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[Android General] N|A:
Anothing thing, I would really like to have an english CWM and I had a look at xda-university . com/as-a-developer/porting-clockworkmod-recovery-to-a-new-device and was wondering where to get the information needed for step 4, anyone able to help with that?

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In case porting CWM isn't a real option:

Should unpacking the recovery image and repacking it with an english (but otherwise same version) /sbin/recovery file work?

---------- Post added 29th December 2014 at 12:04 AM ---------- Previous post was 28th December 2014 at 11:50 PM ----------

Hmm, then I'm back at the problem with me not understanding my recovery O_o
[Android General] HmMarques:
My phone must be stuck at costumes by now, as tracking says its been received in my country since 19 December but still no answer from my post office delivery. As soon as I'll get it I'll try to work on it. I'm not a Dev but I have some basic knowledge about porting etc.
[Android General] dchsub:
It is reported in a Chinese forum that installing the full stock rom will work with cwm, installing the updated portion will not always work.

You can always back with the original state if you back up. This has been tested to work by many users.
[Android General] twrock:
My phone is rooted, and it does still receive OTA updates. The first OTA update installed perfectly. I am intending to install the second update as soon as I get home from my bike trip. I can't speak for anyone else, but there definitely is a way to get OTA updates on this phone after it is rooted. Disclaimer: my phone came installed with the modified "Etotalk rom" which it's rooted by them, so i didn't do the routing myself.
[Android General] N|A:
Which recovery do you have?
[Android General] HmMarques:
As anyone tried the new CM11 for this device?

Found it on Chinese forum, and it states that its compatible with CWM, just make a backup first.

I´m downloading right now, it as only 279 MB and states that will occupy less system size and its optimized. Future update will have chameleon status bar, don't know what that means hehe.

I´ll provide here a link on MEGA as soon as I´ll upload it to there.

Unfortunately my phone didn't arrived yet nor have any news from my post office.
[Android General] twrock:
It seems I have the standard recovery that came with the phone, at least that is how it appears to me. I have not installed CM recovery. All I wanted was to have root so I can run a few apps that require it, and have access to the Google Play Store. Fortunately the Etotalk mod rom allows OTA to still work. My only concern is that if ZTE updates the kernel, I'll lose root.

This phone has worked flawlessly on my bike trip. GPS locks have been almost instant, and the accuracy has been excellent. Using Maps.Me as an offline mapping program kept me on course for an almost 1000 km ride. Battery life was very good (but I did not track my whole ride). I'm very pleased overall. A few minor annoyances (mentioned above) and a few poorly translated UI elements are my only complaints so far. Hopefully root will survive the latest update.
[Android General] HmMarques:
CM11 4.4 for ZTE V5 MAX

Install from CWM

Make backup first then install zip.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!p8FxWAgR!i9PzXIX-_PPb_KMljm3rG67crOMIhFZjiSek1NoMZlU

Multi-language and everything working, led sms etc.
[Android General] HmMarques:
New oficial version H125 with init.d suport and viper4

Any one tried? http://www.muzisoft.com/soft/87817.html
[Android General] twrock:
Well, now I have discovered why I should not have had Etotalk install their modified rom. Since they made changes to the framework-res.apk file, the latest OTA update (1.18) won't install on my phone even though 1.15 did install properly. So that was not only a waste, but is now a problem as I am stuck in between. I should have just done the rooting and Play Store installation myself.

Has anyone got a link to a backup of the original system? How about just the /system/framework/framework-res.apk file. I think I can "push" it back onto the phone with adb. (But using adb is something I haven't done in a long time.) If I could handle Chinese, I'm sure there is plenty of stuff available to solve my problems.

Edit: Hmmm, doesn't look promising. I brushed up on my adb use, so I could conceivably do it. However, it looks like there are quite a few other files that have been changed. I'm trying to download a v1.15 rom and have a look at how much has changed. But wow is it slow downloading anything from Baidu! Maybe I'll just have to give in and install recovery and some other mod rom so I can at least get updates from the community.
[Android General] twrock:
Ok, I found what looks like v1.25 with just root: http://www.muzisoft.com/soft/87150.html

Maybe if I can ever get it to download, it will be a good solution.

