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THL w200

Hello everyone! In this thread you will find everything related to the Thl W200 smartphone- Various Roms, custom Recovery, extra modification zips, Tutorials, opinions and you will receive the proper assistance regarding this device.

New information will be added soon

Short description of the smartphone:

Model	ThL W200

Band	2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

3G: WCDMA 850/2100MHz

Sim Card	Dual SIM Card Dual Standby

Service Provide	Unlocked

Style	Bar

Color	Black

Shell Material	Plastic

System

OS	Android 4.2

CPU	MTK6589T Cortex-A7 Quad-core ARMv7, 1.5GHz;

GPU: PowerVR SGX 544

ROM	8GB

RAM	1GB

Screen

Display Size	5.0 Inch

Type	HD IPS screen, capacitive touch screen

Resolution	1280 x 720 pixels

Screen Color	16000K Colors

Support Format

Ringtones Type	Polyphonic/MP3

Audio File Format	MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC

Video File Format	MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263

Image File Format	JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG/GIF

E-book Format	TXT/CHM/DOC/HTML

FM Radio	Yes, earphone needed

Earphone Port	3.5mm

Card Extend	Support TF card up to 32GB extended

Data Transfer & Connectivity

Data transfer	USB/Bluetooth

Mobile internet	WAP/WIFI

General

Camera/Picture Resolution	Dual Cameras,Front:5.0M HD camera, Back:8.0M HD AF color camera

with flashlight and auto focus

Language	English,Chianese Simple, Chinese Traditional, French, Spanish, Portugues, Italian, German, Malaysia,Indonesia, Viet, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Thailand

AC Adapter	Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz; DC output: 5V and 500mA

Phonebook	1000

Message	SMS/MMS

Input	Handwrite/Keypad

TV	No

GPS	Yes, built in, also support A-GPS

With EPO assistance to speed up postioning

JAVA	No

WIFI	Yes, 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.1

Gravity Sensor	Yes

Multi-Touch	Yes , 5 point touch

Dimensions	141.5*71*9.3mm

Net Weight(Including battery)	155g

Standby Time	About 2~3 days

Other Feature	3G, WIFI, GPS, FM, Bluetooth, Ebook, Email, Messaging, wallpapers,

calendar, calculator, clock, camera, Play Store, compass, etc

How to Root:

In order to Root this smartphone you simply need to download the Framaroot app, copy it on your device and install it. Afterwards just open it, select Boromir as the rooting method and the app will root it and install SuperSu.

The original Xda thread as well as the latest version of the Framaroot app can be found here

Custom recovery:

For this smartphone there are 2 custom recoverys

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Clockworkmod recovery ( CWM)

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In order to use CWM recovery you need to download it from here CWM 5.5.0.4 and place it on your sd card (or anywhere on your device), open MobileUncle MTK Tools (you can download it from Google Play from Here and select "Recovery update" and choose the.img file you downloaded from above. After that restart and you will be able to use CWM.

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Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP)

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If you want to use TWRP custom recovery you need to download it from here TWRP and flash it with CWM.

ROMs

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Stock ROMs

.130815 Version ( ThL.W200.130815.JBV2.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589T )- for Sp Flash Tool

This is the official stock version of the Rom that came with the smartphone. You can download it from here .

It is not rooted and it includes Gapps. It's flashable with Sp Flash Tools.

Instructions on how to flash it:

- Unpack FlashTools, and Click on Flash_tool.exe

- Select a the MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt in ROM

- Wait file to be added into Flash Tool

- choose Option->USB Model,click USB Model

–> Choose Option->DA DownLoad All->Speed->High Speed, click High Speed

- Turn off your phone, remove the battery.

- "Press F9 (hit Download button)" OR " if upgrade ROM Firmware->Upgrade "

- and connect your phone into the computer via USB data cable.

- The process will start and a red progress bar will appear after color purple, yellow.

- And green circles display

- Finish !

- You can now safely disconnect your phone and turn it on.

.130817 Version ( ThL.W200.130817.JBV2.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589T )-for Sp Flash Tool

This is the official stock Rom, a newer version. You can download it from here.

It can be installed with Sp Flash Tools only.

Instructions on how to flash it:

- Unpack FlashTools, and Click on Flash_tool.exe

- Select a the MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt in ROM

- Wait file to be added into Flash Tool

- choose Option->USB Model,click USB Model

–> Choose Option->DA DownLoad All->Speed->High Speed, click High Speed

- Turn off your phone, remove the battery.

- "Press F9 (hit Download button)" OR " if upgrade ROM Firmware->Upgrade "

- and connect your phone into the computer via USB data cable.

- The process will start and a red progress bar will appear after color purple, yellow.

- And green circles display

- Finish !

- You can now safely disconnect your phone and turn it on.

