yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XOLO A500S] nightwalker:
REVIEW

After using your rom for 3 hours.....

I will say it is very smooth,without tweaks and other stuff getting around 212 MB ram with whatsapp and other normal apps.

Gaming is hell smooth.I installed dead trigger 2,and It worked like charm without lagging.

It's pure vanilla interface is very nice.

Feeling like Pure AOSP 4.2.2.;)

Browsing was also a very nice experience.

The camera quality has been really improved[Compared them with the stock rom]

Interface is very smooth than stock rom.:good:

Now,the things that should be taken care of.....

The boot logo is not changed,it's same xolo.The boot animation has been changed.

Try to use different boot animation.[Just a suggestion]

Sony walkman player is not there,Only stock music player was there.

Can't find clear audio app....

Rom needs some theming,I felt it to be stock rom only look wise.:p

Well,It was your first rom and well to without bugs.

Keep this gud work,and add some control in settings,people like it...[Me too,so did it on my own with your rom settings]

Just to ask,how to remove inactive signal icon??

I have one sim so the other sim icon also shows,I want to make it automatic not always on.

Well

Good work bro.:good::good:
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
i EDITED the description just before your post. u can check 'recent edits'. sony walkman and clear audio app are going to be there in the next build. or sum other audio tweaks.

regarding other sim icon, you will have to edit SystemUI.apk which is very troublesome. Still, i will try to find a solution and get back to u

I will also change the boot logo from next build. boot animation will also be changed. it will be that of xperia. i liked it more den current boot anim.

instead of theming and messing, m thinking of adding a extra launcher with the rom. those who like stock can use stock one, others can use the secondary launcher.
[XOLO A500S] nightwalker:
hmm.... Good idea!!

But bro custom ROM solely means that can be tweaked and customized.

Little bit theming will be just awesome.

Xperia boot animation is good.

Try to add supercharged services.jar so the ROM will be very smooth.

Your ROM is very smooth and awesome.

Thanks for your hardwork. (y)
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Hmm.. yeaa will try theming little :p
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Update guys :)

New build

POSTPONED

.

tIctActOe v2 :)

> New keyboard added / Old removed

> Inbuilt Torch added

> Gemini Taskiller added

> More tweaks (Especially battery and network)

> New music app added / Old removed

> Beats audio MOD added

> Silent Camera ;)

> Size is ~190 MB. more light :)

> Video Editor Removed

> GOOGLE now Removed

> Free RAM is in the range of 225+ always :eek:

Still its Vanilla only :P NO apks/framework were modified but the performance is definately improved much ;)
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
thanks for this. i stumbled upon this thread now. wondering whether to download v1 right away. :confused:

would v1 continue to be available for download, in case someone wants to try it later? :D

btw, is there an easier way for a custom recovery? the steps in that link are not very clear and the download link is not available now. :mad:
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Dont say thanks , Press thanks :P

The links will be supported but I think v2 >>> v1. Hence no need to try v1 l8r.

Currently, that is the only way.. You may want to ask here what you didn't understand from the steps.!
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Sorry

POSTPONING THE PROJECT TILL XOLO A500S COMMUNITY GROWS STRONGER :(

OTHER DEVELOPERS CONTINUE your WORK
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
sudden turn of events

huh? i dunno what made you take this step, but i hope you get back to this project soon. sustained activity can make any community 'grow stronger'. these are early days for xolo a500s, i suppose. i also hope you'll continue to offer support for people willing to try your rom.
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
Please continue your work,btw you already made v2 can you please provide the link for it & keep it up..:)
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
v1 i had uploaded on 14th and it has just 1 download :( when I wrote that post.. dats y I thot I will make ROM when there will be some encouraging activity .. :/
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
v2 was ready. but there were not MAJOR changes as compared to v1. SO, I worked on it more and now, the final v2 is something VERY GOOD ;) B) I will upload at night.

