yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] steve0b1:
Many Thanks for the info, however I get a fairly poor data connection in my area (G) is about the best I get lol.....

Anyone used the phone for mapmyrun/strava or general google map navigation via gps only?

My only other option is the T11 however although cheaper it's only Android 4.2, smaller battery and worse camera however from reading others comments the gps appears to work well i believe?
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
One trick you can do, lock the GPS while in WiFi, then turn it off and go. Even if you deactivate the GPS and then turn it on like half an hour later, it will still lock fast with data off, it caches some data. It has all the usual MediaTek tricks, EPO and Hotstill technology for when you are offline.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
you can backup using either mobile uncle or mtk droid tools just open mobile uncle and select imei backup/restore. For mtk droid tools when you connect your phone and establish root just select the imei backup option

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OK I found a workaround. Use the sp flash tools v3.5xx on needrom website listed under thl 5000 roms and not the one from THL mobilestore on the 1st page of this thread. Also if you're on windows 7 or 8 you might have to turn off driver signature check to properly install the vcom drivers but that's if you don't already have them installed.

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Make sure you have it turned on under settings>Accessibility and also note that smart gestures only work when you're screen is off and not when its active.
[Device Reviews and Information] Goregr:
No , you have to use flash recovery only via the SP Flash tool and flash ONLY the recovery nothing else.
[Device Reviews and Information] astrolabio:
Hello Goregr,

thank you very much for your answer!

I'm not very practical , you could explain to me how can I do?

Tanks
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
And now everytime that I flash a ROM or factory reset, i have to put my imei again, in engineer mode, i found one solution but is for another device, if i had these files...

http://xdaforums.com/q1010i/development/tutorial-permanently-fix-imei-problem-t2861971
[Device Reviews and Information] thepop3:
Hi everyone,

I was trying to do the latest (1.0.9?) ota update but when it unzips in recovery mode I get an (presumably checksum) error with VideoFavorites.odex

Something like "unexpected contents". Already did a full reset but now realized it must be an error within the update file and/or its checksum. After reading of all the wonderful things about the update in this thread :D I'd really like to have it too.

Any ideas on how to get it working?
[Device Reviews and Information] ttlog:
Is it possible to flash the 1.0.9 update from the TWRP recovery? I am sure it happened from the 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 update, but now it shows some text and nothing happens. It's stuck at 1.0.7
[Device Reviews and Information] Kaleem.Kawoon:
Which version?

Hi,

Can you tell me which version of the Lenovo Super Camera are you using, because I have one which does not work with my THL 5000.

Best wishes and thanks in advance.
[Device Reviews and Information] MirQoo:
is there any way to change the color saturation ?? i mean, am i the only one who hates the color representation of the screen? it is so crisp, but colors are totally offf - i cant even take photos with it, because every photo seems over-exposed (even if it is not).... :eek::eek:
[Device Reviews and Information] KeFe:
I have about 4-5 THL 5000 in my hand in the past month, and as I see maybe THL manufacture this phone with 2 different screens. I didn't take them apart but, 2 of the five I seen has this totally washed out colors.

That 2 was the latest ones arrived together last week. I dont know if it can adjusted later, but the older ones has much more vibrant colors by default.
[Device Reviews and Information] MirQoo:
Well that's unfortunate.. because I have mine since last week. I wonder if I should even send the phone back to China for repair...

My girlfriend has also white one.we bought them together and she has the same bleached colors as I do.
[Device Reviews and Information] mipoes:
Anyone else with internet access problem? In 3G with mobile data connection enabled under settings menu I cannot browse websites.

I have upgrade to 1.0.9 but still no internet access.

Any possible solution?
[Device Reviews and Information] rbt07:
Check APN internet access point settings in mobie. Call to your mobile operator for right settings. Compare settings from operator and mobile.
[Device Reviews and Information] MirQoo:
would you be able to get picture comparing the old one and the new one (for example on the facebook login page?) i will try to contact seller then. I would really appreciate it.

thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Yes. Exactly the same feel. Colors are faded. Hope there is a solution.

enzo
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
If it's a hardware issue, only returning it to get a replacement can solve your issues. And this sounds like a hardware issue to me, I heard of the same thing happening to other models like the OnePlus One and the OPPO Find 7, faulty IPS panels.
[Device Reviews and Information] eliogiac:
I gave it back to the seller :( and got the new oneplus one :)
[Device Reviews and Information] MirQoo:
Well at least i am not the only one with this issue.... But it bugs me very much,, because other then the screen colors being so ****ty, everything is great with this phone :( i've already wrote to seller whether there is any chance to fix it... but i seriously doubt that even if he'd replaced the phone the new ones screen would be better (i think it is some bad batch of IPS pannels....)
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
Let's see a pic of these washed out colors?!

