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[Miscellaneous Android Development] muffinboy9:
[MENTION=455439]bgcngm[/MENTION]

I live in the Philippiens. SMS here is received in international format while calls are in local format. prefixer did help in logging the caller id in the missed calls, but didnt fix the dialer.

[MENTION=224834]demstav[/MENTION]

I ended up saving all my phone numbers with 2 formats. It was quick if you use a spreadsheet editor + google merge contacts, but it's definitely one ugly fix :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Jejich.Jasnost:
About upcoming ZTE new ROM... This ROM I already tried, but there is small problems with colored noise when you scroll in menu or use zoom on pictures...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
From what I have read in a Chinese forum, not affiliated with ZTE, it seems that the final Android 4.2.1 ROM for V987 is expected to be released by the end of May.

As far as it concerns to the CID issue, I'm able to solve it as I already did in the past for many other MediaTek based devices. I will try to work on a fix for the 4.1.2 ROM and then when the new 4.2.1 ROM is released I will also include the fix.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Jejich.Jasnost:
Amazing work, man. Enjoy the donation. I'm still only at the beginning, but everything looks fine, and multilanguage is just the icing on the cake. Many thanks, really.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Many thanks for that. I hope you can enjoy. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] melodystyle2003:
To the V987 owners:

Whats your impression sirs?

I am planning to order it this week so please be accurate and objective!

Wifi reception is good? Do you have signal in 20-30m with router behind a wall?

Is it stable, no lags or you noticed something you didnt like?

Thanks in advance!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] muffinboy9:
Hi Sir,

Materials:

so far here's my review. Build quality is good. very sleek and good to hold. it is a bit plasticky but tolerable. The screen is very good and bezel looks very clean. Just expect accessories to look crappy and headset/handsfree earphones are not compatible with the usual stuff you can get for apple. But yes, it is a very pretty phone.

Performance:

Didnt experience any lags on my 2 weeks use. I installed a lot of apps and includes launchers and widgets. no problem so far. and games run pretty well also. Software had some glitches (I dunno if thats because i bought it from etotalk.com with etotalk rom installed) but if you know your stuff around android, you can get all the fixes in the app store.

Wifi is pretty good. can still use it 20+ meters away. but signal bars lessen when there are walls involved. still i didnt notice any performance loss.

Battery is pretty good. still had 30% left after a whole day of extensive use. (depends on the user i guess)

Speakers.. well they're not so loud. even the one for the ear piece. but still was okay i guess.

anyways hope this helps. Cheers! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] manolone:
Hello

does the spflash tool or the attachment procedure works also on v967s?

Inviato dal mio Galaxy Nexus con Tapatalk 2
[Miscellaneous Android Development] reglaspv:
Hey guys,

I can't add any widgets to the lockscreen. Am I missing something?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
AOSP lock screen is not supposed to have widgets. You can use 3d party app.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] reglaspv:
Thank you!

I thought that is a feature available in every rom starting with 4.2 version.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tsiglas:
Hi to everyone.....im glad that i can finally post to developers section....i make bruno and other dizzy with prive messages.......

I have install 4.2.1 V3....at the beginin everything looks excellent and fast.......after 3 hours of settings with no problem something go wrong...

1)as i was watchin flash video with xscope (latest flash palyer 11.1.115.69) the screen sudenly turns off

2)I press the power to turn screen on but only the soft keys lightsup

3)The only thing i can do is to hold power down until phone close and reopen it again....

This bug hapens 4 times while waching video and another 2 time with no internet-close wifi

The last thing i do before this bug appears is to open the 'develop'menu in settings and close all 3 animations scales (to make phone go faster) and choose 'close all app as soon as user leave it'.....

This happen on Saturday morning.....

I reopen the animation scales and close 'close all app as soon as user leave it' and the full menu 'developers setting' and the problem disapear...

All day yesterday and today i have no problem as far......

Gerstayros try to see if he has the same problem with 'developer options' menu , nimation off and 'close all app as soon as user leave it' open but he didnt....it was workin good.....

+1 after reboot i have "android update" for about 4sec.......

Bruno excellent work.....and gravity box is fantastic.......
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MSprecher:
Glad to hear it works now.

Did you remove the battery for a minute and restart when suffering from that bug.

If not, just try the next time, which will hopefully not happen ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
One of you that have that message during boot can send me a logcat during bootphase? I don't get that message with my setup, so should be a app that I don't have installed.

