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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Many roads lead to Rome. Don't MIX the road descriptions. On Mediatek phones, the most common method is the other way around: You need a custom recovery in order to root your phone, for example with the "Chainfire method" you refer to.

No it does not. You need the recovery, not the factory mode.

A working CWM is listed in the post#2. There is always the chance of it failing. Maybe more so if you are drinking beer while flashing ;)

Because not every method works on every phone. OneClick does not work on Lenovo.

You are worrying too much, reading too much, and because of that allow yourself to get confuses. There are many roads to Rome, and if you read them all, and think you can use part of one and part of another, then indeed it is confusing. Follow instructions from only one source. If mine then do the following:

- Read Post#1 and Post#2.

- Read the link to the Flash Utility guide from post#1

- Flash (utility) the custom recovery from post#2 (for the A660)

- Read the link to the CWM Flash guide from post#1

- optionally: Root the phone by flashing (CMW) Chainfire Root from post#2

- optionally: Put custom ROM by flashing (CMW) custom ROM of choice, for example my A660 v3.1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myxal:
Buttons for Music app control?

Hi there.

I finally got around to installing cybermaus' "ROM for workgroups" 3.11 on my A789. One issue I had with the previous (etotalk S228) ROM was not addressed - ability to control the music app by the headset button, and volume buttons, which I got used to from CyanogenMod on my earlier phone. According to factory mode tests and Z-Device test app, the buttonpress is detected, it just seems to not be associated with anything.

Is there any way to fix this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spinal333:
Thank you. I had read the CWM guide; but got worried when it said that it bricks mediated chipsets. I then mentions two chipsets (MT6516 MT65x3); that need a different process, neither of which is the MT6577, which I believe the A660 uses. Totally missed the second guide about the 6577!

Off to work now, but will bring the phone with me in case I have some free time to do more reading.

Thank you!

M.

EDIT: Quiet day in the office, so I started playing.

- Drivers were a bit finnicky. Ended up uninstalling and deleting the old driver that oneclick installed, reinstalling (manually) the drivers from your link and eventually it was happy with that.

- flashed the recovery, got the happy green circle and all was good. Here is a question, if I then boot the stock OS; does it overwrite the recovery? (I doubt it...). The reason I'm asking is that I then shut down the phone again, booted into the recovery (or what I thought was recovery) and instead got sent to the stock factory menu with test options. Doh!

So something went wrong... somewhere... Also, I didn't get the purple bar... it just stayed at "Searching" (no bar) until I plugged in the phone. Maybe I'm being impatient... will try again waiting more than a few minutes for the purple bar...

Right - I was being VERY thick (not something new apparently). For the purpose of anyone else with a Lenovo A660; when starting up, holding the volume down button (or both buttons) will boot the factory menu. Holding the VOLUME UP button will load CWM.

Success!

(step 1 at least :p)

Another edit: SupoerSU installed without issues now... your ROM is the last step! Do I need to flash the ROM (A660_ROW_S106_cybermaus_ICS_v3.1) or can I use recovery to install it over stock?

I'm presuming I use recovery to flash over stock... so now I'm downloading your custom rom... slow connection at the office so it may be a while...

Would you be greatly offended if I posted a "for total noobs" step-by-step of your instructions if this works?

M.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Ok, I had to think for a few seconds (deep memory retrieval is a little slow, that stuff is almost two decades old) but nice reference.:laugh:

Can you install app "Key Event Display" and check what key+scan code you get, in both my ROM and in Cyanogen, when pressing that button?

No comment.:cool:

In general, if a ROM is a zip file, it is a recovery compatible update.zip. If it only has *.img files, it is a flash utility file. My V3.11 is a update.zip

Of course you can make a total noob guide if you want. I admit I am not good at that, because I am hindered by too much experience, and therefore I assume 'common' knowledge which people do not necessarily have.

Mind you, I suspect that no matter how nooby you write, there will always be people who do not understand.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spinal333:
Being thick comes with the job! :p I used to be technical once upon a time (pentester)... sadly, people still think I'm technical so I get the "can you fix my phone, I flushed it down the toilet" type questions.

