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[Android General] dimfreyr:
[Help!] Invalid IMEI no Backup.

Hi guys! I kindly need help here, I'm new to this so please bear with me.

I Factory reset my w200s and now Its IMEI is Invalid, No network and such. I googled for a solution and cant find a working one. I have tried MTK Droid Tools, MobileUncle, and they are all not working. And so, As of now, what I think I haven't tried is the NVRAM back up, which is, unfortunately, I don't have because I have no idea that its goin to be like that by just resetting it. So if anyone would be kind enough to help me, It would be much appreciated. Or if anyone can provide me with the said backup, I'm using THL w200s MT6592W Android 4.2 MIUI 4.5.30 Rooted, Thanks In Advance.

Btw, I haven't tried Flashing it to a new Rom, if its goin to fix it please do tell me. Thanks.
[Android General] Coolgreek:
Hi,

Do not worry, probably flashing any other rom through CWM (or even reflashing the one you have) can restore the problem. And if that doesn't work SP flash tool will (flashing stock rom).

Other than that for restoring IMEI both mobile uncle and MTK Droid Tools must first have a backup. There is a third way to restore IMEI using MTK Droid tools (assuming it see's your phone and have access to it through your pc). For that you'll need to know the IMEI (both of them) of the phone and restore them manually using MTKDroid Tools IMEI restore option and typing the IMEI to the top window -> Replace IMEI -> Done.

Tell me what worked for you...
[Android General] dimfreyr:
Hi, thanks for your reply.

I already tried the Replace IMEI of MTKDroid Tools, still didn't work. But I manage to fix it now, what I did was flashed it with stock rom, but then, its still invalid IMEI, then I try fixing it with MobileUncle now using the Engineer mode and then the command send and fixed my invalid IMEI, which doesn't work before when I was in a custom ROM. And so, I have my back up now and in custom ROM again. Thanks for all the guide here, it was very useful. Cheers guys. Thanks.
[Android General] iFX:
Where can I buy a battery for this... thing... ?

Preferably one that doesn't expand to double it's size after a few months of very light use ;)
[Android General] mikeeeeeee:
I bought two with 1800 mAh at:

banggood : SKU100612

antelife : MA1329B

mikee
[Android General] iFX:
Have you had them long enough to know whether they work any better than the 2000 mAh ones?

ie. do they expand after some use? Or was there just a faulty batch of batteries they sent out with this phone?

I really hope it's not the phone :S

Did you notice any difference in battery life with the 1800?

(wouldn't surprise me if the 2000 was really just an 1800 anyway ;) )

Thanks
[Android General] madzo:
Someone mentioned or i've read somewhere that actually the 2000mah battery is weaker ( battery dies faster) because the walls are thinner of the same the cause is they tried to squeeze in the same volume more mah then the 1800 mah battery.
[Android General] mikeeeeeee:
I bought them to have alternative / backup, if the original dies. (I read here ...)

My experiences are, that the 1800s are faster empty than the 2000.

So at the time I use only the 2000, both 1800 are at home.

Im not a great gamer, only my son heated the phone when playing AngryBirdsGo two times.

Since I have dis-abled the Energy-Save-Option, i have the experience that the phone isnt so warm / hot like before when playing.

mikee
[Android General] madzo:
Anyone running cm11 from needrom. Is the rom ok any bugs etc?
[Android General] iFX:
Yeah I thought I would be safe from the battery problem since I don't play games on it either... My usage for the last few months has been 90% standby with data (both WiFi and 3G) off until I need to check my email or other messages.

The phone was so laggy that I was mainly using it purely for phone calls and SMS... just a couple calls a day or every few days.

Once I get a new battery I'm going to try a different ROM, only thing that stopped me so far was not knowing which ROM to go with ;)
[Android General] susch19:
http://www.needrom.com/download/cm11-ultimate-update/

This one is the best for me. It's fast, it's smooth and I tested nearly every rom and now I don't want to change.

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[Android General] iFX:
Thanks I'll give that one a try once I get another battery ;)

Xposed works OK on that one?
[Android General] susch19:
XPosed was the main reason, why I wanted to change the rom.

On this rom nearly everything is working fine , except for some Google Apps (they have bugs).

I had the problem with the batery as well. I just ordered two, so I can use the phone for a year, before I need new batteries or a new phone :D

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[Android General] iFX:
Great thanks... I don't really use the Google apps much ... Or do I? Hmmm, I can't stand the gmail app, but occasionally use maps and earth.

