yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XOLO A500S] jeffrey.phil@gmail.com:
[MENTION=948203]vishalgunthey[/MENTION]

Hey Man, nice updates uve got there... love the nexus 5ish looks :good:. Here's the stock rom of micromax fun a74: http://www.needrom.com/mobile/micromax-a74/

antutu bencmark score of over 11,000 - a74 (also... much better gaming performance , tested subway surfers and dead trigger.

while xolo a500s antutu benchmark score of 8900 - a500s (also... very bad gaming performance, tested subway surfers and dead trigger. [check gaming videos of both phones in youtube], reason .. apparently xolo makes very bad stock roms, had similiar experience with the q800 (equivalent micromax much better, but q800 rocks with custom roms), they can even make beasts like the q1000s laggy using thier super bad stock rom making skills. (1.5qc...yet lags :P) but camera performance and phone looks just awesome when it comes to xolo.

do note that both the a74 and a500s have the same chipset mediatek6572w 1.3cortexta7 with mali 400gpu and this chipset has wifi, bluetooth, gps intergrated, which means, the hardware, and the software (drivers, libraries) are the same.

SO my point, please try n port the a74 rom, please!, i dont wanna sound like a girl, but pinky please man! :P :eek:
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Noted...Thats sounds like a next project...Let me see how much success i get to port micromax to xolo..Thank you for that information and definitely its not like a girl.... Its your voice and our efforts :)
[XOLO A500S] zardaman:
I succesfully flashed my A500s with SP Flashtool using stock rom from this link. :)

http://support.moulnisky.com/index.php?dir=Xolo/Xolo A500s/Firmware versions/S007/
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Good news Everyone..

I successfully hard bricked and unbricked my A500s.I will post the stock rom and the key there is preloader.bin which if flashed incorrectly bricks your device..But i will also put together a procedure on how to unbrick your device..Thus my instructions in red at the beginning of this forum stands NULL now..:)
[XOLO A500S] rashidkn:
my device is haier w718 mt6572...same spec with xolo a500 and a74 .... my antutu score with my stock rom...(over 100 app installed) :
[XOLO A500S] zardaman:
Oh.. i quoted other by mistake on my previous comment. My Bad. edited now :) Also it would be easier for others if you could just use the link that i posted for our stock rom so as to avoid the preloader replacing part. Just making a suggestion :) And of course, your rom is just great. i like it. :)
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Thank you, I managed to unbrick my phone using following instructions and files. So now it starts and gets charged. But screen have some lines only instead of correct display. I think its something to do with preloader.bin.

I have XOLO A500s IPS

How can I extract a preloader out of preloader_and_dsp file backed up when using MtkDroidTools and make it flashlable like the one above.

I have stock rom but it does not flash and gives error if I select preloader.

Regards,

Manu

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Hello,

If anyone is still have XOLO A500S IPS with MT6572W processor. Can you please create a full backup ROM from device along with correct preloader and scatter file. I flashed wrong preloader file and it bricked my phone and now flash old version of A500s preloader and it works but display is not working so I guess correct preloader file need to be loaded.

Would be great if someone can extract it from their working phone.
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Hey Manu,

I can help you to restore the correct firmware PM me and we will do it.. Thank you
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
So any more tweaks or features required for v3 .. Do let me know and we can build a solid rom per requirements.
[XOLO A500S] Abhinandan Trilokia:
***gammmmmmming rom***

please pleseeeeeee for xolo a500s

no one is perfect
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Hi Vishal, did you get my PM. I am waiting for your reply to get my A500s IPS working. It still showing blurred lines after flashing the preloader from the link above. Thanks in advance.
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
Hey vishal, here's few recommendations for v3...

1. try to add Ac!D sound mod in v3 (I dont get why did u removed viper in v2!!??)

2. The ear piece or speaker's volume is TOO LOW of the phone... ( I always have to wear hands free or ear phones in order to listen to the caller's voice!!) So PLEASE do something for it!

also there are few minor bugs like...

1. screen display timeout automatically changes to 45 seconds after every few hours despite changing to 30 secs manually many times.

2. While using apps, the phone automatically gets locked!! & each time we have to slide that to continue.

3. I dont remember any other right now, so they must not be that important enough... ;)

otherwise, you have made a nearly perfect & superb rom bro...

