yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] Rovers82517:
I use chrome and flashfox, these 2 do everything, flashfox allows addons like adblock, flv downloader. I use chrome if I want to look something up quickly as its a little faster than flashfox.
[Android General] Rovers82517:
I'm not ever updating, i don't have a computer to regain root access and apart from the headphone volume not working (it skips track) and headphone hands free not working for phone calls everything else works fine for me. I have a spare battery and a powerbank for the times i get low on power ;)
[Android General] dblock1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GGRs_HaFrw

Is it true CM 12 for crown haha
[Android General] megthebest:
Sounds great, but links of the rom lack[emoji33] [emoji24]
[Android General] carlos.garridomolina:
Hello, I introduce myself, I'm from Spain and I'm still your forum assiduously.Blackview I have the crown and in a web that does not know that if this is in Spanish HTCMania a commercial for the brand seems to have put the link to download cyanogenmod 12.1. link but I would not let me being new user, if I say that it is in HTCMania - import brands - other import brands - blackview

The fact is that it does not how to install and the truth is that I asked in the forum I and another person and have not said anything. Put the video and the link to download but not install. If anyone here is a connoisseur and see how it could be it would be good.

Regards.
[Android General] Rovers82517:
Hi need twrp flashable rom, any ideas guys please?
[Android General] Rovers82517:
I need help please, I installed twrp recovery thinking i could install a rom through it and now I have a phone with only recovery on it.

I have downloaded a rom from needrom to flash with sp flash tool but sp flash phone is not detecting the phone, I have searched, installed and downloaded driver after driver but nothing.

I only have computer access at a friends house and after a few hours I am out of time so please will someone post link/files for everything I need to install a rom on my crown the next time I can visit my friend.

PM me or reply here please anybody who may think they can help, please.
[Android General] blackview:
very good smartphone
[Android General] Stripu:
CM12.1 for Crown is real!

Hello everyone!

After seeing carlos' post I checked out htcmania and indeed they have a post with cm12.1 for Blackview Crown.

The files are here: h t t p s://mega.nz/#!Roc0WZhL!UH8t561hm3EljNb4GdgmxXeaQ-01rCiKOg09xnoEqtE

I flashed them with SP Flash Tool and it's really cm12.1!

Indeed, there are some bugs that I noticed, like:

- the flip case is not working (probably a sensor issue)

- Bluetooth audio is not being transmitted to Bluetooth speaker. Sound still plays on the phone.

- GPS is not working. Tried many fixes, but didn't get it to work.

- MTK Engineering is missing from the ROM. Probably normal.

Otherwise, battery life is pretty decent, and lollipop is simply beautiful on the crown :)

Enjoy!
[Android General] Rovers82517:
I was doing the same, erased all data thinking I could install from ext SD through recovery, obviously I couldn't, sorted it out now though lol.

I've been reading online that Blackview have released the source code for a larger number of their phones, so I expect a few more custom ROMs in the coming weeks/months :D
[Android General] Stripu:
Glad you fixed your phone mate! I guess you managed to install the preloader driver and flashed with SP Flash Tool. Did you notice any bugs on your phone (assuming you flashed CM12.1 as well).
[Android General] carlos.garridomolina:
Congratulations on finding a way to install it. Would you put how to install the flash sp tool? Is that when you charge the file Scatter see that only 3 files. boot.img, system.img and userdata.img. Roms see others and have at least twelve files such as recovery, Secro, and more. I looked out and I doubt that either was on TWRP or incomplete. I is not much of it from the roms. So if you do not mind if ordain here the steps I'd appreciate it and I think more people too.

