[Android General] ronbo76:
Read and heed - You have to read the whole thread

Funny that you should quote me without fully posting the quote (which comes from part of the older procedure as card is misspelled) or thanking me but what the hey. As per my post here on Haipai June 5 ROM improved XP flash instructions XPflash. Linked Rooting Procedures (which is also included in this post), is the CAVEAT:

READ THIS ENTIRE POST FULLY AND DO NOT DO IT UNTIL YOU'VE PRACTICED IT IN YOUR MIND SEVERAL TIMES AND FEEL READY TO DO THE REAL THING. YOU ONLY HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG.

Things, procedures and even files change. While the first post is very helpful in getting a new user started, it is not the "be all, end all". If you as a new user to potentially a new operating system like Android are willing to brick your phone or its components by not fully reading this thread and determining for yourself that you FULLY UNDERSTAND everything you need to know and do about flashing or rooting your phone, YOU ONLY HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME FOR THAT.

That's why newbies in Dodge City did not last long.

Oh BTW, while my post there is fairly current, I modified it again last Thursday with a friend but am waiting to update it upon three more test installations with a new Haipai i9220. None of us are getting paid to do what we are posting here or to update it and if you really want to thank someone, send a donation to angelobiz via PayPal or Resquer.

I tell you what, whenever Resquer posts, I stop everything I am doing, sit up and read him fully. Then I thank his posts along with angelobiz as they are the masters. Me, I am an padawan in training but I wield a mean lightsaber and Qui-Gon Jinn has nothing on me!!!

June 5 ROM improvement link:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27346245&postcount=691

***PLEASE NOTE*** - The first couple of steps to flash a ROM and ROOT your phone are the same because XP needs to FIND the phone FIRST

READ THIS ENTIRE POST FULLY AND DO NOT DO IT UNTIL YOU'VE PRACTICED IT IN YOUR MIND SEVERAL TIMES AND FEEL READY TO DO THE REAL THING. YOU ONLY HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME IF YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG.

Recommend printing out this post when you flash your phone.

Driver Installation

Install Android SDK package on your computer system. Make sure that you have Android 4.03 installed as a package. After initial installation, check for updates and update those necessary for Android 4.03.

Download the MT6575 USB VCOM drivers . This is a 7z file and you might need 7zip software to unzip this type file:

http://www.mediafire.com/?f4fs2rcwe5zmcvl

7zip these two files to a seperate directory (recommend called C:\MT6575).

Download the MT65x3 USB VCOM drivers (different set of RAR files):

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7vcpw08njg1xgfy

Unrar this directory of files to a different directory (recommend call C:\Android USB drivers).

Turn on your phone, Go to setting-developer options-click USB debugging. On the same screen, turn on or Allow Mock Locations and Stay Awake (for keeping the screen always on while charging).

Connect your phone via the USB cable.

Your XP computer should now find new hardware that needs to be installed.

Use the manual setting to use the directory for the MT6575 USB VCOM drivers you un7zipped to C;\MT6575 directory.

XP will install these drivers as a MT6575 device and it will also be a mass storage device.

On your computer, go to the C:\Android USB drivers directory. Go to the directory, called MT65x3 USB VCOM drivers. Double click InstallDriver.exe to install the XP MT65x3 drivers.

XP should now recognize your phone.

Click the USB tray icon to safely disconnect the phone. You will need to disconnect it twice as a USB storage drive first and Android Device second.

Reboot your computer and do not connect anything to it or run any other programs.

At this time your phone is now ready to be ROOTed or have a new ROM installed.

ROM Flashing

Download all the files into a new XP directory (recommend call June 5) in this link (20 total):

http://www.mediafire.com/?e2f9h8bfb1f66#

UnRAR the system.rar in this directory and delete the original RAR file prior to flashing your ROM. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!

Download Angelobiz update.zip and copy it to your SD card. Recommend putting it in a directory called UPDATES (DO NOT UNZIP IT).

http://www.mediafire.com/?o9d7g9c9xurk3

Download SPflashtool.rar and unrar it to your computer;

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7i906d966w22xu0

Prior to flashing the new June 5 ROM, watch this youtube video which details the flash procedures:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Zhds67Cehtg

After downloading all the files,unzip the system.rar file into the June 5 ROM directory, reboot your computer and do not have any programs running or any other USB device attached.

Start SPFlashtool on your computer.

Select the scatter.txt in the June 5 directory where you stored the 20 files.

Select or choose (fill in the check box) all the files listed on this menu.

Turn off your phone and remove the battery.

Click the download button on the SPFlashtool menu.

Attach your phone (phone is OFF with battery removed) via the USB cable to your computer.

Wait for the SPFlashtool to find your phone as a MediaTek device on one of Ports (Port number may vary).

BE VERY PATIENT and wait for the files to be downloaded or flashed to your phone.

When it is completely flashed, remove your phone after the box pops up saying you have a new phone.

Replace your battery but do not turn it on as normal.

Recovery Mode Entry to finalize new ROM Flash

Hold the volume up key first and then press the power on button to enter recovery mode.

Select "install zip from sdcard" using the volume buttons from the recovery menu items.

Select"choose zip from sdcard"

Choose the directory on your SD card where you have the update zip file stored.

Run or choose it with the power button.

Select the right update.zip Select it using the volume buttons.

Run or choose it with the power button.

Wait, be patient and wait.

Your screen will flash several different parts of the update zip file and pause several times. Sit on your hands and do nothing until you are very sure the recovery flash is done.

Reboot your phone.

Successful Flash

If you've done it right, your phone will show a bright green "running rain or static stuff" from top to bottom with an Android robot on screen. You will hear a loud long noise.

Set up your phone by going to system; set date, time, time zone.

Go to System Utilities. USB Debugging should not be checked unless you are going to root or flash a ROM.

On the same screen, turn on or Allow Mock Locations and Stay Awake (for keeping the screen always on while charging). Recommend leaving these always checked.

Check out Storage on the system menu.

If you can only see the internal storage you will need to download the alternate partition zip file (DO NOT UNZIP IT).

Alternate SD Card Repartition due to a failure to see SD card

Download the alternate partition zip file (DO NOT UNZIP IT)

http://www.mediafire.com/?1b114ii0ylqhmug

Install this zip file by following the same steps you used in recovery mode (please see Recovery Mode section above) to apply the update zip file.

Enter Recovery Mode and follow the same procedures to install the alternate partition zip file.

Exit Recovery Mode by the menu reboot.

Go to the system menu and Storage. If you can now see the internal memory and SD card. Your phone is now flashed. Root it again as per the XP Flash Procedures.

For XP Rooting Procedures, please see my newer post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27568520&postcount=828

Alternate SD Card Repartition due to a failure to see SD car

Download the alternate partition zip file (DO NOT UNZIP IT)

Card was misspelled in the procedures that were modified upon my subsequent post which told me where the post had been quoted from.