yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
Good way around mate, but risky as no CWM yet installed, seem's the mobile gut some bug problem, should expect an official update rom soon enough, Root method you used for this? i intend flashing Clockwork Mod can seem to understand fully as i'm new to android development and customizing, again problem with battery do you get a full day (few moment on screen) light usage? Feel its no actual 25000mah on board.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
It appears there's an fsck implementation in the shell of CWM as well.

e2fsck -pfv /dev/block/mmcblk0p5

That should fix most of the errors in the filesystem.

The device came with su and SuperSU installed but it was fairly useless without /system access.

CWM can be easily installed using MTK Droid Root & Tools to extract the boot image, auto-patch, build CWM and install the lot. It really is a slick piece of software.

As for the battery, an even bigger issue is the supplied charger which is puny. Of course, looking at the battery and then looking at a proper, honest-to-goodness 2.2Ah Panasonic 18650 cylindrical cell you have to wonder if 2.5Ah isn't awfully optimistic.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
Very Well concerned,

once again good job, but how do i go about implementing this,

would you be kind enough to put in some more details on the file system code and CWM flashing with MTK Droid root & Tool did you manage to get a translation on the chinese langauage recovery problem,

(a tutorial is just fine) Thanks alot bud.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
Okay, give me a little time to set it all up for screenshots as I don't generally use Windows unless I have to. It's all fairly straightforward. The CWM installation is four clicks and some waiting and repairing the /system block is a couple of commands.

Oscarblue48 has a tutorial on installing CWM on Mediatek devices here or here if your MX28 isn't rooted which is the procedure I followed. Then it's just a case of booting into CWM, connecting your device to USB and using adb's shell to fsck the filesystem on that block.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
really nice, okay as you say,

i would look forward to it (some screen shots aid), in the main time with full study & concentration on the CWM tutorial you gave, quite interesting if you ask me.

#back to studying, looking forward to a bug free final optimization of the Mlais MX28 as its a great buy for such a price.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
Sorry for the delay, I ran into a few issues and had to work out what was going on. Basically the e2fsck in CWM cannot write back to the block device so is useless. I extracted the system.ext4.img, added it as a file backed memory disk on my main computer and ran an e2fsck from there, which found and fixed the errors in the FS image. Writing that back after changing a few MD5sums in the file MTKDR&T creates allowed me to flash it back.

However it makes absolutely no difference to the mount behaviour. It still drops back to ro without the tune2fs -e continue set so that is, barring someone else coming up with a more elegant fix, the workaround. In a nutshell, follow the guide for either root or CWM recovery installation that others have posted linked above (no point wasting board space on repetition) and then simply follow my instructions for setting the error behaviour on the mmcblk0p5 slice and you should be good to go.

It's still an awful hack IMHO but, since there's nothing else so far that works, it's the uncomplicated way to get full root. Most of us will install CWM anyway, so it's no big chore just to boot into recovery and type one command "tune2fs -e continue /dev/block/mmcblk0p5" at the ADB shell.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
Greetings bud, gut CWM installed, all thanks to you (indeed greatful), have you been lucky with any custom rom as of now that works efficently on your device?

I seem to find a few bug here and there on the manufacturer stock, puny wifi & gps lock in, slight screen maulfuctions a little times.

As with most mtk gps can not finding a lock in hows it with your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
None of the custom ROMs on needrom work correctly which is a shame. The stock ROM's UI is awful.

Now you have root you can use FasterGPS from FDroid to intialise the gps.conf file with appropriate settings for your location. My GPS is rock solid now, even in a moving vehicle. Not had any screen malfunctions. What version is your stock ROM? Mine's the 20140221 update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
Hello great bud,

Sorry for late reply, been up with alot on my plate from work lately, gps has been improved upon using that wonderful app "FasterGPS" now able lock in under a split couple of min not as before were it take like forever *Nice*

gut the same stock version "20140221" gusse its down to my own unit with the screen ish

Did a little searching around found a recent update from a online retailer outlet via their forum "merimobiles"

forum.merimobilesdotcom.previewdnsdotcom/showthread.php?465-Unified-thread -for-Mlais-MX28-stock-ROM-updates

Hope im not infringing on any xda TOS as i just seek some help.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo100:
Please i need help, i have a mlais mx28 buy in buyincoins, with the refer gordete200, it´s all ok.

i´m very happy with the mlais mx28, but i used a 8 gigas sd card, it´s all ok.

My problem: i have install with flashtools the new rom stock update : mx28_0312_N2.rar from the official mlais mx28 web

When i have install this ultimate ( update ) ROM, it´s was with reebots, and the wifi and blutooth crash 0_0 !!! what happend?

