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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
I welcome everybody to the thread about the upgraded ZP980.

ZP980 vs ZP980+

The + version is supposed to be the exact same hardware as the ZP980, only with double the internal memory and RAM.

Why a separate thread for this variation?

Many people have pointed out that this model is basically the same as the ZP980 except for the size of the RAM and the internal storage (2GB vs 1GB and 32GB vs 16GB respectively).

The discussion is still going on in the ZP980 thread. Until it is 100% confirmed that everything works exactly the same for both phones, I am planning to keep this thread. Except if XDA decides differently of course. :)

In any event, this thread was not created to compete with the ZP980 thread. Personally I follow that one too and participate in the discussion. This thread here only exists as a point of reference for confirmed methods, tricks, ROMs and recoveries for the ZP980+.

Can I try ROMs and other stuff I find in the thread for the standard ZP980?

I would say yes, with some caution.

In case you try something that works or -even more important- something that does not work, please be kind and share with us in this thread. This way you are helping the community take the most out this excellent piece of hardware and avoid mistakes.

Phone specs:

5" screen

FHD Super Retina Display 1920*1080 pixels, 441PPI, OGS﻿

CPU MTK6589T - 1.5Ghz

2GB RAM﻿

32GB internal storage

13-megapixel rear camera

Android 4.2 out of the box

2G: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz﻿﻿

3G: HSPA 850/2100 MHz

Battery:Li-Polymer, 2000mAh﻿﻿

Dimensions: 143.3 x 70 x 8.5﻿mm﻿

Weight: 150g

IF YOUR PHONE DOES NOT HAVE THESE EXACT SPECS, PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU READ IN THIS THREAD.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
Confirmed Root Methods

1. Framaroot: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276 (first reported by Jan1959)

Note:

it is possible that after upgrading to the latest version Framaroot does not work any more.

2. Eroot has worked for some users.

Credits go to the people who developed all the stuff that I mention in this post and to the people who pointed them out to me to include them here.

I repeat: :)

IF YOUR PHONE DOES NOT HAVE THESE EXACT SPECS, PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT YOU READ IN THIS THREAD.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
My ZP980+ is waiting for me in Greece. I'll have it in a couple of weeks since I live in Switzerland.

But I couldn't wait to open this thread and prepare for what I need to do. :)

Has anybody already received it?

Did you manage to root it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Maheshwara:
I managed rooting it via ERoot. I learnt that this is the only possibility to get rooted new zopo generation. Would be glad if there were another also working with linux. But as far as I know, there has not been any yet.

Dimitris, will you keep 1st post of this thread actual? It would be useful, if any custom ROM fully compatible with this model were linked in this opening thread as well as root tools and other useful tooling.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Jan1959:
The answer is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
I am planning to keep the 1st post up to date IF nobody else offers to do it (I am sure XDA can change the poster of the OP if we ask them to, I have seen it done in other forums).

I only started this thread because I wanted to make a clear distinction and avoid bricking my device (selfish me) and also help others avoid bricking their devices.

I will add in the OP any useful piece of information that I see posted in the thread, starting with Framaroot (by Jan1959) and ERoot (by you) will follow if you explain a bit more (either describe what you did or provide a link as Jan1959 did :) ).

Did you succeed with this method? If not, do you know anybody who did? I don't see this model in their list so I guess somebody should let them know so that they add it there.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Jan1959:
Yes, it works fine
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Maheshwara:
I seems to be logical that it works, because I do not know a root method which works on zp980h, but does not on c2 platinum. C2 platinum can be found in compatibility list. It is the 1st model of the higher zopo generation.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Jan1959:
I dont know what you mean that it seems to be logical that is works.

I run the app and mine zopo 980 (2 GB ram en 32 GB rom delivered last week) is rooted.

