yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
hope die last? [emoji4]

Odoslané z ZP998 pomocou Tapatalku

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And last post said (13 minutes ago)...

They just said 20 minutes ago that there are still 2 issues to be solved, and we can expect the rom to be released within 2 weeks for the ZP998.

So, I think... we'll see in next two weeks if KK come to our ZOPO :) I'm still optimist :P
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kasvet-efza:
Still Zopo is a liar
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michelinok:
You're right!

Inviato dal mio ZP990+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kasvet-efza:
We all let's forget the kitkat
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
Well, I do speak hungarian. So I went through FreedomHUNs suggestions, but unfortunately he starts with an erroneuse assumption. So it is not any better than mine, his progress is in parity with mine and Tommie.rs.

He understands that the problem is the antenna, and also, that the WiFi and the GPS shares the same antenna inspite of the fact that they operate on different frequencies.

So what he tries to do is to separate the antennas to two, one for WiFi and one for GPS.

So long so good.

BUT! He thinks that of the 3 connecting plates one goes to WiFi, one goes to GPS and the third is Earth.

WRONG!

One plate does not connect AT ALL. The middle one is BOTH the WiFi and the GPS connection. The third is the Earth.

But of course, by making a better GPS antenna the way he does results to a better signal and better GPS usage. The result he says in the tests he made are just as good as a piece of thin aluminium foil string inside the phone. If you want better, you need an external director, described here in this forum earlier by Tommie.r and me.

Sometimes people don´t want to face the truth, hoping that some miracle will break the reality. It won´t.

The facts a standing:

1. Zopo 998 promissed a lot, but failed.

2. GPS antenna and chip are crap.

2. DA to the earphone output is crap.

3. No software will make these problems to go away.

4. Zopo as a company is hiding, has absolutely no representation anywhere

On the other hand:

1. The display is really good

2. The processor is fairly good

3. Good and robust build

4. Phone functions without any problems

5. Fair battery life

6. Double SIM

I think, all-in-all you could say that you get what you paid for (but not what you´ve been promised)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kasvet-efza:
thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tommie.r:
Tomorrow i will take my zp998 for a 300 km spin, in a different car, it will be a durability test on our external and internal antennas.:laugh:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kasvet-efza:
Waiting your results [emoji2]
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] huete187:
hella lasslax.

I see a lot of cable antenna in aliexpress shop for samsung galaxy or iphone.

can i put one of this cable antenna on my zopo??

thanks!!

Enviado desde mi ZOPO ZP998 mediante Tapatalk
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
I'm not sure what antennas you refer to, so I can't tell.

But "cable antennas" don't sound right to me, since the GPS antenna is merely a flat, quadratic piece of a conducting material.

Here you can see how they look like and why they look that way:

http://www.taoglas.com/images/produ... GPS Active Patch Antenna(APN-13-8-002.A).pdf
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
Please, forgive me my poor English

There is information about beta testing firmware Kitkata from reliable sources:

- Smart Wake fully working, one of the gestures - the black screen with your finger from the bottom-up - just waking up and unlock the desktop, it is convenient.

- GPS works very well, no work disruptions, the road leads as usual navigator (note: some assertions that the GPS has hardware problems or poor quality antenna apparently incorrect).

- The consumption of no worse than before, including with the included Smart Wake.

- EVERYWHERE sound (and video) as before, ie normally.

- There are some problems, but they are hardly noticeable, it is their decision now developers are engaged.

- The overall impression of the beta we can say that the release is supposed to be sensible.

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Shut up and wait.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kasvet-efza:
Who are you, god damn it? stop defencing Zopo. They was told kitkat coming up end of may or top of june. Now they are liar.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
hey budy, why are you so angry on them? I think this ain't so bad phone (998). I'm pretty glad to own one. It's not too worse than Samsung ie I had before, or HTC I had before... I received update of Android 4.3 for my SGS3 after more than 1 year an 4.4 will never be received for S3, so i don't understand your point of view... I wish just little more patience for you :)

and regarding gps, I also don't think about wrong antena... I checked antena in SGS3 and seems pretty same to zp998 and smaller compared to zopo... I don't have done any tweak with antena and reception for gps was acceptable and accurate while I drive about 80km.

Odoslané z ZP998 pomocou Tapatalku
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
I think it is foolish to scold the phone and continue to use it. Do not like it - do not eat.

And about KitKat - better to wait and get it working properly firmware than to act as a beta tester.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zvranic:
Promises...

I don't remember when was the last time that ANY smartphone company delivered on their promise to update their phone to latest Android in time specified in their first (or second) announcement. There is ALWAYS some delay involved. We can be happy enough that the update is coming at all...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
Yes. This is marketing. The main thing is became the first to promise something and thereby attract a buyer.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] franny23dmt:
Gps fix

I had same problem as everyone with gps.

