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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
i've been using the cybermaus a660 v3.1 rom for about a week now and there are 3 minor issues i found so far:

1. when tethering is on, the notification says "Tethering or hotspot active. Touch to configure.", however, touching does nothing. it would be handy for disabling it if touching worked.

2. gps takes a long time to fix. i have all the goodies like a-gps and epo assistance enabled in location services but it still takes good 2-3 minutes to get the initial fix.

3. the contacts don't sync with google. i get the famous "sync is currently experiencing problems, it will be back shortly" message. i looked through the forums and people find that an app called gocontacts is responsible (i don't have it) and the only solution seems to be to clear the contacts storage app data. i did that but still no luck. all other items sync correctly.

any help with these 3 would be appreciated.

on a separate note, does anybody know a good keyboard with typing by swiping other than swype? swype is a no go for me as i REALLY need the enter key for text messages. plus after adding a word to dictionary it's still not available.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
In order (others are welcome to also contribute their experiences)

1) I use tethering quite often. Both cable and wifi, and it is very stable to me.

What I do sometimes find is that if I connect a USB tether cable from my laptop, and the laptop's power supply is not properly grounded, leaking static from the power supply, through the laptop chassis and USB cable into the phone, makes my touch screen misbehave. The solution for me is to temporarily disconnect my Laptop Power while I operate the phone. But I have no idea if the same issue is true for you.

2) That may simply be how it is. I did not change anything on the GPS, so I suspect you would have the same with stock ROM. Also, if you live in a city, GPS often takes long for all phones, due to the fact the horizon is shaded by buildings, and the fact there is soo much radio noise around.

You did check if EPO realy did update? There were some issues recently with the EPO server, and they should be cleared now, but do check your EPO timestamp.

3) Please be aware that the famous "sync is currently experiencing problems, it will be back shortly" can be caused by MANY causes. It's basically a blanket error. So just because you found a reference to GoContacts does not mean it is causing it in your case. In any case, I never used it or baked it into any ROM.

Default solution is indeed to clear all contacts, but you may also want to go into Settings->Accounts, and delete the account. Or even wipe all data.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
hi cybermaus,

thanks for that.

1. i'm not saying tethering is unstable. the functionality works perfectly. but when you enable a wifi hotspot and press the home button for example, there is a tethering notification icon in the notification area saying that if you tap it you can configure tethering. saves you finding the app in the menu and clicking the icon to be able to disable tethering. well, it would, if it worked. if i tap it nothing happens, e.g. the phone doesn't switch back to the tethering app and i'm still in the app i was in.

2. epo timestamps look fine. my htc hd2 gets the initial fix within 15 seconds with a-gps enabled (no epo support). with a660 it goes into minutes. i will experiment with stock rom.

3. i played with the contacts and broke something. i got some strange messages that process com.something.something stopped, quite a few of them. rebooted the phone and all my contacts are gone now, good i backed them up. but i can't restore that backup. the vcard file looks fine inside but the contacts still don't appear when i restore them. tried restoring to google and to phone but no luck.

i think i will be reflashing the phone tonight. will check out the stock rom and etotalk in relation to the two issues above also and will post my results. i will also test the recent apps button in etotalk; i wonder if they got it to work. the workaround with screen edges doesn't work for me as the edge always gets in the way while typing which is massivly annoying. a better solution would be to just have an icon on the home screen - ok, it takes two taps to get there but it's not that much of a problem.

quick question: is there anything else i have to do for a complete reflash other than ticking all the boxes during flashing? would any data survive flashing? if so, how do i ensure it doesn't?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Well, maybe HTC GPS is just better. Mind you: After a flash, you get a deep-cold GPS start. So don't go comparing a warm GPS start in HTC with a just flashed one in Lenovo. Of course the latter will be slower. Wait for GPS to get a fix. keep it running for at least 30 minutes, and then reboot the phone to check how long it takes to get a fix.

To keep data, you should not 'tick' data during flash. But doing so causes you to migrate most problems. You actually want a clear data if you want to check if other ROM's work better.

Sometimes I wonder if I should not do like Bruno: Every Flash will clear data, period, end of discussion. It would avoid all of these small problems.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
Actually I don't want to keep any data and my question was whether I have to do something extra to make sure all data gets wiped off. But it seems like I don't so thanks for that. I don't have anything of value just yet...

I think leaving data in is a useful option; otherwise you'll end up like most people with Windows 6 phones being unable to save their settings, contacts, calendar, screen layouts, etc. between flashes. There are all sorts of little nifty apps trying to back up those things but they never really work properly...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatoothie:
thanks

Your work is really appreciated sir Cybermaus. Your rom works smoothly in my device. :good:

One thing though, and I don't know if this is the right place I should make my inquiry... How to change battery icon the status bar? (please help :crying:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
In a word: No.

