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[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
Iam looking into to make it more better since iam just a noob telme what u guys want? Another Rom by Me Visit HerE LEWA OS FOR Noir A8

So no Dev was taking part in the Developmnet of Qmobile Noir A8 so i thought to mod the Custom rom and i have done it Successfuly ALHUMDULIAAH :p:p:D

New Version Modded V1.1

Whats new

1. Resolved Msg issue

2. Added Aderline engine (still working on it)

3. Cpu Scaling to hybrid (Mean Cpu will Give maximum battery and Maximum boost on Gaming or stuff..

Hope you guys willl like it and dont forget to hit thanks button :):angel::laugh::o

1)Removed Default Laucher and installed Apex as Default

2) Removed Default Messaging app and added stock jellybean Messaging App

3)Ported Google Now

4)Theme changed to blue from black setting etc

5)Walkman player fully working with song change with thumbnail left right + Clear Audio enhancment

6)Sony Gallery fully working+ Movies player

7)Acid audio modded + Dolby Technology

8)Addon of Beats audio

9)Custom bootanimation

I hold no responsibility if you Brick your device do flash at your own Risk

How to Install

1) First of all your Phone should be rooted.To root your phone please follow these steps here

2) Second Install CWM Recovery from here. to install CWM recovery you must be rooted follow the first step

3) Download Rom from Here extract it and you will find Clockworkmode folder put it into root of your SD Card

4) Go into the Recovery mode turn off your phone and hold vol up + power button for a while and you will be in recovery mode.

5) First Wipe data and cache partition

6) Now head to back and restore

7) Click back and Select restore it will show you the "2013-02-09..." named like this Click it and let it install and reboot

ScreenShoots
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hassi4042:
Good Work Brother, do you have any knowledge of how to port cm10 to a8?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] riz244:
Any known issues? And excellent work bro.....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
nopp not yet but will check....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
message were not showing but when u install go sms it works perfect...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shazib0061:
Great effort

ROM is very smooth and stable, now its more than 150mb ram remains free
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shazib0061:
Any hope for Jelly Bean

Dear is there any hope for Jelly bean in Noir A8 in near future??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
no not yet

thanku hit the thanks button :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] usmandreat:
Great work brother. :good:

I read that FLY IQ441 Radiance which is same as Noir A8 is going to get jelly bean in march. Which means we can use it on noir a8 also :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] raahil24:
Nice Work Mate

Thumbs up for u.:good::good:

I need a little help

can u provide me 2 files from ur stock backup as i am nor able to flash my qmobile with sp flash tool .

i need dsp_bl.img and preloader.img

My files doenst get loaded in sp tool when i select the scatter file

when i select them manually it gives error file fail to load

Regards

RiZ
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sibghat007:
intallation faild

yar plzz koi btai ga yeh rom kesey intall hni hy mainy ki hy magar wo installation k doran error de jati hy kia kern????
[Miscellaneous Android Development] asfandyara:
update the link and upload th file again

box has blocked the link for rom file due to excessive use of bandwidth n they donot allow sharing files publically. kindly upload the rom file to somewhere else mediafire may be. thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] asfandyara:
Waiting for a new link to download

hello bro link is not working anymore please upload the file again i am waiting. Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jahanzaiblaghari:
rom download link is expired

rom download link is expired please update the link i want to download this rom.......
[Miscellaneous Android Development] asfandyara:
link update?

when will this link be updated???
[Miscellaneous Android Development] asfandyara:
delvik cache??

delvik cache should also be wiped???? or just data partition and cache partition in the main menu of cwm
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jahanzaiblaghari:
link is now working

yahooooo rom download link is now working.............
[Miscellaneous Android Development] asfandyara:
thankyou brother

thakyou brother i have sucessfullly installed your rom n i like it its pretty smooth. I wanna know if you can help me change the camera app of A8 as i dont like the camera app in this phone specially video camera. A9 has a better camera app.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jahanzaiblaghari:
Installed it on my A8 working fine

nice work bro i installed it on my a8 is working awesome thanks for excellent work...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shantam:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

one thing i noticed that ur rom doesnt have init.d support u just made a init.d folder in it and then pasted scripts in it..

i installed ur rom and checked the init.d support with universal init.d installer and its saying

u probabaly doesnt have init.d support.

so scripts are not running

plz correct it
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aliamjad.94:
General Question!

