yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] Byte_Me:
Does it ask for a "privacy protection password"? If yes, I had this problem as well, you need to format the phone before flashing.

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I most certainly did! :D

Didn't know it interferes with updates. I'll flash a stock ROM, then update, then put all my stuff back.

Does rooting/recovery interfere with OTA updates? Or only removing these system apps?
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
If you format the phone before flashing, you will lose IMEI, (you cannot call) , but you may recover in engineer mode and MAC ( that is a problem if your router has MAC filter on) you will have a random MAC everytime you connect your wifi.

If you OTA update you will lose ROOT.

If you remove system apps you cannot update through OTA.
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
I installed superuser but with no change.

The recovery remans the stock one.

I have also used adb with the prompt command but when I use the command

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

I get a message that sys error scanning partition

I am clueless

Please help
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
download official ROM and extract it,

open flashtools,

in options, select download all,

select scatter file from the extracted ROM,

select in flash tools only recovery,

click on the recovery, browse and select TWRP img.

press download button,

shut down the phone, connect to PC.

After green ok disconect the phone from PC.

Press power + volume+. There you have TWRP recovery.

Flash in TWRP recovery supueruser.zip
[Device Reviews and Information] chr1s0fnak1:
Washedout display

Am tempted to try different display setting in the engineering mode on Gravity box.

Need a fix for display colour depth
[Device Reviews and Information] mipoes:
Hi all,

I tried to lock position with GPS but no luck. I have been outside for about 15mins using the app GPS status. As you can see from attachment can find the sats but the signal remains at the lower level.Moreover I attached the images from inside MTK engineering mod that It is not the same menu with the gps fix tutorial I can find in internet so I didn't know how to proceed. Any help? I also enabled the power gps search in mobileuncle tools but nothing better happend. Firmware rom 1.0.9

Thank you all for your help
[Device Reviews and Information] Byte_Me:
isnt that a hardware problem?
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Do you mean download only?

Do you mean it has to be the only one selected with check sign?

At this point the MediaTek Sp Flashtool V 5.01343.1 becomes gray and nothing happens.

Selecting download only and checking the recovery only when clicking on download, the flashtool seems to symply hang waiting for something.

Tha phone is connected the usb debug is active and I can see the files in the sd card and phone storage browsing with the PC (windows 7)

I realy do not know wht to look for from this point.

Thanks

Ciao from Italy
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
no, in file, options select to check sign download all. The download only option is ok.

yes

yes, the program is waiting for you to connect your mobile OFF. Be sure that you have browse and selected the img file of TWRP file, if not, stock recovery will flash again.

swicth off, turn off the mobile, mobile must be off. Once the mobile is off, connect to PC. flashtools, will start flashing. and OK green will appear
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Ok now the phone is off but nothing happens when hitting download. I noticed a problem though and it is that windows can not installa the device not having the driver.

Were cand I find it?

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] alonhzn:
Yes exactly. Thank you, you saved my phone!!

As you predicted, i have invalid IMEI.

UPDATE: found a guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9POQK3kf6U
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
Hit download BEFORE connecting the mobile. And mobile must be OFF

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The IMEI is written on the back of the battery. with mobile uncle (you do not need to be root to enter engineer mode) go to engineer mode. Swipe to connectivity and select CDS Info, then select radio info. Select phone 2 and Type your new IMEI in this format : “AT +EGMR=1,7,”your imei code here” (FOR SIM 1 IMEI) and “AT +EGMR=1,10,”your imei code here” (FOR SIM 2 IMEI) . After that tap on send at command button.

Also note that there should be a space after AT before +EMGR otherwise you will get "this command is not available in user build error".

Credits to stanlawren

You also have now Random MAC everytime you connect your WIFI.
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Mobile is off and cable unplugged.

I start flashtool

I connect the mobile to the usb port

I hear the blin blin of windows telling that soemthing has been connected

I can see the thl logo appear and then the big battery icon

But nothing happens.

I am sorry about bothering you but I really would like to install the recovery

Thanks for your continued support

Ciao from Italy

enzo
[Device Reviews and Information] Makarboy:
you have to download flashtools from here. the version that you have is old version.

http://www.needrom.com/download/thl-5000-16p128-mt6592t/
[Device Reviews and Information] alonhzn:
I actually did get "this command is not available in userbuild"! saved my a*s again! thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Got it!!!

