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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolo250612:
A789: Encryption problem

I have installed aLogcat to determine what could block the encryption service on the different ROMS I have tested on my A789. The interesting part revealed to be:

E/Cryptfs ( 87): Orig filesystem overlaps crypto footer region. Cannot encrypt in place.

Googling for this problem, it appears that there is a strong probability that the culprit is CWMR that I have installed almost right after getting my phone. See: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1792101 or http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25652-fixing-galaxy-tab-2-encryption/.

So if somebody has a package that can be safely used with mt6575-flashing tools, to recover the stock recovery or, much better, to install a "clean" version of CWMR, I would be glad to test it and see if it is actually the origin of the encryption problem.

Edit:

@Cybermaus: I have just noticed that you have already addressed part of this message. I have already tried to format the internal sd as ext4 with Minitool partition Wizard on Windows. This fails also. Moreover, the system reports a failure on this partition and ask to reformat it as vfat. I will try by putting back the original recovery from your 4shared. Thanks a lot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@lolo250612

If I read that post you found, the problem is not so much CWMR or CWMRT itself, but the fact it wipes and formats /data completely, without leaving 16KB of unused space at the end of the partition.

That means replacing it with factory recovery will not help, unless if you then also wipe using that factory recovery, and that factory recovery does leave 16KB. You could also try wiping it from the settings menu.

After you have tried the factory , let me know. I think I can make an empty /data for you that is 16KB shorter than the partition, but you would have to apply it using the flash-utility method.

Edit: checking, I found that the userdata.img that is inside the original S228 factory flash ROM is already 1024K short of 768M. So 767M. No need to build one with only 16K short, just use the one you already have.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loimlo:
Hi cybermaus

Thanks for your contribution. Please help me if you've free time.

Does this custom ROM support traditional Chinese character?? I'm sure Chinese support would include simplified Chinese.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@loimlo

The A750 V1 and A789 V2has two forms of Chinese, which I cannot read, but I suspect are traditional and simplified. The A750 V3 has one form of Chinese, which I still cannot read, so I am not sure which of the two, but here is a screenshot of it, let me know which it is.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Well, all the MT6575 and MT6577 based ROM's that I have dissected have ext4. This is probably because mediatek provides ext4 in their development kit. So yeah, I think all mt6575 are on ext4, and not yaffs. I think maybe the mt6573 has yaffs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolo250612:
I agree with you.

I have flashed userdata.img. That WORKS :victory:. The phone reboots and then encryption starts. Done in less than 5 minutes. Great. Now, just have to tried one of the utility around that allows to have an encryption password different from the lock one. Many thanks for your help :good:.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinal2k:
hi there,

I just got a Lenovo A789 and i just installed A789_S228_cybermaus_V2.1 and it works perfecly...

i'm new to android and i can't get cellular data to work ( i have reason to believe that it worked in original ETOTALK rom, but im not sure ).

1) i do have a data plan

2) cellular data / mobile data is turned on

3) 3G card with cellular data plan is in slot 1

wrong basebands or apn settings (Portugal, Vodafone) ? ( i can see them in mobileuncletools but i cant change them )

help?

note: i cant follow most of android tips that i googled because some of the menus to edit APN settings do not exist on this rom :\
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@spinal2k

Well, the simply solution would be to try and apply the A750 V1.4 as listed in post#2. It only applies location fix and new APN list, so its safe on the A789, even if it was originally for A750.

Second option would be to Google for the keyword APN together with your provider and country names.

Last option is to tell us the mcc/mnc that mobile uncle found, as well as your current APN settings, and maybe we can figure it out.

Edit: you can change APN in Settings->Wireless->More->MobileNetworks->AccessPointNames
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinal2k:
ok, thanks for the tip... how can i see mmc/mnc on mobileuncle tools?