I back to the Rom stock : 0115 but the sd partitions was changed : 1 gb for apps, and 1.75 gb for internal memory, it´s very strange, before install the Update, i had 2,3 gb for apps and 256 gb for internal memory...

I´m very worry, the actual problem is the sd card:

With 8 gb sd card class 10, it´s all ok, all correct, but when i put the 16 gb sd card class 10, it´s don´t mount sd correctly always.

I´m very crazy for all...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
Good stuff. Once you have the gps.conf set up, try using Mobileuncle Tools to pull in the EPO (extended prediction orbit, basically a nice big list of keplers for the satellites so it knows which to expect to be in view at a given time without having to scan the sky for what's actually there) data which should stabilise the GPS even further.

I wonder if it's the bodged Trebuchet they're using? It's a bit of a disaster as they've taken the CM launcher, bodged bits of MIUI into it and given the whole thing a "that'll do" look and feel. I replaced it with the real Trebuchet after a thorough decrapify, along with the AOSP stock keyboard. There's a "modified" apk of Trebuchet (all the dev did was lower the base API level so it would install on 4.1) floating about on the 'net somewhere. The various KitKat-alikes work fairly well but I wanted something open source that I could slam into /system/app without worrying.

It has taken a lot of faff to get to this stage but I now have a very usable and fast device for not a great deal of outlay.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
Do you have a backup of the original ROM and scatter (partition layout) file? You really should (read: MUST) back up these devices before flashing new firmware as there's often bits missing, as you found with the WiFi and Bluetooth issue. MTK Droid Root & Tools will create a useful backup of the partition layout and contents for you without too much difficulty.

Please do not write to the preloader partition with the SP flash tool. Once the preloader is corrupt, your device is a brick which only JTAG will recover. I seriously doubt anyone has a JTAG solution for this device right now. There is no need to rewrite the preloader at all in any case so simply deselect the preloader block in SP Flash tool before downloading.

As for the SD cards, you need to make sure your card is formatted FAT, not NTFS, and the card must be partitioned correctly, i.e. the FAT partition must be the first primary. The MX28 will accept a card of up to 32GB if I recall correctly, which is the limit of SD-HC. Clockwork Mod can format your card for you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo100:
Many thanks for your help. I have a back up of my mlais, i have a back up with mtk droid and tools 2.5.3 ( new version ), but when i put it on the flash tools, the cache and user is missing, and it´s imposible to download it. and then i put a recovery CWM on the mlais with droid and tools ( very easy ), and use a nandroid back up, it´s no problem, but the internal sd partition is always changed : 1 gb for apps and 1.75 for sd internal, i´m very sad because i would like back to the 2,3 gb for apps ( original partition )

Yes... always fat32 sd cards of course, but i have problems with the sd up to 8 gb, the mlais freeze, or sd desmount ( it´s imposible sometimes write in sd external ) i don´t find the problem with this... i have the rom stock : 115.

Other problem, i would like to up the ultimate ROM stock 221. but the wifi and bluetooth crash, and reboot the phone sometimes ( terrible...) , what can i do ? your solution is don´t stick the PRELOADER on the Flashtool when i upload the firmware ? it´s correct? ( i think that if don´t mark the preloader it´s imposible flash... ?¿ )

Many thanks for your help !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chron0s:
No, what I'm saying is we don't yet know why the WLAN and Bluetooth stop working when a different ROM from the one flashed at the factory is installed. There is clearly some mechanism at work here that is blocking those two devices after an update and it's not the usual shared objects as it is on other devices. It also doesn't seem to be NVRAM related as the MAC and BDaddr remain once the old firmware is re-flashed.

This same problem occurs with all the custom ROMs on needrom.

The reason I say do not needlessly flash the preloader is the danger of a full brick from which you cannot recover. The preloader code very rarely changes - its only purpose is to provide an interface to SP flash tools or boot; think "BIOS" in PC terms - so it is a pointless risk. You most certainly can flash the other blocks with the preloader block deselected.

The bottom line right now is stick with the factory ROM, install CWM, apply the system mount fix and use Xposed and suchlike to customise until we come up with something a little more sensible or at least find out why the WLAN and Bluetooth stop working.

Given that the Wiko Darkmoon is based on the same SoC and has full sources available <EDIT: It isn't. It's just the kernel as usual.>, it may be prudent to wait until someone with more clue than I has a look at what makes these things tick.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo100:
Many thanks Chronos!, The problem is also with the official ROMS on mlais.com/mlaismx28 i don´t understand it...

Please i need help to back restore the partitions of my sd internal ( ROM ), i would like back to 2,3 gb for apps, actually i have only 0,98 gb and 1,75 gb internal store.