I check it and work with a rooted device. :laugh:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Maheshwara:
This referred to Dimitris' allusion, that zp980h is not part of the compatibility list. I mean that older root methods (i. e. motorola apk exploit and so on) do not work any more with newer zopo devices. 1st of these devices is c2 platinum. Up to now, I have known only eRoot which is able to root it and zp980h. If framaroot works with this, it should also work with zp980h.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
going to follow this, ordered mine 21/08 on mixeshop for shipment to belgium.

Hope it's on his way because they say 5 to 7 days and the 5 day is today and status is still processing but i read that chinese shops don't put a lot of effort on status changes, maybe anyone experience with this shop?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ante007:
I used eroot and manage to root with one click without problems. win7 have installed all the necessary drivers automatic.

Poslano sa mog ZP980 koristeći Tapatalk 4
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
I had problems with eroot and the drivers on Win7.

But the method from the OP (Framaroot) worked for me great.

Just copied the file, installed the app. After that just opened, selected SuperSU and Boromir exploit). After that reboot and I have now root (already eliminated this annoying bootsound)

Thanks for the tip!

---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 PM ----------

I bought it from zopomobileshop.com and they were just great with the updates and communication.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Maheshwara:
Framaroot does not work with zp980h. I have just tried - it is nothing more than root in the shell. This is not enough (at least not for me).

---------- Post added at 08:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:26 PM ----------

Framaroot did not work at all with my phone. Which version did you use? Did you upgrade to today's OTA-Upgrade before rooting?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
I used latest version, I think 1.6, and didn't` upgraded before

tapatalked from a ZOPO ZP980
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Maheshwara:
Ok, then with new Upgrade for zp980h, it does NOT WORK any more. Old binaries are updated, but root access fails. Could you please verify that by upgrading and then trying to root again?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
Can somebody show me a thread on XDA where Eroot is discussed?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Jan1959:
After updating today the zopo was unrooted.

After starting framework1again the zopo was once again rooted.

Until now it works fine.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] s_hri:
zp980h 2gb/32gb using nvram warning

HELLO DEAR

I AM USING KING SLIM ROM FROM NEEDROM , BUT EVEN ON OTHER ROMS MY PHONE IS SHOWING SAME NVRAM ERROR WHEN I SEARCH ANY WIFI NETWORK. AND WIFI IS NOT WORKING

PLEASE GUIDE WHAT SHOULD I DO . SOME DETAILS OF MY PHONE WITH ANOTHER ROM

MODEL NO - ZP980

BASEBRAND VERSION MOLY.WR8.W1248.MD.WG.MP.V7.P1

BUILD NO - ZP980 20130615-YZFL

WIFI MAC ADDRESS - 00:08:22:3C:07:4F

PLESE GUIDE WHAT TO DO

PROBS ARE

NO WIFI SIGNALS EXCEPT NVRAM ERROR.

CAN ANYBODY SOLVE THIS PROB PLZ SUGGESS.:confused::fingers-crossed::(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] s_hri:
EROOT

http://chinamobiles.org/showthread.php?35802-Root-für-Zopo-C2-Platinum-hier-zum-Download-MTK6598t
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Maheshwara:
Which version of Framaroot? I tried last two versions and it looked really strange. I could only see Boromir exploit (no possibility to change exploit type). What is wrong with this app?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
I could as well only see Boromir exploit but this is exactly for our phone and it worked. Framaroot 1.6

tapatalked from a ZOPO ZP980
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Jan1959:
Framaroot 1.6.0

Try the other superuser choice
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Maheshwara:
Tried all - it did NOT work. The only working exploit is eRoot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] j3sus18:
ROMs

Hi All.

My phone just arrived today. I have managed to root it, but i would like to install an other rom than the stock. Could somebody suggest a 4.2.2 ROM, which is working properly, and is ok for daly use? 4.2.1 is OK also ;)

Is the Upgraded ZP980 able to run with the roms from C2 and the original ZP980 ROMs (if Yes, which one? A or B?)

Thanks in Advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
Welcome!

