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[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
Sorry for the bad news, but other than having a exterior bluetooth GPS dongle, you won't have a decent GPS signal. THe GPS on 5000, really sucks big time, almost useless, i have no idea how some people here say it works good for them.
[Device Reviews and Information] Danny94:
This exterior bluetooth dongle works fine ? Where i can buy this ?

But the akku will suffer from it ? Bluetooth , gps, internet.
[Device Reviews and Information] diabolnik:
Hi!

I don't use any task killer.

I have the default Google launcher: how I change setting that cleans idle memory in WhatsApp and Gmail?
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
The irony on this, is that, with a bluetooth GPS antenna dongle, i had connection problems! I think bluetooth was failing! GPS on this device was doomed for me... I got a LeTV.

You mean the battery? Doesn't waste too much i guess.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
Lollipop?
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
Don't count on it. THL is kind of dead. At least i haven't heard of them for a while now.
[Device Reviews and Information] diabolnik:
Thl 6s (low budget phone by Thl) has lollipop, I hope the same for the 5000
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
I'm still on stock Rom and I never had trouble with the gps. All the. Mtk6592 that I have have great gps signal. The only time I had problems is when I tried a custom ROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] soldmygf:
Yeah but 6s models don't got 2G RAM. The 5000 alongside T11, T200 and the new 2015 model seem to be the only ones with the big RAM. I won't ever go back to 1G, due to the fact that apps (especially GApps) reserve more and more memory as the years pass. With Xposed and GravityBox it's getting the most out of it anyways. I wouldn't even replace it with a GalaxyS4 now. I love my 5k :)

Oh and diabolnik, I recommend Link2SD for cache, apps, and memory management. It's a clean method for all purposes a smarty geek needs on any phone.

Sent from my THL 5000 - stock rooted pimped and beloved.
[Device Reviews and Information] whitehart01:
I use my thl5000 from 5 months, and i'm very happy with it. Powerfull, fast and comfortable smartphone, i have no complains.
[Device Reviews and Information] antivirtel:
Hello all!

I'm really satisfied with this phone, except the GPS TTFF (Time To First Fix).

However I have a bigger software problem with (Play Store's/) System's Report (app crash to developers) option.

I'd like to use it very often, but it always makes Play Store app crash. I've tried to find the StackTrace in the log, but it was hard to figure out which crash belongs to that app, since AFAIK there is no direct hit to "vending" keyword.

Rooted, recovery reflashed Stock ROM

Android 4.4.2

Play Store: v5.3.6 (80330600)

Do someone know the solution for this problem?
[Device Reviews and Information] Bal0n3yZ:
Ever tried putting the phone in flight mode? Works miracles for the GPS. Have been able to drive for hours and hours without a single problem........
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
I actually tried the GPS without a SIM card or wifi connection, so no connection of any kind, it didn't even fix. Anyway, that's a nightmare i won't have anymore, i got a LeTV 1 :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Fred.cpp:
Just starting

Hi guys. I just finished reading the +200 pages, and I'm still confused about what room to install to my still stock device.

I couldn't even root It, the links I got initially don't seem to work and I'm all messed up about what to do now. I have had this THL 5000 for a couple months and I think I'ts time to get a better room and root It.

Some advice please :(
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
Try Ultimate 3 or the Lite ones. There's MIUI too. http://www.needrom.com/category/thl/thl-5000/

The time you spent reading the entire thread, you already could be testing 5 or 6 ROMs, next time be more pratical mate, no need to self-inflict pain by reading the entire thread :)
[Device Reviews and Information] bjbirch:
Try rooting thl5000 with kingroot,it worked for my thl5000
[Device Reviews and Information] Fred.cpp:
Thanks! that's something I really needed to know ^_^

Update: It failed in the first try, but worked in the second. Thanks again ^_^
[Device Reviews and Information] frankandwendy:
thl 5000 still hot now, I don't know if it is worth buy now ?
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
If you look for a smartphone with the best battery and you don't use/need 4G/LTE or GPS, this phone is for you
[Device Reviews and Information] Danny94:
For my opinion is this one of the best phones in things price-performance (at the moment i buy it January). It is smooth for daylie use and has a good battery. But for playing i would buy a other phone, one with a snapdragon CPU.

