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[Android General] zdravke:
I don't that light sensor has that much resolution. Install Sensor Box and observe how lux values change: 10, 60, 160, 200, 2000, 10240 - that's it.
[Android General] RobboW:
That was something I wondered about, had not looked for an app to show the values. Would be worth doing for sure.

Might be able to set the brightness ramp steps better.

Edit:

CPU-Z also shows sensor values and it is exactly as you have posted.

Edit:

Played with settings again, now the phone seems to be boot looping. It was reliable all day. Will have to restore from CWM and not put so many of these apps in.....
[Android General] kaboc6:
I was looking from your shoulder from day 1, but nothing to say since now.

I would to thank you all of you that provide usefull info, in special way ludoo for his rom and robbow for install me the curiosity to try gravitybox.

Now that I use it I advice everyone to try. Looks better and smarter than stock phone.

I found the option to tilt the lockscreen in landscape but, when I unlock, the phone turns in portrait.

There is a setting to induce the phone to behave like a tablet?

Thank you for your attention.
[Android General] RobboW:
Restored back to this morning, gone through the steps to cleanly remove bootmanager and LagFix. Running sweet again.
[Android General] last0ne:
flash back to stock

how can 2way call record like MIUI dialer?
[Android General] True NZMikey:
You can always download a app "Call recorder" if there isnt one on the ROM
[Android General] last0ne:
thank you dude.

I found it in stock. press menu button, it will show "start recording" menu.
[Android General] kaboc6:
roppassa firms

Finally I've found what i was looking for.

Now my w200 behave like a mini tablet, automatic rotation work even in home page and in app drawer. Sweet.

Apex Launcher will do the trick :)
[Android General] ludoo:
ROM 130815 with support for both touchscreen models, from a system dump of a recently delivered phone. Flash through recovery, the additional zip contains all removed apps, you can open it and remove the apps you don't need before flashing.

https://mega.co.nz/#!ttxnVLwY!KGatGkxvyO8CE94oLXZTRknZY9ZJ-pGzb4OiwC0XcOc

https://mega.co.nz/#!JxAHjLJb!fxPypB2ShyyiEM5wdVXvxiGkCR94I7kCh_S9TXvA2Oo
[Android General] invertgoat:
Sh**, my device has DEAD pixels.... I can count three with the screen displaying black. They are white and blue. Should I send mine back to the seller?
[Android General] zdravke:
There are some apps that can rattle pixels a bit and try to recover them. Look in the playstore.

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So what's new in there, if anything?
[Android General] ludoo:
Hard to say. The kernel for sure since it was compiled with support for both touchscreen models, apps and framework are also binary different from previous versions, but that might only be because they have been recompiled. Who knows?
[Android General] zdravke:
Is camera shutter still slow in preview?
[Android General] ludoo:
Yes, you need the 4.3 camera, then switch from camera to video and back and the bug is gone until the next reboot.

https://mega.co.nz/#!ItoHxbab!Tbp-mWWGOXa0pNkQg_hfMzCxk5x6UIf1sqUkTKkmu2o
[Android General] zdravke:
Thanks. Flash from recovery?
[Android General] dissidius:
Which would be better ludo?

Latest Stock or the MIUI i mean performance and daily use.
[Android General] kaboc6:
just an advice for the new 815 release by ludoo.

I already had Xposed and GravityBox installed. Upgrading to this new rom GravityBox won't work. It seems installed, but I can't uninstall nor upgrade the app.

Will try to uninstall prior to upgrade to 815.

Backup is highly recomended guys.
[Android General] zdravke:
Question for those who already tried backup/restore from CWM - how can you be sure your backups are good, without actually restoring from them?

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Pretty impressive radios on this phone - very fast wifi speeds and very solid gps tracking.
[Android General] kaboc6:
I am not sure till it is restored. It is a faith matter :fingers-crossed:
[Android General] RobboW:
Mine restores fine from CWM, done it a number of times now.

When you make a backup of your phone with CWM, it autogenerates an MD5 sum, then when you restore with it, it checks the MD5 sum before flashing.
[Android General] zdravke:
I have a weird issue on 1st home screen - I cannot put any icon on low right 3x3 space. Anyone seen this?
[Android General] RobboW:
I'm having trouble downloading the files. Mega causes issues with Firefox for me. :(

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Maybe the space has been reserved by a widget that didn't work out properly?