According to what people say in the ZP980 thread, all ROMs or most ROMs for the 1/16 GB ZP980 will work for our phone.

Please let us know how it went if you try any ROM. :)

Which method did you use to root?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
Arrived from this morning and loving it . smooth stable no ghost touches and very good wifi and gps. In the updater it says that 18/08 is avalaible but im good now so i don't update. Only thing i have, sometimes he says gapps fc but if i put a cwm on it i can flash gapps
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] eltdesign:
i have one 980+ 2gb 32gb and cant get 3G signal... tryed to disable unused bands but still no signal reception... we have 2100 wcdma here.. anyone experienced this problem before?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
nope, filled in the apn settings from the provider(belgium) and after 1 whole day i had 2 minutes of edge and the remaining day i had h+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] eltdesign:
there is no apn settings problem... just no 3g signal reception...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
Maybe sim in wrong slot? Do you use 1 of 2?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
If you install this app, does it find the networks?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.staircase3.opensignal
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
Hello.

Since nobody replied, I will suggest to do a factory reset and see what happens next. In any case you have lost your root, so there's nothing worse that can happen (I guess, but I am not responsible for anything going wrong :fingers-crossed: ).

Once you have done the factory reset, please let us know if you are still facing this force closing.

I hope you had kept backups of the apps that you want to backup before the update, e.g. with Titanium. ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
Thx, in a meantime I deleted all the force closing Google apps with titanium and re-installed them from the playstore. Now everything is working just without any problems. No need to install new Rom.

tapatalked from a ZOPO ZP980+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
Good to know. :)

Did you manage to keep root after the update?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
For the first time I rooted with framaroot. After it I bought the pro key to the super SU app (as it was adviced in the framaroot topic) and in it I ticked the survival mode. After applying official update the phone remained rooted this way.

tapatalked from a ZOPO ZP980+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
There are only 5 governors in stock kernel:

ondemand

userspace

powersave

hotplug

performance

Stock is hotplug

And 3 I/O scedulers:

cfq

noop

deadline

Stock is cfq
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
I know but if you don't root you can't change gouvernor or somebody knows a app for non root devices
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
I think there is no need to change...

tapatalked from a ZOPO ZP980+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
i have to charge my phone in the afternoon after charging all night, i think the hotplug is not good for me. if i don't touch my phone maybe i have good battery but then why you have a phone :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
I listed the options therefore because I think hotplug is the best option for us:

You can read all tzhe informations here:

governors

Maybe powersave can be an option for the battery but it clocks down the CPU to the set minimum value
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 66aaaa:
Costom roms for ZP980+ (2/32Gb)

Hi Guys,

Which ROMs do you use on your phone? (No bugs, smooth etc.)

Could you build a ROM list for us please?

THX
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
Stock, rooted. No bugs here and after freezing unneeded things smooth too

PS: I see you are from Hungary, where are you living exactly?

tapatalked from a ZOPO ZP980+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
Hey guys, i flashed a custom rom from needroms and well it has a bunch of thai stuff on it and i want to go back to the stockrom but i cant seem to fint the correct stockrom for the ZP980+ i got the 32gb mem and 2gb ram.

anyone able to help me out, im still runing stock recovery..

Edit:

Im runing CWM recovery now so any recomendations for a custom rom would be great.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinyau09:
Hi, as I know so far NO stock rom for zp980+ available ... it would be great if anyone can dump one and share with us! :D:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
Oh thats bad! well i noticed that the rom i had in mine was the same as 980_c2_version_b_zopomobileshop_20130610.

I managed to install the above firmware and did a update to the latest fw from Zopo by using the wireless update "OTA"

i had to format the internal memory to get the 32gb was only 1.5gb.

Anyway everything was fine for 2 days and yesterday night i inserted all my stuff in to the phone, simcards, SD-card etc

had done a few reboots, changed boot animation, installed CWM etc.

The phone worked great yesterday.

