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[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] slawoko:
No, but the old version of SRSRoot for B07 firmware didn´t work..try it :)

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Solved!

My vodafone nano SIM is a ultracard. And its not the main card!

--> Vodofone enables only LTE for main card and not to the additional ultracard...TGIF
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Maelstrom74:
I knew about B07, but I wonder about B08 (which I have).

I can't try, I don't have Windows... (only Mac OS and Linux).
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] slawoko:
What about this one: http://www.how-to-root.club/2015/02/zte-blade-s6-6954.html

I guess it ´s a fake....maybe one can try
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Uriens:
Also on 5.0.2 the behaviour of the CPU is strange, the minimum frequency is 960MHZ, look at the screenshot attached. I used Kernel Toolkit.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] xfoxuk2014:
How can I move apps to external SD?

At the moment, no root and no custom roms, I've updated to 5.02 already.

When I get root, something like this might work

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount&hl=en

or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&hl=en
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] !crazy:
I have just found out about this device. Not really but I never tried getting more info about 'chinise' phones, until now. And the first excitement has now been replaced by disappointment b/c lack of custom ROMs, and community/developer support. The fact it is running the latest Android is encouraging, but... not enough. Will subscribe to this thread, and follow it for a few days, and than I'll probably go with (or at least I'll try) Moto G 2nd gen at local discount market since they are selling it for ~ 40 € below the usual price (their price is 136,77 €). Or actually I'll check used phones too. I am looking for a phone for my mother, and I think that even S3 (with 2 GB of RAM.) in good shape would be ok for her. I am having such phone so I know what I am talking about. New phone is more welcome because of warranty, but exchangeable battery, and price (also not so expensive replace parts. Used ones are just fine too.) combined with good price could compensate it...

I hope there will be some more happenings around this phone, and AOSP, CM stuff...
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] slawoko:
OK..just start to root it and make a custom rom for us ;)
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] thomnow:
HEAR HEAR!
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] xfoxuk2014:
I've got the moto g 2nd also, and it's a bulletproof phone, partitions more simple, when you press move to sd card, it actually moves it to the external sd card, unlike the zte.

Lots of roms, support and root for moto g 2014.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] laworlando:
Just got the phone 2 days ago and I already have a huge issue for me...

I updated the phone with the latest update from ZTE's page (B08) - now my exchange mail account won't sync mails properly.

The e-mail app only syncs when I manually tap for an update... This only happened with the most recent update from yesterday (275130B1196ZTE_AS_Blade_S6V1.0.0B08.zip) - it seems

this one features a different Kernel version than the previous B08 update. Didn't have any problems before...

Another issue I faced with all versions: The contacts app is crashing occasionally...

Does anybode else also have these issues?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] slawoko:
When did you download that version? Is it from yesterday?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] laworlando:
Exactly, it's from yesterday. Seems to be the same B08 version as before, but with a newer Kernel.

Works like a charm, except of Exchange push services and the occasional crash of the contacts app (maybe it has to do with the Exchange problem)...

I can't post the link to ZTE, as I'm too new here. But it's the following package:

HK Blade S6 SD card upgrading instruction & software package(TIANYING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED)-275130B1196ZTE_AS_Blade_S6V1.0.0B08.zip
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Uriens:
Dear laworlando, could you please be so kind to check which is the lower CPU frequency used by the new kernel? I checked it on the old kernel using the app "Kernel Toolkit" from the Playstore. I'm interested to see if they changed the lower frequency from 960 MHZ to a lower setting.

Unfortunately I don't use "mail exchange" but Gmail and it works. Gmail from 5.0 supports accounts other than Gmail (hotmail, etc.) , if you want to try...
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] icibt:
The minimum frequency is still 960 Mhz. I am running the new kernel because I had GPS locking issues with the previous one (still don't know if this solved anything). Do any of you experienced GPS locking and GPS loosing signal problems?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] laworlando:
Hi Uriens,

the min. frequency seems to be still set on 960 MHz according to the Kernel Toolkit app.

Sadly Gmail is not a real alternative for me, as it doesn't support exchange services. I tried to install the necessary Google exchange services, but they crash as you're trying to sync.

I guess I have to sync contacts and calender with exchange and mails via IMAP - maybe this will be a solution, until maybe a future update is going to fix this.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] laworlando:
I didn't experience any GPS locks or signal problems... But sometimes the GPS / location icon in the notification bar won't turn off - seems to be the Google location service, which keeps it running. Turning GPS on on and off solves this...

And I guess I found a good way for my Exchange problem (just in case anyone has the same problem):

As I'm using a Outlook.com address I deactivated the stock E-Mail app, deactivated Exchange E-Mail sync and installed the official Microsoft Outlook app - works flawless for the last hour.