The problems with this phone you will find above.

More info's you can find in reviews =).

I like this phone =).
[Device Reviews and Information] M33cr0b:
[ROM][5.1.1] CyanogenMod 12.1 Alpha 0.1 for THL 5000

/*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

I've ported CM12.1 for our beloved THL 5000. There are some small bugs that should be easy to fix except the video recording (which maybe will be fixed by [MENTION=4761533]fire855[/MENTION], who originally brought CM12.1 to MTK6592 devices and whose port is my source). As I depend on my phone nearly every day and can't afford another one, I won't continue porting / fixing. But I'm pretty sure the small bugs can be fixed by the community.

Bugs

off-state-charging not available

Video recording (en/decoding) [use 3rd party app; will be fixed soon be fire855]

apk installation is very slow

laggy scrolling

simcard settings get lost after reboot [unconfirmed]

no battery usage statistics [unconfirmed]

Download

ROM (PLEASE DON'T MIRROR WITHOUT PERMISSION)

GApps

Installation

Download the ROM

Download GApps package

Put the zip files on your SDCard

Reboot in Recovery

Wipe Data/Factory Reset

Install CM12 zip file

Install GApps zip file

Reboot system

Enjoy CyanogenMod 12 :).

Credits

Big THANKS to:

[MENTION=4761533]fire855[/MENTION]

[MENTION=5397716]m@nish123[/MENTION]

CyanogenMod Team

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Based On: CyanogenMod

Version Information

Status: Beta

Created 2015-08-18

Last Updated 2015-08-26
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
Trying it now
[Device Reviews and Information] Danny94:
Omg, i cant believe you are my hero =).

<3 <3 <3.

Will trying too. =)
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
First impressions:

- Antutu very similar results to Lite Rom

- Camera not working (first it was working, bad but is was working, but when i tried to change to front camera, didn't work any more)

- Small delay on starting calls

- Wi-fi / GSM ok

- Home button not working is really f****'d up, I can only close applications (from memory) on settings menu, and i was used to do almost everything with that button

- doesn't charge off (when you plug it while off, it turns on, not to off/percentage- charging mode, but turns on to normal use, when you unplug it, it turns off (wtf???)

These "bugs" makes me return to 4.4 (specially the charging bug, 'cause non-removable battery's charging on is not my thing, don't want to disassembly the phone to change battery in a few months)

Btw, it's a start, i'll wait for some updates
[Device Reviews and Information] M33cr0b:
Thanks for the Review. Camera and especially Home Button can be fixed easily, if someone with a little porting experience has a device to test it, I can tell how to do that. I haven't noticed the charging thing, that's a Boot.img issue, which should also not that hard to fix.
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
You don't have the charging issue?
[Device Reviews and Information] M33cr0b:
Like I said, I haven't noticed it, but I know whats causing it and where to fix it... But without a testing device it takes too much time.
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
Holly crap, even tough this ROM comes a little late, still great news! I assume GPS still sucks :P
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
That's a HW problem, so forget it has gps lol
[Device Reviews and Information] Kane1706:
Any know this site? http://www.mtkroms.com/?m=1 he has many of MTK Roms most for mt6582/92 can port tgis Rom:http://www.mtkroms.com/2015/07/resurrection-remix-lollipop-for-mt6592.html?m=1 to my thl 5000 mt6592t
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
Interesting. Looks like we'll finally get a lollipop after all. That's great. I'll wait for a bug free version, but I'll certainly be donating at that time.

Thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] Fred.cpp:
Please please continue the work on It. I can't test It for now because I just started classes and I use It extensively every day; but I'm really looking for It!
[Device Reviews and Information] frojnd:
Wow. I'm considering buying this phone mainly because of the battery and NFC :)

And even thoug there are planty of pluses regarding hardware, my main concern was original rom which is not opensource. And now I hear about Cyanogenmod :) Nice news guys. Whom do I donate? Shouldn't there be a separate theme for this?

Also I'm willing to help with porting. I own at home i5 2500 with 16GB of ram and 2mb/s upload link that is now due to a differnet kind of work constantly powered off - such a waste. So there is one computer willing to help porting if someone can give me hand on how do it?

