yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] estuardo4:
I've installed the new Touch 2.0 v0314 to my phone. At first, I installed the zip fresh, but, for the first time with any ROM I've flashed on my device, I got bootloops. Nothing brought back my phone, so then I proceed to install previous Touch version and dirty upgrade to this latest version. This time the phone booted with no problems. Supposedly this version fixed the battery misreadings. I've been using it for two charges now and it seems that the readings are normal again. The only thing that is making life miserable with my phone now is that the display timeout is always fixed at 15 seconds. I tried all different times, but every time the phone wakes, the timeout resets to 15 seconds. Really annoying.
[Android General] mac231us:
estuardo think it was you who was interested in the z9max or at least thinking of it...

it is a 5.5 model

anyway here it is in case interested in reading..

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/03/zte-nubia-z9-max-z9-mini-officially-announced-with-titanium-frames/
[Android General] estuardo4:
Yes, I was interested on this model. But judging at the picture I posted and the actual product, they are very different. Maybe it's just a prototype or another future model. Or an entirely different phone from another company. I don't know.

But definitely I'm not looking a 5.5" phone. 6.44" up until 7.0" is what I'm looking for... If we are going to use a really big (although pocketable) phone, better get the biggest screen possible. I tried in my pocket different 7.9" devices and they don't fit. Maybe a 7.2" bezeless device :) Last year we had a lot of options and this year we only have very few models. And nothing with a Mediatek processor.
[Android General] tabnabs:
Hey Sampei did you ever find a fix for 12830 camera uboot and lk.bin if upgrading to nibiru rom?

Or do you know of a way to fix annoying bootloops when porting nibiru roms to Ulefone U7.
[Android General] marsian0:
There is a new update on needrom for Nibiru M1, posted on Mar 27th.

http://www.needrom.com/download/k-touch-nibiru-m1/

"

Update Official ROM K-TOUCH Nibiru M1 Version: nibiru_M1_V01-20150326-1628 – KOT49H

Changelog:

2015.03.26 sea

Support 1080P video shoot

"
[Android General] sampei:
First I going to try fix lk.bin and uboot but unfortunately nibiru rom doesn't use lk.bin (afaik nibiru use agold.bin or something )so when I make custom rom use flashable.zip for cwm. I can't find how to fix lk.bin

For cwm

Copy them from my rom.

boot.img (i repacked with nibiru and u7 rom) and lib_agoldcam-ov12830_xxx.so , libcameraservice , libcameracustome and libdpframework.so( it's very important for fix green cam issue ) into system/lib/ folder of the flashable zip thats it. Should be work.

I believe If you can convert spflash format to cwm zip format then everything will be smooth...or if can opposite method then can see bright for port every another rom by so flash but I never try cwm zip to make sp flash format.
[Android General] tabnabs:
I have even tried the new Niburu rom but stiill no go with lk.bin. It appears there is no way to ammend uboot. With regard to porting Roms they still appear to flash OK but then throw up random bootloops and will not restart. I think that you might be right in that the right approach being to convert cwm rom to sp flash tool rom. Maybe that needs some investigation.
[Android General] marsian0:
I just flashed new nibiru update, rooted, installed xposed, gravity, etc, all my apps, all fine, it appears that in this rom battery is not a problem. I'm kind of tired of experimenting with other roms like miui, color os, that altough more aesthetic and colorful, have poor performance regarding power management.

I used color os for a few days, and despite that everything was smooth and no lag, after a while memory colapses and the phone reboots.

I will test nibiru this week, and depending on how well it goes, i will flash it to my wife's phone, which is also ulefone u7(currently in biscuits rom), but that have the older model of camera, i will see if can find a way to sort things out, and if it works i wil post my findings.
[Android General] BadgerDev:
I really like this device
[Android General] estuardo4:
I'm kinda with you on this. It's good to have a visually pleasant to look at devise, but I need to have a productive, no surprises phone. And now I know how to change some settings with Xposed to make it look like a Lollipop phone. The only thing that I haven't found is a way to change the incoming call screen to something like LP, but it is not a deal breaker.