Regards.
[Android General] Rovers82517:
yeah you've guessed correctly lol, I've found no bugs or issues, I've not had a lot of time to play around with it yet really. Will keep you updated though :)
[Android General] Stripu:
[MENTION=6912418]carlos.garridomolina[/MENTION] : you have to simply extract all the files in a folder and load the scatter file in so flash tool. It doesn't need all the normal img's, because everything else is untouched. Sp flash only writes the boot.IMG, userdata.IMG and system.IMG for cm12.1 to work properly.
[Android General] carlos.garridomolina:
Already installed, it is perfect and the failures that I see is that you commented on. Only I have a problem that if it's for my ignorance. I can not set you the Gapps. I have the original recovery and will not let me do not know if you can put the TWRP or how. If someone guide me I appreciate it because without Gapps can not live. :):):) Regards.
[Android General] Rovers82517:
the cm ROM or any cm ROMs do not include gapps, they are normally downloadable from your chosen roms download page.all are gapps.zip
[Android General] phonepete:
my gps does not work; google account and playstore ok by gapps.zip (flashed by twrp recovery)
[Android General] phonepete:
is gps working in lollipop at your crown ?
[Android General] keraunos:
Where can I find the files for lollipop update?
[Android General] phonepete:
post #358 use mega.nz link
[Android General] keraunos:
I cant use it.I dont know what i do rong.
[Android General] phonepete:
download is not working or flashing by flashtool ?
[Android General] keraunos:
I cant download
[Android General] phonepete:
copy to browser but replace h t t p s to https
[Android General] Rovers82517:
you have to register e-mail to use mega, its free, download the app if using your phone.

Yes my GPS is working, everything seems to be fine.

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https to http* ?
[Android General] phonepete:
tried 2 times and started with clean crown rom from 20141015 and rom from 20150302,

no gps at gps test or at google map;

flashed again: camera is working now, but gps problem not solved (in kitkat fast gps fix)

which recovery to flash gapps.zip ?
[Android General] Rovers82517:
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/gapps/5.1/gapps-L-4-21-15.zip
[Android General] keraunos:
Ok thank you
[Android General] phonepete:
flashed those gapps already by twrp 2.8.1, playstore and google account ok, but no gps,

in mobileuncle the mtk engineer mode is not available, all mtk gps tools didn't help,
[Android General] phonepete:
is cm 12.1 running now ?

and gps too ?
[Android General] keraunos:
I get the update and now I am trying to setup.How can I install gaps?Through system recovery it show error invalid ota package
[Android General] phonepete:
you need to install twrp recovery first to install gapps

instructions (german and english) for crown kitkat root and twrp recovery

in cm12.1 at settings-about phone click about 7 times at build number to enable developer settings

then at developer options get root access and enable debugging, and advanced reboot to boot into recovery

rom posted at website in spain
[Android General] Logseman:
It's quite a letdown to know about the battery life... hopefully it can be improved somehow? I think four hours of screen time are a must.
[Android General] sipart:
Hi thanks for the mini review. Off topic as I don't have a blackview but an almost identical phone the Newman k1s - my internal memory is small (1.1gb) - how do you increase this? Don't want it Max just bigger so internal SD is smaller. I also assume the SD fix is due to the blackview running KitKat (Newman is on jb 4.2.2).

My phone is rooted, cwm recovery installed and xposed+gravitybox.

Many thanks in advance
[Android General] gloover:
Dude, he was speaking about ROM not RAM. Look at this tutorial

I think overfiend has increased the internal memory of his Crown from 8GB standard up to 13GB, dont you ;)
[Android General] theoverfiend:
[MENTION=548041]GLOVVER[/MENTION] Exact just change The two ebr files
[Android General] sipart:
Errr yes I know when did I mention ram? I assumed you altered the ebr files, I was just asked politely how, so many thanks for the link. I also realised what he increased it to - he maxed it out as he said, but thanks for clarifying.

Cheers
[Android General] theoverfiend:
At the Moment i try to fix / minimize the Touchscreen sensetivity Problem

I paste a few lines in the build.prob

For the Touchscreen

# Touch screen calibration and scroll responsiveness

debug.performance.tuning=1

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=200

view.touch_slop=8

view.scroll_friction=1.5

view.minimum_fling_velocity=25

ro.max.fling_velocity=12000

ro.min.fling_velocity=8000

ro.min_pointer_dur=8

touch.size.calibration=geometric

touch.size.scale=100

#touch.size.bias=70

touch.pressure.calibration=amplitude

touch.pressure.scale=0.001

For longer battery lifetime i try

# mod-Save Battery:

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180

pm.sleep_mode=1

ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0
[Android General] gloover:
I will try your settings as soon as I will be able to take a system backup - my droidtool sucks at the moment

Gesendet von meinem Crown mit Tapatalk
[Android General] Wahazz:
Recovery for Crown

EBR adjusted to max. internal memory

Root via srjroot

Carliv Touch Recovery installed

SD Fix performed

Installed Xposed & Gravitybox

Hello great sharing, please where to find CTR for blackview Crown and how to install it ? Thanks.
[Android General] theoverfiend:
I make it by my selve....

