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[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riggerman0421:
Read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2417097. It'll explain the problem and the fix.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilzard:
Good jorb.

Tell us what you did so it may help the next with a similar issue.

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Yes because USB-OTG uses the protocols from the phone.

I'm glad you got it working, but for future reference;

If you have an OTG cable, and a thumb drive, and a working TWRP you can flash. You just go into mounts and storage and switch it from internal to OTG, then go back to install and find your zip.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pie are squared:
fixed

I used Wug's toolkit and in options you can set it to force flash so I did that and that seemed to resolve the issue :)
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] pirl8:
I've successfully rooted my B510 with latest version of Root Genius.

With the previous buind (up to B132) it was certainly possible to override some of the settings in /cust/channel/weurope/cust/local.prop.

For example it was possible to remove the EU sound volume limitation by commenting these lines

ro.config.ce_authenticate=1
ro.config.hw.security_volume=11

and rebooting.

Now, as far as I can see, this does not work anymore. Could anybody confirm?

Furthermore some interesting settings could be altered in /system/build.prop.

I wonder if it's still possible?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] blueIBI:
hi..

the build.prop can be moddified..and the local.prop too..

there is a thread with some modds..

Gesendet von meinem HUAWEI P6-U06 B510
[Firefox OS General] mistergr:
Hi folks!

I have been looking for some info about our devices and if it's possible to flash an android custom rom on it, but no luck. However, there is a very similar device to the ZTE Open, It's the Alcatel One Touch Fire. It has the same hardware and also brings Firefox OS by default.

There is a custom rom in development for this device and I was just wondering if it's possible to flash it on the ZTE.

I can't post the link because I'm new, but it's easy to find it.

Thanks in advance.
[Firefox OS General] hevangel:
Yes. Just flash in a ROM of ZTE roamer2 (V790)

ZTE Open has the same hardware spec as ZTE roamer2
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
Have you tried flashing?
[Firefox OS General] hecatae:
yes I have
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
Was it successful?
[Firefox OS General] Saijin_Naib:
LinuxHolic, what was the most recent version of Android you found for your ZTE Open?

I've not been successful in finding any ROMs. Do you think you can link here or private message me?

Thanks!
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
I didn't, that's why i'm asking him :)
[Firefox OS General] Saijin_Naib:
Right! Wow, sorry. That is what I get for reading when I'm not fully awake yet >_>
[Firefox OS General] elav:
Where do I find that image for ZTE Open? :fingers-crossed:
[Firefox OS General] bmn65:
Found CM ROM

I found the CM rom via modaco site.. for roamer2.

yadi.sk/d/OADSzoWdKWSpf

I no longer have this phone, but go ahead and flash via CWM for android :)
[Firefox OS General] cairnarvon:
Have you flashed the Open with this ROM yourself?

I did some searching and I found these:

http://www.ztedevices.com/search.html?keyword=v790 you can get the ROM from the downloads page.

Also this one: http://www.modaco.com/topic/360962-zte-kis-iii-stock-roms/?p=2156977

I haven't tested any of these myself.
[Firefox OS General] elav:
I tried both and it does not work: (this also does not work: (

yadi.sk/d/OADSzoWdKWSpf
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
i have tried lots of Android Roms for ZTE KIS, Roamer2 etc.

all lead to bootloops.

resurrection is pretty easy though, just flash the experimental ZTE FFOS 1.2 and your good.

have not found a working ICS/JB Rom until now.

the phone is crap anyways, since you can't update higher than 1.3 (without any updates then) or stick to 1.1

there are no plans whatsoever from ZTE or Mozilla to remedy this.

Thought i could at least turn it into an emergency phone by flashing a usable Android on it, but it seems that's not going to work either.

:(
[Firefox OS General] elav:
Hey dude: http://firefoxosbuilds.org/
[Firefox OS General] peñamaxi:
android

ROM is a zte V790 is the v2 ROM works on xperia zte open: D test
[Firefox OS General] elav:
No understanding. :confused:
[Firefox OS General] vampirefo:
Can you just post a link to the rom?
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
"Dude" , whatever, 1.3 is not stable on ZTE Open - i tried. i have built a 1.3 myself (check on here) and the Browser crashes constantly.

there is no updated HW layer available for 1.3 and ZTE is not going to provide one.