My guess is that you haven't found a problem with IMEIs and/or other bugs. And I don't know about storage space. Please let us know.
[Android General] marsian0:
The system partition went back to the normal size after flashing nibiru rom (i had to resize to 1G to install Color Os).

The internal space is about 1G, i will have to flash repartition to 3 or 8 Gb later this week, cause i began to receive the "insufficient storage" error.

The nofitications light works fine, deep sleep, notifications in deep sleep, no issues here.

i haven't used my phone too much already, but the battery usage seems less than the other roms.

Also the DPI is about 320 i guess, i was geting used to use a larger one, 420 or so, and my eyes are begining to complain, maybe i will set it to 420 in a few days.

no bugs, FCs or reboots so far, i haven't checked the video shooting or camera to see the improvements, later when i have time from work i will check that part.

Signal seems weak as usual, proximity sensor works fine.
[Android General] tabnabs:
4PDA now has MIUI, Lewa, and L style firmware set up for 12830 camera and drivers for 13850 camera if needed.
[Android General] estuardo4:
I installed this ROM yesterday. I rooted with iRoot. I have to flash the 8GB partition to begin restoring my apps. IMEIs were lost, but using a backup made with Mobile Uncle Tools restored them just fine. I installed Xposed and all the modules used on the Pseudo L ROM. All seems fine, but definitely my battery or my phone does not like the Nibiru energy handling. From 35% to 0% in 5 minutes. And from 0% to 85% in five minutes connected. And then from 85% to 0% in 10 minutes of screen on time. The only way I can have a semi decent reading is when I charge the battery over night and use the phone normally during the day. I couldn't took a screenshot of my battery use graphic, but believe me, it was a crazy one.

And I took some pictures and videos. Recording a video at 1080p resulted on a jumpy scene and some artifacts when playing it back. The pictures look about the same.

I'm tempted to flash the oriiginal Luftco 4.4.2 just to check if my battery has gone bad (I had this phone already for nine months) or if it is the energy manager from Nibiru. Maybe this weekend I'll try it.
[Android General] sampei:
Now rom is uploaded.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=8AD34A82FB88453D!1667&authkey=!AL5hRpo_nXW2esA&ithint=folder,

I can't test rom right now so please test this rom.

Changelog:

2015.03.26 sea

Support 1080P video shoot

add OV12830 driver

rooted

add SuperSU ( chainfire )

* add OV12830 driver but I havent change some lib's because I want to keep 1080P video shoot feature. so IDK OV12830 camera is work or not.

* gapps is not included but I upload slim's gapps together with rom so use it. ( if you needed )

* this rom will not format your data partition.
[Android General] tabnabs:
Haven't tried Sampei's rom yet. Having problems with phone charging. It will only charge when switched off and will not connect to the PC when switched on. Although MtK preloader recognises it.

Any ideas anyone?
[Android General] marsian0:
How do you know that does not charge when turned on ? In some nibiru roms the charging light doesn't work when turned on.

The other issue could be caused by drivers.
[Android General] tabnabs:
It definitely is not charging while switched on as battery is draining when nothing is running and screen is off.

With regard to drivers nothing has changed on my PC. Yesterday I could connect and today the phone is only recognised when connected switched off triggering preloader mode.

I have a feeling that it could be a micro usb socket issue as it only recognises that anything is connected when powered off.

Edit:Just gone into factory mode and battery test does not recognise charger plugged in and the home button is not accessible in keys test.
[Android General] sampei:
I dont know it's work for you, but I believe nibiru's boot.img is something diff with U7 boot.img. because I remember both factory mode have got different UI . and system libxxxx.so is affecting the phone functions even in factory mode.

so when your phone charged please try my rom. at the least my previous rom is working perfect for U7/U69 OV12830.
[Android General] tabnabs:
I think my problem is a simple USB port failure when the phone is switched on. When switched of it appears to charge normally from computer but not from AC.

I flashed the stock Ulefone stock rom but the problem persisted.

I have two batteries so have invested in a battery charger which I hope will resolve my problem by having a charged battery on standby.

I tried your Niburu rom but no camera for 12830 driver. Wifi signal appears to be weaker than in previous rom and 3G signal is virtually non existant as it kept to switching to G only.

