yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Snapdrago1:
maybe something better

The locked boot loader preventing custom ROM upgrades (especially when Companies like Cyanogen are able to provide patches for the latest android vulnerabilities) has made me express an interest in the following :-

http://wileyfox.com/storm/

Similar or better hardware and software specs apart from the battery.
[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
That's a beast

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[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
Yeah, really good. But.. Su6 ultra price its 200€, with points 140 or 100€, that phone its more expensive, 277€.. I've bought my ultra for 100€, good enough for me and i have faith, hope and time to wait for the bootloader and ROMs [emoji14]

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[General Questions and Answers] bulanula:
So let me get this right, SU6 bootloader is not unlockable for now ? Do you guys have root at least, or maybe not because 5.0 is hard to exploit ?

Is ZTE Blade 6 plus bootloader unlockable ?

I would love to buy this phone but if bootloader cannot be unlocked then I won't buy.

Made same mistake with an Xperia P with carrier locked bootloader which is stuck on 4.1.2 :(

Anything which compares ( like that Wileyfox device ) and has same price / performance ratio ? I don't need 1080p screen, it's a total waste for my bad eyes.
[General Questions and Answers] ohyesman:
Yes we got root and custom recovery
[General Questions and Answers] andrepd:
And what else is needed for custom ROMs to be built for the device?

Btw what's the root method? Do I have to use malware like kingroot?
[General Questions and Answers] ohyesman:
There are a few options/methods atm. Go to MoDaCo to have a look - there is a whole forum there

http://www.modaco.com/forums/forum/796-vodafone-smart-ultra-6/
[General Questions and Answers] smokerman:
for custom rom we need bootloader unlocked..for now no method to do that..

to root its easy, you can use kingroot, easy here on video, skip to minute 6:20:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djU52JHSTrE

how to install TWRP easy tutorial;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlQRbwsfBiI
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
Don't use Kingroot, such a malware.. Use MobileGo, it installs SuperSU and you just need to update binaries.

And you don't need TWRP for now, it just lags the phone. Just install TWRP when custom roms come.
[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Has anyone tried framaroot?

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[General Questions and Answers] Grantius:
If bootloader is locked, how the heck does custom recovery work?
[General Questions and Answers] ohyesman:
The same way it would if bootloader was unlocked as far as I know.
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
Custom recovery works in full. Even with bootloader unlocked. And I don't think we need bootloader unlocked for custom roms. I've flashed a modified boot image and rom booted just fine and we have modified system lots. So custom roms are possible now.
[General Questions and Answers] negentropy:
New update released this morning, however mine failed - unexpected contents in debuggerd... i'm guessing because i previously rooted with Kingroot - someone suggested earlier in the thread that this may be due to Kingroot binaries left in the system.

Don't wanna risk using the stock ZTE rom since others have had mixed results, so what are my options? Could i re-root with Super SU then manually remove Kingroot binaries, then unroot and apply the update? I only rooted to grant sixaxis controller app Bluetooth access, wish i hadn't bothered now..

ETA: Reading around, it seems all i may need to do is replace the Debuggerd file with the original version:

http://vanzweden.org/index.php/blogarticles/categories/tech-tips/26-androiddebuggerdchanged

...if so, where would i find a copy of this file?
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
Why not just backup then flash stock rom. Seems the update just patches the stage fright vulnerability.
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
Mixed results? Only the ones that dont know how to work with Android.. Its easy to flash stock rom then restore with google backup. Thats what i did.

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[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Are you guys on Vodafone UK?

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[General Questions and Answers] Shachox:
Yes mine was initially Vodafone UK, I unlocked mine to EE. I got the update too.
[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
On Vodafone Ireland and unlocked but no update yet.
[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Vodafone Portugal, as i sair before they are rubbish, but let's wait and see, no update for now

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[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
UK always first. Portugal should have the update in few days, like the other.

Not their fault i think, ZTE sends the update to Vodafone and Vodafone needs to test it, then Vodafone sends the update to our phones.

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[General Questions and Answers] iainmann:
The new update seems to be mainly security fixes...although Tap and Pay is now in Settings. I don't think it was there before. Seems inactive at the moment.
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
It was, but only with NFC activated.
[General Questions and Answers] iainmann:
Ah...got it. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Ilaaa1390:
HELP: keeps restarting and turning off

Hi everyone,

I'm new here, I just got this phone the day before yesterday from a vodafone shop in the UK, with the idea of unblocking it as it seemed like a really good phone with great specs for the price, and I've been using it without a sim atm but pretty much from straight away as I was setting it up it kept crashing and restarting or turning itself off randomly. When turned back on again it often takes another 2-3 restarts to work properly for a while and half of the first row of pixels at the top left of the screen keep flickering white . Also when I leave it alone and come back to it, it's always off even if it's charged. I'm a bit annoyed as it's fresh from the box, I've tried factory reset from the settings menu as well as turning it on in recovery and resting from there, but nothing's changed. Does anyone know what the problem could be? Is it fixable or just faulty and should take it back?( I won't get a chance till next weekend and I kinda need a phone for Monday since I lost my last one). I'm no developer, I've only ever rooted another phone once before, I'm just a noob who can follow instructions ^^; so any help / advice would be great. Thanks so much :*
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
That happened to me one time, after rebooted to recovery.. Have you installed any recovery? If no, it might be a phone issue.