Today just a few hours ago the phone died on me, i did a swap of the data connection by using the sim management tool, did a few app updates in playstore and all of a sudden the screen got all weird.. so i tried a reboot, no response.

I Removed the battery and did a reboot, stuck on ZOPO screen.

Removed battery again, held volume down + power, released power and the graphics went all nuts..

Removed battery again and held volume up + power, same problem with the phone but this time the graphics was cut, the top and bottom of the screen is black all i can see is a ZOPO with a white background thats about 1/4 of the screen in the middle.

Phone boots up but gets stuck in just before the Boot Animation and then it restarts it self.

I tried to reflash the fw, wanted to begin from scratch because the phone didnt boot as intended.

i flashed 980_c2_version_b_zopomobileshop_20130610. Flash was OK and i start the phone same problem.

Is the phone bricked now, i cant seem to figure out what went wrong with the phone and i dont understand why it says it has flashed the fw to the same fw i used for 2 days and now its all messed up with graphic problem.

i can post a pic of the problem to show you guys. Anyone ideas?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinyau09:
Unfortunately i lost my 980+ 2/32 rom as well...

I bricked it by flashing the 20130610 normal version rom, and unbrick it with the version b rom and it works until now. Did you try any mdk tools? Also the offical tools on zopomobile web?

Also, use adb to boot into recovery. Vol + power button wont work
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
Well i flashed to B/C version or what ever its called :)

MDK Tools doesnt work with the phone because it doesnt go past the boot animation it just loops and with a faulty graphics, i think my unit has a hw fault.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinyau09:
I suggest you try the flash tool available on zopo web once again before return the phone? Even the phone is flashed the wrong preloader can fix. If you need more info let me capture some screen to later tonight.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
I just downloaded latest Flash Tool 4.0 from Zopomobile and im getting a error when loading scatter file.

The tool ive been using is "SP_Flash_Tool_v3.13120.0.139" and that works perfect for flashing the Zopo stock rom i mentioned above.

So im out of ideas...

EDIT:

I noticed that SP_Flash_Tool_v3.13120.0.139 has a memory test function and i ran the test and it says,

NAND Flash:

ERROR: NAND Flash was not detected!

can someone please do a test and see what you get with a working phone, under memory test.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinyau09:
Try search on web as well as i remember there is a newer version of this sp flash tool...

Sorry i dont have that onhand now...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tinyau09:
Hi, I attached the latest (v3.1316.0.150) I found on web. you may like to try to flash your zp980+ 20130818 rom?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
a few times i have a fc from gapps so now i rooted my phone with eroot so i can flash gapps but can i use the official from goo or are there special for the zopo? and wich twrp can i flash because i always used it on my samsung but i don't know if i may use this because of the screen size

Could it help if i wipe cache and dalvik first in recovery before flashing new gapps?

Last question, the sticker near the sim card slot says c+ -> can i use every rom from needrom or only the p980h and wich bootloader because on official zoposite they talk about revission b or normal?

Thx in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
I have the exact same sticker on my ZP980 32gb / 2gb phone.

C+ works with version B.

Regarding gapps, you should be able to download the apps from playstore.

Regarding fc, what apps fc?

Edit,

If you want to flash stock rom go with Version B and after that, do a wireless update. Once that is done, root the phone and your done and can go on with your personal apps etc.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
First of all big thx for answering.

A good pointer for going back to stock :)

What i mean by the gapps fc is not just a app it's gapps fc in general. Messages do it also from time to time, mostly when te screen is on and i receive a message
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] erdemmetin:
Have a nice day,

I am writing Türkiye.

I do not know English.

I am writing, this e-mail with "Google Translate"...

"zopo zp980h" using the phone.

Which is up to date and stable rom?