Blackview_crown_touch_recovery

https://www.mediafire.com/?3l7pbgu3e36rc7t

install / flash via spflashtool
[Android General] Wahazz:
Thanks.
[Android General] Wahaz:
EBR files

Hello which EBR files you use and how you flash it in SP Flash tool?

I tried EBR1 EBR2 7Gb for MT6592 , I check only EBR1 and EBR2 cases in SP Flash tool, but after flashing, my Crown didn't boot until I flash again my original EBR1, EBR2 files.
[Android General] theoverfiend:
[MENTION=5952537]Wahaz[/MENTION]

did you take the KITKAT EBR's :confused:

please take a look in here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45856792&postcount=2

E1 - E3

when the kitkat files not working try the normal one...

B4 - B6

on my device i have the EBR's from E3
[Android General] AN3rd:
Blackview Crown S-view?

Yeah I got this phone to. It's very nice. One thing is... I thought it had a s-view type of function. As in... if you get a message it is shortly displayed in see-throu window in black and white if the leather-case is closed.

Was it just marketing? (see image) Or does this really look/work like this. If so, where to enable?
[Android General] andydgg:
root genius

successful root with root genius, took a couple of minutes. Now which custom rom should I try
[Android General] theoverfiend:
there is no custom rom .... :(
[Android General] andydgg:
custom rom

need rom has two but I couldn't get them to unpack
[Android General] theoverfiend:
Jup they are from me... Normal .Rar file without Passwort... Did u get a Message? Or why u cant unpack?
[Android General] andydgg:
I opened the rar then couldn't find the files in recovery. No apk
[Android General] theoverfiend:
Okay apk files are app's the files in the rar for flashing with the SP flash tool... But If you don't know how to flash and what you need for it you should read a little bit about it
[Android General] andydgg:
The bottom right hand corner of the keyboard sticking at times is the only annoyance with the phone.

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When I've installed custom rom to other phone it loaded from recovery without problem. Others in need rom saying it won't work as well.
[Android General] carlos.garridomolina:
After spending a few days testing the rom expose these faults that have happened to me:

- More battery consumption than previous rom (If this did not last long before less)

- The GPS forgotten. It does not work any way. Or fix or applications or anything.

- The trebuchet (default Launcher) does strange things. Well at first, but then when you install applications do not appear in the list of applications shortcut and do come on the home screen.

- The camera is fine, but does not record video.

For now this is what I found. I keep trying and I comment.

Regards.
[Android General] petarco:
yeah i was aswell trying to flash it through spflash tool but unable to do it with download mode hmmm this strange thing happens for the first time in my life,

also carlos i think the problem with recording video is solvable, im going to try to flash this file to some emulator of my device before i install it directly on it.

And yes i would appreciate the help from someone about flashing the TWRP recovery step by step or some image :D
[Android General] keraunos:
After I get back to official rom I don't have network operation.It doesn't lock to my network operation.Why?
[Android General] phonepete:
my gps does not work too, and no video

why rovers82517 reports gps is working fine ?

he should provide a twrp recovery of his working cm12.1 phone
[Android General] keraunos:
I lost my imei.How can I repair it?
[Android General] Rovers82517:
what do you mean?

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i had this problem on an old girlfriends phone after i rooted it if i remember rightly i deleted the contents of the efs folder, after reboot it auto fills it again, including the imei number, there is also a program to manually input it, but it was hard work, hex something it was called, try deleting the contents of the efs folder, if that fails install a new rom, if that fails you have a lot of googling to do, hex editor i think it was called.
[Android General] phonepete:
if you have root active, use mtkdroidtools

very easy, first click on root, second write both imei at nvram/imei, reboot

dial *#06# to see your imei

make full backup by twrp and save it all incl. nvram
[Android General] petarco:
And tell me if there is some change in the touch screen coz bottom seems not to be working well
[Android General] keraunos:
I fix the problem with imei.Now I have the problem with wifi nvram error.Is there any solution without root?
[Android General] phonepete:
what errors ? mac address in kitkat ?

you should get root for the crown in kitkat:

flash twrp recovery, boot into twrp, flash supersu.zip, reboot > root !!!

see download at post #381
[Android General] carlos.garridomolina:
After trying for nearly a week cyanogenmod I have decided to return to the original. I see more cons than pros to this rom unless the better. I install again from scratch with all and everything and wipes failures continue and indeed to the application of youtube I failed. Total if they take an update correcting the mistakes I will prove, while I stay with 4.4.2 gives fewer problems.