Congrats for that & thanks in advance for v3! ;)
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Thank you Krish and ABTri....I have started the work will keep you all posted soon!! :good::victory:
[XOLO A500S] PrimeNexes:
Can Recovery Manager flash CWM img on Xolo A500S IPS
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Hi Vishal,

Did you get my PM, I can see only preloader_and_dsp file without any extension, there is no preloader.bin. Is it something that can be used to prepare preloader for A500S IPS ?
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Hi Manu,

Here is what you can do to create a preloader.bin file out of preloader_and_dsp file from your backup folder.

1) Open MTK droid tools

Click Scatter from file and choose firmware.info from your backup folder where u created original firmware backup with mtk

2)Save the text file by replacing 89 to 72 inside the backup directory

3)Goto,root,backup,recovery and click to select "To prepare blocks for Flash tool". Navigate again to the backup folder and locate to find files.md5.

(Ensure that the scatter file created above is in same directory)

4)NExt it will automatically start to prepare the files so that you can flash it via SP Flash tool.

5) Wait for few minutes and bingo there you go... The stock rom is ready to flash and will be located with folder name "!Files_to_FlashTool" under backup\yourdevicefoldername\.

Select to flash only the preloader.bin out of this folder with SP Flash tool and all will be sorted :)

LEt me know how it goes...Thank you:good:
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Vishal, you are amazing. Phone is finally on now with all colors and crisp display. I flashed complete original ROM and looks just like original now.

But a new problem now, It does not read sim card in any of the slots and when I check about phone in settings It does not have any IMEI numbers. It is probably because I full formatted the phone at one point using SP flash tools. I still have the original box with me which have IMEI number written. How can I restore those IMEI number to the phone to get it working as normal phone.

Thanks for all your help so far. I wish I could give you more than one thanks.
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Thank you and for IMEI restore here you go for any MTK device the steps remain same :)

1. Go to Engineering Mode with this code * # * # 3646633 # * # *

2. Type it on call pad

3. Then Engineering Mode show on your phone screen

4. Go to CDS info

5. Go to Radio info

6. then go to Phone1 (For the first IMEI No)

7. At the top there is a command line which begins "AT+" just type there "AT +EGMR=1,7,"IMEI_1" (Instead of IMEI_1 put your first IMEI No)

8. Hit send command

9. If you done just reboot the phone

10. If you want to change the second IMEI No then go to step 2 and select "Phone2"

11. And enter the code "AT +EGMR=1,10,"IMEI_2" (Instead of IMEI_2 put your second IMEI No)

12. Hit send command

13. Reboot your phone
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
I tried exactly as per instruction, but it says, AT Command is failed to send. Also in MTK droid tools it says pttycmd1 device not found and gives - for Baseband v and Uboot build v and null for both IMEIs.
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Oops ok...

Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2318582...

I forgot to mention to not to delete or format rom earlier...my bad as that deletes the IMEI also :(...

I am still looking to find any solution for you...Thank you..and will keep you posted!:good:
[XOLO A500S] PrimeNexes:
I got the same problem , a restarting boot my system is unmounted , my phone is Xolo A500s IPS
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Boot into CWM delete everything and then format /system go back and then install the zip. If it installs quickly something is wrong. If it takes about 1 minute all good.. I will put a install script in v3 soon :).. Thank you...

If the problem still persists then please upload the boot and recovery img files somewhere so that i can create seperate zip file for A500s IPS.

Thank you!
[XOLO A500S] PrimeNexes:
Failed :( I sent you Boot and Recovery.img via PM . Hope you can make a Patch :D
[XOLO A500S] PrimeNexes:
I have created the patch , I cooked the ROM with my boot.img and it worked :D. Please add a IPS Version ROM too in your Next Build

[MENTION=948203]vishalgunthey[/MENTION] I want to know how did you replaced the stock Keyboard and added the Google Now on launcher ( or with Launher.apk you used) and how did you added "Your Android is being Updated" on the first Boot . If you can please tell I am trying yo create a Custom Rom and please give me some tips and Tricks if you want to :D
[XOLO A500S] nightwalker:
Custom ROMs solely means that can be CUSTOMIZED AND TWEAKED

BASIC FEATURES

1.)Try to keep the ROM small in size.

