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[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Looks like I have 1.0, dated 20150121_EN

I haven't switched the Internal with the SD for now as I have room to spare on the internal storage but the 1Gb system partition is really too small, hopefully someone figures out who to change it!
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Me too 1.0 _EN

It seems today is your lucky day ;)

need to edit MBR and reformat partitions

Here is how : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2455850
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
That looks interesting, thanks, so it seems we need to use :

"1) New Editing Primary Partition to 4Gb for KitKat O.S. (Mtk 6592 - 8-16-32gb).

http://www.4shared.com/rar/eqGWWk5Ic...gb_kitkat.html"

I wonder what that will do to our partitions though since right now we have :

- Internal Storage (system) : 1.14 GB

- Internal Storage (storage) : 4.96GB

- TOTAL : 6.10GB

Will it be :

- Internal Storage (system) : 4GB

- Internal Storage (storage) : 2.10GB ?

Then I suppose your trick switching Internal Storage (storage)/SD Card will be needed.

Are you planning on doing that memory reallocation ? I'm not sure I trust myself doing it with my limited Android knowledge!
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
G 708 has 8GB of internal flash, default rom : 1GB for android, 1GB for /data and 6GB internal memory

After operation it will be 1GB android, 4GB data and 2.17GB for user files

For now i am Not planing to do that. First need good SD card. The one i have 32gb after some test with " h2testw " was fake.

For now i want to edit build.prop file ( remove EN from ROM name ) in order to force OTA (FOTA) Update to 1.02

Need to check 1.01/1.02 build.prop files to see the difference and edit it :)
[Device Reviews and Information] lamjanus:
I disabled the screenshot button. It's still there but not working anymore.

1 Install DisableService app from playstore (Root)

2 Go to System tab

3 Go to System-UI

4 Disable TakeScreenshotService

Done!
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Hello, can anyone give me Lewa Launcher apk from 1.02 or 1.01 ROM ?? Just copy the akp file from your ROM

Many Thanks
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Talking about launchers, is there a way to remove the built-in "Launcher3" that appears to be wasting 48.27Mb of my precious space ?

[MENTION=5247034]lamjanus[/MENTION] - interesting but since the button is still there I think I'll just keep it in case I need to make a screenshot at some point ;)

Oh if you guys have the "Colorfly" jacket I found a nice app to turn it into a smartcover : "AutioScreenOnOff" (yes there is an "i" !).
[Device Reviews and Information] lamjanus:
Yeah but my little girl is pushing storage with a lot of screenshots while

making a puzzle....
[Device Reviews and Information] lcsvince:
fast charging

how to you know that the tablet is fast charging? Any icon to show that it is fast charging?
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Darn, just spent a good hour trying to repartition the memory and it's just not working ! The XDA topic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2455850 is really lacking in decent explanation so I followed this YT tutorial which seemed promising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDf6SpuOuz4 but I can't complete it (backup in MTK Droid Root doesn't complete due to lack of memory, having an SD card doesn't help, and then I can't prepare blocks for Flash Tools, file not found...). I do have what looks like a good MT6592_Android_scatter.txt file I could feed into flash_tool.exe but I'm not sure of the outcome since I had errors in the previous steps. Oh and the backup only produces the EBR1 file, no EBR2 so I'm not sure that method would work anyway.

Is there any way to repartition/flash EBR1 and EBR2 using TWRP ?
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
So far i didnt find anything that help fast charging. My tablet came without charger and i use one from Lenovo, but original one is different from mine 5v / 2A mine is 5V / 0.15A

Someone with Original charger must tell is there any difference.

Maybe it will Help you. I found tutorial on Colorful China forum ( use translate )

http://bbs.colorful.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6370&extra=page%3D1

P.S. if you need the zip file ( program and pdf ) from China forum tell me i will add download link
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Thanks for the link. They also mention EBR1 and EBR2 so I thought it wouldn't work on the G708 where I only get EBR1 in the backup...but some people seem to be reporting success with the G708 so I'm a bit confused....

