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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snikerfreak:
Hello!

I bought a Navon MIZU M400 phone yesterday.

Default, it have a 4.2.2 Android. It's okay, but it's not smooth!!!!

I think a Dual-Core GPU Mali™400 GPU is not give a non-smoothable system for me.

I read a LOT of forum themes for this. I read about "Rotate my phone, press the recentry apps, etc etc..." but it's not working.

I try everything in the development opportunities menu.

I dont wanna root, because i bought yesterday..

With LOT OF THANKS, SnikerFreak
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyzo97:
I not really like Album system app on my phone , but if I uninstall the app I can't change lock screen wallpaper .

Can I change my screen lock wallpaper without Album app . Any help ...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nanostray:
System-wallpapers

No, unfortunately you can either use Album or the default Sony-wallpapers.I'm not aware of any 3rd party apps that can do this
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramon.nmgn:
Does anybody know if samsung is releasing a brand new refreshing interface with the new android 4.4 update or is it just the engine?

Would be really dissapointing if it will be just the engine and the look is just the same.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
nope it will be the same ,i think there wait for s5 for a new tw
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramon.nmgn:
Okay.

But what will be better in the new android?

Battery? Performance? Stability?

Why doeseverybody look forwards to with the new A4.4 coming?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
We going to have to wait and see its coming in January
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Estoroth:
afaik one of the 4.4 features on the Nexus 5 (which also has a snapdragon 800 like most Note 3) was that they're piping music directly through the DSP and thus increasing playback time to 60 hours (from 30). I hope that's a feature that will also be available on the note 3 :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kampinas:
Is the new smartphone from vodafone rooted yet or wait a bit longer?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kampinas:
I guess we will have to wait
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackburner:
Use cydia impactor. Tested on original firmware and update one (as of December 20)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kampinas:
so, you pressed start and you got it rooted? just like that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
I confirm that. The procedure is very easy. Cydia Impactor will built the drivers for Smart 4G. Then it will place the su file into the system/xbin/.

After that you can download your super user app of your choice. And you are OK.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackburner:
Yeah its easy! The real issue is if you mess around much with the firmware and if you manage to brick it you are pretty much screwed. I've dumped the kernel, recovery and system partitions. While the phone does have fastboot, I can't flash anything using fastboot or even get in fastboot mode without booting up the phone first.

So before messing around with the system partition think twice.

Edit: Has anybody built a kernel for this thing? I've got the kernel config (dumped from working phone) and the (wrong, since it gives an error with the settings) kernel sources.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kampinas:
thanks a lot :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
Recovery is blank of options. Why you dumbed it and how? Thanks in advance.

*Has anyone tried a better camera than the default one? Photos with flash are burned...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackburner:
I don't know why but the recovery has no selectable options, maybe it needs a usb jig?

I've dumped it for backup purposes. You can use dd to dump the partitions. I've also dumped the OTA zip. The stock camera is crap indeed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
So i figured out how to show up the options into the recovery menu.

1. Boot to recovery by shutting down your phone and pressing Vol(+) + Power Button until it opens.

2. The phone will boot but there is no option available.

3. Press the PowerButton and at the same time, press once the Vol(+). This compination will show up the 4 basic option into a factory recovery. These are reboot system, wipe cache, wipe data, install update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kampinas:
These options exists at Vodafone smart 4G? Is there an actual recovery options?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
These options are included into the original recovery of Vodafone smart 4g. To access these you must follow the above steps.

**if you want a better camera performance, you must try out "focal" from play store
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackburner:
Mine reboots if I try the Vol+ and power button combo at the recovery screen. What is you firmware version?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
4.2.2 I think that you don't follow exactly my steps.

Στάλθηκε από το Vodafone Smart 4G μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackburner:
I finally got it working, the trick is when you see the "No command" you must *first* press the power button and while pressing it press the Volume + button once, and them release all buttons.

Btw: I am on Build 4.2.090.28.T3.131127.JDQ39.VF.PT
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
I have the same build

Στάλθηκε από το Vodafone Smart 4G μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kampinas:
how did you manage to use the impactor, because I get the "no devices found" message

edit: was told that I had to tap several times the build number so to activate the programmer options. And it worked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
Yes.you need to check usb debugging before

Has anyone faces battery drain? Especially in flight mode?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackburner:
I've had that problem but since I've removed a few apps from the system partition it no longer seems to bee happening much (still there is some drain in flight mode).

I found a way to get to fastboot mode without root or even booting the phone first (good if we screw up the system partition). Just remove the battery and plug the phone to a computer.

On the adb drivers this line must be present, or you need to force install the drivers.