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[General Questions and Answers] iainmann:
Yup...sounds like a faulty phone. You should be able to swap it for a new one at a Vodafone store. You have 14 days to return/swap...after that it would be sent off for repair.
[General Questions and Answers] Ilaaa1390:
No I haven't installed anything on it , it's now back to factory settings but the problem persists. So it's not something rooting and maybe flashing another firmware can help?

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*sigh* just my luck, I'll try and take it back asap. thanks for the super fast replies, I'll keep you updated :)
[General Questions and Answers] MAROCANU:
I encountered this issue after put the sim card inside. The phone restarted randomly several times. In that moment I was on Romanian stock. Now I'm on UK stock, and the issue is gone :) . I am rooted and have twrp.
[General Questions and Answers] ohyesman:
Deffo sounds like hardware issue so get swap for a new one asap
[General Questions and Answers] iainmann:
I took back my first Ultra 6 to a Vodafone store within 14 days. The phone started vibrating and wouldn't stop...even when it was powered down! They swapped it without question.
[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Any news on cm12?

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[General Questions and Answers] Ilaaa1390:
Managed to go back today and got given a new one no problem :D just waiting in the block code now ^^ thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] negentropy:
OK i re-flashed the stock ROM from ZTE's site, everything went smoothly, the phone then updated to the latest version (MR01d) without any problem.

I also tried modifying the ROM by replacing the boot animation with one i made, but the phone rejected it. Are the ROMs hash checked, file size checked or what? No biggie. I look forward to a decent custom ROM from someone who knows what they're doing..

Also one other question - can anyone confirm a means of rooting and unrooting that won't prevent future updates from working? I'm guessing that on this occassion the debuggerd file was modified by Kingroot - but it might've been the SixAxis app instead (i rooted to grant it Bluetooth access). Backing up the debuggerd file and repushing it thru ADB seems a lot of hassle just to occassionally use a Playstation controller...
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
Changing boot animation works just fine. If you did it with a file explorer make sure you set correct permissions when you do it. Can't comment on future updates. Surely it would be enough to root with mobilego and then unroot using the option in SuperSU?
[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
There is no hash checking but there seems to be more work than usual to bring cm12.1 up on this device. so far I've only got as far as cm recovery and a custom kernel to boot, cm12 itself flat out refuses to boot and with no logs it's kind of hard to debug so I'm losing interest.
[General Questions and Answers] RevengeFNF:
And if you try with another 5.1 Rom? Like Omni or something else.
[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
aosp kernel compiles and runs ok, so maybe someone can build aosp 5.1.1.. I suspect the work for omni will be as much as cm12 so I'm going to give it a miss.
[General Questions and Answers] negentropy:
Ah didn't check permissions., just zipped it up in Winrar w/ normal comression, named it bootanimation.zip and replaced the stock one. Might try again at some point.

And i'll have a look at mobilego, cheers..
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
Well. The first time i used it didnt changed permissions too and it worked..

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[General Questions and Answers] amh10:
And so that isn't this then? http://xdaforums.com/zenfone2/development/rom-aosp-t3187204
[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
nope, thats a completely different phone, chipset everything.
[General Questions and Answers] bulanula:
If we manage to get CM12.1 running fluidly on this device, it will become new budget champion because it has incredible price / performance !

Is the bootloader which cannot be unlocked so far a problem - does it check signatures ?
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
It doesn't I have flashed a modified kernel with the signature part removed created by KonstaT over at modaco. It boots just fine. Full builds of cm12 by him and lonespeaker both end up the same not booting at all though.

KonstaT has tried lots of stuff but doesn't have the device to test or debug anything. I have had to test everything he has built. Unfortunately he's hit a dead end. He's done a lot of work for other zte devices so I fear if he can't do it then our chances are slim.
[General Questions and Answers] MAROCANU:
Probably cm12.1 don,t have drivers fpr zte or are incompatible. We must wait.
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
Wait for who though? We need a relatively high profile dev to pick up this device and put some work into it. Even Paul at modaco offering a free SU6 to whoever brings a working cm12 first hasn't seemed to be enough motivation.
[General Questions and Answers] benbb:
Just bought this phone. Seems pretty great but trying to root the damn thing is a pain.