I changed conf.Gps file in /etc to the following.

Now i get fast very accurate gps lock indoors

This is for Australia, to change for your area is obvious

**START QUOTE ******

***END QUOTE ******

HOPE this helps peeps. I also set the template in engineering mode to Google.

Edit: i cant post links yet, im xda Noob. Pm me for edit text
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] franny23dmt:
Gps fix

Please find attached zip with config file

QUOTE=franny23dmt;53492333]I had same problem as everyone with gps.

I changed conf.Gps file in /etc to the following.

Now i get fast very accurate gps lock indoors

This is for Australia, to change for your area is obvious

**START QUOTE ******

***END QUOTE ******

HOPE this helps peeps. I also set the template in engineering mode to Google.

Edit: i cant post links yet, im xda Noob. Pm me for edit text[/QUOTE]
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
Some people get new OTA 20140618-134729 on their Zopo zp998 now.

P.S. this is not KK.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
I have received it too after checked for updates :)

Odoslané z ZP998 pomocou Tapatalku
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] SxN82:
I allready finish to install the new update. The updated Facebook.apk is working now, but Compas and gesture are not present anymore.

20 minutes to get gps fix ( outdoor). Camera mic is working now when make movies.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] t3k1lla:
what about bluetooth file tranfert? issue is resolved? is gmail working too?

edit : downloading new update...

if it is not kitkat well it won't be released very soon because why working on 4.2 rom if kitkat is really about to be released?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] khernitzz:
Is this the Kitkat update that we've been all waiting for??
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kasvet-efza:
No, just uptade
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] khernitzz:
Oh well, seems a bleak Kitkat future for our ZP998 phones then
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] t3k1lla:
why releasing update (and loosing time on it) if kitkat update has to be released in a few days?

am i the only one to find it weird? or kitkat will never come
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kasvet-efza:
May be
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] t3k1lla:
downloaded 2 times and error package booth :/
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dromaczek:
oh, beta kitkat over air.... hmm.. strange

guys, what u download, 4.2 or 4.4 beta OTA?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] khernitzz:
I'd rather have a fully-working, bug-free JB rom than a buggy, haphazardly released Kitkat rom
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] leytens:
Set your screen off after 1 hour. download and don't touch anything. It will decompress, restart mobile, install and restart again automatically. don't touch the screen or any button.

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Before major update (like here 4.2 =>4.4) there is a quick and small update. So this update 2014-06-18 is maybe the sign that KK will come very soon in the coming days... We can only wait and see....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] khernitzz:
Just wondering if Zopo releases changelogs on their updates?

For those who've already updated to the latest OTA update, what are the changes you have observed?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] t3k1lla:
Gmail pictures attached are working

Facebook working

No more gesture menu

Battery charge still blocked at 99%

Still haven't tried bluetooth transfert (will tell you more later)

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Battery can now charge up to 100% and I hope battery autonomy is increased...

Will try to see if ram memory is better used
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
gmail pics worked for me before too, I had different problem with gmail since I bought phone (January). When I want to share some pic and hit share by gmail, app stay freezed and then force close. Sharing works on second or third time. Maybe is some problem with swype keybord, but only in gmail app... Batt charge was everytime up to 100% since I bought phone. No BT trobles noticed. Facebook looks to work fine now on newest version.

Odoslané z ZP998 pomocou Tapatalku
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] smanet:
Same here!

Inviato dal mio ZP998 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
I had no problem... but since first update in January I'm updating my ZOPO like I insert differend empty SD card instead the one Im using every day.

Hit download and then hit the update, I dont touch phone till reboot itself. This worked for me everytime.

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I also tried NFC when I was in Korea on March and it works excellent. After touching the info panel in Museum, browser automatically became opened with info. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] khernitzz:
Looks like there's a Kitkat update currently on its final stages. It'll probably be rolled out because of the ZP998 with MT6595 (LTE) chip in it. Rumors say that it'll be out around late July/early August. Oh well...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michelinok:
I hope to have this update for the zp990+ TOO!!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
What will be released in late July / early August? New LTE zopo or KitKat? (Or both together?)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fpadre:
New firmware OTA problem

HI! (sorry in my english!)

My Zopo 998, Wireless update OK, download OK, unzip OK, reboot.

CWM recovery home page (why?), select update.zip (/sdcard/....ota.../update.zip , not remember, but found) OK

read OK, checking NOT OK, Assert Failed...

I ran several times, the result is always the same. (3x)

Help me!

-fpadre
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
You must use stock recovery, or TWRP from sevenmaxs (it support OTA).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fpadre:
Howto run stock recovery?

Cwm recovery running automatically!

(howto disable cwm?)

Stock recovery autoboot and run cwm...

Reboot normal mode... Deleting update.zip...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
What exactly did you compair? Size? Material? Form? Location in respect to other components? Connected chip(s)?