Though I will admit that this one is a little more personal, SWMBO broke her nth phone dropping it while rock climbing... hence me buying her the A660 for Christmas :p

Download at 75%... will finally get to see the zip file. Thank you so much for putting up with me!

M.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] othelpa:
A789 Alarm Clock

Hi,

I found a hang-on problem arising in alarm clock... Even if I use Sleep as Android the phone is still stopping acting.

Every hang occurs if an alarm starts when phone is in standBy mode, no matter I use a lockscreen or not.

I don't have much experience in android but I'm sure learning is the key far all.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spinal333:
Uh-oh...

Finished downloading the image, popped it onto an SD card and then booted the recovery. Flashed the phone, all went well. Next, I hit restart and it restarted.

I was greeted first by the LENOVO sign, then a pretty butteryfly!

Next, the lenovo sign came back and hung.

Rebooted into recovery, wiped the user data and cache (not that there was much in there anyhow!) and restarted...

Voila! All Working!

So here, goes... a for noobs (like me) quick guide to go from stock Chinese A660 to Cybermaus's V3.1 A660 in English.

Step 1:

--- Flash the recovery partition ---

Tools needed:

•	Recovery image from Cybermaus’s 4share (a660_recovery_cybermaus.7z)

•	USB data cable

•	MediaTek USB VCOM drivers

•	SP Flash Tool (v3.1206.01 or higher for MT6575 / v3.1222.00 or higher for MT6577)

•	7zip (www.7zip.org)

Instructions:

1.	This manual is dead on ( http://bm-smartphone-reviews.blogspot.nl/2012/05/mt6575-flashing-tutorial.html )– follow the second half about flashing only part of the image (recovery) and not the whole phone. No point in retyping what is already there!

2.	Point to note is that the Cybermaus 7zip recovery image needs to be decompressed ( www.7zip.org if you don’t have the tool already)

3.	Also keep in mind that your phone needs to have USB debug mode enabled (Settings>Developer Options>USB Debugging).

Step 2:

--- Root the Phone ---

Tools needed

•	CWM (CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip): Direct link http://download.chainfire.eu/212/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip

•	MicroSD card with 6MB or so free

Instructions:

1.	This step is dead easy. Copy the entire zip file, unzipped to the MicroSD card.

2.	Turn off the phone, pull the battery and insert the SD card.

3.	Put the battery back, and hold the VOLUME UP button when turning the phone on, it will boot CWM

4.	Navigate the menus using the volume buttons (up/down – power selects) until you choose to find the zip file and install that.

5.	Let it finish, then restart the phone.

Step 3:

--- Install CyberMaus’s ROM ---

Tools Needed:

•	MicroSD card with 300MB or so free

•	CyberMaus v3.1 ROM for A660 (from his 4Share - a660_row_s106_cybermaus_ics_v3.1.zip)

Instructions:

1.	Another fairly simple one (once you realise how simple it is) – as per the previous step, copy the entire zip file to your MIcroSD, power off phone, remove battery and insert MicroSD.

2.	Restart phone in recovery (VOLUME UP held when powering up)

3.	Again, select your update file and let it flash.

4.	When it’s done, select restart phone.

5.	Restart the phone (again) in recovery mode; now clear both cache and user data (this was a requirement for me – wasn’t too worried as it’s a new phone without any data).

6.	Restart the phone again, let it boot (takes a bit)

7.	You may need to turn USB debug back off – on mine it was already turned off.

Done!

CyberMaus - you've rescued me!

M.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osoer4:
I made calibration, and now it is working good! Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alissoncg:
Confirmed: in my case, the problem with PS was caused by the plastic film (screen protector)!