Mozilla doesn't care either.

the only thing that happened is they gave you a coupon so you could buy a ZTE Open C cheaper.

burned once... no thanks.

Mozilla obviously is aware of the problem though and they do want to create a phone where they control everything.

that may change the game a bit.

also, all available FFOS devices are madly overpriced for the hardware specs.
[Firefox OS General] elav:
Actually any version of FirefoxOS is stable, especially after version 1.2. I found many ROMS, even 2.1, but always have a problem. That is why he was hoping to install some Android ROM on my ZTE Open. :(
[Firefox OS General] vampirefo:
I can honestly say Open C, is worth what I paid for it, I dual boot the phone, run android from sdcard, run FF from phone, the specs aren't the best but worth the price I paid for it, the flame clearly is over priced, and I wont be getting that phone. Open C is most likely the only FF phone I will buy, I like the ideal I can build my own OS, and choose from several different OSes to use. Also I can simply reboot into android when I need to run a navigation app, or want to run an android app.

I have never used Open so don't know about it's problems, Open C is a nice phone, FF runs very well on it as does android, Specs aren't the best this isn't a power house phone, but a very usable phone.
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
I tried that also and it would not work for me - > bootloop

i assume you are talking about this one? Xperia-v2-byTaleNT?

if that is the case - this is a GB ROM, not ICS btw.

however, i would be interested to know how you got it to work.

if you could share from what FFOS Version you came, what CWM did you use etc.?

so far i have tried without success:

Gingerbread:

Xperia-v2-byTaleNT

ztestock_2.3.6_2013052314014269

ICS:

Lewa_V8403_fix 2

and another inofficial FFOS 2.0 build which doesnt work:

b2g-1.5-20140409-roamer2

i am giving up.

if anyone gets a halfway decent Android ROM working, please do tell. Don't care if it is GB, even GB is about 300% more useful than FFOS

---------- Post added at 07:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 AM ----------

I understand your stance vampirefo (and btw - nice to see you here ;) )

unfortunately the same is going to happen with the Open C that happened to the Open,

ZTE is not going to provide any updates and Mozilla is going to change some stuff which will require a new HW layer and it's game over.

the only halfway "safe" phone for getting updates now is the Flame, but that is built by Alcatel (well, actually by TCL which owns Alcatel)

but 170 USD (ok, ww shipping included, big deal...) is about 2x what its actually worth.

i really wanted to give this a chance, but in my opinion Mozilla screwed this up big time.

let's see what happens in the next 2-3 years, maybe they are going to be a valid alternative.

until then i suppose even Jolla is a better choice, since that can also run Android apps native. (but the phone is also way overpriced)
[Firefox OS General] vampirefo:
thanks will look at rom tonight.

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good to see you here also, you might be right,for right now open c is worth what it cost.
[Firefox OS General] elav:
Which ROM do we talking about? Where can I download?
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
http://v790.blogspot.ch/2013/06/xperia-rom-for-zte-v790.html
[Firefox OS General] elav:
Nice. Please, You tell us how you did .. ;)
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
like i already posted, did not work for me.
[Firefox OS General] daniel910821:
You can install This rom, it's ICS, working perfect.

Before install rom modify the build.prop and add to the end qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 this is for the navigation keys to appear on screen

Flash with clockworkmod

if the phone don't have signal change the file libcm.so inside /system/lib

Optionally install Link2SD and swapper for get better performance

Delete some system apps with doesn't use (backup and restore, etc)

Enjoy

Only thing wich isn't working is Camera.
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
how can ZTE open C can install Android 4.4,...and this one cannot?

i had the phone ins storage for 3 months now..as FF was a big mistake to me....
[Firefox OS General] vampirefo:
Open is a different phone, Open C was designed to run android, open was not
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
from this link..after i root the phone with CM5..

and i add the line qemu.hw.mainkeys=0

http://ztev790support.wordpress.com/downloads/

i was able to run the OPEN on android

still testing
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
worked...but camera is not.

and i did not know what to change in the lib file for the signal...as phone dose not see any signal
[Firefox OS General] daniel910821:
For camera I haven't found a solution,

For the signal, there's a file libcm.so inside lib, change it for the original one from firefox os (I used one from ffos 1.1)
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
tried but did not found...as what i have for FF original is the updat.zip file only
[Firefox OS General] Saijin_Naib:
Daniel, would you be willing to download and try out a Multitouch detect app from the Android Marketplace?