I'm surprised, as I have only read about this problem here. Maybe make a YouTube video so people can see what is going on!
[Device Reviews and Information] MirQoo:
its hard to take picture of display, because everyone has different monitor... unfortunately i had no other phone to compare, so i ran screen tester..

in the picutre of gamma settings - the one colour that blends should be @ 2.2 - and on my display it is on 1.2

and also on the colors - all color should be distinguishable, but the ones in the middle, look the same,, black and white - too black and too white looks also the same.

http://imgur.com/nYGrPHf,0hACW5Y#1

EDIT: app is called Display Tester and is free on android market... if anyone who has access to their phone and dont have issue with washed out colours, could send me a picture of their gamma and color screen, i would really appreciate that,, so i can compare it somehow
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
thats great to post the link to the test program. i was wondering where you got the test pics.

i will test back and let you know what i see on mine.

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looks like the gamma for mine is at 1.8, being the bar that looks most like the background.

cool program, never noticed washed out colors on my screen in all conditions - even among my iphone 5, galaxy s3, and various tablets.
[Device Reviews and Information] MirQoo:
well 1.8 is still much better then mine 1.2 --> i will contact the seller, and maybe proceed with RMA. but i am quite afraid how long will it take, and if the new one would be with better screen :(
[Device Reviews and Information] wooley4766:
mine is 1.6

setting screen on auto
[Device Reviews and Information] ttlog:
Mine is between 1.6 and 1.8. I remember when I had the Samsung s4, there were kernels that allowed you to tweak the gamma, but until mediatek releases the source we are out of luck...
[Device Reviews and Information] tanuse:
Hello friend, you can flash the recovery by downloading the app from the Google Store Rashr. Also I have not been able with Mobil Uncle. Just copy in the SD card recovery.img downloding from t needrom. The procedure is the same as with Mobil Uncle.

The method is simple and effective.
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
I have another question related to the camera, concretely with camera settings. I cannot save ISO settings. By defalut they are in automatic, but if I change them to another, it comes back to default after exit default camera app. It is strange because if I press home button, the settings are still there, but if I press back button the settings are changed to default. I have tried to find camera app to wipe its data but I have not found it, I only have found gallry app, maybe gallery = camera?
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
mine is at 1.2 too. I noticed the washed out colours initially but since all the units I've come across looked that way I thought maybe it was how it was manufactured. Also someone on here mentioned it has something to do with kitkat. That on jb colors appear nice but on kitKat they look washed out. I reduced my screen brightness and I also use a dark wallpaper that way I don't really notice the washed out colours

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No. Gallery and camera are two separate apps
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
So, what is the name for apk default camera? because i cannot see it in settings/application manager/all

Even other preferences such as properties or exposition cannot be saved if you press back button to exit camera app, only these settings aree saved if you press home.

And even if you press home, and later you open camera from the gallery, settings are restored to default also. Is this a bug?

For MirQoo, my display is 1.8 set in automatic brightness
[Device Reviews and Information] mipoes:
flash TWRP without pressing red button

Just an information to all the users that trying to flash TWRP on their thl 5000.

I followed the procedure using the sp flash tool and I noticed that even if the download said everythings ok(green signal) the recovery was remaining the same as before = NO TWRP RECOVERY. I tried the procedure several times but nothing new happend. Then instead of keep pressing the red button, then connect the usb and release the red button I tested it without pressing it at all, just connect the usb cable. The flashing procedure started and the green signal appear that everything is ok. I reboot once again in recovery mode and finally I succeed to flash the TWRP in my phone.

Cheers,

mipoes :good:
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
funny enough i couldn't find it on mine either. I also noticed that when you modify the settings and press the back button it refuses to save and resets to default values. Perhaps its a bug THL should fix.
[Device Reviews and Information] KeFe:
display difference

I made some pictures about the 2 screens beside each other.

The older one (with nice colors) on the left and the newer (washed out colors) on the right side.
[Device Reviews and Information] Ferr3:
Have anyone tested the phone with Light Flow? Would be awesome if a 3rd party app could fix LED notifications on this phone. I remember that it worked on the t11.
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
Wow, that is very very interesting and clearly obvious.

thanks for doing a side by side comparison. Mine was bought way early, and thankfully it falls into the not washed-out side.

been noticing a lot more system stability since 1.09 and even better battery life. im glad thl is still making updates to this handset.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
64GB SD Card Support!

OK for those asking if the phone supports 64gb cards. Yes it does support 64gb cards but only cards with fat 32 file system. As most 64gb cards come with the ex fat format you would have to convert them to fat 32 to get it working with THL 5000. There are several ways of doing that but by default windows won't allow you format cards larger than 32gb to the fat 32 file system. So just google fat 32 formatter and am sure you'll come up with thousands of results. I will also attach screen shots.
[Device Reviews and Information] murak:
My SanDisk 64Gb card worked put of the box. Maybe the phone formated the card it self?
[Device Reviews and Information] Byte_Me:
Is there a download link somewhere for the 1.0.9 ROM? My phone doesnt find an OTA upgrade :(

Running 1.0.8 now.
[Device Reviews and Information] Goregr:
Did you root your phone and uninstall any apps that you could not uninstall before root ?