Little background: Java programmer, did also android app programming for a private companies. So here is that.

P.S. Someone mentioned GPS is not that great on this device can someone please elaborate on this?
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
Just search "gps" on this thread, plenty of it.
[Device Reviews and Information] M33cr0b:
Got a second device for 2 hours today, so I could fix Camera & Home Button, will upload the new ROM (v0.3) tomorrow... With the links posted by Kane1706 we will MAYBE soon have a CM 12.1 ROM without bugs...
[Device Reviews and Information] gogo-gogi:
CM 12.1 ROM is heating my THL 5000 like hell, and second SIM card don't work.
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
I noticed the heating too, but when you disable some services it cools down. ATM i'm back on 4.4 until a stable version of LP
[Device Reviews and Information] Sonic1SVK:
Camera fix partialy

Changes in Kernel. Unpack boot.img

# JPEG
chmod 0440 /dev/mtk_jpeg
chown system camera /dev/mtk_jpeg

#Camera
chmod 0660 /dev/camera-sysram
chmod 0660 /dev/camera-isp
chmod 0660 /dev/camera-pipemgr
chmod 0660 /dev/kd_camera_hw
chmod 0660 /dev/kd_camera_flashlight
chmod 0660 /dev/kd_camera_hw_bus2
chmod 0660 /dev/FM50AF
chmod 0660 /dev/DW9718AF
chmod 0660 /dev/DW9761AF
chmod 0660 /dev/A5142AF
chmod 0660 /dev/AR0833AF
chmod 0660 /dev/OV5647AF
chmod 0660 /dev/OV8825AF
chmod 0660 /dev/OV12830AF
chmod 0660 /dev/OV13850AF
chmod 0660 /dev/IMX111AF
chmod 0660 /dev/IMX135AF
chmod 0660 /dev/CAM_CAL_DRV

chown system camera /dev/camera-sysram
chown system camera /dev/camera-isp
chown system camera /dev/camera-pipemgr
chown system camera /dev/kd_camera_hw
chown system camera /dev/kd_camera_flashlight
chown system camera /dev/kd_camera_hw_bus2
chown system camera /dev/FM50AF
chown system camera /dev/DW9718AF
chown system camera /dev/DW9761AF
chown system camera /dev/A5142AF
chown system camera /dev/AR0833AF
chown system camera /dev/OV5647AF
chown system camera /dev/OV8825AF
chown system camera /dev/OV12830AF
chown system camera /dev/OV13850AF
chown system camera /dev/IMX111AF
chown system camera /dev/IMX135AF
chown system camera /dev/CAM_CAL_DRV

Need to find cam libs. For now camera green

I think one file or combination

libcam.camadapter.so
libcam.campipe.so
libcam.camshot.so
libcam.client.so
libcam.paramsmgr.so
libcam.utils.so
libcam_utils.so
libcamalgo.so
libcamdrv.so
libcamera_client.so
libcamera_metadata.so
libcameracustom.so
libcameraservice.so
[Device Reviews and Information] M33cr0b:
Camera is fixed already, I'm uploading new rom version right now. Maybe you can help me getting video recording or off-state charging mode fixed...
[Device Reviews and Information] Sonic1SVK:
Ok. Np. On weekend more free time.
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
It's not everyone. The gps on mine works perfectly.
[Device Reviews and Information] frojnd:
So if gps is not working that means it's hardware defect?

GPS is mendatory for me since I use it at least twice a day for commuting...
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
It must have been a bad batch. Again, my gps works great.
[Device Reviews and Information] Fred.cpp:
My GPS works great in my town; but other cities have really poor performance; not sure why.
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
When i had this phone, the GPS would work ok only in highways with no streets nearby. And the phone had to be placed in the windshield/good sky visibility place, otherwise, no go. Even so, sometimes it would show me in the middle of the woods/fields. In a city, it was pretty much unusable. To the point you wanted to pull all of your hair.

Some people say they have zero problems with it. I wonder in what kind of areas they navigate. Or indeed, they must have a phone from a good batch...