I'm trying to troubleshoot bad multitouch performance of the ZTE Open under FFXOS, and we don't know if it is a hardware or driver issue.

See this thread on Mozilla Bugzilla for more info and how/what to test.

I would be incredibly appreciative!
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
hi, after i add the navigation keys, it hid the keypad when am trying to us, am force to go landscape to type.

no way this can be fix?
[Firefox OS General] daniel910821:
I attached the lib, just replace it.

I didn't found a way, just replace the keyboard.
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
thanks....it worked now..but very sloooooooooooooooooooooow

have you tried the 4.4.2 from same website?

http://ztev790support.wordpress.com/downloads/

i tried to install it, but once boot, the screen dose not work as normal..it show me spot and i have to move the spot and click where i want...so i cannot swap down or anything

i tried also the 4.2.2 it worked...but with some bug......

look like will go back to FF :(
[Firefox OS General] ivonSQY:
I want to taste firefox OS :)
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
ok?????????? go and taste :)
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
have you tried the 4.4.2 from same website?

http://ztev790support.wordpress.com/downloads/

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i found bug on the android you give us

that if am connected to WiFi, i cannot download or update anything..only browser works,

why is that?
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
Thanks! :)

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I'm stuck on bootloop! :(

I was using V2.1 when i tried to flash Android on my phone :D
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
wip data and check

and you should do back up before you flash anything,,,so you ca go back
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
Yup tried that also but stuck in bootloop :(

Restarts constantly :D
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
bootloop here also, came from FFOS1.3

this phone is pointless and useless.
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
try this file

https://www.mediafire.com/?0vtrfd7f2pf99w3

use it in the recovery....it will take you back to FF OS
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
i could always go back to my 1.3 build, but honestly i don't care anymore.

lo and behold, because i needed this as a backup phone and it is so super useless, i went back to a chinese MT6515 Dual Sim phone with Froyo 2.2.1 and RESISTIVE touchscreen which i had still lying around - it's a real pleasure to use in direct comparison.

i wonder how this phone would work with Gingerbread, but unfortunately i can't get it to work.

enough time wasted on this, in 3 weeks i wont need the backup anymore because i will be issued a Galaxy S4 from work and my problem is solved.

Hope you people here have more luck with the Open.

if someone wants mine for spare parts or whatever, i'll gladly part with it. I live in Europe, so Europeans are welcome to ask, everywhere else would not be feasible because of expensive transport.
[Firefox OS General] isa.ahmed:
which color is yours? and where do you live?

as i have address in UK...i can use it to do some more test...if you will give for free :)
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
I already am on FF OS :)

Just want to test android on my device that's all :D
[Firefox OS General] Saijin_Naib:
Linr, sorry to hear that you're going to leave the scene. You were one of the people that inspired me to learn how to compile and flash for the first time.

Your build also has helped tons of other users test out semi-recent FFXOS versions. It is a shame that you got bit by ZTE's **** support for this device (and the Open C it seems too now).

Maybe you'll return again with a fresh device?
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
nothing in life is free my friend.

any serious offer would be considered.

i spent 80 Euro on this, so i wont give it for free.

I can always make it a "display" unit to deter myself from buying something like this again :D

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never say never, and i'll stick around ;)

if Mozilla manages to get their act straight i'll maybe consider buying a 100% Mozilla phone with GUARANTEED support.
[Firefox OS General] Saijin_Naib:
Well, it looks like the Flame isn't that phone, so who knows what will be. >_>
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
no, the Flame definitely is not it. it's a rebranded or better not branded Alcatel.

the Alcatel One Touch Fire was even worse off than the ZTE Open because Alcatel just abandoned it straight away. not even fastboot enabled, so your stuck forever.

Mozilla has however kind of promised in their user group that they will look into creating a Mozilla phone where they control all the source, so it would not be a problem to basically update it forever (or until the hardware wont cut it anymore).

