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[Miscellaneous Android Development] aojk:
First, thank you C3C076 give us the wonderful GravityMod Rom.

And I have a question in those days, Can we patch openpdroid on the GravityMod Rom, How..?

I try

1 - backup from clockworkMod recovery.

2 - use auto_patcher On the rom.zip.

but not work.:mad:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Haxxa:
Unfortunately this did not resolve my issue, Quick boot under Settings\Accessibility is already disabled. :(

Thank You for your Feedback
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
[MENTION=5277488]aojk[/MENTION]

From Auto-patcher thread:

"We do not support system.img,

Odexed roms

or Sense, TouchWiz or other OEM-skinned AOSP at this time."

GM2 is odexed. I am not planning to deodex it sice odexed ROM is more effiient regarding booting speed and data partition occupation (every deodexed app needs space on data partition for its dalvik cache)

However, I could use patcher against deodexed files and then reodex them after process.

But... MTK changes in system framework and apps are so vast that I doubt it will patch without a lot of conflicts to be resolved - which I wouldn't be happy with.

[MENTION=2576071]hasamoder[/MENTION]

Really strange. I haven't come accross such behaviour yet.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aojk:
:good:

Thank you so fast reply. In fact, I did some deodex, and some unpacking, packing work. The result was some error like this

"

1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file smali/android/content/ContentProviderOperation.smali.rej

7 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file smali/android/content/ContentResolver.smali.rej

Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Skipping patch.

"

Anyway, thank you. I have temporarily abandoned the fight this patch.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Haxxa:
Any recommendations then?

I guess I shouldn't proceed with tutorial as I could easily brick device and have no way to install updates or format partitions.

If you need any information, build numbers etc. feel free to ask... I would love to get this running on my phone or at least understand why it's happening. What do you reckon is by best approach method at this stage?

Thank You Very Much - hasamoder

UPDATE-

I figured out I had the same problem as this guy had in this post-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237779&page=6

I have same base-band and same model number?

So I have uploaded my bootimg file which may be of some help? If I am hijacking thread please direct me to where I am better of discussing but I think, if a recovery image could be made from this boot image might be cause of problem?

Atleast should provide some insight I am pretty sure it is same problem... How were you able to fix it for him?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
You have a private message
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thangcuoi:
I also had no success getting into Recovery with Volume+ and Power after flashing CWM. I did not try adb. I got into CWM via the Recovery option on the shutdown menu. If it's not there, try turning on Developer mode by tapping the build number under Settings > About. It's the only thing I did.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
You're welcome! And thanks for kind words ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mr. Premise:
It arrived. My first Android device. Charging now. Yay. Any reason not to go ahead and install GM2 at once?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nirwe:
porting to zp810/h7500+

hi, i have a hero h7500+, and i have 2 major problems with it:

1. gps is so inaccurate, it makes it unusable.

2. main problem: no connection through 850MHZ wcdma. it finds the network but it takes forever to register, and has trouble making/recieving calls, and no internet connection.

is there any part of the rom i could take to improve these things? how do i make a port of this rom to the zp810?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cruizgaray:
Thanks to the dev for this great rom. I own a Nexus 4 and bought this W8 baby for my wife. I am testing it and let me tell you, it's a fantastic device (8:30 h SOT, can you believe it?).

So, this awesome rom just make things go better, but I have a little trouble with the last update. When I keep touching the screen for more than one second in apps such Chrome or Tapatalk, it starts to "shake". Have any of you noticed it.

Best regards

Enviado desde mi ThL W8 usando Tapatalk 2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
The one and only issue I previously had was a touchscreen going crazy while charging from wall outlet using original charger. Switched to my old ZTE Skate charger having the same output and everything's fine. No other issues apart from this one.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Firs post updated:

- added info on what to do when you get Error 8038: PMT is ready and layout has been changed error while flashing
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cruizgaray:
Thank you for your fast response. You're right, after a few minutes all the shaking is gone.

Just a little off topic; with my Nexus 4 I hardly get 5 to 6 hours SOT with wifi only. With this phone I get 8 to 9 hours. I bought this phone for my wife, my Nexus feels humiliated.