Did you measure the gain? The loss on the WiFi connection? (In Zopo the WiFi uses the same antenna, causing a loss of signal)

Also: did you control how many satellites the S3 and the Zopo locks to on the same spot?

Mine: S3=27 satellites, Zopo 998=8 satellites.

S3 avarage SNR ~42 Zopo ~27

Of course, you think or not think whatever you like, but facts are stupid things, they don't seem to listen to what you think...:)

If you do some readings between page 55 and 65 you'll find some stuff to learn. And again: I did work quite a few years with radio waves, with antennas, with constructing and engineering of antennas, preamplifiers, receivers, radars and such stuff. Please do not take this to arrogance, but I know what I'm talking about. :)

Cheers
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
You can`t disable it.

You should replace it with TWRP, for example. Use the link I provide at the previous post.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] zvranic:
Recent apps order is now ok. Latest Fb works too.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michelinok:
I hope to get this update for My ZP990+ too ?

Inviato dal mio ZP990+
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dromaczek:
First, you could back to stoc recorvery easy, download zip file from http://www.zopomobileshop.com/ use mobileuncle, i did it before use upgrade.

Main changes in new upgrade what i see

-> change boot list, for example wifi is turn on before some other thinks

-> new themes (blue)

-> better work autostrart on apps

-> GPS works better

There was one moment, when ZOPO over OTA gave kotkat beta, i downloaded it, work good, but for example dual sim dont works good, cant send sms from second etc...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] t3k1lla:
Still impossible to install the phone in Windows 7 computer no driver for it.

Bluetooth transfer still impossible (problem with obex). This is really annoying!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] alain57:
and more precisely ?

what zip file ?

how have stock recovery again (maybe there is a stock recovery zip file )
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
I don't want to fight with you or say your opinion/work is discreditable. I said my opinion. I compared signal strength and connected satellites with Asus TF300. Asus used even less of satellites and even less satellites saw. With S3, I just compared how looks the antenna and S3 also use same antenna for WIFI/GPS. I was about to make additional antenna by buy S3 antenna from ebay... I don't need to read again pages 55 ~ 65, I already read it and appreciate your work and finding or whatever. I did already some navigating and I know, it worked just fine and accurate about 80km (without your additional tweak to antenna), then some jumping and not accurate signal occurred.

btw. your acting looks bit like arrogance but whatever, I don't care :) We're on the same ship, I think so...

Howgh
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] t3k1lla:
Hi,

This is very annoying the automatic conversion from sms to mms so is there a way to change it?

I'd like to keep original sms app so is there rooted phone procedure to change that?

Thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
Bullcrap. S3 does not share the GPS and WiFi antenna. You just don´t know what you are talking about.

Maybe you should. :)

Mind it: I don´t question your right to your opinion, but presenting it as if it was a fact and thereby mislead others is very counterproductive.

To solve a problem begins always with realising the existence of the problem. Denying it will never help anyone. "Creating" evidence as you did by claiming this "compairing" with S3 is close to dishonesty. We must keep to facts if we want to take each other seriousely.

Thereof my irritation.

Time by time turns someone up and claims, he does not this or that problem, so the problem does not exist. That is no help at all.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dibon321:
Check the ebay and spare part for S3 gps antenna. There is write "WIFI GPS"

OEM WIFI GPS Signal Antenna Flex Cable Ribbon For Samsung Galaxy S3 III i9300

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-WIFI-GPS-Signal-Antenna-Flex-Cable-Ribbon-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S3-III-i9300-/310796475647?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item485ce9dcff

And I don't lead anybody to don't do anything for solving problem, I just said opinion. Nobody made reaction, just you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kali26:
problem with the last update

Hello, first sorry for my bad english but i'm french.

I've got a problem with the last update on my zp998, the update gone right and blocks on "Android update, Lacing-up of the applications" (Mise à jour Android, lancement des applications -in french-) for hours, emptying the battery and even having reloaded the telephone and by relighting it, that always blocks in this stage.

Can someone help me please ?

Thanks for your help
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
Wrong again, stop creating "evidences" when you are wrong!

In S3 WiFi shares the antenna with the Bluetooth and not with GPS.

FYI In S3 the GPS antenna is at the left upper corner with the phone placed face down. The WiFi is on the right side and a bit lower.

The WiFi and Bluetooth can share the antenna since they operate in frequencies close to each other, 2,5 Ghz and 2,4 Ghz. The GPS goes on 1,5Ghz (L1) and Glonass on 1,6Ghz (center). Also important that the GPS is receive only WiFi and Bluetooth are receive and transmit. To mix Rx only and Tx/Rx antenna is a given failure. This is the case with the Zopo.

You claimed that you compaired the Zopo 998 GPS antenna with the S3 GPS antenna - but you don´t even know which is which.