I've managed to register and login but can't see the link to the file now so yes if you could grab the file that would be great, thanks!
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
I have friend who did everything just fine, i think i mention that in my previous post

Here is the download link : https://cloud.mail.ru/public/6d4a1c33ce14/mtk_data扩容14.1.8.zip

P.S. Quick question : how to make folder in Lewa Launcher from 1.01/1.02 Rom ???
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Oh so you've managed to upgrade to 1.02 ? Well done !

Thanks for uploading the file. I had missed your comment about a friend who was able to repartition, it's good to here. I guess the memory problem in MTK Droid Root & Tools is the reason why I was only getting EBR1 and not EBR2 as well in the backup. Guess I'll just use the EBR1 and EBR2 from the XDA Dev topic, flash with SP Flash Tool and see what happens!

I'm not totally clear on what I'll have to restore but I backed up with the buil-in app, copied the content of "internal storage" to my PC and have the TWRP backup so I guess I'll be able to get things back in order if it fails...Wish me luck !
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Well I've got some good and some bad news, the good news is that my G708 is still working, the bad news is that my storage is now 2.17Gb and my System is still 1.14Gb...reason being that if I flash the EBR1 from the XDA Dev topic it just won't boot (stays on the white COLORFLY logo) and I have to reflash the EBR1 of my backup (good thing I was able to get at least the EBR1) to get it to boot.

Do you think a restore with TWRP would fix that? If not could you ask your friend for the EBR1 and EBR2 files he used for his G708 ? Thanks !
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
I send him message. From what I know he follow the xda topic about and flashed proper EBR1/2 , and got 4GB for /data
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Thanks, I think I've tried about everything now including a data/cache wipe in TWRP, no go, only flashing my EBR1 backup lets me boot. I must be missing something obvious !

I suppose I could try a full restore from TWRP but I'm not sure how that would work with the resized partitions...
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
No I am still on 1.00 EN . But installed the Lewa Launcher from 1.02

From what I research the only difference between 1.00/1.01/1.02 is The Lewa Launcher.

If you need the apk let me know :)

I still can't find how to make just one simple folder on Lewa Launcher:rolleyes:
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Thanks but I'd like to get to the bottom of that crazy EBR problem first !

Any chance you could try doing a backup of your EBR1/EBR2 pair as I was only able to get a backup of my EBR1. I don't think that's the cause of my problem as I'm able to boot with 1.14GB and 2.17 (or 3.67GB) but it would be nice to have both the original files.
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
I dont know how to do that, i dont have enough experience about EBR 1/2 . I hope that my mate will answer soon. i ask him about step by step tutorial for noobs like me :)

I have plan to do that too, and swipe SD . but first need at least 32GB class 10 card.
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Hopefully he'll point something obvious I'm missing !

For the backup you need :

1. Rooted G708

2. MTK Droid Root & Tools : https://mega.co.nz/#!v0Zj0YQI!-jWA_kQZHlHmqWB4ajTdZRVMveWfq7lI-YgqVfb0wvc

3. Check tutorial here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDf6SpuOuz4 starting at 9 minutes

4. You'll get EBR1 and EBR2 hopefully, I only got EBR1

About the recovery, apparently on some devices you need to wipe data/cache but TWRP is erroring out when I do that. Is there a way to go back to the original recovery maybe?
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Here is :

EBR1 https://cloud.mail.ru/public/6af7986872a8/EBR1

EBR2 https://cloud.mail.ru/public/070afc04e289/EBR2

Good Luck
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Thanks! So my instructions worked ok? No "not enough space" error while doing the backup ? I modified them with EBRTweak...no go, will use the Chinese software you linked earlier today to modify them...

You might as well try the modified EBR1 and EBR2 in the XDA Post#2 now ;) All you need is

1. SP Flash Tool

2. Load the MT6592_Android_scatter.txt from your backup

3. Load EBR1 and EBR2 and check only these two files

4. Turn off the G708

5. Click on Download in the Tool

6. Plug in your G708
[Device Reviews and Information] lcsvince:
fast charging

My first charge (using a samsung 5.3v/2.0A charger and wire ) took more than 2hr to 100%.

Anyone can share their fast charging experiences ???????
[Device Reviews and Information] mightymaki:
I've just installed both the Miui & Yunos roms to try. Using TWRP, both installed & booted up without a hitch. Just one problem with both - when one goes to the settings, there appears to be no way to get back to the home screen? Not sure if I'm being a bit dumb here, however I can't seem to find the home button or make it appear anywhere? Tried swiping everywhere etc, but no luck? Apart from that both look beautiful on the screen.