According to that wikipedia page, my MMC/MNC is 268/01 and that it uses GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / UMTS 2100.... On mobile uncle engineer mode i can see that on the 1st sim card UMTS 2100 doesn't exist ( only UMTS 2000 )... :\

acoording to the "you can change APN in..." i can't changed them, just see them... they look fine to me, they're not wrong...

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@spinal2k

Don't tell me the ones from that Wiki page, but the ones you find in the APN settings. And then also the "market name" of the service you have. You cannot change, but you can add a new APN, and then select that to use.

But simply applying the V1.3 may be easier, it has the APN list maintained by Cyanogenmod, and will probably solve it anyway.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spinal2k:
oh, i couldn't see that i could add new.... Now i added an optional apn ( even though the one listed was on official carriers page ) ... now its working...

Thank you for the tips... keep them updates coming :)

note: i did update with A750 v1.3 and i saw no changed in apn list...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zapzog:
A750 V3.1 battery life

I have been using the cybermaus V1.3 ICS for ages, and it works really well. Recently tried the V3.1 ICS.

Also seems to work really well as well, and a definite plus is the 3G signal strength - I see a definite improvement.

There is a dealbreaker problem for me, though - the battery life is noticeably worse than the excellent life on the V1.3 rom. I'm a noob - tried clearing user cache/dalvik, but not reset (I want to keep my apps/data).

Any suggestions before I go back to V1.3 - thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Well, a request more than a suggestion: your battery is now a few months old, so slightly less good then when new, but you got used to it. But now, due to the flashing of a new ROM, you are playing on it more, and it is in your attention very much.

I cannot properly test myself, I have to tether it daily for data access. So please try to get a proper test of it:

Stay with V3.1 a few bit longer, at least 2 battery cycles extra. (you can barely have had one) so you get a better baseline. Charge the same method as before (I find that charger works better than PC-USB) After two more cycles, when you have a proper idea on the life, go back, and get a renewed baseline on V1.3 also. And then report your results
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
The password will/should be bbs.lenovomobile.com

Can you check in Settings->About what is your current ROM version? Newer or older? There may be no reason for you to apply this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cacofonix3:
You are rigtht, I read again my posts and it's difficult to understand what I mean.

The problem, as I think, was that I should have done a clean install.

Now it's ok, even you call me to sim1, even to sim2, even you send an sms i can see who is calling, even with +30, even without.

Thanks for everything.

In the future I will need your help again.

Thanks again cybermaus.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierrotlcf:
I have exactly the same version A660_S019_120824.

But remember, what I want is to install google play. For that I need to root the phone. And to root the phone I think I needed this recovery file because mine is closed in the phone. Sorry I'm really novice and bit lost sometimes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
yeah, but this factory rom will also be closed. You need to wait till I have downloaded it, created an open version, and then uploaded it again. And not to discurage you: Its been downloading for 3 hours now, and it predicts 10 more. (not a good connection here)

Also, I predict you that you want not only to get Play Store, but the whole international P700i based ROM. Which will cost me even more time. So you need to brave it out for a few more days till I get around to building the newest P700i_ROW_S106 for both A789 and A660.

@cacofonix3

Happy to hear you are finally OK. Maybe you want to press the thanks button...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierrotlcf:
Well I don't really know what more I would need apart Google play but take your time, I'm already very lucky that you are nice enough to look at my problem even if we're not a lot of people on the A660.

I'm at work and it took me around 1 hour to download the file and here the network is super fast so I understand.

Good luck then and thanks again.

Pierre
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cacofonix3:
One more question.

Do you know how I can install this application? It's not available for my location (Greece).

Someone told me to download Seesmic, but I have already tried and I didn't like the interface.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zonatar:
It's nice to see the a660 rom!

I'm looking for a modden rom, thanks for your time :good:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osoer4:
SD as default storage and backup

If I make a backup (for example Titanium Backup), then I uninstall all programs (or wipe data), then I select SD as default storage, then I make a restore (for example Titanium Backup). It is work. Restore of programs and datas are 85%, with 15% loss!