;CoolPad 8860u
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_1EBF&PID_7001

In order to get your phone recognized under fastboot you need to feed this to the end of your fastboot command "-i 0x1EBF". Like this

fastboot <whatever you want here> -i 0x1EBF
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
Can you name these apps?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
The apps on my system partition:

ApplicationsProvider.apk

BackupRestoreConfirmation.apk

BasicDreams.apk

Bluetooth.apk

Browser.apk

CABLService.apk

CPEngMode.apk

CP_AudioElectric.apk

CP_BugReportClient.apk

CP_FactoryTest.apk

CP_FlashLight.apk

CP_GPSView.apk

CP_Mirror.apk

CP_OTA.apk

CP_logredirect.apk

Calculator.apk

Calendar.apk

CalendarProvider.apk

CellBroadcastReceiver.apk

CertInstaller.apk

ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk

ChromeWithBrowser.apk

ConfigUpdater.apk

Contacts.apk

ContactsProvider.apk

DefaultContainerService.apk

DeskClock.apk

DownloadProvider.apk

DownloadProviderUi.apk

DrmProvider.apk

Email.apk

Exchange2.apk

FusedLocation.apk

GMS_Maps.apk

Galaxy4.apk

GalleryGoogle.apk

GestureOverlayService.apk

Gmail2.apk

GmsCore.apk

GoogleBackupTransport.apk

GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk

GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk

GoogleEarth.apk

GoogleFeedback.apk

GoogleLoginService.apk

GooglePartnerSetup.apk

GoogleServicesFramework.apk

HTMLViewer.apk

Hangouts.apk

HoloSpiralWallpaper.apk

InputDevices.apk

KeyChain.apk

LatinImeGoogle.apk

Launcher2.apk

LiveWallpapers.apk

LiveWallpapersPicker.apk

MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk

MediaProvider.apk

MediaUploader.apk

Mms.apk

Music2.apk

MusicFX.apk

NetworkLocation.apk

NfcNci.apk

NoiseField.apk

OTAProvisioningClient.apk

OneTimeInitializer.apk

PackageInstaller.apk

PartnerBookmarksProvider.apk

PhaseBeam.apk

Phone.apk

Phonesky.apk

PhotoTable.apk

PicoTts.apk

PlayGames.apk

PlusOne.apk

PrivInit.apk

Protips.apk

Settings.apk

SettingsProvider.apk

SetupWizard.apk

SharedStorageBackup.apk

SmartcardService.apk

SoundRecorder.apk

Stk.apk

Street.apk

SystemUI.apk

TagGoogle.apk

TelephonyProvider.apk

TimeService.apk

UserDictionaryProvider.apk

Velvet.apk

VisualizationWallpapers.apk

VoiceDialer.apk

VoiceSearchStub.apk

VpnDialogs.apk

WAPPushManager.apk

WfdP2pService.apk

WfdService.apk

Wiper.apk

com.qualcomm.location.apk

com.qualcomm.services.location.apk

qcrilmsgtunnel.apk

talkback.apk

Edit: Does the bootloader on this phone have any kind of lock? Edit: No
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
*BETA* ClockWorkMod

It seems to work, needs more testing.

How to flash:

Use the terminal, get root access and backup the recovery partition:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/storage/external_sd/recovery_backup.bin

Then flash this file:

dd if=/storage/external_sd/image-new.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

If it seems too advanced to you IT IS. Don't "#%$ around with your phone if you value it.

Link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/amhcmo

Disclaimer: At your OWN risk. DD can easily brick your phone if used incorrectly.

Update 1: Fix screen walk.

Update 2: No hacks are needed for building the image.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekisia:
Have anyone found a solution for battery drain in flight mode; except the uninstallation of some system apps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Disable ES Explorer. Remove all bloat installed (Voda apps, facebook, ebay..)

BTW: For the daring ones, it is possible to install the beta releases of the firmware.

Hint use an activity launcher and look for com.yulong.android.ota.ui.ServerSetActivity.

If you brick it then you are on your own.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro16:
can you explain in more detail how to install beta firmware Please

sorry for my bad English
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Step 1 - Install this Activity Launcher

Step 2 - Launch it, and where it says "Recent activities" tap it and select "All activities".

Step 3 - After all activities are loaded tap "Wireless Update", then tap the activity that says com.yulong.android.ota.ui.ServerSetActivity.

Step 4 - Then you can choose the "Test Server Internal Address" and tap "Set OTA server address".

