yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
just to check what the online builder for CWM does i purposefully uploaded the boot.img file from the mmx a87

and ....

it seems that the online CWM builder hardly cares if a recovery or a boot partition is supplied i think both dumps have enough information for it to create or verify that the latest CWM will work ....

here is the output of the boot.ini from mmx a87

successfull.

so at present we still dont know if partiion 8 or partition 16 is the recovery partition

:)

however there is hope - the online builder failed when i uploaded partition 7 which is a 2mb partiton for it to compile a build. so the online compiler works and narrows it down to these two partitions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
thank you will do so presently ....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Found how to boot into recovery

Posted on my thread the detailed method.

Also, possible methods to unroot.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
fantastic !!

so many thanks ...

very important step.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
so we are at the next step

i now have the details about few of the partitions and most importantly the two we are intrested in

so the analysis of the partitions has determined that partition8 and partition16 were indeed the two we were intrested in boot and recovery

and the following is now confirmed

/boot = mmcblk0p8 - partition 8

/recovery = mmcblk0p16 - partition 16

so just to be sure and there is no ambiguity i am renaming the two dumps and uploading them again

here is the boot.img

here is the recovery.img

the next step now involves a calculated risk

flashing the mod recovery and checking if it works - it is not too great a risk now as we have the original dumps and a non working recovery can simply be overwritten by the stock recovery. however as i am very new to this i am going to give this step a few hours of googling and researching.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
just out of curiosity can i ask you people .....

how many of you bought it at the extra 25% discount from homshop18 ie at Rs. 4425

better still ...

i would like everyone intrested in this thread to let us all know where you bought your karbonn a15 from and at what price lets start with me

bought it at a local store for Rs. 5900 (too much - but i am still happy with it )
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kalrocking:
i bought it at that price ....item is still not delievered and now on their website item shows out of stockkk......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
i think you will get it. it was offered for two days and now it is saying it is out of stock. they must definitely be keeping inventory - good for you.

keep us posted.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Got it from Local Store

Traded my MMX A87 for 4.5k

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This is awesome.

But needs testing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kartikoli:
bingo guys the pace we are going looks like i'll be greeted with a rom when HS18 deliver the cell

P.S. cancelled 4700rs order and reorder for 4425 ... awaiting dispatch info from them
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kalrocking:
Absolutely true man.....m waiting for custom jelly bean on my a15.......

Many of my friends have mobiles with same config which are really overprice almost twice or thrice then a15... hope they will get jealous luking jelly bean on my a15
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
ok ....

first attempt to the CWM has failed here are the details

built a fresh CWM using the online builder and flashed it, rebooted, the phone stops at the start

the good news

flashed the dump from the partition 16 back to the phone in fastboot mode

and the stock recovery is working as new ...

so now the fear is gone. we just need to find a working recovery image.

-----gave me a small fright for a moment when after flashing the recover i could not get a connection via fastboot back nor did the phone show usb connected. actually it was my pc which had stopped recognising usb connection and a reboot fixed it :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Try the CWM that I have posted on my thread

Run the exe in fast boot

Simple

It should work

Else there is a plan "B"
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
tried ....

the phone goes to the fastboot mode ..... then recovery mode ...... the screen fades in from black to white ... waits a few moments ..... and reboots.

so failure there too ....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
In recovery

Press the volume down 3 times,

and then the back button will be enabled

Then you can go to the custom recovery

Alternatively

When you choose "apply from zip" what happens?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
tried flashing recovery from karbonn9 this thread

small progress

the phone enters at the recovery

stays there

is recognised by the pc and i can adb shell to the phone

the recovery system is running but most probably the graphics is wrong

...

any further ideas.... ??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
i am sorry i dont understand ...

there is nothing on the screen just a white screen
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
See for A87

When you enter recovery (after installing CWM)

We have to press vol down button 3 times (scroll down 3 times)

Then back button is enabled at lower right corner

we press that and enter CWM

In A15 case

When you enter recovery

If you see menu try above

If you dont see menu try pressing the back key or the vol rockers

Or best

Follow the link in my Sig for A5

use the recovery method of A5 for CWM

Its the same
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
i am flashing the recovery.img from the fastboot

enter fastboot

on pc

fastboot erase recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot reboot

at this time i am keeping the volume up pressed

the phone goes to fastboot

then to recovery ....