Tried the Wondershare MobileGo, KingRoot and Framaroot and none work. Kingroot manages to root the device but the root doesn't seem proper (like AdAway doesn't work, SuperSu won't install binaries properly) and the 'root' vanishes after a reboot.

Anyone know where to look next?
[General Questions and Answers] Oldesmithy:
Got the Drivers OK but nobody at Vodafone knew how to activate communication with the PC. So grateful for the 'three dots' info above - shame that isn't incorporated in the Ultra 6 user guide. Again, many thanks for resolving.
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
It really should have MTP enabled by default.
[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
Well I've managed to get a little further and I mean a "little" ...

Whereas before I couldn't even get a CM rom to begin to boot, my build now starts to boot.

The 'Powered by Android' logo disappears, I get a blank screen for about 4 or 5 seconds and then the phone reboots back into recovery lol

it's progress I guess :(

I just need to get the damn thing to output logs to make it easier.
[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
It could be a simple fix, but without a log output its going to be extremely difficult to pin down exactly what process is preventing the ROM from booting.

Your making progress which is great for the community and hopefully when others see your efforts they might chip in and help. Unfortunately this is beyond my skill level but I will chip in to the kitty on modacco for Paul's generous offer of a free device for whoever gets CM running.

Thanks for giving your time and skills to this.
[General Questions and Answers] hmrac:
Hello, anyone install xposed and gravitybox?

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[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
Dont use xposed.. Lags the phone.

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[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Hope our phone is not forgotten, i really like it, and cm 12 would be great. Hpefully the dev can sorte something out ;)

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[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
yeah it really is trial and error. I'm not going to document my progress anymore until I have got it booting just so bigmouth over at modaco has nothing to whinge at me about :)
[General Questions and Answers] VSUltra6:
Hi guys i cant get my ultra 6 rooted can you hlp?
[General Questions and Answers] Andrei221:
[MENTION=4368441]lonespeaker[/MENTION] - Don't get mad at him for his question. We just need to focus on development and join forces.

Also, Do you have any idea why logcat doesn't work? What might cause it? Isn't it normal to work on any android phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Andrei221:
I see only "-"
[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
yeah sorry about that, I deleted my initial reponse as I've had enough of bigmouth.

yeah I've a few ideas why, so I'll see what I can do, but hopefully bigmouth's cm12 release will be out soon enough and we can rejoice then :)
[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
A guy on 1 of our Irish forums got conformation of 5.1 for this device.

http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/...-get-an-answer-from-vodafone/#comment-2263841

It was stated by an official Vodafone rep so let's see what happens.
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
I don't know but i don't believe on that website.. Shouldnt be an official Vodafone fórum? Never saw a Vodafone fórum on a board.ie link..

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[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
Its an official Vodafone rep, verified by the site admin, and its the biggest forum in Ireland, that's why many companies use it to communicate with their customers.

That's not to say that the rep is telling the truth, but I cannot see the logic in stating that we'll get the update and then not deliver, inviting hassle.
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
Oh, nice then. I didnt knew that.. Here on Portugal Vodafone has a official Vodafone Forum.. Thats why i've doubt.

But lets wait and see, fingerscross for 5.1 [emoji14]

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[General Questions and Answers] fmmsf:
Corsav6, any news on that 5.1 update on your side of the world?

BTW, is there any GEL case and Plastic/Tempered Glass screen protection you guys recommend?
[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
It was another member on boards.ie that asked the Vodafone rep, no update on there however.
[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
Quoting myself, but I've now managed to get logcat working and cm starts to boot much further now but then kernel panics when it gets to surfacefinger so it's some progress but I will continue to the best of my ability. :)

At least now I can see whats happening and hopefully be able fix it enough to boot completely.

edit: here is the logcat for how far I have got now for anyone interested, although I think the issues are easily fixed

http://pastebin.com/BLzcni1a

The CM logo appears on boot and disappears when the setup wizard should appear but this is where it breaks.

I only post this to hopefully inspire others to help take up the cause so we can get cm12 on our device :)
[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
Excellent progress, well done. I wish I was in a position to help but what your doing is far beyond my skill level.

Looks like your getting a free device from modaco :)
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
At least with Logcat we can see the start of the boot process. Let's hope you can fix any errors it's throwing out. You must be pouring a lot of time into this.
[General Questions and Answers] corumuk:
Hi,

I'm thinking of buying one of these to network unlock and use with three payg. Can anyone confirm they have successfully unlocked (via ebay) the network lock and are using 4g on three?