I do have a Chinese friend who I can ask for help from. Hopefully I won't really mess anything up. :eek:
[Android General] HmMarques:
It download faster with their brush tool I think... Give it a try. Because with browser it takes ages. Or try with mipony, maybe faster.
[Android General] twrock:
I left my computer running all night, and I finally got it! :laugh:

I'm still going to have my Chinese friend help me figure out what the description really says.

And I'd still like to have a solution to return to full factory condition before I mess around too much with the phone's rom. If I can get that solution lined up, I'll feel a lot more comfortable trying some of the more modified roms.

But I've found lately that a lot of "over-modding" is happening with these roms, and the phone is just less stable in the end with all of the excessive modifications and additions. Sometimes "it-just-works" is the best option. :)
[Android General] HmMarques:
Well, I received mine today and been testing it all afternoon. As soon as my wife got home she asked me which one is better? Zte or Huawei. Of course H6 is best for me. So she "stole" ZTE for her and now its all configured with her accounts. So for now I can't even touch it lol... But for what matters its a very nice phone, fast and stable for now with Nubia 2.5. It came pre-rooted and with google play store installed, it as a nice UI, but I installed Nova prime 3.2 and its even faster, changed all 3 animations stuff from 1.0x to 0.5x in developer.

Overall its a very nice phone with good specs. The only thing that got me sad its the camera, I really expected a better camera dunno if its the ROM it self, but compared with Honor6 and even with my old Cubot GT99 the camera is a step behind, with 13 mpx and Sony camera I thought it would be a decent one.
[Android General] twrock:
Ok, I have a plan! In theory (I haven't actually done it yet) ........

1. First, I use the ZTE-V5-MAX-TOOL (the rooting/recovery flashing tool) to install CWM Recovery (option #3).

2. I boot into CWM Recovery and make a backup of what I've got right now (because that at least is working).

3. It looks like this linked rom is just v1.25 of the factory rom with root pre-installed: http://www.muzisoft.com/soft/87150.html. So I install that rom from within CWM Recovery.

4. I install Google Play Store using CWM Recovery.

5. Finally, in the ZTE-V5-MAX-TOOL, option #4 is to flash the factory original Recovery image. So I can do that and replace CWM Recovery with the factory recovery.

So in theory, doing all that will get me back to the factory rom v1.25 with root and Google Play Store, and I can have the original Recovery if that is necessary for future OTA updates. Then I'll just have to wait for another OTA update and see if that really worked. Sounds like a plan! :fingers-crossed:

Ok, so much for theory. Hopefully I'll have time tonight to do all that. I'll post my results when I've given it a try.
[Android General] HmMarques:
Some photos taken today.
[Android General] twrock:
Well, plans are one thing, what really happens is another.

Following up on my post above.....

The rom that I thought was just stock v1.25 had more modifications than just root. That isn't necessarily bad, because after installation, it reports that I have v1.25. However, it also wants to do an OTA update to v1.25, so something is a little weird. Installing the original Recovery did work to allow the FOTA process to begin. But since there have been other modifications to the rom, the update failed when it encountered the first modified file.

The phone had lots of space in /system to install gapps. The first time I used the latest version of the "micro" package: http://www.androidrootz.com/2015/03/download-android-44x-kitkat-pa-gapps.html. But subsequently, I've gone with the "pico" package (really tiny). Other packages are available.

So now that I've gone this far, I think I'll try out some other roms when I find the time.

Incidentally, it would be awesome if someone who gets this phone new, can follow the instructions to root it and install CWM recovery and immediately make a backup of the "factory rom" with no further modifications, and then upload that somewhere for anyone who wants to use it. I still haven't found that in my searching on the web. If anyone knows a link to a true stock rom, please post it.
[Android General] watalee:
very good and cheap, double 4G smartphone.
[Android General] N|A:
I believe the original roms are available for download from the official page... I'll have a look with google translate... and brb.:cool:

Hmm... it's all update packages I suppose... but shouldn't we be able to install those with CWM, ignoring the signature? (I can't because it's in Chinese and I get lost, but maybe you can)

