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[Android General] dissidius:
I took the phone to another center service and paid 30$ FOR the service and now its okay let's hope it will not happen again!!!
[Android General] RobboW:
What was wrong with it?

Unlikely they would have spare parts in stock.

From XDA app with my W200.
[Android General] dissidius:
The service man told me the central board connected with the speaker wire was damaged at the part where it connects so he changed sth there i don't know what
[Android General] amd64best:
Yes, I used only stock ROM.
[Android General] RobboW:
You can probably make it a little louder with MobileUncle MTK Tools.

From Google Play.

It's basically using the engineer mode to tweak stuff with the phone, but be careful....

Engineer mode MTK section from memory.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox

Once installed on my W200 it runs English, not Chinese.
[Android General] hlbomfim:
Hello, junaid1989.

Did you fix this lag?

I've the same problem.

att,
[Android General] carlosac:
Is there any update about fixing the camera lag in dark ? Or is it hardware problem ? Only think i found i changing ISO to 100.
[Android General] eladmitz:
cwm

hi

can someone explain please how to install cwm with mobileuncletools? my stock recovery is in chinese...

couldn't flash it with sp flash tools, i donnow what the problem, i try to install drivers like you explain here and it didnt work, maybe because i have win xp?

thanks
[Android General] eladmitz:
scatter file

where do i get scatter file for sp flash tool?
[Android General] RobboW:
There's heaps of guides around for this and the job is easy, if you can connect to the phone with SPFT, one of the guys provided a tip on this if there is an issue.

My son's W200 came with a Chinese recovery too. Mine was English but I flashed both to CWM.
[Android General] eladmitz:
thnaks

i installed the drivers and flash it with SPFT, it say that i succeed, but when i go to recovery its shows "factory mode" in chinese, idont get it...

someone?

edit: now i got it - insted of pressing vol up i pressed vol dwn... lololo

thank u all guys
[Android General] RobboW:
You load the scatter file first, un-check everything but the recovery, click on the recovery line and point it to the CWM version you want, click download then connect the phone (off with no battery) to PC and it should find the phone, flash the recovery and show a little box and tell you it was successful. It has to find the phone with it off and you should not need to put the battery in.

Ooops, didn't see your edit :)

I've been trying to upload a bunch of zipped tools for this but the forum won't let me :(
[Android General] RobboW:
Ludoo, I was about to flash my saved backup after some experimenting, but decided to flash your one from here. It came up with a notification that android updated as it booted. So, it updated my existing installation rather than completely overwriting.

Was it supposed to do that?

DSP Manager has ruined the sound of PowerAmp, although Walkman sounds good.

I'll flash back with my backup. Maybe later I will go back to a standard firmware and flash yours on. Should I be wiping partitions, cache etc first instead?
[Android General] ludoo:
The message is related to the apps cache updating, not the system. :) Most app packages are new, and the system has to refresh their cache. The same happens if you manually change or add apks in /system/app.

As for not wiping user data, yes the ROM is designed to do that. It's a choice left to the user, but since you are only upgrading from a previous version of the exact same ROM, there won't be any problems by keeping all your data.

I don't use an eq unless a device has serious audio problems, and I generally don't keep those. The W200 sounds pretty good, one of the better sounding phones I have had, with only a minor peak in treble. My suggestion is to disable all equalizations and effects and give it a listen. As for the Walkman app, I find it generally sounds better than most others.

If you restore your backup it should also restore the cache and data, so no you don't need to wipe anything. If you upgrade from yours to mine, you can leave it alone or wipe the cache for good measure.
[Android General] RobboW:
Next time, I will load my son's backup from his new W200, then update with yours and save it again, then build up my customisations again from the beginning.

Should be good :p

BTW, have you used PowerAmp?

Best music app out there IMO. Sound quality is almost the best.

Neutron is a PIA to use, but it has sound quality second to none.

That Walkman app is so basic, I wasn't particularly enthused by it. The stock JB music app is as good.

I was wondering if there was a remnant of my experiments affecting things so it's hard to say what the real fault was.

It's flashed back to how it was earlier today now.

