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[Android General] susch19:
1. There is a app for changing whatsapp profile/account for dual sim phones. I haven't tested it, because I don't need it.

2. Yes.

3. Stock Rom is good, but I changed to minimal, because I wanted to have Xposed working.

4. After 8 seconds my phone was able to navigate without problems. This couldn't be better.

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[Android General] cf67:
Hello! Is there a working Sony Media for our W200S?
[Android General] axander:
Great Rom thanks.Only one problem i found in call screen is always on and cant call dial.I try to replace Telephony and phone from other roms but dont work.Please tell how to repair this.
[Android General] mingo1976:
Installed proximityscreen off pro. Works great. Now it's 100% working.
[Android General] brady56:
I HAVE To say THL W200S is a wonderfull phone,but bad news for me is i broken my THL W200S LED display,i bought from this site Mod Edit: Links Removed. hope i can be a luck dog and i can fix it by myself.wish everybody can bless me ,lol,becasue i really don't want to cost more money for the repairer:laugh:
[Android General] Coolgreek:
Hi guys...

New at this thread (not new to the xda community though), i am expecting my THL W200s shortly so i have read all i could about this phone, including all 35 pages of this thread!:cowboy:

Now i can say i have understood the following so please correct me if i'm wrong:

+Root the phone

Phone can be rooted by FRAMAROOT choosing Barahir option (read 1st post)

+

EDITED

: Download and use MTK Droid tools (here) to create a backup.

*Note: only use v2.5.3 or newer as older ones do not support this MTK soc

+then we can add CWM recovery (download from 1st post)

How to add CWM recovery:

1)place the recovery download file from 1st post on the phone (root directory)

2)install Mobile uncle app to your phone

3)Launch "Mobile uncle" app and choose "recovery update"

+then we can do backup of our phone through CWM

+then we can flash the "roms" developed (modified) by our god sent member miljenko (many thanks)

+For IMEI backup/restore we can follow his guide HERE

Now about flashing the phone Using SP Flash Tool (1st page download)

1) toturial about Sp flash tool here

2) We will need MTK6577 USB VCOM Driver (i downloaded here, dont know if they are correct though), and install them to our computer (follow this guide for sure results).

As said i have not yet recieved my phone but i'm getting ready for it and just wanted to gather up those things to help new members like me :D...

PS: Our thanks should all go to miljenko for his great work and efforts to update this phone...:victory:
[Android General] miljenko:
Small reminder, when you receive phone first make a backup with MTK Droid tools in the case of problem.
[Android General] Coolgreek:
Thanks:good:, i am all new to the chinese phones market, so I do not know

MTK Droid Tools

, i dont see it available in play store so i guess we must download it from external sources? It has backup options we can use (like CWM backups)?

EDIT: Found here on XDA, Link on my above post...

Forgive my newbie questions (but i am a newbie here:laugh:)!

I have downloaded all your roms (cant wait to try Vanilla rom), all your recovery images (CWM) and all the tools i need like Framaroot (MTK Droid tools is new at my collection) although i do not still have the phone!:silly: Now i am just trying to understand the usage of those tools (especially SP flash tool, which i hope i will not need!).

Once again thanks for all your efforts, you bring life to this (our) phone!

PS: anxiously awaiting for a kit kat upgrade (will THL give an official one?)?
[Android General] miljenko:
First, sorry but I'm traveling and not able to write tutorials or post links. MTK Droid tools can be found here at XDA forum and simple google search will lead you to the thread. Just read tutorial made by creator and everything will be clear. It is easy to use tool and you can benefit greatly from making backup in the case of failure.