Anyway 1.15, 1.18 & 1.25 official update.zips are all available here: http://www.ztehn.com/download.php (leads to "superfast" baidu downloads)

I have uploaded 1.25 to mega, here: https://mega.co.nz/#!jhYjlZQJ!3Fjx24op1nu-Ivj28DmogtWKuJG9L0pxdPXLLoyjRVw
[Android General] frenchie90:
I can confirm that by going to the ztehn site above and downloading 1.25 then adding the zip to your sd card and installing the zip via CWM does update your phone too 1.25 successfully. You'll need to make sure you choose the bottom option when it prompts you about recovery and root. Then once rebooted booted, plug into pc and re root with the V5 Max Tool. Then walla you have 1.25 with root (PS I had to reinstall gapps after rooting again as it screwed with the permissions on GAPPS and it still prompts me to update to 1.25 lol). But over all happy that I got the latest update on there :laugh:
[Android General] twrock:
Thank you very much for that! I used your Mega upload to avoid installing the Baidu download software. (I assume yours is just a copy of the v1.25 official rom, yes?)

I also can confirm that this is exactly what I wanted and is the way to return to a completely "factory condition phone." It is very easy to do so.

What I found interesting is that you can choose to root the phone at the end of the installation process (or not to). One still needs the ZTE-V5-MAX-TOOL if you want to install Superuser/SuperSU and Gapps (via CWM Recovery), because the stock Recovery will not install packages it doesn't recognize as signed properly. I have not been able to install Superuser or SuperSU from the Play Store and get them to work, even when I have confirmed the phone is rooted. The binary just won't properly install unless I install it using recovery. But I was able to confirm that the phone is rooted at the end of the installation process just by choosing "Yes" to that question when it comes up while you are trying to reboot after flashing the rom.

I wonder if the reason why I'm not being prompted to install 1.25 (as I was with a previous 1.25 mod rom) is because I did not use the ZTE-V5-MAX-TOOL to do the rooting. In any case, I can confirm that the way I did it, the update system recognizes that I have 1.25 and informs me there are no new updates to install.

And this also means that I am not stuck with the Chinese version of RootExplorer (I could not get that properly deleted or updated), and I can just choose which Nubia apps to disable (and so they will be there for the next factory update). But I'll have to see what happens at the next update release. I know I'll have to re-install the factory Recovery if I want to be able to OTA update.

Thanks again!
[Android General] _mfm_:
Two questions:

Is it possible to change the partition of the phone? Now only 1.8GB out of 16GB is available to install applications which is a joke in 2015, ZTE's competitors doesn't do this anymore.

How bug-free is 1.25 version? For ZTE Nubia Z7 Max they released a really buggy update in November 2014 (for example 4G stops working outside China) and called it a day. No fixes or updates since then... :eek:
[Android General] tonka78:
Hi. Please any link dowload multilanguage rom with google play service integraded for ZTE V5 MAX. i can install ZTE V5 REDBULL rom to ZTE V5 MAX?
[Android General] twrock:
Maybe this is what you are looking for?

http://shuajizhijia.com/zte/v5max/9487/ (WARNING: installing the wrong rom on your phone could brick it; be sure what you are doing.)

It claims to be a mod of the Red Bull rom. But I have not downloaded or installed it. I have no idea if it is multi-language.

But you will have to go back to earlier posts in this thread to install CWM Recovery (Chinese) so you can install it. It is rooted. You can then easily install Gapps (Google Apps, which includes Play Store). See my post above for a link to Gapps.
[Android General] tonka78:
Ok thanks Twrock, but tell me how to install google play service, to this phone ZTE V5 MAX, any tutorial please.
[Android General] HmMarques:
Have you read this thread? In second post you have a tutorial link.

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[Android General] Doudoube:
Thanks

Merci pour ton tuto Frenchie.

J'ai pu rooter mon v5 max et installer les gapps sans souci.

Reste maintenant à franciser la ROM...
[Android General] ftechno:
http://dl-1.va.us.xda-developers.com/3/1/0/8/9/0/9/014234fle2uzi0e2f8kdy2.png?key=WfCWVd3DnqdJNoXb65H1iw&ts=1420940211

MIUI V6 IS COMMING
[Android General] tonka78:
Thanks all, i root and install gapps on ZTE V5 MAX. Is great phone
[Android General] HmMarques:
Glad that you sort it out. Its in deed a nice phone.