Okay, I want to root my A8, and install this ROM, Cause this seriously is looking good, but before that, I want to know one thing that after installing this ROM, Pre-installed apps, which are in "QApps" will be uninstalled, for example, Angry Birds, and that antivirus.

Performance, speed is better now?

Also, Can you post screenshot of that messaging app which you have installed in it?

Last Question, When is the next version of your ROM releasing? :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
This is beta release of JellyBean on Noir A8. Someone commented that camera is not working.

Hope we can improve this one.

sorry I cannot post the link now because of the limitation. google GiONEE GN700W 4.1.1.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
no files available with this name....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
pm me the links,,,
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
all the scripts i ported are working perfect my frnd...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
yes all the crap apps are uninstalled and messaging app is the default app
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
links are updated
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
whats the error?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Done.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Zack208:
If anyone of you interested to try ROMS on your device or fix bugs Here is another link for couple of ROMS for GIONEE GN700 (click here)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Have you tried to install any of the Gionee 700W roms on A8? Because I don't think they will work on our device. The reason that I came to understand from my experience is that Gionee and FLY IQ both support 3G while our phone supports only 2G. I installed a Jelly Bean of FLY IQ on my A8, it was running damn smooth but the downside of it was that I lost my network and IMEI as well. Moreover I was unable to root my device on Jelly Bean. To get my device to work I sent it to Qmobile service center and they got it to work under warranty.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
waooo give me link of the rom i have tried there custom rom but unfortunatley got no luck and my device stucks in boot loop but i recoverd it somehoow....btw how u lost ur imei?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
I told you that it has something to do with 3G support on FLY IQ441, as I flashed the jelly bean on my A8, I lost my root, network and IMEI as well. If you want the link of Jelly Bean I will give it to you but you will suffer great damages.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Zack208:
Yes you are right, I tried to flash Gionee GN700 Miui rom on my device and it stop flashing while flashing GIONEE kernel to noir a8 (so there must be something different in kernel). Well, those GIONEE and fly radiance roms can be ported to our device because the resolution is the same as well as chipset of the phones. I read in development section ROM can be ported if the device display resolution and processor frequencies are the same.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Please share the link. I found a guide which may help solving that problem inshallah

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2123239&page=4
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Thanks a lot for linking that post, I am now sure that I have to patch modem to get Jelly bean to work on A8
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Do you mind sharing link with us?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
WARNING: I HAVE SHARED THESE FILES FOR DEVELOPERS, THEY ARE NOT FOR FLASHING AS IT IS ON A8, IF YOU STILL WANT TO FLASH THEM THEN FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK, I LOST MY NETWORK AND IMEI COMPLETELY AFTER FLASHING THIS ROM. MODEM NEEDS TO BE PATCHED TO GET THIS ROM WORKING ON NOIR A8

This here is Jelly Bean of FLY IQ441 flashable from CWMR.

http://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=x+9yaQMiEXCfnmh8Ypm0GxvoOMsDcGISQaBKj/a67mY=

Installation Method:

1. Unzip the downloaded file in SDcard / clockworkmod / backup /

2. Reboot the phone in recovery mode

3. Restore your system from backup

4. Run wipe

5. Reboot the phone to normal has changed

Or you can flash it from SP FLASH TOOL, that version is available here

http://www.ex.ua/view_storage/469085369487

This is the link to the original site

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=385559

Open it in Google Chrome and translate it into English

Then click on "Spoiler (+ / -) ( Firmware )" --> "Spoiler (+ / -) (Official test firmware 4.1.1. JB)" and rest is the post retaled to Jelly Bean
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Did you forget to put the stock Jelly Bean Messaging App? Because I am seeing the default messaging app provided by Qmobile, FYI I am using version 1.1
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
no i didn't forgot jellybean app was not working properly so i let the default app default :P
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
Modem need's to be pattched?didn't got ur point?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

The point is that you cant flash a firmware that has 3G modem and your device has 2G.

BTW can you help me with updater-script? I can't flash it from CWM recovery. I have tried everything but it gives me the same Status 0 Error.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Patching modem.img file from stock ics firmware is not helping. We need to do something more. Also I am not sure modem.img from ics is compatible with jb or not.