I think that the solution is back up for flash tools and reflash with the rom stock ( the back up of mlais mx28 of my friend, he have other new mx28 )

But my BIG problem with the flash with flash tools is the USER DATA and CACHE is always empty, and then it´s imposible to reflash it :( it´s always and error : Rom changed PTM ... :(

Please, what can i do for have USER DATA and CACHE with mtk droid and tools 2.5.3 versión?? ( in this version to click User data and Cache with to do the back it´s imposible, this option is missing in 2.5.3. version )

http://dl.xda-developers.com/attachdl/b2f11c741aab592a8f66616d932af983/533c2dcc/2/6/6/4/5/2/2/Sin_t_tulo.jpg
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
[ROM] Official Update

Hello guys, there's a new rom update for the mx28

Official Mlais MX28 version: Mlais_MX28_20140312

www.needrom.com/mobile/mlais-mx28-2/

Try it out seems, it works perfect.

Cheers!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo100:
Yes it´s all right, it´s ok the new rom, i have install it, but i also have the same problemas with the sd card class 10 up to 8 gb !!!

Terrible, im crazy with this problem... i have put kingston, integral and sundisk, and it´s always the same problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
Never had such, doe i use a 4gb sd card. Friend you sure problem not with your device?

Any other such problem (sd card) on htcmania mlais mx28 forum discussion trend?

Lets hear from other users about this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo100:
Hi, i have the solution... the problem is the up to 8 gb when is class 10 ... mlais mx28 don´t support SD class 10 when is up to 8 gb.

I have now 16gb SD class 6, and the mlais is totally OK :) I´M HAPPYYYYYYY!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codedmax:
Great discovery i must commend your effort, well you can now enjoy your mobile bud.

Hope you notice, improvement in the new rom update after flashing to device?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo100:
Hí, the New Rom is Great :good: MLAIS OS 2.0.1 ( Ota actualization Yes )

Mlais mx28 is now a wonderful smartphone!!! very powerfull !!

Im very very happy with it,

:good::good::good::good::good:

the battery live is near 11-12 hours maximum live in one day. ( i usually use power bank of buyincoins )

I think that the mlais mx28 is the best of the low cost chineses phones now
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gordo100:
What´s the difference between our MLAIS MX28 and the MLAIS MX28+ ???:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] perimano:
Gps receiver in this phone is useless. I am very disappointed.

I have tried every possible software and hardware fix available only to

succeed in a faster satellites lock. But when driving my phone keeps loosing

connection with satellites every few meters making navigation impossible.

Other buyers from my country(Greece) have the same problem.

I sent mail to the store i bought the device and they replied that it is a known problem.

They prompted me to send the phone back and order another model.

Very sad about this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bravesoul:
I've got a couple of questions, guys. I've bought this Mlais+ Mx28 today at €98 and it was already rooted and has the SuperSU installed from factory. Is this normal? Another question. It came with the OS 3.0.0 (as seen below). But i still have all the problems you experienced before OS 2.0.1 came out... What should i do? Flash the 2.0.1 or dump the 3.0.0??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dakok:
Just to clear out the reason for some problems with certain roms where you can't use wifi, bluetooth, etc.

There are two versions of Mlais MX28. New and the old and you can distinguish them by looking at the screw at the phone bottom:

This is the older type.

I think that you can't brick the phone with wrong (old/new) rom.

And another info that can be useful. These are the names of Mlais MX28 clones:

Mlais MX28 – Elephone P7 mini – Kuphone C1 N9700 – Sesonn N9700 – MHP N9700 – Vifocal N9700 – Star N9700 – HDC Galaxys S5 N9700 – Goophone X2 – Mijue M7 – Catee CT300
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XDA:DevDB Information

PAC 4.4.2 OFFICIAL, ROM for the Sony Xperia S

Contributors

zeetherocker

ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat

Version Information

Status: Alpha

Created 2014-03-18

Last Updated 2014-07-03
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Now if you don't know how to get a logcat, CLICK HERE.

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Reserved
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ^Reloaded^:
Great work man!! nice to see pac after a long time :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Please test it and let me know if it works... I don't have the device to test it myself..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ^Reloaded^:
sure i will :silly:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Apology11:
Can you tell me which sources you used? Did you use billchen1977´s AOSP sources and kernel?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] S-AJAD:
any bug ?

is that stable ?

instagram bug ?

anybody can give me any buglist ?

tnx bro

great job

edit :

i test it.

phone doesn't work.when i call to anybody , i have black screen.and when anybody call to me , my phone not ringing.

wifi dosn't work for me ( maybe just for me )

and i can't boot to recovery

so i back to my old rom

this rom can be good soon

tnx man
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nisu4717:
+1
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] saimsameer:
I was thinking to download but above comment disappoint me, but waiting for some more feedbacks then i will try
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] YoungFiire:
I downloaded the Rom and the attached Gapps. For now I can say the following things:

-Screenshot broken (contact deedwar, he has a fix)

-It's build from CM Source (RaymanFX) (so there is the thing(bug) with second boot which takes like 10 Min.)