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[Android General] ftechno:
multilang

hi

is all the zte v5 max official roms multi-languages ??
[Android General] HmMarques:
No. Some of them are only English and Chinese.

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[Android General] ftechno:
new update N958St_CNCommon_V1.31-fullota

http://bbs.ydss.cn/thread-512135-1-1.html

my phone dos not arrive yet

please this rom have french language
[Android General] HmMarques:
Do you want to know if it have french or are you stating that it have?

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[Android General] twrock:
Interesting that my phone is still reporting that it has the latest update (1.25) even though 1.31 is available somewhere. Maybe they are limiting the roll-out for now.

Has anyone tried the Red Bull based rom to see what languages it has? I'm curious, but since I only need English, I don't want to take the time to download and test it.

Edit: My curiosity got the best of me. The good news is that I downloaded the Red Bull based mod rom, and I have my own answer. The bad news is that the Red Bull based mod rom also only has Chinese and English languages.
[Android General] ftechno:
thank you for the test but for redbull i found in some chinese forum cyanogenmod 12 based on lollipop.
[Android General] HmMarques:
There is also a build cm12 for zte z7 mini I think. Don't know how much compatible with this phone, cause processor tipe is a bit different from this one.

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[Android General] Doudoube:
jbart

Perhaps is it possible tout translate the ROM with jbart?

I've never tried to use this software but u van fond tutorials

tout do it...
[Android General] caruzell:
Hey guys I can coinfirm, today I also got update to 1.31 just started downloading, will see what ZTE got for us now :) after going from 1.18 to 1.25 i noticed better battery life, hope with 1.31 will be also good as 1.25.
[Android General] HmMarques:
I still didn't got any prompt to update, even when pressing update button.

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[Android General] caruzell:
well I don't have root maybe this is the reason you don't get any prompt, and I couldn't upgrade until I roll back to stock recovery so just finished boot I'm going to look at this 25mb of changes :)
[Android General] twrock:
I can confirm that having root is not a problem for getting 1.31 FOTA notification. I just got it when I manually checked through settings. I have not yet installed it. I intend to use the ZTE-V5-ROOT-TOOL to install the stock recovery before I try to download and install the update. I'll let you know if it works.

But to be clear, I am using the ZTE factory released 1.25 rom. I used CWM to install the v1.25 factory rom. I allowed it to install stock recovery, run the install scripts, and install root. So it was rooted via the factory rom installation (not by the ZTE-V5-ROOT-TOOL). I subsequently did use the TOOL to install CWM so that I could install SuperSU and Gapps through CWM Recovery.

Incidentally, the "stock" recovery that the ZTE-V5-ROOT-TOOL installs clearly has been modified. When you boot into that recovery, you will see a couple of error messages at the bottom of the screen. These error messages are not there if you really have the stock recovery. Nevertheless, I had success installing the 1.15 update with that slightly modified recovery.

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My attempt to update to v1.31 using FOTA failed. See my post details above for what I started with.

1. Booted into CWM Recovery and made a backup to SDCard1.

2. Booted into fastboot and using the ZTE-V5-ROOT-TOOL, replaced CWM Recovery with the stock recovery (choice #4).

3. Rebooted.

4. Returned my lockscreen to a simple "slide".

5. Disabled SuperSU in that app's settings.

6. In Settings/About tapped on "System updates" and then "FOTA online update" and followed the instructions. (I didn't bother to make a backup this time.)

7. The installation was aborted. The error message said that the /system/priv-app/CalendarProvider.odex file had upexpected content. My best guess is that this is related to Gapps installation.

Since it is very easy for me to "rebuild" this phone's system at this point, and since the v1.31 complete rom is not available on the ZTE download page, I intend to reinstall the factory 1.25 using CWM Recovery (so I can choose to root it) and run the FOTA update before changing anything else. I'm fairly confident that will work. I'll update this post with the results.

