[XOLO A500S] nightwalker:
Post 3-[Recovery,Roms,etc.]

Basic Instructions for Installing a Rom​

Before Starting-

*Root Your Mobile First If Not Rooted

*Take Full Nandroid Backup ( Always Recommended )

*Install CWM Recovery

*Go To Recovery Mode by-

~Switch off the Phone Press and hold "Volume Up + Power" Button

*Installing Rom by the following method-

1. - wipe data factory reset --> Yes--delete all user data

2. - wipe cache partition --> Yes--Wipe Cache

3. - advanced --> Wipe Dalvik Cache --> Yes--wipe dalvik cache

4. - mounts and storage --> Format /System /data /cache (Recommended)

5. - Install zip from sd --> - choose zip from sdcard --> - Select Zip

6. - Reboot System now

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List of Custom Recovery​

CWM Recovery-HERE

How to Install it-

*Copy That Recovery.img To Sd Card As Shown In Below Image

*Now Download And Install Mobile Uncle Tools from HERE

*Open Mobile Uncle Tools give root access And Click On Recovery Update like this

*Now Click On Recovery.img and press ok as shown in below image

*After that you get message as show in below image if yes congrats your CWM installed successfully

Carliv Touch Recovery-HERE

*Install it similarly like CWM recovery

Update 23/6/14

Cannibal Open Touch Recovery-HERE

*Install it similarly like CWM recovery

Carliv Touch Recovery 2.4-HERE

*Install it similarly like CWM recovery

CWM 6.0.37-HERE

*Install it similarly like CWM recovery

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List of All Stock Roms & Custom Roms-​

Stock Roms-

*[SP FLASH][OFFICIAL][NEW MODELS]Latest Stock Rom based on Official s016 firmware-HERE

*[SP FLASH][OFFICIAL][OLD MODELS]This is Official s007 based firmware-HERE

*[CWM BACKUP][UN-OFFICIAL][VER. NO.-s007]This is Modified Stock Backup Generated By Recovery-HERE

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Custom Roms-

*[FLASHABLE][VER. NO.-S007][Tic Tac Toe Rom by iamnimit-HERE

~Some Features-

[VERSION 1-]

-> Zipaligned

-> Pre-Rooted

-> BusyBox Support

-> New Boot Animation

-> Faster WiFi Connect and Internet Access Mod

-> New Processing and RAM Management Files

-> Ad Free Mobile By Default ( No Need Extra Application )

-> Fully Deodexed

-> Battery Tweaks

-> Kernel Tweaks

-> Camera Tweaks / Better Quality Images Trust ME!

-> NO TWEAKS TO UI.

-> BLOATWARE removed

-> Small Size

-> Free RAM generally above 150mb

[VERSION 2-]

-> AROMA installer

-> Inbuilt Torch added

-> Gemini Taskiller added

-> More tweaks (Especially battery and network)

-> New music app added / Old removed

-> Beats audio MOD added

-> Silent Camera (NO SHUTTER SOUND)

-> Video Editor Removed

-> GOOGLE now Removed

-> Boot logo added

-> Boot animation changed

-> Free RAM is in the range of 240mb+ always

-> Small Size ~164mb

-> Stock launcher/Keyboard changed

-> ANTUTU Score of ~11000 / For stock rom, it was just ~8500

[[VERSION 2.5-]

-> Most features of v2 plus

-> Adrenaline Script added

-> Free RAM now above 250mb

-> Boot time is now about ~25 seconds

-> More Small size ~ 136mb

-> Unused FONTS / lib removed.

*[FLASHABLE][VER. NO.-S007]Xonex Rom by vishalgunthey-HERE

~Some Features-

1) Stock de-odexed & zipaligned based on 4.2.2

2) Removed all bloatwares which includes Xolo specific apps,google +, clock,taalk,themes,stock keyboard ,music etc

3)Added Xperia mod keyboard,inverted playstore,sms and calendar app.

4)Bravia mod is attached although i didnt see much difference

5)Viper audio added and works smooth.

6)Native Kitkat apps like google now,search and laucher added.

7)Font change to incorporate the new kitkat roboto

8)Included ES file explorer

*[FLASHABLE][PORT]Lewa Os by nightwalker-HERE

~Some Features-

->BASIC FEATURES:

*PRE-ROOTED

-updated to latest Superuser binary + Superuser v3.1.3

*BUSYBOX

-pre-installed to make sure you can run power tools and scripts right out of the box

*DEODEXED

-all system apks are deodexed to allow theming and modding

*ZIPALGINED

-all system apks are zipaligned for optimum RAM usage

*INIT.D SUPPORT

-supports running of init.d scripts at during boot

->ADVANCED FEATURES:

*Full GPU rendering

-disabled software rendering for better performance, speed and screen drawing

*SuperSmooth Scrolling

-disabled scrolling cache for butter smooth scrolling

*Signature checking disabled

-disabled signature checking to allow modded (signed and unsigned) apps to run at boot

*Beautiful Lewa UI

-the rom gives you a wholesome Lewa UI i.e Pure Lewa UI without modifications

*Swap Support In-Built

-the rom comes with In-Built swap support.So,that you people don't have to do anything

*Theme Manager

-Change Themes using LeWa Theme manager, On the GO.

*Lewa Firewall

-Security and firewall by LeWa, stop any app from accessing Data,Sms & Contacts

->ONE-OF-A-KIND FEATURES:

*No System App Bug

-with all new themed stock apps, we provide you best and pure AOSP experience of every system app, with no errors & problems.

*Lewa Ported Apps

-we know you all are eager to get Lewa on your device, still keep the hopes alive.

*No Branding

-we know you love your device and want it to be only yours,so we almost didnt put branding in our rom.So,that you can brag about that you made it.

*No False Android Version

-we don't want users to get confused that is it 4.x.y.So,we didn't change android version.

->EASE OF USE:

*Slider Button

-Slide to change "SIM-in-use".

*USB Storage

-Toggle USB storage directly through notification window.

*Lockscreen With Controls

-Fully loaded lockscreen.

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Flashing through SP Flash-

*Download The [ROOTED FIRMWARE]XOLO_A500s_S016_23102013.zip or [S007] Version file from the link provided above.

*Download Sp Flash Tools

*Download Xolo Usb Drivers

*Extract The Downloaded firmware package at your desired destination in your Windows PC.

*Open SP Flash Tools

*Then Follow Up The Guide To Flash The Latest Firmware-HERE​

Tools Requires-

*SP Flash-For flashing firmware of MTK devices.

Click HERE to Download SP Flash tool.​

Changing DPI-

~Pre-Planning

*You need your device to be rooted.

*Any Root file manager Ex:-ES File Explorer

*Open your build.prop with text editor of explorer

*Add this code at the bottom

#Lcd Density
ro.sf.lcd_density=[COLOR=Red]240[/COLOR]

*Kindly see that 240 is the value of DPI.

*Change it according to your need.​