yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
[MENTION=3169652]lelemm[/MENTION]

I believe that if you just took the apns-conf.XML and copy it into gm2 and reset apns, you would get the same result. But without needing to flash the whole S4 ROM. Someone already tried that in gm2 thread and it worked.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
[MENTION=5267096]iecu[/MENTION]

If you would like to test GM2 v2.7 for W8+ contact me by PM.
[General Questions and Answers] luchardi:
Hi [MENTION=5008415]C3C076[/MENTION] first of allí thanks for your work in this ROM. I tried to install a apk of the new camera app and it failed to install, could you make a flashable zip to install it?

Thanks!!!

Enviado desde mi ThL W8 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
What camera apk???
[General Questions and Answers] luchardi:
I cant attach a link, please search this con google "el androide libre photosphere" then you will find the link, otherwise I can send the link vía PM

Its the second link un google.

Enviado desde mi ThL W8 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[General Questions and Answers] Dbuiz:
Sorry this is a n00b question but I really hope someone can help.

I'm trying to restore a stock ROM as suggested by C3C076 but having a lot of trouble. I downloaded both the June 1st and 9th Chinese ROMs from the THL website (the English links were dead). I wasn't able to flash either ROM trying both CWM and SP_Flash.

Finally I was able to flash the 1st June ROM but by using a combination of the files in the archive and Gravity ROM files. Was able to boot this up but did not have any Google Apps including Play Store. Does anyone know what's happening, do I need to flash a Jelly Bean GApps fille too like on Cyanogen-based ROMs.

Could people also share how the THL stock ROMs work and how I should be or could flash them>? Unfortunately the instructions included in the zip file either weren't correct or just didn't work for me (even though I have a basic reading of Chinese)

Thanks in advance guys,
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
If you want gapps straight out of box you should flash international version of ROM. You can find some in my archive

http://goo.im/devs/C3C0/THLW8/Stock
[General Questions and Answers] Dbuiz:
Thanks as always for the guidance,

I flashed the latest W8 stock ROM from your Goo.IM archives but now I can't flash GravityBox in CWM =S

Any more help? Just get the message 'Installation Aborted' when I try and flash from SD card in CWM
[General Questions and Answers] mroussev:
[MENTION=3539995]Dbuiz[/MENTION] explain exactly what happened when you try to flash and how?

I have some side questions for you which are not directly related to GM2.

1.First, i saw in cour CWM thread that you have made recovery for - ThL_W8.JB2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT6589V1.0.5_20130601 (W8 4GB internationsl) .But the latest EN rom that i know is from V1.0.4_20130510. Where you find this EN 0601? And is it really EN, with standart market, not chineese one and etc.? Can you provide a link?

2.What will happened if i try to flash rom from 16gb phone to my 8gb? Right now i am using 0501 from 4gb version and there is no problem(i just dont flash preloader and both EBR files). Can i do the same with 16gb version?

3.Do you know is there a way to overclock the phone at all? I cant find anything about OC MTK6589. I was wondering whether is it possible to reach w8 beyond 1.5ghz.

4.Any news about my problem with Gravity Box and CRT animation not working?

Thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
1) I have recovery for this build number because somebody sent the build number together with stock recovery. ( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42762558&postcount=121 )

That doesn't mean I have this ROM in my archive so can't say if it really exists or there was a mistake when writing down a build number

2) According to my last experiments, The latest W8 16GB (20130616) works without any problems on my 8GB version. I am now trying to make a GM2 3.0 which will be the same package for all three W8 models (4/8/16GB). I am testing it on my 8GB version and it's working fine. The good thing is that 16GB W8 will use Eastcom W1 kernel again (60 FPS UI). This should also solve the issues with autobrightness some people have but still this needs to be tested by somebody having W8 16GB.

3) You can't OC MTK6589 without modified kernel. We don't have sources for W8 kernel so no OC is possible.

4) I am not sure. Maybe it will be automatically fixed in GM2 3.0

When I'm ready with 3.0 package, I need testers (4GB and 16GB owners) before I actually release it.
[General Questions and Answers] Dbuiz:
Sure, after flashing the 20130510 EN stock rom when I try and flash GravityBox in CWM (using install update from SD card) it wil just show "Installation Aborted" and return me to the main screen. The same thing happens when I try to flash the root file.