Does YouTube crash on all Roms when trying to view a playlist?
[Android General] susch19:
I didn't test it. For me it's not a reason to change or not to change the rom. But I can say, that this won't work on the rom.

Gmail works, but maps seems to have some bugs.

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[Android General] iFX:
Well, I'm sure it can't be any worse than what I have now, so thanks for the info - hopefully it won't take to long to get my new battery as my case is starting to pop off with the current expanding battery ;)
[Android General] elsita:
I have just found this

http://www.antelife.com/thl-w200c-3...5-0-inch-gorilla-glass-otg-1gb-8gb-black.html

they say it is an w200c, but as far as I remember w200c had different specs, this specs are just like w200s except for the internal memory, it was 32 GB and now it is 8, but it looks like it is just a w200s with kit kat

¿can anybody confirm this? ¿could someone try this kit kat in our old and forgotten w200s?
[Android General] madzo:
the processor is 1.4 ghz it's not the same

---------- Post added at 02:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:54 PM ----------

The kit kat rom on needrom is ported from this model i think
[Android General] madzo:
Guys i have a small problem with the wi-fi i keep it always on but when i don't use thr phone for a while it turns gray (inactive) and i have to turn it off and turn back on in order to use it. It doesn't wakes. Any suggestions?
[Android General] Augustine02:
I finally found, MT6592M is MT6592 low coordination version.
[Android General] blueyehun:
My battery performs well. 2 SIM cards: workday: 30% at the end of the day, Sunday: 50% at the end of the day
[Android General] miljenko:
Usually I charge my phone every night and it is something I need to do with every phone. I have data enabled all the time and ig is biggest battery eater after phone screen. On chinaphonearena they used phone in airplane mode and that is how result is achieved.
[Android General] keithdaman666:
Order placed :)
[Android General] miljenko:
Hi Augustine, where you found this info? TNX
[Android General] lepesigy:
Hi,

I found this:

pdadbDOTnetSLASHindex.php?m=cpu&id=a6592m&c=mediatek_mt6592m
[Android General] miljenko:
And this shows that we don't have 6592m but normal version of the chip. I'm sure that our graphics are underclocked and that is the reason of "bad" scores. If you followed ZOPO 980+ forums, you would see that thay are porting W200s and T100s firmwares for better battery life. Could be that better battery is achieved by under clocked and undervolted graphics. Who knows but I'm sure that we have normal MT6592 chip in our phones.
[Android General] susch19:
i have this phone now for five days and i was wondering if there is any possibility to have more developers options and why are there only usb debugging, stay awake and allow mock locations?
[Android General] miljenko:
It seems that THL limited developer options by they framework. If you need some additional options, most of them can be enabled by build.prop

I have some ported firmwares stored and just need to upload them somewhere, all of them have this extended developers options.
[Android General] susch19:
that would be so fantastic!

i didnt know that you can enable them by build.prop, maybe i take a look

which firmwares did you ported, something special like miui or just some for better battery life or deodexed?
[Android General] miljenko:
Don't know anymore, but for battery life W200 have already best firmware.
[Android General] susch19:
When did you portet this Firmware and are we takling about W200s or just W200?

Battery life was just an example, becouse i know that the firmware from w200s is portet to t100s etc. for better battery life.
[Android General] elsita:
[MENTION=1748915]miljenko[/MENTION] could you please detail the changes in build.prop to activate developer options? we could just edit our file, I miss them too

and about battery life my first full cycle is absolutely disapointing ...
[Android General] miljenko:
I ported 6 - 7 firmwares lately. From Lenovo to some kind of Note rom, etc. But non of them are uploaded anywhere. They are on my phone and I need to upload them.
[Android General] susch19:
i just looked for custom/portet firmware every day, becouse i often dont like the stock roms. i hope this rom is deodexed, i want some more flexibility ;)
[Android General] blueyehun:
Did someone install Gravity Box on w200s? I got stuck at installing exposed framework. The device couldn't restart, did freeze at startup. :confused:
[Android General] miljenko:
It is posted more than few time here that Xposes is not working on THL (or generally MT6592) firmwares. If you have recovery installed, enter it and flash remove exposed zip located in the root of internal SD card.
[Android General] blueyehun:
THX, I did it already yesterday evening, everything works fine now, so there is no solution to install GB :(
[Android General] susch19:
Could you Please tell us, which options/tweaks we have to change/add to have the extended developer options?
[Android General] rabbit2008:
bluetooth issue

hi

i have bluetooth problem with official rom (ThL.W200S.156D .A1.JB9.HD.EN. 8P256.OV8825.M T6592GW.20140218).