Great regards to my Greek brother from Republic of Srpska
[Android General] satiros:
Thank you miljenko for your effort

I believe you are going to help us more

I believe the following is the link leads to where my fellow greek wants

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490

Great regards Brother from the Republic of Srpska *

* The Constitution of Republika Srpska defines it as a territorially unified, indivisible and inalienable constitutional and legal entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina that independently performs its constitutional, legislative, executive and judicial functions.[8] The National Assembly and the Government of Republika Srpska are based in Banja Luka. The capital and largest city is Sarajevo.

if helped hit thanks

But also guys hit thanks for our Brother Miljenko for effort and knowledege brought here.
[Android General] susch19:
Hey guys,

i've found this website http://www.movilesdualsim.com/threads/thl-w200s-kakrom-20140103.63980/ and there is a MIUI Rom released for our ThL W200s, the problem is, the website is in spanish. I will try this Rom today and will let you know, if it works and what works.
[Android General] elsita:
That Rom is made by a Thai user, he posts in Facebook, I have not tried it, I have tried another Rom from same user, looks very nice but has sd cards changed like minimal

I have tried also miljenko vanilla, but uninstalled because front camera is only 1 megapixel

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[Android General] susch19:
I've tested it and i must say, that i don't like MIUI (everyone can hate me for that :D)

Overall it works fine, but there was a problem with my sd card. It says that i have 31,2GB Sd and 6GB for games and that doesnt fit at all, because i have a 32gb sd card and internal is 32gb, too. Aptoide doesn't work on my Device too and Playstore couldnt make a connection, but this is because ive installed modded playstore on my previous rom and so on.

LED Notification can be turned off, when you want to (battery drain).

AND now the biggest problem for me: When you pulll down the notification bar, it begins to flicker a litte bit (maybe because of 45Hz screen).
[Android General] elsita:
the kakrom i have tried has air gesture and it works, in case someone wants it

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzNIEogb4IanMDkyckhBbjQ3MkU/preview
[Android General] linda1937:
ok,it is good >
[Android General] satiros:
description of the rom

it very nice to report that

but can someone give pictures

or description of the rom version etc

lets say n small review!

thank you
[Android General] keithdaman666:
Whats everyones Antutu score with Vanilla Rom ?

Mine went from 27854 (stock) to 19985 (vanilla)
[Android General] Asterisd:
Proximity sensor Fix - Losing calibration

Ok, i tried this just now and it works for me. If proximity sensor calibration is lost after restart, you can download Mobileuncle (requires root), go to Engineer mode, Engineer mode (MTK), Hardware Testing, Sensor (bottom), Light/Proximity sensor, PS calibration, Change Threshold, enter 800 for high and 600 for low and press set. Restart and it should be OK. At least, mine is.

Try Proximity sensor finder app from google store to check, should change from 1 to 0 when hand passes over sensor...
[Android General] satiros:
hardware problem software problem?

whats your opinion?

thats a hardare problem that can be solved with software
[Android General] Asterisd:
Sensor if fine. If you install proximity sensor finder, it shows repeatedly right values when you pass hand over it, around 400 when idle, 1000 something when blocked. It's the software that does not translate them right. By setting manually the thresholds as above, problem is solved.
[Android General] peter_90:
Can you please install Android Sensor box (it's free on google play) and tell us what sensors does this phone have?

Thank you! :D
[Android General] susch19:
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[Android General] climjr:
After installing the Kakrom, my HOME button won't work anymore, also lost my IMEI numbers.

[MENTION=2155291]elsita[/MENTION], have you encountered problems like I did?

I have restored back my IMEI, only problem now is the HOME button.
[Android General] acidspunk:
I'm using vanilla and I'm getting the same numbers as stock (over 27000). Not sure what's going on there.
[Android General] elsita:
no problem with imei, but hardware buttons are somehow remapped in that rom in a way I don't like, you have to use the floating button to acces home and other functions
[Android General] miljenko:
Copy Generic.kl from original firmware or from one of my, to /system/usr/keylayout and fix permissions. Everything should be fine.
[Android General] elsita:
OMG miljenko, you give us your roms and advice, but also do the technical support for other peoples' roms!!!! that is great, really :)

thank you again :good:
[Android General] miljenko:
I'm traveling for 20 days already and will not be back home during next two months. During this time I can give only limited support.
[Android General] RSGI:
About ROM

Thats too bad. I was about to ask you repack this rom with that file.