CWM recovery is awesome :cool:
[Android General] eladmitz:
:good:
[Android General] marsian0:
audio mod

If you want a really cool audio mod, you want to check viper4android mod from xda.

Also, the gravitymode and xposed works really great in this phone.

Cheers
[Android General] GODISMYCOPILOT:
I seem to get spam advertising on this thl but its stock all I have done is root it any one seen this b4

Sent from using xda app-developers app
[Android General] RobboW:
BTW, ludoo, I reverted to my almost stock firmware and updated to yours. I've been setting it up, but some feedback for you is that too many system apps have been removed. I fixed it, but what happened is that you removed the stock email and exchange clients which broke the ability to setup my work email accounts and tie with my calendar. I use a Microsoft activesync. I got the original .apk for them out of the RO EDi ROM and dropped them into system/app and corrected permissions. All set now, calendar synch is good.

It feels quite snappy still. I only have games to install now, apart from settings completion.

Have to look at audio, see how that works now that it's all being set from the start.
[Android General] nickrule1896:
Anyone can provide a foolproof way to unbrick this device? I have sp flash tools and mtk droid tools installed. Just made a backup of the current rom with mtk droid tools.
[Android General] ludoo:
Yes, I forgot to link to the two install zips with the stock keybord, and the missing system apps, they are on the ROM's page at needrom

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/rom-130703-cleaned-up/
[Android General] RobboW:
Are the extra zips meant to be installed from CWM or just swap in .apk manually from our file manager with the phone running? Then fix permissions.

The Experia keyboard is great, so will not be installing the stock one :good:

I'll keep Experia and Touchpal. See which I like best but Experia is the best stock keyboard I've tried yet.

Thanks heaps for this ludoo, you're a great help for the W200 community :cool:
[Android General] ludoo:
Yes the extra zips are for cwm. You can open the one with apps from 7zip and customize it by removing the apks and odex files you don't need, before installing.
[Android General] chinaphoneguy:
Here's my review

http://youtu.be/zyUePMXPE6E
[Android General] RobboW:
I've applied the app zip as is, worked fine, still running smooth :D

BTW, the newer firmware, did it come from a white W200? Seems to have coincided with the release of that.

I've just done a direct comparison between stock Music player, Walkman and Poweramp, all including DSP manager.

Walkman is a bit better than the stock Android Music player, but Poweramp still kicks Walkman's aRSe :p

I also used Mobileuncle MTK Tools to slightly raise the maximum volume of the phone so my Sony buds are a bit louder. I think they have a higher impedance than my Philips buds.
[Android General] dissidius:
Big news ro Eddie is out of his fu**ing mind!!!

With all due respect Roeddie or phenomenalxp or rofusion I've known you since the Vodafone Smart II community and i appreciated your hard work but you should make the links public and the ones who have in mind to donate will do it trust me!

I will donate only if you made the links public and if you remove the minimum 10€ it's called robbery i bought a thl w100 and a w200 just by trusting your words at the Vodafone Smart II thread you will get big points at your self if you make things the right way(just my opinion)

Best Regards Friend!
[Android General] reluded:
Hi guys, I find the only weak point of this phone to be its camera.

I can live up with the lag during dark scenes, but the lack of autofocus during video is pretty dissapointing.

Has anyone came up with a solution about the autofocus?
[Android General] 87auj:
flip out protective screen cover in actual use
[Android General] RobboW:
Hey guys, if you're in the right part of the world for this seller to ship to, these are the earbuds I'm using on my W200.

They're inexpensive and sound great. Do yourself a favour and get a pair before they disappear forever as they're an old model now. I think Sony stopped selling them so people would buy their armature series buds which cost sooooo much more, but I wonder how much sound quality difference there actually is.

I've been incredibly impressed by the value and sound quality of them. They deliver big, punchy bass and whilst the treble is not as prominent as some others, it's nice and smooth, not brittle sounding like buds with smaller drivers. I really rate them :good::cool:

They're also quite comfortable to wear, and with the side mounted driver, you actually feel bass beats and bass guitar notes like with bigger headphones.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SONY-MH-...ortable_Audio_Accessories&hash=item2ec60c784e

I'm sitting here typing this whilst listening to them :D
[Android General] ludoo:
I second your suggestion, I have them and they sound exceptional even compared to audiophile-quality gear.