Fantastic rom!!!

Best regards

Enviado desde mi ThL W8 usando Tapatalk 2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Boozezela:
According to an italian reseller in China that regularly meet with THL, the changelog for 1.0.4 is as following:

1 Solved display related problems (timeout, freeze, black screen when auto brightness is on)

2 Solved freeze on date & time settings

3 Solved sensitivity problems with proximity sensor

According to users on te italian forum where this reseller contributes, the screen still goes off (black screen) randomly with auto brightness on.

P.S. On a related note, I have prepared a V1.5 to 1.9 update for my personal use: would you like to take a look and maybe release it yourself (I don't care about fame/credits/glory and the likes) ?

EDIT:

Additional fixes:

- Signal bar related fixes (value in db to gfx mapping maybe?)

- Fixed a bug related to stopwatch and the lap timer

- Fixed a problem related to empty SIM card slot (?)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Thanks. After we reach 2.0 I'll make a new full basic package. The same way I did for 1.5. Sure you can post it - I can include it in the OP so newcomers don't have to flash updates per partes.

2.0 will be updated with the libs coming from the latest eastcom release (for w8) and the latest w8+ release (1.0.4).

Just need couple of days for testing and some owner of w8+ to test for that model (I already have one I think )
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Senapone:
I am sure next update will be a new basic package.

GM2 2.0, good for people receiving ther device these days.

---------- Post added at 10:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:41 PM ----------

C3C076, you beat me for 2 minutes!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cruizgaray:
Have anyone noticed that the battery statistics doesn't work? For example, the SOT is right but it always shows 2%.

Enviado desde mi ThL W8 usando Tapatalk 2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Yes. It's like that from the beginning.

I had this on original fw, too
[Miscellaneous Android Development] clandestino123:
Yes there is one very good reason.

Install a couple of apps, etc. Have a play around with the phone for a couple of hours to give you a feel of how the stock ROM runs. This will give you a "baseline" feel for the phone, speed to open and close menus, issues with the stock firmware (such as the FPS and the annoying sim card notification).

Then install GM2. Now you will clearly see how C3C076's work has made this device more functional. :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Boozezela:
I have sent you a PM, I am not sure it went through (sent items=0). Please let me know if you received it. :)

Let me know if you want me to test it as well.

P.S Did you try a Flash Player higher than 11.1.115.8?

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
OK, thanks.

Regarding Flash player - no, I took the one that comes with official FW.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xborgman:
since 1.9 updates the cwm, does it mean we should use the cwm in the package or from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237779?

thanks in advance
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
No. CWM 6.0.3.3 is already included in 1.9 update package.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xborgman:
i mean 6.0.3.3 can be used regardless of original build number?

so i can install 6.0.3.3, then gravitymod2 1.5, then update to 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 is that correct?

thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Two basic rules

1) if you have stock FW and want to install CWM 6.0.3.3, you have to follow instructions in recovery thread and flash one matching your build number

2) if you are already on GM2, you don't need to bother with CWM. If CWM is updated, it is automatically included in the next incremental update.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
There's already 1.0.5 dated 17/05/2013

Can you get info on what's new in that one?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Senapone:
Hi C3C076,

I got a friend with a W8 that use to port roms from other devices, he lately tried to port a 4.2.2 samsung style (S4) rom for W8+.

Everything works except:

- Force Close on camera app, when launching often says "gallery blocked anomaly"

- Torch app don't work in LED mode

- After flashed the rom i found a different Wi-Fi MAC address

Could you please give us some hint in order to fix this annoying bugs?

Thank you very much
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
I've seen that port somewhere and as far as I understand, it is a double-port (device A -> device B -> THL W8).

This means, the probability, that there are lots of hidden bugs related to device incompatibilities and porting process, is quite high.

I don't think it's a good idea to go tracking and fixing these bugs. My recommendation is to try finding the rom for device A and port it directly to THL W8 (device A -> THL W8). Maybe some of the bugs get fixed by themselves this way.

