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[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meticulus:
Typically the first thing you want to flash a custom recovery like TWRP via Odin or Heimdall. That allows you to flash things via recovery which gives you and additional option. Not all custom ROM's you find will have and (Odin or Heimdall) option. Most are recovery only; Also most MOD's are recovery only... If you are flashing a custom ROM then I would also flash the custom recovery the ROM creator recommends... :good:

EDIT: Also, recovery gives you the option to make a full backup, which you can restore incase you don't like the ROM..
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tigerman82:
Understood. So basically after installation of Heimdall I will flash TWRP (and probably do a backup via TWRP) and then continue on with

Unzip downloaded package with latest ROM (if it’s zipped). You should get file with *.tar.md5 extension

Run JOdin3 using Java.

In opened window, click on PDA button and select file with *.tar.md5 extension from previous step

Make sure that only Auto Reboot is selected on the left side.

Turn off your phone, and then use VOL- & HOME & POWER buttons combination.

If you see Warning screen, use VOL+ button.

You should see Android and some information.

Connect phone to computer and make sure it is detected by JOdin (it will appear as COM device). If it doesn’t, try to use other USB port.

Use Start button. JOdin will inform you that no PIT file was attached and ask if it should be downloaded itself. Agree for it. Wait until flash process will finish.

Your phone will restart, but probably won’t boot. Pull down your battery and use VOL+ & HOME & POWER buttons combo to boot into recovery.

Click on Wipe, then use slider on the bottom to let process begin.

Click on Home icon, and then Reboot -> System.

Wait for boot. Now you should have ROM installed and ready to use!

Thank you so much for helping me with these beginner's questions!
[Android General] Corelio:
thl t6s

Hola por lo que cojo me entenderás en español y yo me explicaré mejor . Comparto contigo que un buen teléfono para el precio que tiene y en las demas observaciones, pero yo tengo un par de preguntas: hay ya alguna forma de rootearlo? Y otra cuestión lo utilizo con una tarjeta de Másmovil red de Orange y me sale la señal de que coge la red de datos sinembargo el navegador no me funciona, solo funciona con WiFi. Gracias
[Android General] komez7:
thl,6s

Your review about THL,6s is awesome. I just bougt the phone and im impressed with it. It reminds of HTC smartphone.
[Android General] jucaftp:
I accidentally re-posted this while editing the post above, so if anyone could please delete this one right here.
[Android General] jaiong:
vrooted, seems like no gyroscope with google cardboard., correct?

Any way to enable OTG?
[Android General] jucaftp:
Yes, rooted using Vroot. Very easy after you get the drivers working.

I don't think it has gyroscope, otherwise it would show on Antutu and Android Sensor Box, which it didn't. Does google cardboard only works with gyro? Isn't accelerometer enough?

I haven't searched about OTG, but I can assure it's not factory ready.
[Android General] KloNom:
I am sorry, I do not speak spanish. I tried to use Google translate to answer you questions: Yes, you can root it with the program "Vroot". But I am sorry, I can not give you any advise, how to get local provider SIM card working :( .

Thank you :) ! Always happy to hear that.

Yes, the THL T6S is not able to use it with Google Cardboard as far as I know, since it does not have a gyroscope (neither compass to emulate gyro).

And also no :(, there is no way which I know to enable OTG.
[Android General] RobbieRobski:
This device is supposed to be 8GB. But when I go to storage, I have two items.

Internal Storage 2.26GB (214MB availalable) and Phone Storage 3.88GB ( 3.63GB available)

I am unable to install any new apps due to storage (even when the app is say 20MB and it says I have 214MB available). But obviously I still have over 3 GB free.

I don't' have an SD card installed so I'm confused about this segregation of storage.

What do I need to do to combine this into one storage device (if possible) and or move apps over to "phone storage".
[Android General] KloNom:
There would be two ways:

1) Rather system invasive, more complex: You can partition the memory of your phone new, so that your first Partition (Internal Storage) gets the larger ratio instead of the large second partition (Phone Mem). But I have never done it with the ThL T6S. For infos how to do that (appearingly also suitable for the T6S) you can find in this Thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2455850

2) Root it and install an App2SD program (like for example this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ljmobile.move.app ). With this program you can also move apps to the SD card which officially do not support it.

