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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splitinferno:
I tried to; it didn't work. I also tried clockworkmod recovery. That recovery said it said that the data was already mounted. For some reason, now the phone is stuck in a bootloop. On the bright side, I can freely access my recovery (although I can't do much in it). Should I try flashing other stock roms?

EDIT: Flashing the stock rom brought it back to the state it was in earlier. So now, it just hangs on the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen and no longer reboots continuously. I'm thinking of downloading other stock roms and flashing those.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] splitinferno:
UNBRICKED

Alright, after struggling around with the device, I was able to unbrick it. I downloaded the stock ROM from samfirmware and flashed it using odin. After flashing it, it would stay on the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo and that's it and I wasn't able to boot into the recovery either. So, I flashed TWRP using odin and download mode, and found I was able to boot into recovery again. Screwing around with the recovery, I couldn't manage to do much so I decided to re-flash the stock firmware. After re-flashing, I had the same problem. This time, I tried accessing the stock recovery. I got access, which was something I couldn't get before. After getting access, I did Factory Reset/Data (it was something along those lines) and did a wipe cache. After wiping cache, the phone rebooted and, much to my delight, it was unbricked. After going through this, I think I might just like chill for like a month, or a year now with stock... .__.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhamet:
Hahah nice job
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahdi786:
Next time don't wipe data in custom recovery because it will corrupt your data which would most probably end with not booting past the Samsung logo, if you want to wipe in a custom recovery for now you have to manually wipe system, cache and dalvik cache located in mounts in cwm recovery (not sure where to find it in twrp).

You should read a little before messing with things in recovery.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omvir:
Ahahah that's funny because something similar happened to me. And I was going to suggest doing a factory reset via recovery because that's how I resolved my problem, then I see you did just that! (Y)

Sent from my GT-I9500
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erestrepo92:
I enter to the recovery mode I wipe and then installed the zip file from the sdcard (the file was 153mb) and then the gapps zip file (about 186mb) then went back and selected rebootsystem now, the paranoid android symbol showed up but it takes too long to go into android. What should I do? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
what did you 'wipe'?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NyPlaya513:
whatever recovery you are using, you are up to date? and dumb question but you make sure to flash your phones correct rom right (maguro, toro, toroplus)?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erestrepo92:
Wipe Data/Factory rese and Wipe Cache PD: I couldn't find Wipe Dalvik Cache.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erestrepo92:
CWM reccovery and it's up to date, I downloaded it today, and yes I flash the ROM for gsm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
Try downloading the rom again, may be a bad download

Try flashing using the latest twrp

Wipe data, system, cache,dalvik then flash rom/gapps, dalvik cache is in advanced in cwm

Sent From Khizar's Galaxy Nexus Boss Edition With AK Awesomeness To All You Wonder Nobodies!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erestrepo92:
Thanks for the advice, but one question. If I download the rom again, how do I put it into the phone, remember I can't go to android, my phone is stock in paranoid logo!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
Mount data in recovery

Adb push nameofrom.zip /data/media/0

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
Use adb.. push rom.zip /data/media/0

Edit- pirateghost beat me to it :beer:

Sent From Khizar's Galaxy Nexus Boss Edition With AK Awesomeness To All You Wonder Nobodies!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erestrepo92:
Any link to download the adb? I worked with the toolkit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
I'm so sick of that word...

There is a sticky that explains the PROPER way to do things without a stupid toolkit... In there you will find all the files you need

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erestrepo92:
Could you please give a link so I can find all those files you're talking about? Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pirateghost:
A. Its on the same page as this thread

B. You should have read the stickies before doing anything to your phone.

C. You are violating the rules of the forum by not putting in any effort of your own to search and locate this information

D. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1814266

[REF] efrant's "Android for Galaxy Nexus" 101 & FAQs

Read that before doing anything else.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] erestrepo92:
one more question, Is it possible to reinstall the rom? I mean I go into recovery mode then wipe data/factory, then wipe cache, look for the rom I put into the phone yesterday and then install it? If I wipe data/factory will the rom be deleted?

