yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dukaty:
Are you check to Go to settings - security and active the super user?

I had rooted the stock ROM before to last ota with framaroot. And now, after the ota, the super user option has take the control of root rights.

Enviado desde mi ZP998 mediante Tapatalk
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Take-kun:
Something is really wrong. I tried several times on last 2 days and after minutes of waiting Zopo can't get signal even from one satellite! I'm going to flash last rom today, it was way better.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michelinok:
Nothing will change with stock rom.....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] warezjunk:
Installed today THIS ROM.

Runs very smooth and no GPS problem with google navigator, S-Flip working..and multi-language..

Give it a try...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Epsylon3:
does somebody know who is creating both models (ZP998 and HKPhone Revo MAX8) ? mtk ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michelinok:
GPS sucks....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tommie.r:
Cwm?

Can i install it via cwm, or does one need to do it via flashtool and pc?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dean.maniatis:
Hello,

I've installed latest firmware update from Zopo (March) and after reading an article about an application that provides fine grain security on Android platform I decided to install it (XSecurity). Unfortunately this must have bricked my phone because after the boot it would stay on Zopo logo for ever and had to remove the battery. After that I could only charge it.

So I was naive enough to think that providing root access to that application was a good idea.

Decided to download that firmware and the recommended flash tools and try re-install everything. Installed drivers but for some some reason on the first firmware download to the device it didn't work. After that the device wouldn't even charge so I assumed that the recovery mode somehow got corrupted. Next attempts to load the firmware complete 100% and everything seems to be successful until I put the battery back and try to boot it only to find that it won't boot up at all.

Any hints/suggestions are more than welcome. I'm willing even to donate some resources if some individual can assist me on resolving this problem.

Kind regards

* SOLUTION *

The solution in my case was to flash the first available firmware (January). For some reason the latest (March) wouldn't unbrick my phone
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] warezjunk:
Flashtool..because you must uncheck preloader..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tommie.r:
Ok, thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
Official.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] warezjunk:
Did you use fasterGPs ? if not GPS sucks..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mawe79:
that's strange because i'm on stock rom too and there is no Problem?!?

like i told you with FASTERGps you will only get a faster GPS. If GPS sucks....with faster GPS you have a fast sucking GPS :p

Faster GPS won't increase the signal and it won't give you a stabile signal! That's the truth.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] noflip:
Well, after three months and 51 pages I think I can safely state that despite the beautiful display, this phone pretty much sucks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
A lot of people have this problem with your TRWP.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jjkraak:
Hmm, my replacement comes in tomorrow and don't think all is that bad. Do you have anything to add to my list of downsides of the phone?

GPS is bad -> Some people claim there are software or hardware fixes. I'm hopeful one of these will suffice.

Audio through audio jack sucks -> I did not notice anything like this on my previous ZP998, maybe I have bad ears? I believe Zopo also 'said' they would fix/look into it.

Virtually no audio through video recording/skype -> I believe most of this has been fixed by roms/zopo, or only for video recording?

Android 4.2.2 -> I'm a bit confused by this. I thought I read a rumour that Zopo would bridge 4.3 or 4.4 to them. But I also read that these Mediateks are incapable of running anything higher than 4.2.2? Otherwise I guess the rom support will suffice for me.

Compass is reversed -> I guess this can and will be fixed, besides that I don't think I care that much.

Google Now support -> I noticed Google Now was not available on the ZP998. Since nobody talks about this here, I guess it can be installed after root and then gApps?

Happy to hear anything else.

There are probably some huge mistakes in this list, but anybody's free to correct me!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mawe79:
A lot? You are the first till now :)

Many reported to me it works absolutly ok, and i use this twrp version too on my zopo, and found till yet no new bugs.

In my first Version was the bug with the sd card, correct.

But this bug is fixed and works for me and all the other people as well :)

Like i said, you are first who report this "bug"!

