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[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
ARK Benefit A3 | Elephone TrunK

TWRP 3.0.0.0 ported by NFound

Download:

https://vk.com/doc21308003_437270962?hash=2228f7cf0a40b166b6&dl=99a9423906a3a76df4

Cons: during backup screen fades out.

About TWRP 3.0:

https://twrp.me/site/update/2016/02/05/twrp-3.0.0-0-released.html

(read paragraph WARNING)
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Benefit A3 ROMs are directly installable on the Elephone Trunk.
[Device Reviews and Information] kaosz2:
Hi! I have constantly problems with my sd card. I lost many times my content and wake up time is ridiculous. Sometimes it takes 5-10 sec. I'm on stock rom with Sandisk class 10 32gb card. Can you help me?
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Check your SD card with a PC, it may be corrupted or faulty.
[Device Reviews and Information] kaosz2:
I checked and formated many times.
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Have you tried with other SD cards?
[Device Reviews and Information] kaosz2:
Yes, same result. My files are in LOST.DIR.
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
- Install new recovery

download from here:

https://yadi.sk/d/V2DElMCumfsLi

put in sd card and flash with Rashr app;

If you want to stay with stock fw, then:

- Install ARK Benefit A3 original firmware,

more stable, 100% compatible, no issues with SD card.

Instruction:

-download firmware and place to sdcard

-boot device to twrp, then choose "Install"

Android 5.1.1 (V017) stable

https://yadi.sk/d/rVT2DL8zkLgGs
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
ARK Benefit A3 | Elephone TrunK

ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.0

Credit to: Mikhail Shpakovsky, Valery Fomin, mdeejay, NFound

Based on Marshmallow 6.0.1;

Kernel 3.10.49 CAF32-UBER mdeejaj@venus #1;

Zen-Ui Launcher;

OmniSwitch;

Features: see screenshots;

Bugs: to be found.

download:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B30idAUE1U-UdERRYWJYUjhwVms/view

Installation:

Put ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.0-20160104-benefit.zip in internal storage;

Go to TWRP

perform one factory reset;

go to Install and swipe to install ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.0-20160104-benefit.zip + open_gapps-arm-6.0-micro-20160223.zip (latest).

reboot, enjoy!
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
Can include multilanguage btw german
[Device Reviews and Information] kaosz2:
Thanks, I tried it without wipe, but result was the same. So I've decided to wipe all and install CM12.1. It looks better, fingers crossed. :)

I like CM, but I really miss powered off alarm.
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
Can i use cases from wileyfox Swift or from ark benefit a3?
[Device Reviews and Information] hisname:
Hi guys! I have recently compiled CM13 for the Elephone trunk, however, I need testers who are willing and know how to do a nandroid since this is the very first build, things will be buggy, heck it might not even boot at all. So, I will also need your help in getting a logcat, a dmesg and last_kmsg. If you are adventurous enough, here is a link to the build. Remember, DO A NANDROID or an equivalent! Here is the link to my device tree and kernel source used to build CM13. Have fun!

Edit: SHA1 of file is 767a28dfb76248b20d29f2a6ca111ced292da67b

MD5 of file is 3e649dcc87aa8cddb3614b6f2cd3d372
[Device Reviews and Information] hisname:
Hey guys, I have compiled TWRP 3.0 straight from source.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5iTdQV5w5DwMmhwTXVLNlFYczQ/view?usp=docslist_api

The touch screen is weird though. I will try to fix it.
[Device Reviews and Information] hisname:
Nobody tested my TWRP build? Here is another build with touchscreen fixed. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5iTdQV5w5DwY2VlZ1Nsc3dncUU/view

Issues:

- SD card detection is incorrect (shows 0MB)

- 2 Cache partitions (both 0MB)

- No modem partitions, and device specific partitions
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
Of course I tested, but I have nothing new to say! ☺ With Cyanogenmod I had boot loop. First build of TWRP 3.0 was unusable with problem with touchscreen. Second is usable, bigest problem is mounting SD card. I have no time to troubleshooting now, but I hope to help in the development!
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
Sorry if I'm a noob, but I think exactly as todoss. If you do not detect the SD How do you backup?