2.)Try to add tweaks for ram management(Best is V6 supercharger)

3.)Change the toggle icons and the tile background.

4.)Try to theme the stock apps that are of device.

ADVANCED FEATURES

1.)Try to make a custom layout for changing status bar style.(for my mod,I also did it)

2.)Clock tweaks(color changer)

3.)Transparency manager.

4.)extended power menu.(EPM)

5.)Tabbed settings.

If u try or best to add these,I am sure bro

People will love ur work.
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
Vishal, one more bug which I found is that notification ringtone changes to the default one automatically after every few hours... please take a look & try to fix it in v3!
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Thank u all i am testing few things out.Might need a beta tester .PM me if anyone wants to be one!Thank u
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Little disturbed with personal life so cant devote much time here..But i am working on having cm11 ported..Let u all know soon on the progress.
[XOLO A500S] PrimeNexes:
The "OK Google" Feature is not working :( And all the best for the CM11 Port . With this we will get 4.4 on A500S :D
[XOLO A500S] abhifx:
Karbonn A12+ user here. visited here to say thanks (pressed thanks to OP) as i have used the scatter file from here to flash CWM on my phone.

since A500S and A12+ have similar hardware? is it possible to flash A500S over A12+?

i know its a super risk but my phone is not working so yeah whatever...
[XOLO A500S] abhifx:
i have flashed the rom and booted successfully on karbonn a12+

thanks OP
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
Kitkat For XOLO A500s

When are you going to launch the kitkat for xolo a500s. eagerly waiting
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Dear Friends,

I am back to development after a long pause let me recompile all my files for KitKat and test to see if all works good.
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
Me too awaiting v3 anxiously!!
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
Great news.. I cant wait for kitkat anymore, bring it on..
[XOLO A500S] mGforCe:
Hi Vishal,

Nice to note that you are back to development...I just purchased this phone today & will be happy to help wherever required.
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Thank u all..While testing today i noticed that all works except incoming call bug which gets disconnects automatically. So trying to fix it.

Also working on ART instead of Dalvik.
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
wish you all the best.
[XOLO A500S] TheRoHit18:
Help

Hi guys today I have rooted my xolo a500s IPS using farmaroot but when I tried to mount system r/w for pushing some apps and removing some on system partition but it is not mounting because of that i cant make changes on system please help how can I mount system partition
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
Try root explorer
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
I know, I should not ask for ETA but can you please tell us when shall v3 be ready.. (some hints probably, & specs if possible)

Thanks in advance!
[XOLO A500S] mGforCe:
Vishal...first thanks for the nice work done... The ROM is simple yet good. Just installed it after trying tIctActOe ROM which didn't work well.

All seems ok so far with your v2 except Clock which is crashing again & again. Any ideas on same?

Further how to get 4.4 apps like Google talk if its still available?

Regaridng your above issue, I too faced the same error (incoming call ending with error "process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly") when I moved back from tIctActOe ROM to original stock rom via CWM recovery. Did all things like clear data/cache for dialer, phone etc etc.. No benefit. Did hard reset no benefit..

Finally before going to Stock Recovery of old build no S13 as against my S16 I thought of trying your v2 whereas waiting for v3 :P The issue was resolved.

I am eagerly waiting for v3 which hopefully will bring best possibe additions to our high VFM phone.

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Clock is not working in v2. Should I explore for stock apps from Kitkat.. will they work?
[XOLO A500S] mGforCe:
[MENTION=948203]vishalgunthey[/MENTION]

Pls help with the clock bit. thanks.
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
v3 on the cards this weekend guys.Not much fancy changes to kitkat as i am focussing more on porting cm.The v3 version is smooth performer with soundmod and brilliant touchwiz port launcher.

I shall update changelogs soon.And yeah clock is fixed as well.:)
[XOLO A500S] Abhinandan Trilokia:
Waiting. ........ For v3 and CM port

NO ONE IS PERFECT
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
Great news ... Thanks.
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Facing problem to upload can someone suggest a beat file sharing site for developers..
[XOLO A500S] nightwalker:
Bro try on goo.im it's for devs.

Dev host is also very nice.
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
Google drive..??
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
What's the problem in uploading at media fire?
[XOLO A500S] mGforCe:
Great :) Eagerly waiting for v3.