Don't get me wrong - i like the idea and also what Mozilla is trying to do here, just they were pretty unlucky with their coice of partners until now.

Geeksphone is pretty dead as well, it seems they also stopped compiling new versions and their newest phone doesn't really support FFOS anymore.

i really don't understand why Mozilla does not partner with Foxconn (they did for a tablet...) and make them build a phone to their specs.

their partnership with Spreadtrum is interesting, but the Spreadtrum chipsets are really low end and probably will stay like this for a while.

MTK is not an option in my opinion, since they never release any source and even chinese manufacturers (or at least the veritable ones) start to abandon them.

This is the age of Qualcomm and maybe also Nvidia for high end and midrange chipsets.
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
OK, i just could not admit defeat.

i got the ICS Rom to run.

in case you are suffering constant bootloop like i had,

do like so:

install cwm recovery if you don't have already

install this update:

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0BxLNwNKfKhUyeExFd2hid3lDTEU&export=download

(it's a "unbrick" update-zip from ZTE, signed)

then flash the ICS ROM mentioned here that works. (make sure to turn on virtual keys like described)

booojaa, ICS on ZTE Open.

it's not pretty, the virtual keys overlap the keyboard, but hey, whatcha gonna do...
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
Some updates on the ICS Rom.... after installing a 8gb sd card and partitioning it with cwm to have app2sd and 32mb swap the phone runs decent. I think a class 4 card would be better though as I am experiencing a bit of lag sometimes (due to swapping).

As an emergency/backup phone still ok and no question much more usable than with FXOS
[Firefox OS General] bmn65:
Hi can you upload your updated ics .zip file somewhere? So we could straightaway use it to flash..
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
Short answer: no

Long answer: its a waste of bandwith and storage, since all you have to do is read post 27, download zip, open build.prop and add the one line to enable virtual keys. Takes 10 seconds to do and you can even copy paste.
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
How did you partitioned it with cwm to have app2sd and then make 32mb swap?

Any link for instructions?

Thanks :)
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
with cwm 6.x -> advanced -> partition sd card.

first option is the size of the app container partition

second is swap (optional from 0 to 256MB)

after that you can move apps to the sd card in app manager without 3rd party tool.

newly installed apps will most go to sd then, since internal memory very small (i think 152M avilable from 256M)
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
I did flashed the update you provided. And then flashed the ICS Rom and now stuck on "android" screen :D
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
Interesting. Try flashing the boot.img from the zte fxos 1.1 update. Reflash cwm and then wipe data/cache. Reflash ics rom. Wipe.

for me gapps did not work, market kept crashing. Easily fixed by flashing gapps for cm9
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
Roger that! :D
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
so how did it go?
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
Sorry about tha late reply :)

Now this time bootloop is different :D

I'm now stuck on black screen(not black really) after Firefox OS logo :D
[Firefox OS General] bmn65:
So I've spent a whole 2-3 hours trying to get this working! but stuck with bootloop -- tried to load the ZTE update too without any luck.

Can someone take a CWM backup of their system and provide it? It would be of immense help -- I'm guessing the bootloop is caused by a mismatched bootimg -- so if someone knows which bootimg goes with the ICE rom, that would help too.
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
ok, so mine had the bootloop also,

i tried around a bunch and might have forgotten a step.

afaik at some point (after installing the update-signed.zip) i must have installed the 1.1 FXOS boot image.

you can always get back to a running FXOS by installing the update-signed.zip and then install the 1.1 Update.zip

for the ics i think you will have to install the 1.1 boot image, as the 1.1 and 1.2 builds are based on ICS from what i know.

don't let yourself be discuraged, it's a bit trial and error, but it is nearly impossible to really brick this phone (probably the only real good thing about it)

oh, and if you have a working recovery, most of the time adb will work, so you can install the bootimage through adb

adb shell

su

flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img (provided that you have the image on the sdcard)

---------- Post added at 07:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:09 PM ----------

heck, i cant remember anymore.

i went and looked which boot.img i had extracted, and it was from this one:

OPEN(European Standard) SD card upgrading instruction & software package(ebay)-2376270OPEN_EU_DEV_FFOS_V1.1.0B02(for V1.1)

US users might have to use the equivalent US one (but since US users reported that my modified boot image for 1.3 works - that is based on exactly this boot.img)
[Firefox OS General] LinuxHolic:
I always have cwm recovery installed so i can goto fasttboot and then flash any other ROM :)

And i also flashed 1.1 boot.img from fastboot but the result was same(got stucked on bootloop)

From recovery:

adb reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash boot boot.img

I think first i have to install update-signed.zip then 1.1 update from zte then i have to try ICS right?