---------- Post added at 09:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 AM ----------

I tested the A789_ROW_S105_cybermaus_ICS_v3.03 ROM. I put my lenovo a789, but I didn't find the FM transmitter! How can I use it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@osoer4

?? Are you saying it worked, or that you lost 15% data? Please re-explain.

As to the the FM transmitter, yes, it seems that is missing from the international edition of the P700i. Strange, at it is listed on the Chinese version.

I'll see of I can put it copy it from the Chinese version on the S106 build
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osoer4:
I could restore all of my programs, but I had to adjust settings of few programs.

I tried with the FM transmitter. I copied the apk and odex files from your other ROM to ˛/system/app but it didn't work. Sorry, it's very significant for me!

I have a newer question!

I became my lenovo with etotalk mod rom. In this was hungarian, and lot of other language. If I send datas for you, can you put in the next your ROM? Or there are more difficult?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Sorry, I am not doing Languages.

Still to busy to finish the latest builds for the A660, A789 and S560, but they will happen, at the very least the recovery images.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Well, I am slow, very busy. But I figured I at least build the recovery images, the people waiting for it can root it themselves....

So for A660 and S560, two recovery images based on the A789 CWM recovery. As yet untested, please report back if it works/not works. They are in post #2, as are the description how to apply, and after you have flashed the recovery, how to root it and fix google.

Extra note: Turns out S560 is identical to A789, as suspected, but A660 has a slightly different scatter-file. Just a few bytes. Which is why poor adeelahmed11 ended up with a brick.

I am still planning to build the latest ROW_S106 for A789, A660 and maybe A560. However that is more work, and I am busy. Worse even, if I cannot get that done this week, next week I am on the road again.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cacofonix3:
cybermaus, sorry for bothering you one more time.

I owe a facebook page, its very important to manage it when i am out of office/house.

The problem is that the facebook page manager application is not available to my country (Greece).

Someone suggest me Seesmic but I can't use it, maybe I do something wrong.

Do you know how I can install the facebook page manager to my phone?

Thanks!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
I if course completely disagree that it is important to be able to update Facebook 24/7. It's one of the reasons I removed Facebook from the ROM (as it is also autostart, and I distrust autostart apps, especially from Facebook)

But here is the app that was in the original P700i_ROW_S106: FBAndroid-197-preload.apk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cacofonix3:
I put some offers and I manage the messages where the pay me with paysafecards, so i need to answer on time, so i need facebook pages manager, not facebook.

I mean this application.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zonatar:
A660 recovery

I try the recovery for the A660, and....IT'S WORK!!!! :good: :laugh: :victory:

Now i'm waiting for a port of your rom for my A660 (with no hurry, take your time ;)

Good job!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmarek15:
It's my first post here, so hello everyone.

I have a few questions about a new ROM (based on ROW_S106) which is being prepared by cybermaus. Will it be based on Android 4.0.4 as it is now, or will it be 4.1.x? What about applications which I have already installed on my A789, will they be lost after installing that new ROM? From the ROM v3 I removed for example LeSec application, will I have it back when I upload the new ROM?

PS. ROM v3 works perfectly fine, I have tested it for a few days and I'm very happy with it. Thanks to cybermaus - great job!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
So, regarding the A660. I need some input from the current A660 users.

I looked inside the A660_S019 ROM. And I do not find the usual Chinese apps in there. Looking at the ROM, it seems to be a fairly clean ROM already. If so, it may not be worth it to make another ROM for it.

Please tell me:

- Does caller ID work on the A660_S019? With +cc as well as 0 prefix? Do you see Chinese city names as part of caller ID?

- Does the calender work on the A660_S019

- After you apply GAPPS (post #2) does play store work?

- After you apply location fix V1.3 (post #2) does network location work?