Also, on the ebay webpage it states the unlock does not work on phones with an IMEI starting '99', so how can I be sure that if I buy one it is not one of these?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] GadgetManIRL:
You'll have no problem getting it unlocked, I've yet to hear of anyone not being able to get their su6 unlocked.
[General Questions and Answers] lonespeaker:
I think a majority of the errors are where I'm missing libs or config files so I'm pretty confident I can sort those.

Quite a a bit of time but not a lot of time, but sometimes why reinvent the wheel when another wheel (device) exists, but as it turned out, that wheel was square, but I've managed to find a way and it looks like progress at last :)

edit:

I've now got to where CM gets to 'Starting Android' dialog and then a big red outline appears around the screen before I get lots of distortion and a kaleidoscope effect . I can't seem to figure out why at the moment, any ideas anyone?

pastebin here, some libs (like the ril ones) are missing and thermelEngine is in overdrive so maybe thats the problem, would sure like some help :)

https://paste.ee/p/fM2p8
[General Questions and Answers] Andrei221:
Awesome work ! Too bad I don't have any programming skills :(
[General Questions and Answers] ilike123:
Anyone else have the 1970 bug on their SU6, every time I restart mine the Date sets to March 1970 & the time six hours ahead of GMT, the phone is unlocked & I'm on 3 PAYG, I have tried the auto date settings & manual, I get the same result. :(
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
I think its your network problem.. On modaco there's few more people with that bug too.. And only the ones with 3 network and unlocked.. Im with Vodafone network and no bugs here.

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[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Same here no issues

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[General Questions and Answers] ilike123:
I think if it was the network it wouldn't be a problem when the Date & time are set manually, besides I have tried the same sim in a Samsung & a Moto G with no problems with Date & Time,
[General Questions and Answers] MAROCANU:
My only bug after root is: my phone don't shut down. But I do it with rashr.apk. Otherwise, no other issues.
[General Questions and Answers] deaglecat:
That was exactly the setup that I had. LTE on UK Three network. No problems with ebay unlock.

I am no longer on three cos' they killed AYCE payg £15 deal. Back on GG.

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That'll be Unix Epoch time. i.e 1st Jan 1970 UTC. System clock is based on increments from that time zero. So you have a zero system clock i.e. no time stored.
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
Sounds thermald related to me but I don't know much!
[General Questions and Answers] porto1:
I got this phone to give to my parents.

Unlocked sim all fine, but I just realised that I cannot switch the language to Portuguese! The only options are English, German, Italian, French, Spanish.

Now what? My parents want a localised device, can't use one in English.

Was buying this a mistake or is there anything I can do?
[General Questions and Answers] ephumuris:
Install Portuguese stock firmware?

http://www.ztedevice.com/support/3738868b-0ab2-42b1-89e5-8851f241bc85.html?type=software
[General Questions and Answers] ynos49:
I unlocked my smart ultra 6 on eBay £3.50 code sent straight away and it unlocked perfect.I am using my 3 sim in it and its 4 g
[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
So 5.1 is in testing at the moment, verified by Vodafone IRL.

http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057467977/1#post96909335
[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Just received an updateView attachment 3465879

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[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
Do you know what update it is yet?
[General Questions and Answers] LiNe1771:
That's an old one too.. Launched on UK 2 weeks (+/-) ago.

We only received it today on Portugal.
[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Security update, it patches stagefrightView attachment 3465893

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[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
That's what I was expecting. Its an important update so no harm getting it.
[General Questions and Answers] fmmsf:
Great!! Any idea how long does this sort of testing usually take?
[General Questions and Answers] ohyesman:
God I hope that's correct (no reason for it to not be but past experiences and all that)

Phone runs really well on 5.02 considering (mind u anything would feel great compared to the Crappy Moto G issues) so would hope that this would be a super beast with 5.1 running...
[General Questions and Answers] paranoidandy:
I just spoke to a Vodafone friend and he confirmed it's legit. 5.1 out of testing is imminent.
[General Questions and Answers] corsav6:
They said a week or 2, let's hope all goes well and we are rocking 5.1 before the end of the month.
[General Questions and Answers] Dedzdedz:
Let's hope so

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[General Questions and Answers] lethas:
Where can i find stock firmware ? Vodafone or zte.
[General Questions and Answers] BigD18t:
Haven't seen any around yet, but turns out this is a ZTE Blade 6 Lux rebrand, so it's possible if rom's for that are released they might work.
[General Questions and Answers] artnada:
Nova works fine on mine as does the camera. Try clearing app cache/data
[General Questions and Answers] Getsuga NZ:
Just got this phone and it's pretty good so far. Root works using Kingroot as stated in this thread. Hopefully there will be a custom recovery and more support as more people get this phone.
[General Questions and Answers] LukyPicture:
Hey,

Do you find any bumper case on this device?