I now I've been asking so many questions about lots of things but I want to learn some things and I just want to make it easier for me because I don't know much about the topic.

PD: I'm now downloading the SDK and ABD, as I was told just to push the rom into the phone
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] arun kumar goud:
i ported the lewa os by using this guide.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1623464..but im getting error as vertification failed,,can any one guide me to sucesfully port lewa os to my touch 3g with 3.5mm head set jack i used base as cronmod-sapphire version 1.0.7
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tvall:
Verification failed is due to zip not being signed and verification being on in recovery. Either resign the zip, or disable verification
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] arun kumar goud:
thank u...i've did that..after that..it just gets stuck at the boot screen.. !! ive waited for more than half n hur..but no luck !! im waiting for tryn new os on my touch 3g 1.2 !!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tvall:
Logcat?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] arun kumar goud:
sorry my bad..logcat !! ???? i dont know how to do that..can u tell me soo that i can post the logcat soo that you can find a solution to that
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tvall:
adb logcat > log.txt
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talha0:
Hi, I recently dropped my phone and now the screen is blank. When i turn on the phone the whole screen is blank, the phone vibrates when it powers on but nothing is visible. Even when i get calls i cant attend them. There are no scratches or cracks on the screen after the fall. This is the first time i have experienced this and any help is appreciated. Thank you
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinjk:
I think the LCD is connected to the phone's main board by a connector that snaps into place. If you dropped the phone, I think it's a possibility that this connector could have popped out. It would only take a few minutes to open it and check for this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A4zbBKkcKU Skip to 2 minutes and 50 seconds into the video and you will see this connector.

Unfortunately it's possible that when you dropped it, the LCD screen was damaged even though you can't visibly tell just by looking at it.
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talha0:
thank you very much will try it
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] jjl:
Pourriez-vous me dire quel est la dernière version de l'eprom Qtek 2020 et où peut-on la télécharger ?

Merci
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpkwolfseye:
Hi,

we just recently bought a NOTE 10.1 (Wifi 8010) with 16 GB. Additionally I bought a 64 GB Memory Card which works fine, just not in CWM. In CWM this Memory Card is not mounted or can be mounted as far as the settings in CWM goes. I tried. Is there a reason the card works in the System when the device is booted but not in CWM ?

And if, how can I make it work in both ? Any help is appreciated. Thank you very much.

Wolfseye
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solemn:
Hi,

I had that issue with zedomax's CWM, changed to Philz and it perfectly mounts external SD. Might be because of exFAT?

CM10.1/AOKP don't seem to deal well with that either...

Solemn
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpkwolfseye:
Thx, got it working now with Philz CWM. :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You are replying to a 2013 thread.

This is Note 10.1 forum and not your model .

Note that post has now been removed by mods.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Meta7:
I recently purchased the Newman K1

Does anyone know how to root it?

Does anyone how to install the original android 4.2rom on this, it came with lewa OS4.2 installed

Thanks for your help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZBearIT:
ok
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paiktaras:
Ηas anyone bought this phone so we can have some general presentation?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludoo:
A slightly late reply. I've been using the Freelander branded version of this phone (Freelander i30) as my main device for the past month and a half, and I'm pretty impressed: it's the first Chinese phone I've used where everything works without much hassle, including GPS. Camera is also decent by normal standards, and perfectly usable for snapshots.

Its main drawback is limited 3G support, as only the 2100 frequency is supported. A couple other very minor annoyances are the digitizer grid which can be seen in direct sunlight by turning the phone at a certain angle, the tendency of the screen to get dirty, and the average in-call audio quality. They don't pose a problem in use, in fact I bet most owners won't even notice them.