Check out this build, it works perfectly but the screen vanishes and reappears:

TWRP 3.0.0.0 ported by Nfound

download:

https://vk.com/doc21308003_437270962...423906a3a76df4

Cons: During backup screen fades out.

About TWRP 3.0:

https://twrp.me/site/update/2016/02/...-released.html

(Read paragraph WARNING)
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I'm currently using TWRP 3.0 by NFound. You can disable the screen timeout, when it timeouts it'll freeze so I disabled it.
[Device Reviews and Information] hisname:
Yes, the first TWRP build, I made some mistakes in touchscreen values, that was why I fixed it in the second build shortly after that. I may have fixed the SD card mounting issue in my third build.

Yea, i know...I may have fixed the sd card issue in my third build. The thing is that NFound does not release his sources and his ROMs and recoveries are all ported from other devices, they aren't build from source.
[Device Reviews and Information] hisname:
Hi, I have a completely working TWRP build. SD card works this time. http://build.droidagency.com/TWRP/twrp-29022016.img

Only bug is the TWRP backup having wrong time stamp.It could be a upstream issue
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
Now, I think, all partitipns are correctly displayed. Timestamp is minor bug for me! Great job. Thanx!
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
I realized the previous link to TWRP 3.0.0.0 by NFound is dead.

Download from here TWRP_3000_ARK_Benefit_A3.zip:

https://vk.com/doc21308003_437270962?hash=2228f7cf0a40b166b6&dl=99a9423906a3a76df4

---------- Post added at 08:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:27 PM ----------

SD card not working for me: shows value 0
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Works fine for me... Is your SD card showing in Android?
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
Certainly, SD card is shown in Android properly. NFound build works well for me with backup to SD card and time stamp, instead hisname build can not access the SD card.
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EDIT: Could you dump your partition table?
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
It happened to me just after the first reboot into recovery.I entered the recovery many times and always, after that, was OK.
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
[MENTION=4729636]hisname[/MENTION] SD card works very well for me
[Device Reviews and Information] ottmi:
Thanks for your efforts. That's exactly what was bothering me about the other Ark/Trunk CM builds. These guys just fork out new images and don't care to share the source.

I've found your github repository almost two weeks ago and have been trying to build CM myself. I got stuck a little with the kernel as I wanted to use the generic MSM8916 kernel from CyanogenMod instead of the Ark kernel and ran into some issues with the gt9xx driver for the touchpanel. The code in the CyanogenMod repo looks much cleaner but, alas, doesn't work :p

What kernel are you using for your builds ?

Cheers,

Michael
[Device Reviews and Information] hisname:
Hey, guess what? I started off with [MENTION=3784300]BlueFlame4[/MENTION] 's kernel forked from mdeejay. I started off with cm13 branch. it didn't work out as i expected with missing prima drivers. i gave up and took cyanogenmod's msm8916 kernel as a base. nope, didn't compile nicely either. finally, i went back and used [MENTION=3784300]BlueFlame4[/MENTION] 's cm13-caf branch and build cm13 successfully, hooray, right? nope. the build succeeds but the boot fails. no idea why, the log shows tons of things i have no idea of. anyway, use the device tree(cm13 NOT TWRP-fied branch) to build cm13. the kernel was patched from [MENTION=3784300]BlueFlame4[/MENTION] 's cm13-caf kernel. I had to cherry pick a patch from upstream(code aurora)(commit under 54544a7) to kill off one of those nasty compile errors. everything you can find is on my github, any problem just post here, will be happy to help

edit: i forgot to mention, the touchscreen with gt9xx error was fixed by mdeejay under commit 1e98a6a

NOTE: THE BUILD DOES NOT BOOT!

In case you want to take a look at my build, it is available here: https://build.droidagency.com/trunk/cm13/cm-13.0-20160229-UNOFFICIAL-trunk.zip

NOTE: THE BUILD DOES NOT BOOT!

The logs are over here if that is your thing. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B71r06Cn5y8SYUhMMXpfZy1JSTg&usp=drive_web
[Device Reviews and Information] ottmi:
I suppose BlueFlame is aka visi0nary at github? I've been using his kernel after I got nowhere with the MSM8916 kernel, so we're probably on the same page here. It doesn't boot CM13 yet, but at least I can boot into CM recovery with it, so in principle the kernel seems to work.