i can't send and receive some types of file(apk, swf …) but can send and receive mp3 and mp4 type via bluetooth

can you guide me to fix this problem?

does it fix this issue in this rom (ThL.W200S.156D .A1.JB9.HD.EN. 8P256.OV8825.M T6592GW.20140221)?

thanks
[Android General] iFX:
Does it require CWM? Or can it be installed with TWRP?

Also, anyone know why the ROM is named "CM11 Ultimate (Old)"? Does that mean there's a newer version now?
[Android General] susch19:
There was a never version out, but it had more errors then this one.

you can use both twrp or Cwm.

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[Android General] iFX:
Sorry to bug you again, but I was just about to download CM11 Ultimate, when the page refreshed and started showing 404... Looks like that ROM's been removed :(

What's your next best recommendation?

CM11 Ultimate wasn't really CyanogenMod anyway, right? Just styled to look like it? Have you tried ULtimate OS 1.0?
[Android General] susch19:
I don't have other recommendations, but you could try ultimate os 1.0, just make a backup before and restore it, when you feel unlucky with it. But the uploader is the same as the cm11 ultimate rom.

I have the rom in my mega account, so I could sent you an alternate link if you want it.

I'm going to try the new rom with dirty install tomorrow, hope it will work :D

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[Android General] iFX:
That'd be great, thanks :)

I might try both out... Oh, it's from the same guy? No I didn't realise... maybe this new one is his replacement.
[Android General] susch19:
https://mega.co.nz/#!mM9WwAiQ!K-zihB3yLEQV8SVX5ZfCBnM3lORggvvu5qH_GBNy8h4

I decided to try out the new rom now, after my backup has finished (6gb does take a long time to finish....)
[Android General] Greydesk:
What do I lose?

Hi all,

I've been running this phone since late August on stock rom. In general, I like it. I haven't had any weird issues except 1. After the first month, the camera stopped autofocusing in regular mode. If I change the mode to smile detect (or any other mode) the focus snaps back in. I haven't had time to play with different ROMs as I'm in first year engineering but I was thinking of playing with them over Christmas. CM11 seems to be the recommended option, but I'm wondering, what do I lose? I use the camera/camcorder often, play games, use the alarm clock, business calendar, gtasks, many other apps but less often than those main ones. I'm mainly looking for better responsiveness in certain situations and better battery life.

Thanks!

Greydesk
[Android General] moum30:
my thl w200s dead :( need help please

Hi Guys!

I need a HELP!!! I have a big big big problem!

My son did a factory reset of my thl w200s, After the restart, the THL logo shown then what the screen will be black and stay here!

I And after! No factory mode, no other mode in phone only the logo and after the black screen!

Can somebod HELP me? ((

Thx
[Android General] miljenko:
Custom or stock firmware?
[Android General] moum30:
I am new at this, but basically the mobile phone is dead, does nothing :( league and thl logo appears and then is just not black !! I have no access to commands :(
[Android General] moum30:
fotos my thl
[Android General] Coolgreek:
You'll need to reflash the phone unfortunately. It does requires SP Flash tool, drivers and also a rom to put on your phone (preferably a stock one, on the first page you'll find more info).

About how to flash: there a million of videos of how to on the net, it's simple really.

Waiting for good news:victory:!

PS: THL have not yet release lollipop 5 for our beloved phone:confused:? What a shame...

PS2: Just kidding, i was anxously waiting for a kit kat upgrade at least but not even that. It's the first and last phone i'll ever buy from THL.
[Android General] kasperski86:
Problems with THL W200s recovery wipe cache black screen

Problems with THL W200s recovery wipe cache black gray screen.I THL W200S make-recovery-wipe cache-data clean.And now can not turn on is White THL welcome screen-Gray screen-nothing anymore Gray screen.My pc windows 8 64 bit if added to usb creates MT65xx Android Phone.I can fix it.If you know Please help me.
[Android General] hstraf:
What is full filesystem path to "DCIM" folder?