As for the rest, it's pretty great: the screen is very bright with good viewing angles colors and contrast; signal reception is ok, about the same as most other phones I had; firmware support is excellent, with two official ROMs (plain Android and Lewa) and frequent updates; GPS is very quick to fix and usually gets to 5m precision; audio quality through the headphone jack is pretty good, even usable by audiophile standards. Battery life is great, with moderate use I can do more than 3 days, heavy use a full day with something to spare.

For its price it's a very good phone, with good community support (there's an excellent thread on 4pda with English recoveries, custom ROMs, etc.). If you have any questions just ask and I'll try to answer them.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paiktaras:
Can you tell me that you have found 2 roms you mention?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludoo:
You mean where have I found them? Sure

Newman K1 ROMs are released on the Newman BBS (forum) in this thread, they can also be found on the 4PDA thread in the formware section.

If instead you meant if I like them, the Lewa ROM is beautiful and very well done, but I prefer stock Android. They both work very well, rooting is easy with motochopper.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paiktaras:
and 2 Forum that suggest it is in non-intelligible languages for me, is there some topik here on xda or some anyway in English;
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludoo:
What's wrong with google translate?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paiktaras:
:) :)

This is one solution ...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] georger010:
That's great, thanks for your input. It's been a nightmare trying to find any community support for this phone (in English anyway!). I've just ordered this from Merimobiles. When you mention about the screen getting dirty quite easily, do you mean smudge marks easily appear or that dirt gets easily trapped at the sides of the screen ? And how average is the audio quality, is it fairly difficult to understand what someone is saying or is the clarity just missing ? Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludoo:
What I mean by saying the screen gets easily dirty is that it's pretty easy to leave smudges on it and they are less easily wiped without some sort of liquid (water is fine), as if it was missing an oleophobic coating or had a very weak one. From reading around it's a common issue with most Chinese phones, I guess they save a few pennies by using a weak/no coating. It's not a big issue, especially if you use a screen protector or even if you don't like me, I just clean it more often than other phones I had. You could also try a "diy" coating, there are threads by people using car wax or windshield water repellent liquids.

The audio is ok, now I don't even notice anything during calls. I only noticed it when switching from the Jiayu G3, which had better call quality. You won't probably notice anything out of place. I'm also using a more recent baseband than the stock one, from a Zopo phone using the same chipset (here, flash with cwm or copy modem.img to /etc/firmware then chmod 644) which seems to have improved things, but maybe it's just placebo.

All in all it's a pretty great phone. I installed the latest LewaOS from early June and it's super smooth, and beautiful. A bit bloated, but nothing that can't be remedied by deleting a few apks from /system/app.

---------- Post added at 11:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 AM ----------

PS - as for community support, there's an excellent thread on the Russian 4pda forum, split into a discussion thread and a firmware thread. You can use google translator and understand most of it, and there are links to all the drivers and ROMs in the firmware thread.

To download software just register, again using google translator. The only apparently difficult part is entering the captcha, but in practice you don't need to type cyrillic characters, just enter the sum of the two numbers displayed.

Another useful thread might be the one I started on the Italian androidiani forum, just search google for "newman k1 androidiani", in the first post I have collected a few useful links. Again, google translator allows you to grasp what you need.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] brunoalvs:
I recently received my Newman k1. It is a very good phone, all works well. The only problem are the speakers:they're not bad, they're just not loud enough.:(

I have not missed any call because of it, anyway. Sorry for my bad English.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludoo:
You can tweak audio levels from the engineer menu, search on google there are lots of threads on how to do it as it's the same process for all mediatek phones.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paiktaras:
Give if you want more info or link
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paiktaras:
Ηi Ludoo

you use this application https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox below to increase the volume and if so can you give us the prices;
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludoo:
Prices for what???
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paiktaras:
sorry for my bad english, units I meant
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ludoo:
google "mobileuncle volume levels"...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] add_pl:
anyone have the newest lewaos rom from lewaos forum?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Paulzt:
Brief Newman K1 and Affiliates