I'm not sure whether "fixed" is the right term here. It looks like copy&paste from an older kernel version. He deleted so much stuff that it's really hard to tell what changes are necessary to make it work. The same is true for the bma2x2 driver. The version in the MSM8916 kernel looks much cleaner..

There's also a goodix driver in the vanilla kernel at kernel.org which apparently has been derived from gt9xx. It's even cleaner, but lacks most of the ARM-embedded specific code, e.g. for dealing with DTBs and toggeling voltage regulators.. I think for now I will go with mdeejay's kernel to get CM running but in the long run I would like to go back to the generic kernel and fix the gt9xx driver properly.
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
Is there an good running cm13 for the trunk with good wifi connection?
[Device Reviews and Information] hisname:
well, we can start off with cyanogenmod msm8916 kernel. but we will be missing a lot of device specific drivers. i can't write kernel drivers if you ask me.... the only sensors drivers i ever wrote was in school on an arduino uno board...hue hue hue....
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
ARK Benefit A3 | Elephone TrunK

New Miui update: MIUI_MULTIROM_V7.1.3.0

download: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/HT5V/PiCWuYZpS

Credit to: vandal79, Fedor 917, O_dinochka, SmartiKX, oWolkodaWo and Nfound.

Characteristics:

- System 64-bit, 5.1.1;

- The core stock, ramdisk without init.d (the system is able to establish a universal init.d);

- FM radio works;

- The camera works without errors (with HDR option);

-Incredible performance and long battery life;

-No chinese bloatware, 1.5Gb free RAM with native apps;

- Integrated Google Play and SuperSU Pro;

- WiFi module from Redmi 3, with very good with WiFi connection.

Installation Instructions:

go to TWRP Wipe and swipe to factory reset.

Then (very important) go back to Advanced Wipe and swipe to format system.

Go to Install, and swipe to MIUI_MULTIROM_V7.1.3.0.zip

reboot, enjoy
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
I saw this last night. I tried micro and pico packages (arm64) from OpenGapps and both returns same error (error in connection with googlw servers). If you have working gapps post a link!
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
Is weird, the gapps link usually works:

http://opengapps.org/

But maybe I did not explain well: in Miui Rom there is already Google Play in system apps, so you can download Google apps and more from there.

If you want to integrate them in system is ok, I have not tried.

Edit:

I tried installing Miui zip + gapps, but after boot, stuck on Welcome...
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
In the MiUI 7.1.2.0 are included gapps, but in 7.1.3.0 not.
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
MIUI_MULTIROM_V7.1.2.0 download from here:

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/Ag68/oT9Y3ZQzT
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
I know, I tried it but have problem with Xposed framework! :( Best choice for me is SlimOS. Only bug is navigation buttons, after every reboot I must enable and disable navigation buttons, but it is not problem. Important for me is LiveDisplay function and option from GravityBox "Button backlight notification". If this option is enabled, any CM rom reboots after notification arrive, but here working good!
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
Have not tried yet SlimOS. I'm with Miui because already has many built-in features, SecurityCenter, Cleaner, etc. WiFi module is very strong, sound excellent quality in both calls and music, camera with HDR. More free RAM is a lot, and the device works without lags, very fast. I tweaked CPU and kernel with LSpeed by Paget96 and Antutu my best score almost 27,000. What more do you want?

SlimOS 5.1.1 download from here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B30idAUE1U-UTUdiUlVrZV9yYk0/view
[Device Reviews and Information] ab3ltza:
Have anyone solved the porblem with gapps in MIUI V7.1.3? I like MIUI but I need playstore in it.
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
I found solution, but I have not tested yet. Solution is: format system, flash rom, then flash gapps (from opengapps), then delete folder setup wizard from system/priv-app. I will try it now.
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
I need multilanguage for miui v7.1.3 i mean German
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
MIUI MultiROM V7.1.2.0.

Features in System: Text size.

More: Developer options / Memory optimization.

But lacks the Miui Updater app and that's a problem because you can not reboot into recovery from the device turned on.

So I downloaded from Miui.en one Updater app. Install as a normal app, then move it to folder Tools.

