yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV General] Taige:
Any chance you could post your DNS records here so I can get to it now?

My 2nd FireTV just got here today and I went to view your guides on how to avoid auto-upgrading (if I'm lucky enough to have an older firmware) and I couldn't reach your page.

Nevermind - I used OpenDNS's cache check to get your working ip (208.113.161.249) and updated my DNS server to hard code it.. Just have to remember to delete it tomorrow.. :)
[Fire TV General] z111:
thanks

Thanks for posting it. I was worried some may have happen. Like amazon tired something.good to know you and the site are ok. Keep up the good work.
[Fire TV General] CLran619:
its back online yay ;)
[Fire TV General] slamson1:
Had a few questions about Fire TV news:

Do you know if/when the netflix app will get a new UI? Any recent news on hbo go app? Will they ever allow you to place games on external storage? Those are really the only issues i have with the device. Thanks, love your site.
[Fire TV General] MadFlava:
Thanks for your efforts on your site. Its pretty much the defacto standard for AFTV stuff. I go there at least several times a week.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
Hey has any seen the consumer wireless variant? I actually bought it from my target. It sales for 250. Going to post a few pics in a sec. I meant consumer cellular as the carrier not wireless lol
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzwINSI6VKCcUGozSHpCWFZoSFV6alFnQmZoMTVQNHJJUlFj/edit?usp=sharing
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] gierso:
MT2 - L03?

or another version?>
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Akakj:
MT2-l03 but it was carrier locked. Had to get an unlock code.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
Who did you get the unlock code from?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] D33PTHAWTE:
That's really cool that another big retailer is selling the HAM2. Especially if there is an easy way to carrier unlock.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
How did you carrier unlock it, through Huawei, Consumers cellular, 3rd party? Curious to know how much hassle it was?

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
I actually used an app called imei unlock in the play store. It was 12 dollars. I am the cell phone rep in my store so I was real curious on the device. It is technically att based so I would think an att or net 10 sim would work without unlocking.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
Yea u was thinking the same. Came out of nowhere to.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
Thanks for the info. I think I'll pick one up for my wife. I am using straight talk/att Sim. It surprised me that I can use the hot-spot tether feature on this phone. Any other time I tried it with other phones with the stock tethering and not rooted without jumping through a bunch of hoops it wouldn't work. But it worked right out of the box. Don't think I'll use it much but it's nice to know it works.

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] D33PTHAWTE:
It's funny, the hotspot has been a big deal to me in the past as well. But now I have my mate 2, I hardly ever take my tablet anywhere.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
What's weird is I noticed the Hotspot feature was missing in my phone. Like not in the settings at all. I don't mind since I have 2 phones on me but still weird.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
Exactly, I carry mine in the same pocket in my cargo pants I carried my Nexus 7. Much more pocket friendly. With the Consumer Cellular version not adding in the additional costs of the Net/10 package Huawei adds in and charges for, it's an even better deal. My wife will love the more compact size and retire her aging tablet she travels with.

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.

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That is weird. I wonder if it has different firmware. Maybe you could flash my stock twerp backup and it would add the hotspot?

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
I was thinking about that actually. Everything else was the same. Also came with some bloat as well. Besides making a back up, would I need to do anything special before trying your back up?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
Back up what you have just in case. I've never flashed from one phones backup to another but I assume if the hardware is exactly the same it should work. And it wouldn't effects your EMEI? That should be in a different partition? But we would need to get confirmation on that. Is your bootloader unlocked?

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
Yea unlocked with twrp as well
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
Will research the IMEI and serial number issues and if all is OK I'll share my backup with you. I'll look into it on my break.

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
Could you tell me the firmware version on yours?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
mt2-l03v100r001c00b126
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
How about your version number.

I can't find any esf partition files so I'm guessing it must be in a chip, the IMEI and serial number that is. I just don't want to create a clone. I uploaded the TWRP file to my drive account. Do you want to try it?

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
Yea I want to try it
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
PM me your gmail address and ill share the file from my drive?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] gierso:
Ours end with 126 yours with 132/so thats the difference..

Make sure you make your own backuo in the case you cant go back to 126

Enviado desde mi MT2-L03 HAM2 ... i'm lovin' it
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
It's funny. Consumer Cellular made a bunch of demonstration videos on YouTube for this phone for older people to learn it and in the first video I watched the lady demonstrated how to remove a app short cut from the home screen, in this case the AARP app, and she uninstalls the app instead of removing the short cut because the stock Mate doesn't have an app drawer. ?

Video link attached.