To get a logcat:

adb logcat > log.txt

EDIT: Already got a logcat, thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tsiglas:
In 4.1.2 stock and Brunos rom the front camera was 5 megapixel (at least it has that setting)....why in 4.2.1 is only 1,3megapixel....?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Don't care about that. Front camera is not 5MP. The new Android version is reporting it correctly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tsiglas:
Ok tbanksss
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Bruno, if we are talking about camera. It looks that v3 has worse camera, then v2. Can you compile gallery2.apk and odex from v2 - I will try to replace and compare. Or from B02, as you decide.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Hmmm, I would first try B01 kernel. Just for tests you can try flashing boot.img from V2 update.zip.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Just did. Camera looks a bit better, with less compression. Can I take B02 stock boot.img?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
V3 is using B02 kernel, which is part of boot.img.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Ok, which means it's a combination of kernel and gallery.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tsiglas:
Bruno is there any chance of making "assotiation sim contacts" work in the future?

Its a very usefull tool for those how relly work borh sim as gsm....

Thanks....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Could you please clarify what is it exactly?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Yes, base system from B03 (Gallery included, of course) but kernel is from B02. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Sathelp:
Great Rom Bruno but one oddity on the slide to lock screen.

In portrait the Camera is to the left, Google to the top and unlock to the right and it unlocks correctly.

In landscape the Camera is down, Google to the left and unlock to the right.

Now unless my phone is doing something strange, the action to unlock in landscape is by sliding to the left (Google) and to get to the camera, you need to slide up to the blank!

This makes the operation in landscape opposite, very strange but you get used to it. Is this just me or is this a general oddity?

Small donation sent for your continued support of our ROM's Bruno too
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Thank you for the donation!

Let me ask you a question regarding that oddity on lockscreen. Have you enabled lockscreen rotation on GravityBox? If so, you should notice the warning concerning to that particular tweak. In our case, lockscreen has been deeply changed by vendor and that's why it behaves strangely.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demstav:
Hey guys, how can i disable that annoying vibration when answering a phone call?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Vibrate on call connection feature can be disabled using GravityBox. That's why I have not applied that modification into the latest ROM... so that users could leave it as is or disable if desired.

Just open GravityBox, go to phone specific tweaks and disable it. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Have any of you already installed the new ROM? At least you could leave some feedback, guys... :rolleyes:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Sathelp:
I was using the lock screen tweak to get rotation but yes, removing it stops the error as it stops the rotation. It's not really a problem and as you say, the lock screen is so changed but it is better, so thanks for your work on this Bruno. Other than that I have seen no problems with the ROM.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
In my opinion the first release of Android 4.2.1 was already pretty stable. This latest release doesn't change that much, but lockscreen is a big improvement. I guess almost no one likes that stupid press to unlock method.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Hi! I have a problem when installing. It says some symlinks failed, any idea whats going on?

EDIT: I don't know but it is solved, but then the phone doesn't boot, I've been waiting for 10 min...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Don't know... can you try to install again? Something when wrong with the installation. Which recovery are you using?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Still not booting.I'm using CWM 6.0.3.0 but I think it may be a sd problem (class 4) because sometimes cwm doesn't recognice some directories of it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Why don't you copy the update.zip to the internal sdcard? If you have applied alternate partition mod (which is advised for Android 4.2.1 based releases), you should have a free partition of ~800 MB. Install the .zip from that location.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Maybe that's the problem. I don't have internal sd-card because I did your repartition (the first one). So you're saying that for the newest version we need to have internal sd?

EDIT: Re-repartitioned internal memory again and it's working. Thanks Bruno, my little donation is already amortized xP
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Yes, I've been saying that and you should definitely read some of the latest posts of the thread...

In addition to that:

EDIT: Just for the record, that is not the reason why the ROM is not being installed in the first place. It is most likely the problem you mentioned regarding the sdcard. That's why I advised you to put the .zip into the internal sdcard.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Still regarding the camera, do you think it's worth to create a patch that would install B02 camera app and libraries over B03 base files? I have read over at 4PDA forum that there are some users not so happy with camera quality. I haven't noticed any difference, to be honest, but I'm not a photography specialist. :p

EDIT: Further analysis lead me to conclude that there were made no changes from B02 (or even B01) to B03 in respect to camera libraries (see bellow). The driver itself resides on the kernel, so it may be a combination of the driver and camera app. I will check deeper in the app to know if there were made any changes.

The only modified lib file was libcam.paramsmgr.so, but the change is only the compilation date. Can be noticed doing a hex compare of both files.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tsiglas:
1)Associate sim contact...go to contact, open a contact and press the right soft key...there is menu ''associate sim''

2)Go to settings - sim manager - the last menu is the same

This is very helpfull....you can associate a contact in one of the 2 sim so the phone wont ask you everytime with what sim it will make the call....if you dont have a contact associated then it will ask you......