1. I didn't make a recovery file, I merely downloaded and tried to flash the 0106 Chinese ROM which worked but left me without GApps. This was downloaded from the THL website

2. & 4. Not sure these are directed to me

3. I remember reading that someone had some success using the 'Set CPU' App on the Play Store to activate and overclock all 4 cores. I haven't been able to try this myself yet since I am unable to install the app (part of my problems with ROMs at the moment)

---------- Post added at 09:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:02 PM ----------

More than happy to help with testing with my 4Gb model. Not sure I'm the best candidate though since I seem to have other problems atm which don't seem to affect others =P
[General Questions and Answers] JONNY187AES:
Could you build cwm for thl w7s? Its got same specs as w8 but a bigger screen?
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Visit my recovery thread and read instructions how to dump stock recovery which then I can use to create cwm.
[General Questions and Answers] JONNY187AES:
Ive dumped recovery but cant post on the thread. How do i send you the file? Sorry for the hastle
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Google drive, dropbox, skydrive, ...
[General Questions and Answers] mroussev:
feafons laddr

I see... I am pretty sure (99%) that this is a mistake. ThL_W8_JB2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT6589V1.0.5_20130601 does not exist. Right ROM name is ThL_W8_JB2.HD.CH.COM.8P32_MT6589V1.0.5_20130601 .I tried to collect all existing roms for the phone (for fun:D) and tried all of them few days ago and this EN from 0601 does not exist.

[MENTION=3539995]Dbuiz[/MENTION] if i understand correctly, you dont have original rom from 0510 to flash with it, and you cant download it from anywhere? If yes, here is latest EN rom 0510 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B535lPY6topPX29oU282Z0l1dkk/edit for SPFlast Tool. Then install latest Gravity box as APK file.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Bad news about GM2 3.0 for W8 16GB.

Although everything seems to be working fine, there's a problem with fronta camera again. It is not detected at all - eastcom kernel is missing necessary driver for front camera sensor.

So this looks like a dead end for GM2 being compatible with other than 4GB/8GB W8s.

Because:

1) rom with working fronta camera has some other issues for some people (blank screen when screen is turned on, bad CPU frequency scaling)

2) rom with everything working properly, but no front camera

I am thinking about completely abandoning GM2 for W8 16GB and W8+ since it leads nowhere. Not having these type of devices makes it too difficult for me to make everything perfect. It takes too much time, too, that could be used more efficiently (e.g. to extend GravityBox app).

So for now, I might release 2.7 incremental update for W8 16GB but there's no guarantee that it will be perfect and without issues for eveyone.

Sorry for that. My fault I thought that these devices were exactly the same with difference in internal memory size only.
[General Questions and Answers] pinotuning:
Hello

this version exists ThL_W8.JB2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT6589V1.0.5_20130601

My w8 has this original version !;)
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Good news this time.

I have decided to completely rebase GM2 for W8 16GB on the latest THL original FW.

This will take some time, though. Especially transfering translations for additional languages is a tedious work.
[General Questions and Answers] iecu:
That's not your fault and you've not to worry about it because your effort and passion was very appreciate by a lot of people!

As W8+ owner I hope that you change your mind :fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed: but I would say that I respect your work and your decision.

Thanks

Iecu
[General Questions and Answers] mroussev:
com rentswr

Does it has a Google Market, not the Chinese one? Can you provide a link for it?
[General Questions and Answers] lelemm:
That was the first thing i tried to fix my 3G connection using GM2. for some reason didn't work. That's why i tried to replace S4 rom with GM2 (and worked)

By the way, i've been using GM2, it is really really better than stock version.

Thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] pinotuning:
I bought my W8 from Chinese website:)

I did not link for it
[General Questions and Answers] mroussev:
No , i mean to dump the firmware and to upload it somewhere.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Thanks for kind words!

You have a PM :)
[General Questions and Answers] Dbuiz:
I think that's it for me. Maybe I just have a dud phone.

Installed the latest 4Gb EN rom from C3C076's Goo.im folder. Installed the GravityBox apk but none of the GravityBox changes seem to apply.

Also still have the problem of installing market apps "package file is invalid" message.

To top it off when I try to flash GravityRom 3.0 rom in recovery and clear data/cache, the phone just stalls and resets on the flash screen.

Oh well...a semi-working, randomly resetting phone is better than none =P
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
GravityBox requires xposed framework. Make sure you follow the instructions in GravityBox thread carefully.