Thanks for the help! :D
[Firefox OS General] bmn65:
I have the exact same phone -- so if you could take a CWM backup, and upload them somewhere -- I could very easily restore! This phone is a mess
[Firefox OS General] linr76:
that is pretty much what i think should work.

beware though - i just realized that the Open are not all the same, there is a Revision 01 and 02 - mine is a 02.

ymmv

---------- Post added at 05:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:47 AM ----------

in order to do that i would need to reset my phone and scrub IMEI etc.

cannot do that since i am actually using it right now until i receive my new work issue phone.

i really don't want to go back to my MTK6515 if i can avoid it.

sorry.

also, since there are 2 Revisions of the phone it may even not work

in the end, it's the right combination of the ROM your trying to install and the boot.img that will work with it.

and yes, the phone IS messed up.

ZTE did a really good job there.

its basically a single sim V790, so that might help you also.
[Firefox OS General] bmn65:
Hi, i'd like to request again if you'd take a CWM backup and upload it on google drive or something. The exact correct boot.img and system files will be backed up, place. if you're worried about your personal data -- you can just remove userdata from the backup.
[Firefox OS General] peñamaxi:
You can pass a test video to see if it's true?
[Firefox OS General] ZxDax:
ICS on Open

Hello people! :D The ICS rom works almost perfect, sometimes it has some low performane but most of the time works great.

I have followed the next steps (thanks to linr76):

First i have flashed the rom after doing linr76 steps (because i had a bootloop)

Then i have flashed the gapps for cm9 (because gapps wasn't working)

After that i installed Link2SD for a better performance

Then i have partitioned my SD Card with cwm and with Link2SD made it an ext4 partition

As i said before after doing that, the systems seems to be working great but with some lag.

For the ones who were asking about the multi touch on Open with Android

At this time i haven't found any issues with the multi touch, I even installed some gba emulators to test it :laugh: The problem seems to be in FFOS.

Sorry for my bad english and i hope you found this useful.
[Firefox OS General] peñamaxi:
passes a video of the procedure you did? from q version of fox and all that you
[Firefox OS General] otrox:
With that ROM camera is working ?
[Firefox OS General] ZxDax:
No the camera in this ROMis not working but you can try to flash other ROM from the same page almost all of them boot on Open. I flashed other JB ROM'S from the same page like Lewa_v790 ICS 1.4 and Lewa_v8403 in both of them camera was working but phone signal wasn't being recognize. Sorry for late reply
[Firefox OS General] zycheng:
Currently I am using KK rom "[ROM][PORT][KK][06.07]CYANOGENMOD 11 4.4.3" on "ztev790support" without any major problems. I followed linr76's steps and used his 'un-brick' zip on post 53. After switching libcm.so (with the one in post 36), the sim card is being recognized. To get the camera working, I extracted and used liboemcamera.so from "Lewa_v790 ICS 1.4" on "ztev790support".
[Firefox OS General] pcc00:
Any bug?
[Firefox OS General] zycheng:
One minor inconvenience is that sometimes if wifi is turned off, it won't turn back on until you reboot the device.

I guess there is one problem: according to ztev790support site, 3g internet does not work. I don't use data, so it makes no difference to me.
[Firefox OS General] pcc00:
I installed cyanogenmod but it shows me a circular cursor to control the touch screen, how can I remove it?
[Firefox OS General] zycheng:
To remove the touch circle, create a file called "melf-touchscreen.idc" with content "touch.deviceType = touchScreen", add it to "system\usr\idc" of the rom zip, and flash the modified rom.

If you do not want to do this, there is also an updated cm11 rom on the site that does not have this problem.
[Firefox OS General] pcc00:
Thank you zycheng!
[Firefox OS General] peñamaxi:
as did work in this rom zte open? please explain
[Firefox OS General] pcc00:
I did what zycheng says.