If you have 2,3,4 numbers in one contact you can associate the one with sim1, the other with sim2 etc......

This doesnt work in zte 4.1.2-4.2.1 V2 & V3.....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] theodule99:
Problem with stock messaging app (SMS)

Hello,

I use the 4.2.1 (R3) rom, but the default stock messaging app doesn't send SMS. When i send, i have the red icon near the text buble and "unable to send message" in the notification bar.

By the way, i have no problem to receive SMS.

I use Go SMS pro and it work ! but i dont want using this app because it don't manage the two SIMs.

My configuration/tests :

- I configured the SMSC for my two SIMS, in "message center" in the stock app.

- I used the international format (Here for Orange) : +33689004000

- I try with each SIMs (send and receive SMS)

- I try *#*#4636#*#*, and set SMSC, but it doesn't work

- I live in france

- I used dual sim : one with phone call+data (3g), the second with only phone call.

- My problem exist with the last ROM (4.1.2) ...

Any idea ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kobire:
Thank you!

Thank you very much!!! :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Thanks, Bruno, for that great research!

Yes, I think camera app makes this difference. So patch would be very helpful, of course, no need to release the ROM again, of course.

I hope it will also solve the bug with camera sound volume, which happens even on mute profile.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
No problem, I will provide a patch to test the camera behavior. Just to be sure, we are really talking about the stock camera/gallery app, not the "new" .apk (with photosphere support) from Android 4.2.2 leak that I've included as well in the custom ROM, right?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Yes, I've read that, but I thought you were saying that it was mandatory to aply tha 2nd partition mod with the new rom. So the problem is my sd-card, isn't it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Yes, stock app, nothing new.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Should be, no one had that problem during installation. Have you tried to run installer again like I told you? It is either that or replace the card... or (again) putting the update.zip file in the internal sdcard.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
Nope, I've just made the 2nd way of partitioning and installed it from internal sd. Anyway tomorrow I'll buy a new 32 CL10 sd so I'll test on that.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Just checked on V3 - works perfectly. But I use default card mode, not "select before call". Is that what you're saying?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Okay, you've made the wise choice because full extended userdata mod is not compatible with Android 4.2.1 releases.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tsiglas:
Sorry but i didnt understand you......

In my old acer gallant duo (mtk6575) i allways use"select before call" so everytime i was going to make a call it popup a message with what sim 1 or 2 i will make the call...

I have also some assosiated contacts with a spesiffic sim 1 or 2 and when i was going to make a call with them it didnt popup a message...it straight make the call with the sim that i have pre choose....and this is the reason that the ''assosiation sim'' menu excist...this is supposed to do....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Now I see what the issue is. Don't know the solution so far.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Hmmm... I've compared B02 and B03 camera app (Gallery2 .apk and .odex) and there's no difference, so changes should be elsewhere. :rolleyes:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilcovh:
Bruno, I do not know what you have changed on bluetooth but in the V3 ROM all the problems I had as described above and confirmed by EMF are solved since this ROM. Sound from navigation system is now coming through the car speakers without any stutter. Thanks a beer is on its way
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
I'm very glad to know that. BT and Wi-Fi modules have been updated in the new release. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LethalOne:
Bruno, why you dont include MobileUncle in the installer? :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Didn't I include it? I'm almost sure it was there, but as an option. Nevertheless, it can be installed from Play Store. :cool:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilcovh:
You did include it, it is an option in the aroma installer
[Miscellaneous Android Development] angemon10:
I like it :D.

I stayed on V2.0 because it works perfectly for me, and I don't really care about Gravity Box, and especially about lock screen :).

Only one minor problem

- SRS WOW HD doesn't work.

I don't hear any change when it's on. I use PlayerPro and there is no difference at all. I didn't install Android music player so can't comment.

On the other side, BesAudEnh works perfectly and those poor ZTE headphones than sounds much better.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ducbia:
thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Then I completely lost. The reason should be in some variables, or fine tuning. Don't know where to look :confused::rolleyes:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LethalOne:
Sorry, I didnt spot that. Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xtrem007:
Polish translation

Bruno - Thanks for your advice on how to recompile the apk file with the new translation :good:

Now everything works OK. After the first attempt here are still some untranslated strings in settings menu but I'm working on it :fingers-crossed:

ZTE V987 Polish translation complement
[Miscellaneous Android Development] reglaspv:
First, thank you for your effort, V3 seems to be even faster than V2.

Second, now that you mentioned the update of the wifi module, I think that there is a problem with it.

I keep it always on but in two consecutive mornings, when I left, even after I was well outside the range, the wifi was active and seem connected.