> Its very light at 164 MB

> AROMA installer ;)

> Xperia keyboard/ stock replaced

> Xperia bootanim/ stock replaced

> Xperia Wallpaper/ stock replaced

> Xperia Launcher/ stock replaced

> Free RAM 240mb + even with whatsapp installed

> Secondary launcher also der / ITS BLAZING FAST.

n also dose features i said earlier

-> Inbuilt Torch added

-> Gemini Taskiller added

-> More tweaks (Especially battery and network)

-> Beats audio MOD added

-> Silent Camera

-> Video Editor Removed

-> GOOGLE now Removed

-> Boot logo added
[XOLO A500S] KrishMehta:
EAGERLY awaiting for V2.. ( i just downloaded V1 few hours ago, but now changed my mind to directly install V2 instead of that!!) hope there will be new download links for V2 soon... thanks in advance champ!
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
v2 uploaded :D :) ENJOY! :good:
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
i am on v1 from past 3 days and must say bro excellent development there.. Do not give up..

:)
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
not for nothing they've named it 'lightning' launcher. :D can it be upgraded to the eXtreme version? is it installed as a system app?

same here. now, all i need to do is convince my friend to lend me the device..... :laugh:

my friend's device has build "..........S013_31082013". can anyone share the

cwm recovery for this same build

they've created using mtk droid tools v2.4.8? thanks in advance. or, can anyone post the best & fail-safe procedure to create cwm recovery using the stock (backed up) boot.img?

btw, if this is not a good beginning, what is!!!? keep it up, [MENTION=4541974]iamnimit[/MENTION] and [MENTION=948203]vishalgunthey[/MENTION]. looking forward to more from you both.

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=> please post more screenshots - esp. of 'dialer', 'messaging app', 'storage', 'developer options', 'about phone' etc...

=> what is the default screen dpi of this device? anyone tried lesser dpi?
[XOLO A500S] jeffrey.phil@gmail.com:
Thank u for the ROM, one more idea for ur future ROMS, the micromax fun a74 scores a lot more in antutu benchmark... And hus much better performance especially on the gaming front compared to the xolo a500s ... Now... Usually porting roms from other phones is tedious... But with the current soc... I.e, mediatek6572w. All hardware... Such as wifi, bluetooth, gps, etc, (camera too i think) ... Is integrated. That means u dont have to worry about modules , libraries n drivers.. The a74 is almost completely identical, so consider this as an option for ur next release. Meanwhile... Thanks with all my heart for ur work on this phone. Will continue to support n hit thanx button (unfortnately limited to 8 a day)
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
tried with a lower dpi than 240 and the device in boot loop.. i think the best option would be to rebuild kernel from scratch.. Since inmit is working fit for a Smooth rom i will start on developing custom kernel.. My focus is on having ART on this little beast instead of dalvik.

Lot of thoughts ahead.

Just wanna give you all heads up and your suggestions are welcome too
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
u r on my v1 or on your v1 :P u have developed quite a neat rom! i ENJOYED It for 2 days :)

1.The screenshots u r toking about are the same re. I have just changed the ROM. I Haven't tweaked any app (dialer/sms) nor SYSTEM_UI. I was just wanting to MAKE A SMOOTH BUGFREE VANILLA like rom. Hence v1 and v2 are just the BASIC BUILDS :)

2. U can anytym download the paid version from google play or blackmart :P XDA doesn't allow PAID APPS to be included in rom so i can just give u the free version.. :(

3. I dont think CWM recovery will be different for ur friend's device. The method will be the same :)

Hmm.. yea, i will try Porting the Micromax A74 Rom after some time. Nyc idea :good:

I tried changing the DPI on my v2 and it works perfect :eek: I think you might have lowered it very much.. FOR ME, 200 dpi works well.. :)

Screenshot >
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
[MENTION=4541974]iamnimit[/MENTION], please read this post and help.
[XOLO A500S] sierrarohan:
Version of Base ROM.

First of all, feeling great to see a Custom ROM for Xolo A500s,

My question is, what is the version of stock ROM that is used as a Base ROM here? Is it the old S007 one? or the newer S013 one?

There is not much new in the newer firmware except Xthemes comes pre-installed to theme and customize the default launcher.
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
if u r saying thats the only change in newer firmware, den i guess it wont matter since I have replaced stock launcher with an fast & light alternative launcher! :)
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
Its based on s007,jdq39
[XOLO A500S] sierrarohan:
Yeah nice!!

Will flash this ROM tonight as the handset belongs to my father!