Didn't have any problems with the sync of contacts and calenders - so I'm keeping the sync options of Android activated here. I guess this should also work with other E-Mail apps and exchange accounts.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Uriens:
Thank you for checking!

For icibt: I used the GPS few times with Google Maps and Sygic: very fast fix, precise positioning and no locks. Of couse the battery went down very fast and, as laworlando reported, the GPS icon did not disappeared after disabling the GPS.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] kingnappa:
Could you please specifiy the kernel version inside the 28/02 update? does this update erase everything like the previous one?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] laworlando:
The kernel from the 28/02 update:

3.10.49

zte@scl_xa241_108#1

Tue Feb 10 20:57:57 CST 2015
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
lightwars thanks for trying. But no program detects the memory of my phone, it is not possible to write to it. We need a some files ZTE signed to restore the bootloader and without these files the phone is nothing more than a set of spare parts.

Please tell me what buttons you hold to get into the mode where you can read and write memory.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] lightwars:
11sword11 I'm sorry, I didn't catch that your device is in the old HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode.

One way to get in the QHSUSB__BULK mode: your device is powered up and connected to a windows pc, debugging enabled.

You will see the device has also opened a COM-Port. Download attached file, unzip the exe, open a command window there and type:

Send_Command.exe \\.\comport

where you have to replace comport with the actual port, example: COM9

Now you see #, issue the command

ENTER

and wait until your device screen is off and the home button lights up.

The Send_Command.exe can be also taken from here or here.

If your device is shut-down, hold both volume buttons and power. Release the power button and connect your device to a pc, the home button will light up.

The device is in the old HS-USB QDLOader 9008 mode.

We should try to build our own files to reflash a device.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
Yes unfortunately it is. To recover I need to have a file prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn ZTE signed. The rest of the files needed for flashing the bootloader (8936_msimage.mbn, rawprogram0.xml, patch0.xml) I can create, but without a ZTE signed prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn they are useless.

I'm waiting, maybe this file will appear together with the engineering firmware for ZTE Blade S6 or nubia z9 mini/nubia z9 max/Vodafone smart ultra 6 or any other new model ZTE with this generation of processors. For old nubia z7 such firmware is there, but the files in them are not suitable because there is an older generation of processors.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] eis0r:
can anyone tell if the bluetooth issues are fixed in B12?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] os_man:
11sword11

"The rest of the files needed for flashing the bootloader (8936_msimage.mbn, rawprogram0.xml, patch0.xml) I can create"

You can realy ? How ? Teach us . . .

PS: You dont need prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn just the MPRG8936.mbn (S6 specific ZTE signed) will do the same thing, to let you know.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
8936_msimage.mbn it is possible to create when combine a hex-editor some files from Update.zip it sbl1.mbn, rpm.mbn and tz.mbn need to Combine with offset 4400 for sbl1.mbn, 8C400 for rpm.mbn and 109400 for tz.mbn This is already done and 8936_msimage.mbn we have.

To create rawprogram0.xml and patch0.xml we need to use the file gpt.bin, which is not difficult to obtain from working phone using the commands (need root):

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/gpt.bin bs=8 count=2176

But all this is useless because we have nowhere to take MPRG8936.mbn or prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn

Not necessarily so that these files were for blade s6, it is enough if they will be ZTE signed and are intended for any other ZTE models so the same as our processor or at least, the processors must be of the same generation.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] os_man:
Thank you for quick answer, this is valuable info indeed ! wish i was born as a coder..
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] os_man:
Can we get some help to create rawprogram0.xml and patch0.xml from a working phone you think ? Maybe in your forum ? Becouse i have MPRG8936.mbn's from Qualcomm itself both signed and unsigned, and would like to try them if i have those partition tables and patches. If ill get something will let you know, or share them with you too of course. I will have a bricked S6 from a friend tomorrow for testing.

PS : i have prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn's too.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
To check MPRG8936.mbn files rawprogram0.xml and patch0.xml not needed, only need 8936_msimage.mbn, which I placed in my google drive, here is the link to the file.

rawprogram0.xml and patch0.xml we can get if someone puts gpt.bin obtained from a working phone. I have nowhere to take gpt.bin because my ZTE Blade S6 was hardbricked for more than a month ago.

But at the moment it will only be a waste of time because there is nowhere to take prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn signed by ZTE

For a month I tried everything. Verification are only the files from ZTE previous generations (for example from z7) but not working because it is not compatible with our chipset. Any other files are not even verification.

For any new model ZTE such files yet. I'm constantly browsing the forums and other Internet resources where you'll see the files for new models of ZTE, but these files yet, will probably leak in the net in a month or a year...
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] AdjePatatje:
I am not sure what problems you are referring to.

