[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] owim:
Hello guys, you know I am pretty new here: recently got C2 and for the (almost) first time did root, flash, CWM, TWRP, ROM... It was a long and demanding trip for me, but I did it, I now have Dezmen's ROM which works great for last 12h! :)

You can read about the root problems I had at first (and solving them): http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43280228&postcount=49

Then I put CWM and recovery watching this guy's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMe0YWIIr50

He also had a PDF with short instructions (not exactly the same as on video).

Everything went great till the end (SP flash tool, recovery, CWM). While using CWM for the first time (installing Superuser apk) it was in English. When I entered Recovery pressing power+vol down -- Chinese CWM showed up! I had no idea what to do, clicked on the first option, it started to work something and I pulled battery out. Since then I was not able to enter CWM by pressing power+vol down, nothing happenes. If connected via USB to a PC, then I would enter Chinese CWM again when pressing power+vol down. Strange, isn't it?

Thanks god, I had Win app MTK Droid Root & Tools. From it I was able to select Reboot and then Reboot into recovery. I wanted to do the same process from the video again, but SP flash tool wouldn't flash one TXT needed. So, something was wrong again (had no clue what), so I installed Dezmen's TWRP instead of CWM.

But again, I wasn't able to get into TWRP without being connected to PC, running MTK Droid Root & Tools, and selecting Reboot into Recovery -- and I am still not.

Then I installed Dezmen's ROM, which was very easy, but... it would't start! Only "zopo" logo on the screen not moving for 20 mins. Then I flashed appropriate Gapps from TWRP and it started! In ROM installing instructions Gapps where not mentioned at all. All this took a lot of time and nervs, I must admit.

This is the current status:

- Dezmen's ROM 1.2 works like a charm (for less than a day).

- Battery is fine, on 50% battery I have more then 3h screen on-time, with 1SIM and WiFi.

- How I have option Reboot into Recovery from the power menu, when device is up. However, if it's down, I don't know how to start TWRP (other then from running and Win app). Any hints? Why power+vol down doesn't work? It worked only the first time, I do remember that.

- Have to check out GPS and possible fixes.

Anything else? Can I now start using my phone, no more wiping? :) Or have to fix Boot into Recovery first?

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Also I'm preparing to do 1GB to 2.49GB MEMORY Expansion. As I understood it combines separate Internal (1,5GB) and Phone memory (1,29GB) into one memory. My Phone memory is empty.

Q: While looking at Storage section of my phone I noticed Default write disk was on "SD card", not "Phone storage" which means all apps should have been installed on SD card? But they were not. Just 3 out of 15 (same apps as on all my devices, there are some which prefer SD more than internal memory). I don't get that, as well.

If I ever do Factory Reset I will lose these big partition and have to make it again?

I can see it's better to do 1GB to 2.49GB MEMORY Expansion and THEN start using a phone. I'll delete all apps I just tested and their data and then I am good to go with the memory expansion I guess.

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Finally, something out of the blue: how to make phone to rotate screen when turned 90 deg. counter-clockwise (landscape) but not to rotate screen when tuned 90 deg. clockwise (landscape)? On my old phone I had GB, CM 7.2 and there was an option for that.

Sorry for the long post. If you have any suggestions, feel free to throw it out now! :)