Hope I could help you ;) .
[Android General] RobbieRobski:
Thanks Hanzpeter, I'll probably root and use app2sd.

edit: so I just rooted and installed app2sd. When I choose an app it loads the app info page and says "please tap "move to sdcard" button", but no button exists. As mentioned previously, I haven't installed an SD card. Just wanting to move apps to the other partition.

Why do mfgs do this. Is that common even on high end devices? HTC One, galaxy s5 etc.
[Android General] KloNom:
Ah sorry, I did not read that part that you do not have an SD-Card. Then in case you do not want to get one, the only solution which I know is to repartition your device, since I do not know a possibility to install apps on the second partition...
[Android General] nunozorrinho:
THL T6S - "Unfortunately phone.android.com has stopped responding"

Hi.

I am having this problem since I got the phone (which, of course, is making it useless)

Does anyone have a solution for this?

Thanks in advance.
[Android General] KloNom:
Did you try to reset your phone?
[Android General] Krystyna:
http://www.thlmobilestore.com/ is the official website? I want to buy it at the official website, more reliable.
[Android General] KloNom:
No, I don't think so. I think ThL itself doesn't have an "own" webshop. This should be the official english ThL website (for the T6S):

http://en.thl.com.cn/product/t6s.html

They simply list other resellers, like for example the Antelife Shop where I got mine from.
[Android General] squall458:
Any custom roms yet for our t6s? Anyone know how to change the battery icon to anything else?
[Android General] KloNom:
No, I don't think that there are any Custom ROMs for the ThL T6S yet. But there are some apps, with which you can "overlay" your battery icon with a custom one I think, like for example this one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kovit.p.alwaysbattery
[Android General] squall458:
Thanks for the link and reply! Gave you thanks! :D Yea too bad no custom roms for us yet. Im guessing you own a THL t6s too? White or black? The battery life is pretty awesome so far. I love this phone! Wish there were more accessories and a custom rom for us! The battery overlay is cool except I cant find one that looks half decent.
[Android General] KloNom:
The black one, but just trying the improved version, the ThL T6 Pro in white. Will post a review on that soonish ;) . Hmm, I actually think the normal Android battery sign doesn't look too bad :D.
[Android General] jaiong:
The phone rocks, equivalent to xiaomi redmi specs, cut, performance and features.

Phone prices ranging from $90-$120 on e-stores.

For south asia, the lowest is at lazada.sg, is $60 after coupon code MOBILE20 (google-enabled)

(?? Are we not allowed to post/share store sale links here in xda for benefits of all?)
[Android General] Willie77:
Hi guys, I just got the T6S a couple of days ago, just to play about with as I have the T11 as main everyday phone. Got to say though this is a great phone for the money but I'm bloody sick of THL making phones with perfectly good notification LEDs but with the wrong permissions so the LED only functions for charging status. On mine I find that it comes on solid whilst charging, until it reaches 90%+ charged status at which point it turns off. Beyond this mines does not "blink" for SMS messages received, BBM's etc. Other than this, which I may find a fix for like I did for my T11 without having to use a custom ROM I really like this little phone, for £55 it totally outperforms anything I could pick up on the U.K. high street, say the Huawei Y330 for example, it comes in at about £60 here and the spec is no where near as exciting. I rooted my T6S to get rid of the bloody gawd awful Google Hangouts as personally I hate that app, I've also unrooted it now I have removed that. If anybody here has the LED working for texts or WhatsApp's I'd like to hear how & please keep it in this thread so there's help for everyone, cheers.

---------- Post added at 02:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:53 AM ----------

My apologies, my notification LED does now appear to be working for SMS, WhatsApp etc, weird....
[Android General] KloNom:
I do not know for sure about this in specific, but I would say yes, why not :D . I mean unless it is not a ref link ;).