Hello,

I have accidently killed my THLw200s phone. Now when it boots up, the "THL" screen appears and the little music jingle plays... but the screen never continues to the android finger swipe page. :eek:

So I don't know what to do. My wife is very very very worried that all her pictures are gone (of the kids, etc.. and she has no backup).

I have been able to access the Recovery screen by holding the "up-volume" and power button together for around 10 seconds. I did the "backup user data" process, and it says that it created a backup file.

But how do I get access to that backup file? How can I download it to my computer? I can't see the phone on my computer in when I plug it into my USB port.

I tried connecting to the phone using adb drivers, to do a "pull" of the "DCIM" folder... but I get this error:

How can I find out what is the full path to the DCIM folder, so that I can pull all the files in it?

When I try to do a folder listing with adb, it tells me this:

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Android General] ocjrc:
Hello. I bought a ThL W200s and never modified it. I dropped the phone and cracked the screen. I bought a replacement screen and managed to install it, but the screen was black. The vendor said I would need to update the firmware to get the screen to work. I downloaded SP Flash Tool v5.1342.01 and updated the firmware to the 6/18/14 official firmware using the scatter file. I ran it multiple times using different options, until my screen began working! Then I got “no sim card detected” in both ports. Looking at my phone I no longer had any IMEI’s. I read different posts until I got BRDA to program both of my IMEI’s into the phone. Still no sim detected. I tried contacting ThL to find out how to factory restore it, but I have never heard back from them. I contacted the vendor to see if they had info, but was told I had cracked the screen and flashed the firmware so I had invalidated the warranty. Everything works on the phone—except the phone. Any ideas or is it DOA? Thanks in advance.
[Android General] prootc1:
Hi there,

Anyone that can help me with a friend THL W200s phone?

We are trying to root by framaroot but get the Error #9 and not root access, we already try others like Root genius, but not access...

Can anyone provide us the link of app or tutorial to read?

We shearch many pages on google, but always the same problem..

We want to connect this phone to Samsung galaxy gear 2 but need the ICS 4.4 on THL...

Regards
[Android General] ocjrc:
I am a novice, but have a ThL W200s. I tried different programs, but got KingoRoot to work for me. It is on the web and is freeware.
[Android General] prootc1:
SOLVED

It seems that automatic date and clock generate this error, we uncheck it and work.

___________________________________________________________________________________

hi there,

I already put it 4.4.2 kitkat version, and seems to work good, but when i insert the 2 SIM CARDS get error on com.androidphone and cant get it work with network SIM.

Install Root from ROOTGENIUS and install Firmware from SP Flash tool...

Regards
[Android General] prootc1:
Solved, just uncheck the automatic clock.
[Android General] 180jacob:
storage on KK sort of solved

ok so Im one of the lucky ones with a good screen (1-nt35521_linglong_T499_84M_JDI_dsi_4_vdo_hd) so i flashed the KK rom on needrom using the SP flash tool and all went well, touchscreen didn't work at first but after a wipe its fine. only fault was it now said total storage 5.9GB (8GB from the w200c the rom came from) instead of 32GB. checked the MBR and EBR partition files were identical to stock, only thing missing was the FAT.img partition at the end of the scatter. flashed this from the stock 4.2 firmware and it worked a treat, now have 22GB phone sd and 6GB internal for apps. also have a 16GB external sd in there. this may not be the same problem as xzyk had but its worth a try, no harm done if it doesnt work
[Android General] sam tyler:
That's weird, as im using the same rom and my storage 5.90gb internal and 22 GB for phone storage. and my external sd is 32 GB. What's your build date? Mine is (from 4.4.2 rom) 25/08/2014 remember to un tick

Automatic time zone(in time and date in settings) if you get any force closing. Only other problem is of there is no front camera but who wants to take selfies all day?! have you tried the twrp recovery posted earlier in the thread? (not the one from need rom) that one is working for me.

sent from my THL W200s/W200c ROM?!
[Android General] 180jacob:
It certainly is strange, might be something to do with how I went about things, and any normal person wouldn't have the problem. I was on CM11 as I have been for many months (only reason for changing is i need bluetooth 4.0 support) tried just flashing the IK.bin then booted to check the screen still worked (that way i could just flash the old IK.bin back if it didnt without losing my stuff) it booted fine but the storage was much smaller, then put the old ik.bin back on and the storage was still small, flashed kk from needrom and all worked except camera and small storage, flashed fat_spare.img from stock firmware and storage back to normal, don't know what happened or why but don't care as it works!