Huawei Ascend Mate 2: Cellphone Overview & Tour: http://youtu.be/F-t9nBlYBok

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] D33PTHAWTE:
That is funny. Did you also notice the nav keys weren't on a gray bar?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
That's because they are running the stock Emotion launcher. No gray bar on the stock launcher home screen with stock wallpaper. Is on all the other screens though. ?

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] D33PTHAWTE:
I see, I wonder what made Huawei choose gray? To encourage people to use the stock?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
I think it's because they don't understand that most people wouldn't use the stock launcher they put on it.

Current phones, Ascend Mate 2, LG G3, LG G2, LG Lucid 3. Tablets, Nexus 7, LG GPad. I like the Ascend Mate 2 the best.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dzr:
So, stock firmware flashes without rooting (after unlocking)? Can it be retrieved directly from the company? I'm concerned about future updates.

I hear that some have unlocked with $3 ebay unlock others, via Consumer Celullar,after activating with a $10 card.

Thanks
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] MikeyLee:
Unlocked what? Your bootloader? If so, you can easily unlock it yourself. Huawei will even email you the unlock code for your device
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dzr:
I meant unlocked SIM to use other providers to start off with. Does the bootloader need to be unlocked to load the standard "unlocked SIM phone" firmware? Is that firmware freely available for download from an official source?

I need to use software which won't work if the phone is rooted - I don't know if bootloader unlocked is checked. Can the bootloader be re-locked?

Thanks
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] FlotsamRefuge:
I'm working on rolling the mate 2 back to the standard unlocked firmware. It does not allow you to install any of the stock firmware files. I extracted the update and individually flashed a few of the partitions and updated to the 148 release, but tethering is still absent. Cant get rid of the consumer wireless boot images either. I'll keep you all posted.

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Unfortunately this doesn't work...
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
Actually it did work. Flashing the stock firmware from a unlocked Mate 2 to the consumer wireless version made it a stock Mate 2. Tethering included.

Sent from my MT2L03
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] FlotsamRefuge:
I flashed the backup, and i still have no option for tethering.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] lightfire:
I was thinking of getting one of these as a 2nd mate 2. It seems we have one member who flashed the stock firmware and changed the phone to a stock mate 2 and another who did so and it didn't. Wonder why. Can you guys state exactly what you did? And the one that didn't work, did you try re-flashing?
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
The guy who started this string, k2thejx5, used my stock twrp firmware backup to flash his Consumer Cellular Mate 2 and make it the same as my stock Mate 2. That works 100% tethering and all. The other guy who failed is trying to use a few files from the stock backup with the Consumer Cellular firmware. The problem with the full flash is updates go by IMEI and you could have problems. My backup is pre last update and that last update did improve the performance and fix quite a few bugs. I would just pay the extra 50 bucks and buy the unlocked version. Just my opinion.

Sent from my MT2L03
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] lightfire:
Thanks!

Yes, sometimes it just doesn't pay to try to be cheaper.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] FlotsamRefuge:
I used a twrp backup from another thread as well with no success. Also, I estracted the update file and sucessfully update to the latest release, without tethering intact.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
You need a complete stock back up. I don't think that was complete. Especially if it's the one minus the system files that you are supposed to use your own. That one is corrupted and users of that file weren't getting notifications after installing it.

Sent from my MT2L03
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
I just a unlock code from ebay for 2.99 and it took 5 hours for them to get it to me. I got a unlock code from consumer cellular but it was not the right one. But the code they gave me was on the list the guy on ebay gave me. Just like the guy on youtube said the third code was the one that worked and it did. Now I just have to find out how to unlock the boot loader. The lock code just does not want to work or is the boot loader on that phone permanently locked.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Dvalin21:
Had to root mine and remove the apn settings that was set in the phone. They originally was grayed out.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
You have to get the unlock code for the bootloader from Huawei. Follow the instructions to the letter.

Make sure you send the request to the right place. Follow the string about that for instructions.

Sent from my MT2L03
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] k2thejx5:
What's weird is when I flashed the stock file and tried to upgrade, it wouldn't work. The kernels were different so I had to go back to stock consumer rom. Also, while using the rom you posted.. I lost my toggles and had to use a different app. What also was very weird, after flashing back to the stock consumer rom, I had tethering! Don't get it lol.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Thanks for the reply.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
How did you unlock with twrp. i can't get the boot loader code
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Coffee Freak:
That is weird.

Sent from my MT2L03
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Which full firmware did he use to get the hotspot to work. I can't find the correct firmware that will flash to my phone. Do you have a twrp backup or a system image.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dramerica:
No "Developer Options"?