And will come up with a review in next few days!!

I'm still a noob in terms of ROM developing but if anything is required, feel free to contact me!
[XOLO A500S] naruto100:
Just flashed the v2 directly on my stock rom.. Installation finished successfully but now phone is not starting. It is keep getting restart after xolo logo comes on screen. Am I the only one who is getting this? Please confirm, and solution for it. thanks in advance.
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
I think U have not followed the steps properly. ALSO , first boot takes 2 mins or so, hence wait after FLASHING. Follow all 10 steps correctly
[XOLO A500S] naruto100:
I have followed the steps carefully.. actually I did flashed it two times. but still same thing. I guess file is incomple or something. (just my guess)... You mentioned about 163MB file and file uploaded is 156MB.. Is it alright?
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
the size on disk is 163mb / but the size to download is 156.43mb only.. I think your download was corrupt.. Download it again :)
[XOLO A500S] naruto100:
That's weird.. I have total 156mb downloaded.. But let me download it again, i will report it again.
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
md5 checksum should match - "c1b8586079baa2e1bf16276aa533fa4a".
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
your bootloop is actually because that you directely flash the rom without wipping data,dalvik cache ,formating system etc.

your download is ok,you have to do is just follow proper step,

1.go into recovery,

2.wipe data/factory reset

3.wipe cache

4 go in mount & storage then

-mount data so in recovery display its turns like umount/data then format data

-mount system then format system

-mount cach then format cach

5 back into main recovery then

6 go in advance - wipe dalvik cach than

7 back into recovery than

8 install from sdcard

9 select the file and flash it

I think if you follow the above step your problem will be solved
[XOLO A500S] rashidkn:
hi ..

.im very happy to see first custom rom for my 6572 device(haier w718 mt6572) because my device specification 100% same with xolo a500s ... i Already makes xolo 500s stock rom flashable and flashed to my device and its works 100%... downloading and get report back...
[XOLO A500S] naruto100:
I know all these. But still followed you as you mentioned but still getting the same..

I have downloaded whole ROM again but same thing happening. That's weird that it is only happening with me. :( Just getting XOLO logo and phone restarts, so it is different than boot loop where logo just get stuck.. and getting same thing again and again.

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I don't know about this, so please explain.
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
YEA PLS try and get back :)
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
I followed exactly same steps and also tried to install v1. but phone still stuck in bootloop, none of the ROMs are working.

How can I get it out of the boot loop?

Is it possible that bootloader got corrupt at time of CWM installation ? how to fix it ?

Regards,

Manu
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
If you are able to boot into CWM you are saved. Delete /data /cache /dalvik cache /battery status and then delete system.

Sometimes after deleting systems it still shows it as mounted. Unmount is manually and try to install it again.

This should definitely fix your problem.:good:
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
why are people getting bootloop :|

GUYS, i have tested the ROMs on my XOLO A500S and then uploaded. They are 100% Working.
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
Great work,realy fast & amazing rom,works like a butter smooth,installed in one go yesterday,keep up good work free ram around 230mb,just one bug i noticed in music play when we hit sound effect it force cloces whole musicapp
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Oh, too late!! I tried to flash stock ROM using SP flash tool, and it was flashed successfully, but then the phone does not switch on anymore and when I am trying to flash other ROM through SP Flash but it says S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032) .

What can be done now?

It looks like I flash wrong stock ROM. Is there link for correct stock ROM for A500s IPS?

Thanks!
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
DON'T ever use FLASHTOOL to flash the rom,it will brick your phone,many people complained about it,so your device might bricked
[XOLO A500S] naruto100:
That's really confusing. Just week ago purchased this xolo a500s phone and see first custom rom from you for this phone. Please do something. What is this md5 checking thing that other user mentioning.
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Yes, I understand that it might be bricked, but what are my options now? Is there a link to working stock rom for A500s IPS ?
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
Use ES Ffile explorer(download from playstore) then open it go into the folder where you put the downloaded rom then long press on it then from right bottom corner there r 3 dot click on it then chose properties & on a popup will apper in that popup at bottom down checksum is written click & creat a md5 check sum this will creat aN UNIQ NO. not down it compare it with the download site page's md5 no. Both must be same.