Update: Yes, that was successful. I have v.1.31 and I still have root. So having root, at least the root that is installed using the factory 1.25 rom installation process, is no problem for doing an update.
[Android General] HmMarques:
So, I think there is a problem with the ROM I have, because when I tap on system update nothing happens , it should open other option right? Has this ROM came rooted and with gapps I should follow what you did and install stock ROM first and then update. Because my wife is using the phone I'll wait till a 5.0.1 update the phone is working fine with this ROM and I don't want to mess my wife settings for now. Thank you for your feedback.

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[Android General] twrock:
With one of my previous roms, I deleted some system apps, assuming I needed more room to install Gapps. After doing that, when I tapped the "System updates" button, it failed to continue to check anything and dropped me out to the launcher. So I'm guessing that something I deleted was the problem. I have discovered that the "pico" version of Gapps will fit in the space available in the 1.31 rom. So now I have only deleted "Handbook" so that I don't mess something up with update notifications. I can't imagine that the Handbook app is necessary to check on updates.

But in any case, it is likely that all future updates will fail if Gapps are installed. So I intend to just reinstall the latest factory rom when it comes time to do each update. I can have the whole process done in about an hour of time (including root, SuperSU, Gapps, all Play Store apps installed, and data sync'ed), as long as I don't waste time with testing other options. ;)

EDIT: V 1.31 rom is available for download from ZTE: http://www.ztehn.com/download.php. Be sure to click on the N958St（移动联通版）link over on the left side to get the rom for this phone. Download password is 9col
[Android General] Doudoube:
v1.31 update

I've rooted my phone using frenchie90 tutorial and installed CWM recovery.

For a reason i don't understand, i've lost my root...

However, FOTA is working perfectly and i can download the 1.31 update but impossible to install it with the new recovery.
[Android General] caruzell:
I had the same problem, It only works with stock recovery.

I was downloading MIUI v6 from that devils seed Biadu server and now i'll give it a try. :P

I put MIUI V6 to mega server for faster download, have fun. It installs very easy and looks realy nice

https://mega.co.nz/#!QVFmRTxC!va55BLlkUkJHjinRk9utgT3g-zFUuOoOuhvCXVe74E8
[Android General] Doudoube:
Feedback

Please send us your feedback with this ROM.

I'm interested too but i'can't donwload now beacause i'm not at home. this week.
[Android General] ftechno:
multilang

hi, where can i found V5 MAX firmware version 1.31 multi language especially french

thank you
[Android General] HmMarques:
http://www.ztehn.com/download.php

Search for ZTE n958st

Use google translate and youll find it. Its oficial release.

I'm not sure if its multi language, but it must be.

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[Android General] ftechno:
thank you but i will wait for other testers replies
[Android General] marus2:
Hello guys. On my phone I can't synchronize Google contracts. I have v 1.15 multilang. Have anybody experienced similar problem?

And how to solve it?
[Android General] twrock:
ZTE's official roms are only Chinese and English for this phone. Unless they are selling the same phone in another country, I don't think you can get French or other languages.

If you buy the phone from Etotalk.com, they have their own modified rom for this phone. That rom is multi-language. However, that rom will not upgrade to the latest version. I got my phone from them, but I am no longer using their rom because I updated my phone to the latest ZTE official rom.

I had hoped that the mod rom that said it was based on the Red Bull rom would be multi-language, but it is not either. So other than the Etotalk mod rom, I don't know of a multi-language stock ZTE V5 Max rom. Sorry.

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Where did you get 1.15 multi-language rom?
[Android General] marus2:
It have been installed on phone, when it arrives. Bought from eternal team on Ali
[Android General] twrock:
Yes, you can't do a FOTA update using CWM Recovery. Go back to the ZTE-V5-MAX-TOOL and choose #4. This will install the factory Recovery. Then FOTA might work.

If it doesn't work, that is not a big deal. You can just download the latest 1.31 complete rom from ZTE, and flash that rom using either CWM or the factory Recovery. I prefer using CWM Recovery so that I can choose to root the phone at the end of the rom installation process.

Please go back to previous posts in this thread and you will find all those instructions in detail.
[Android General] Doudoube:
stock recovery

Thx for your reply. That's what i 'LL do when i'll be back home.