And remember it's at your own risk!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro16:
still no custom ROM?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
No. Only CWM. The supplied vodafone kernel sources don't even compile with the extracted device config.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro16:
And may not ever make the custom ROM?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It really depends, since it's a msm8930 cpu it should be doable. As long its not a mediatek crap cpu it's just a matter of time, but moto g stole the spotlight.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro1234:
I'll explain what happened to me accidentally when she was in recovery cwm format the / system folder then the light stays on the logo 4g coming out to start ye thought that you can get an rom backup with recovery cwm and folder backup that go up to the dropbox mediafire 4shared whatever and I downloaded the methodology to the sd card and recover the phone with your backup rom please i need you to do that because I have no mobile aora same if I pay a lot of work please paypal money I need
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Let me see if I understand: You formatted the system partition and you have no backup right?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro1234:
I have already solved and I thank you very much for trying to help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Alright. Btw is there any official rom available to download?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro1234:
No.The only thing I dislike about this phone is its low development with good rom and that will have to wait
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
True that. Anyway if anyone needs the stock rom just ask, I've made a flashable zip file (untested but should work).

Edit: Lounder headphones audio output mod attached (NOT flashable, you must use a root explorer to put them in place (/system/etc/)).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro1234:
Not if you happens to everyone but my mobile when I'm sleeping I leave the mobile on with wifi and mobile is silent but when I got up to 9% spent another phone that had spent 3% much want to know if the mobile or I passed all
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro1234:
You can make a kernel to increase the processor frequency?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro1234:
Blackburner can upload the zip file?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psylos:
How did you create the image of the stock rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Root the phone, do a dd of the system partition.

The zip is too big to upload. I still need to find hosting for the update.zip.

The system partition dump is now uploaded, you can mount it under linux, or use a ext4 reader for windows.

Edit: File removed, copyright reasons.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alvaro1234:
Excuse you explain better how to install it because I'm very clumsy for these things
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's kinda of dangerous, if you don't know how to do it you shouldn't.

BTW theres a quite big ota on the testing server (two updates 46meg + 24meg). It updates the kernel and the baseband and many (bloat) apps. But you need to be almost fully stock (you can have root but no modded files).

Edit: Both otas remove the su binary. Cydia impactor still works anyway (they didn't even bother to fix it).

Edit 2: You can change the update script to work with the custom recovery but you need to know what you are doing.

The update should soon be released on the stock ota channel. The build number is 4.2.090.38.T3.140415.JDQ39.VF.PT.

I highly doubt that this phone will ever receive any official update to the android version, since they took 6 months to update the bloatware and add a crappy ebay service to the firmware.

Edit 3: I managed to build a kernel, the sources are way older than the used to build the stock rom kernel. And I've managed to brick the phone. So be careful with custom kernels since (so far) you can't flash anything using the pc.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roleiro91:
Hi, I cant do the OTA update for Vodafone smart 4g because Build.prop was modified.

Can you provide a build.prop stock file ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Which version are you at? (eg: 4.2.090.38.T3.140415.JDQ39.VF.PT)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roleiro91:
Yes, is there update that i have.

I try to put a new Build.prop file from an original and unrooted Smart 4g

the phone never restart again....

solution was sending to store because I do not have an original stock rom...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Most likely you didn't set the permissions correctly. Now they will reflash the phone and return it to you. Since flashing is a pain you probabily done the best thing. Either you do a clockworkmod/dd backup or you don't install otas if you want mods.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roleiro91:
It is possible do a clockworkmod/dd backup on this phone ?

I want be able to root and mod my phone without break ota update. Can i unnistall clockworkmod after if i want?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes you can first root the phone, the ota only removes the su binnary but so far it doesn't break the ota.

Use this to get the images:

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/storage/external_sd/boot.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery of=/storage/external_sd/recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system of=/storage/external_sd/system.img

Yes you can then recover all this images and you will get a almost stock phone, it still needs to be rooted, but you can also unroot using super su.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thku:
Due to information in the internet the Vodafone Smart 4G shall support fm radio. But I can't find any app to use this feature if supported by the hardware. Does anybody succeed to find a fm radio app with can be used with this phone?

The hardware of the phone is very similar to the Samsung S4 mini. With a high attitude view it should be possible to adapt CM which is available for the Samsung phone to use it with the Vodafone Smart 4G. Is there anybody who is able to adapt a CM firmware for Samsung to the small differences of the Vodafone Smart 4G?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aligali:
data retrieval via usb - no screen display

Hi everybody. I am no expert in developing thus I need your help/expertise.

I dropped my Smart 4G and though I can hear it operate and receive e-mails and notifications, the screen is not displaying anything. I want to retrieve personal files from the internal storage, like photos, before I give it for repair or buy a new one. It was a new phone and I didn't have the time yet to download or enable any cloud storage or backup apps.

Windows recognise it as a portable media when connected with usb but the contents can't be displayed (probably because of the vodafone protect feature on the phone and my inability to provide any input to the phone without a functional screen). Unfortunately there few people using this phone and no-one would break his guarantee to provide a screen. solutions I read for similar problem on other phones like the use of cydia impactor, adb driver, droid explorer don't work as they see no driver.

Can anyone think of something that might work in this case?