Can someone else do that? repack the rom with the corret file?
[Android General] elsita:
I don't know how to repack that rom, but the solution provided by miljenko is quite easy:

Copy Generic.kl from original firmware or from one of my, to /system/usr/keylayout and fix permissions. Everything should be fine.

you only need a rom with root permisions, use a file explorer to copy the file miljenko says somewhere else, the flash the rom with the problem, it is already rooted, and copy the extracted file to the same location in the new rom, rename the original just in case before copying, and then give the new file with the same root explorer the same permissions other files have in the directory; i may try it if I am in the mood

maybe doing the same with the system/etc/vold.fstab will work with the memory misplacement? although I have explored the file and they are all examples, none active ...
[Android General] RSGI:
Nevermind... its quite easy... just replaced the file on the zip file ThL_W200S_KAKRom-20140103 with the correct "Generic.kl" using WinRAR.

Now i need to install it to make sure that everything is ok.

I'll replace that "vold.fstab" also. Thats for IMEI issue, right? To prevent the device from "forgetting" the IMEIs, right?

=============

You mean "system/etc/", right?

I'll replace 2 files "vold.fstab" and "vold.fstab.nand".

Later on i'll be testing the installation to check out this "mod"...
[Android General] elsita:
yes I missed an e, it is system/etc

nope, I mean only vold.fstab and it is not for the imei isue that did not happen to me, it is supposed to name sd cards correctly, the internal as sd0 and the external al sd1, in the rom as it is they have the names changed

you can put the vold.fstab from miljenko vanilla rom, it works fine

could you please tell me if the front camera of the thai rom has 5 megapixels?
[Android General] acidspunk:
FWIW, I've seen a lot of people using the Vanilla Rom and complaining about the cameras only being 1mp in other forums, but it's written right there what people have to do. Change the camera to 4:3 format. You have to do this in both the front and back cameras btw. This isn't meant for anyone in particular, but hopefully people see this post.
[Android General] elsita:
I think you are talking about another thing, the camera when first run goes in full screen, changing to 4:3 do just that, but the front camera is still 1 megapixel, if you have solved it somehow just explain it, you dont get the right megapixels changing screen settings in the camera, I did the format change first of all, I do mind reading the info the creator gives us
[Android General] acidspunk:
Go to the camera app. Change to front camera. Change format to 4:3. Change resolution to 5 megapixels. It's not hard to do.
[Android General] elsita:
have you done it yourself? I have not that rom already installed, I did the change on the back camera as miljenko said ...
[Android General] acidspunk:
Yes. I did it on my phone. It's the rom I'm using.
[Android General] elsita:
ok, thank you so much, I will try it again, I really miss extended developer options

¿can you also install xposed framework in that rom?
[Android General] acidspunk:
No idea about xposed framework, to be honest.
[Android General] climjr:
Changing the Generic.kl from original firmware to Kakrom using Root Exployer still won't work. All 3 buttons (Menu, Home and Back) now not working anymore.

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YES, front camera of Kakrom is 5 megapixels
[Android General] usblaidas:
Hello there everyone,

I have a quick question about W200S. I read that this phone does have a notification LED. But is this LED colourful or not? Because I have an older THL W100 and it's LED has only one colour - red. So can someone test it with some led colour changing apps? Thank you in advance!
[Android General] miljenko:
Fix permissions and then try.
[Android General] keithdaman666:
My antutu score is backup to 27k. maybe the rom had to settle :P

I have a bigger problem now. when I start any App with sound, there is a Fuzz/Hiss coming from the speaker..This also happens when I press the keypad up or down.

Or watch a Youtube video with sound turned right down. The speakers are hissing like Crazy.. Any ideas?

cheers
[Android General] susch19:
It's only red again.

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[Android General] keithdaman666:
Ok I made a big mistake.. I tried to flash my backup.zip I created from MKT Droid with Recovery flash.. Now I just have THL bootloader screen..

Can anyone help? I don't want to go any further...
[Android General] susch19:
Just flash a new rom. I've never bricked my phone with Rom or Backup flashing, doesn't matter how often I flashed something. You just need the right Rom and then there isn't anything that have to be afraid of.

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[Android General] keithdaman666:
thanks for quick reply. How can I flash Rom? I don't have recovery anymore?

I made full backup with MTK Droid tools at start?
[Android General] susch19:
If you have a custom recovery than just download one,put it on your sdcard and flash it via zip selection.

Custom recovery has to be installed via Spflash tool (pc)

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[Android General] elsita:
Have you changed permissions after that and restarted phone?