Edit:

There is another bug: Camera does not work, gives one error message.
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
Fixed error retrieving information from server rh-01-google play. But I can not recommend this to anyone. So, I grabbed gapps from Miui package 7.1.1.0 and I shifted Miui 7.3.1.0. Then I did the upgrade from the previous version to the TWRP. First in Wipe, Advanced Wipe swipe to format caches and system (no data), and then Install. The result in screenshot. Google Play opens after a delay. However I do not see the advantage of this version compared to the first release. In addition there is only Xperia keyboard instead of Google. So I grabbed the Xperia keyboard and added the app in system of the first release, as well you have the choice.
[Device Reviews and Information] blodhughofi:
ARK Benefit A3 | Elephone TrunK

Carbon ROM ported. On the basis of Cm 12.1. The only downside, opens an error in startup settings. Then, the error does not occur.

Credit: O_dinochka

download:

https://mega.nz/#!1452wTIb!hi99HSmzwqNDBTbx7FVM925OPkDR1h6gOTyPllc8lmo
[Device Reviews and Information] blahmartinblah:
Any feedback on this build?

I would love to have 64bit CM13 for the Trunk.

M.
[Device Reviews and Information] vickdu31:
I got OTA from march 03 (Official Elephone rom) With new build kernel. Unfortunately I had xposed and forgot to remove it.. Now i need to use QPST and make OTA again.
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Any changelogs or ROM dump?
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
Changelog is : Minor bug fixes , size is 30MB. I tried to update, but I had some problem with modem partition. Previously I was restore stock unrooted rom and stock recovery.
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I had issues with the modem position too in an OTA some time back. Does it install on a clean stock ROM?
[Device Reviews and Information] todoss:
I was restore unrooted stock rom, and stock recovery. after a factory reset , I tried to update. The same error occurred.
[Device Reviews and Information] vickdu31:
In my case I bricked it because of xposed so I flashed the december rom with QPST (I was thinking MTK Flash Tools is a mess but this is wayy worse !) and the OTA showed up. If you want kernel only I can send you.
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That would be nice, a dump of the boot.IMG would be great!
[Device Reviews and Information] rams273:
Elephone trunk

I was after one but I just can't find where did you get yours from?
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
On Android 6.0 i can not deinstall or deaktivate the Google App this on the homscrenn then Boot the device not .anyone can help?
[Device Reviews and Information] :
What do you mean? I can't understand you, but I can give a rough solution:

If Google Now Launcher is the default and only launcher, you cannot uninstall the Google App.

If you have any other launcher and it still doesn't start normally, you can try reinstalling the ROM or using another ROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
When I use Trebuchet then can not uninstall the Google App when I uninstall with Titanium Backup bootloop on an custom rom
[Device Reviews and Information] :
What custom ROM is that? I've never heard of Titanium Backup bootlooping a device (other than when a crucial system app is removed).

You may want to try removing another system app, probably something you don't need. See if that bootloops. If it does, it's probably something with the root or busybox binaries.
[Device Reviews and Information] jthams:
CR Droid 6.0.1
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
Cheers to everyone.

I have two Trunks, one white, rooted and with twrp, NOT updated to the March 1 update. The other Trunk is a black one, not rooted and without twrp, and worked very well until last Monday when I decidet to root it. I did so and installed lots of apps but since then the phone became hot and literally burned the battery in a few hours. I performed a full reset three times already, and reinstalled the apps but to no avail: the issue represented itself.

So now I decided to root the phone, install the twrp and then install a rom download from this post, using the twrp. Do you believe this will help?

Thanks for your kind assistance.
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I've had the heat and battery issue for quite some time now. And with the heat also comes lag. I'm on the March ROM, and I've only just switched from CM12.1, which suffers from not quite the heat problem, but the lag is pretty obvious. I don't think anything will help in this situation. But maybe you want to try it out for yourself?
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
That is interesting! I did not imagine there was this problem since I own a couple of these excellent devices and just one of them has this issue. I believe it could depend on the latest updates but I have no evidence to confirm.

Thanks a lot!
[Device Reviews and Information] rams273:
i have the black elephone and i have installed numerous custom roms and no heating problems but then again i am not running loads of apps at the same time i say clean everything off and then run stock rom and then load all your apps and see if it does the same if it does its a problem with phone.I have been using cm12 and no real problems just the panorama on the camera doesn't work and the double on the home to close it doesn't work but other than that nothing big
[Device Reviews and Information] :
My goodness, make your sentences shorter...

