sensation 4G into a proper Asian handset (and therefore get OTA updates that official Asian handsets do).

I'm not sure if it would (maybe there's an IMEI check?), but I would change my CID to be what it should be for that RUU (and not leave it at supercid).
[HTC Sensation] ptlsajan:
i have supercid my phone and i remain on t-mobile ruu then will i get official update
[HTC Sensation] dARTillery:
I'm actually quite curios to know the answer, if I just s-off my phone will I be receiving updates from HTC, I got the T-mobile phone and I live in the middle east, my phone does not read arabic, I'd ultimately like to install a middle east rom , but then will the official updates stop?
[HTC Sensation] pakraider:
I don't think anyone will know until the OTA drops. My hunch is that having the right RUU and CID would mean you get the OTAs. Having supercid will probably not work, since that's essentially what identifies your region.

But putting my XDA hat on, why would you want an OTA anyway when we have legendary chefs here to get you hooked up with good roms? :p

btw, I tried out one of the InsertCoin ICS roms, and the Facebook app could read Arabic and Urdu properly (right-to-left with joined letters). I didn't check the browser, but it probably would have worked as well. (In GB, you'd have to patch the system libraries to get proper letter joining)
[HTC Sensation] dARTillery:
I guess you wouldn't, I just read some people commenting about having some bugs in their custom roms, so I just automatically assumed that the stock roms are at least stable. the other reason is that I'm afraid to break something :)
[HTC Sensation] tlgerdes:
I just went through this, I had s-off with super cid and had the stock HTC Europe RUU flashed on my phone.

The phone detected an OTA update was available (an old one that was released after the RUU), but when I tried to download it, it just timed out. I reset my CID to HTC__001 and then it downloaded the update OK.
[HTC Sensation] ptlsajan:
i bricked my phone while doing s-on

i know its a true brick as nothing is happining not even the charge light

can u tell me that "would this have affected my motherboard or not"????
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] locomotive96:
I am having problems with pictures that I take. When I go into Gallery, it says the file is corrupted. Please help.

I am using the Original Droid. MIUI Build 112300.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] CustomKal:
So I recently bought the m99 from fastcardtech, and rooted it easily with SuperOneClick. I am unable however to install ClockworkMod in any way or form on the device. It identifies itself as a G2x in the model, uses a MTK 6573 processor.

Anyone else have this phone and figure out a way, I'm completely lost and have search for a good week now trying to figure out a way to get ClockWorkMod on this thing.

(also I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post this in, since there is no forum for my phone model).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
Hi There ,

would you please tell me where can i download the original ROM or a full backup for this phone .. i got this phone yesterday and i managed to root it and delete all the chinese apps .

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Hello

I have one of this this.

And i like to root and first backup the room original one, how can i do that?

For root z4root works or not?

How can i install the market anyone know?

Thanks

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Hello

You have the M99 with Ui iphone?

Did you have the room original? Was nice we get this room available, before try the OC and new rooms.

Any bugs find yet?

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ollebo_ikko:
help me too.. is this a bug?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Did you have the market worked on your phone?

My version is 2.3.6 from android, but the markets i install open, then when i try to download some app they market (process com.vending.android) has stopped unexpectedly

You have this problem to?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
Guys ..

To root this phone you have 2 options :

1- SuperOneClick 2.3.3

2- The Chinese root

both are listed at a thread called (Gooapple v5 issues) on this fourm . you also need to install the the drivers for this phone which btw are the same drivers for the GooApple v5 , cuz both phones use the MTK6573 .

for the market problem .. try to install an older market ver.

now I have the phone , but unfortunately things went south couple days ago when i installed some fonts from the android market and forgot to change the permissions . the phone now is stuck at start up logo ,, i tried the wipe and restore to factory options but nothing worked .. the only way i can get it to work is to flash it with the original rom again .i've contacted Fastcardtech to get the update.zip rom for the M99 Google 4s+ , but i haven't heard from them .

so if you have the update.zip rom for M99 Google 4s+ please post a link so i can download it ..