:good:Newman K1/K1A/K1W in black, white, black/white

MTK6589

Depending on whre you buy it from they ship either the K1, K1A (labled as K1W), and as K1A panda under the name "Newsmy" Panda

K1 has 5 inch screen / K1A/W is 5.3 inches, though they share the exact specs, so any mods for one goes for the other. From what i had translated on their CHINESE forum, http://bbs.newamn.mobi, one is referred to the K1 area for flash, tweaks, ROMS, etc. Google does an OK job translating, you can get the general idea, but those Chinese characters, Whew! Pre-rooted from http://merimobiles.com (all their items are pre-rooted).

Onto the phone as a device for use, its a great device to start out with for tweaks and adjustments. The 5.3 screen is large enough to clearly see, The LEWA ROM is very smooth and though some say bloated, any apk's can be removed. Just do your research before making any adjustments.So yeah, smooth ROM out of the box. Simple font, based on android 4.2.1 though some options are in different places. Sound wise, it needs work, the headphone level is loud enough for inside listening but low enough to get drowned out by NYC traffic. As stated on other threads, this can be fixed..http://http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2248396. The screen can easily be scratched, it is thinly coated, and might do well with a DIY method or a screen protector. The memory leaves to desire however. They market it as having 1 g RAM//4gb Rom but its only a 2 gb ROM of which 1.5 is taken up by the OS. An external SD is a must, just got to Settings>Storage> and chose save to SD and SD for internal memory. You should be fine then.CAMERA is 8 mp main/ 2 mp front. Camera quality is good on this phone. Clear crisp, natural looking pictures in daylight. Flash is too bright.Audio is good quality, suitable for most, though not Sony. It will run on T-mobile/ATT in the USA but only at 2g speeds through EDGE/GSM/GPRS. If your texting and phone calls, your fine and may be settled. If its internet browsing, then its a bit slow to load. I use a VOIP program with Google voice to make free calls over WIFI. WIFI and Bluetooth connectivity is excellent. GPS locks in within 1 minute max, though better positioning may be had by a window. MTK 6589 chips are known for their poor GPS signals, and though even though its not a 6589T chip, it still works fine.

Any further questions, please ask...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] devilmc:
Hi guys,

I reached this thread due no section available for Newman phones.

I purchased a Newman K1 and i have a question (which are almost general questions)

1) I want to put MKV files (big files more than 4 gb) on the SD Card, which is automatically formatted to FAT32 only by android... i need ntfs (but it's not read by android) or ext4 (but the phone doesn't format in ext4). What can i do?

2) I want to merge all internal memory (4gb) in a single partition, and not apps+space, cause i'll use the external SD as the only data+files partition and i want big app single partition for the internal memory, but i dunno how i can repartition.

3) I have Super SU already installed, so the phone should be rooted, however ROM Manager doesn't seem to be able to install the recovery, it says it's already there but says that anyway and anyhow he cannot get supersu access.

4) How do i enter in recovery mode on a newman K1?

Regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] veskop:
Hi,I have problem with my newman K1.I put newest MIUI ROM,but the phone stuck on the first screen,where have to set the language...So I decide to restore my backup.But its impossible to enter in clockwordmode via Volume Up+Power ...next problem is,that my laptop doesnt recognize my phone,it says USB is not recognized,so i cannot use Flash tools to restore original ROM.I have drivers installed,because I restore my bricked phone many times,but now its impossible...Any ideas?thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nchipev:
I have newman k1b 512RAM , and the problem is with the connection to wifi, the icon stays gray and hence no connection to play store. Has anyone with original firmware for this phone.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kantoulf:
Recovery FAILURE

Hi guys,

I recently purchased a Newman K1, and I wanted to change my firmware. But in my recovery mode, there was not the "Choose from zip" option. So I decided to update it by installing ClockWorkMod Recovery with MobileUncle.