Thanks a lot.

ciao from Italy
[Device Reviews and Information] mipoes:
anyone else with the same problem?
[Device Reviews and Information] Goregr:
i want to ask if someone knows how i can put back the system app pinyin.

I have root and i delete this app with titanium backup.

Now i want this app back but when i try to install it it says there is not enough space available even though my phone has free space and i can install apps!!!

I tryed clean cache in playstore app but no luck.

Can someone help me please ???
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
since its a system app normal install method won't work. Here's how to install it.

1. Use a good file manager with Read + Write root permissions to navigate to your root folder

2. locate the folder named system

3. locate a folder named app

4. Move the pinyin apk to the app folder

5. Allow it permissions

6. Reboot your device
[Device Reviews and Information] Goregr:
I try it an same message appears . I can install other apps without problem but this one no....

By the way the app was in the folder allready. I just give it permissions but no luck....
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
since its already there why are you trying to overwrite?

Perhaps you have to delete the apk from the app folder and reboot then replace it
[Device Reviews and Information] Goregr:
The app is in that folder but only the apk file.

App is not installed.

I will try to delete and replace it.
[Device Reviews and Information] chr1s0fnak1:
Yes I guess so, just some wishful thinking.

Probably another example of chinese production.

Still cant see why there cant be some control over this issue.
[Device Reviews and Information] NMaverick:
Well after downloading Battery Calibrator (root) and following the directions the problem seems fixed.

Now my problem is how to install Sygic from my old x10i to this. Maps do not work correctly.

I had v11.2.2 and I don't like 14.xx since it is too complicated for me and I have got used to the old version. But the maps do not work.
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
I am interested too in improving dispaly color saturation and contrast.

If we can cooperate may be we can get to a result faster.

Keep me posted!

ciao from Italy

enzo
[Device Reviews and Information] ril z:
I've successfully deodexed the ROM. It took a lot of work. :fingers-crossed:
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Hi,

I may need to send back the phone and in that case I want to have it back to original conditions.

Can someone tell me how to do that?

Thanks

ciao from Italy

enzo
[Device Reviews and Information] kingboy007:
Guys if i root my thl 5000 can i unroot it agian?
[Device Reviews and Information] homeplayer:
Sure you can, google is your frind here

http://www.wikihow.com/Unroot-Android

and there are many ways of doing this.
[Device Reviews and Information] kingboy007:
ty but what i mean is when i root the phone and when the new android 5.0 come out for this phone can i still update it?
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
why not? of course you can as long as the phone gets an Android 5.0 update
[Device Reviews and Information] wooley4766:
U have to unroot and flash original rom to upfate to 5.0 if it comes.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
no you don't have to unroot. You'll need to flash the original stock ROM tho if you're on a custom ROM to get the update.
[Device Reviews and Information] xaracz:
Hi any of you find phone very hot in games? My one is so hot when I turn mostly any game.
[Device Reviews and Information] wooley4766:
Yeah it gets hot...when i run antutu it shuts down thermal
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
yes it does get hot. especially the area around the camera
[Device Reviews and Information] Goregr:
My does not shuts down.

It gets hot but not so hot that make it shut down.
[Device Reviews and Information] mipoes:
Anyone received or knows anything about OTA update 1.0.10 on thl 5000?
[Device Reviews and Information] ccav2000:
I'm in official 1.0.9, there is no 1.0.10 as far as I know.
[Device Reviews and Information] ril z:
I've successfully expanded the internal storage to 13GB and shrunk the phone storage to 500MB. Who needs huge phone storage when you have external SD card.
[Device Reviews and Information] ttlog:
I've also repartitioned the phone, but chose a more conservative size. 6GB to system and 8 GB as SD.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
pls can you tell US how?
[Device Reviews and Information] ril z:
1. Backup your current ROM including System, Data, Cache, Nvram, Boot, Internal SD Card, and Recovery using TWRP recovery. Optional you can just backup only System and Data.

2. Download the EBR files for MT6592 here that meet your need:

a. 4GB http://www.4shared.com/rar/eqGWWk5Ice/ebr_4gb_kitkat.html

b. 8GB http://www.4shared.com/zip/On3aQgjJba/Ebr_8gb-kitkat.html

c. 10GB http://www.4shared.com/zip/yk1mwbmoce/Ebr_10gb_kitkat.html

d. 13GB http://www.4shared.com/zip/OdVk0FR1ba/Ebr_13gb_kitkat.html

3. Extract the file to your computer. Inside the zip file there are two EBR files.

4. Turn off your phone and press the reset button behind SIM 1 for about 10 seconds.

5. Open SP Flash Tool and load scatter file.

6. Locate the extracted EBR 1 and EBR 2 and make sure you just check the said files in SP Flash Tool.

7. Click the download button in SP Flash Tool and connect your phone via USB cable.

8. If successful, the green circle will appear in SP Flash Tool. If not, then needed driver was not installed. Please install the driver first.