Sorry, I can't help witth that. I'm already quite busy with my stuff.

Plus I can't see any befits of jumping to 4.2.2 version, espceially when it looks like S4 rom (I prefer pure Android (AOSP) UI).

It would be better to relax and wait for 4.3 roms starting to appear.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mikekgr:
Is there case that W8 got officially or using your ROM Android 4.3? Is there any road map to these?

One more question: Is there any way to fully backup my rooted W8 running stock ROM in such way to be possible to restore it back with everything as it should beffore (I mean "bare metal" restore, everything stock ROM my apps DATA... ?). ???

P.S. MANY thanks for your efforts to build a fantastic custom ROM to all of us
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Yes, if you use my CWM 6.0.3.3 to backup (and to restore).

I suppose, 4.3 will receive devices having turbo version of MTK6589 which will start selling soon.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] epidemya:
Hi,

Can any of you give me an idea about when is going to be abailable the GravityMod2 with compatibility for the THL W8 16 GB device (not + version)

Thanks in advance
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
I'm waiting for [MENTION=5268604]Mr. Premise[/MENTION] to finish his update (we are in touch via PM right now).

After he confirms everything works, you can start flashing.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] muratzilla:
Can anybody share link / file of Thl Official rom of 4.2.1 for ThL W8 8Gb? I remember OP posted ThL W8+ rom that works on ThL W8 before but now that link is removed.

I'm pretty happy with GM2 but I want to try something on non-60 fps rom of ThL.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mr. Premise:
At this moment I'm installing GM2 on a 16GB W8. I've had some very curious issues (not necessarily due to GM2) and on the other hand close support from C3C076. I'll report here when it's up and running for me, which I expect will be soon(TM), i.e. within the hour if no further probs.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
OK. Finally got to the 10 messages...

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT ROM!!!!!!

Working here with no problems at all. THL W8 8Gb.

GPS working great with EPO and A-GPS enabled (old samsung galaxy gio was totally useless with gps). Even inside my house (Spain). I get satellite fix in less than 15 sec most of the times.

My eyes thank you very much for the size increase in the recovery menu... :D

I can confirm NO ACCESS to recovery menu with VOL+ and POWER buttons in my device.

"NO FRILLS CPU" does not change cpu freq, governor or I/O scheduler. Even worse, it DISABLES 3 CORES (confirmed with ANTUTU) if used, leaving only one core working, until reboot.

I can confirm slightly better battery performance with 1.9 update.

My screen battery % seems to be showing alright... See screenshot.

Restoring a backup made with Online Nandroid gives a "Error while flashing uboot image". Backing up and restoring from CWM gives no problems. (Also tried with Orange Backup, same thing).

I offer for testing.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
I've "frozen" these apk without any problems detected:

drmprovider.apk (don't need it).

atciservice.apk (what is this? cannot find any info)

batterywarning.apk (don't need it).

datausagelockscreenclient.apk (don't need it).

locationem.apk (what is this?)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] HoScHaKaL:
drmprovider it must work for google play store
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
mmm... I had no problems

downloading or buying from play store.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mr. Premise:
Word.

In other news, GravityMod 1.9 now runs on my THL W8 16 GB. Magic.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mikekgr:
Dear C3C076,

I have W8 8GB stock version (ThL_W8.JB.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589V1.0.13_20130312) with CWM v6.0.1.5

Can I use this to backup everything or I need the most recent CWM 6.0.3.3 ? If yes, how can install CWM 6.0.3.3 in my phone?

Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
You need my modified cwm.

Refer to this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237779
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
I have sent a request to support the w8 to the online nandroid developer.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mikekgr:
OK Dear, I did and now I have CWM Recovery for THL W8/W8+ (MTK6589)

Version 6.0.3.3

If I do backup now that means that I am 100% secure to test your custom ROM and in any case I want, it is possible to returm back to stock ROM with all my data apps configurations as beffore?

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Thanks for info. I've already rebased gm2 2.0 on this today and sent it to one of w8+ users for testing.

If you are interested, I can provide you an update zip. Contact me via PM.