Delete the screen and make a new one, try again.
[Android General] zdravke:
I managed to remove invisible widget only, thanks.
[Android General] RobboW:
I resorted to using Internet Explorer to download, lol. Haven't used it on my PC for a long, long time.
[Android General] elsita:
thanks so much for this rom ludo, but I have some questions about these files:

1- this rom has cwm recovery? in that case, is it a recovery made from this stock rom or the previous recovery used to flash it remains unchanged?

2- is it rooted?

3- the files you link are removed already from the full rom?

4- have you added any extra app to the stock rom?

5- would it be possible to make a flashable rom with flashtools when flashed your rom, using for instance mtkdroidtools?

I am looking for an untouched stock rom flashable from flashtools just in case I have a system crash, that is the reason for question 5 and some of the others.

What about the problems with gravity box? I have it installed, should I remove it before flashing your zip rom?
[Android General] kaboc6:
1- you must install this rom through CWM. You can upgrade CWM, but this is another story.

2- sure

3- this are contained in the second zip ludoo posted. You can unzip, remove what you want, re-zip and install with CWM

4- yes, there are some like boot manager and others are changed, like the keyboard, but I can't remember them all now

5- don't know

6- I suggest you to uninstall Xposed and Gravitybox, make a backup (if something goes wrong), then flash this new rom
[Android General] RobboW:
It seems to me this may be based on a ROM made to work with all models, not an improved ROM from THL, maybe those already on the older Ludoo ROM don't need to flash this one? There's no benefit to having a touchscreen driver for a screen not in your phone.

That being said, I'll probably try it, just because I can easily flash back with CWM.

And just to be more clear on the CWM point, that has to be installed first, before you can make a backup and then flash to something else, so no, it doesn't contain CWM.

If you want to keep your current system as is, do a CWM backup and before flashing the new rom, wipe the caches from CWM so it doesn't keep your apps etc. Start from a clean install and build it up.
[Android General] elsita:
thanks for the answers, so is it posible to add the apks in the extra zip to the full rom zip and flash it?

I would like to know what has been added before flashing. As for the keyboard, I don't think it is changed, only pimyin removed as I see in the extra zip, and for the added apps I can identify sony music and gravity box ...
[Android General] kaboc6:
Keyboard is not stock. Ludoo use Xperia keyboards in his rom.

Other than you already mentioned there are BootManager (modules of Xposed) and Greenify for sure. Maybe some others.
[Android General] ludoo:
Added apps:

* Xperia S keyboard

* Walkman app

* Xposed framework installer

* GravityBox Xposed module

* BootManager Xposed module

* Greenify

* Mi File Manager

* Lagfix

As for having a stock ROM for SP flashtool, there are some on needrom or elsewhere. I'd give you the system dump I used but I seem to remember the .img files were in a different format from the ones usually included with flashtool flashable ROMS (i.e. the ones I used were raw ext4 images instead of sparse images as is usually the case).
[Android General] zdravke:
This stock dialer's T9 search is erratic. It just does not find some contacts that contain given string. Any other dialers we can flash instead? I'd prefer stock JB 4.3, but could not find it.
[Android General] invertgoat:
Can anyone do a mic test for me? On my handset I seem to be getting some random loud background noise whilst recording. Someone I skyped noticed it, then I did a video and got the same thing. It's very loud and sounds like I'm standing next to a busy road. It's quite random...

Anyone?
[Android General] lmmerono:
TWRP for w200?

Hello, ludoo can u tell me if there is a TWRP recovery for our thl w200?.