Wooops, thought you were referring to the MH1, which I have and sound great. :) Will check out those you mention too.
[Android General] RobboW:
These were standard on the Xperia Z, they cost so little that it's weird comparing them to big name brands, but that's what you have to do.

I googled them for prices, found more hits that way instead of my ebay search.

If I had heaps of spare cash I'd look at the armature series buds with 3 or 4 way drivers, but so expensive :eek:

If I break these MH-EX300AP buds, it's no loss, I'll just buy another set.

Edit:

Just looked at the armature series buds and not all have a microphone, but these are 2 way with a mic. Over $200, lol.

http://www.sony.com.au/product/xba-2vp

Paying $12 for nice sounding buds is kind of amusing.

Edit:

I just lol'd, looked up top of my browser page and the Sony armature buds were advertised. Targeted adds from my search.
[Android General] zdravke:
I got mine today, not bad phone at all. There is no noticable lag I had earlier with all chinese tabs and older dual core MTK phones I had. Looks like a keeper.

Does anyone know if there is a battery charger available for purchase? Having two batteries without one does not make much sense.
[Android General] RobboW:
Haven't seen an extra desktop charger, I guess it comes with two batteries because they're cheap and a percentage of failures are expected?

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] dpaganello:
Looking on the sites of chinaphone seems very common to offer a second battery.

I agree that without a charger to have a second battery makes little sense

ps: this is my fourth Chinese phone and I have never had any problems with battery failure

Inviato dal mio W200 con Tapatalk 4
[Android General] zdravke:
How resistant is the screen to scratches? I got mine with screen protector applied already, but I would prefer not to use it.
[Android General] ludoo:
The screen is tempered glass, I've been using mine without a screen protector for almost a month, and have no scratches yet. Provided you don't keep it in the same pocket as your coins and keys, it will probably be fine.
[Android General] RobboW:
The included screen protector scratches very easily, mine looks trashed already. My hands are workers hands, not office hands, finger skin is tough. My old Samsung still has a screen protector from over a year ago and it still looks good after hard use. The THL protector is not worth having.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] yunsen:
Hello Guys

I wait or my THL w200. Maybe in a few days i will have it. Please can someone give me guide for what to do first? Like root cwm equalizer or cpu change.?? Something like a list for to do first.

Thank you very much.:good:
[Android General] RobboW:
It's quite a vanilla firmware as is. Root, CWM and a bit of cleanup and customisation/personalisation and it will run nice. Doesn't need much.

That one ludoo posted is good, but you might want to apply the app update zip to get some apps back. To be honest, mine runs nice and a heavily customised firmware is not really on my to do list. I only want what is flashable straight from CWM without mucking around with replacing boot.img separately etc. I've done CWM recovery, root, notification LED, ludoo's update, some cleanup etc. Nothing serious.

You don't need a battery booster or CPU app, it will just work contrary to the THL customisations for thermal management IMO, and maybe mess with response.

I check how mine runs sometimes, If I do something like start up a music player and play a song, then check what the system is doing, it immediately cuts back to one CPU core, the others go to sleep state. I have a feeling, in normal, general use, the 1.5GHz cpu is more efficient than the older 1.2 because it can run on one core easier, just momentarily cranking extra cores to multitask. I have no problem going 16 hours on a charge. If it had a 2100 mAh battery, it would go two days.
[Android General] ludoo:
I second what Robbo writes above.