If i were you, if the GPS is really important for you, i would pick a phone with a snapdragon chip or a RECENT mediatek chip. Even with a recent mediatek chip, i would search for a good brand and dig user's opinions on it. You could read some reviews, but the problem is that, for reviewers the speed it takes to fix the sattelites is representative of the GPS's quality, no, no,no and then some more no. Snapdragon is a chip that, in my experiene, has very few problems with GPS.
[Device Reviews and Information] Panfloetenheini:
Rom runs really nice for the early stage! These are the issues I have so far:

standard /sdcard is the internal storage, and not the sdcard

Installing apks is painfully slow

Are you on github or could provide the source?
[Device Reviews and Information] Kane1706:
You are the best, i want "aosp" cyanogenmod for thl.

I want to buy a phone why its dont open source, but when i can have a actuelly Version of Android i'll happy with this phone. In 4pda forum, i think dont want any lollipop, only mods for 4.4 and no support for cm11 -.- sense, icolor...

Please can you, when cm12.1 stable, support Android 6??
[Device Reviews and Information] soldmygf:
[MENTION=501159]Kane[/MENTION] So if you don't necessarily want Lollipop but just KitKat mods, why don't you just stick with thl stock ROM and mod it yourself by your own needs and wishes with GravityBox? I pimped my 5000 model with that and it has all functions that lack on stock Roms. It even has a perfect Lollipop style Taskbar with the signals in new style and much more...

Sent from my THL 5000 - stock rooted pimped and beloved.
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
I just play a bit with xposed so far. Can you give me the list of modules that you like? That would be a good starting point. There are so many modules, I don't know where to start.

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Does anyone uses external DAC for listening music?

I was able to do it with the original Rom 1.1.x,but it doesn't work anymore with the updates. I am curious to know if any custom rom supports that.

FYI : DAC works only with USB Audio player
[Device Reviews and Information] soldmygf:
[MENTION=1236021]jy_P[/MENTION] well those are all I need. I hope you can read it...

facebook.com/photo.php?

fbid=883571375050521&id=100001930006417

Sent from my THL 5000 - stock rooted pimped and beloved.
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
Yes thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
Which is better lite rom or ultimate rom?
[Device Reviews and Information] Danny94:
I would say it depands on your usage.

The Lite Rom had a little bit better performance, instead the ultimate rom had a better battery life.

I liked the ultimate rom more, but with the update for the lite Rom (i used the Lite Rom puplished on ~june) should better take this, i think.

They worked on battery life too.
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
Thanks for the answer.
[Device Reviews and Information] M33cr0b:
I still need more people to test my port of Cyanogenmod 12.1 [Android 5.1.1] for THL 5000, which just reached beta stage. Please have a look at this post and report bugs here. Thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
On The road now, on The weekend will try The new version
[Device Reviews and Information] kasvet-efza:
Guys you should try MIUI rom it's ported to our device. Works perfect and stable. Takes uptades weekly and it's multilanguage. You can find it on: miuipro.ru/rommgr/device_view/306/
[Device Reviews and Information] JonnyAw:
I am curious, why is this rom not on needrom website. Needrom is where i go for my roms and it has Miui but a very old version.
[Device Reviews and Information] JonnyAw:
By the way I just began using the MIUI rom you recommened. I'm in love with it already after playing around with settings and trying to use it. Thanks for putting that link on here, although I wish more people knew of it! The battery usage and built in battery optimization is amazing! The settings and general feel is amazing! It's perfect!
[Device Reviews and Information] kasvet-efza:
good to hear that, i hope more people will try and use it. by the way my device is completely different being now
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
The rom is great and stable the only thing that i personaly don't like is the thing that videos have implemented clearmotion which you can't turn off in the settings.Otherwise a rom that is great for daily usage.
[Device Reviews and Information] saken.sf:
Great! Thank you! Is it rooted? I had MIUI a long time ago on another phone, I hope it's ok to flash it with TWRP 2.8.1.0.