Can I invite you to read below, and the link it links too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navotera:
Batteray

Hi.. cybermaus.. if i may, i would like to question :

what version of ur lenovo (A660, P700i or else) , im just curious......?

im the one who rather hesistate about the battery life on P700i, in GSMarena some people claim it will last for about 2-3 days, with the heavy internet using, texting and calling..... if u having experience in P700i, how long it last..., im very curious about this since the promotion of lenovo itself said that 2500Amh on P700i can have 22 hours talks time, mine just.... half of a day...

are u planning to update the ROMs for later...

thanks....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatoothie:
Thank you for the quick response.

A good read, indeed. Am very much enlightened. :o
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@navotera;

I have an old A750. All other ROM's are blind builds, which I started doing because a friend bought a A789. That's right, I have an out of date phone, and I am trying to make it last till the MT6589 phones come out.

So I do not 'know' how the P700i battery does, others should answer here, but I would expect a 2~3 day 'light to normal' use possible. And half day (12 hours) talk time to me is easily more than 3 days normal use. Are you really actively on the phone 4 hours per day? That would be super heavy use in my book. Same if you were playing games for half a day, if that whats you meant. If however you mean it does half a day standby, then indeed, that is not normal.

I do not make new ROM's, I just clean up the Lenovo ones, if Lenovo brings out a new ROM from a compatible phone, I will port it. Otherwise not. To be quite honest, apart from the recent-app button, I feel the ROM's are nice and stable, the rest is just about what apps you install.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatova:
Hello every body!

The device Tinno s8030 manufacture by Shenzhen-China. Have very many person use this device in other country, such as: q-mobile s11 in Vietnam, myphone a818 in Philippine, Micromax a45 in Pakistan, cink wiko in France...

Please support rom for tinno s8030 for them!!!! <3. Share your custom rom.

Can it run ICS? I saw more device same hardware or lower can run ics. Only have core of ics.

Some info about device:

cpu mtk6573

512mb rom

256mb ram (use 213mb)

android 2.3.6

www*gsmarena*com/micromax_a45-4824.php

sorry: my english is bad!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qbicone:
Multilanguage

Hi,

I have a multilanguage rom from A750.

How to move the language of the A750 to a789.

I add framework from A750.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] othelpa:
No 720p in Camera app (A789)

Hello... Maybe I am too exigent.

I found that the video mode does not have any options to choose camera resolution. That app shoots at 640X480 only... no 1024X720 video...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpeedersPeugeot:
This morning suddenly my external SD card was broken! It is a 16gb class 10 card. Tried to re-mount it, nothing works. Rebooted it, tried a 2gb card and that one works. Tried another 16gb card and that one is also dead, the old one back in place and still broken. Ai ai... Is this a common problem? Is the brand not ok, the size too large? :eek: Formatting the 16gb card in the pc works (all my data lost! bummer). But replacing it doesn't go. Is a Fat32 slow format okay?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oz42:
I have no problems with my 16 GB SD card, not in the past in my A750 and not now in my A789.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
At this moment I'm using a "generic" 16GB card. Everything is ok since 2-3 weeks ago when I started using.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukedan:
Just for records.

After a lot of tests it seems I have an old SIM that makes problems.

I made a lot of tests with all ROMs but still freeze with all, specially when I hang up calls.

I made few tests with my wife SIM (~1y old - sim not my wife :))) ) and I don't have any freeze.

Tomorrow I'll change my SIM and test again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukedan:
I asked Orange for a new SIM. They give me a new one with same design. I made few tests but no changes. It freeze at every 2-3 tries.

I made a short movie (3 min) with few tests with these 2 types of SIMS. My wife one doesn't freeze in any test, mine one it freeze at every 2-3 tries ....

Look on my movie if you have time and confirm please what type of SIM did you have 1'st or 2'nd.

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bry1p49I_Hc
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
youtube shows: "The video you have requested is not available."

As I travel, I change my SIM's all the time. Slot 1 has seen at least 2 dozen different SIM's in different countries and no problem yet. Slot 2 is usually Belgium Proximus (Vodafone owned)

Did you BTW try to swap SIM1 and SIM2. In other words, is the SIM giving you problems in both slots? I know it is silly to ask, but reading back, you do not actually say if you tried this.

Also, did you check both IMEI? Can you use the Droid Tools v2.30to check if both IMEI are valid. Possibly replace the IMEI of the non-working slot with another one, from a old phone you do not use anymore for example.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukedan:
I re-upload movie at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI2egidfMac&feature=youtu.be

Yes, SIM makes same problems in any slot, with or without another sim, with/without sd card installed.