A couple minor additions: my ROM already has the LED fix, no need to do it separately; to keep apps in check so they don't wake up the phone unnecessarily greenify works pretty well and is very easy to configure; you can customize the ROM with GravityBox, a module that gives pretty much the same customization options Cyanogenmod has (status bar, buttons, pie control, etc.), again it's very easy to install and configure.
[Android General] RobboW:
I must check out these suggestions :cool:

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] eladmitz:
there is Universal Battery Chargers like this: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-...For-Mobile-Phone-free-shipping/715399124.html

there is alot like this.. maybe they fit
[Android General] TOR11:
I would like the option to adjust the brightness on the notification bar in the style of Cyanogenmod (brightness setting at any time by sliding your finger on the notification bar). Does anyone know how to do?
[Android General] RobboW:
It has only 2 pin connection, the battery has 3 terminals, one of which may be used for feedback on the charge cycle. A simple charger may kill the battery quickly.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] RobboW:
Last night I added my Gmail account to my email client and removed the Gmail2 app from the phone. All accounts in one place, less memory consumption. Works well. I want to find a replacement for the stock email client with a dark theme, but it must support exchange and push.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] 87auj:
external chargers for 2nd battery on ebay

duplicate so best i could do to get it to delete completely
[Android General] netswim:
Is there any "bright" solution for bottom 3 buttons?
[Android General] RobboW:
Apparently they're at max already, nothing to fix that.

Installed Greenify tonight and did a little more app culling, removed 2 widgets, now got half my RAM free. System is very responsive :cool:

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] lmmerono:
I bought it and does not work, the battery is very long.

I solved with a rubber for sugección of the battery, it works very well but is slow to load, just gives 300mAh.

:o

EDIT, the battery has three contacts and the charger only two, well, the charger has a contact + and one - in my charger have to put the battery in the text above (see photo), the + button is on the left , but anyway at the time that the battery is properly connected wears the green and when connected to the network green-red flashes.
[Android General] msonix:
This video shows an even higher Antutu score:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxhTWwGpAs
[Android General] DavidLF:
Ufff guys , i'm very confused!

i've orderd the w200 but i think i will change it to the thl w8 . But i need to decide fast.

i think that the battery will screw me /: .

Any advices?
[Android General] Manan79:
I still think w200 is good choice, as it has got a different new body shape , and it is having just inuf rom 8 GB to support application data. 1 GB RAM should be inuf for most users, also most phones have HD screens which is very nice and uses less battery , FHD screens are good but consumes more power and there are very few newer phones having FHD, so dont mind having 720p screen. For all these differences you pay around 35$ less... then i think w200 is good option
[Android General] msonix:
Exactly, QFT.
[Android General] verynoob:
Could you tell us about battery life once you get the phone and play with it?

This phone looks good, but the battery capacity looks really small, if it had 2000mah battery I'd immediately go with it.

What's wrong with THL ?:silly:
[Android General] Spotify020:
W200 bought a few days a go in HKG

Guys, i bought mine last tuesday in hong kong. At the shop i got the w200, a extra battery, a powerbank and a microsd 8gb all for 1980 hk$. The only thing i can say is wow what a nice device! It feels good, reacts fast and the software runs smooth. Don't worry about the battery most of y'all will do fine with the battery. Till now i used it mostly for taking pictures (both camera's are 12MB!) and wifi. At the end of the day i still got about 40% left. I didnt use it much for conversations yet. Until now i didnt regret it for a second! The antutu benchmark showed me 15673!
[Android General] msonix:
Woah impressive score!

Btw, what about the batteries? What's their power? 1750 as announced?
[Android General] lampisd:
hello Spotify020 the gps work fine?the volume of the acoustic is good?any problem?
[Android General] Spotify020:
w200

[MENTION=4423204]msonix[/MENTION]: check the photo's

[MENTION=296222]lampisd[/MENTION]: like i've said the software runs very smooth, no problem so far with the gps. Even inside (3th floor and standing by the window) the google navigation is starting up and running. The w200 comes with a standard music app (with a equalizer onboard) the sound is clear and acceptable (i used it with Tunein radio and spotify).
[Android General] lampisd:
gps

spotify when you make phone call your microphone and headphone of the w200 works good?sorry for my bad english

---------- Post added at 03:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:14 PM ----------

how many days standby without charge the battery?one day its ok?

the gps in how many minutes lock your position?
[Android General] Spotify020:
w200

[MENTION=1222547]Lamis[/MENTION]d: generally i never use any headset or microphone when making phonecalls so i can't tell. But i think that the quality of that depends on the headset and not on the phone. But you can always use another headset. I'am used to charge my phone(s) every end of the day. At the end of the day my w200 is still around 35-40%. The gps position is locked in seconds...
[Android General] DavidLF:
Thanks

Oh man , Thanks!

now i feel much better about the W200 , i hope i will get it soon .
[Android General] varta:
Hi, please can any owner comment on the audio output quality (via 3.5mm jack) when good headphones are used? I use Audio-Technica ATH-T500 and Phonak PFE112 and I am worried that the audio output will be like crap. Now I have SGS i9000 and I find the quality sufficient, however I wouldn't like to go below that level.