Good night everybody. Gonna get some sleep now :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Just one more thing. I wonder if w8+ has emmc partitions organized in different way. Looking at the update script they use mmcblk0p3 as system while on my w8 it's mmcblk0p5.

Can anybody owning w8+ provide the contents of /proc/emmc file from device?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Boozezela:
Here you are:

cat /proc/emmc
partno: start_sect nr_sects partition_name
emmc_p1: 00000400 00000002 "ebr1"
emmc_p2: 00006800 00005000 "protect_f"
emmc_p3: 0000b800 00005000 "protect_s"
emmc_p4: 00016c00 00003000 "sec_ro"
emmc_p5: 00020c00 00145000 "android"
emmc_p6: 00165c00 0003f000 "cache"
emmc_p7: 001a4c00 01000000 "usrdata"
emmc_p8: 011a4c00 00bacc00 "fat"

Cross referenced with the scatter file:

cat /proc/emmc
partno: start_sect	nr_sects partition_name Bytes	Device
emmc_p1: 00000400	00000002 "ebr1"	1024 (1KB) mmcblk0p1 (512k in scatter)
emmc_p2: 00006800	00005000 "protect_f"	10485760 (10MB) mmcblk0p2
emmc_p3: 0000b800	00005000 "protect_s"	10485760 (10MB) mmcblk0p3
emmc_p4: 00016c00	00003000 "sec_ro"	6291456 (6MB) mmcblk0p4
emmc_p5: 00020c00	00145000 "android"	681574400 (650MB) mmcblk0p5
emmc_p6: 00165c00	0003f000 "cache"	132120576 (126MB) mmcblk0p6
emmc_p7: 001a4c00	01000000 "usrdata"	8589934592 (8GB) mmcblk0p7
emmc_p8: 011a4c00	00bacc00 "fat"	6267863040 (5.83GB) mmcblk0p8

Note that p1=p4 start sector and size are consistent with MBR hex data, while for p5-p8 only the number of sectors seems consistent.

This is what I see from EBR1:
emmc_p5: 00020800	00145000
emmc_p6: 00165800	0003f000
emmc_p7: 001A4800	01000000
emmc_p8: 0001B400	00bacc00

Probably it does not mean anything.

I'm going to sleep too, I will PM later.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
This confirms that the script that is included in 1.0.5 updatea.zip is not correct.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] monstermaya:
hi C3C0, are this THL W8 support fastboot mode using this GM2?

if support how to do it?

i wanna try to change my splashscreen, but the step is using fastboot mode

thanks & regards,
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Senapone:
Just to inform you that the trick works even with bootaudio.mp3 sound. :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
W8 cannot be booted into fastboot mode.

However, logo should be flashed using SP Flash Tool (there is a LOGO memory block for it)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Mr. Premise:
Is there no Settings->Sound (GM2 2.0 beta)? How do I change ring tones etc?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] monstermaya:
thx C3C0 i will try it :good:

any way i already change boot animation and shutdown animation successfully

only this splash screen make me confused to change with the custom.img -_-

usually i replace the custom.img using terminal emulator with this script into my other device and it's work

dd if=/mnt/sdcard/splashscreens/custom.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14

but i don't know what's number of block inside thl w8 system for the splash screen

thanks & Regars
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Settings / Audio profiles.

Ringtones can be set in general profile.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amstel:
hey,

after the new update, can't I install basic 1.5 from the recovery?

must install from SP Flash Tools?

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DarkKn8:
Hi,

Just noticed that the G-Sensor is working in reverse on my phone for vertical angles. The bubble moves to the bottom when I hold the phone upright.

Does anyone else have this problem? Or is it just a problem with the calibration app?

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Looks to be a problem of calibration app. Otherwise it works OK. (You can verify with "Android Sensor Box" app from play store.)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] juljez:
gps doesn't work on thl w8 with gravitymod 1.9

Hello,

I have a big problèm, my gps doesn't work since 2 days.

I have reset agps etc....

nothink work, have you an idéa?

Thanks,

Have a good day,

Julien.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] amstel:
Hello.

I got 32GB ext SD card Class 10.