Hope you get chance to get Hangout latest version (one which shows gives online status too).

Mediafire is one good site both for uploader & downloader...
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
Waiting since 2days.. Upload it please...
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
:crying: me too anxiously waiting for v3 since saturday... checking this thread four times a day.. hope god bless us all & vishal's problem in uploading ROM may solve soon... :(
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
Inteha hogayi intezaar ki,

aayi na kuch khabar mere yaar ki,

Ye hame hai yakeen

Bewafa woh nahi,

phir wajah kya hui intezaar ki.....
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
I am extremely sorry guys and respect your patience.

So where am i why didn't I upload v3 yet...

I know all these questions must be bothering you, but there is small problem i encountered with kk port that the phone becomes sluggish and thus decided to keep to 4.2.2 but this time with custom scripts and better ram management and other cosmetic changes..

I am testing the builds on my phone to identify any significant issues. Si far looks good guys..I will PM few beta testers who have shown interest for testing and will collect there feeds to release the final version..... So please bear:) .. Thank you all for the wonderful contribution and interest.
[XOLO A500S] TimeT:
Can you please upload somewhere your work on kitkat, so I or other friend of mine can work on it? If it boot up it's a start.

I want the kitkat instead of jelly bean because of ART, it works on this phone? Once we have ART running on this phone, it will be easy to update it.
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
I am only interested in kitkat, coz my stock rom works smooth without any scripts. I've uninstalled many bloatware apps and disabled a few. I only use greenify which is I think much better than any script out there. I do wipe dalvik cache twice in a month coz after a few days or weeks my phone gets laggy and ram goes down to zero. After wiping dalvik cache and cache partition I get around 130mb of free ram..

Vishal can u please upload kitkat rom so that any other developer can help u making a good working kitkat..

Every day I use to check this thread for kitkat but after a long wait I got a big babaji ka thullu from vishal.. Lol
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
Its really disappointing to hear that we are not going to have kitkat on our A500s'... feels like a dream of mine has shattered! but anyways, if you are facing troubles and difficulties in porting kitkat to A500s then its okay... but please atleast upload that 4.2.2 rom (v3) asap.. as after almost using v2 for more than a month, my device is now getting little bit laggy & sluggish so i wish its better to upgrade it to v3 instead of just applying patches that doesnt work for long time like clearing dalvik cache etc..

we users of A500s are really grateful to you Vishal.

Thank you very much in advance!
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Upload in progress for v3 jb. For my work on kitkat i will post it by Friday.

Thank you all for the kind support.
[XOLO A500S] TimeT:
Thank you for doing this. But that rom is a kitkat port(4.4) or only ported apps using 4.2.2 as base?
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
dont mind, but Vishal.. i think you must be using a 56kbps dial up modem to upload v3.. :p as its already more than 24 hours gone but still no clue bout it!! as you said.. "upload in progress for v3".. i think the ox cart in which you sent the rom has taken a wrong turn somewhere in middle of path... ;) just kidding.. but please upload it soon yaar...:)

Thanks in advance!
[XOLO A500S] TimeT:
It's 14.02.2014 and still no kitkat project posted, still no v3.
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
hope everything is fine. just bumping in the hope that we'll have v3 soon. thanks in advance.
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
Seriously m also waiting for v3!!
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
Friends, I think we all should not wait for v3 anymore because it seems it is not going to happen (atleast in near future). I messaged vishal on facebook also to know status of the project but after almost wait of a month, he still hasn't replied to me... I think he has abandoned this project, so R.I.P. XoNex! :(
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
Oh god!! But at least he can try to reply n say that he has abandoned the project... So that everyone starts finding other custom roms:banghead::mad::thumbdown:
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Dear Xolites,My heartfelt apologies on disappearing all of a sudden. FIRST UP WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KEEN PATIENCE AND SUGGESTIONS. I had alot of issues and the good news is i am back with bang..So here is what i would wish to clarify..

1) A Smooth Rom with JB base is ready to be uploaded

2) Xolex is the project which is mix of Xolo + Lewa and it works fantastic . Some minor changes and it should be uploaded soon

3) Kitkat port unfortunately i am still stuck at bootloop and figuring what is causing the issue but i shall upload the work done so far... So please stay tuned.. LOTS TO COME SHORTLY.. :)
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
V3 link uploaded just download and clear data cache and flash it. Let me know your valuable feedback.