Here starts the problem. Apprerently, process went fine, but now, when I try to launch my phone in recovery mode, I get a whitescreen, and I have to relaunch it in normal mode. PLUS my phone doesnt recognize anymore my SIM card !!!

Guys, do you have a solution to this problem ?? Maybe something to do with adb ?

Thanks a lot..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GEPAL:
How to root the K1

hi,

I ‘m coming back to the first post of this thread which has been remain unanswered.

Does anyone know how to root the Newman K1?

I have bought a K1b and I assume it may bee root the same way as the K1.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kantoulf:
TO ROOT newman K1b : hexamob.DOTCOM/devices/devices-devices/android-rooting-methods-for-newman-k1-plus-with-android-version-4-x-jelly-bean/

TO GET ORIGINAL FIRMWARE : pandawillforumDOTCOM/showthread.php?24082-ROM-NEWMAN-K1B-sku49333(MTK6572-6589VERSION)

(Add "www" before and replace "DOTCOM" in the URLs by ".com")

Do somebody knows how to update the firmware after have flashed this firmware ? I have done it and it's said "Newman-K1-1.0.0" and before flash, it was "Newman-K1-1.0.7".

Thanks a lot in advance !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kantoulf:
Yes apparently it is 1.0.0 ...

I tried, but it says "connection error". I thing Newman provide updates here : bbs.newman.mobi/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=195. It's chinese written, but google translate make it quite easy to understand.

I don't know if it is compatible for K1b but I downloaded the latest rom. I'm going to try to update my phone with it, and post a feedback here.

---------- Post added at 09:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 PM ----------

Hey ! I have a better idea :

It seems it's possible to extract ROM from any MTK CPU based device with a tool named "MTK Droid Root and Tools" ! So If somebody has a Newman K1b (the one with 512mb of ram memory), it would great that he does it and upload the ROM he obtained !

See more details here (this is a great thread about unbrick MTK based devices. Many good informations, particularly in the first post) :

/forum.xda-developersDOTCOM/showthread.php?t=1943442 (replace "DOTCOM" by ".com")

And here is a link toward MTK Droid Root and Tools : dfilesDOTEU/files/fmnok7ke7 (Replace "DOTEU" by ".eu")

Thanks in advance to the people who will do that !
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kantoulf:
OK thank you very much.

I still gonna try to update from the ROM provided by Newman. I'm curious to see if it works and it could be helpful for someone else.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GEPAL:
Gapps don't work

Hi,

I have bought few days ago a K1B. The phone has a build No Newman-K1-V1.0.7 is not rooted and it had not loaded any Google application.

I have downloaded and installed the Play store and Google Maps apps, but when I try to open them I get a message “Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped OK” or “Google Maps has stopped” and the application does not work.

I have searched about that problem in this Forum and elsewhere and most solutions advice to use the Clear data, Force stop, restart the app method. When I try that method to fix it for the first time I run the application it works fine but after that it does not open again.

Does anyone has faced the same problem and found a solution?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kantoulf:
Yes I did. I did not have enought time to solve it because I bricked my phone, and install back an old version of the firmware (V1.0.0), which solved the problem (now google applications are working well).

BUT i thing that there is maybe some solutions in this italian forum : .androidianiDOTCOM/forum/altri-terminali-mtk/296579-recensione-info-freelander-i30-newman-k1.html (add "www" and replace "DOTCOM" by ".com")

You should be able to understand most of what it is written with google translate. On the first page, there is a mention about compatibility problem with google apps.

This page is also a mine of good links and informations : 4pdaDOTRU/forum/index.php?showtopic=447654 (Replace "DOTRU" by ".ru"). It's in russian, but once again, google translate is your friend.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tirmey:
Hi, everyone!

I can´t put the phone in flash mode. When i connect the device, windows identifies it as a mediatek preloader (drives correctly installed, i presume, but the phone disconect itself after a few seconds (two or tree). Then, i can´t run the flash tool. Someone had that problem? How can i solve it?

Thanks!!