Thanks in advance
[Android General] djport1973:
With pureperformances x
[Android General] zdravke:
I did a test with stock recorder and it turned out perfect.

sent from W200 using xda app
[Android General] GODISMYCOPILOT:
any one know ware i can get a digitizer for the w200 as ive cracked it
[Android General] dissidius:
Zeno edition? Cm or stock zip?
[Android General] djport1973:
Cm.zip
[Android General] invertgoat:
Did the same. Works fine using the stock recorder. Seems like it only happens whilst on Skype or video camera....argh. Have a try and see what happens?
[Android General] dissidius:
Why not stock? Why cm? Because our roms ar AOSP? Am i wrong?
[Android General] RobboW:
Was there an issue with DSP Manager? I see that has not been included this time.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] True NZMikey:
THL Mobile Mall - $75
[Android General] djport1973:
I tried both. And not notice differences. And I left with cm.
[Android General] ludoo:
I don't like equalizers, and decided this time to include only what I actually use, especially since everything else can be flashed separately.

CM audio DSP zip

https://mega.co.nz/#!oggCSSza!fmtamxZl9B1GI9R2fsWhAUEHSkQQUzjFSe5AFQ97Rzo
[Android General] zdravke:
Screen is still too bright in the night, has anyone managed to fix it?

sent from W200 using xda app
[Android General] kaboc6:
I managed to reduce brightness through GravityBox but still too bright in low light.

So I'm using Screen Dimmer. Can be scheduled so there is no need to start program everytime.

The only think is that it applies a filter instead of reduce the current, so battery doesn't have any benefit.

If anyone have a better app I will appreciate.
[Android General] GODISMYCOPILOT:
are these easy to dissemble the screen
[Android General] RobboW:
You may be the first owner to attempt it, let us know :P

And video it :cool:

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)

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I'm finding it ok at 10%, not sure if you can go lower via engineer mode parameters.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] last0ne:
+1
[Android General] Anushka`:
hi guys

i am having trouble with the 3G.

in settings i turned on all the functions about data and 3G and still, the 3G doesnt appear.

any solutions?

thanks.
[Android General] ruslan4real:
Anushka,

Try to set new APN that your cell provider works with.
[Android General] ruslan4real:
Who knows how to delete extra pages from the preview screen?

There are no option to change anything on the launcher or I am missing something?
[Android General] Anushka`:
i just call them, and they cant send me any "package"(that what she called it when i talk to her) cuz she cant see this phone in her stock..

there is something i can do without the cell provider?
[Android General] ruslan4real:
Try to search the web your provider 3G & MMS settings.

Write on google :

(Your cell provider name) APN settings.
[Android General] RobboW:
You just need APN setting values for the mobile internet for your carrier. It's not something to do with supporting the specific phone.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)

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I don't use the stock launcher, it's very limited. I have Holo Launcher HD. It's a fantastic launcher with huge scope to customise.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] ruslan4real:
I will try it.

How does the phone handles it?
[Android General] Anushka`:
Thanks everyone i managed to get the company info and now the 3G is working.

Have a great day.
[Android General] Lindsay02:
I also can not use the 3G network, so far, I still use the 2G network. :crying:
[Android General] RobboW:
It's not heavy on resources, the phone runs it easy. There's the free version (very good) and paid adds a little extra, but it's not needed, although I paid to support the dev.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobint.hololauncher.hd

The desktop can have pages edited, I only have 4 pages but modded to use a 5 x 6 grid. The dock can be modded and I have 3 pages with 6 icons a page. I set my app drawer to vertically scrolling and 5 wide, 6 deep in icons. So many settings, I just cannot cover it in here but I spent a lot of time getting it just right. You can also backup and restore the settings to/from SD.

Edit:

Looking at my screenshots, I realised my stock clock widget is falling behind on date.

I installed 3 clock widgets, only one even works ok on my phone. Will see how it keeps up. Uninstalled the others. I think the HD screen messes with some widgets, but also, the custom grid size I have set. The widget I installed, that works, resizes ok and when tapped, opens alarms. I wanted small memory footprint and minimal permissions, no internet access and show date.

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[Android General] ruslan4real:
ludoo,

I just can't paste the file in to the hw folder. I am getting an error.

another thing is that i can't find the properties so i can set it to 0644.

I am using ES FILE EXPLORER.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47638624/Screenshot_2013-09-23-12-59-03.png

Thanks.
[Android General] RobboW:
0644 translates to rw-r-r in ES File Explorer.

ES is not a simple and easy to pick up app, but IMO, it's the best file manager. A very powerful app. You need to get your settings right and learn how to use it, then it helps you so much.