Yes I reacted because:

1. I own an S3 and know that the GPS does not share the antenna with WiFi as you claimed

2. I did not believe you made a seriouse comparisation to build an opinion on

3. This is my profession to know this stuff.

Now how many of the other members in this Forum has all these 3 ? There you have the answer why others didn't react. Most people don't publish opinion about things they don't know.

Back to the important points:

Zopos GPS antenna is maleconstructed, which means no sotware update will correct it. If you depend on the GPS in your daily life, buy an other phone. Also, if you are a bit handy, you can make some hardware mods to force the GPS to better performance. Combining it with a navigation software that predicts your driving, as Sygic does, you can get around with the phone, Nonpredicting navigation SW as Wayze won't work well without HW mods.

These are already proven facts, not just groundless "opinions".

For the position of the GPS and WiFi antennas, you can look at this video at 3:54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo93EF7rVIw

Have a nice Midsummer Eve
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dromaczek:
i know taht you have right :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dnlilas:
The best way would be to flash (with flashtool) the official ROM that is given in this topic :

http://forum.zopomobileshop.com/thread-1972-1-1.html
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dromaczek:
Download apk to flash recorvery https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobileuncle.toolbox&hl=pl

download recorvery (it is in zip-file) http://www.zopomobileshop.com/content/9-download-zopo-mobile-latest-rom

Flash recorvery - stock via mobileuncle

upgrade via OTA

reflash with mobileuncle CWR

alternative, flash with mobileuncle recorvery http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53220610&postcount=755 - works OTA
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] michelinok:
Same problem on zp980+ and zp990+...........Did someone found a solution?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jjkraak:
I've currently got CWM. If I perform the actions of the last link, (so simply flash the TWRP from inside the CWM recovery), this does not influence anything of my system right? Like, for example, all my Xposed settings stay untouched? Or do I loose any functionality by switching to TWRP? Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kali26:
Thanks a lot for your help. The flash with flashtool works for my phone.

And now my Zp998 works well.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dnlilas:
Recovery partition is different from system or data partitions. So yes, there is no impact to your data or system by flashing either CWM or TWRP.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xjack03:
GPS antena HW modification

Hi lasslax,

would you mind to propose some HW modification that would actually work?

I have found several, but they do not seem to be correct. No one is calculating with the frequency and the wave length... just making the antenna as big as possible to fit the cover.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] conanecu:
Hello, As zp998 does not have enough problems, mine have a new bug. I stay conected on wifi on my home router. Aps working, facebook, whatsapp, all of them, except play store and youtube. when i disable wifi on phone, it automaticly switch on mobile data.

On mobile data play store and youtube are working. When I switch again on wifi, and reload the play store, again it says no conection.

I searched google, cleared cache and everything else on play store, but doesn't want to work properly.

I want to say that i have the rom update from february.

Any ideas ? Sorry for my bad english.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lasslax:
Hi,

have a look at #531 and #545.

The second one givs the best result, and you can do that without even opening your phone.

It fits for using in a car. Put an aluinium foil 70mm long, 12 mm wide on your phoneholder so that it begins 5 mm over the volume rocker as closest point and the other end about 50-80 mm away. So the foil points away some 50-60 degrees I would say from the phone. This will improve the SNR about 20-25% which is enough for a stabil navigation.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xjack03:
Thank you lasslax, that is working like a charm form me :), but there is a little problem with the direction of the director.

I`m using my phone to track my workouts and Geo-catching and it would be very difficult to keep a strip of aluminum foil in correct direction all the time. So I have thought about more permanent solution that would be implemented inside the device or the cover. Something like

prohardver.hu/tema/zopo_zp998/hsz_467-467.html&usg=ALkJrhg-3HydMbxY_xfRjwRI2BDrYPuZkw

Or maybe to install a connector for an external antenna and use some like this

ebay.com/itm/EXTERNAL-ANTENNA-Mini-GPS-Active-Antenna-SMA-female-connector-for-Alpine-Falcom-/161105854888

What do you think about that?

p.s. I`m sorry for the links, please copy&paste them in to browser address bar.. I`m not able to post links here..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Lovetz:
This is copied from a zopo zp998 user in official site
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xjack03:
Lovetz: thank you, that is very interesting, but it still do not solve the HW problem with the low SRN. The time difference might only disrupt the initiation process ergo the GPS fix. The actual triangulation is not dependant on that value, because it is calculated every sample interval from values received from satellites, therefore, I do not believe that it could be SW fixed.

On the other hand, using the aluminium director I have gained much more precise log then before and also I was able to got the GPS fix inside which have never happened before.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sebx_g1:
I send it to person who is in contact (close contact) with Zopo support team - just for them to have a look .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jjkraak:
Ah that's great news! Thanks a lot:)