I runned factory mode. In proximity sensor test, WITH the plastic protector, the sensor reported ~500 (indicating FAR) or 1023 (indicating CLOSE). WITHOUT screen protector, the sensor reported ~100 to FAR and 1023 to CLOSE. After removing plastic film protector, the screen turned off an on correctly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adeelahmed11:
Need Help

Dear Cybermaus ,

I am using your Rom in A660, A789, A750 :)

every thing is great and did not find any issues, but i am facing CLI (Caller ID) issue on A750 when updated to A750_ROW_S114_cybermaus_ICS_V3.1 from a750_s306_120530_cybermaus_ics_v1.3.zip.

on a750_s306_120530_cybermaus_ics_v1.3.zip it was fine

i read post about Caller ID Fix some clear storage update.zip, but my contacts save in phone memory what do you mean by re-index will it save or lost after that. i do not have contacts on google or Sim card.

now another case :)

I recently bought UMI x1 and same thing happens on it , when using ICS 4.0.4 Caller ID just fine but yesterday updated to jelly bean 4.1.2 and lost caller ID (incoming and outgoing) both :(

i also try to update ro.phone.min_match=7 in build.prop but i think its specific to HTC or gingerbread

so my question is which files contains caller ID so i try to overwrite from 4.0.4 may be it works ?

also i try prefixer but i do not like it

and last question believe me :) did you use Viber App on any Mediatek based phones ? because its not working fine on it i can message, receive calls can hear other person very well but the other person can not hear my voice ok because its change to some thing like alien :)

i also called viber but they did not give satisfactory reply i tried viber on Lenovo (A789,A750,A660) Hedy H701,Tooky T1982 and UMI x1.

Regards ,

Adeel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
You seem to be building a collection. Why so many of nearly identical phones?

Indeed, you need to somehow touch every phone number in your address book in 'edit' mode, so the internal index search string for that number is rebuild. The easiest way I know is clear the phonebook and resync if from its source.

The caller ID is quite integrated into the core of the ROM, and you cannot just replace a few files. Not even from one ICS to another ICS, definitely not from ICS to JB. It would result in a phone that would not boot at all.

I do not use Viber, but given that afaik all other audio works, I suspect Viber uses audio in some non-standard, maybe even non-allowed way. But if it works on HTC and Samsung, they will probably not change it. Myself, I cannot do much either, especially not if it fails on all MT6577 phones. If you find some working MT6577, we can see if we can do something.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adeelahmed11:
actually now a days mostly china phones coming with same class processor MT6575 and MT6577 and i love to buy china phones :)

ok i will try take backup from moborobo and clear contacts storage and then restore from it lets see

thanks for your reply
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
not sure if your way works as it's all black magic for me, but after some time of research about restoring the recent apps button i've found the following solution:

1. Install this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=grandmastersoftware.togglerecentapps

this is an app that displays the same list as the button (if it worked). it costs £0.50 but well worth it.

2. Install this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ot.home2shortcut&feature=search_result#?t=W10.

this app allows you to bind an app to a double tap on your home button (so you can bind the app above). it also allows you to use some other combinations (home+menu, home+back) to launch other apps if you want. this app is free.

so for £0.50 by double tapping home you will access your recent app list. this is by far the most handy way and for me much better than all other suggested workarounds.

hope it helps someone...

---------- Post added at 03:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:49 PM ----------

can you make an .apk that does that to the phone? that could fix it after the cybermaus rom is flashed...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Strange. I am *absolutely* certain that I replied to that post, but now I cannot find it. Either the post failed after I pressed submit, or XDA has had a hiccup and lost it.

Anyway, what a wrote a while ago, but is now gone, is that I have not been able to deodex/recompile/reodex without stability issues. Somehow something always seems to get unstable after re-odexing. And without odexing the phone is notably slower.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leFloyd:
I thought that it would make a difference just while starting the phone, if it is odexed or not...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Maybe on the dual core 6577 it is less noticeable, as it has power to spare, as do all those high end skinned Samsungs and HTC's (modders and skinners prefer deodexed because it is easer to mod), but on my single core, I had a distinct impression it was slower, and faster again after I want back to the original.

I did try several times, specifically with the policy smali esiu refers to, because I had already located that as the relevant code. But as mentioned, I was not able to get it stable.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yueismyname:
Is it possible to install VPN on p700i?