After installing B12 I can use my bluetooth carkit again (rather good quality) and my bluetooth headset also appears to be better.

This may be because of B12, but it may also be the result of disabling 'Dual microphones' in general call settings.

Also, it appears that bluetooth and WiFi can co-exist in B12 (in B11 I had to switch off WiFi before using Bluetooth carkit/headset)

Hope this helps!
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] eis0r:
thanks for your answer!

i'm on B11 and with my carkit after a few minutes of talking the opposite can't hear me but i can still hear him.

a reboot or switching to speaker and back to Bluetooth fixes it for a while.

i never had a Problem having wifi and Bluetooth in usw together though.

does the update wipe all data like the updates before?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] AdjePatatje:
That's the same problem (in combination with awful sound quality) that I used to have.

Crackling sound was improved a little by switching off WiFi in B11.

In B12 call quality over Bluetooth remains stable and good for me.

...and alas...yes...upgrading involves a complete wipe (although I must admit that the pre-installed backup/recovery program is quite good).

Good luck in upgrading !
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] marus2:
I still have Bluetooth issue on b12...even in car or hf.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] AdjePatatje:
which problems are you experiencing ?

have you tried disabling 'dual microphones' in call settings ?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] os_man:
check with earlier version of emmcswdownload.exe ? Becouse i dont know other way, im using tool studio for fixing of 9008's.. And it needs xml's too.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] marus2:
Sometimes opposite side can't hear me even I can hear very well.

It can be solved by switching to internal speaker and back, howewer if you drive, it is impossible if you have phone in pocket or in similar place. It reeeeeallly sucks.:mad:

I think if charging can provide this error, but just now, I can't remember if I charge when this error occur. Dual microphone check doesn't have influence on this (my experience). And I notice much better quality of microphone on B12, so I turn dual microphone on again.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mauromar:
Experience: an update catastrophic.

Hello everyone. I'm Italian and I bought this phone (unfortunately) by ComeBuy.com from Germany.

My ZTE BLADE S6 did not update OTA. In practice, the ZTE noted the AS version available .... B011 (the phone was shipped with firmware AS ..... B008) but then being updated gave me an error. In comebuy.com site it is clearly indicated a second procedure via microSD card (which is also specified in the site ZTE). The phone goes into brick and now believe only my responsibility and require an expenditure of repair equal to the value of the phone. Basically my upgrade is equivalent to the root.

What do you think?

I'd like a lot to hear from you.

Sorry for my bad English!

Ciao a tutti

Mauro
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] eis0r:
in my case it makes no difference if phone is being charged or not.

and i have dual mic turned off.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
You can get these files yourself from gpt.bin Here is an archive with multiple scripts, use parseGPT.pl on gpt.bin the output to a file partition.xml after use ptool.py to get from partition.xml file rawprogram0.xml and a few other files.

I am not going to waste time on it because at the moment we do not have the required files prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn or MPRG8936.mbn and without it everything else is useless.

If you want me to do this, let's link to prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn or MPRG8936.mbn ZTE signed. I'll have a look and if these files really are signed by ZTE and is suitable for use with this phone then I will do the rest and will post here the solution, and the instructions to restore the firmware. But the problem is that prog_emmc_firehose_8936.mbn or MPRG8936.mbn signed ZTE we do not have.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] marus2:
Can you enter recovery (power + volume up)?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mauromar:
Unfortunately no. But you turn the key "HOME" when inserted

to the power.

Hi

Mauro
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] marus2:
What happens when you connect phone to pc?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mauromar:
unknown Device
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
Install this driver
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] mauromar:
Sorry if I expressed myself badly.

The phone is a hostage of the service center for assistance Comebuy.com who asked me € 160.00 plus shipping costs etc. and send it only if I pay the shipping. I'm asking you a lot more experience than me if the phone is repaired or if I should leave it as brick. The assistance is not an excessive amount? You know where you can repair these phones at reasonable costs?

Thanks
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
At the moment none of the service center than authorized will not be able to restore the firmware in this phone if it is not included and is determined by the computer as QDLoader 9008 because there is simply no files for this. Authorized service centers can repair the phone but they replaced the motherboard and it is expensive.

To agree to the repairs at this price or not you need to decide.

But in my opinion the meaning is in repair for the money not much, because in some Chinese online stores the price for this model now 199 USD with free shipment that is not much more than you are asked for the repairs.

In any case, even if you decide not to repair the phone at this price, better to pay the shipment of the phone back, I think in the future you will probably be able to restore the phone. I hope with time we will find need to do this files. However I do not know how soon it will be, maybe a month, maybe a year.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] marus2:
IMHO, I don't believe ZTE will release files for restore phone... It's nearly half a year and still locked bootloader
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
Locked bootloader has nothing to do with this problem.