I e-mailed Huawei last night, and this morning the bootloader code is in my inbox.

You can use this address: mobile@huawei.com, send them your model #, IMEI #, and S/N.

However, I can't find the "Developer Options" in "Settings", so I can't put the phone into USB Debugging Mode. Please help, thanks!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] 4L0M:
Go to settings-about phone-build number. Tap build number 7 times to unlock developer options.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pucherto123:
Just go to settings and tap about phone then tap on "build number" about 6-8 times and the developers option will appear.

Sent from my MT2L03
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dramerica:
Thanks! I forgot this simple way.:o

I installed app "USB debugging" from play, run it then developer options shows up.

Now the phone is unlocked and rooted!

Big thank you to everyone who contributed to this! :highfive:
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Question Answered
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dramerica:
oemlogo & bootanimation

Hello All,

I was able to replace boot animation with my own:), just replace this file:

/cust/consumercellular/us/media/bootanimation.zip

You may also replace shutdownanimation.zip

These all worked well, but I can't replace boot splash screen oemlogo. Looks like the file is:

/cust/consumercellular/us/logo/oemlogo.mbn

After replacing this file, I did su and load_oemlogo in terminal, but nothing changed after reboot, original consumer cellular logo still shows up.:confused:

If someone knows how to do this, please help.

Thanks!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Dvalin21:
Post link to your boot animations please
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Consumer Wireless Variants Missing Hotspot

Read this post. You need to be rooted!!!

Just add those two lines to the file in the root directory. And it will Enable the wifi Feature.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1416512
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Dvalin21:
Yeah i had already figured that out but thanks for the find
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Thats what im stuck at. I have and a boot screen and animation but that consumer cellular logo still comes up first. My guess is it is embedded in the rom. May be one of the genius' on here can figure it out.

I got the spiraling galaxy fading into a huawei screen I found from a ascend 7. Looks Good. If I could get rid of that cc logo. I got a problem with phone saying no service when it works perfect.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dramerica:
Where do I put those two lines?

Thanks for the find! Please do show me where to put those two lines. I put them in the beginning of the file, that did not work; I put them at the end of file, my phone won't boot any more, I had to do a recovery.

Appreciated!

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Any bootanimation.zip file should work, even those built for lower resolutions, but I have not tried higher resolution ones.

Just google it and you will find plenty to choose from.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
in the build.prop go do the list until something related to hotspot and put it right under that. Then goto /cust/consumer cellular/us/prop/ and open local.prop there is one entry in there already for one line, you just need to change the value. You need to add the other line right under that one. Restart and you are finished. Hotspot menu active. Just download a good widget.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] xordos:
just in case anyone want to get mate2 cheaper, right now, new egg has mate2 $299 with $50 new egg gift card.

http://xdaforums.com/ascend-mate2/general/newegg-mate2-299-50-newegg-gift-card-t2926968
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dramerica:
Thanks! This worked, and now I have hotsopt showing up.:)

Good news, I figured out how to replace the boot logo, after pulled the CC logo out and studied it on a PC. The file needs to be a 24b bitmap image without anything else, I don't know why all those posts about RGB565 format. Also, another file need to be modified before execute "load_oemlogo" command. If you guys are interested, I can post the detailed steps.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Post the steps. Thats all I need to complete the change. From Consumer Cellular.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ryan0629:
I am also interested in any advice for flashing the consumer cellular version, i have been unable to get hotspot to work. When i try using the files that were posted earlier here from google drive , i end up with the same version even though everything seems to install fine.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Cust/consumerwireless/us Directory

I know I am not the only one on here that has nonfunctional quick toggles. THe reason why is because of the cust/consumerwireless/us directory has been renamed or deleted or changed.

I need a copy of that folder. If someone has it please post. That is the only way for anyone with a CC ham2 to get updates or to get there toggle bar back if theres have been lost.

Here is the proof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B7IgNvpGT0

Support The HAM2
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Splash screen has been changed!!!

Here is a video of my new Splash screen and Boot animation.

CC version came with only there orange boot logo and that was it.

added:

Hotspot

buzybox

I just need a Cust.img file and cust/consumerwireless directory to get my real toggles back.

here is the video of everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TD1KXku29A
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dramerica:
How to change boot logo

Here is instruction to change boot logo for Consumer Cellular version:

1. root the phone, install ES File Explorer or Root Browser, and ConnectBot or any terminal app, and grant super user right to these apps

2. backup original boot logo at /cust/us/consumercellular/logo/oemlogo.mbn if you really like that ugly image

3. make a 720x1280 image then flip it vertically (if you forget to do this, you will find out soon...)