I am currently trying the L Style rom on 4PDA which is running well but does appear to use more battery but I can't tell if that is a further symptom of my USB port problem.
[Android General] sampei:
Ok noted. I know why camera is not work. Because I purposely didn't port so.camera.custom.lib etc.

So if I port lib files like previous rom it will be delete 1080p recording feature. But I don't know why wifi and 3G got affected functions.

Anyway I can't find L style rom for 12830 could you tell me the url? Thx.
[Android General] tabnabs:
L Style Rom

https://yadi.sk/d/EqYjf8ixfh4Ay

Lewa

https://yadi.sk/d/2eKkZCNhfi9KU

MIUI

https://yadi.sk/d/waofV06lfk2qj
[Android General] marsian0:
Had anyone tried lewa? I saw in 4pda that it is a good one, maybe it is the last rom i will try.
[Android General] tabnabs:
Updated MIUI

https://yadi.sk/d/waofV06lfk2qj
[Android General] estuardo4:
Thank you for your links. The L style link is dead. The other two are working fine.

I've been using vanilla Nibiru OS 4.4.2 (the latest flash image) for the last week and I haven't noticed any improvements. Touch still works great, all cameras work, battery life is crazy (the same as other Nibiru based ROMs from 85% to 0% in 10 minutes after 5 minutes of charging from 0% and from 30% to 0% in ten minutes if charged overnight). I've been using Monster UI and Flat Style Status Bar Xposed Modules for the 5.0 look. It is not faster nor better than previous versions. Supposedly the camera can record video at 1080p, but video is super jerky and jumpy, with lot of artifacts.

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I made a backup of my system and flashed this ROM. It looks OK, but I didn't go any deeper as this ROM has a problem that I haven't seen in a while: The dreaded lost IMEIs. I don't have the time or will to make them work. I just tried a simply restore with Mobile Uncle Tools and it didn't work. So I'm back to my previous ROM.
[Android General] tabnabs:
New link for L Style updated 5/4/2015

https://yadi.sk/d/nUcecZb1fnW9Z
[Android General] natostanco:
I hope we can get a true lollipop so that we can use art with xposed, maybe in a couple months? Following the same release date of kitkat last year? :(
[Android General] Axelman8:
The MTK kernel will be released somewere the second quarter this year (rumour says), so before this, android L will not be available. :banghead:

Regards

Axelman

Send from P7 4.4.2
[Android General] marsian0:
I installed this version yesterday, and the same issues about the battery drainage, i tought that it was a different rom than L-style from nibiru forums(in 4pda it says is a port from Zopo), but i think is the same. Acording to GSam Battery Monitor, it will give me 2hr 40m Screen on, so it is half the time that i used to get using biscuits or mlais roms. Currently i have 44% left, with 1h49m on screen. (Used 56% in 4h 7m).

Las week i revisited mlais rom, and i could confirm that battery life is still good, giving me more than 4 hours on screen. But the only problem is the keyboard issue. And as there is no new roms so far, i think i will stay with last rom of nibiru, that gives me at least about 3.5 or 4 hrs on screen, but without the annoyance of the keyboard, plus notifications light.

Edit: I also tried Lewa, but same as you, i had lost imeis problem, so i didn't bother trying to restore them.

Edit2: hey, do you have an account in 4PDA? could you ask them to check why the battery drainage in L-Style? The rom is in general good, but the power management is terrible.
[Android General] estuardo4:
There's something that we should do. I don't have the knowledge, but I can investigate. Maybe it's just a file that we need to transplant from Biscuits to a Nibiru zip. I don't know.

I know you are not asking me, but I don't have an account with 4PDA. I wish I have, as the zip downloads are faster than with the Chinese based forums. If you or tabnabs has a link for the thread at 4PDA, I can subscribe and ask.
[Android General] marsian0:
And in the PDA thread at least there are feedback and reply , in nibiru forums haven't seen requests about improvements or fixes, just meaningless replies to see download links.

this is the link for the thread, and i saw that our mate tabnabs have asked them about this issue (thanks ).

http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=552814&st=2500

I use google chrome to translate the page.
[Android General] estuardo4:
What to do?