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Thanks for reply!

Wich market version you use?

Your M99 was from fastcardtech? android 2.3.6?

Well i can help you but im noob in android, how can i get this zip file, or maybe make a "image" of this rom phone like they came to send to you (if this is possible)

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
i truly appreciate you trying to help :)

i'm looking for both now (rom and a reliable recovery) that can actually work on our phones :)

i've been looking through the chinese forums in the last couple days , but still no luck .. the problem is the name M99 dosn't exist in thier forums they only have the old ver M98 .. so our phone must have a different name other than M99 ...

i can't really remember which market ver worked , i've tried alot of versions but i'm sure the one that worked was one of the old vers . i wish my phone was working so i can help ya there .

yes i got it from fastcardtech and it has the 2.3.6 with UI rom .

i'll keep looking and i will let you know .

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Did you try the cyanongean??

How can i help you with the rom??

Did you try root your phone and install any rom?

If you know how can i do to save this rom and send to you it's ok i try.

For the market i used other one apdroid i guess the name and works :D

How do you enter on recovery wipe?? What you install to get the phone stuck!?

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] von275:
Hi guys, I am from the thread "Gooapple v5 issues" I could maybe help you as it is almost the same device.

@IIIVIII What happened to your phone?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
Great News ..

i finally gained access to my phone's root while looping through Android Commander and i've managed to reset the permissions to the fonts and now the phone is alive and kicking :)

@ von275 & Mouratti .. Thank you guys for offering to help i really appreciate it .

here's how to get any Androidmarket ver working on the M99 :

1- root your phone.

2- install root explorer (attached)

3- copy the attached file (Vending) to your phone's root (system/app) and make sure u set the permissions as follows:

Owner: Read /Write

Group: Read

Others: Read

To make Google sync work for contacts do the same as the above steps for these attached files :

1-GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter

2-GoogleContactsSyncAdapter

btw. with root explorer you can remove all the unwanted chinese apps like youku etc. from your root (system/app) just don't go wild .. :)

i'll be coming back later on with more tweaks .. :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Great news :)

Nice one i will try this, did you have a new rom for this phone?

Wich one?

I saw a bug i guess i can put any reminder with a beep sound on my phone, its normal?

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Hello Guys

I make a mistake and i delete the keyboard :mad: how can i put the keyboard again? Can i install on in market or doing what?

I install a few one but doesn't appear :(

PS: Now i get it :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
@Mouratti

try a keyboard called (ITap) or (anysoftkeyboard) both can be found on androidmarket .. get rid of the chinese keyboard these 2 are alot better . plus ITap has IPhone layout so u wont miss the old keyboard :)

no i heaven't heard from Fastcardtech ..so no new rom :mad:

i fixd the phone while running loop on the original rom .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
I Have my market work and keyboard and calendar too :D:D

Thanks a lot !!

Now i just want a new rom to this :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
great my friend .. :D

i'm experimenting different kind of recovery systems . i'm trying to find the perfect one for the M99 so we can flash custom roms .. unfortunatly the chinese recovery that works on the Gooapple/Goophone dosn't work on our phone .. but i'll keep trying .

for the official rom i'm still waiting for Fastcardtech to provide the update.zip .. once i have it i will upload it to mediafire and i'll post a link here for everyone to download .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
I speak with fastcrdtech, and they say: We don't have rom :(

So you have the rom that came with your phone right?

I get the calendar working, but i can't get a sound reminder you can get on your m99?

Thanks for the help:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] von275:
Did you guys tried the gooapple v5/goophone roms on your phones? It should work because it is the same hardware.

Download for roms: www.anexonel.tk in the download section.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
I didn't try, im noob in this, and im afraid stuck my device.