Make sure it's set to go to root explorer level and set it to access the file system in read/write mode. The phone needs to be rooted and allow the app access in superuser. It helps to have the select button enabled in the ES taskbar too.

I've done some some screen shots but will have to get mine on a charger, I've let it go into it's second day on a charge to see how long it will go. There's also a screen shot of the battery log. Over a day and a half with light but regular use :good:
[Android General] dimitris.12345:
antelife thl w200 problem

For buyers of THL W200 with mtk6589 at 1.2Ghz from antelife.com as posted at their facebook page:

[News About W200 compensation]

Now we get solution from THL company for old W200 in 6589 – Today we represent THL and say sorry to you guys. Those guys who get a W200 in 6589 is the original version of W200, although 6589 is close to 6589T. Recently, we receive some customers’ complaints for this part. About this business, we have contacted THL official and discussed. Later, THL official apologized for their mistake to send us the original W200 so that we also followed the mistake. Now the THL official and Antelife reach consent to make compensation for you guys in 2 ways:

1.We’ll return you $15 if your W200 is in 6589. However, you should offer us photos or videos to prove it in original version.

2.If you still insist to get the new W200 in 6589T, you can return it to China and we’ll send you the 6589T W200. If choosing this way, you need to pay shipping fees, as well as taxes if possible.

Sorry to bring you trouble in the past for the mistake. As to the original W200, we would love to suggest you customers to choose the 1st solution. And someone would also like to ask us the test for mobiles. Here we can tell you that each of your package is tested before shipment for basic functions and accessories in it or not, but CPU excluding.

We hope you get above info informed. We thank you for your understanding and continuous support! Your business is always ours. We’ll do better and better. Thank you again!
[Android General] ruslan4real:
Thanks a lot.

It works fine.

Is there any option to change the color of the blinking light?
[Android General] TOR11:
On the issue of W200 with processor to 1.2, I refer antelife representative answer:

@ lowry, I have intention to buy the W200 THL, but I'd like you confirm that you send the original processor is 1.5, for I have seen on various national and international forums that has reached 1.2 processor when these features do not come in the THL website. Thank you very much.

Hi @ TOR11, do not worry about that.

Because part of the factory, we have sent a W200 THL MTK 6589 processor 1.2 MHz to customers who ordered the 1.5 MHz Processor, sorry for that, now we will solve the problem to those customers.

Also continue with more attention, not the phone incorrectly send it more. Please feel free to buy.

Thanks and regards.
[Android General] RobboW:
For the notification LED, I haven't seen any mods for colour, but I'd love to make mine blue :cool:

I'm not a dev or even a significantly advanced user, so I don't dig into the system quite enough for that, plus a lot of the files are in Chinese which doesn't help :-/

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] ludoo:
Well if the LED is red there's not much you can do about it, short of replacing it with a blue one. :)
[Android General] ruslan4real:
dissidius,

I tryed the mobileuncle and did enter to cwm recovery but it only works that way.

It isn't working if you try after that entering the recovery with pressing the Power+Vol down. It is entering the chinies recovery again.

Ideas?
[Android General] Nestagirl:
Does anyone have solved the camera lag? I've been using the camera zoom fx app but the problem persists :/ Anyone uses an app that doesn't have this lag? Thanx in advance!
[Android General] zdravke:
How do you know 3g does not work?

sent from W200 using xda app

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It's the shutter speed issue. If you set exposure to low value, it will be faster.

sent from W200 using xda app
[Android General] ephumuris:
What is the camera lag bug is it on all roms? Is the only solution 4.2 camera and switching to video and back?
[Android General] dissidius:
Disable quick boot find it on settings install titanium backup which gives you the option to restart in recovery or intall xposed framework together with Gravitybox(find these here on xda)

And see the tweaks on Gravitybox which can give you advanced reboot menu via power button

Regards
[Android General] ephumuris:
Volume upppppppp.

vOLUME UP.
[Android General] RobboW:
Yes, you use power and volume up keys for recovery mode, not vol down.

Another method is Elixir Widgets.