After copying mp3 files from my comp to the SD card,

all of the files are moving automatically to the LOST.DIR folder with RANDOM names.

I tried to copy with USB cable from the phone to the comp, also tried to connect the SD straight to the comp.

Same results every time...

every time it ends inside this folder and I cannot recover it, or use it.

also tried to rename 1 file from the LOST.DIR folder to mp3 and play it, it plays strange noises ....

any ideas? anyone?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
This means the filesystem or SD is damaged. Try to format it as fat32. Don't use quick format, but full format.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] juljez:
Hello you can try to format your sd card with the phone directly before copy mp3 files.

Have a good day.

Julien

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PS I have flash the original rom of the thl w8 and it's the same with the stock rom.... rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:crying:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
Don't know if it's related to GM2, but on three ocassions, after rebooting the phone, battery showed about 14% left, when it was 65% before reboot. One or two reboots solves the problem. Just commenting in case someone else has gone through it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Happened once previously to me. But when I was switching ROMs, which is probably normal. Anyway, since 1.9 I experience better indication. Previously it used to get stuck at14% and stayed there for quite a long time before it dropped below. Now it's more continuous.

Just adding a little info on v2.0. I have incremental updates ready - for both w8 and w8+ (I had to make separate packages).

W8 gm2 system is rebased on the latest eastcom w1 ROM while w8+ on the latest thl official ROM. Apart from that I fixed the unlock ring not being centered and tweaked auto brightness a little more - I reduced the number of levels to filter out annoying frequent change of brightness when ambient light changes are small. Seems to be working fine and definitely better than before.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] peptonib:
Hi, is there any chance of considering the possibility to include some sort of theming? I would be happy if I just could change menus backgrounds to white and lettering to black... Been searching around, but not easy for me right now. Mess with framework-res or include a whole themming framework into the rom...

I offer to do any side job nedded. Can do "some" graphics, can do nasty work (copying?, formating?), i have a background as windows delphi programmer, but that was long ago. I do my work very structured, so i could do testing repeatedly with varible changes to find out impact. Anything.

Still waiting for the Online Nandroid app writer to show with results. He asked me more info about partitions, etc, i send him your scatter file, and point him to your Github zone. Hope it helps. I dream about making automated online backups at night, auto uploaded to Google Drive.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
To be honest, I'm not planning to do any theming myself. And here are the reasons:

1) I'm not very good at graphics design - I don't have a feeling for such things.

2) To implement something more advanced, e.g. like CyanogenMod has, this is basically impossible without being able to work at source code level (we don't have sources and can't build ROMs from source)

3) if you implement static graphics changes that cannot be changed by end user, then you end up with 2 groups of people - one that likes it and the other one which don't :)

4) I like the look&feel of pure Android and I am not very keen of any mods, but that's of course my personal preference
[Miscellaneous Android Development] epidemya:
Hi

Is it safe to change the thl w8 16GB GravityMod2 ?

I have seen that only includes one file named system.img. When I changed my thl w8 8 GB there were many files to use with flashtool. Why this diference?

thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
Read carefully instructions in the first post. Everything needed is there including info why only system.IMG is included and how to get remaining binaries.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] C3C076:
New incremental update 1.9 -> 2.0 is on its way. Should appear soon in GooManager as well as in the first post.

It's a 2-in-1 package applicable to both models - W8 and W8+

No wipes are necessary.

Testers already running 2.0 beta should update, too.

Next milestone: update basic packages to 2.0 to simplify installation for newcomers. This will take some time, especially for W8+ since I don't have this model and I have to do it half-blindly.

Changelog 2.0 - 01/06/2013

W8 models:

- system rebased on the latest Eastcom W1 official FW (1.0.3)

- fixed missing permission on cpu_num_limit device node

W8+ models:

- system rebased on the latest official THL FW (1.0.5)

- added init.d support (sysinit)

- updated APN list

- added support for VoIP (SIP) calls in native Phone app

Both models:

- fixed center position of unlock ring

- tweaked autobrightness levels to eliminate flickering on small ambient light changes