Can you give us the link to download?

rom the "Turkish language" option to get :)

Best regards!;
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ante007:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2408655

Poslano sa mog Z2 koristeći Tapatalk 4
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] joeri1985:
anybody knows what happend with the original forum zp980?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dimitris CH:
I guess we are all enjoying our phones instead of trying to change the ROM. :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
Yes, you are right :)

tapatalked from a ZOPO ZP980+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
well im not pleased with my issue, phone is bricked with corrupt nand and i cant see to find any info on how to fix it..

so if anyone can point me in any direction that would be great..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ante007:
I'm keeping this in bookmark if something go wrong...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2437902

Poslano sa mog ZP980 koristeći Tapatalk 4
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
I'l try that tonight, thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
I dont get it, it followed the instructions and i am able to flash the phone but still when i boot it up its just dead.... i did all the steps i even tried with both custom and stock rom with the same preloader, it flashes but once i try to boot up its dead.. doesnt even indicate that its charging....

anyone else with any idea?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justclimb:
Give this a try:

http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?p=9815222#post9815222
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ennev:
Nobody knows ???

Inviato dal mio C2 con Tapatalk 2
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
I got the phone working again, i think it was a combination of both a bad usb cable and/or different preloader. works now! :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ante007:
Nice to hear that there is solution :)

Sent from my ZOPO zp980+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
I noticed something strange today..

when runing some of my apps im getting a popup saying im out of memory and that i should do a restart, when restarting its only the app that restarts.

When i noticed that issue i started to look around and noticed when runing CPU Identifier i can only see 1 core active @ 1,508 ghz and the rest are "inactive now"

Can someone please have a look in your own phone if your getting the same message.

this is the app im runing,

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Bfield.CpuIdentifier&hl=sv
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
I had this CPU identifier on my ZOPO and all the cores were running as they should. At which applications do you receive the out-of-memory messages?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
well the app that generates the error message most is Top Eleven, its a game.

Im getting it sometimes when using the camera and gallery, also exchange (email)

i Also noticed that Cpu identifier tells me that my phone is a "Zopo ZP980 16gb (zwx)" when i got the ZP980 32gb / 2gb ram.

Must be room related or there is a hw issue with my phone.

I have flashed version b of the firmware.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doongoo:
OK, sometimes I also have the same message from the same game :) (mostly when using WIFI instead of the Mobile Network) I choose then the answer later and I can continue in most of the cases, so no problem for me (I think it is related to that app)

EDIT: As for the phone type, for me CPU Identifier writes the same (16 GB ZWX) I think it is app related too
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
Ok thats good news atleast, but what about the cores?

core 1 shows 497,25 - 1508mhz and its pending in speed.

cores 2-4 show now inactive. not in use.

same goes when checking trickster mod.

For battery ive used it 1d 11h and i got 25% left and thats really good.

checking the stats i see,

Mobile standby at 36% (figures if the cores are off)

Phone Idle 33% (same as above)

WiFi 23%

Screen 4%

Im mean the battery report shows great figures for the phone because im used to charge my S3 everyday with my use..

But again i think its all down to cores not being used.

im considering flashing the phone again with stock rom version B again but a older version and have it update the phone OTA to august release.

The version im runing now is the latest from Zopo, with root and changed partion EBR. thats all.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ghost45:
new zopo zp980 is open again...

New zopo zp980 is open again...

Many thanks to the admin Mr.MIke and Our Moderators!:good:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2234265
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Zeggi:
Seriously this phone is very strange.

I flashed the phone with the 7gb EBR partion and when i flashed i didnt have my SD card inserted, all cores working.

IMEI invalid (i know how to fix it so no worries)

I flashed the phone again but this time with the external Samsung 32gb SD card inserted and i got 2 cores.

IMEI Invalid

I flashed the phone third time without a extern sd card and with custom recover and now i got 4 cores working.

So now with 4 working cores i have inserted my external SD and its showing all 4 cores working.

Next step was to enter correct IMEI number for both sim slots, done.

Reboot

Entering CPU Identifier i see only 2 cores active.

It shows me 2 "now inactive"

Seriously is there something wrong with the phone or is it supposed to shutdown the cores, is it a powersave option therefor no problem or what?