Also will be posting the Xolew project link soon as it is tested to be good except a Wifi issue where it doesn't latch

For CM11 port i need help to find a similar device in chinese forum which has a base build. The closest one which i am using is

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/kitkat-4-4-2-redifine-aosp-for-mi2mi2s-xiaomi/

I understand these devices are similar ones but i couldn't find a successful working kitkat rom for them either.

So stay tuned guys and any suggestions/help is definitely appreciated..
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
how about this recovery? and how come the rom is (still) heavy?
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Yes the rom size is heavy due to native Xperia Z1 keyboard files which consumed around 150Megs space. I will try to tone it down in next small update.
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
Hey vishal, it's really nice to see you back. V3 is just very good but it lacks Google play is disappointing for me. Anyways, that's not a big deal.. Please provide link to download that additional package containing Gapps (specifically play store) from goo.im; which you stated is there but I could not find it.

Hope to see positive reply from you soon..

Thanks in advance!
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip here you go..
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
filesize and md5 checksum

my download was interrupted a few times, but completed somehow. the filesize i got is 433,375,990 bytes and md5 checksum is 493284adfa22a6118183904cd5a4a5cf. are these fine?
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Yep md5 looks.good.. Just give a try else i shall upload on other site tomorrow..
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
Thanks for v3 admin will flash it after exams! :D:thumbup::thumbup:
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
What is lewa??? I never heard about it! :rolleyes::confused:
[XOLO A500S] TimeT:
This is lewa: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2630952
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Carliv touch recovery works great now spending time on real kitkat for our master A500S
[XOLO A500S] scintillatingsyed:
guys u can find XOLO A500S roms here http://www.xoloa500s.tk/

ive tried some roms but only 2 are good, 1st is color os (oppo), nd tersus honami.
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
But y lewa??? Any speciality in it??
[XOLO A500S] Prashantthemusicvirus:
Can this Deodexed ROM be used on Xolo A600 also.. or If you can help me how to deodex a ROM coz when I tried doing it with universal deodexer.. I was getting some error then i tried doing it with xultimate but NO Success yet :(
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
[MENTION=948203]vishalgunthey[/MENTION], please see this post. consider that as an appeal to you too. thanks.
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
What happened to your Lewa project man? I know it's not easy to port KitKat to our phone so I'm not asking bout that, but you said Lewa should be uploaded soon.. So when is it going to uploaded? Please keep us updated. I'm dying to see Lewa on my phone..

V3 works very well.. except only one minor issue detected so far... when using power amp, the lock screen flickers constantly..

Otherwise ram management & especially battery performance is too good!

Hats off to you, keep going!
[XOLO A500S] TimeT:
I may make a lewa for this phone, I'm running it on a phone with same specs, this is the link if you want to test it if it's working: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3R0zQXWrzggcnBNa2dodVpQbnM/edit

Also you need to have a flash zip with gapps.
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
Hey vishal... This rom size is soo big... When I try downloading it.... My Google Chrome gets an error after downloading 300 mb of the Rom :(
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
Hey v3 is jus great..

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I jus got 1 bug... On whatsapp.. Wen I try to send a smiley after a sentence... While the keyboard is in use...the smiley box does not open....I have to close the keyboard den use smiley box...but others is great... :)
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Lewa should be out anytime soon.. :) Plus some surprise... Tik Tak for A500s..And JB slim v4..
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Also can someone help to find how to replace Xolo Boot logo

..
[XOLO A500S] TimeT:
I think you can do that by putting the logo.bin at the root of your .zip file.
[XOLO A500S] mGforCe:
Eagerly waiting for same for quite sometime now... pls upload asap. thanks
[XOLO A500S] vj_zero:
hey mate

i soft bricked my device

then i followed ur guide

installed cwm

and then tried the cwm backup as well as v3 of ur rom

but both times

wifi and bluetooth just wont work

any suggestions
[XOLO A500S] Shaivik Thakar:
Hey vishal I can't see that my ram is increased or not....it shows the same size which it showed earlier!?