but nothing shows on the screen its jus a white or rather slightly grey screen

the phone remains in this state for quite some time and then reboots

so it seems all is not lost

the fastboot mode also has a timeout, if nothing happens for some time the phone reboots

if the phone is rebooting after some time in the recovery mode it means that something is running in this mode

still experimenting with a few other images
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Well try entering CWM using stock recovery

In stock recovery select flash zip from SD card

where do you go?

If sd root directory then CWM doesnt work

If blank then CWM has failed to configured

If in CWM menu

Sure we are there

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Forum

Hey I requested & got a separate Forum for A15

We can post there too

ntstatic Posted your Root technique there with giving all credit to you

have a look

It is helpful
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
what is Plan B

i think it is enough for today

will try more tomorrow
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
how do i enter cwm from stock recovery ....

sorry if i am asking dumb questions but i hardly have any experience in these matters

anyways i am leaving for the day ... see you tomorrow

i think it was enough for today :)

at least we know that we are not going to brick the think ...

bye
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RootedRishabh:
Hope this cwm works..

Saw some phones in MMX a87 thread

like Lenovo S850e having same processor and specs like the a87 and a15

i think its CWM recovery can work on a15

BUT NOT RESPONSIBLE TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
It was me itself who had posted all that

But those have no developers nor CWM

A87 has working CWM

So hope it works on A15
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RootedRishabh:
Found Karbonn A15 Plus

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Root...ual-core-1-2g-4-0-mobile-phone/693786260.html

see this link this phone looks like the a15 but have some new hardware

:D

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SORRY
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
a15 is k-touch w719

But the one you posted looks identical too :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
THANK YOU

i think the W760 is a much better match than the W719

if you look at the speaker out slot it has the same slot like a15 while the W719 had a different opening for the speaker

edit - however it seems it is a dual core

need more googling ....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
The body is of A15 for w760

But the specs of W719 match A15

So w719 is the perfect brother
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
satya vachan !
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kank_fraud:
Well this method is not working for me.

If it doesn't work for all you guys, follow this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

Guaranteed SUCESS!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
downloading root_with_restore now

will check

thanks for the suggestion!

EDIT - do you mean to say you are not able to root the device??

if so let me know what you are getting and maybe we can determine what is going wrong.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kank_fraud:
I'm not able to root with the procedure provided in this post.

But the universal method working for almost all 4.0.4 phones do work for this phone
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
did you follow the procedure - the most important thing is to wait for the phone to start when the computer screen is showing press any key to contiue.

also note jdk may need to be installed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
First Test ROM posted in my A15 thread

Anyone willing to check have a look :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vishwasnp:
It is not CWM installable Rom is it ? Maybe I could have tried on my a9
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
No it is not CWM installable

It is a batch file installer

Still if you wish to test you can :)

Head to my thread
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vishwasnp:
But Will it erase the CWM recovery already present in the cell ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
It wont touch the recovery
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kartikoli:
any further development guys also anyone who ordered the phone from HS18 got it delivered?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
was away for a couple of days, so no progress on my front. it is very surprising that we are unable to locate a compatible clockwork recovery.

any other suggestion that we may try .... ?

i have ordered one on HS18 ....

not received yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vishwasnp:
The Rom download is so slow, that we could go to China and get it ourselves by that time :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 032145:
i received the mobile from homeshop18 and facing two problem one is when i choose internal storage as default option the applications stop working and second problem is memory card file are getting corrupted show name like 0 or a b c.... and sometimes memory card is undetectable can anyone help?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
1. There are total 3 storage modes.

-> Phone Memory 550 MB

-> Internal Storage (USB) 2.5 GB

-> SD Card (varies from user to user)

When you choose Internal storage, it prompts you that all installed on external SD card will stop working as Internal storage will me set as Primary memory. Which means that you can choose either SD Card or Internal Storage to store apps. But if you want to store setups, music, videos, photos on Internal storage you can as the phone will detect it :) So to keep it simple you can choose either of one.