If you set a reboot toggle, it gives the reboot options when pressed, like with gravitybox. I was using it but deleted/uninstalled because gravitybox gave enough function to not need it anymore.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)

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This question gets asked because some phones can have different colours with LED. My old Blackberry Bold 9700 could do it. Stock was red but mine was made to light up blue.

I don't think W200 will be able to do it, but I don't mind, I'm happy it has the LED at all :)

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] ruslan4real:
Thanks.

Installed the app. works good.

About the vol. down, it is because I used to the HTC sensation phone and there this is the method.

Thanks again always learning.
[Android General] zdravke:
camera

I have been using "Your Magnifying Glass" free app as magnifying glass on Nexus 4, so I wanted to try it on W200 too. At first I was disappointed that slow frame rate from camera persist here too, but also app could not autofocus at all. I went into settings and turned "Enable High FPS mode" and "Alternative Focus" on, and the frame rate suddenly became as we would like it to be in camera too - fast and smooth.

Maybe there is a setting in camera somewhere that can be tweaked?
[Android General] ephumuris:
Can anyone answer this please?
[Android General] RobboW:
I suspect the phone simply has a cheap, low performance image sensor and it doesn't work well at high ISO settings, so the software keeps it low, but slow.

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[Android General] fbhtc:
Led RGB

...do you have tried the Light flow or Blink led flash app?

Reg,

FB
[Android General] ludoo:
Guys, the LED is a single red one, it's a hardware issue. Multicolor LEDs are more expensive and need more expensive controllers. It's like asking if I have checked for the phone case to be really plastic, hoping it would turn out to be an aluminium unibody instead... Just accept this for what it is, an exceptionally good budget phone, and be happy.
[Android General] RobboW:
Yes, exactly, I'm happy with mine.

Also, don't expect the camera to work like a 200 dollar compact digicam, it's a 200 dollar smartphone, probably with a 2 dollar image sensor.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] fbhtc:
...I'm very happy :) very very >>>> my w200 have a quad core MT6589TTTTTTTTT...and 1,5GHz...iiiiuuupppiiiiii...

...2 dollar?...so expensive?...:cool:

Reg,

FB
[Android General] Nestagirl:
Ok, this sounds interesting, because even if the camera has a 2dll sensor :P this app demonstrates that the lag doesn't have to be there. And yes, I'm one of those extremely happy with this phone, but if we can improve it a little more, I wouldn't complain :)
[Android General] fbhtc:
...if you want you can try this...is a litle better than stock camera ;)
[Android General] GODISMYCOPILOT:
http://thlmobilemall.com/

are http://thlmobilemall.com/ safe to buy from ive read on here that they dont have a good rep

also what is the eta on post to uk any one know ?

i have a black one will it be the same if i choose the white one instead
[Android General] djport1973:
Other ROM.The famous lewa.
[Android General] ludoo:
Oh nice, where?
[Android General] chal61:
needrom.com
[Android General] RobboW:
That gave me a lol :D

And you may be right, even though it was a joke. I have no idea of the real value.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)

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What is Lewa? Sounds interesting.

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Should be the same, unless the screen is the different model. You might not notice a difference. I've wondered if the change of screen affects the brightness issue?

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[Android General] djport1973:
http://www.needrom.com/phone-roms/thl/
[Android General] True NZMikey:
LeWa ROM any good?
[Android General] RobboW:
I meant, what is it? As in, difference to stock JB. Is it something a bit like MIUI? Not many will want to flash their phone with something unknown.

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[Android General] ruslan4real:
Hi guys,

I flashed it but I can't root it with framaroot.

The rom looks fine but it is only in four langs.

en,ru and chinies or something.

any if someone manage to root it with framaroot I will get back to the rom.

Another thing is when you turn to english lang there are still rus word like charging while charging and apps in rus lang.
[Android General] ephumuris:
It's far from unknown!! It is very much like MIUI with a lot less theme support but some nice features. Can always make a nandroid to test it out or look it up online loads of info about it.
[Android General] djport1973:
Hello. I did framaroot root with no problem. To have almost everything in your language use the more locale 2 apk. After rebooting. In my case, I'm Spanish. Only the English menu. The rest in Spanish
[Android General] last0ne:
look great , how many ram remain at startup?

and camera is good or not?