If yes , then that is why your OTA doesnt work.

Put them back if you have a backup , make a restart and try again OTA.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
Yes check needrom website. You'll have to flash manually with sp flash tools after downloading

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perhaps it was already formatted in Fat 32 format out of the box. If it wasn't the phone wouldn't recognize it and so can't format it. Mine came in the exfat format and the phone refused to detect it till I converted it to fat 32
[Device Reviews and Information] alonhzn:
PIN locked even after flash and factory reset!

PIN locked even after flash and factory reset!

This is a real mystery, The phone (thl 5000 4.4.2) is suddenly PIN locked even though i never used a pin lock.

the phone is able to receive phone calls - so i know it's working perfectly

I didn't have anything important on it so i went into recovery and did a wipe (cache, dalvik) + factory reset. That didn't help

I decided to flash stock ROM (thl.5000.007D.20140830.KK.FHD.EN.COM.16P128_MT659 2T_V1.0.8 – KOT49H) using flashtool - Again, didn't solve the lock!

I decided to install a custom ROM (Rom V10 Bshuy2003) using TWRP - Again, didn't solve the problem (very nice looking boot process though )

Is there anything "STRONGER" than flashing a new ROM and factory reset?
[Device Reviews and Information] Panick_mg:
Nice review trueno92, I have changed my screen protector and still I have the same situation, I have brought 2 phones and they have the same lag of the notification bar, I tested my digitizer with some apps and every mm of my sceen is working, anyone alse, thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
Can you use one phone to take a video of what you are talking about and put it on youtube?

is this after the phone is unlocked and you are pulling down the settings/notification bar pull-down shade?
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
heads up as the Lenovo Super Camera APK works perfect with the factory ROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] PauseZ:
I have this phone and its a real beast.

One thing I can't figure out is the NFC feature as I can't seem to detect the NFC anywhere.

Not sure if its hardware or I'm just looking at the wrong place.
[Device Reviews and Information] KeFe:
You should check under the settings / wireless & networks / more / NFC
[Device Reviews and Information] morpheuz2000:
Battery is super BIG

hello this is my first post , sorry my poor english...

Battery TEST (i am a extream abusive user) lots of web browsing and app, but no games...

I use the phone with wifi ("always") on (14h prox.). intensive use about 3h. 72 pictures taken,

Strange thing... i never put the phone on charge (trust me) but the graph said the battery climb 2 times..

i am very happy with this phone .. finaly a battery for a couple of days.

see the screenshots
[Device Reviews and Information] KeFe:
Titanium backup with THL 5000

Anyone can make Titanium Backup working with the phone?

I cannot make any backup to the external and internal sdcard also. I got "not enough space" error messages each time.

When I try to restore from my previous THL T100s backups TB freeze on the "restoring xyz.." screen.

While restoring call logs, wifi ot bt connections, it looks like everything fine, except it not restoring anything...

I tried the KitKat sdcard fix found on the play store without success.

Tried to edit the platform.xml manually, what ended up with a software update with flash tool, after I messed up the permission settings.
[Device Reviews and Information] Kamui_:
I think Titanium has problems with Kitkat. Try Mybackup pro maybe.
[Device Reviews and Information] ttlog:
Thank God (:))someone else has these problems as I thought I was the only one. I can confirm the notification bar lagging to respond. I think it has to do with the governor of the cpu. It appears to be on powersave which would explain the lag. Also titanium backup fails to restore or backup. On restore it just hangs on "restoring app", and on backup it falls with insufficient space. I changed su binary, but no luck. Also I edited the system.db to disable the system animations but although it succeeded, the animations remain. Any help would be appreciated.
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
my govenor seems to be on HOTPLUG all the time.....

do i need to be rooted to change this to ondemand/powersave/conservative etc?
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
"HOTPLUG" is the normal (and default) governor in MTK phones, if it's on powersave something's wrong. Do you guys all have the same ROM version and even more important, the same kernel version?

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GravityBox users rejoice, the author of this xposed module is waiting for a THL 5000 himself and will support the device officially when he gets it! Link to post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=54696117
[Device Reviews and Information] ttlog:
Yes it appears that hotplug is used on mine. 3.4.67 is the kernel version and 4.4.2 the OS. It's stock other than I reflashed it to gain TWRP.
[Device Reviews and Information] Panick_mg:
About the it seems that I have solved it, I had removed the screen protector and the I did g-sensor recalibration until now there is no lag, about the titanium backup there is no luck I tried everything and the only way I did from the titanium backup a backup. zip and installed it from recovery.
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
The mere version of the kernel is not enough, The details next to it are important, like the date and time is was compiled. I can compile 3.6.47 100 times, but with different settings each time. So, anyone please that wants to report the kernel versions, report all the info it says.
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
Heads up guys!