Can't comment on your other issues, though.
[General Questions and Answers] azmiay:
Front camera resolution worsen after upgrade

After the latest upgrade to GM2 v3.1, my front camera resolution has dropped to 0.3 mega pixel (640x480).

Cleared the data from Gallery app as suggested but no improvement. Any update fix for this?

My hardware unit is the 4gb Rom (8P32).
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
You mean 3.0?

3.1 update has nothing to do with camera.

Anyway, on my 8gb version my max. Resolution is VGA which is 640x480, too.
[General Questions and Answers] azmiay:
Up to GM2 v2.6, I have been getting a max resolution of 5mp for the front camera (same as manufacturer's specs).

It just seemed to go down to 0.3mp after the continuous upgrade to 3.0 and v3.1.

Confirmed this on Antutu info page as well as the setting within camera app.

Below you may compare the screenshots of both to confirm this, the first being v2.6 & the second v3.1:

s22.postimg.org/8w51jpp41/5mp.jpg

s13.postimg.org/gzy51zqp3/vga.jpg
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
OK. Fix on its way (incremental 3.1 -> 3.2)
[General Questions and Answers] iecu:
Can you check if you've received my PM?

I don't see it in the Sent Items folder :(
[General Questions and Answers] mroussev:
[MENTION=5008415]C3C076[/MENTION] do you know which app create folder MTKLOG and more important why? It drives me crazy. I thought that MTKLogger makes this, but in engineering mode everything in mtklogger is on disabled, and i also tried to FREEZE app with titanium backup and it still create the folder with some logs in it. And on the top of it recently a folder TJCACHE started to appear too. I have onl games on my phone, so is not a some external app. This folder was created with your GM2, and with official FW too. Do you know anything about it, how to stop it and etc?
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
It's created by dalvik machine. You can't do anything about it since it's low level system stuff.

However, when I have time I'll try to take a look if it could be somehow disabled using GravityBox.

I'm not sure about tjcache (I've never seen this one)
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
W8 4GB GM 3.0+3.1+3.2 = Black/locked camera

Well, I'm back to the stock rom as this Gravity Mod 3.0 (or with 3.1 and 3.2 updates fixes) It left camera unusable.

I made ​​several installations (always wipe data / factory reset, advanced / wipe dalvik cache, wipe cache ...) and there is no way, the camera goes black, freezes and closes the application. I cleaned the data-cache of the gallery and same result.

The first time I ran the 3.0 and recovering the boot.img from the stock rom and all was Ok. After upgrading to 3.1-3.2 nothing, again camera is locked, with 3.0, with 3.0 +3.1 and 3.0 +3.1 +3.2 nor has returned to work the camera.

I tried other camera software with no results (Vignette, lgcamera)

So I go back to the stock Rom 4.2.1 and as what attracted me was the Gravitybox, I've installed it over the stock rom

Facts my mobile:

THL W8 4GB White (purchased 10/June/2013)

Android version: 4.2.1

Kernel: 3.4.5. builder @ ubuntu # 1. Sat June 1st 2013 16:10:23 CT

Compilation: ThL_W8_JB2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT6589V 1.0.5_20130601

PS: Sorry for my poor english
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Yes, I can confirm that on this build number, people are having troubles with camera. Looks like this is the batch of phones that has some hw changes.

I would like to see /system/data/misc/ProjectConfig.mk

Or better - if some of the owners could provide a full backup of this build. I am curious what makes it special.
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
Attached ProjectConfig.mk in RAR format.

This night I will try to send you a link with a full backup of my build.

Thank you in advance ;)
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Thanks.

Now it's really strange. The project config is exactly the same as for earlier ThL_W8.JB2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT6589V1.0.4_20130510 build.

I would expect that people that have phone that came with ThL_W8.JB2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT6589V1.0.4_20130510 should have the same problem, too. Anyone who has this build and camera works OK on GM2 3.0?

I have that 20130510 build in my archive. So I can try it on my 8GB version. Just to see how it goes with the camera.

EDIT: I can confirm 20130510 build for 4GB works fine on my 8GB regarding camera.

I suspect there still can be some difference on phones that came with 20130601 build even if the ProjectConfig is the same.
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
Hi, this is a full backup of my rom. I hope it is useful.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jb2ytubvfx9gydx/2013-07-03.13.37.12.zip
[General Questions and Answers] zanarkand007:
Hi,

Could you add in the next update og GM the option to hide the R of roaming ??