Enviado desde mi Ramos W41 QuadCore usando Tapatalk 2
[Android General] climjr:
yes, that's already with Fix permission I did.
[Android General] miljenko:
I don't think that is a problem, more like that led is planned only for limited notifications. I'm color blind and don't know if it is multi color, but I think it same like before. Only few Chinese phones have multicolored notification led, mostly Samsung clones.
[Android General] blueyehun:
It is the same: only red as I see.

What was the problem with the 1st recovery you made?
[Android General] elsita:
I don't mean one color is a problem in any case it is a shortcoming, the problem should be to have to fix de lights.so file again to make it work, is it needed in order to receive notifications with the led?
[Android General] blueyehun:
Yes you have to do it, but you can adjust it in 3 minutes.
[Android General] miljenko:
No real problem. Just small font (actually high dpi) and touch can be handy to save buttons a bit.
[Android General] blueyehun:
THX! So I will use your 2nd recovery, I just wanted to stay on the safe side :)
[Android General] EvangelineX:
THL W200S useful tools: http://www.pandawillforum.com/showt...HL-W200s-OctaCore-6592-video-and-useful-tools
[Android General] miljenko:
By me :)
[Android General] Augustine02:
THL W200S and THL W200 both phones difference of $20, which one would you buy?
[Android General] miljenko:
I have both. Visually it issame phone, but w200s have octa core processor and gorilla glass 3 screen. In my opinion w200s is fixed version of older brother.
[Android General] blueyehun:
I owned both. Go for the upgraded S version, 20 USD more worth the price.
[Android General] miljenko:
TWRP 2.6.3.0 for W200s

Friday night, stayed home, what to make. Aha TWRP for W200s. I'm making firmware but there was no enough ideas what to make, or change. Still no many phones around to share things. Anyway here it is latest version of TWRP for W200s users.
[Android General] miljenko:
Which one you have now? Do you have w200s?
[Android General] blueyehun:
Yes, I sold w200 (in 5 hours in Hungary :) ), and I kept the new one.
[Android General] miljenko:
Great, one more confirmed owner. I will make some custom firmware during next days. Nobody really confirmed having w200s until now and I was not rushing to post anything. I created something for my use and will remake it for others soon.
[Android General] blueyehun:
What's new? Your latest img was perfect :) THX!

By the way, is there a mod to wake up the phone with the volume keys?
[Android General] elsita:
gravitybox has that option, it works in w200 fine
[Android General] miljenko:
It is TWRP recovery, different. As for wake mod, I never tried to make one and not sure if my knowledge is sufficient to make it.
[Android General] blueyehun:
I know that TWRP is different, but is there a reason to change the perfectly working recovery?

There is one thing which is a step back on the w200s: the notification LED is dimmer... I liked the one w200 had.
[Android General] miljenko:
Nope, as I said, it is boring night. I prefer TWRP over CWM but essentially they are same. It was easier for me to create CWM just to backup factory firmware.
[Android General] miljenko:
Fix permissions manually, maybe that will solve the problem.
[Android General] climjr:
That's what I mean, I Fix permission manually, after copy/paste the Generic.kl
[Android General] keithdaman666:
thanks again. Been at this for hours now and cant seem to get SP tools to work. Ive installed the drivers as in picture. But when I connect phone It just disappears in Device manager after 2-3 seconds?
[Android General] keithdaman666:
Ok I think im making slow progress. But now this message?

awaiting help. thanks
[Android General] keithdaman666:
guess its bricked.......
[Android General] miljenko:
Mediatek phones are very hard to brick. You cannot imagine what I was doing to my phones and they are still working. Just download latest stock rom from the first post and install everything again. If you managed to install preloader drivers everything else is a piece of cake.
[Android General] keithdaman666:
thanks, Im in the process of DL stock rom from first post.. I think drivers, SP tool is ok now as I managed to flash my backup..but its still stuck on THL Logo..maybe I backed up wrong.. Ill hopefully just keep trying. Cheers

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Perfect, Rom from first post saved me.. However the problem with the fuzzy speaker still remains. Can anyone confirm this.. In a quiet room hold phone against ear and turn the volume all the way down.. Keep pressing it and u can hear the speaker hissting?