.140111 Version ( Thl.W200.140111 .JBV2.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589T )-for CWM/TWRP- Compatible with all versions of the smartphone( 5&10 finger touch)

Credits go to region98 for posting this Rom.

This is the new factory stock Rom. You can download it from here.It's not rooted and it includes GAPPS

.It is flashable via Recovery ( CWM/TWRP).

Instructions on how to install it via CWM:

Put the firmware zip on the SD-card

Turn off the phone

Hold the volume up key + power to enter recovery

We perform:

- Wipe Data / Factory Reset -> All User Data delete

- Wipe Cache Partition -> Wipe cache

- Advanced -> Wipe Dalvik Cache -> Wipe Dalvik Cache

Next Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> choose the firmware and install it

After flashing the phone will reboot. You will have to wait some time until the boot.

If the phone hangs on the boot screen at boot time, hold the power button until complete shutdown (~ 10sec), go to recovery, then backup and restore -> advanced restore -> restore boot, restore boot and restart phone

.140224 Version ( Thl.W200.140224.JBV2.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589T )-for CWM/TWRP-

Credits go to region98 for posting this Rom.

There are 2 versions of this Rom. The 1st one is for older devices, the ones made before

24.02.2014

, which contains the old Kernel and it can be downloaded from here. And there is also the 2nd version which contains the new Kernel and is suited for newer devices(

past 24.02.2014

) and it can be downloaded from here.

The Rom is the latest Stock Rom, unrooted, odexed with nothing added. It is flashable only via Recovery with CWM/TWRP.

Instructions on how to install it via CWM:

Put the firmware zip on the SD-card

Turn off the phone

Hold the volume up key + power to enter recovery

We perform:

- Wipe Data / Factory Reset -> All User Data delete

- Wipe Cache Partition -> Wipe cache

- Advanced -> Wipe Dalvik Cache -> Wipe Dalvik Cache

Next Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> choose the firmware and install it

After flashing the phone will reboot. You will have to wait some time until the boot.

If the phone hangs on the boot screen at boot time, hold the power button until complete shutdown (~ 10sec), go to recovery, then backup and restore -> advanced restore -> restore boot, restore boot and restart phone

140310 Version (ThL.W200.156.140310.JBV2.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589T)- For CWM/TWRP and Sp Flash Tool- By Region98

Only for devices revision 140227 (140224) and newer.

Download for Flash Tool

Download for CWM/TWRP

Version made ONLY for devices with revision 140111 and older

Download for CWM/TWRP

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Modified Stock ROMs

ROM .130815 Edited by Ludolo-for CWM/TWRP

This is a cleaned-up version of the 130815 stock ROM dumped from a brand new system, packaged as zip for installation through recovery edited by Ludoo(Ludolo@androidiani).It supports both touchscreen models used in the W200. You can download it from here

Features:

* root and supersu

* busybox

* init.d support

* removed Chinese apps and keyboard

* removed all apps that can be installed through market (maps, calendar, android keyboard, etc.)

* added mi manager, walkman player, xposed installer, gravitybox, bootmanager, lagfix

* addex multilanguage Xperia S keyboard

* LED notification fix

Removed apps:

AtciServicek.apk

BasicDreamsk.apk

Email.apk

Exchange2.apk

FileManager.apk

Galaxy4.apk

GoogleFeedback.apk

GooglePartnerSetup.apk

LatinIME.apk

LatinImeDictionaryPack.apk

LiveWallpapers.apk

LiveWallpapersPicker.apk

MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk

MemoryCleanUp.apk

MoreAppBird.apk

MTKAndroidSuiteDaemon.apk

MtkVideoLiveWallpaper.apk

Music.apk

MusicFX.apk

NoteBook.apk

PhaseBeam.apk

PinyinIME.apk

ProcessManager.apk

SmsReg.apk

Talk.apk

Talkback.apk

Todos.apk

VideoFavorites.apk

VideoPlayer.apk

VisualizationWallpapers.apk

zycjsrf.apk

The removed apps can also be downloaded from Here

ROM .130817 (Aka Zound 2.5) Edited by Zound-for CWM/TWRP

This is the.130817 version of the Stock Rom modified by Zound (Zound@4pda). There were previous versions ( V1, V1.5, V2,) and this is the latest released. It is of course rooted.

You can download it from Here

It is flashable trough recovery via CWM/TWRP.

Instructions on how to install it via CWM:

Put the firmware zip on the SD-card

Turn off the phone

Hold the volume up key + power to enter recovery

We perform:

- Wipe Data / Factory Reset -> All User Data delete

- Wipe Cache Partition -> Wipe cache

- Advanced -> Wipe Dalvik Cache -> Wipe Dalvik Cache

Next Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> choose the firmware and install it

After flashing the phone will reboot. You will have to wait some time until the boot.