Thanks for all your great work.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Just a little info regarding

ThL_W8.JB2.HD.EN.COM.8P32_MT6589V1.0.5_20130601

It works fine on my w8 8gb. Including camera. Compared to 20130510 , there are only couple of libs different, where only one is related to camera - libcam.paramsmgr.so

So if there's anyone having camera crashes on gm2 3.0 on phone that came with 20130601 ROM, the experiment would be to take that lib from 20130601 ROM and use it on gm2 3.0 instead of original one. It is necessary to clear data for Gallery app after changing that lib.
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
:good: Nice, I will try it tomorrow.

Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
:confused: No luck, I changed libcam.paramsmgr.so (from stock rom, delete cache+dalvik) in 3.0, or 3.1 or 3.2 without results, camera continues locked.

Thank you anyway :)

EDIT: Yes!!! I have it! I will post my steps more later
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
Yeahhh! :D

My steps:

* DATA-CACHE-DALVIK + GM 3.0 + REBOOT

* try -> locked camera

* libcam.paramsmgr.so (stock rom) -> locked camera

* libcam.paramsmgr.so + libcameracustom.so (stock rom) -> locked camera

* uninstall gallery.apk and reinstall gallery.apk (stock rom) -> locked camera

More later:

a) GM3.0 -> locked camera

b) GM3.0+3.1->locked camera

c) GM3.0 + BOOT.IMG -> camera works fine

d) GM3.0 + BOOT.IMG + UPDATES 3.1+3.2 -> locked camera

e) GM3.0 + BOOT.IMG + UPDATE 3.1 (restore libcameracustom.so from stock rom) -> camera works ok

So, option E works fine (back and front camera)
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Nice. I like your trial and error approach :)

There's still maybe one thing that should make everything in sync.

When changing boot.img , you should also replace all libs inside /system/lib/modules since they are kernel modules that were built together with the particular kernel (boot.IMG). Although those coming from original gm2 seem to work with your new boot.IMG, this is just a coincidence. I definitely recommend to take modules from ROM you took your boot.IMG from. Just to be in sync.
[General Questions and Answers] mroussev:
Do you know what are others for? I mean what are the changes from 0510? I wonder is it worth it to upgrade 0510 to 0601?
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Mainly android specific libs like video encoders/decoders (stagefright), WebKit, etc. I can't remember precisely.
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
Thank you! I will try it at night.

Thank you for your effort!
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
Nice, changed all libs inside /system/lib/modules from Stock Rom to installed GM3.1.

All seem works ok. The only diference I can see is:

Stock Rom: wlan.ko

GravityMod: wlan.ko -> wlan_mt6628.ko (is this a link to wlan_mt6628.ko lib?)
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Yes. wlan.ko is a symlink.
[General Questions and Answers] kokuo81:
Hi,

I'm having the very same issue.

Unluckily didn't backup my stock rom (it was dated June 1st) and once with the GM2 3.2 the camera just turn black and the crashes.

Could you please provide the BOOT.IMG you used to fix it?

Will I be able to use it on my phone? Am I going to loose IMEIs or something?

Thank you

kok
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
Hi, Kokuo, You can get it here. If you are the same Kokuo from http://www.movilesdualsim.com, please, can we continues speaking in the spanish forum? (you sold me a flip cover for the ThL w8 some weeks ago ;)
[General Questions and Answers] iecu:
I've downloaded the last version form W8+ using goo manager. It download ROM, restart phone in CWM bit doesn't install the ROM (no prob, I madre manually)

One very cosmetic thing, in the phone info I see "W8 beyond" :)

Forma the rest, the ROM seem work fine band performance better Ethan previous versione (+400 point on AnTuTu test)

Thanks

Iecu
[General Questions and Answers] qqian:
THL W8 4G earphone problem

Firstly thanks C3C076 for your great rom/app GravityMod2

I have W8 phone with installed v3.2 with GM1.5. The only problem is earphone, Seems only work on the stock earphone, non of other works. I am thinking it could be hardware issue (the 3.5 connector is not standard one). Could anyone provide any advice on this

Thanks in advance.