9. Disconnect the phone and press the reset button for about 10 seconds.

10. Boot into recovery by holding the volume up and press the power button while still holding the volume up button.

11. Go to Wipe-File System and click Repair / Change File System. Select only System partition then Change File System to EXT4. Reboot recovery. Just skip the "No OS installed" and "Install Root?" prompts.

12. Repeat #11 step but this time choose Cache partition. The same step goes with Data partition. Don't forget to reboot recovery after changing file system.

13. For Internal SD Card change file system to FAT and, again, reboot recovery.

14. Go to Wipe and do Factory Reset.

15. Then go to Restore in recovery and restore your previously backed up file. Choose to restore only System and Data.

16. Reboot your phone.

17. Enjoy your new Internal Storage size. :cool:

[IMG="13GB"]http://dl-1.va.us.xda-developers.com/2/9/4/6/8/6/1/1411420852096.jpg?key=aa0T-Wrm17_hPpOqGFisXg&ts=1411421512[/IMG]

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Isn't that too much for System?
[Device Reviews and Information] ril z:
Deleted.
[Device Reviews and Information] Rashock:
TWRP

I can not flash TWRP :crying:, the phone is allready rooted, actual recovery: stock v1.0.9, I tried using Mobileuncle and SP Flash Tool, but none of them worked.

When I try using SP Flash Tool, I turn off the phone wait 10 sec, then connect the phone but SP does not recognize the phone and it just charge the battery.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
This means you haven't installed mediatek drivers on your computer.

Install mtk USB Vcom drivers and retry.

Also if you're on windows 8 or 8.1 you might have to turn off driver signature check to be able to successfully install the drivers.
[Device Reviews and Information] Rashock:
TWRP

I have the MediaTek PreLoader USB VCOM (Android) installed, using Windows 7 , using SP_Flash_Tool_v5.1352.01
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
use the flash tools from needroms website. listed under THL 5000 and not the one from thlmobilestore.
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
Successfully Repartitioned

Used 10gb for app storage and 4gb for internal SD
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Here are the pictures of the dispaly of my defective THL 5000.

The seller Comebuy denies the defects telling that if I am not satisfied with the product I can send it back at my expesnse but I have to pay for restocking. I wrote to the producer but up to now, no answer.

Crap!

ciao from Italy
[Device Reviews and Information] Byte_Me:
OK, So I flashed a stock ROM, didn't install anything, went to settings - about phone - wireless update, and it still tells me there's no update available. Could this have anything today with the fact that I formatted my phone at some point, to get it working again? My phone gets hot and shuts down due to overheating sometimes, so I'd like to have the update.
[Device Reviews and Information] NMaverick:
Incoming call and notifications on headset

Since nobody answered, I'll post some more issues...

When I plug in my headset and the music is playing, all audible notifications and incoming call ringtones play in the speaker rather than my headset (which also has a microphone).

Is this a standard behavior, can it be altered via a zip update?

Do all of you thl 5000 owners have the same behavior?

Also what is the shortcut for hoing directly to alarms rather than the clock itself (ADW Launcher)?
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
Thats the major problem with Chinese OEMS. Poor technical/customer service support. I've written them about the issue too but am yet to get a reply.
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Can you tell me me who you are in contact with? I can not have answers from THL.

Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
No it's not a standard behavior. Notifications should play through the headset when connected .

Its normal for notifications to come through the headset since it acts as your phone speaker when connected and all sounds should flow through it.
[Device Reviews and Information] NMaverick:
I've managed to make the the ringtones/notifications sound on both speaker and headset, but I cannot find how to turn off the speaker volume when I insert the headset. I have already downloaded Soundabout, but it is not behaving like it should be.
[Device Reviews and Information] oreos_7:
Button for call recorder

Good morning and myself

I thl 5000 with the root TWRT and v10 custom rom (needrom.com) and would like to ask how you can place the recording button on the screen and make a call recorder, as I have seen in a custom rom in other movements;

What program can do it;
[Device Reviews and Information] Rashock:
That's the Flash Tool I'm using and I've tried 3 or 4 other versions, when I connect the phone turned off to the pc the pc doesn't detect it and the phone just charge.
[Device Reviews and Information] koolxs:
Washed out colours colors

Guys my THL 5000 has also got a screen with incorrect colors and gamma (according to Display Tester app). My gamma is about 1.2.