4. save the image as 24bit bitmap file (BMP format), any program should be fine as long as it can save file in this format without any additional tag, header, profile etc

5. use this "BMP header remover" (Windows only, but it should not be hard to write your own for Linux) to remove the 54 byet header from the BMP file:

http://karpolan.com/software/bmp-header-remover/

6. copy the modified BMP file to your phone as /cust/consumercellular/us/logo/oemlogo.mbn

7. make a backup copy of this file : /data/custom.bin

8. use ES File Explorer or Root Browser or terminal app to modify the text file /data/custom.bin, just add a few characters to the end of line, for example, anything will do, just change it, and save. Please don't ask me why, a few Chinese posters figured this out on their Chinese version, I have no idea why this works.

consumercellular/us

to

consumercellular/us-xyz

9. go to a terminal (eg ConnectBot) on your phone, type:

$ su
# load_oemlogo

you should see a line says something and it should take a second or two to execute. if you see nothing and it finishes in no time, then you did not do step 8 correctly

10. put the text file /data/custom.bin back to its original form, hope you did back it up!

consumercellular/us

11. reboot, and you should have your new boot logo.

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There is no need to flash your phone, a simple mod in "buld.pop" and "local.pop" can get hotspot to work, see post by mtyler7807.

By the way, I got everything I wanted on the stock CC rom by mods like that. Now it works and looks really nice.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ryan0629:
I just figured flashing to the stock rom would be easier since im too amateur to be editing those files. Would also get rid of the consumer cellular bloatware .

Hopefully i come across it soon, aside from not getting future updates this is a great device for the price.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] mtyler7807:
Full restore Completed Plus updated to 148 update

I final got it updated. I was satified with the installation but I changed my mine. So I did some research. After installing twrp images from other phones I could not install any updates to the Consumer Cellular phone because the consumer Cellular came with version 132 on it and the twrp image version flash was 128 and it kept saying update available for 148 but it would fail everytime. When I would try to flash the 132 image back to the phone it would fail because the firmware would detect that 128 was installed and that would fail.

Must be in usb debugging and allow unknown apps.

So what I had to do was:

1. use huaweiupdateextractor to get system.img and cust.img and recovery.img out of update.app - the 132 file.

Boot into bootloader

2. Push - Fastboot flash system system.img

3 Push - Fastboot flash cust cust.img

4 Push - Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

After it has finished on your computer screen you can hold the power button in on the phone to reset it.

5. Put the dload folder with the update.app into the base of the memory card..

6. Go into update in system setting and do a local update and it will complete.

7. after that is finished it will be stock again.

8. Now on your computer you need the other firmware, the 148

9. use the huawei extractor to get the system.img out of the 148 firmware.

10. Push - Fastboot flash system system.img

11. Now you are upto date.

Reinstall your twrp recovery and root. Use ES File Manager to change Local.prop in /cust/consumercellular/us/local diectory . there are a few settings in there to enable hotspot. Look for my other post that describe that or hit me in my inbox.

Hope this helps someone
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tooter1:
I used this eBay seller and had the SIM unlock code within minutes. http://www.ebay.com/itm/331346209509
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] baii:
Am I thinking it right? I just need carrier unlock and latest update.

1. Root (is this needed?)

2. Flash normal version stock firmware.

Or

1. Unlock code from ebay

2. OTA update

Sent from my 306SH
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] 290:
I am interested in trying this as well. I have the same model as you. I currently dont have enough posts to send PMs i believe. Ive tried sending you two but they dont seem to go through.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] leo221:
get sim unlock code from ebay is all you need. the unlock other people are talking about is bootloader unlock which allows us to flash custom recovery and hack on roms. they are not related to sim unlock which means you can swap at&t tmobile sim cards.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] dramerica:
"APN protocol" and "APN roaming protocol" missing

Hello, I am wondering if anyone can check your APN settings to see if "APN protocol" and "APN roaming protocol" are missing. I need to set them to IPv4, but it seems T-mobile automatically set them to IPv6 by default, without those two settings, I can't change them.

I have tried to put "ro.telephony.ipv6_capability= 1" in both build.prop and local.prop, neither worked. According to following thread, this should get those two items back. But it did not work for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2481533

If you know how to get these two items back, please share. Hope someone can help, thanks!
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] defacto:
I have the consumer cellular version .. I have done the carrier unlock. But I still have yet to see the OTA update.

I have MT2-L03V100R001C421B132

I would also like to get the tethering working :(