Regards.
[Android General] keraunos:
Where can I found nvram.ini for our phones?
[Android General] petarco:
Why would you need that file ?
[Android General] keraunos:
I have to fix nvram

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WIFI nvram error
[Android General] phonepete:
try mac address link in post #391

or here if mac address error
[Android General] petarco:
You have stated everything besides the low right corner of the screen which seems is not working very well, actually less responsive then the other places of the screen, any info on this ? Thank you btw for all the testing
[Android General] keraunos:
I fix my problem using mtk sn writer without root.
[Android General] petarco:
Have you managed to fix it or still not working with theese lines aswell?
[Android General] theoverfiend:
i'f i remember it works...
[Android General] carlos.garridomolina:
I wrote in the Facebook that created the brand in Spain blackview in paragraph putting the rom to download, all faults that have the CyanogenMod ROM and does not advise installing it. They have responded by taking note that your development team the fix as soon as possible. They will? With the lack of seriousness and poor quality that this brand has shown me I doubt it. They are more focused on a policy of aggressive marketing and selling shoddy goods without technical or solutions to support quality and support.

Regards.
[Android General] petarco:
Soooo nothing new for this phone so far ?
[Android General] keraunos:
Is there any way to repair gps signal?I have a tablet lenovo with mtk cpu and 6582 gps chip and it didnt loose the signal.I madea trip with it for 350 km and it saw me exactly where i was.My phone loose the signal very often.
[Android General] petarco:
Sadly gps cannot be fixed that easy but u can always try calibrating it :)
[Android General] Andreboh:
h t t p s : / / w w w . youtube . com / watch ? t = 1 0 0 & v = 2 G G R s _ H a F r w

in this video there is a crown with CM12... in the comments there are two link to download. someone can try it?
[Android General] petarco:
Sure i will do but its the same as the one uploaded here, except if its been updated.

EDIT1: its the same one we all have tried here.
[Android General] Stripu:
Oy mate, it's exactly the same as posted earlier this year.

I've tested it and it suffers from some issues, as can be seen in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62612521&postcount=358

Tried talking with Blackview trying to get them to fix the issues, but they're acting like it's not even their rom, have no clue what i'm talking about, and trying to get me to install the latest version - the official KitKat one! :))

Anyway, it's nice if you want to try it out, but make sure you back up all your phone book first, as it's not compatible with cm 12.1
[Android General] andydgg:
has anyone worked out a way to use the tv with the crown? I don't think it's mhl or slimport but not sure? or won't it connect to hdmi at all? wireless?

been doing my head in for ages and I don't really want to give in and buy a tablet with a hdmi output when the crown does everything I want except hdmi.
[Android General] petarco:
And why the hell would you need hdmi and tv working with a smartphone??? U got laptops for that stuff....
[Android General] andydgg:
because i want to use two devices at once
[Android General] RexMarinus:
Hi guys.

I have recently received the device and updated OTA but I still have the problem with battery not accurately being displayed by the system. I have not installed any ROM.

I charge the phone to 100% but during the first 20 minutes it drops down to 85% without even using it.

Same happens when it's around 30% it drops too low or even shuts down unexpectedly.

I have also tried factory resetting it, and also tried calibrating the battery with many apps.

Is there any working solution yet?

Thanks
[Android General] keraunos:
Do hard reset erase cache from cwm
[Android General] RexMarinus:
Thanks for the answer.

I have some questions.