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This might help xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2360334
[XOLO A500S] naruto100:
It is "c1b8586079baa2e1bf16276aa533fa4a"... Is it okay? Dev host showing the same?

Now what's the reason behind the problem... I have flashed many ROMs in different phones. but getting such thing first time.:confused:
[XOLO A500S] sierrarohan:
Bro, I'm not an expert but newer Xolo A500s comes with newer firmware. Old is S007 one and this ROM is based on that. While newer Firmware is S013 one, which comes preinstalled on newer handsets. Maybe this is what causing the bootloop problem on some handsets.
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
No bro.as i had newer firmware dated 31/08/13 s013 & i successully flashed the rom withouat any pro. There might be some flashing error.
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
tIctActOe v2.5 soon ;)

-> Adrenaline Script added

-> Free RAM now above 250mb

-> Boot time is now about ~25 seconds

-> More Small size ~ 136mb

-> Unused FONTS / lib removed.

-> MORE to come :)
[XOLO A500S] jeffrey.phil@gmail.com:
[MENTION=982498]IamI[/MENTION]nit

Hey Man, nice updates uve got there... anyway. 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)

SO my point, please try n port the a74 rom, please!, i dont wanna sound like a girl, but pinky please man! :P
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Hmm.. I will try porting !! :good:
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Good 0.5 increment there :) HAHA nice work...Keep it up!!
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
M waiting for your next version also ! ;)
[XOLO A500S] naruto100:
I have android version of my new a500s of date 11/10/2013..

[MENTION=4541974]iamnimit[/MENTION] .... Please do something so that I can use your work too. I have already downloaded your ROM two times but still getting same problem. :confused:
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
Can you take a cwm backup and upload it and share the link. Would be interesting to look at the changes made in new firmware files.
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
I tried porting the MMX FUN A74 Rom, but failed bcoz of

> 480 * 854 Resolution :(

So sorry.

Keep searching for other MT6572 Handsets running 4.2.2 and 480x800 resolution
[XOLO A500S] dr.nakum:
Gionee pioneer p2 same as xolo 500s except betery 1700mah vs 1400mah & they themed the rom realy realy well
[XOLO A500S] sierrarohan:
Yes, here is the link to the thread, there is also a Stock ROM link...

Maybe porting this ROM will be less painful...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2485942
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
I can see there is no stock rom of GIONEE p2 on that link. The only rom for download is of Walton Primo F2 , but when I checked its UI, its PLAIN 4.2.2 -> U can check it here ;)
[XOLO A500S] vishalgunthey:
some success in porting. seems like the kernel of gionee p2 works and micro max a74 firmware.. Will update you all soon
[XOLO A500S] jeffrey.phil@gmail.com:
nice :)

oh, hold on.. so ur saying u have luck with gionee p2's kernel running micromax a74's rom on our xolo a500s?! , that would be incredible, but "iaminit" pointed out that the a74 has different display resolution and u cant directly port it to xolo a500s, so just the gionee kernel then, chineese people make fast ROMs really. :), may be the kernel would help increase its performance, this phone does good when it comes to RAM management, Camera performance , and battery, its just the gaming, fps drops, stutteriness is all that bothers, and i know init.d scripts , build.prop tweaks, hw acceleration, v6, adrenaline n stuff help to a extent, (I TRIED doing a lot with this phone to improve gaming, ended up bricking it, will get the replacement tomorrow :P) point being other ROMs/kernels can improve performance. , and one more thing i noticed is the RAM of this phone is comparatively slow :(, (acc. to benchmark apps)

anyways, keep up the good work guys, weve got 3 roms already, and one more is learning his how to's :P.

*p.s i wish the mediatek guys had choosen the mali400mp4 instead of the single core mali400 gpu :P (like in the s2) :P, oh nd more news on medietek.. new cheaper but better performing quads clocked at 1.3ghz with both the mali450 and mali400 gpu are on its way (check out THL w100s) mediatek 6588 etc, xolo and micromax have gone on with using the mediatek 6572 for now, good marketing strategy, and as for xolo news, new 4g phone coming up, and another q1000 variant . (4g... lol :D)
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Have you tried Antutu with my ROM v2? How much it scored in AntutU?
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Antutu Benchmark

I just checked out the ANTUTU benchmark of our phone with my Rom v2 and guess what?