- What chinese apps are there (what are their technical names) I only see the keyboard, LeCloud and a Navi app. None of the usual stuff

- What version is the installed LeSec security app?

Because if above works, you would gain very little by porting the P700i_S106 to it, and most likely you would loose the compas function (as the P700i does not have that)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierrotlcf:
I'll try to answer to your questions even if it's a bit technical for me.

- Does caller ID work on the A660_S019? With +cc as well as 0 prefix? Do you see Chinese city names as part of caller ID?

I'm afraid I don't really know about this. I just see the number of the one calling, no chinese city names.

- Does the calender work on the A660_S019

The Calendar work. There are just some things written in chinese under the numbers.

- After you apply GAPPS (post #2) does play store work?

Can't apply GAPPS. You need to root your phone for that and you need a recovery image if I got it right. That's why I was waiting for your ROM

- After you apply location fix V1.3 (post #2) does network location work?

Same as above, can't install it.

- What chinese apps are there (what are their technical names) I only see the keyboard, LeCloud and a Navi app. None of the usual stuff

There is Baidu search, Lenovo stroe and lenovo service. There was a few others that I uninstalled. One with a big S on an orange square but it's in chinese I can't tell it.

- What version is the installed LeSec security app?

Updated to V4.1.4.0629.r but now is all in chinese ... it was in english before.

I would like to help you more but it's my first smartphone and really novice here sorry.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
No problem. However, the recovery was released 2 days ago, and one person already reported it working. So you can flash that and then root the phone and apply GAPPS and stuff. Post #2. Go do that first. Then re-evaluate the questions.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingu2000:
Recovery can't mount sdcard

Hi cybermaus,

I flashed your recovery for the P700i on successfully but I can't backup because it can't mount /sdcard/

I have switched /sdcard and /sdcard2 around by changing the storage setting (through the settings menus) to SD card from USB

Any ideas?

Thanks,

pingu
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Changing anything in the 'normal' android, either trhough the settings menu, or by hacking fstab, will not help, the recovery menu has its own mount structure, it completely ignores any 'normal' settings.

To make matters worse, I do not have any p700i myself, so its a bit hard to debug. What is the exact error you get? Type all text you see when you try. Also, there should be a manual mount in the CWM, try with that.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingu2000:
It's literally "Can't mount /sdcard/"

I've tried going to the mount options and mount /sdcard/ and /sd-ext/ with no joy. I know that the 2 mount points are /mnt/sdcard (this is my external SD card) and /mnt/sdcard2 (this is the internal SD aka USB) and /sdcard links to /mnt/sdcard in normal android but recovery seems unable to mount them.

The previous recovery was from Etotalk based on 6.0.1.1 and I could see /sdcard with that but was unable to backup (just hung at "Backing up boot image...")

Thanks,

pingu
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Ok, I made a 'guess' as to what it could be, and there is be a v2 on the Dev-Host

If that works, then I am fairly sure all my other recoveries also have the same problem (no one complained ?). If it still fails, then I am out of idea's
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pingu2000:
Hi,

I installed it and I I couldn't backup to /sdcard - I got "Error mounting /sdcard!" which was slightly different to the "Can't mount /sdcard/" I got before..... but I was able to backup to internal sdcard :)

Thanks-a-million,

pingu

PS, you wouldn't be interested in extending your range of ROMs to the P700i would you? I still have the annoying caller ID bug despite having tried the ro.phone.min_match=7 thing.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zonatar:
I have a 660 and i have the same thing, but i do the backup on the internal memory and everything going well :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computeraid:
A789 V2.1

I've been using version A789_S228 ICS V2.1 for a few weeks now, and I've found no major problems.