-I don't know why but Wi-Fi is not working :eek:

Thank you for developing this ROM for our nozomi :) I hope this list can help you a little in developing :)

Cheers!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Thanks for the feedback ... I'll try solving the bugs during the weekends...

Meanwhile...please provide me logs for those bugs
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] wxl104:
Dear ,is that meaning if I want to use your rom,just flash the rom and gaapp from the recover,no need to flash any kernel or booting?And my phone is xperia SL,need to do another step?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Olivier:
Cherry-pick this commit to fix the bootlogo bug and this one to fixup screenshots and you should be good to go.

Gesendet von meinem LT26i mit Tapatalk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] nisu4717:
No,u are good to go.

Do a nandroid back up before a flash.

---------- Post added at 12:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:43 PM ----------

If its buid from cm sourse,than how is it AOSP.

Can any 1 confarm that AOSP or CM
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] YoungFiire:
I looked into the settings and there is a section Kernel Source or something like that and there was RaymanFX mentioned
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
I took the dependencies from OpenSEMC... and the kernel on the last build was taken from OpenSEMC as well...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] saimsameer:
Wifi is not working, wifi button is disable, tried alot to ON wifi but no response,
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
New Build is up..

This time used kernel from deedwar's repos...

Hope the bugs are fixed..

http://d-h.st/Y2l

Changelog :

* Bug fixes ( hopefully fixes most of them )

* Screenshot broken - fixed

* Minor updates
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] genedir:
When i install google photosphere app , it crashes, any idea to fix

Xperia S cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imjustone:
I wanna give a shot on this rom. I tried to download rom but when I click on download pacman rom, there is three option. All of them is "pac_nozomi_4.4.Alpha-1" but their date is different. Which one I should download? And isn't it so small size(211mb) for a rom?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Download this : http://www.file1.info/7wCMKvk
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imjustone:
I've installed the rom. It looks good so far but I have some questions. First off all, ringtones. There is only 1 ringtone and notification sound available. Is it something wrong with my phone or is it really like this? If it is really like this, how can I add some other ringtone? Second one is about gallery and apollo. It says no pictures in the gallery or no music in the apollo. But when I go into my "Music" folder with root explorer and tap on one song, it starts playing it with apollo! That's nonsense. If you can help me guys, I'll be appriciate it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fedee13:
I'm having so many random reboots and freezes that's almost impossible to use the phone. Should I rollback to the previous version??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Did you do a clean install..??

If not then wipe data, format system, and then install the rom...!!

Before you do that backup your apps.. Coz you'll lose all apps and data after data wipe...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
NEW BUILD : PAC_nozomi_4.4.Alpha-1_20140417

Changelog :

* Updated device tree

* Updated PAC sources

* No major feature updates (Wait for it :p)

More on PAC Console

AND DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fedee13:
Nop, I was dirty flashing....I'm gonna try your latest version with a clean flash now :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Hamodi:
Facebook bug fixed on the new release??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
I didn't have time to dig that up.... Anyways test it and let me know...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imfrmbd:
There's another bug.. Can't finish a video fully in MX player... Cuz.. If I do screen goes black.. then I have to reboot the device with physical keys... Just like bug in the fb app...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
I think that's got something to do with the video drivers... Anyways if possible get me a log for that... Through adb I mean..

Does that happen on other roms as well... Cm, PA..??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] imfrmbd:
Don't know if it happens on other kitkat roms or not.. Cuz i haven't tried... Yours is my first kitkat rom... And I'd try to give log after my exam.. my pc has been grounded...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Sure...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] frankfurt069:
Yes, happens in other 4.4, too.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] piyush95:
Yes... The video problem with MX player exists in cm,pa too...

But if you play videos using stock gallery app... Or Sony movies app.... Screen doesn't go blank..

:)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Going to include in the next build... Lots to come.. Wait for it...:p
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
Time for update guys

NEW BUILD : pac_nozomi_4.4.Alpha-1_20140418

Changelog :

* Theme engine back again

* Omni gears : Custom shortcuts for clock and date in notification bar -

* Updated device tree

* Updated PAC sources

* Lots to come (Wait for it :p)

More on PAC Console

AND DON'T FORGET TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ^Reloaded^:
THE ROM IS PRETTY SMOOTH [MENTION=4457320]zeetherocker[/MENTION] BUT NO APOLLO AND DSP MANAGER IN THIS BUILD :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zeetherocker:
I removed them myself... I don't like DSP... So I had removed it for my tab2 builds.. But I forgot to again add it back... But you can install viper4droid I find it better...