Edit: maybe you have swapped the storage?!? Than it can't work! you can place me your boot.img and i can look for!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
As I said a lot of Russian users (they do not present at this forum) has problems with mounting external USB devices from your recovery.

You can try to make new one with better boot.img that was patched by SevenMaxs.

Сhanges:

- There is a full Shell Root

- Added support for init.d

- Disable unused services

- Edited permissions
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mawe79:
like i thought mate, my TWRP can't work with your boot.img

you have swapped Files!

My TWRP is for stock (untouched) Firmware!

i can modify it that it will work on your device too......but this can do the person who has patched your boot.img too!

This is why i always ask the people why swap your rom......you will always get in trouble when you will try new imports to your Rom!

here is your swap entry

#!/bin/sh
echo 0 > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
/system/bin/tiny_mkswap /dev/block/zram0
/system/bin/tiny_swapon /dev/block/zram0

Edit: My solution! Throw this boot.img away...go back on stock FW and enjoy my TWRP ;) Your boot.img is crappy!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pjd64:
Overheating and now it's gone

You are so absolutely right. This phone is not up to European consumer standards. Besides all the GPS problems described before, there is another much worse problem: overheating.

As I wrote on another post, I had to replace my phone's screen because the phone slipped out of my hand and crashed on the floor. The screen replacement is another long story I will not detail here, let me just say that today I finally received a positive response from PayPal :good:, regarding a claim I opened, because the screen I received was defective. :(

To avoid the phone slipping again I purchased one of Zopo's silicon protector cases. After I installed the case and with the phone under heavy use (Ingress running, which means GPS, 3G and screen permanently on) and while being charged, I started receiving warning messages that the battery was running hot and I should remove it. And so I did, in average twice a day during the last week.

Today the warning message came while I stood out of the car for a few minutes to pick up my kid from school. I immediately switched off the phone when I got in the car and saw the message. I waited for the phone and the battery to cool down and then I switched it on again. Nothing happened!!!

This piece of crap Zopo calls a phone is dead. I now own a paper weight worth $329,99.

Now I understand why I pay double for a Samsung, LG, HTC, Sony, etc. and it is worth it. With those brands I am entitled to local technical assistance, 2 years warranty and manuals written in good English and even in Portuguese (my native language).

Stay away from this phone. It is as good as the English on the Zopo web site.

Regards,

Paulo
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] apoorv.mehrotra:
[MENTION=5789155]pjd64[/MENTION] agree with you. Phone overheats many times when you are on a call for more than 10 minutes. I cant even keep it in my pocket it burns; as a result i have to reboot. And this is getting worse day by day on my i listen songs via Bluetooth in car.. 1/2 hour maximum and that's it the phone has to be switched off for some time till it cools down.

GPS doesn't work no matter what you do whatever kind of ROM from any developer you port ... it is just unstable..

I am not very clear that i blew off my $360 (Including shipping).

Should have bought a micromax or other known brand... a lesson learned.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
I upload this boot.img as a sample. The same problems, as I wrote early are on the stock boot too.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] khernitzz:
On the latest update, I just find it annoying that the recent apps show up the recent one on the leftmost part of the list - I end up scrolling all the way to the left just the access the last app that I just opened. Is there a way to reverse the arrangement of the apps?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ohad129:
You can find it at ebay,alibaba just google it

---------- Post added at 05:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:20 PM ----------

To buy micromax ??? 512 mb of rom! Screen 540!?? 1.3 ghz

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The canvas is more expansive
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mawe79:
It's a little bit senseless to upload an boot.img that you don't use?!?

But again...with this boot.img the twrp can't work! And no cwm will work with this boot.img too!

And mate i told you. You are the only one who reports me that it doesn't work. Got a lot of feedback and all told me works fine!

And as I told you. I'm using this twrp on my device too, and it works like a charme!

But as I told you too, when you swap your Rom, it won't work, but that should be clear!

Because if you are changing the mounting points, how can the recovery know which points YOU are using?!? Than it can't work!