Yes, they finally changed this in the T6S, in my old W200 it was as you told as well. But with this phone I had no problems to use the LED out of the box as a notification LED.
[Android General] Willie77:
I owned the W200 also, I just did the lights.so file fix to get the LED working for system notifications, the W200 was my first intro to Chinese phones, was a good phone, passed it onto my dad who is still using it.
[Android General] KloNom:
Yes, I also switched that file to get it working, still pretty weird for me that ThL did not activate this by default. My W200's screen got broken unfortunately, and since it is one piece with the digitizer not too cheap to repair...
[Android General] nunozorrinho:
Yes, I did a reset.. didn't work.
[Android General] KloNom:
Hmm. Then I would try to flash a new ROM, you can find them easily on needrom.
[Android General] Willie77:
Same battery in the "Pro" despite it having a HD screen, wonder if there will be much of a difference? Is the camera in the "Pro" as good as the W200's 8 Megapixel camera? Let us know your initial thoughts please.
[Android General] Willie77:
Detoxed the stock apps a wee bit and loaded the xperia z3 launcher and fired across my fave T11 wallpaper to use.
[Android General] KloNom:
Sorry for the delayed answer, I will post the Review tommorrow or the day after. As a small preview, here some pictures of the camera:

The camera is not bad, bad also nothing too special.
[Android General] jaiong:
yup, to a certain point in charging, the phone shuts down...

not checked out on the notification LED glitches yet.
[Android General] Annie Y:
Hi, but the THL T6S mobile support upgrade ti the latest Android L firmware?
[Android General] KloNom:
No, I do not think that there is a Lollipop version for the T6S.
[Android General] jackie999:
I have the THL T6 Pro for a few weeks now and it's great. I did find that while rooting I accidentally did a few emergency calls and since I didn't want another rom (this one is fine as is) I looked around and saw that xposed/gravity box would give me a load of 'custom' features without bothering with changing roms. I've now gotten rid of the emergency dial button on lock screen and am still choosing between all of the other gravity box features. All in all a nice phone :)
[Android General] KloNom:
I also made a review specifically about the ThL T6 Pro here ;):

http://xdaforums.com/android/general/thl-t6-pro-review-mtk-6592m-1gb-ram-5-hd-t2963092

I personally did not try Gravity Box on the ThL T6 Pro, did it work just like described in the guide?
[Android General] jackie999:
I've only tried a few of the gravity box settings so far. As I mentioned, I got rid of the emergency call button and I also enabled Status bar tweak "enable double tap to sleep" which is nice. There is so much more it will do but I haven't tried so can't comment if they work or not. What I've chosen does what it says it will do :)
[Android General] KloNom:
Good to know :) !
[Android General] Krystyna:
I consulted http://www.thlmobilestore.com/ website service in two weeks ago, they clearly told me that THL T6S won't upgrade to Android 5.0 .
[Android General] Annie Y:
But i have ever seen that this THL T6S mobile be able to upgrade to Android 5.0 firmware on another website.
[Android General] Papakwikwi:
Urgent thl t6s

Bonsoir,

Mon THL T6S a " briquer" et je voudrais savoir si quelqu'un avais un backup d'origine pour la version " T".

J'ai télécharger sur Needrom la rom stock mais apparemment celle-ci à des manquement.

Je vous laisse mon adresse mail si vous pouviez me l'envoyer.

Merci d'avance à vous tous/toute.

Email: y.kyvel@gmail.com
[Android General] jeallybean:
Bravo ThL T6S

Very impressive device. It would be great if it can be able to upgrade to Android5.0. Then the owners can get the chance to taste the "Lollipop"!:victory:
[Android General] KloNom:
Unfortunately I do not think that the ThL T6S will receive an Update to Lollipop :(.
[Android General] squall458:
But can't someone just port it over? This is xda for god sakes! LOL
[Android General] KloNom:
For the ones who had problems in the last days to check the review pics or the whole review on my blog: It is fixed again now :).
[Android General] sudeshkmr:
This phone has same hardware specs as Wiko Bloom, Micromax Unite 2, MyPhone Rio Lite.

First two are running on Android Kitkat and the third on Jelly Bean.

The stock ROMs of all these phones are available and can be installed on this phone (Search XDA).
[Android General] KloNom:
Good to know, thanks! :)
[Android General] Koke1950:
HY i have a problem with my thl t6s

My camera is not focusing :/ can anyone help?
[Android General] KloNom:
Probably stupid question, but did you try to clean the lense? I experienced that problem with another phone. The problem was, that there was some dust on the lense, making the camera not focuse correctly.
[Android General] pandorasrockbox:
has anyone found the uupay trojan in thl t6s?

Hi all,

thank you for taking the time to read and reply!

I love all the great reviews, and I am looking for a dual sim cheap phone (I am in the UK)>

I have seen forums about a trojan/PUP called uupay which has been found in some chinese phones (embedded in the google play app).