If the phone hangs on the boot screen at boot time, hold the power button until complete shutdown (~ 10sec), go to recovery, then backup and restore -> advanced restore -> restore boot, restore boot and restart phone

Change logs:

v 2.5 - Removed languages. Russian left (default), English, Ukrainian, Belarusian.

- New animation bottles with black background

- Select the photo to contact redesigned the square (960x960), display photo on incoming and outgoing calls left fullscreen.

- Changed the display style "often called" in contacts and phone. In the previous version with high-quality photos were strong lag when switching tabs.

- Settings for developers changed, selecting animation.

- Disable pop-up message when headphones are connected, the volume of excess.

v.2

- Holo.black style mms/sms, people, calendar, todo, notebook

- New style: Phone, dialpad, widget power control

- More information contact on the screen incoming and outgoing call

- In launcher new folder icon and background, larger icons

- Black style boot animation

- Return standard animations, new animation(1.5) in patch

- Updated Google apps, SuperSu

- Pre-installed latest offline speech recognition English, Russian

- Added Russian translation in some applications

- Patches different battery indicator (see links)

v. 1.5

- In launcher removed Google search bar, desktop grid 4×5

- Standard animation windows, transitions, and pop-up windows replaced with fly and flip

- Battery indicator percent (when charging also shown interest)

- Removed message about the lack of sim card when you reboot

- Slightly Improved the work Auto Brightness

v. 1.0

- Working with Auto Brightness. Set accurate readings and sensor lighting adjustment

- Setting the lower threshold brightness set to the lowest possible value

- Full-screen photo of the contact incoming and outgoing call (720×1280)

- Engineer mode and advanced settings menu in the settings Developer

- Advanced menu reboot

- The camera records video in mp4

- Long sms not be converted to MMS

- Choosing attachment mms to 1MB

- Russian search for a contact in the dialpad the first letters of the contact

- Google keyboard +

- Google voice search and voice input

- Removed Chinese apps

- File hosts ad filter

- root supersu init.d busybox

Deodexed Stock Rom made by MaximCSKA-for CWM/TWRP

This is the Stock Rom and it has been deodexed by MaximCSKA (@4pda).

You can download it from here

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Instructions on how to install it via CWM:

Put the firmware zip on the SD-card

Turn off the phone

Hold the volume up key + power to enter recovery

We perform:

- Wipe Data / Factory Reset -> All User Data delete

- Wipe Cache Partition -> Wipe cache

- Advanced -> Wipe Dalvik Cache -> Wipe Dalvik Cache

Next Install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> choose the firmware and install it

After flashing the phone will reboot. You will have to wait some time until the boot.

If the phone hangs on the boot screen at boot time, hold the power button until complete shutdown (~ 10sec), go to recovery, then backup and restore -> advanced restore -> restore boot, restore boot and restart phone

Perfomance Project v5.03 [Based on the .141101 Stock Rom] made by MaximCSKA-for CWM/TWRP

This ROM is a modified version of the .141101 stock ROM. It was modified by MaximCSKA(@4pda). You can download it from here.

Changes made:

- Rooted

- Suitable for all versions of phone

- LED indicator fully working

- Backlight keys works

- All stock chips saved

- Remove all unnecessary applications

- Fonts of KitKat

- Statusbar of Zound MoD

- The firmware uses of alternative radio firmware Pandawill (port Zoppo)

- Emphasis was placed between performance and power saving

- New battery tewaks (improved energy efficiency in the active mode works)

- Fixed bug with USSD Queries

- Little fixed translation

- Wallpapers of KitKat default

- New Xperia keyboard of MiUi

- Boot animation set as Google

- Integrated Baidu does instead UC Browser

- Gallery and camera from Android 4.3

- Integrated applications "Album" and "Movies" from Sony

- Integrated audio engine Pure Audio 2.0

- Stock app "Notes" is replaced by a beautiful Notes by RL

Credits go to MaximCSKA, Shornik15 and AlexFlud

Pandawill ROM V2 [Based on the .141101 Stock Rom] made by Miljenko-for CWM/TWRP

This Rom is based on the .141101 firmware and the changes were made by Miljenko. You can download it from here

Change log:

Changelog V2

- New base and kernel from Thl.W200.140111.JBV2.HD.EN.COM.8P64_MT6589T

- new modem taken from zopo and modified to work with W200

etc.

Framework is same as in V1. on first sight everything is same, but there are some changes under the hood.

CHANGELOG V1

- Flashable CWM/TWRP zip

- Busybox enabled

- init.d enabled

- Deodex APP and Framework

- Zipalign APKs

- GAPPS included

- Faster gps lock times

- Pandawill bootanimation

- Pandawill wallpapers

- Framework edit

- Apps cleaned