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[Miscellaneous Android Development] sparkyuiop:
If you have bought one of these phones from eBay or wherever as I did you will probably be struggling with all the annoying Chinese stuff (unless your Chinese of course) and trying to root and ROM it.

It is NOT possible to brick the MTK65x3 chipset phones so don't worry about breaking it if you have one of these. Some people are saying they have 'soft bricked' their MTK65x3 phones but that is only because they do not have the correct software to do what it is they are trying to do.

There is another method posted on XDA by a chap (or chapette) called 'bn' someone or other but I personally found it a very long winded, badly explained and difficault tutorial. I in no way am suggesting that 'bn' is not professional, he likely knows much more about this stuff than I but I didn't find he was very 'layman' friendly for us folke that need more detailed instructions.

If your reading this 'bn' I mean that with total respect and have a tool I have found called 'MTK ROM Studio' that I was hoping you may be able to help teach us how to use correctly to backup and modify our ROM images.

If anybody wants to ammend or correct anything I write here then please feel free to do so if you are sure of your method. I am not an expert at this but I can tell you how to easily do the following with software I am posting.

1. Root the Chinese MTK phones.

2. Install Uncle_Tools which is simular to Clockwork (CW does not work on some or all of these phones).

3. Uninstall all Chinese stuff from your current ROM at the touch of a button.

4. Download your own scatter.txt from your phone.

5. Download your own firmware information text document

6. Install BusyBox

7. Install Superuser

8. Backup your current ROM to your SD card.

9. Change IMEI 1

10. Change IMEI 2

Download the file I have posted at the bottom of this page and extract (Run) the 'MTKdroidTools_v106.exe' setup file.

The other file, 'ROM Studio' is for those that feel confident in using it to develop some ROM mods or whatever that they will hopefully let us know about. I am not going any further into that without help.

Open the MTKdroidTools folder and start (double click) the green MTKdroidTools.exe icon.

Don't be alarmed that some of the text is mumbo jumbo, just ignore it and read the English bits! I have converted some of the original Russian text to English but if anyone can clean it up please feel free.

In some or all cases (sorry I'm not sure) it may be required for you to pre-flash the recovery.img first. You may as well do this anyway and I have included everything you need in this file MTK65x3_Recovery_Flashing.rar (Sorry I no longer have this software)

The pictures explain it all. I hope this helps you out somewhat.

Droid_Tools_s810_s820_T9199+.rar (Updated Link - Register with 4 Shared for free downloads)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] meralex:
The investment isn't possible for downloading! the mistake stands out:

404 Page Not Found

The page you requested was not found.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sparkyuiop:
"The investment isn't possible for downloading! the mistake stands out:" I have been working with computers for years and never seen that before!

Are you sure your not using some naffy download manager as the link works fine when I click it.

If your trying to download this on your phone then don't, this is a Windows application that accesses your phone over USB
[Miscellaneous Android Development] meralex:
This mistake arose in Mozilla Firefox 12, Google Chrome 19, Internet Explorer 9, Opera 12 (computers). I suspect that a problem simply in the file name????
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sparkyuiop:
Sorry your quite right, a corrupted archive. I have uploaded it to my own website so please try again, it should be fine.;)

Also I have tried some of the other ROM's for download on here and they are not as good as the pre-installed one on mine. In my opinion your better off just deleting the chinese crap and tweaking your existing ROM.

Oh and I have mixed boot images and data files from different ROM's loads of times and black screened my phone but easily got it back again so I guess you really can't brick these! That's a first for me!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] meralex:
Thanks! Now everything managed to be downloaded!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Plutonion:
Hi,

I think by 'bn' you'are talking about BM (Bruno martins, a portugues guy), who posted his work on:

- his website

- eten users forum

I already root my s820 using Unlock Root and installed SuperUser, But wanted to try you proposition, to remove chinese applications...

... but when I download your .rar, "MTKdroidTools_v106.exe" cannot be executed.

Am' I the only one who cannot launch it ?

Another think:

It exists a update.rar rom for T9199+ devices on the web:

(see on talkingmobi.com/?s=T9199&x=0&y=0, click on T9199 link, then click on the green button)

According to the date release (2011-10-28), I think this is the original rom of our devices.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sparkyuiop:
The Droid Tools is a "7z.SFX.exe" which is basically a self extracting 7zip archive. You should be able to right click it and extract it with WinRar as I can. If not install 7zip and open it with that.

I have just downloaded my upload, extracted it and ran it and it works fine for me.

Droid_Tools_s810_s820_T9199+.rar
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Plutonion:
You're right : the second try was the good one !

I launched "MTKdroidTools" and created my scatter.txt

After test, It seems that the Root-Shell is obligatory to launch at each session to allow Device access,

But for me, like on your screenshot, the buttons "delete chines apps", "backup" etc... are not clickable...