However, I feel that the appearence of the screen might be fixable with some kind of software tool, just like every monitor, tv set etc etc. Or a display calibration software tool.

Somewhere I read that it need a kernel that allows these values to be fixed (especially for gamma correction).

I do not know how to go deeper into these things. Anyone any idea?
[Device Reviews and Information] donny02:
I used Light Flow on all my phones so it was not question to install it to thl 5000 too.

It works as I expected. No problems at all. What problems do you have on led notifications?
[Device Reviews and Information] Krystyna:
proximity sensor

Recently my THL 5000 proximity sensor does not working during call . At the time of proximity sensor calibration it shows message " Please ensure that close sensors were not keep out", How to solve this problem, thank you
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
if you're sure that you correctly installed the drivers then try pressing the red reset button for about 10seconds release the button and connect and also make sure you have selected the files you want to flash and don't forget to put sp flash tools in download mode before connecting your phone

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perhaps flashing a custom ROM might fix the issue or better still wait for a software update

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its normal for the ringtone/notifications to sound on both speaker and headset though the sound coming through the speaker should be faint. As for soundabout I haven't used the app
[Device Reviews and Information] koolxs:
I sent a message to THL about the problem and as I believe there are many others with the same problem, I hope they will take it seriously, fixing the problem, IF it can be fixed with an update.
[Device Reviews and Information] trueno92:
fixing it with software is probably the easy part.

identifying which screens are affected, i think is the hard part... unless the later made models have a different screen firmware identifier.
[Device Reviews and Information] koolxs:
It has not to be done with a global ota update for all. It can be done with a file to be downloaded only by those that saw they have the problem.
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
I agree with your opinion. The problem can probably be fixed with some software tweak, Unfortunately I have not been able to find something on the net. I keep searching but if you would hit soemthing working, please let me know.

Ciao from Italy
[Device Reviews and Information] zijin_cheng:
What about Trickster Mod on Google Play?
[Device Reviews and Information] stanlawren:
So i came across an app on playstore today called "Advanced Color and Gamma Control" that supposedly fixes/corrects gamma on displays. Bad news is its for nexus devices (4 & 5). So i didn't bother testing it since it isn't free. Perhaps you guys should try it out and tell us if it works for you
[Device Reviews and Information] enzo-ita:
Thanks. Unfortunately I have already tested this kernel modder but it can not be used in the THL 5000 because of the kernel. Onluy few functions are available,

enzo

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Also this is not compatible with THL 5000

Thanks for suggesting however.

enzo
[Device Reviews and Information] Nemelex:
Did you get a reply from THL then? Where can we download that file? I have a rating of 1.6, so needs fixing as well.
[Device Reviews and Information] MirQoo:
this is the answer i got from seller:

Hello friend,sorry for late reply,we have contacted THL company and they indeed changed LCD screen for this batch of phones so the screen not the same with the older batch,and thay said the screen can not be changed,so I'm really sorry about that.

sooo... until the MTK releases source codes and some custom kernels will appear, i doont think that we can get this issue fixed.

what a shame
[Device Reviews and Information] jy_P:
I don'T know if you found an answer about this yet, but I had the same problem with my Elephone P2000 and it was related to the Superuser root app.

I installed the ClockworkMod SuperUser instead of the one that was there before. After that TB started to work normally. Might worth trying it.
[Device Reviews and Information] koolxs:
What does TB stand for?

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I feel that they have got to work it out. A whole batch with sh##ty colors?
[Device Reviews and Information] zijin_cheng:
Titanium Backup
[Device Reviews and Information] koolxs:
I rooted mine with vroot. Then I tried to throw out the Chinese superuser. Doing so with SuperSU was easy. But I cannot do it with clockwork superuser because it needs update of the binary and it doesn't have an option to do it without recovery.
[Device Reviews and Information] rbt07:
TWRP

The best way to ROOT of THL 5000 is to install TWRP recovery and from TWRP install Superuser.zip.

I made detailed instructions, but only in Slovak language here: androidforum.cz

Use Google translator (from slovak language to english), sorry.
[Device Reviews and Information] koolxs:
I will give it a try. Thanks