Which room is it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
@von275

the stock recovery on the M99 only allows the official M99 update.zip rom to be installed .. it won't allow the gooapple nor any other rom to be installed trust me i've tried .. besides the M99 has 2 sims and a different screen so i really doubt that it would work even if we try it with a recovery that allows custom roms ...

@Mouratti

i don't have the official rom yet we should all e-mail Fastcardtech and ask them to provide the official rom for us to download .. sooner or later somthing will go wrong with our android sys and we will need to flash the official rom again .

regarding the calender .. i will look into it when i get home hopefully there's a simple fix for it .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Hy

Is i already get the beep :) after a fews reboot :D

If you say, i even try roms, but i agree with you sooner or later i stuck this...ahahahahahahha

Did you know how can we change the colour of the letters from this ui iphone? It's dark to get understand what they say in same situations.

@ VON Im testing the GPS but is to slow im waitting for 15 minutes and nothing to get my location.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
@Mouratti

for the calender .. get rid of the stock calender and install the calender called Gemini calender .. you'll love it .. its more customizable than any other calender .. u can choose different layouts / rings / reminders etc .. it even syncs with your google account :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Thanks i already install the calendar :)

I send a email to fastcardtech asking for the original rom.........
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] loknar1:
Hi,

I am also in need for the original ROM or update.zip

(I've been editing two apk's and clearly something went wrong :( )

I also wrote to fastcardtech.com, but with the same reply: "we don't have ROMs, but we will ask manufacturer", no message from them since...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Yes i already ask to them, and no answer, they say why you need a rom?

I say if my phone stuck how can i resolve, they say send to us....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
whats the point of having an android device without a frimware or rom update onhand as backup plan incase somthing goes wrong .. we all know with a super-user access things will go wrong no matter how careful the user is.

Lesson learned .. i will never buy anything from fastcardtech.com .. they have the worse tech support ever .. :mad:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fraudes:
hello i need factory rom. i cant use my phone..

I would be glad to take the backup share.

thank you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ColonelZap:
If anyone is having problems with the market / contacts / calendar fix, maybe this will help:

[YOUTUBE]JyIxuSVjjEY[/YOUTUBE]

http://colonelzap.blogspot.com/2012/02/m99-google-4s-phone-android-market-fix.html
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Thanks!!!

I already solve my problem, if you can get the original rom, was great!!

But thanks for share!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ColonelZap:
I just got one, check out my blog :)

http://colonelzap.blogspot.com/

Feedback is appreciated :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
Thanks ColonelZap .. for the headsup

FastCardTech just added the download link for what they claim to be the official Rom on thier site .. look at the third line in the phone's Description ..

http://www.fastcardtech.com/goods-7...al+512M+Android+23+50MP+WIFI+GPS+3800mAh.html

Warnning .. don't download the 250mb file on FastCardTech .. its not for our phones ..

don't try this file on your phone ... this's one of the files fastcardtech sent me last week .. i've tried it and it almost killed my boot loader .. i told them about it and i heaven't heard from them since .. i don't know why would they do that or even post it on thier site .. before they even try it on thier stock phones .

if you go into the zip file you'll see the reason why its 250mb .. the genius who ziped this file compressed it twice .. once the folders spreaded and then he/she added the original backup folder as one folder which called (mt6513 4S Dual sim-update) which's not even the same board we have in our phones .

if you go back to my reply couple days a go .. you'll noticed i wrote ( Lesson learned .. i will never buy anything from fastcardtech.com .. they have the worse tech support ever ) this's why i wrote that reply , cuz it took me 4 hours to make my phone boot again after trying that file .. i felt like fastcardteck are using us and our phones to test whatever files they find .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ColonelZap:
That is exactly what I have on my blog, hope my download is faster :D

It took be several hours to download from 115.com
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
FastCardTech :mad:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ColonelZap:
WOW!!! Thanks for the warning, I need to remove it ASAP!!!!

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Wait a second! What if we remove this folder from the zip?