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Someone please ask on this thread, may be they can help us with something.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2123239&page=5

I can't my account has limitations for now.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
That's what I was saying, you can't patch ICS modem on JB. So, for now we are stuck with ICS until QMobile releases our Modem.img for JB, hence the JB ROM itself.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mShoaib:
I dont have a Noir but really good to see a nice Pakistani Android phone and hardworking devs like u ppl...

and I hope the Quad core that Q will launch has Jelybean 4.2.2 coz thats a phone I have my eyes on :p
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
HERE ARE MY 2 SUPER USEFUL THREADS FOR A8 ENJOY AND CLICK THANKS IF HELPFUL :)

1. QMOBILE NOIR A8 PAQ-ONE AND PAQ-TWO ROMS

2. QMOBILE NOIR A8 - INCREASING YOUR INTERNAL MEMORY TO 2.5GB
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Yes our phones are MTK6517. After flashing with FLY IQ441, I am getting MTK6517 as SoC. I don't expect qmobile to release a JB firmware for us because MTK's didn't release their source yet from what I heard last.

We need to find MTK6517 based jellybean rom of some other phone then we may be able to patch modem.img.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Have you tried porting JB to A8? By patching modem.img?

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Well our ROM has a problem with many sms apps they show some contacts without names
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Looks like I am stuck into similar to situation. I cannot get back to ics. Flashing your ics pac-two put my phone on boot loop :S strange.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
looks like I need someone's preloader.img & dsp_bl.img to restore my device.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Try this one

http://www.labandroid.com/qmobile/noir-a8/2012/12/noir-a8-stock-rom-prerooted/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Tried didn't worked, bootloop. I need to flash all of the original files of stock rom using sp-flash tools like I did of Fly's. Here is the method of getting your files.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wx5x48v56yye9t9/MTK_Factory_ROM_BackUp_plus_Flash Tutorial.rar

Can you share your preloader.img & dsp_bl.img?

Looks like these two files that previously I flashed were off Fly and that is why they are causing boot when I try to restore noir's stock firmware.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

I will upload them for you tomorrow right now I can't access my Laptop.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Here are the preloader.img and dsp_bl.img
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Thank you very much, really appreciated.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Did it work? If you are in need of any other file just inform me.

So it's true then, our phone is MT6517, after installing FLY IQ441 I was unable to obtain root because the firmware was of MT6577 and my kernel was reporting MT6517. Here is the screenshot.

I reverted back to ICS, we can only get JB when qmobile releases a rom itself.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
How many devs we have here? please give me your names and inform me about the skills.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
unfortunatley no professional dev only noobs like me :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Atleast we have you, the first one to mod a rom for us :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Yes It did work and I flashed your PAQ-1 Rom. It is good, mashallah. Finally back to ICS with full functionality.

Secondly. Yes official firmware was not rooted I failed to do that but that forum had a custom one as well. That was pre-rooted.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Thank you for appreciation :) It's good that you got your phone to completely functional form.

Can you provide me the link of that custom pre-rooted firmware. I want to experiment with JB
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
It is same one which you posted

http://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=x+9yaQMiEXCfnmh8Ypm0GxvoOMsDcGISQaBKj/a67mY=

For this you need follow these steps:

1) Download and flash official release of JB4.1.1:

http://disk.yandex.ru/public/?hash=hqmmYaejftn4mhqtzBJOLeVjslzXoulMkVC2KFkNrV8=

http://disk.yandex.ru/public/?hash=wGoEWtYYZMupZ7UcVN+Yr+b0Pt9xud0B52Y1dSbylIQ=

2) Flash this using sp-flash tools.

3) Install recovery if it is not already installed.

4) Flash this one(http://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=x+9yaQMiEXCfnmh8Ypm0GxvoOMsDcGISQaBKj/a67mY=) using cwmr. Directly flashing over q a8's firmware using CMWR will cause bootloop.

To get back to Qmobile's firmware you have flash backup of ics that you made for sp-tools using mtkdroidtools. Flashing zip of Qmobile's ics or backup from CMWR will put your phone in bootloop.

Looks like that preloader and dsp_bl file contain somekind of system files which are not same for A8(Ginonee GN700t) and Fly IQ(Ginonee GN700w)

some suggested to me that I should flash nvram and data.img files over jb to make 2g sim work because these 2 files contain stuff like IMEI
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

OK thanks for the method, if I get success in it then I'll inform.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
thanku for such a nice compliment :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
yr iam trying to activate the accesibilty services in a8 but couldn't find anything to get it work i hope u can help?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Which service do you want to activate
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jahanzaiblaghari:
Accessibility services are not available for A8

like in these screen shots Qmobile A8 doest not have checkbox to enable accessibility.