going to try the AOSP 4.4.2 firmware based on Lenovo S939 Vanilla_L firmware from miljenko on post #1120 is this the one you were referring to? again i'm not fussed about the front camera, i'm not the selfie type, only occasionally use it for skype but I can live without that.
[Android General] sam tyler:
The 4.4.2 ROM(based on the w200c)I use came from need rom http://www.needrom.com/download/w200s-4-4-kitkat-mul/

But a lot owner's of the w200s find there screens wouldn't work and had to flash back to stock.(don't ask me what screen driver I have as I couldn't work it out using MTK droid tools) For me I find most of ROMs on need ROM didn't work for me.( including the cm11 ROM posted on there) I've been using this ROM since last year, but if you check with some earlier posts on here, someone posted a twrp recovery for 4.4.2 which is the one I use. it's a good stock ROM, but if you use it try and make sure your screen driver is compatible with it.

sent from my THL W200s/W200c ROM?!
[Android General] 180jacob:
have just been trying out your kk/L rom and am very impressed, i have never known a rom to have to 'settle' before, how long will this take, and what actually is happening during this period?

I also now understand what [MENTION=335143]xzyk[/MENTION] was on about with the external and internal SD being swapped, I continued where he left off and unpacked the boot.img , tweeked the fstab, repacked and flashed, it appears to be working the right way round now but haven't checked thoroughly. attached is my boot.img if anyone else wants it.

Thanks again for the Rom miljenko, you are a star.
[Android General] drewcsalad:
Earphone jack port

Hi Guys,

Can you help me? Where would be able to buy the earphone jack port part for my phone?

I was searching,but din't find it.

Thx
[Android General] sam tyler:
It had to happen, I dropped the phone and now I have a lovely crack/s towards the top right corner,more like splinters, lucky I had a screen saver on it. none of the screen has fallen out. (power button side) I can still use the phone, make calls etc, and the touch screen still works but I need a new touch screen. been looking about but some sites want £50 and my phone cost £100 (yes, it was new when I bought it) does anybody know where I can a new screen below the price I've seen them being sold for? or is best to get something else? any help people? thanks.

sent from a THL W200c port to w200s phone
[Android General] miljenko:
Banggood have cheapest screen around but delivery take ages. They are very honest and easy problem solver.
[Android General] sam tyler:
Thanks for the quick reply. Just had a look on their site, I think the black touch screen has sold out(which I need) but if the white version works with my phone, I don't mind. Just a pity they don't use PayPal.

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[Android General] miljenko:
They accept (use) paypal. It is pity they don't have black version.
[Android General] vincs11:
Hi Miljenko,

why not rebuild a Kitkat (or Lollipop) version with also Front Camera Working?

Sincerly I will install the KitKat version but as I usually use skype, the front camera is necessary...

What do you think?

Thanks in advance
[Android General] miljenko:
My kitkat version have front camera working. I broke my w200s screen for a third time and it is not worth anymore of repairing it. I will buy iOcean "Rock" as my toy dual sim phone, thread http://xdaforums.com/android/genera...4bit-phone-t3006991/post58732268#post58732268

I think that this phone for 200$ is currently best buy
[Android General] sam tyler:
Just a quick ask, but is the w200 screen the same as the one used by the w200s? as i can get a w200 screen a lot quicker.

sent from a THL W200c port to w200s phone
[Android General] vincs11:
Hi Miljenko,

so the latest version of KK for W200s has also front camera working?

Or I have to install something more to have it working?

Thanks
[Android General] miljenko:
Same screen, few versions but same screen.
[Android General] ficrome:
Thank you, can you tell me how can i upload lk.bin from w200c in my w200s?

Thanks
[Android General] jarvis37:
THL W200S Kitkat /Lollipop

There is a ROM Kitkat (or lollipop, if possible :D) working for my thl w200s?

I tried the Rom in needrom called "W200S 4.4.2-KK-09/09/2014" posted by snowcatPDA but didn't woking for me.. black screen :(

My LCD Driver is: 1-nt35590_linglong_T499_47M_AUO_dsi_4_vdo_hd

Maybe the rom posted by miljenko on mega called "THL_W200s_VanillaKK_revL" should work for me?

Sorry i can't post links :(

Thanks :)