For Nubia z7 mini and z7 Max all the necessary files to restore the firmware eventually appeared, it gives every reason to believe that there later these files will be available for nubia z9 mini and z9 max and these files can be used to recover this phone.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] marus2:
I wish I have your optimism.

Look for my thread for zte v5 unbrick... Still no restore files, but phone can be restored thanks to hocus pocus with image on SD.

Thanks to locked bootloader, you can't even make an image blade s6 to try method from v5
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
On page 78 people posted image containing a full dump of the firmware ;)

I tried that method and run from a memory card including, but in this phone over the new platform and not supported booting from a memory card.

Anyway I will restore my phone, if necessary I use the soldering station will take away from the phone memory chip and flash it with the firmware on the programmer, after solder back. But while there's no hurry, I'm almost sure that with time I can restore the phone without such drastic measures. Only need prog_emmc_firehose_XXXX.mbn or MPRGXXXX.mbn designed for any new model ZTE with this generation of processors.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] weeeckles@googlemail.com:
full root access

I managed to get full root access to my ZTE blade S6 yesterday if anyone still can't get root access send me a email and i will tell them how to do it.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
Long ago everyone who wanted got Root

http://xdaforums.com/general/general/zte-blade-s6-to-t3018031/post60666394#post60666394
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] marus2:
My mistake, I didn't notice that. That method with SD card I thought would work...

And with soldering station I wish you luck, that's nothing what I would like to do.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] frenkovi:
Hi @ all!

How looks the akku window on your phones? My S6 is always active, when screen is off too. Wake Lock Detector says, it's Google Play Services and System UI.

What can I do?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] eis0r:
reset APP data for Google Play Service in APP Manager and reboot.

disable all the useless gestures that dont work reliable anyway.

only useful gesture is the flashlight imo.

and disable daydream.

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B12 for AS version is official now btw:

http://www.ztedevice.com/support/smart_phone/10eac5ab-7cc1-4db6-96ae-6ae2536e320e.html?type=software
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] frenkovi:
All gestures and daydream are always disabled. I'll test it...

There's no botton to reset!
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] eis0r:
you have to wait a few seconds until "Speicherplatz verwalten" gets clickable ;)

then select "Alle Daten löschen" to reset the app data.

that should hopefully solve the problem with "google play services".
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Andrei221:
I am wondering if i can install the updates from Blade S6 to the Vodafone Smart ultra clone. Anybody has any idea? The difference is that the smart ultra does not have infrared and has a full hd resolution.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] frenkovi:
Works!

Thx!
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 11sword11:
If you are ready to receive the brick as a result, without the ability to recover can try. I do not advise, a few people here got the brick just by installing the update for blade s6 with another region. And there are still no ways to restore the firmware on these phones.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Andrei221:
Yep, i will not install it.

However, i found an update from turkey for this specific phone (smart ultra) and maybe I can try with that one. It is the same region, and has 1gb
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] userfromhome:
Hello,

has anyone tried the unlock procedure and the Custom ROM from unlock-bootloader using Modaco Superboot already?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] silver_ch:
This phone has to much bugs

The Bluetoth has bug and jitter, the dialer can't two stage dial, the ZTE Supporter don't know what is two stage dialing, GPS don't work, camera has very bad quality if you make video and move the phone there are permanently change betwen dark or bright video. i don't recomend this phone and I move back to my I9192 Samsung Duos with less CPU speed and display.

regards
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Glosphil:
On my phone the GPS works fine (better than my Mio sat-nav) and Bluetooth connects to my computer with no problems. The camera is about the quality I expect from a phone, but I have a Canon digital SLR for real photography. Haven't tried video and probably never will. Can't comment on two stage dialling as I haven't a clue what that even is.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] tso4ev:
I have a very strange problem with the Fonts [IMG="strange font bug"]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B850Wlp85avQMlNESjhqdUJiVUk/view[/IMG] strart from skype then viber and everywhere I don't have any idea why any help ?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] tso4ev:
I try to change it manually cause I don't have option like font style in setting only font size I try with third party app from the playstore iFont in request root access but it does't take any effect
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] CineDOG:
Whats new in the new B12 rom?

What changed?

Anyone know that?
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] paiktaras:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61659512&postcount=746
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] thomnow:
B12 released for UK Blade S6 - Going to install now!

http://www.ztedevice.com/support/smart_phone/10eac5ab-7cc1-4db6-96ae-6ae2536e320e.html
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Uriens:
I think this link is for the "AS" version.
[ZTE Blade S6 Guides, News, & Discussion] thomnow:
We have always installed the Hong Kong version on the UK Blade S6. Its working perfectly for me. Install took about 10-15 mins. You have to just leave it. Root still working perfectly with supersume to change over to SuperSu after king root. :)