(see image below)

I already test an other way to make a backup (by the recovery), but it appears several error messages:

"Error: names longer than 100 chars not supported"

is there an other mean to backup our device (perhaps TitaniumBackup... ) ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sparkyuiop:
Hmm... That's new!

You won't be able to use the Remove Chinese App's / Backup etc untill your phone has sucessfully rooted which is why those buttons are not clickable.

What I can think of to check so far:

1. Have you got USB debugging enabled? If not then turn it on and try again.

2. Pre-Flash the recovery.img by following this and don't forget to install the included drivers! Recovery_Flash as I did that before using this software.

Let me know how you get on!

I have just noticed that the scatter.txt included in my Recovery_Flash link is formatted slightly differently from the one in the phone. Maybe that is why the root works after, I dunno!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Plutonion:
It's all Right !!

I had already :

- enabled USB debugging

- pre-flashed the recovery.img proposed by BM

So I just pre-flashed recovery.img using my new scatter.txt (which indeed is a little different that the one proposed by BM)... AND IT RAN ! :) (see image below)

Asta la vista Chinese App's & hello backup !

I found the original russian post where this "MTKdroidTools_v106.exe" has been proposed; it seems that it will still evolve... ! ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sparkyuiop:
Cool, glad u got it to go bud.

Drop me a 'Thanks' if you would

Phill.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mettalarch:
Question

How do you flash a splash image to the S820?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Were you referring to me? :p
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shurizzle:
how can i do the opposite? i want to dump everything
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Here is the tutorial for that. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kostas759:
problem

I have the s820 and I have done the procedure many times to install recovery. Writes ok in the end. I press power + vol+ and not start anything. When you start to retrieve the letters seem too little and the screen is black. I can not make any choices.

Recovery с сайта 592zn.com портированный мной на S810_MT6573/S820_MT6573. Версия V1. Скачать:

592zn.com_recovery_S810_MT6573

592zn.com_recovery_S820_MT6573

592zn.com_recovery_S820_V2_MT6573

Sorry for English.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kostas759:
This program MTK Droid Root tools can do the backup ROM. We can do this directly from the program restore.??? If so, how???
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cosmopolitanTH:
realy working ROM

:crying:

Dear friends,

do you have some one realy working ROM for S820?

My pfone has problem with volume lavel of voice from microphone and display is shakeing with picture and so I'm not able directly tap to icon or html link in Opera.

BR Tomas

:crying:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] qandrav:
Thanks for topic but I have a different baseband :

MAUI.11AMD.W11.37.SP.V3.F2.P1

and mtk droid root can't root, any ideas?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] roestslc:
Rom android 4.0?

Hello here a user of the S820 phone :cowboy:

Is there already a ROM for android 4.0 or better still 4.1 for the S820 phone? :confused:

thanks

Roestslc
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sairaku:
Any chance for a re-Upload of the files? I can't seem to download anything. :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] costasx:
Any useful rom for our t9199????

Or even a link for the original chinese one so we can mess with????

Thanx
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mazarin07:
Snapdragon compatibility

Hello!

Can this utility be used on a 10" Ampe A10 tablet with a Qualcomm MSM8625 (Snapdragon) CPU?

(My problem is a non-working built-in 3G modem.)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LairdPleng:
The links are dead. any other sources for this application?!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
MTK Droid Root & Tools is maintained at forum.china-iphone.ru. Don't forget to say thanks to it's creator.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rschalie:
I've downloaded V2.30 of the MTK Droid Root & Tools. It tells me "FIASCO! it was not possible to receive root shell!!! ". The info from my phone is:

Hardware : MT6573

Model : Android

Build number : 10HX2P.H7300.120406.AD2_3_5_V3.WVGAC_EN.COM_V01_3G_MCP

Build date UTC : 20120326-064203

Android v : 4.0.8

Baseband v: MAUI.11AMD.W11.37.SP.V6, 2011/10/29 13:22

Kernel v : 2.6.35.7 (shen@shenpc) (gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) ) #1 Mon Mar 26 14:26:30 CST 2012

Notice the difference between the Android version and the "2_3_5" in the build number. :confused:

I'm not sure if the failure to get root shell is caused by me not having flashed the recovery image. Other tools such as SuperOneClick, Unlock Root, etc. have failed too.