Anyone have any ideas where I'm going wrong?
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Hello and welcome to our Colorfly family :)

Yes, there is no main buttons keys by default. You need to add it manual. Just edit build.prop file and add qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 in the end of file and you are Good to Go.

Tell me which rom is most stable MIUI or YunOS ?? if you can give us some screen shots

Here is Patched and ready for flash EBR 1/2 files for our tablet https://cloud.mail.ru/public/8da9f4ca62f3/ebr%2B4gb%2Bkitkat.rar
[Device Reviews and Information] mightymaki:
Excellent thanks! I thought it strange there wasn't anything & then realised these roms are from other devices that have their own home & back button keys seperate to the screen.

To be clear in how to do this, I go into the build.prop file using something like Root Explorer & add the additional command yes?

A quick search in how to do this has found this link, http://webtrickz.com/how-to-enable-on-screen-buttons-on-mi-3-redmi-1s/ which appears to be quite comprehensive. Will try tonight & if all goes well, I'll put the screenshots & some comments up for all

Here we go
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Yes, without touch anything else in Bulid.prop file ( just in case make copy of your Original Build.prop file before edit ) and add the additional command " qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 " ( use Root explorer/ RB Editor ) or in Recovery mode with adb .

Make sure you have Root ( see previous post about Kongo Root )

I will wait for your screen shots and comment about these Roms . I am plan to use YunOS ROM it look very beautiful on other devices. For MIUI6 Rom i read that use almost 70-80% of all RAM, but cannot confirm that on 100%
[Device Reviews and Information] mightymaki:
Working a treat & now with soft keys! Now I can't access Play Store. I've installed GAPP's, however nothing will link through my Google account? I suspect there may be something within the rom that is stopping me accessing Google but I'm not sure where to look?
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Nice you hear that the keys works now, about the Gaps , try to unistall them (clear cache) and install again, or try other market apk like Mobogenie and from the market download Play Store and other gapps.
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
So did you ever hear back from your friend ?

Your EBRs (original backup, right ? Did you do it with MTKdroid ?) didn't help originally when flashed as is, I had to flash my EBR1...so that got me worried because they seemed to be the same size.

But guess what I got it to work in the end...not sure what sealed the deal ! I did do a full restore using custom reco TWRP but it hung so I restored just the sytem ->OK. Confident I could restore I created an EBR1 (using my backup) and EBR2 (using yours) using mtk_data_adj_14.1.8 with the 3500 size and...it booted and I now have 2.9 Gb of internal/system and 3.1Gb of internal/data

I suppose the next step is to swap Ext SD and Internal, but using your method on page 2 that will only switch the SD and the Internal Storage/data right ? Not internal/system too ?
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Yes, i got answer from him. If you didnt see i post Patched and ready for flash EBR 1/2 files for our tablet ( few post before )

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/8da9f4ca62f3/ebr%2B4gb%2Bkitkat.rar

The metod switch SD and the Internal Storage/data only.
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
I'd seen that link but you hadn't given any details on what it was ;) I opened the RAR and they seem to be the XDA files ? They hadn't worked for me...You'd need the MT6592_Android_scatter.txt too for SP Flashtool. If anyone wants a step by step I can try to put that together.

Ok for the switching of SD and the Internal Storage/data only, I'll look at the method again. Do you know if it's reversable ?
[Device Reviews and Information] TomTOm_83:
Sound Mod for G708

Hello,

I get the next day my tablet,

wanted to ask in front of out whether there is a sound mod.

I have a Samsung Note 2 with AGNI kernel, this has

a built-in sound mod like I like too the tablet

would go something?

Best Regards
[Device Reviews and Information] KYU15:
Can confirm that Kingo works. Installed it on PC, connect to G708 with USB debugging. Rooted. Installed SuperSU. All good. Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] KYU15:
I can confirm that the chinese method works.

1. Download the mtk data file from the provided link.

2. place two original ebr's from mtktools backup in the same folder as mtk data tool.

3. run the chinese tool, i enter 6144 for 6144mb for partition size. ebr-6144 file was created.