Hi. i just bought a p700i and i was trying to install a VPN for my phone but in the Tutorials they say that i need tun.ko for my phone but the problem is that i can't find the right tun.ko module for my phone..

Model Number: Lenovo p700i

Android Version: 4.0.4

Baseband Version: p700i.v6, 2012/07/24 19:16

Build Number: P700i_ROW_S106_121001

that's all the information i have. the kernel version is i don't know where to find the kernel version (sad)

I already rooted my phone.

i hope someone will help me.

thank you in advance!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgcngm:
I am interested to know what steps you followed to re-odex. Did you re-odexed all files? I know that some apps don't work fine when de-odexed (RootExplorer is an example of that). Just as cybermaus, I have had some unexpected problems when the ROM is fully de-odexed and then re-odexed. It would be great if you share that with us. :o
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzenk:
Worldsend, your English is just fine.

I installed your patch and it's working well. Thanks!

No problems until now (10 minutes after installation ;) ).

If there will be some issues I'll write about it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leFloyd:
I wonder why you took that file from the GB ROM and not from ICS. Nerveless it works fine.

So I guess you could provide FM transmitter and camera app from smilevvv's ROM as well? I think there are some people eagerly waiting for it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leFloyd:
Ah, sorry about that. In my memory you wrote that you use the file from the GB ROM. Anyway, thanks a lot and keep up the good work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] othelpa:
A789 Alarmclock problem cause.

As I wrote earlier I found a Hang problem in AlarmClock. I recleared my phone , installed All my programs , everytime between those setting an alarm... And when installed Evernote I catched same Hang. Any other hanging cincidences except Phone application hangs not noticed...

By the way phone application seems to hang only when I call a numberon Orange Moldova operator with diverting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgcngm:
Ohh... I see you edited the post and removed your re-odexing instructions. Can you please post those again?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
hi worldsend,

i installed your zip on my a660 and it made no difference. the recent apps button is still dead and long press does nothing. am i missing something here or is it not destined to work on a660s at all? or can you maybe create a separate patch for a660s that would fix it? :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
dude, i would be happy to give it a go but honestly i don't have enough experience with android or phones. i've had my a660 for about a month now and i was on windows mobile before.

my understanding is (which may not be right at all) is that the a750 rom is identical to a660. the original a660 rom is here (link by cybermaus) if that helps.

i'm sure cybermaus can be of more help, although he stated before that the recent apps button will never work on a660 with his rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgcngm:
Thank you! I do remember you referred that you usually create a list of .apk / .jar files which already come deodexed in the stock ROM. In that case, when you odex the whole ROM you keep those deodexed files, right? Is there any reason for that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
did you use the cybermaus a660 custom rom from his 4shared location?

there is some info here if you need it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33513906#post33513906

i'm more than happy to test. hope my phone survives that... ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
I am of course humbled by worldsend success with the A750 long press home

But I want to warn you: Please know the A750 *is completely different* then the A660 ROM. The A660 is similar to the A789, not A750. If you want to repeat the trick, you should take the A660 policy, and wrap-compile it into the P700i based ROM, not the A750 or P700 based one.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esiu:
yup, exactly what i meant to say ;P

merry christmas guys!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metzner:
@worldsend and cybermaus..

thx a lot...I just upgraded to the most recent cybermaus A750 + long press home button patch...it works without any problems :)

@cybermaus..do you already have an idea which phone you will buy in the future? I will at least wait and see what MT6589 brings us in terms of features and performance. I woukd like to have the ability to assign 3G functiality to sim 1 or sim 2...that would be great...afaik ACER already have this feature in one of their dual sim phones...do you know something about this?

Kind regards,

Floris
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgcngm:
Some MT6577 (and even before, with MT6575) already have that feature. ZTE V970 is an example and I have really tried to enable 3G on SIM2 and it worked flawlessly. ;)

What's more interesting about MT6589 is that it's said to support Dual SIM Dual Active functionality.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
You should also keep an eye on Bruno and others, but I agree: Having a cook and/or scene is the most important selection criteria for any Chinese phone.