The UK seller I am looking at has told me they have replaced the chinese google play with a UK version.

Would this eliminate the potential for this trojan?

i am not that tekky and dont understand much about rooting etc so any help in helping me have a phone free of this bug will be great.

For those that havent heard, the uupay is supposed to send info (contacts, emails etc) back to chinese servers, it can cause freeze in screen, and can alter or even add apps. And it could even take control of camera and spy on you!!

scarey!!!

A german company called Gdata "found" it, but how could they find something that is so deeply embedded? it was initially found on the star n9500 phone and the BBC website has an artile from june 2014 saying that ebay banned the sale of the phone, but i have seen it there.

In forums i saw people saying some other phones are affected, but i have NOT SEEN THE THL 6TS mentioned.

SO, would you think this is a safe phone to buy! I do really like the specs!!!

thank you

pandora
[Android General] Koke1950:
yes i did but its not helping :(
[Android General] KloNom:
I do not think that the ThL T6S is affected from this, as I remember mostly Clones (as the Star N9500 is) are affected. To be totally sure, you can install various Virus Check Apps to the T6S.
[Android General] sudeshkmr:
Why don't you install G-Data Internet Security app on THL T6S and scan it completely? I am sure G-Data can find it if it exists in the phone.
[Android General] KloNom:
Yes, I would advise that too.
[Android General] nobreak1970:
I'm dont usually usually read phone reviews on xda but I started reading this one and it's a damn fine review... if this phone can work in the US I most likely get it.

Thanks for this info guys and enjoy your new phone it seems like a winner.
[Android General] KloNom:
Thanks for the feedback :). About the question in the US: I don't know this at the moment which carrier use which frequency bands in the US. Will try to check it in the next days ;).
[Android General] marciel84:
Disable auto time zone and automatic time.

The coming of origin are China then the tlmv does not recognize the SIM card and gives this error after doing this and set the time and date manually everything works fine.
[Android General] Tearest:
Cleaning the Lens

I know this might sound a little silly, but I also had this problem and I discovered that the lens of the camera had been covered with a tiny transparent scratch proof disk which was hardly visible to the naked eye. A quick flick with the finger nail cured it!!!
[Android General] KloNom:
Thanks for the tip ;)!
[Android General] rainbringer:
downgrading from Android 5.0

Hi, all!

Today I've got upgrade by air to Lollipop Android 5.0. But... it's hell slow on this device! I want to downgrade to KitKat 4.4.2 - the previous official ROM.

How do I do this?

I've tried using this guide, but unsuccessfully - when I connect the phone to PC (after hitting "Download"), Windows make sounds of connect-disconnect device and nothing happens, the Flash tool won't download the ROM to the phone.

Can anyone help please?

Thanks!
[Android General] KloNom:
That sounds for me that the Drivers are not correctly installed. Try to uninstall the drivers and then newly again.
[Android General] rainbringer:
Well, the problem is resolved.

After upgrading to 5.0, user MUST reset to factory defaults! After resetting, ALL works just fine.
[Android General] dimitrisss:
How did you upgrade to 5.0 ?

Do you have any link - tutorial ?
[Android General] rainbringer:
I have received Lollipop as an official wireless update.
[Android General] KloNom:
This Lollipop Update seriously surprised me. Lots of respect to ThL: Giving a 9 months old, not flagship (even more a total budget phone) Chinaphone a Lollipop Update is extremely rare! Really cool :). Unfortunetaly I do not have the T6S anymore to test it...
[Android General] jackie999:
My phone shows no update available...?
[Android General] KloNom:
What is your current Firmware version?
[Android General] jackie999:
Build number: thl.T6.pro.166H.1373GWM.A1.141020.KK1.V2_10.HD.8P64.B1B8

I'm assuming the "KK" denotes KitKat?
[Android General] Betyarka:
lollipop

I upgrade lollipop. I very happy, nice, love this.

What little problem.

root? recovery? :confused:
[Android General] KloNom:
Then I guess you have the ThL T6 Pro, not the ThL T6S. This thread is about the T6S. Sorry, seems like for the T6 Pro there is no Lollipop yet :(.
[Android General] KloNom:
Unfortunately I do not have the T6S anymore, so I can not verify things. But here on needrom (http://www.needrom.com/download/thl-t6s-android-5-0-rooted-flashtool-version/ ) somebody uploaded an already rooted Lollipop version ;). Hope this helps :).
[Android General] SolDiez90:
Sorry for the late bump: I recently upgraded my THL T6S to the lollipop rom from needrom. Everything is fine, it's working way smoother than before, there's only one problem: The volume buttons don't work during a call. If I want to lower the volume so people around can't hear the speaker, it won't turn down. Is there any workaround for this?