1. Will that erase EVERYTHING from the device including contacts etc?

2. Is that 100% sure it will solve the problem with the battery?

3. Is it 100% safe that it will not brick the device?

Euxaristw ;)
[Android General] keraunos:
It will erase everything.First do recovery from android menu and then erase phone.Normaly this will solve your problem.
[Android General] alicepattinson:
Thanks for sharing about this device, I hope I can have one too.
[Android General] petarco:
So far how ive managed to fix the battery drop, make sure you disable all the non necessary apps, clear the cache, root the phone to calibrate battery then unroot and lower the brightness to lowest, but just so you know, since this phone has 2 sim cards is refreshing the network like each second, and it has an octa core processor aswell 5inch display the battery usage is pretty high :) but its a very good phone for me so far :))
[Android General] keraunos:
The only problem with this phone is gps.It didnt crash for any reason.The screen colour reach the top for this resolution.The touch screen is poor but no problematic.
[Android General] RexMarinus:
I was using only one sim, disabled all non necessary apps, rooted, calibrated battery, have the brightness to the lowest and used a CPU app and lowered the CPU to max 850mhz. No luck. I unplugged the phone from charger at 10am. At 10:30 it was 90% At 17:30 it was 75% Without using it.

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What kind of problem do you have with the GPS ?
[Android General] petarco:
Yes thats how the battery drop goes so far :)
[Android General] fairenough786:
Sorry....new to this phone...

can anyone please direct me to the main thread.....i have purchased this phone (blackview crown) just yesterday and need to root it. please advise step by step. thank you so much....
[Android General] keraunos:
The gps signal is poor and loose the direction very often.
[Android General] RexMarinus:
Hi. I have enabled usb debugging from settings, connected the phone to the usb of my computer and let it install the driver. Then I followed the instructions here for Root Genius.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=97fhfgkNbdw
[Android General] RexMarinus:
How about you give a try to "activegps gps booster" by TisinaDev on gooogle play and let us know?

Although I used GPS once, I didn't have any problem.

You can also search for other GPS booster apps
[Android General] phonepete:
easy crown root , no root progs needed
[Android General] keraunos:
I will try it and see the difference.
[Android General] fairenough786:
i dont really understand....i went to that site...i dont see upload or download link.....plus whats the step by step procedure....thank you....

i mean....easy crown root.....
[Android General] RexMarinus:
ehhhh, what is this?
[Android General] m4sher:
Has anyone replaced the screen on one of these and if so is it a pain or is it ok? Smashed my screen on holiday buying a new one is $30 which is not so sad, just wondering if there is any taking apart videos anyone has done, i searched on you-tube but couldn't find one.

Many Thanks
[Android General] RexMarinus:
I would recommend you buy a new one. The price is around $85 now. Or try your luck on ebay buying a used one.

I think it's not too difficult to remove the screen.

I also recommend using a tempered glass which protects the screen.
[Android General] fairenough786:
need to change chinese bootloader to english + Custom ROM

Hello...

please accept my apologies if this is totally out of the way and not relevant to the thread....too mant to read...

i have purchased a blackview crown and i think i have managed to ROOT it via the program "rootgenius" (not sure though....the app ROOTCHECKER says its rooted but SuperSU wont work)....i may also have updated the firmware but again not sure.....is there a way to change the bootloader from chinese to english ??? or if i can install any custom ROM ??? or Android lollipop ?

thank you ever so much.
[Android General] RexMarinus:
is there any way to permanently disable the screen lock sound?

I disable it and whenever I charge the phone it's automatically re-enabled.

I like it but this wakes up others at home while they are sleeping.

At least can I just change the sound to something else or a silent mp3?

thanks
[Android General] Rovers82517:
my crown broke, cracked screen. KingUser should be used as the superuser app, xposed framework and the many modules are how to customise it. My time with the crown was cut short :(
[Android General] RexMarinus:
I have read KingUser Kingroot is sending phone data to a server etc and we should remove it. I couldn't remove it with any uninstaller. Finally I found a way to replace it with Superuser and disabled Kingroot app from my PC.
[Android General] petarco:
Share a link over here for a tampered glass screen protector ;) thank you
[Android General] RexMarinus:
ehhh, I can't find any. LOL
[Android General] joekerr00:
I'm truing to port fire's cm 12.1 rom to crown so I need twrp 2.8.4 or newer (2.8.2 has issues with selinux and does not work)

anybody has or knows a link to a newer working twrp image?

I found 2.8.4 for blackview zeta so a port should be possible :/