In ICS based mobiles (Galaxy Note, S3,etc) This is common. Nothing to worry about. Google for clarification.

If you have ROOTed and want to use both the storage at same time, to the link on this page : Page 1st post : section Move Apps to USB Storage (2.5 GB) Partition

2. MMC Corrupt.

Its a problem with your Mem Card. Try using other card and tell us if you still facing it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 032145:
thanks for the help.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Posted update tool and unbrick device details on A15 thread!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kalrocking:
after installing beats audio my sound failed ..radio like sound

hi

after long wait I got my a15 rooted it.

instaled beats audio

beats audio installation successful ....after that dsp manger stopped working that's all. sound like on old radio without signal coming from my a15 .

uninstaled beats audio ...reset phone to factory but still facing the same issue

don't know wht to do plsssss hellllpppp.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Service Center is last resort.

My friend did this same thing on A9+

Tried everything it failed.

Let me know what happens...

Also on my thread I have posted how to Unbrick A15(W719)

If you want you can try that. Hope that helps, though your device is not bricked, the corrupt file might get replaced.

Just for a try
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kalrocking:
thanks but I have rooted the cell so idont think I will get warranty ..

can you pls help me out unrooting the cell ??? plss
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Dude

Karbonn people at Service Centre dont understand whats rooting and whats unrooting

relax

Just tell him that you installed this app and this is whats happening

They will do it for Free

Relax

Incase If the ask you did you ROOT, tell them "Whats ROOT?" and act as if you are black. 90% they wont know whats ROOT
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
i second that - prasad is right - dont worry

if you are very keen just uninstall superuser.apk from applications and delete the su file
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kalrocking:
any idea how much time they take to flash the new software???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
All the karbonn a15 users I want to ask you a logical question that, what are the additional benefits of rooting this phone over and above stock ICS, hence As of now i don't think any JB custom ROMs are available.... pls do reply as I am very curious to know. Thnx

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My earpiece of Samsung mobile is not working in this phone, is there any way to make it workable(I know it is silly question)Jst asking...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
the biggest advantage is that you can backup using titanium backup or the like, remove unwanted stock apps(not that there are many in karbonn but still ....)

you can install apps that require root access (for eg lukes otf encryption)

however for the karbonn ther is not much advantage at this point. for some it may seem like wasted effort. i have observed and i may be wrong ( it may be my prejudice) but an optimised phone (any phone not just karbonn or a15 ) with few apps removed and few replaced behave much better than stock phone and has a much better battery life, more free ram. that is if you want to put in the effort to find out alternative apps for ths stock one.

you can remove system apps for which you have installed alternatives. if you have installed for eg launcher pro ( very light and fast ) or 360degree launcher(fancy) or spb shell (very fancy) as your home screen app. you can remove the stock launcher, which otherwise would just sit there occupying space

and one can always hope there will be custom roms....

or one can cook their own if they have the time or expertise ;) (which i dont) .....

for earpiece....

look at the pin compare the samsung and karbonn pin, if they are different it probably wont work. when i use the earpiece from my phone on my laptop, i have to keep the pin slightly out, rather than push it all the way in, because the mobile pin has an extra connection maybe for mic and it probably gives me only mono ( i only use one earpiece )
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
My heartly thanks 4 ur descriptive reply:thumbup::thumbup::), and if rooting helps in increasing RAM then one should definitely try this out - as it is main prob for lagging, can u guide me further for memory part likewise which app I have to use after rooting??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
rooting does not increase the "memory" but rooting and removing unwanted apps may free up memory increasing the "free memory".

i have explained the rooting process for karbonn a15 at the start of this thread.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kartikoli:
I would advice not to root at this point in time as you won't get much benefits
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
Ya! I know it will definitely not going to increase RAM as it is hardware part, but I have seen few apps for "RAM management" which requires root access; & my question was are they helpful? because after every restart I am getting 180 mb of free RAM but after screwing up my phone all day, Free RAM stuck to say 30-40 mb what is this man!!!! Somebody hlp me
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
ICS has a good RAM management

Relax

At this much RAM I can play NFS MW and NFS HP without lag

So dont worry about RAM here :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
Are u serious because i hav to use advanced task killer for several times and even temple run shows mild lag some times in my a15 having stock rom no modifications
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dhruvdangi:
Riptide GP not working

Hey guys I have the great Karbonn a15.