THL W8 (MTK6589) running GravityMod2
[General Questions and Answers] mroussev:
Just try with some other. You are right, the 3.5 connector is not exactly standard 3.5 jack. The channels are a little mixed but despite of that some earphones will still work. If you try with stock on some other device i am pretty sure that they will also not work (low volume, only one channel work .etc). I tried stocks on my pc and laptop and did not work with both. But my old earphones and my pc headphones works perfect with the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
I think there's also a possibility to buy an adapter to solve this. I haven't checked details, though. I use standard headphones which work fine so to date I didn't have to search for a workaround.
[General Questions and Answers] jasonbd:
Hi,

the BOOT.IMG you used is from stock ROM?
[General Questions and Answers] onumad:
Yes, and please, restore the other libs from C3C076 post (fixing permissions too)
[General Questions and Answers] jasonbd:
I applied 3.2 patch and still getting block camera and it crashed. tried clear data on Gallery and still no luck. Is there other activity I can perform?

---------- Post added 14th July 2013 at 12:05 AM ---------- Previous post was 13th July 2013 at 11:55 PM ----------

Can you share with me how you obtained ProjectConfig.mk? Mine W8 4gb camera still locked.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43551337&postcount=1116
[General Questions and Answers] jasonbd:
Fantastic. Camera is working now big thanks to you.
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Thanks for info.
[General Questions and Answers] pinotuning:
my W8 works with all earphone:)
[General Questions and Answers] azmiay:
I seemed to notice at the bottom of the Settings->Storage menu, there is this faded (unavailable?) option:

Mount USB storage

Insert USB storage for mounting

Any idea if the W8 supports USB OTG based on this feature?
[General Questions and Answers] kokuo81:
Hey, it's me :)

I've solved every problem using the Samsung Style ROM.

Thanks for your help :)

Cheers

kok
[General Questions and Answers] chavv:
How possible is porting GM to other THL devices with similar hardware?

eg... is compatibility only up to used hardware?

I have w7s, which seems to be very similar to w8 except for screen size
[General Questions and Answers] SolidKiwi:
My gyroscope doesn't seem to work either. The strange thing is that some webistes say that this phone in fact have a gyroscope. Can someone confirm that this phone does or does not have a built-in gyroscope?
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
W8 does not have a gyroscope. Not sure about w8+ and beyond.
[General Questions and Answers] krics:
unable to boot in recovery

Hello Folks, sorry for probably posting in the wrong topic but being a newbie i am not allowed to ask in a dev section. I have a thl w8+ FHD 16 gb rom phone, which i bricked yesterday. I had GM2 installed on but i wanted to try out a MIUI rom said to be ok for this phone, turned out it was not. I wanted to load it via cwm, it did not succeed and now the phone will not boot and the cwm is also gone so i have no recovery either. I tried to flash the very same cwm version with spflashtools that i was able to use previously, received no error message after the flash, but cannot enter the recovery when pushing the vol up button and the power button the same time, its always a dark grey screen that appears and nothing else... I have been thinking on getting a rom that can be flashed with spflashtools but could not find any, do you think this would help or somehow the phone can be brought back into life? You have a link to such a rom? Thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
I suppose you made a backup in cwm before flashing miui. Take boot.IMG and uboot.IMG from backup and flash them together with cwm recovery image (via sp flash tool).

After that you'll be able to get into recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] krics:
Thanks

Thank you very much,C3C076! This did the trick.
[General Questions and Answers] azmiay:
Android's Text-to-speech Settings exist but non accessible!

Hi C3CO,

The attached snapshot was taken on my W8 running GM2 with latest GravityBox.

While I could get to this menu through a third party ebook reader (Moon+ Reader Pro), our JB 4.2.1 seemed to have left out the access option from the main General Settings menu.

Would it be possible for you to add this menu access as shortcut in QuickSettings tile for your next GravityBox update?

In most other devices, one could gain access via the following:

Android Settings -> Voice Input & Output -> Text-to-Speech settings

Thanks for your wonderful updates!
[General Questions and Answers] C3C076:
Check out "General fixes" menu in GB settings.
[General Questions and Answers] azmiay:
Silly me....how could I have missed that - thanks for the pointer, C3CO!
[Nexus 7 General] u_know_who:
Hello,

Have anyone checked out the battery life of nexus 7 while running any 3G Dongle Modem via OTG cable (powered by n7)?

Just wanted user experiences regarding this.

Thank You. :)