I think IMEI is ok (with my wife SIM it works ok)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myxal:
Lukedan, do your and your wife's SIM have the same carrier/contract? I'm thinking it's either the Phone app freezing, or the GSM driver crashing the system when it accesses the SIM addressbook or something (long/short/garbage numbers or names). I'd also look into Call diversion settings, which I think carry over to new SIM when you get a new one.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@lukedan

Well, movie is clear enough (a bit boring perhaps, I predict it will not go viral ;) )

One SIM hangs, the other does not. You replaced ROM's, you replaced SIM's (from the same provider), you swapped slots, the problem stays.

Something in the Orange network and/or SIM does not like something in your phone. I am out of new idea's but I would like to repeat one old one to you:

- Change IMEI with one from an old phone you have in a drawer. It is possible Orange network on some low technical level does something slightly different if they ID a different brand phone.

If that does not work, I only have the following suggestions, which are not so much solutions, as accepting the problem is here to stay:

- Change provider from Orange to another one

- Sell your phone and buy another one. Please be honest when you sell it and mention it has a problem with Orange.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
MIUI ROM

I just created a new thread. I found a working MIUI ported ROM for our A789:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35224522#post35224522

Cheers!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinal2k:
Cybermaus,

I would like to know if i will have any problems regarding bricking my Lenovo A789 if i decide to install this MIUI rom via "sdcard->recovery->update from sdcard method" after following your instructions to install your roms.

Do i need to flash or do something before i attempt to try this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moonkir:
JB came with firmware from Lenovo 770, it is possible to port to 789?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volodiaja:
Hi Cybermaus,

Many thanks for your great ROM that work flawlessly on my A660.

Just 2 points :

- Recent App button, any clue about where to look at to solve this issue ?

- Timezone is always getting back to GMT+00 when "Automatic Date and Time" is checked ( even if "Automatic time zone" is not checked ). When not checked, twitter update not working.

Cheers,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Was discussed before, No, will not be possible.

Recent App was also discussed before, use Button Savior to work around.

I travel a lot, and in some countries Automatic Timezone works, and in some it does not. For example, in my home country&network, it does not update, but when I travel abroad, most of the times it does, making my own country & network one of the few that do not. So I suspect it has to do more with the network then the phone, if the network is not providing the needed data, then it will not update, or even update incorrectly, by resetting to UTC.

I guess you will just have to update twitter manually. Kinda silly of twitter BTW that it does not want to update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
Chinese CWM 6

Cybermaus, it's possible translate a recovery image? I mean, decompile it (or something else), get the original files and change the menus and messages from chinese to english? I found a recovery image based in CWM 6 in Apkhot forum:

http://bbs.apkhot.com/read.php?tid-32589.html

Would be wonderful if we could translate it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
If it is CMW based, it already has English in it, I think all you need to do is change build.prop from zh,CN to en,US. Which I did with the file in this recovery, please try it out for me (for A789 only).

I cannot test it myself though. Also, if apkhot did some *real* modifications, (I suspect not) then those ones may not translate, only the items that came from CWM will be in English.

Also, note that there was an interesting install procedure: Windows+ADB based. I left it in there, translated that too, but also added the A789 scatter file in case someone wants to use the classic flash utility.

So to repeat, this should be flashable in two ways: ADB (run the bat file) or flash utility (not included). I did not test either though, as I do not have a A789, please let me know
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpeedersPeugeot:
When I take a look in my battery consumption view I see that the Maps are consuming half battery power! I stopped the GPS function a few days ago. But that isn't helping. Any one else with this problem on the A789?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Its normal. Turn off not only GPS but all location services.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
I'll try but it's scary!!! :D It's safe to turn back to CWM 5 if recovery comes in chinese? Only change image file name in your .bat?

---------- Post added at 01:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 PM ----------

I runned .bat but seems adb don't detected phone. Stucks in "Flashing recovery will start when you connect the USB cable, do this now" message... USB debug is on. It's necessary install MT65xx preloader and connect phone in that mode?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Well, if you find it too scary, you can always use the normal Flash Utility method.

Do it does not work with ADB? Hmm? I am not sure, I found the bat script as is, and only guestilated the unreadable text, all the commands are the same. It was a very promising script, but I guess I should experiment on a A750 first. So I can do the testing myself, sorry. I'll think I'll block the Dev-Host for further download for now, so not too many people will have it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
I just realize I don't install mediatek drivers! But somethig it's wrong, cause I can't install it. I downloaded drivers from your 4shared page. Windows detects phone as "Lenovo A789" in unknown devices, but if I point driver (Mediatek DA USB VCOM Port) I get a error, "driver don't iniciated (code 10)". I'll try to search google.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
try the ini file as shown here

I was actually wondering about that as I translated, but as the apkhot guy did not do that, I also left it out.