4. use spflash to flash the two ebr back into phone. by selecting the ebr-6144 file both (i am skipping a lot of steps because I assume u all know how to use mtktools and spflash)

Now I have 6GB for system, 123mb for internal storage. I got a SD card that's why. Doing 7GB seems impossible.

Thanks guys. This is really helpful.

I can also confirm that all the other methods have failed, EBRtweak cant even read my backuped ebr, and the pre-made ebr from xda threads (including this one) just causes the boot to hang.
[Device Reviews and Information] mightymaki:
Nope, nothing (Google) will install, regardless of from where? I've tried several different markets without luck on the YunOS rom.

I've been using it for a couple of days & it appears to be quite stable. No real bugs have surfaced as yet however not being able to even install Gmail, is a little disappointing. The only bug is when charging & the tablet is turned off, the battery icon is out of sync. The outline of the battery is in one place & the charging colour is on another part of the screen. No biggie though.

I've since gone back to stock as I need some of the Gapp's. Hopefully more development will occur.
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
It's Kingo www.kingoapp.com , not Kongo ;)

Well done, the trick seems to be use the EBR1 from YOUR DEVICE, maybe there is some "protection/key" on it...the problem I had was that I could not get a backup of EBR2 using MTK Tools. When Lazer posted his I thought of using my EBR1 and his EBR2 and then use the mtk_data_adj_14.1.8.exe tool. Maybe I could have used any EBR2 out there. You don't get the "not enough room" error in MTK Tools ? Also MTK Tools wouldn't connect in root until I used "ABD Insecure", did you have to use it too?

With some little room on your Internal storage/data I take it you have done the IS/Data and SD switch? Is that with the method in post 18 : "also if you want to change your SD card to internal one use this image https://cloud.mail.ru/public/2c7a2f8b61bf/boot-new.img and flash your Kernel from Storage option in Rashr ( google Play Store )" ? Do you have a step by step too? I wonder if it's reversible...
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Hi, to tell you the True , i dont know what you talking about " sound mod "

There is very big problem with very low sound in our tablet : music, some games, YT videos, etc.

I try to edit the sound in Engineer Mode ( MTK ) / Hardware Testing/ Audio It Help some but its Not enough :)

Also install Viper4Android FX with many problems , because cannot install drivers auto, need to do manual

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Hi mate, Sorry for my late answer. I dont know if it's reversable . But if you use same file to swap it again (Internal - SD ) , i think must be OK, need to test it :)
[Device Reviews and Information] KYU15:
Just a warning, this disables all screenshot capabilities on the tablet, meaning power menu screenshot won't work and power button + volume won't work.

But still is the best option we have unless someone can hack that annoying button off.

---------- Post added at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:00 PM ----------

I looked at the engineering mode and it seems to support quad band 3G. Am I being mislead by this information?

I also popped in my Japanese NTT DOCOMO SIM and was able to get the 3G data working at 3mbps (ocn mobile one mvnp).

Can anyone confirm what bands that are working?

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Actually I have none of those problems. My setup PC is a bit unusual but I don't know if that contributed to anything. The PC is an old EEE PC running XP. MTK tools gave me no errors whatsoever, but definitely took its time (I've 10-15mins). I was able to back up the entire ROM flawlessly. Took out the two EBR, then used the China MT tool to resized it. I really don't know if you can mix and match EBR's, but then again, I don't know which file contains what, other than they hold the partition size information.

Yes I have a micro SD card that came with the tablet when I bought it from Coolicool. Funny thing is it automatically asked if I want to switch my default saving drive to the card when I plugged it in. It's been saving there without a problem. The little partition I'll just write off. It's not a big deal. Basically it's just an option under setting/storage/default write disk.

Would you like my two EBR files to give it a try?
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Thanks, but I'm all set now ;) I wonder if I'm using a "faulty" MTKTools, when you get a chance can you check the version of yours?

I did get a popup about changing default cards when I inserted the SD card and there is a setting in system/storage, however nothing gets saved to that card apart from pictures (pretty useless anyway). Not the HERE Maps, not the Locus Maps, not the iSub music files...
[Device Reviews and Information] KYU15:
I aologize. I was only testing with camera app and it was saving ing to SD card. When I test it with Map apps, they where definitely not saving in the right place. (to tiny 143mb)

To restate the problem. After the EBR operation, The System partition is now called Internal (6GB) and the data partition is also internal (143mb). After Installing an additional SDcard, the System still failed to saving it to the 15gb SDcard.