I loved both Ultimate and Lite on needrom but I have to try MIUI :D
[Device Reviews and Information] kasvet-efza:
Yeah rooted and you can flash it with twrp
[Device Reviews and Information] saken.sf:
Thanks! I'm having the error when I skip the login in Gmail and Mi account, the Mi Cloud was interrupted. Is there any way to solve this error?
[Device Reviews and Information] kasvet-efza:
That issues on first boot? İ don't know exactly but try wipe dalvik cache, system, cache, data and reboot may be help you
[Device Reviews and Information] saken.sf:
Well, I did that and reflashed the ROM but had the same issue... then I just tried to change language at the beggining to english (I was using Portuguese)... and it worked! It seems there is some language bug. It's working great! Beautifull ROM, as always :D
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
When i use my phone for browsing,videos,etc for 15-20 min my phone warms up a bit,on coolify 38-39°C.When playing games quickly goes to 42°C.I've tried to lower down the frequency on cpu but still the same.Btw on miui it heats faster.Is there any way to fix this.I think the phone doesn't suffer any damage from the heat but it's worrying me.
[Device Reviews and Information] JonnyAw:
I don't know about you but MIUI rom for me on my THL 5000 is the best in managing heat. I have tried the Lite rom 2.1, Ultimate v3, and the new unofficial cyanogenmod 12.1 for this phone. MIUI rom didn't heat up my phone as much as the other roms and it seemed to work much more smoothly and I even get far better battery life on MIUI.
[Device Reviews and Information] soldmygf:
All right. But why is it only in kyrillic Russian? I won't try MUIU as long as there is no west European translation of it.

Sent from my THL 5000 - stock rooted pimped and beloved.
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
The latest version of Miui is multilang, only the page is in russian (translate it automatically in your browser). Just testing it now (the cm12.1 ll still too buggy), just had a problem with im cloud (in portuguese) but changed lang to eng, configured mi account and reverted to pt. All good now
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
For me stock is the best for temp.Maybe it's just me or maybe its heating more because of hogh temperatures in my town because of summer.
[Device Reviews and Information] kasvet-efza:
Lite and ultimate roms are heat up device fast
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
Yes

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I was just testing temps of battery and cpu on the stock rom and the max that i got for the battery was 44°C and for the cpu 55°C
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
tried all (original, lite, ultimate, cm12 and miui) and so far miui is the one which temp is lowest
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
Seems that way
[Device Reviews and Information] kasvet-efza:
That's true
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
Does underclocking the CPU help with the temp?If it does what app to use for underclocking and what freq,governor to set?
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
On Lite i tried to under to 1.5 and it stills very hot. didn't tried on others (lite version has a built-in menu to change cpu options)
[Device Reviews and Information] dfs_:
Hi, i got a Google cardboard clone and I get double /misaligned views which might come from not detecting the thl5000 resolution. There is a qr code on the cardboard to adjust to the specific cardboard but I only get connection error when scanning it, read on reddit about this being a 4.4 specific error (stock Rom with gravity box Herr), anyone on the cm12 who can confirm it works on 5.x ?
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
I doubt anyone has a Google cardboard.
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
I set the CPU on 1.5 and i/o ond noop hopefully will be a little better.

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We need a new kernel for this device because a new kernel can Fix the heat i think

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And 1 more thing can a material like this be used like on a nexus 4 in this article

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/got-a-hot-nexus-4-heres-a-hack-that-will-cool-it-down/
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
Guys please who's on the mi pro ROM? I don't have access to my external SD card. I've tried removing and inserting it and it shows up for a few seconds and disappears
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
I don't have that problem.It detects my sdcard normaly without any problem.Maybe your sdcard is broken.Try doing a factory reset or reflashing the rom or maybe formating the sdcard on pc.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
The SD card is fine but i flashed the ROM without wiping. I had a lot of errors at first but i did a wipe in recovery and they went away. Let me do a full wipe and try reflashing the ROM. It looks great and promising
[Device Reviews and Information] nmm81:
No problem here too, i store photos, music and docs on it, without any problem. maybe you have some faulty sd. try format it (after backup lol)
[Device Reviews and Information] kasvet-efza:
İ'm on MIUI with 64gb sdcard without problem
[Device Reviews and Information] MrGallant:
Flashed the ultimate rom and lost the backup of my stock rooted rom...

The ultimate works great but is the stock 1.1.2 on needrom modified or just pure stock?
[Device Reviews and Information] sansanc:
Power Button

Has anyone here swapped the power button? I sold this phone to a friend, but now the power button is close to unusuable. Quite a nuissance to turn it on.

EDIT. I see a lot of power flex cables on aliexpress. So the problem is on the flex cable and not the button itself?