And also some accessibility apps are not available for A8.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
yes no option to enable
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Seems like our phone doesn't have accesibilty option available. But why do you need them? Usually users want to get rid of them and they call them junk apps. Anyways in Android 4.0+ only talkback works, the other two have been left out. I will try to sort out this problem and then inform you.

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Try this, this might help
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
because dere are some some cool apps like jealyy bean lockscreen which need's to enable the accesibility service...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Heard that official JB update is coming. I hope that true, inshallah

https://www.facebook.com/incpaksharingiscaring/posts/488531257861686
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
It seems that we get it updated from Q's centre
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Bad for me because I live in a remote area where no QMobile service center is available :( but if you get the firmware then make its backup and share it with us :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] SaadUsmani:
i hope dere is a update and it's the right news....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Ya because the info about A10 was true.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] eddyi:
Hey guys , if the information is true about Qmobile updating A8 to Jelly bean in their service centers than why cant anyone who got it upgraded from the service center makes a CWM backup of the rom , upload it and share it with all of the users , come on guys sharing is caring ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Because it's not true until proven true :) It's just a rumour.

If you live in a city like Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar or Islamabad then you can goto their service center and ask them.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] eddyi:
not a good news

well than its just a bad news for all of us A8 owners :( , i read a blog by farees he say the phone is not upgradeable nd even on the qmobile site on the A8 Specification page they dont mention upgradable anymroe :( seems like we all have be ripped :(

its funny all the variants of Qmobile A8

Walton G1

Gionee 700W

Fly IQ441

are all 3G enabled but our qmobile a8 is only 2G
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Yup sounds true! One more thing I can't find any phone that has the same processor as ours. If you find any then do tell me. They all support 3G because they have MTK6577 processor while ours different.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] eddyi:
Sure thing

sure thing , i m trying to search every possible corner of the internet , i think i should even send the phones specification and pics to a chineese friend in china , maybe we get lucky , i will keep you all updated , and for saaad usmani keep up the good work dude
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

OK thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Yes the news is correct Qmobile are indeed providing JB update for A8. Only complaint is bit faster battery drain than ics.

http://www.pakgamers.com/forums/f118/qmobile-noir-a8-146743/index247.html
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Wow why dont you go and get an update
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Bhai this is Karachi yehan phone le kar phirna safe nahi hai. May be I can try for tommorow.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Haha ya I know but it's not as intense situation as you are portraying. Anyways contact on the number on this attached website and ask them first if the upgrade is available or not. If it is than you can go and upgrade it.

http://qmobile.com.pk/service-locations/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
update facility is only available at Saddar(down-town). I went to gulshan for getting my firmware restore when it was messed up that guy there had no of clue of anything. He simpliy asked me to go Saddar Branch.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Ya I also gave my phone to Mumtaz Mall in Gulshan when I flashed JB but he sent it to saddar himself.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ubaid88:
Got modem.img from stock JB Rom of A8. Time for experiments :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Get the boot.img that will be really good
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Roy4joy:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Why u want jb on a8 ics is a compatible stock rom for this device. And jb neads at least 1 gb of ram.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Who told you this :p

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] jahanzaiblaghari:
Qmobile A7 is 512 mb and its running JB.

:)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

True

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Umerfreed:
some plugins are missing.

i cant find the following in this ROM.

Addon of Beats audio.

Google Talk.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Install GTalk from play store

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Why r ppl so lazy about getting JB upgrade? If I was in Karachi or Lahore I would have rushed to Digicom Service center to get an upgrade as soon as I got the news.

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] Zack208:
I went to Qmobile Saddar town service center last day, they told me there is no jelly bean update available at this time. We launched it week ago but there were some bugs to fix so we stopped upgrading. Further he said, I cannot say when will this jelly bean update available, checkout in a week or two.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pakistanish:
Re: First Custom Rom For QMobile Noir A8 "Modded V1"

Thanks a lot bro, at least you did some effort and kept us updated. Really appreciate your information :thumbup:

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] khaleel5000:
Hi guys, I have A8 with stock rom and 4.0.4

I have rooted

I HATE threaded messages. And I tried alot of them all are pathetic. I loved Pansi sms, but Pansi didnt show contact 'names' just their numbers.

Can anyone kindly verify :

1)Pansi works well and shows sender/recipeitn's names (in non-threaded view)

2)and does the phone remember invidivual caller ringotnes?

Thanks