My A750 is working well, so I am not in a rush. I want to wait till MT6589 because of the expected battery life of the A7 core, but I cannot tell you which one until I order it. As yet, *no* models exist (I count announcements and pre-orders as not existing)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzenk:
I saw Lenovo A800 in some online shops - 4.5" display, 1.2 GHz MTK 6577, slim design, reasonable price. I was tempted so I looked further...

I noticed Umi X1 (slimer twin brother from Jiayu G3) and I ordered it. Hopefully I won't regret it, since I'm quite happy with my A750...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cacofonix3:
Is it possible to add greek menu on A750, A789, A660?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metzner:
Sounds good!

I will also keep an ey on Bruno..some time ago I also had the HD958 ;) ..but it is true...the Lenovo A750 is really great..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sk1rge:
Hi all, I am having trouble to connect my A660 via USB and Bluetooth to a W7x64 system. I have Cybermaus' latest ROW mod installed (flashed it from SD over the etotalk mod after wiping data, recovery and root were already there). I am trying to connect to use MyPhoneExplorer for synchronisation with Outlook.

USB: I did not manage to install any drivers. When I plug in the phone via USB without battery, W7x64 keeps identifying the phone and then losing it in an endless loop. It does not pop up in windows explorer.

Bluetooth: I managed to install some services like AV, headset, imaging, modem, but not the "other devices" option for a peripheral device, and I could not get a COM port assigned.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
No, if you want greek, you need to try a completely different ROM.

I am distrustful of the MT6577T "overclocked" phones. You may recall I value battery life, and I wonder what the 20% speed does to it.

All I can say is the VCOM drivers and the ADB driver never gave me any problems on my W7X64.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cacofonix3:
Can you take it for example from another ROM and install it there?

I think etotalk supports greek, if I find you the ROM can you do it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciprian.medrea:
Problem with my lenovo a750

Hi, I have a big problem with my lenovo a750 phone.

I formated it with SP Flash Tool and it doesn't start or charge at all. When I plug in the USB cable my sistem recognise the phone for 5 seconds, not enough time to upload on phone any information. What should I do.

Thanks for any help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
That is a big problem. You should not have formatted. With he formatting you lost the preloader part of the ROM. You should probably consider the phone as lost.

If you are a electronics hobbyist, with tools and equipment to match, to reprogram the phone you need to make a custom TTL-RS232 adapter cable as shown here. That means building custom hardware, and additionally it assumes you already have a TTL-RS232 device available. Sorry
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukedan:
Lenovo Note tell "SD Card is full" and not start. I have more than 20Gb free space. Any Ideea why?

Update 1: Problem appear when I put "iGO" on SD card. It is a navigation app with a lot of subfolders and a lot of files....

Update 2: It looks like this message appear when i have more then 1Gb on SD card and default write disk is "SD Storage"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluemask69:
Lenovo P770

Hi Cybermaus,

i very appreciated in the past your rom for the A789.. Now i ask (not only me i think) you if you plan a multilanguage rom for the P770. It would be fantastic...:) Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kencre:
magnetic field sensor not working on my a660

Hy all there,

First of all, thanx a lot for your ROM, cybermaus.

I bought a month ago the lenovo a660 from eto talk and changed quickly to your ROM, so i was rid of the chinese blablabla.

Since then i loved my phone ( actually my first smartphone).

But i have a problem when i want to use a compass, it doesn't work, actually it says: 'magnetic field not working, reset the phone'

I'm be busy for a month modifying my phone and i a bit of a noob, so i don't like this message of resetting.( afraid of losing my stuff, data, agenda,.....)

Any idea how i can make it working again?

Ps: Fm transmitter doesn't work either, but i read in previous post that it is cause it's anyway not in my device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgcngm:
cybermaus, did you ported the whole /system/bin folder from A660 ROM? I have had that issue in the past and it turned out to be a wrong binary... I just don't remember its name.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukedan:
New ROM from Lenovo?

http://lenovo-forums.ru/Files/OS/P700i/P700i_ROW_S107_4.0.4.rar