EDIT: You did not install Mediatek drivers ?

Firstly, I do not think you need the VCOM drivers for ADB, not sure about that anymore.

But more importantly, you did not install VCOM, so you never flashed before? Then I understand you'll find it scary, I thought you were a bit more experienced with flashing. But you only ever used recovery? Maybe you should wait a bit, till I have done further testing myself. But I am traveling today, so it will be a few days.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
I create ini, but nothing changed... When phone is connected, windows recognize it as "Lenovo A789" in unknown devices. When I try install "Mediatek VA Usb VCOM Port" I get a code 10 error. And ADB says nothing. No devices detected with "adb devices" command.

EDIT: I tried extract/replace battery. For a instance, a new mediatek vcom driver appears in Device Manager, but disappears in a second. I tried run "adb devices" in that second, but no response... :(

EDIT2: I finaly put away all my fears and tried with flashtool... ;) But sadly recovery is chinese... I barely could find a way to flash update because a few latin letters (SD, ZIP, etc) but it's useless. Returning to old recovery...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
So a failure on both counts: New program method did not work, and activating English was not as easy as I though. Sorry. But you learned how to use the utility anyway.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
I think we can blame my PC or something else, because the reason to that .bat do not work was my system don't recognize the phone. I don't know why, but this afternoon I installed a program in my PC called "MobileGo" that simplifies all things between phone and pc (manage/export/import contacts, backup sms, view/install apps, etc). That program installs drivers for all phones suported (lenovo included) and finnaly, after that, I get my phone in Device Manager and responding to adb! It's listed in there as "Android composite ADB interface".

Yes... I really was a bit scared, but it's easy after you do for the first time. Really worth the effort! :)

Thank you!

---------- Post added at 11:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:59 PM ----------

I never flashed this phone that way, only by recovery. I get this phone already rooted/custom recovery/etc. But I have some experience in flashing another device, a Xperia X8. I had fun playing with it, flashing pretty much all the existing ROMs and kernels that people creates/ports for that phone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osoer4:
I can not switch on the screen under the calling

I need help. After that I begin a call, the phone turn off the screen. I can not switch on until end of call. The distance or light sensor don't switch on the screen automatic and I can not switch on with power/lock button under the calling. The distance or light sensor and power/lock button are working normal except under the calling. How can I setting it, or have you any idea, what can I do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myxal:
Pardon me for asking, but what is the distance sensor supposed to do when not calling? I'm not aware of any behaviour controlled by the proximity sensor when the phone is not during a call.

Disregarding that information, it looks like mis-calibrated sensor.

I'd check some device-check app (like Z-Device test and many others) to see what the system sees. If it shows that the sensor is permanently seeing reporting proximity, you can run the calibration (on my A789, the sensor is reporting proximity when I put something within 6 cm of the front camera). I think it can be done in Factory mode (power up with camera shutter button held, or something like that).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
I had this same problem, but not with this ROM, but with the andrea_86's. For some weird reason, in that ROM the proximity sensor is miscalibrated or something else. I checked with Z-device Test. I don't found any solutions for that. Seems that proximity sensor cannot be calibrated... But I discovered a workaround for this. I you press firmly a point at right at the front camera, just around the upper right corner of screen, the proximity sensor "unlocks" and screen goes on.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Well, I am not sure if it will help, but I can confirm there *is* a calibration in the Factory mode, as mentioned above.

If the phone is healty and working, I advise strongly against playing with calibration (so have not pressed enter on it) but if it is misbehaving like mentioned, do try the factory mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spinal333:
Long time lurker here...

I'm sure this has been asked millions of times - but I seem to be getting conflicting responses by searching...

Does the phone (A660) need to be rooted to install the custom ROM? More specifically, does the Lenovo stock recovery mode allow to flash the custom ROM? By powering up with both volume buttons pressed, I get the Lenovo engineering screen (mainly for testing functionality). Does anyone know if this also allows flashing (if it does, it's not obvious).

Next question (and this one's really nooby - but again, I'm getting multiple responses from multiple places)... the process to install the custom ROM (from what I can find on here):

- install chainfire and root the phone (somehow... it's all in mandarin... sigh. May try the many script http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460)

- install/flash a recovery thing. Which one? clockworkmod doesn't seem to support the A660 according to their homepage...

- boot into recovery, and install the custom rom

- cross fingers and hope to get this right in time for Chistmas!

This is my plan so far:

1. install superoneclick; install drivers for phone from there (done) (from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024472)

2. download the script from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 to root the phone (no idea why he didnt use the superoneclick to root... but I'm not one for experimenting right now!)

3. figure out how to get the custom recovery from 4share to the phone :p

4. use the recovery to install the custom rom

5. get a beer and throw phone out the window

Thanks,

M