Thanks!
[Android General] {s3rious}:
I have a problem with installation of recovery with SP Flash Tool. I select recovery, press download, connect phone to PC and then it says this: pmt changed for the rom it must be downloaded.

Anyone with same problem?

I am rooted, on android 5.0

Nevermind, fixed it. The problem was with drivers. Uninstalled all of them using usbdevview, connected phone to pc without battery, while holding volume down button and it worked
[Android General] acaaa:
I install new rom but imei numbers are invalid.

Enginer mod code wont open before new rom and wont open now so i open with mobile uncle but cds information is black...

What should i do? :(
[Android General] acaaa:
I did it, first i tried lolipop rom (with sp flash) and not fix imei and than i instal from cwm kivil rom but on kivil rom cds is black…

Now i instal lolipop rom and fix imei :)

I gues that now i instal kivil rom everything is be ok.
[Android General] DolGuldur:
Does anyone got a link for the orginal stock ROM? I cant find anything in the web. Or am I looking at the false places?
[Android General] jackie999:
Did you try http://www.needrom.com/category/thl/thl-t6s/ there?

I haven't changed my rom but did see them there. I'm happy with gravity box on mine...
[Android General] DolGuldur:
Yes I downloaded there ROMs from different providers, but they seems to be broken, because I cant flash them. The SP flash-tools are telling me that the scatter files are broken. There are just Kitkat 4.4 ROMs, but I wont care and would went back than later to Lollipop with OTA update.
[Android General] hiena_ro:
hello all ,i update my phone from android 4.4 to 5.0 but i have a problem don`t work google play store , i go to setting accounts and i don`t have option there to add a google account , i see is other there ( exchage , imap ,personal imap , personal pop 3 ) . how can i add there a google account because without that google play store don`t work

thank you
[Android General] milliesas:
how did you remove the emergency call button
[Android General] jackie999:
I did it by loading GravityBox - "Disable emergency call button" is one of the features.

Unfortunately the phone does dial 911 when the volume button is hit and lockscreen it open. I can't find a way to fix that.
[Android General] milliesas:
Emergency call

Hey, how is it you removed the emergency calls, whenever i hold down the volume button in calls 999
[Android General] jackie999:
I removed the button from the lockscreen - it was one of the unlock icons.

As for that annoying volume/lockscreen dial feature - I can't figure out how or if it can be fixed. It's the main reason I'd replace the phone.
[Android General] acaaa:
Since I bought it when charging home button is pressed on its own ...

ROMs changed but the problem is still there, when its full does not have this problem though is in the charger .

Did someone had solved this?
[Android General] dar981:
I really like this phone, ( I have two of them!) but the root experience has become a bit of a trust issue.

Kingroot, updated to the the latest version, attempted to fill the phone with crap, does not root the phone (claims success, but root checker verifies it failed). It then attempted to access my online banking app right in front of me! (which is fortunately locked), it then proceeds to add system files, nothing short of rom wipe can remove. I tried to replace the su binary, but kingroot appears to prevent this, so I had to recover the phone back to its stock rom. That was trial one!

I then tried iroot (formerly known as vroot?) It then attempted to fill my phone with even more crap, a chinese app store called app cool, cleaning tools, locker for securing my phone, it also informed me it then attempted to redirect to a website telling me my phone is infected with 13 viruses and needs tools to clean (its a clean rom from thl's own website), I could at least remove the app without any further incident. Unfortunately the root it lays down, either fails or is temporary when it succeeds. Titanium backup or Root checker is able to confirm this, as soon as you reset the phone the root is lost again. I gave up after ten attempts to root it, it would say success, but root check or Titanium backup could not get root permission.

I am afraid to venture any further for fear of damaging the phone.

THL provide a stock rom that you can flash to recover in situations like this, but I do not really want to brick the phone because the apps are untrustworthy. Shame as if the app works, I would have been happy to donate / buy the app for future use.

Is there a safer way to root this phone without using these apps?