Anyhow, the Recovery Flash image cannot be downloaded as all links are dead (the entire downloads directory has gone from the website). Could anyone attach the recovery Image to a post here? Tia.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
You seem to have a HD7 clone based on MT6573. Go here for my custom ROMs.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rschalie:
For the time being I would like to achieve rooting my phone. Until now it has resisted all attempts. UnlockRoot v 3.0, SuperOneClick v2.3.3 and MTK Droid Tools V2.3 all failed. I'm stumped. Does this mean that my only option is to flash a custom ROM?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Do you have anything against custom ROMs? For sure it is better than your actual ROM.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rschalie:
Not really. It's my wife's phone and I thought I'd try it first with just rooting and removing all the Chinese stuff. Could it be possible that they've actually produced an unrootable phone, or is it just that nobody has found an exploit for this particular release (which seems the be rather new to me) ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sparkyuiop:
Link update

I have posted a new link to the droid tools. I lost the recovery file zip but as far as I remember it was not required.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thedevilashish:
ROM For YXTEL G926

Can anyone give me Custom ROM for YXTEL G926?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mastered000:
The Droid Tools s810 file give me a virrus warring. Is it realy or a fake warring?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhnx:
Hello all,

Before some days I came back to GB from ICS and my "Android System" drains much battery. I installed mexdroid and I changed to elitemod to see if it is mexdroid's problem, but I got the same problem with elitemod. (After 4~ hours discharging with 2-3 calls and 15 minutes play game only, I got 60% battery.) Does anyone know what is going on? Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l337m45732:
Well, you could order a new battery for next to nothing and see if that helps. If not, try flashing a new kernel. I had a battery drain issue on a gb rom before i went to ics. I have had amazing battery life with ics.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Remember that every time you flash a new ROM, you need to do a couple battery cycles in order for the battery meter to recalibrate. Charge the phone to 100% (leave it on the charger for a while to make sure its really full) then use normally until about 10 or 20% (don't drain to zero, as this is not good for Li ion batteries). Repeat a couple times. Your battery meter is not accurate until you do this.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhnx:
Thank you I will try this and I will report back to tell you if the problem exists :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jyjuke:
I usually let the battery drain until its almost dead before charging right after flashing a rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l337m45732:
Yes you should definitely charge to 100 and let it drain to dead. That will calibrate it. Then just charge it back up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] asjdwf:
When I receive a call and my phone is set to vibrate, it vibrates a short one, and the rest are long. Is this normal for the sgs2? I never noticed it before I updated ota.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] manny18pr:
I think there are some apps that can customize the vibration pattern
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] asjdwf:
So what is the normal vibration ring? Was it changed in update 2.3.6?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
And we are getting closer....this one should be fun!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] db56319:
The suspense and excitement is building.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigtoysrock:
Alright JC, here we go. Thanks Venum.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] qubanaso:
So whats in the works a mixture of sense 4 with ics and aosp?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elprincipejay:
EXCITED!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
This in such an incredible idea. I have flashed roms made by both developers and they are all great. I have seen allot of similarity from majjah and Venum, and the thought of the 2 of them blending minds and ideas to bring us something incredible is mind blowing. I'm sure we are in for a real treat. Thank you to all involved in the insanity going on in here!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
*squeaks excitedly*
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
Don't forget to hit that thanks button for BTR. I am sure he will keep things flowing smoothly
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] master acehole:
Yea this rom is amazing loving the theme I got 16 hrs on screen time ^^ lol can't wait
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
hahahah you no your rooted when oh oops wrong thread but seriously Im at work (sprint) with a broken f5 button and a bunch of co-workers wondering why i cant stop Yelling at my screen!!!!

Team-Noc_Venom FTW you guys are awesome!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingdazy:
the teaser suspense here is worse than Ridley Scotts Prometheus. ;)

bring on the goods, TN/TV!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ks2332:
Hurry
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iPervOnU:
XD
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elprincipejay:
Patiently waiting!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
So am I... :D:D:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] amw1972:
definitely intriguing...might break me away from Goodness. :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tiffany84:
Please tell me this is for real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
**** just got real
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigtoysrock:
%1000 real!! Be ready to be amazed!! :eek:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anthony67:
You didn't piss me off and won't in the future. I was trying to be a little light hearted actually because at the time I just didn't have it in me to say " No one really cares whether you, me, or anyone else on the face of the planet flashes this ROM or not". Save your two cents and over time you'll have enough for a cup of coffee or a beer :rolleyes:

---------- Post added at 04:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:51 PM ----------

It will do both.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
A little q and a posted to op if it helps...:D:D:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ind3lible:
Just wondering why my led notification light keeps blinking even though I do not have any notifications? Any help? Or does this RoM do this when you are below 15% battery? Amazing rom tho damnnnnn
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigtoysrock:
Charge it past %15 and find out. I think that's why its blinking though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anthony67:
Somebody had to start posting screenies ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wvebert:
I think this ROM is the last one I will flash before I upgrade in Sept. I load something new almost daily. Anew ROM, a theme, a tweak, something. My phone is never the same 2days in a row. Even though every one I've flashed before has had problems. This one had none.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ejdavis:
I I'm havin the voicemail bug problem and my gps is not working... Also can I flash in ice cream recovery pack kernel? *****
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] greeneperson:
I see aokp build 31 has a work around for the camcorder but I can't find it anywhere. If its working there should we have it here? Its the only thing I can find not working on here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anthony92170:
i have music on my sd card none of players see it how do i get it to work? also when i try and change ringtones none i have show which r on sd card. i believe i did the sd fix but still nothing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
I see this rom runs the fd02 kernel. Anyone have any links to the fdn5 or fd10 AOSP kernels? Just wondering how they would run. Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anthony67:
Sportsplayer posted this up in the dev thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24829884&postcount=279
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] charlie81:
ok so i tried to swap png icons for the softkeys now the nav bar setting kepp force closing anyway to get to it without restoring rom
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigtoysrock:
They are posted in the DEV thread, no need to cross post in both threads.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Fd10 kernal anyone ?