Thanks.
[Android General] lampisd:
Hello any news from the phone?buy anyother the phone?any review on net?
[Android General] msonix:
I'm getting mine by the end of this week, or the start of the next one.
[Android General] :
need rom backup with cwm recovery

Hi

Could someone here provide an CWM backup of any rom version of ThL W200 !

If possible please just make a link here from dropbox, or devhost http://d-h.st/

Also if u can not post link becouse of being an just now member of Xda, than please mail me the link.

thank u !
[Android General] lampisd:
phenomenalxp try to ask your shop who buy the thl w200 to send you the rom.

do you have the phone?have problems?
[Android General] :
no i have ThL W100.

here is my thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2325150

i want this rom to modd it for ThL W100 !

thank u !
[Android General] RobboW:
I hope this phone is good, I just ordered one via ebay, massive leap up from my Galaxy Wonder, single core 1.4 with only 512Mb RAM.

I'll want to root the W200 but if the stock ROM is ok, I'm happy to keep that :p
[Android General] carlosac:
could you please write a small review and post here some pictures from the phone, when you recieve it ?

I would be very happy, thanks.
[Android General] lampisd:
hello in a few days i receive two white w200 is there any "bright" solution for bottom 3 buttons?
[Android General] RobboW:
I think we need a sub forum so we can have sticky threads and posts and easy search.

No solutions yet for button brightness and probably won't happen.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] ozpoz:
JB 4.3 Offiical Camera App

I think that I have found a solution to the poor camera performance at low light levels and it is now in the playstore. It is in the playstore as Camera Gallery JB 4.3 Official. Takes a little searching for and I am not allowed to post the link here because I am new.

Edit. As night fell more the lag returned however once focused it still takes great pics in low light. The lag definately has something to do with a sensor at night because during the day I was in a very dark room and there was no lag at all with the JB 4.3 camera. Weird.
[Android General] zdravke:
I am curious what the problem is with the camera as I don't seem to have it, and I am usually first one to detect issues on chinese devices. Low light video is a bit dark, but it's very fast for me. It is only before I start recording that I have very low frame rate - as soon as recording starts, video is smooth, even in low light.
[Android General] ozpoz:
Hi. when moving the screen to take a pic in the day it is very smooth but at night the video is very laggy until you stop the camera for pre focus. Is this to be expected with this phone??. I have noticed with the JB 4.3 APK that the pic quality seems to be improved unless I am imagining it. Perhaps I am expecting too much??
[Android General] RobboW:
I'm going to have to uninstall Greenify. Since setting it up, there are system functions that won't work properly, for instance, touching my standard clock widget to start the app and set an alarm elicits no response, but the desktop clock shortcut starts the app. The phone feels fast to operate, but some things just don't work.

Edit:

Degreenified everything and uninstalled the app, now it works ok again....

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] dissidius:
Please make a backup of your rom and upload it on mega because your firmware might have some fixes we others dont can you??
[Android General] RobboW:
My camera also behaves exactly as zdravke describes. Laggy in low light preview, smooth once shooting video has started.

Don't know if it's any different to how it was prior to updating using ludoo's modded, newer firmware.

Posted from W200 with XDA app :)
[Android General] ozpoz:
Is the original rear cover protector worth buying as I need to actually make the phone a little thicker or is it rubbish. The new flip cover is no good for my use.

I would have thought the chinese would have produced some alternative cases for this phone by now. I know that some of the sellers send the rear case as a bonus but I didnt get one. If anyone has an unused rear case in AU please let me know.