Only after I tried to connect to.. something and it didn't work I realized that the wifi connection was stuck and the 3G connection wasn't available because wifi was still on.

Could be because I didn't erased the userdata?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DiRKiNg:
I still have the "back button" issue with v3 :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Wolfillete:
I use the same config as you but maybe it's because the internal dsp of the playerpro...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Lumianti:
I was wondering does anyone have any LCD replacement guide/tutorial for V987 or a "tear down" video (both would be awesome).

I can't get plastic or screen to pop open and I don't want to force anything I'm not sure about. Any help is much appreciated.

Bruno did you get to look inside this thing? Any tips? Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Nahh... sorry, never adventured myself into that because I never needed. :cool:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Lumianti:
It's ok. I managed to replace it on my own but I gotta say it wasn't fun for sure. I did some minor repairs to couple of my previous phones (mainly samsungs and sonys) which weren't too bad but replacing display in v987 definitely wasn't a pleasant experience... :eek:

Btw, if someone is experiencing issues with vibrations and/or loud speaker and you have ruled out software issues make sure your housing is screwed properly and if you continue to have this issue remove back cover as well as housing and check the pin connectors mounted from the other side of this white plastic housing. Neither vibrations or loud speaker worked for me before I made sure every screw (especially those on the bottom portion of the phone) is really tight.

I will probably look for it tomorrow but if you don't mind, Bruno.. Could you, please, tell me which should be my first step if I have your rom V1 and I would like to upgrade it to the latest one? Is repartitioning recommended if I don't plan on playing any space-eating games?

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Re-partitioning of internal memory is recommended even if you don't plan to play games. Not only games are space-eating. :p

It is highly recommended that you flash the newest CWM recovery (can do it along with flashing of modified MBR and EBR files) and then just need to install the latest custom ROM.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ulvergr:
A friend bought resently v987 but it has the Chinese recovery, can be updated through mobile uncle tools? (to the English Bruno version) has anyone tried?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexw801:
Optimal workflow

So

1st to renew the CWM Recovery to the latest, (how is it easiest?)

2nd to apply the latest re-partitioning, by flash tool only.

3rd to update to the latest ROM, "install zip" in Recovery - it is clear.

Can you suggest any comments or reminders, Bruno, please?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Yes, it can be updated through Mobileuncle MTK Tools. Read this post.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Bruno, just to check. For us it's 6.0.3.0, right?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
No, the latest that I've released for V987 is 6.0.3.3. The download link from post #2 has been updated since the announcement.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
Shame on me, I've missed the announcement. What are the updates? Dalvic? Internal memory format? Or just some non visible bugs?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
The most important is that it doesn't causes anymore recovery bootloop when factory reset if made from Android. Besides that, it's just official CWM recovery improvements / bug fixes.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zygzag:
Hi. I have problem with mms - V2.0 and v3.0 can't send and recieve mms. In SIM1 slot I have card

only

for data transmision 3G (this simcard supports only Internet connections, no talks no mms/sms), in SIM2 I set talks and sms/mms (T-Mobile.pl). Sms works correctly but mms not. Settings are OK - I'm sure. Where is the problem? With v1.0 mms works correct.

PS. Sorry for my English :o
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Lumianti:
Thank you Bruno, your ROM and support is a top notch! [killing that "thanks" button right now :D ]

There one thing I'm missing from V1, though. I could customize sim cards icons, signals and colours which I can't find a option for in V3. I can't remember whether I had an app for it or it was integrated into your ROM...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
Go to Settings / SIM Management. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Lumianti:
Haha I pressed on sim information toggle instead of the name and it switched off connection so I turned it back on and didn't mess with that anymore. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nirwe:
hi,

after installing rom v2.0 i cannot connect to any 3G network, only 2G.

i figure its a problem with modem.img

do you knw of an alternative modem.img (preferably in recovery patch mode) that might work better with my operator?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Pe3ball:
Hello Bruno.I just received yesterday my brand new zte v987 and i want to test your rom .If i read correctly if i install it I don't have to do internal memory re-partition as it is integrated in your rom?Thanks and keep up the good work ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zperetz:
On new 2.0.1 Gravity Box extended reboot screen (on power button) shows some strange texts. Is it just my issue?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bgcngm:
That may be just a matter of fixing APN settings. Check with your network operator and make sure settings are correct.

No, you got it all wrong. The re-partitioning mod has to be done prior to custom ROM installation.

I haven't tested new version yet. Can you post a screenshot? Also report that bug on GravityBox support thread.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nirwe:
its not apn. I cant recieve or make calls, although reception appears to be full (on orange israel) or cannot connect to the network at all with another operator (on pelephone israel).