I would be grateful...!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It depends. It's possible to recover the whole data partition. Do you have any screen lock? What is the damage? Does the touch work? Did you enable the adb?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirbender42:
Anybody knows what apps already installed in the stock ROM I can remove?

I use "System app remover (ROOT)": https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp

I also want to uninstall Chrome, the Vodafone browser, all the Vodafone stuff and all the other Google stuff and if ever needed want to install it from the Google Play Store. Is this possible? Or will I screw something up?

Will a new Vodafone OTA update revert all uninstalls I made or will uninstalled apps stay uninstalled? Will uninstalling apps prevent me from future OTA?

What apps can I savely remove?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aligali:
thanks for the prompt reply. how can I recover the data partition? Since the screen is off completely I can't tell whether the touch is working or enable anything than the defaults, then probably adb is off. I have a screen lock but this normally was not preventing me from accessing my files from Windows, but since the battery was removed when falling the vodafone protect lock should be active now on start-up.

on windows it is displayed now as a portable media player, but without any contents.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You will need to flash the phone with an invalid boot.img trough YGPD. After that you must remove the battery and connect the phone to an linux pc. With the phone connected to a linux pc a new flash drive will appear with the data partition.

Now you will need to build a CPB image or obtain one. And you might not be able to brick the phone at the first try. Unless you know what you are doing I would first find out what is wrong with your phone.

Like does the backlight work? Can you see anything on the lcd with an external strong light? Or does the touch work (eg you hear noises when you tap the touchscreen)? Is there any visible crack on the lcd/glass? Have you tried seating the lcd cable again?

Don't mess with the system partition if you want to update using OTAs. Some apps can be removed without root (almost all the vodafone apps can be removed like a normal app).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirbender42:
Ups! I already deleted a lot of apps. Basically ALL Google apps, Vodafone Update, and a few others. Am I in deep trouble now with OTAs? What will happen? Won't I be offered any updates from now? Or will it try to update and fail? Will my phone brick because of OTAs?

Or will the next OTA simply overwrite my changes?

Does anybody know what we can expect? Is 4.2.2 the last version and will OTA only deliver bug fixes? I think the last OTA I installed did not change the android version number.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Your phone will notify you of the OTAs but it won't install them correctly (eg: it will reboot and give you an error, but it wont brick your phone)

Hint: You can disable quite a few system apps without removing them.

Anyway if you want to revert and you don't have a backup, find some hosting space and I can share a backup with you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirbender42:
How much space do you need?

I bought my Vodafone Smart 4g in Germany. Does it have a different firmware? Will your backup work for me?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
About 500~600megs tops. Mine is from Portugal model 8860U. No NFC so it might be different. Anyway I still have the backups but I no longer have the phone.

Edit: But most likely the files you deleted are the same, so you can still try restoring the files from my backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirbender42:
That would be great. Can you upload it to Mega?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's uploading. (boot.img + recovery.img + system.img) When done I will send you a PM with the link.

Edit: Send you a PM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zemanele:
hey could you send me a PM with it too? i bricked mine trying to port CM :/

also did you put the sources you used to compile a working custom kernel on github ? if so could you link?

thanks man

i love this phone :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Done. Edit: Repos removed. Get the latest source from the vodafone web page.

To restore the backup:

what you will need:

A Windows/Mac/Linux Box (something with working adb to your device)

Usb cable

At least 50% battery

The phone (duh)

Patience

Root

Now to restore the backup it's easy.

Copy the boot, system, recovery files on the MicroSD card or on the internal memory (be sure that the files are complete! You don't want to flash an incomplete system partition)

Connect your phone to the pc with debug mode on

On your computer you should be able to run adb shell and get a shell

Now the tricky part

cd into the folder with the backup files, and check if they are there using ls

Assuming the files are boot.img, recovery.img and system.img type these commands (on the adb shell, in your pc):

su

stop

dd if=boot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot

dd if=recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery

dd if=system.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system

reboot

When you type su, accept on the phone the permission request.

After that you will stop android with the stop command (your phone will look like it has crashed, but it is NOT crashed)

Every dd command will flash a specific partition (DON'T MESS WITH THE PHONE WHILE FLASHING, leave the pc and the phone alone, and take care so that the pc doesn't enter in sleep mode).

NOTE: dd will not give a progress during flashing.

Warning: This guide was made in a rush to help people out. Any problems ask, I do recommend installing cwm as soon as possible and do a nand backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donclaps:
hi, the link of the backup? Thank you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donclaps:
Can you help me?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I've sent you a link. But it is the last time. I NO longer have the phone. Anyway I've deleted everything from my ssd. The link expires tomorrow.

The repos will stay up, so that people can use them. Please don't spam github or my PM inbox. Further PMs asking for the stock rom WILL be ignored.

BIG FAT WARNING: MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE MESSING WITH YOUR PHONE