I got score of 10684 which is just awesome compared to stock :p :good: Since v r getting score of ~11000 with XOLO's rom, y try porting MMX A74 Rom nw :D
[XOLO A500S] m0han:
yeah, a bit late... but, any progress? pls. post for the sake of other users...

edit

: just saw this post .... :confused:
[XOLO A500S] rashidkn:
1 question :

anyone know how we can use swap or ext partition in this device????

i have 256mb swap partition.. with 1gb ext4 partition...and fast 16gb sandisk class 10 u1 sd card

can we join internal sdcard with ext partition??...

can we enable swap(partition) in this device??? ...
[XOLO A500S] Abhinandan Trilokia:
Simply download RAMEXPENDER and enable swap UPTO 2.5 GB (i already use and it's 1000% working Also you can choose you internal sdcard it will give you at least 30mb writing speed)

TRY IT

NO ONE IS PERFECT
[XOLO A500S] rashidkn:
sorry i have limit 8 thanks per day... tested and worked ... but why this program only mount ext and fat partitions...swap partition not in program partition list... now i have 2 gb swap memory ...i think its too high for swap partition

and whats the hyper mode in ramexpender???must be enable???
[XOLO A500S] Abhinandan Trilokia:
WANNA MORE MOD, TWEAKS FOR XOLO A500S

GO HERE :-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2495531

***PRESS THANKS BUTTON***

NO ONE IS PERFECT
[XOLO A500S] rashidkn:
i have more than that tweaks in my phone :)

fully themed with xtheme,gravity box,xbattery,and very more tweak...

my phone is haier w718 mt6572 :):good:

but spec same with xolo a500s...even i installed stock xolo 500s rom to my device and fully(100%) all feature worked:D
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
New Version 2.5

Hey guys new version is added.. v2.5

v2.5

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.
[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] manugoenka:
S_ft_enable_dram_fail (4032)

I found some methods to unbrick it but first one involves to show drivers driver as "Mediatek DA USB VCOM Port". I device manager it shows MTK USB Port and that results into SP flash error.

BROM ERROR : S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032)

In simple words I need correct drivers for MT6572W which supports DA in SP Flash tool.

Can somone connect their XOLO A500S IPS as CD ROM mode and upload files for download ? Or suggest How I can change the driver forcefully in windows 7 (64 bit) as soon as I connect my phone it take MTK USB port, which is not correct.
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Finally I unbricked my phone using following tutorial

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2495352

But now there is a new issue related to screen. Although phone seems to be starting and booting up. But it shows only colored lines on screen. No actual display. I guess it have something to do with MT6572W processor as Its a IPS display and the preloader.bin I used is for other version. I am quite sure it is preloader.bin only as the lines start coming up even before xolo logo is displayed. CWM and everything showing with lines only. So maybe a correct version of preloader.bin which does not give BROM error in flash tool will make phone work again.

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Finally I unbricked my phone using following tutorial

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2495352

But now there is a new issue related to screen. Although phone seems to be starting and booting up. But it shows only colored lines on screen. No actual display. I guess it have something to do with MT6572W processor as Its a IPS display and the preloader.bin I used is for other version. I am quite sure it is preloader.bin only as the lines start coming up even before xolo logo is displayed. CWM and everything showing with lines only. So maybe a correct version of preloader.bin which does not give BROM error in flash tool will make phone work again.
[XOLO A500S] manugoenka:
Do you mean A500s IPS with MT6572W processor ? Can you please post correct preloader.bin and steps to unbrick it. 'thanks' waiting.
[XOLO A500S] iamnimit:
Guys SOLD MY XOLO A500S to buy XOLO Q500 phone which is QUAD CORE with 1GB RAM , priced Rs.8000/- but due to offers, I Got it for Rs. 6500 only (300 more den my XOLO A500S Price :P )

Was great being with this community.. Dis PROJECT IS thus

DISCONTINUED

permanently! :'( luv yu all! :D
[XOLO A500S] babadepa:
Will you be doing some development on q500 I am planning to buy one and do share experience on q500 thanks in advance