thanks again guys who helped.
[Android General] miljenko:
Ignore that, I don't have that kind of problem and it is not software related. Or go into near by mobile service and change speaker.
[Android General] elsita:
I have installed again vanilla rom and yes, both cameras have now the right resolution, as you said you have to change to 4/3 in both cameras to do the trick

as for xposed framework I have installed it succesfully and also a couple of modules but it does not work, it apparently installs alright but modules tell that the framework is not avalaible, of course the phone is rooted before that, I have downloaded last xposed version 3.01 and installed both ways, standard and through recovery from the program itself, but I canno put it to work, if someone has, help woul be apreciated :)
[Android General] miljenko:
Did you activated modules?
[Android General] elsita:
yes, I tried but I couldn't the xposed framework was not avalaible for the modules, I updated the framework and reinstalled but with the same result, I had previoulsy used xposed, so I don't think I missed anything, in fact I have it activated in my wife's w200

battery also does weird things, I will use it tomorrow to see if it settles down somehow
[Android General] Pirex69:
Battery issues

Hi all,

I also am a owner of a Thl w200s. Everything is quite good, except for the battery. I noticed that WiFi is comsuming more battery comparing to other devices. Do you know if this needs any special tweaks? like those on pimpmyrom? Or is there any script to edit on the buildprop?

This is very odd, because everytime that wifi goes on, starts imediatly do eat the battery :)

Can it be the fast dormancy? I´ve check engeneer mode and it seems on...

thks to all for your efforts with this phone specially to Miljenko :)

cheers

Pirex
[Android General] elsita:
I have Wi-Fi always on and no problem with battery

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[Android General] Pirex69:
Thks elsita.

but f***k, so know what :) (sorry)

What Rom do you have? Vanilla?
[Android General] elsita:
Actually I am trying vanilla but those screenshots are with stock Rom, the same posted by miljenko

This is my actual state with vanilla

Maybe some application has turned some switch on your phone, I recommend a dalvik cache format, you lose no data but phone kind of restart internal settings, it helped me sometimes to solve similar problems

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[Android General] Pirex69:
Thank you elsita,

i´ve just done that. Know i´ll give a couple of days to see the dif.

Again.

thks

Pirex
[Android General] RSGI:
Please, how did you manage that?

I have tried all the mention here, at first it was ok, but its not working....

The nvram backup is not working now...

Please someone help me please
[Android General] climjr:
I really can't make the HOME button work, so I reverted back to original firmware.

I used Mobileuncle to for the IMEI.

nvram I got it from original firmware using root explorer (copy/paste)

you can flash your phone to original firmware using SPFlash tool.
[Android General] climjr:
Installed the MIUI rom for W200S from needrom.

Successfully installed. But problem on storage, 6gb only
[Android General] miljenko:
I can make any rom you need but with this problem. It is not vold.fstab it is something somewhere in the framework. If this can be solved I have Vibe, LeWa and MIUI ready. I have found workaround for LeWa just plug it to a computer and everything works. In short words memory is mounted properly.
[Android General] RSGI:
Well.. Of the hook for now... :)

I've made exactly as miljenko said, but always invalid imei....

I was getting desperade when i thought to make a CWM recovery with one of the old backups while i uninstalled MTK drivers and installed again....

When i looked at the phone... there it was... both SIM cards registered... check IMEI and was OK....

Rebooted the phone a couple of times and still there the IMEI, Restored to a more recent CWM backup and... all OK, the IMEI still there...

So... i don't really know what happend...

Now made a IMEI backup with Mobileuncle Tools, and have both plus framaroot in a MicroSD card... just in case... :)

The NVRAM trick worked for a while, but suddenly stop...

Did you backup a file itself? I believed that nvram.bin was an image file with contents to be flashed...

How did you do it?
[Android General] climjr:
Using root explorer, I first deleted the APRDEB, and then paste the APRDEB from the original rom.

At first I always copy/paste the APRDEB so it just overwrite the existing APRDEB and problem always occur.
[Android General] paulosnikol:
holo black contacts.apk phone.apk

hi friends i am a owner thl w200s i use mijenko vanilla rom that is better from stock rom for me.

can anyone make blacked contacts.apk and phone.apk. i hate white color on contacts. can anyone help.