And again....with stock firmware the recovery works for 100%

I think it doesn't make sense to discuss about it......just check your mounting points in your boot.img and compare them with the ones of my recovery!

I'm for 100% sure they don't fit!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Take-kun:
I'm out with this crappy phone and I want to get rid of it. While screwing I got a bad break in the plastic border part. Advice me what should I do:

1. Forge the seal and sell it to a random guy from my country as used wishing he won't want to give it back on a guarantee.

2. Forge the seal and send it back to get a new model wishing they won't be curious about this break and won't suspect the seal, next sell it to a random guy as a new model.

Really, while I can't play Ingress with BT GPS and internal GPS this phone is useless. Now I'm waiting when it will start to overheating. I'm so happy that I'm not using Sleep as Android any longer, because it's needed phone to be active all the night.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pjd64:
What part of the phone did you break? Do you want the equivalent part from my new paper weight? :(

Regards,

Paulo (the happy owner of a HTC One in less than a week)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] SevenMaxs:
Немножко смешно Но boot.img здесь не причем.... это 100%

Поясню почему - все дело в не правильной кофигурации BoardConfig.mk, а если быть точнее вот в этом месте

BOARD_UMS_LUNFILE :=
TARGET_USE_CUSTOM_LUN_FILE_PATH :=

Вот если в этих местах после знака "=" прописать необходимый путь для монтирования, то после компиляции все будет работать!

English translation by google translate:

But a little funny boot.img nothing to do with it .... 100% Let me explain why - the whole point is not correct misconfiguration BoardConfig.mk, to be precise here in this place.

BOARD_UMS_LUNFILE :=
TARGET_USE_CUSTOM_LUN_FILE_PATH :=

But if in these places after the "=" to prescribe the right path to mount, after compiling all the work!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doperst:
GPS fix

Russians are subject to a biased attitude, that's understood, taking into account eefing absurd nightmare that is going on in our country. :(

But as far as we are not banned completely from the rest of the world, please, keep in mind, that a lot of good firmwares were made by russians.

Here is my two cents, a solution to completely non-working GPS on ZP998.

TBH, the idea is not mine, it belongs to Resquer from 4pda, i just followed it, tho it sounded completey nuts...

I've been experiencing totally zero GPS signal, i mean real zero. Not even a trace of any eefing single sattellite. Whatever i tried - nothing helped. No GPS fix software, no gps.conf or epo.dat deleting/editing. Nothing.

And then i saw that message by Resquer, it was like "try setting your display sleep timeout to 30 min in settings, and then try GPS Test from Google Play again, for 15-20 mins". I've been very sceptic about it, because it sounded totally silly! But as a last resort, i've put my ZP998 on my window, set screen sleep to 30 min and started YGPS part of the engineering menu. After about 20-30 minutes i saw a result! And, after about an hour, there were 4 or 5 sattelites green! That was unbelieveable, and i am still wondering what the hell could Zopo guys mess up with GPS and power-saving! But now i have quite fast warm GPS start, less than a minute, even with only 4-5 sattelites fixed.

Yes, GPS is very weak with ZP998, only 16-25db SNR, but i finally got it, and warm time is very nice!

Again, i could never believe that a screen timeout (Settings -> Display -> Sleep) could have anything to do with GPS.

And, i repeat and insist, i have tried virtually everything before to get any GPS signal without success. And this setting cured it!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michelinok:
This is NOT a solution...

Every zp998 i've seen have weak gps signal....that's the real problem!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doperst:
Who told you

WHO told you it is a solution to weak signal? Read again.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MobileInkSlinger:
I didn't have this problem with my Zopo ZP998 but had the exact same thing with other phones.

Try putting it in this format.

I'm in Canada, so my format is..

+1xxxxxxxxxx

It helped on my other phones, hopefully it helps you out.

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Agreed. My ZP998 has weak GPS. I rooted and used fasterGPS and it helped a bit.