I've been trying to adapt to the strange battery drain that the Nibiru's ROMs have on my Luftco device. It's not a problem when I'm at my office and the phone is always o its dock station. But when I'm out visiting clients, on a call and with 70% of juice left, the phone died after 6 minutes. And I was phoneless for an hour. And when I quickly charged it, it went to 75% in 5 minutes. The readings are not reliable at all.

On the other side, is returning to Biscuits ROM and its touch problems, and the inability of flashing new ROMs because the possibility of losing IMEIs. But as I'm installing Xposed modules that try to imitate the look of Lollipop anyway, maybe it is a better option.

Or a third option, take the plunge and buy the expensive (for me) Huawei X2 :)
[Android General] tabnabs:
I have tried many of the nibiru roms on my U 7 but have found that the wifi signal is significantly weaker than in any of the Luftco/Mlais/Ulefone roms, stock or otherwise. Battery has also been a problem with unreliability and, particularly in the L Style and Touch, battery drain. But the biggest problem is that I regularly lose 3G signal and switch to only G for long periods of time so for me they are out. That includes Sampeei's ports to U7.

I have found that the best rom is a modified Biscuit rom from 08/09/14 which was posted on 4PDA but is now no longer available but which I have been using until recently. The consensus on 4PDA appears to be stick with 4.2.2 or try the modified Mlais rom from 29/11/14 (Honduras) which supposedly has a touch fix. In my opinion that is simply a placebo. Also I fount the 3G signal to be weak and unreliable.

For the past 6 days I have been using the 4PDA L style and am very impressed. Touch is much improved and I have found it to have the best 3G signal of all of the roms that I have tried although wifi is a little weaker (But hey we can't have everything). Yes battery is a problem. There does appear to be greater drain and I cannot find out why. But battery life and reliability appears to me to be better than in any of the Nibiru roms. I don't get as long between charges as with the modified Biscuit rom but that is not a significant drawback as yet as the battery has lasted all day so far all be it that is only 6 days. Time will tell.

I have asked the question about battery drain on 4PDA but to date no reply and no further updates to any of the roms..

There also does not appear to be any interest on 4PDA in porting Niburu roms.
[Android General] marsian0:
yeas, it seems that they do not like nibiru roms. In my experiments i can see that the major battery drain is on Radio Signal, so if we just could somehow trasplant baseband from our original rom to the L-Style rom for example, may be we will get better signal and less power consumption.
[Android General] sampei:
If signal problem come from nibiru radio then need to port radio from u7,a one x, t69, m81's rom. I believe it's not difficult. But I knew if you want to use then flash stock rom by sp flash first. It's same thing as when we need to use nibiru rom with out lost imei.

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For me nibiru rom make improved touch experience. (Chrome got scroll issue as same as other rom) if Honduras fixed all of issue then thats better. One thing 4PDA is Russian language....
[Android General] marsian0:
i can try if you tell me what are the components for radio /baseband (secro..img, BPLG*, etc), but i don't know if just interchange those components between roms, i have nearly all roms for this device.
[Android General] sampei:
Backup all files inside /system/etc/firmware and fmr, ril folder. Then copy to any rom whatever you want.

Before flash cwm.zip you have to flash stock rom by sp flash ( choose Firmware Download) . After that flash cwm recovery .

It's ready for flash .zip for cwm format for any u7 rom. No more nibiru.

if you rom signal well then please check touch problem . i attach vid below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4dGHef1l0
[Android General] marsian0:
Or could be possible to port touch drivers from nibiru roms that works fine, to Mlais Rom that have better battery life but touch issues ? that's another option and which i would prefer.
[Android General] sampei:
I tried to find touch driver but i cant recognize which is driver. so if you can port nibiru driver to any stock rom it is better way. because stock rom have no issue for battery and camera. ithink..
[Android General] natostanco:
If your phone jumps quickly between battery values you have to reset battery stats (after you have fully charged ur phone and then some more)
[Android General] ivanox1972:
I have 1q:

I sold the phone to one friend. I installed biscuit rom and now he have strange behaviour. Somebofy takes control over phone, open settings, firefox...

Is this some virus? Jow to fix this?

Thanks
[Android General] marsian0:
First thing, Install ESET Antivirus or similar from Playstore and scan the device.