Minor problems are:

- Waze needs old version to work

- every day or two, it can suddenly "lose contact" with one or both SIM cards... SIMs will act like they are not inserted, until I restart

- In a similar way, the bluetooth or WiFi will suddenly lose the ability to switch on/off (until phone is restarted).

has anyone else had a similar experience?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guesswhoesis:
also waiting for the modded A660 ROM with Google apps.... thank you for your effort in advance, Cybermaus!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
@computeraid

Well, no-one is coming forward with similar issues, and I do not have the phone myself, but I would guess it sounds like either hardware or firmware. Hardware means no solution possible. Firmware, somewhere in the A789 thread I provided both the S228 and S105 versions of the radio baseband. Try them both to see if there is a difference.

As to Waze: just uninstall the Lenovo Security app. Though I like it, its not maintainable anyway, the new LeSec is full chinese, so I will drop it from any new build.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leFloyd:
I wonder if there is another app like this, where you can protect privacy although the apps you installed want more information
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oz42:
I use LBE for setting permissions for every app.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
I found pdroid

But alas, it is for GB, not updated for ICS. And it needs a patched ROM, because it hooks into a portion of Android that is not normally open (for the same reason LeSec only works on Lenovo, it is also in a way 'patched')

I also found LBE. Seems to not require patching. Also, I suspect LBE is of the same maker as LeSec.

Personally, I am keeping LeSec for now. Yust yesterday my nephew installed 3d Bus Parking game. Suddenly I was bombarded by opt-out ads, and when I checked, the game had permissions to make calls. I blocked that right away

I think pdroid should be re-awakened, I suggest donating.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leFloyd:
Looks great so far. This should go to the LeSec thread as well...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
Agreed.

Not sure yet if LBE is the definite successor, but I probably should update the LeSec thread with its demise (for non-chinese speaking people)

Lets continue security stuff in the other thread
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierrotlcf:
A660 questions

So, I installed with your recovery for A660 and google play works! Network location works but I'm not sure about the gps, in navigation app from google, it keeps loading when I disable wlan to force him use gps. If I turn on Wlan it finds the position propeperly in London. But maybe it's because it wants to load the map from internet. I downloaded London area from Maps so that I can use it offline.

About caller ID, sorry I don't know how to check this, do we need a special app?

About the chinese app, LeSec is useless, lenovo store too, and the lenovo desktop with the lotus takes a lot of place on screen (and is ugly) and I would like to delete it. The central button is only for Lenovo store and can't be reconfigured.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guesswhoesis:
@Pierrotlcf

as i understand, you flashed the Rrecovery then the Gapps? do they all work? that would be great then I could do it also.

another question, is it possible to use other language instead of english? i tend to use german if possible....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pierrotlcf:
Yes I did all the post #2 until the end. It took some time because I'm novice but now it works.

You can't change the language I'm afraid. The only thing is that you can change the keyboard to put it in german with different characters than qwerty.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leFloyd:
A lot of Apps, esp. the Apps you install from the market will be in German, when you install morelocale2. For the keyboard I always recommend TouchPal.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ph£Th:
A660_s019_120927

Hi all,

I'm absolutely new to Androïd and I just started exploring to find how I can customise it.

I have a A660 with Etotalk Rom A660_s019_120824, and just want to signal that Lenovo has released an update "A660_s019_120824 to A660_s019_120927".

The file must be stored somewhere in my machine. I did not install it, because Etotalk tech write me "It is an official upgrade. It only has Chinese and English.We will make a new MOD ROM".

If you need the file, just explain me where I can found it !

Regards

Philippe
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermaus:
It will be on the SD card, in a folder that has the Letters OTA in its name. (Over The Air update). Please upload it somewhere so others can download it.

I may also download it, to look inside. But I am still not sure if I should use that, or the P700i_ROW build as basis. If I use the P700i, it will be very international, especially for Caller-ID, but it will likely loose compass. But I have no conclusive info yet if Caller-ID is broken on the A660, so if that is needed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cipj:
Too many adds

Hi,

Please tell me how to find what app give me a lot of adds. Every day I get 3-4 adds. How can I discover the guilty app?