That aside, I do have quite a number of apps I need to use. Some apps I use are also known for draining battery when they're being used (i.e. Ingress). It's also 30 degrees weather here, which means an already warm phone will get even hotter.
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
I cleaned everything up several times with full resets but to no avail. As I said, I have another Trunk too and it shows no signs of the issue that is plaguing the other one. What puzzles me is that everything was ok until last Monday I decided (damn!) to root this second phone cause I wanted a deeper control over the unit. And from that moment on, it went berserk.

I have now downloaded the 820 mb rom flashable via twrp and will try with that since I am experiencing problems even launching the Sygic car navigation system.
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Hmm I really didn't want to guess this, but what if they had some kind of root checking built in that causes it? It's just a blind guess, but that experiment could be proof of it.
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
That could be. I launched now the last resort: I flashed via twrp the firmware downloaded from an Italian forum and let's see what happens.

EDIT: problem solved. I downloaded the 820 mb rom proposed at page 35 (if I'm not wrong) and flashed it via TWRP and flashify. So far the problem disappeared. I firmly believe now that the problem appears if you root a Trunk which has been updated to the 1 March release.
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Test it for a while, it may be a Placebo effect. I have the 1 March release, and it only gets laggy when F.lux starts its filter. But for the most part, it's okay with little to no lag. The moment it heats up is when it gets laggy (thanks to the 30 degree weather here too), and the moment the screen turns on is when the battery drops.

P.S. I can't live without root, so... Not unrooting.
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
I rooted the phone last night (since I love to use a firewall to authorize/unauthorize which app gets out) and so far no heat, no lag, nothing as the other phone I happily own.

So I think the latest update is responsible for the heavy heat (up to 70, 80° C!!!!) if the user adds root.

I don't know what they have done and I really don't trust 100% the third party rom that I have downloaded but my idea was to have at any time a backup phone since in January I totally lost my former phone (a Thl W100) and for 4 or 5 days I felt totally lost. In fact, I need push email and gps navigation for my job and the lack of these basic items got me lost:rolleyes:

As for information, I also purchased a third phone for my wife's sister and this worked for a couple of weeks, then died of the so called black death, no charging, no display on, nothing, so we are shipping it back.

Strange but it happened.

I wish you all a happy Easter.
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Scary... But sadly, that's probably true. I've gotten that exact temperature just yesterday when I was out using my phone.
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
Thanks for your confirmation. So, once again, as for apps on the google play store, brakes on when there are upgrades!
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Hmm... I disabled CABL and SVI, it seems to be slightly better. (You'll need to use More Shortcuts to access the settings app: Content Adaptive Backlight, and SVI Settings)
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
Thanks but I don't know what SVI settings are. Would you please provide further details?;)
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According to the settings page, SVI uses the ambient conditions to adjust the display. CABL essentially does the same thing, but with the content instead of ambient conditions. You may want to give it a shot.
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
Thanks
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Oh, I also disabled IZat location and renamed slim_ap_daemon to prevent the needless battery drain caused by it.
[Device Reviews and Information] rams273:
i dont think it is a software problem more hardware personally i would unroot it set it to factory reset and return the phone life is to short for this nonsense
[Device Reviews and Information] ik8vwa:
As I said before, the issue has been solved yesterday. I am certain the latest update doesn't go well with the root tool I downloaded from Elephone.

That's my two cents, you can take it for granted or not but I don't think it is nonsense.

Have a nice day.
[Device Reviews and Information] vickdu31:
Sorry for not sharing the boot.img but my trunk just DIED :(

http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-9980-1-1.html
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Ironically, mine too...

http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-9984-1-1.html#.VvuNZB596M8
[Device Reviews and Information] vickdu31:
But mine is really dead, nothing happens at all whatever I do :(
[Device Reviews and Information] :
Yeah mine too! Occasionally it'll get on the boot animation but then it always shuts off halfway or just bootloops until it shuts off. I literally can't use Android at all... So it's basically dead.
[Device Reviews and Information] vickdu31:
I mean I never got anything in the screen. Maybe if you are able to get to bootanimation you can flash it using QPST :)