I did the post #18 flash, it reversed the names of the 143mb with 15gb Sdcard. Now it's uber confusing with the names, but they are working alright now. Is there a permanent fix to this?

In the perfect world, I would love to called my System partition "internal", then whatever is left SD0, and SDcard SD1 or something..
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Actually it's confusing from the get-go, both system/data are called "internal storage".

Thanks for taking a closer look and for trying the #18 flash. I think I'll just go ahead with it too. What's holding me back is whether it is reversible (i.e. in case you need to remove the SD card), I'm not sure flashing it again would reverse the naming as Lazer thinks it might!

PS - when you get a chance can you check your version of MTK Tools to see if I can have better luck with it than with mine?
[Device Reviews and Information] guiom57:
[MENTION=498774]kyu[/MENTION]15, what means "1. Download the mtk data file from the provided link.". which provided link - chinese app.

can you give the link or your two ebr file ?

many thanks for all members of xdadev' ;)
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
You'll find all the details in the messages just above and as I wrote I think you need YOUR OWN EBR1 if you want it to work at least that was the case for me.
[Device Reviews and Information] guiom57:
ok, but where found mtk_data_adj_14.1.8.exe !?

It's ok. thanks ! i 've found it !
[Device Reviews and Information] KYU15:
I refreshed #18 method again, the partitions remained the same, namely the SD card is being called internal storage, and the leftover 143mb partition is called Sdcard.

However, according to a thread I read, this method is basically reassigning a partition a name. So I believe this is totally reversible. That said, from the same thread I read, many people bricked their phone when trying to edit the lines themselves.

My version of the MT tools is 2.5.3.

How about try Sdcard fix app from the app store? It seems to be a common problem with kitkat that, it doesn't allow certain process to write to Sdcard, but there are several fixes in the playstore.
[Device Reviews and Information] KYU15:
No icon, but it's definitely charging on my 2A charger. Full charge from 1 in about two hours.

---------- Post added at 09:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:50 AM ----------

This fix is to address the problem of Colorfly G708 having a Google service (?) APK being stuck on the current version. If you try to update it, you will get a "the package is not signed correctly, please uninstall the previous version.." message.

You will need some recovery.

1. Go to gapps and find our version 4.4.2 package. (I used 4.4.4, apparently that was ok)

2. Install the zip via recovery.

3. Reboot

4. Update is OK now.

Don't try to download a single APK and write over the current APK , it will create a lot of problems.
[Device Reviews and Information] lazer88:
Hi, to fix your SD card use " KitKat External SD Card fix " https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geeksoft.extcardpatch ( need Root ). It work just perfect, but the only things that you can move to your SD card are music and pic .
[Device Reviews and Information] KYU15:
I take it that you don't need to reverse your internal storage with SD card for it to work. if this works then it is wonderful. I am handing off this tablet to the owner tonight so I won't be able to test it anymore.
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
I'd missed the latest posts. Thanks for trying to reflash the #18 trick for the switch, can't say I'm surprised that it didn't revert back. Now I'm not clear on what that "KitKat External SD Card fix" is going to do to help fix that? I can see why you'd want to use it BEFORE applying the #18 trick though and since it's an app I suppose it can be uninstalled to take it back to factory ?

I see I'm using a "modded" MTK Tools 2.5.3 from chrome://mega/content/secure.html#F!CRAA3BqT!lEvteq6nHYEqABPRE1H5sQ hence my issues maybe but I thought the "modded" version would be more powerful. They also have a (smaller) zipped version which I will now try.

EDIT - well that didn't help MTK Tools still complains about " - userdata_nvram_only.tar - ERROR - : :Zero file, no space left on device!" and it doesn't back up the EBR2, only the EBR1, how strange !
[Device Reviews and Information] zscomp:
Can someone summarize the steps to increase the internal memory and post the needed files?

A guide maybe.
[Device Reviews and Information] webvan:
Check out #79 - the quote and my comments should get you there.