And I would't be so sure about the CPU, it could very well be that the Phone has a MT6513 CPU inside. After all, the MT6513 CPU is basically the same CPU as the MT6573, minus the 3G feature.

Edit: O.k., my bad, the CPU definitely is a MT6573 but still, can't this update work if we just remove the extra folder?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
Do you remove the rom?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
Already tried that and got ( signature failure ) i even resigned the zip file and got incompatible hardware .. trust me this's not for our phones .. shame on fastcartech for doing such a thing to us .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fraudes:
how to use clockwork recovery?

upload to recovery.img

thank you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
you can access the phone stock recovery by shutting off the phone then press the + button along with the power button keep holding these two buttons untill the phone boots into the recovery mode. release the 2 buttons then click on the + button to enter the recovery menu .

there are few chinese custom recovery mods ,, i tried couple of them , but non of them worked on the M99 .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
I don't understand why fastcardtech doing this.

What they won in doesn't give the rom, if we stuck the phone they will never change to other phone so....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lamp07:
secure backup

Hi,

Is possible on a new M99 make a clean bakcup with xrecovery or titanium backup and later, on case or emergency, make a restore system ?

I am wainting for mine M99.

thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] IIIVIII:
FastCardTech removed the download link for what they claimed to be the official Rom on thier site .. what a joke .. they just proved what i thought . we're nothing but lab-rats to them .. if this's the case shouldn't we get free phones to do their testing for them along with some cheese :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
They support before buy then they even care about it.....fastcardtech sucks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
@ IIIVIII I spoke with Allen from fastcardtech, and ask for the rom, they say that the original rom have problems, and they working with the new one.

They say that next week they already got a new one, i hope that is true.....

Until now you can't make any with m99.:eek:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Julsok:
It seems there's no news from Fastcardtech)

I have a problem. I receive my m99 recently. I rooted it, fix android market application like it was shown in colonelzap.blogspot.

But then I noticed that my keyboard disappeared, maybe I deleted something wrong from system/app via root explorer =), so now I don't have a keyboard.

I downloaded one (Gingerbread keyboard) as apk and installed it in my phone.

I go to Settings -> General ->International(Language&Keybard settings). In Keyboard Settings I see "Gingerbread keyboard", but Input method is empty, when you try to Select Input Method you can't choose it because list is empty.

I read some articles how to install keyboard on rooted phones (you have to do it from boot in recovery). I tried to install zip file of keyboard from boot

in recovery but it failes because no signature verification of course.

Any suggestions? Or wait ROM from FastCardTech?

P.S.: Life is not so easy when you don't have a keyboard on your phone, hehe.

Can't search, can't sms=) only call

P.S no2.: Is it possible to change UI (launcher change only icons, desktop) of buttons, lists, Phone, Contacts and etc. It's very dark and I can't see what is written + I don't like dial-up buttons of Iphone style.

Thank you very much in advance for any help, sorry for my english.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
hello Julsok

I guess you delete the same app that i deleted ehehhehe....

Is a sun with a cloud, yes this is the keyboard lololol

Well i download and install the perfect keyboard, and the gingerbread to, and works, try to restore from factory then install.

For the layout i would love to change the blue and black colours that appear, when we select something.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Julsok:
Thank you for your reply.

Ohh hmm I thought sun with the cloud it's MtkWeather...ok anyway. Stupid question from girl :) how to restore from factory?

I also asked the same questions abt keyboard and layout techsupport of fastcardtech, wait for answer.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mouratti:
You have to go to »Setting»General»Reset

Remember that path to change language, because they restore with chinese language, but is easy to find :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] robesti:
M99 new rom

Hello..

i am new in the web..

really 7 times in order to send this comment with the "fu.." captcha..

this is not the way.. !!

well, i bought 2 units of M99 .. useless movil,, getting crazy itself..

i received a new mail from fastcardtech .. new rom available..

i am downloading it. to test..

if somebody does it before.. inform..

talkingmobi dot com