Thl looks to have launched 1.0.7 OTA update.

Is animations are snappier and that roll down is smoother.

Bluetooth low energy still doesn't work correctly, however...

Give it a try and report back what differences you notice!!
[Device Reviews and Information] jr69wc:
Thl 5000 help

hello all;

I'm from Portugal and i've just received a THL5000 bought at efox.com.

The efox service was excellent, and i've received just what i've bought.

But the phone doesn't work!!!

If i use it whitout any sim card, ito works ok. But, when i use the sim cards (one or two, doesn't matter, neither if i place them at sim1 or sim2), the equipment starts to error "com.android.phone has stoped", "HallLockScreen has stopped" and "Google Play has stopped" and becames impossible to work whit.

I've searched for updates and there aren't any, and:

a) The PhoneBaseBand Version is MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V34.P2, 2014/06/17;

b) The Kernel Version is 3.4.67, 18/07/2014;

c) BuilNumber is thl.5000.007D.20140710.KK.FHD.EN.COM.16P128_MT6592T_V1.0.7

I found at needrom other version (official and unofficial) but i've to apply them with a flash tool, after taking out the battery. I've tried to take out the battery, and there is no chance, not without dismountig all phone. So i'm not able the flash tool. I've tried to run it as administrator and put the phone in custom recovery and nothing.

So, if you please, how can i fix this to start working with the phone? Can anyone help me to solve the this problem? Can anyone help me to flash it?

Thanks in advance for your quick answer/help because i want to use the phone and i can't.
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
Are your sim cards normal, or from a MVNO company? (virtual operator). I've heard of a case with similar symptoms, but on another Chinese phone and the problem was that the sim was from an MVNO.
[Device Reviews and Information] jr69wc:
Normal sim card's, one from Vodadone. And i've tried whit only one, the two, changed them in slots and nothing...
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
Since I don't have the phone yet (waiting still) I can't help you more. From the version you mention, you already have the latest ROM. Try to borrow a SIM card from someone else to test. If the problem persists, then you have a defective unit most likely.
[Device Reviews and Information] FoX80:
I' ve this phone and I'm trying to root it as discribed in the first post.

The problem is I' m always getting this error:

I' m using windows 8.1 and version 1.0.9

I tried to run the file as administrator and the results were the same!

Please, what can I do?

Thanks

EDIT:

I don' t know but the instalation passed the point above.

But I still can' t root the phone:

Please can anybodie help me?!
[Device Reviews and Information] NMaverick:
Battery problem?

I got an issue after my first charge (someone had the same issue at page 11, but I don't know if and how he has solved it).

I got the phone with 1.0.7 firmware and flawlesly updated it to 1.0.9. I tried to root it and eventually I did, so I flashed Bushys v10 rom! Yesterday at about 30% I left it overnight to charge to 100% and when I pulled the plug and started the phone the battery begun to drain very fast (about 1% per 30-40 seconds). I installed battery calibrator (which is a small apk that erases the battery stats file and I am waiting to see some results. I have installed almost all apks I had on my older phone (including CPU spy, Battery stats and Wakelock Timer). In CPU spy I saw that the phone is mostly used at 1442 MHz and very little in Deep Sleep mode (which was normal with the use I did), but how can you change the CPU governors? Where is the options located?

Battery stats show that the battery is draining too fast (with a vertical line) and that the programs running are the usual programs.

Wakelock timerr detector shows that all normal use is happening, no spikes there.

Should I make an entire reset to factory settings and stick with THL's 1.0.9 rom or is it something else I should take care of?
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Hi,

I have installed suspersu pro on my thl 500 rooted with rom 1.09

I have installed mobile uncle

Super su asks for granting permission to mobile uncle and I accept.

I use mobile uncle to install recovery.img that is found by mobile uncle in my sd card.

I lauch installation of the image

I reboot and the recovery is still the stock one.

What I do wrong?

I have on doubt and that is that I dwld the recovery 128 and not the 256.

Please let me know if there is something I can do to have trwp installed.

I want to make a back up also if I have already installed the graviity box that is simply amazing.

Thanks

Ciao From Italy
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
Don't use SuperSU, it doesn't work correctly in this phone. Use Superuser from ClockworkMod, it works very well, you can find it in the Play store.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
if you're using Windows 8.1 then that procedure on the first page will probably never work for you. The correct step is to flash twrp using flash tools and then install superuser zip file from twrp. Am just saying this from experience cus that vroot never worked for me and I use windows 8.1 too

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I dunno what you're talking about. LED notifications work perfectly on this phone