Another reason could be that he is not accostumed to touchscreen sensibility yet, in biscuits rom the touchscreen have issues of this type.
[Android General] estuardo4:
Ok, I got rid of Nibiru on my phone. I used flashtools to flash the latest ROM from Luftco. Then I installed Team Biscuits ROM for the Mlais M81. I installed all the Xposed modules that can make my phone look like 5.0 The only thing I miss form the L ROMs is the list scroll effects. Anyway, all was working great until I discovered that I have the same battery issues than with Nibiru. So I'm almost 100% sure that it is my battery that has the problem. If that is the case, then I can try and install this latest L ROM you posted. The thing is that I lost IMEIs and there's not an easy way to have them back. Do you had problems restoring your IMEIs? Seriously, restoring the IMEIs has been the most frustrating part of having this phone and I'm seriously trying to avoid going back.

Anyway, thank you for your help. Let's hope marsian or sampei can help us porting ROM elements.
[Android General] estuardo4:
Thank you for your answer. I've reset my battery stats since the beginning, with no effect. Charge the phone 100%, clear the battery stats, drain the battery to 0% and recharge. I've done this since my battery readings became weird. But to no effect.

I've used battery health apps and all say that my battery life is perfect and no damaged cells or anything. I really don't know what else to do.
[Android General] sampei:
Imei issue is because of base rom. (Idk L is based by u7 or nibiru)

You have to flash base rom (nibiru stock or other stock) by sp flash (firmware update) first.

Then it will be fix. Both base rom is incompatible each other.

Anyway, XuiMod xposed module will not help for list scroll effect?
[Android General] tabnabs:
I have the original Ulefone U7 with 12830 camera driver and use the latest Kitkat stock as my base, albeit modified by replacing stock with recovery TWRP 2.7.0.0 and also the EBRs to get sufficient internal storage. I haven't found a way yet to increase system storage which is not really a problem as most roms are well within the 800mb storage partition size. Although I did notice that the Mlais Honduras rom is almost 750mb in size.

I have tended to stick with the roms posted on 4PDA as they are usually modified for the better and provide flashable zips for camera modules and to swap phone storage and sd storage.

So far I have never lost IMEIs when flashing any rom I have tried.

The L style rom is probably the best to date, although the battery drain may prove to be a deal breaker.

I have gone back to the modified Mlais rom (Honduras) with the touch fix.
[Android General] marsian0:
How do Honduras rom performs? Is touch really improved?
[Android General] natostanco:
Can you provide links to 4pda?
[Android General] ivanox1972:
I need to reinstall friends u7. Is biscuit still best solution? He needs stable rom where all working, no experiments.

Thanks
[Android General] estuardo4:
Hi sampei. I lost IMEIs when I flashed Nibiru's ROM to my Luftco phone. I didn't lose IMEIs when I flashed Mlais ROMs. But getting Nibiru's IMEI to work was a real PITA (both figuratively and physically). But as long as I have a good battery life, I'm willing to reflash.

Xuimod really worked for me. Thank you!!!

BTW, I've been using my phone regularly with Team Biscuits ZIP, but my battery problem is becoming worse everyday. Now when I try to make a phone call and my battery is almost at 100%, as soon as I dial my phone's battery dies. From ¬90% to 0% in a second! Obviously something is very wrong and I don't think is software related. I cannot know for sure because I don't have a replacement battery.

Does any of you can recommend a good place to buy a battery replacement? I tried to find one for my Luftco, but with no luck. I tried other stores looking for the Mlais M81 4000mAH one and they listed it, but all are out of stock. The same for the Tronsmart 3500mAH one. Or if any of you is willing to sell me one, I can pay with Paypal.

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After translating some of the posts on the 4PDA forums, it seems that the 4.4.3 Honduras ROM is a Zip file that you need to flash, not an entire ROM that you need to flash using Flashtools. Am I correct? Please share your knowledge about how to successfully install pseudo L and what ROM base do you have. And I ask because it seems there's a couple of other zips to install in order to have a workable phone. If you have Mlais ROM base, and then flash the Honduras Zip, is it wise to later install the L-style zip?

It seems that the link for the Honduras ROM is https://yadi.sk/d/CI65P9_ad37gr