I tried the one posted by sports but mobile Odin wouldn't pick it up. Said something about partition.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Qbking77 has it in his thread. Look under stickies.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daniel4653:
Ummmm are you talking about the modem ? I'm looking for the kernel
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 916homie:
Is it me or does flash not work on here dolphin HD does not detect it and on stock browser it goes to video player instead of playing video on the site
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sportsplayer5959:
If you really want the fd10 kernel, put the boot.img file that I uploaded into this roms zip after deleting the boot.img file that is already in it. Then just flash like you would normally (wipe data/cache/dalvik) and it will reinstall the rom with the new kernel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sportsplayer5959:
10 chars
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ks2332:
Not knocking the roms but why do this and the updates to aokp not have 4g but the old builds do just curious
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackcanopy:
Sorry about that. I must have not had my glasses on. I could have sworn I read modem.. Lol. My bad.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
them

I won't go into detail and put everyone to sleep but there were issues. And I'm working them on this build.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
It could be you since knowone else has posted about it. I suggest using the playstore to unistall and then reinstall using playstore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
Believe

In the developer section agat posts new updated Roms as soon as the leaks come out. His threads are all labeled by which release they are. Each one if those Rom have a zimage in them. By reading them you can figure out which zimage you want and using 7zip extract the zimage. For those not in the know a zimage is a kernel. I believe he has links to kernels and modems to.

If I had more time I would build a link to them all but I spend most of my time being everyone's search button.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] themisterwilson:
Ok let me say first I love this ROM! Obviously a **** ton of work went into it. Especially love the sinse multitasking ;) and things just seem super snappy. But, there is always a butt right? Lol I would really really like to keep the rc1 theme without missing the updates.. would it be possible, even theoretically, to just shove rc1's system UI and framework apks into the updates? Not a big fan of all the ummm... colors.

Just a question that I hope someone won't mind answering. And yeah I would go w aokp or cna but this white/black/ics blue theme+sense multitasking? Too gorgeous!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dazednconfused:
Framework is different. The new one has a lot of new things in it, so I wouldn't suggest it. When everything becomes more stable you will start seeing themes pop up. I have a pretty cool themed version that I've been working in, but I'm holding off on releasing because you have to go through the whole process of reinstalling everything. I would just give it some time and let these awesome devs do what they do and work their magic.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] themisterwilson:
Well that's true. I'd be willing to help you test if you need anybody. Re-installing everything? Psshh... daily habit lol

Hell I'm happy right now anyway.. signal isn't good enough for Netflix half the time anyhow and 4g? Rural Texas here, so that's a joke.

But thanks for the reply. And get at me if ya need help testing that theme ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
Is any one else not getting the SD workaround to work? When I click the floppy it turns red, not green.

Is the SD card issue something that will eventually be fixed in the rom? Sorry if someone asked this but I didnt see it....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ks2332:
Well I like to be bored lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ks2332:
Loving rc 1.1 now we just need faux g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jcamacho02:
dpi-phone

i change it to 160 and the phone started stopping process when i was attemping to call someone.. when i go back to 240 it works again. i know some of the other phones had this issues is their a fix so i can make my screen 160
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
Well I'm not going to kill xda threads with that explanation.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
I will try and figure out this mysterious faux g you speak off.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
There is no fix as of now...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bigtoysrock:
Can I get some coffee while your at it? :cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
How about a red bull?:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fryingpan0613:
To the devs, is there any way you could make the sense clock work the way it does on HTC? I.E. if you push the clock, it opens the clock app, and same for the weather? I would love you forever lol.

I love this ROM, and I plan on sticking to it for awhile, and that says alot because I have become flash happy the past few weeks lol. The battery life is amazing for me!!

I love having all the AOKP rom tweaks built in also. Thank you guys for this awesome rom!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ks2332:
4g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VECTUS:
Yes I know. I was only joking:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anthony67:
There is a fix available, I've seen it in many threads. It's an .apk to replace the phone.apk. Now you can call me an ass if you want, but I'm not going to search the boards for you, you can do it and I'm sure you'll find it. Good luck.