Most of the games are working fine like ninjump etc.

But when I install Riptide GP the game starts as I can hear the music, also when I Touch the screen it shows that it is clicked but THERE IS NO DISPLAY

and suggestions?

I tried it with same apk on my friend's galaxy s i9000 nd it works gr8
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
Give a restart to ur mobile it should work, as in my a15 it is working like charm no hangs
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Where did you get it from

Try a different apk ;)

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Depends on whats running in background

As I said i can run NFS MW without Lag on 50 to 80 MB free RAm
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kartikoli:
Riptide work well but nfs shift doesn't start
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
Yah! You are right bro asphalt 5 /ragging thunder worked well:thumbup::rolleyes: but idk why temple run is lagging can u suggest...:confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
NFS Shift has some problems in my Dell Venue as well.

Download the latest apk and Data files

Then it will work

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No Idea

Not much of a temple Run fan but for just the sake of testing tried it, It was working fine :p

No lags.

Also heavy games like NFS work well.

Maybe you have some widgets or apps sync in the back or continuously connecting to the internet.

Try disabling data and clear apps in back then try :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
Thnks I tried playing by disabling the data off some improvements but few lags.. can u pm me good websites for downloading apks as downloading from playstore everytime is painful:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dhruvdangi:
Riptide still doesnt work

I hv tried restarting my phone but still riptide does not work

Today i will try using advanced task killer

Nd i have downloaded the apk from 4shared nd still ots working great on galaxy i9000
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
Ok dhruv try different apk As I have tried riptide it is working fine in my a15
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hrana109:
I need splash.img of karbonn a15 fr bckup.. n pls tell me how cn we change boot splash image of karbonn a15... thanxx in advance..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
i dont think we can get a seperate splash.img. in my limited opinion this is a part of boot.img (i may be wrong) i have already posted a 10mb boot image on these pages. if you cant find them let me know and i will post again. however i wont be available for 3-4 days.

here is the boot.img

if you are just looking for animations here are the bootanimation and shutdownanimation (you should put them in the system/media - i hope i am right) you may require rootexplorer or similar or do it thru adbshell with su

boot animation

shut down animation

if you need to change the animations look at the ones i posted. create a series of images of the exact size and specifications. edit the included txt file to reflect the number of frames that you created. note the zip has to be a storeonly not compressed - other wise wont work - i have done it once (not on this phone) and you can get better guidance using google.

check if this utility helps
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
note there is no partition called splash here is the Karbonn A15 partition list with names

0 /tmp

1 /boot

2 /cache

3 /data

4 /recovery

5 /misc

6 /sdcard

7 /ext-sdcard

8 /system

9 /sys_boot

10 /FOTA

hope this helps
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
after a long time i have come across a game which has captured my attention for more than a day - Temple Run runs excellently - without any lag whatsoever on my rooted A15 - is your phone rooted - i have removed quite some apps which i did not want - maybe that freed up some RAM

it is quite fluent and i have reached around 35x ( i know i am going to loose intrest in a couple of days )
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kalrocking:
Please do work on some custom recoveries....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
i am open to suggestions just post the recovery you want tested and i will test it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kalrocking:
Hi nstatic ..please see if you can find anything useful for building recovery from link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1952935
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Kushan.modi:
No my fone is not rooted as u advised me there is no much benefits at this point for that reason and however that lagging prob solved by removing facebook and viber app
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prasad12ka4:
Facebook, Chrome, Whatsapp, take much of internal memory :(

Even some games are stored in internal memory.

Need to find a way to move these to SD or Phone mem, as we had in GB.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntstatic:
i have gone thru the guide, the only block is that i dont have a development system for android which needs to be linux. otherwise we could have given it a shot.

glad you sorted it out

doesnt going to

Settings-Apps-clickon app- move to SD card

do the same ?