Best work around with any weak GPS signal is to use an external bluetooth GPS receiver. It will cost you a bit up front but it can be used on any device and will save your sanity.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doperst:
Do you guys understand what i have written?

Do you realize the difference between WEAK GPS and NO GPS?

I repeat again, on my phone i did NOT have a weak GPS - there was COMPLETELY NO GPS FIX AT ALL!

Is it clear, like this?

Now i have GPS. Yes, it is weak, but it is better than no GPS at all.

I have seen others report no GPS at all, too. Not weak GPS. No GPS completely.

Get the difference?

5 is less than 10. But for me, in my case, it was 0. Now it is 5. 5 is more than 0.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] noflip:
Don't you guys think that its time for you to take the GPS issues of this phone to another thread?

Don't get me wrong, but I think that the issue is big enough to have its own topic. Currently more that 1/3 of all of the posts here are for the GPS issue. Also this would help people with other problems actually attract attention to the other issues this phone has.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MobileInkSlinger:
Whoa,easy there. No need to get all upset.

I understand what you have written and in my opinion weak GPS is not much better than no GPS. If I'm going to use a GPS I want to be able to trust it. I just mentioned that by using an external bluetooth GPS you can get excellent GPS because it bypasses the phones crappy GPS antenna completely and just uses the external receiver.

I'm sorry you didn't find it useful.

Hopefully someone else does.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jjkraak:
Facebook

Hey does anybody else have instant force closes when opening the facebook app? Maybe it is because I signed up for the beta testing. I've been having this on 140106 firmware, and now also on Marsapa v7. Same story for Google Now:(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Take-kun:
I want to use external GPS, but Ingress app prevent using Mock locations due to location spoofers. Waiting for CM for this phone, because you can bypass it on CM7, 9 and 10. Anyone know, if CM will be able on Mediatek's phones?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] conanecu:
Yes, i have this problem. But not when opened. When i scrool down in news feed, it force close at a random time! Very annoing. Thats why, i've installed friendcaster for facebook as a second way to access facebook. I've had this problem too, on my old motorola defy. And the only force close problem,that i have, is with facebook app, not google now or any other apps. Do not know what to do to fix it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jjkraak:
I solved both problems by downloading older versions of the apps using Aptoide:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
GPS

OK guys, here is the bad news: The GPS problem is definitely hardware, and no ROM will help it.

I tried to examine the problem a bit closer, opened the phone again to have a closer look at the construction.

This is what I found: the WiFi and the GPS shares the antenna, there is NO separate antenna for each! Now it's a stupid idea of Zopo since they do work on different frequencies, so their physical size can't be good for both. Also, they have to be of different shape, the WiFi as a long line, the GPS antenna more as a quadratic piece of metal.

When you have the phone face down, up in the right corner you find this antenna. The contacts that some of you had problems with are 3, but only 2 of them are used, the third one is blind. The middle one is the feed, the other two are just ground. The antenna itself is at the outmost upper right corner.

Now what to do? Unfortunately the remedy I can offer you is not very elegant, but it works.

What you need is some self-adhesive aluminium foil, or if you have, copper foil is even better. On the frame there is a little gap beside the antennas contacts, there you can put through a thin foil, 1,5 mm wide, 35 mm long and lay is over the middle contact. Then put back the frame, glue the foil on the outside of the frame as you see it on my picture.

This way you get a better signal, but still not enough stable for car navigation.

So I ha o make a director to this antenna. and I did it on the car holder. It is an aluminium foil, 70 mm long 12mm wide glued on a piece of plastic, which I glued on the holder. This foil should be placed as you see on my pictures.

You can see the result of the SNR. I made a trip to check on those places the navigation used to flip out - but it did behave correct now. I also controlled frequently with GPS test, that I had 3m accuracy, basically all the time.

Again, not elegant, but works.

Picture 1 and 2 = The antenna extension.

Picture 3 = SNR without director

Picture 4 = SNR with director

To be continued....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
Pictures of the external director

Picture 1 = It looks like this

Picture 2 = The foil behind the phone. Notice the height there it begins, and also where it is placed just slightly visible facing the phone
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
One more notice:

If you remove the frame, it is a hell to put back the small buttons. So I applied a narrow piece of adhesive tape BEFORE removing the frame on those buttons, so they remained on place while I worked inside the phone, and it was pretty easy to put the frame back.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doperst:
I do also have a bluetooth GPS receiver (hillariously may it sound, but it is based on MTK chipset, Digma BT120 with MTK3318 :D

And it works perfect with my ZP998, with the aid of Bluetooth GPS from GooglePlay, instant GPS fix and lots of sattelites :o

I wish ZP998 could have better GPS, but this is the way we have it with China semi-brand phones: you never know what you get until you get it, and you can never rely on the official support: only mobile gurus and your luck with the choice of model ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] MobileInkSlinger:
That's the truth. I was hoping that the newer mt6592 octas would solve the problem completely but it's still hit or miss.

Maybe the upcoming mt6595 will fix it.... Lol. We can hope anyway.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] doperst:
Clever idea! I also have opened my ZP998 and was surprised with the same antenna for both GPS and Wifi.

And 3 lines 1 going nowhere in fact.

Thanks for the tips!

I have already lost my warranty, and i will open up my Zopo one more time to try and install a proper antenna.

I have an HTC donor, maybe i find a good antenna innit to use.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
I also have a BT GPS, but it´s quite a procedure sometimes to make a contact with the phone. I always have to switch that OFF first, then switch it on for the BT to find it, then do a Connect with the Bluetotth GPS, then starting the navigation program Waze...:(

This way I did nowI can use the bloody thing instant. I don´t have copper foil, so I used aluminium, but if you can, use copper or silverized copper.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aciikkk:
Thanks mate!

But I hope(if you don't mind) you can snap the picture of the foil inside the cover?

So we can see where do place em :)

All I know, there are 3 pins but where should I place the foil? On the upper end, middle or lower?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] superboost:
read in the post

The middle one is the feed, the other two are just ground. The antenna itself is at the outmost upper right corner.

;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
Well, actually I do mind...:) to remove the inner cover again is a pain in the @ss, so I don´t do that if I can avoid it....

As I wrote above, it is the middle one to use, that is the feed to the antenna. Also, it´s not much to see on the other side of the cover, the foil just goes through the gap and is placed on the surface of the little connection plate in the middle. Make sure you don´t short to any of the side ones.

I experimented with different lengths the best result I´ve got was a 70 mm long foil that pointed away from the phone. But as soon as I got closer with it, no matter in which direction, the SNR droped. That gave me the idea of the external director. (Or maybe it is a reflector?)

So the foil now is 35 mm.

I ordered som copper foil, when in hands I´ll change the aluminium to that, then I can make pictures of the inner part. But don´t hold your breath, it might take some weeks till that.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] aciikkk:
Here's mine

My phone get ttff faster outdoor but once I get into my house, meh... Zero

I'll try to stick more foil on the cover later on :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Haribo68:
It gives an other way to close the Phone with the Buttons.

You put the Backcover with the back on the table and put the 3 buttons on its place.

Then you put the Frontcover with the LCD first on the side with the 2 buttons (Power and Camera) and then the other side.

When the Buttons be are in heres place then close it completely.

Thats all.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Haribo68:
What is the realy GPS-Pin?

I have placed here two Photos.

The first one is on top-right with tree Pins. The above Pin is not connected, its not a Pin on the Backcover.

The second Photo is on the lower-left on the Phones backside.

There are 3 Pins and also one is not connected too.

On the Batterycover and the midle of the board are two Pins.

We have 6 Radiofunctions with our Handy. Wifi, Bluetooth, UMTS, GSM, NFC and GPS.

Where are the realy right Pin for GPS?

Is on the second Photo WLAN and Bluetooth, on the first Photo GSM and UMTS and on the Batterycover (not see here) NFC and GPS?